Episode 244: The O'Connell Funeral Home Murders Part 2

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

When the murders of Dan O’Connell and James Ellison had all but gone cold, new detectives caught a break while investigating a complaint made against a priest from the local church. From there the case unraveled quickly, and culminated in another shocking death. Once the truth was revealed things in Hudson would never be the same, and the feelings of shock and betrayal still linger today.

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0:00.0	First degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, the first degree.
0:07.0	Get on the news, get on the trailer, get on the face, go.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:23.0	And you know what I would actually argue that it was climate-active because of the feverish ending to it.
0:29.0	And of course, hearing the details after the fact, right? That was when we learned what was happening.
0:34.0	Welcome to the first degree, the true crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:38.0	My name is Jack Viennick. I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter.
0:41.0	And just so you all know, today is part two of our Oconnell funeral home murders episode.
0:49.0	If you haven't listened to part one, you're going to be very, very freaking confused.
0:52.0	So go back and listen to it. If you're on Patreon right now, you're hearing this immediately.
0:57.0	But all of our normal first-degree listeners are hearing this for week two.
1:01.0	But we are happy or regardless to have you with us.
1:04.0	Yes, thank you for sticking with us. This is a really important, profound story.
1:09.0	And we are so excited to have Drew with us again.
1:13.0	Tell us, see it through.
1:15.0	So before we start, of course, we got to go through the day really, really quick.
1:19.0	It is Wednesday, April 19th, and it is National Banana Day, which I like.
1:28.0	Honestly, I eat a banana every morning in my protein shake.
1:32.0	One of our best friends, her name's Anna. I've only called her banana for 15 years.
1:37.0	I mean, it's a word I say all the time. I love this. I love this fruit.
1:40.0	I also do love a banana. Banana is in peanut butter, nothing better.
1:44.0	It is also National Garlic Day, my mortal enemy, and everybody else's favorite thing in the world.
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