December 9, 2008: Illinois Governor Arrested
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🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, that's my prime delivery. |
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| 0:28.2 | go to amazon.com.uk.U.K. slash prime. Today is Wednesday, December 9th, 2020. |
| 0:38.3 | On this day in 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents on bribery and conspiracy charges. |
| 0:52.3 | Welcome to Today in True Crime, a podcast original from Spotify. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today I'm joined by our guest host, Greg Polson of serial killers. |
| 1:06.3 | Every episode, we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. |
| 1:12.4 | He's here to discuss some of the historical aspects of today's story, while I'll cover the narrative. Thanks, Vanessa. I'm thrilled |
| 1:18.3 | to explore Rod Blagojevich's dramatic arrest. Absolutely. Now let's go back to December 9th, 2008, |
| 1:26.1 | to Chicago's northwest side just a few hours after midnight. |
| 1:35.7 | The FBI officers who made their way to Chicago's northwest side neighborhood of Ravenswood started |
| 1:46.5 | their day early, very early. It was certainly an odd hour to be donning suits and dress shoes, |
| 1:53.5 | but nonetheless, the agents piled into nondescript SUVs. They were heading out of the suburbs |
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