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The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect

Dead Men Speak No Lies

The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect

Lemonada Media

True Crime

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A delivery man making his rounds finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Buddy Booth discovers the body of Jordan Rasmussen at a stop on his delivery route and is shot in the back, forcing a second young widow to raise children without their father.

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Written by Amy Donaldson and Andrea Smardon.
Production and sound design by Andrea Smardon, Nina Earnest and Aaron Mason. Mixing by Trent Sell.
Special thanks to Becky Bruce, KellieAnn Halvorsen, Ryan Meeks, Ben Kuebrich, Feliks Banel, Josh Tilton and Dave Cawley.
Main musical score composed by Allison Leyton Brown.
With Lemonada Media, Executive Producers Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs.
For WorkHouse Media, Executive Producer Paul Anderson.
And for KSL Podcasts, Executive Producer Sheryl Worsley.

The Letter is produced by KSL Podcasts and Lemonada Media in association with WorkHouse Media.

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0:00.0

Lamanara.

0:02.8

When 23-year-old Carla Booth woke up the morning of March 5, 1982 and saw fresh snow on the ground.

0:13.6

The sense of dread she had been feeling all week exploded into full-blown panic.

0:20.0

The sun hadn't risen yet, but her husband buddy was already dressing in the brown uniform that he wore for work.

0:25.0

Even in good weather, she hated that he had to drive a laundry delivery van through Utah's canyons.

0:31.0

And whatever was nagging her that morning felt different.

0:35.9

I just had a feeling something was going to happen. I just had this feeling several days before,

0:42.4

and it just kept getting stronger and stronger.

0:46.2

In the moment, she blamed the overnight snowstorm.

0:49.1

In retrospect, maybe it was the kind of warning that just doesn't make sense until it's too late.

0:56.7

And so in the pre-Don light, Carla made what seemed like an absurd request of her husband.

1:01.7

I really tried to beg him not to go that day or to you know find a

1:06.4

different job or something like that where he's not going up the canyon and stuff.

1:12.6

I tried so hard, but he liked his job.

1:17.6

Delivering and picking up linens from local restaurants

1:20.1

might not sound like the most enjoyable job.

1:23.0

But Buddy was friendly with the people he met on his daily route, and he looked forward

1:26.7

to the conversations and the scenery.

1:29.6

And it was a job that paid him enough money, that his wife didn't have have to work and he could help his mom with a few things.

1:35.0

This was a Friday, so his first stop was one of Utah's most well-known restaurants, Loghaven.

1:41.0

It was located in one of the Valley's canyons and that meant he had a steep slick

1:46.2

climb ahead of him. He buttoned his shirt with bud, sewn on the chest, ran a comb through his thick

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