Episode 190: The GMAC massacre

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dragging yourself into work on a Monday can always feel grim. But on June 18th, 1990, the employees at the GMAC office in Jacksonville, Florida, had something far more terrifying than boring meetings to look forward to that day.

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