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The First Degree

Episode 287: Denise Huskins & Aaron Quinn, Part 1

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.510K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In part one, Lex and Jac sit down with Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, the couple at the center of the earth shattering story that’s captivated the nation. Whether you know them from their book, Victim F. or the explosive Netflix Documentary “American Nightmare,” what you think you know about their story and the bizarre elements of this case is just the tip of the iceberg.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's a degree.

0:02.0

First degree. First degree. First degree. First degree. First degree. First degree.

0:07.0

The first degree.

0:08.0

Do you see it on the news?

0:10.0

See it on the table. You see it on Facebook.

0:13.0

These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.

0:17.0

Especially in that moment, being physically physically alone not knowing how any of this was going to end

0:26.0

you really do kind of just reach out to the universe and and call upon anything you can.

0:34.1

And I mean, I really was, I was feeling not just my grandma

0:38.5

who had recently passed, but, uh,

0:42.1

because that was like that gave me strength to face death because I knew the

0:50.2

probability of me being killed was high. So I had to somehow make peace with the fact that I could be any moment gone and I felt like she would just take my hand and walk me where I needed to go.

1:09.0

Welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.

1:11.8

My name is Jack Vanick. I'm sitting here with

1:13.4

Alexis Link letter and today is a really special episode for Alexis and I.

1:19.1

If you have watched the documentary on Netflix, American Nightmare,

1:25.0

it's been, I think, the top show on Netflix for the past two months,

1:28.6

you're going to know this story.

1:30.0

We got to interview Denise and Aaron together and it was they're the most wonderful

1:35.2

people I think I've ever talked to in my life what do you think Lex?

1:38.1

They're so kind they're so empathetic they're so gentle they just ooze like love and gentleness and despite what happened there's no

1:47.8

bitterness they're just like loving kind people I was like holy shit when we're

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