Episode 379: True Crime Side Dishes

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This Thanksgiving week, we’re switching things up. Instead of one deep dive, we’re hitting three breaking cases lighting up the headlines.We look at the mysterious death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival Cruise, the shocking criminal evolution of Ryan Wedding, from Olympian to one of the FBI’s most wanted, and the explosive Long Island love triangle that ended in a fatal shooting outside a luxury yacht club.Three cases. One chaotic holiday week. And a whole lot to unpack. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The first degree.
0:02.8	First degree.
0:03.5	First degree.
0:04.4	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.2	First degree.
0:07.2	The first degree.
0:08.2	You see it on the news.
0:10.2	You see it on the paper.
0:11.2	You see it on Facebook.
0:12.2	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:18.7	Welcome to the first degree of the true crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:22.6	My name is Jack Vannick.
0:23.6	I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter.
0:25.4	Happy Thanksgiving Eve.
0:28.2	You know, back in my day, this was the biggest party night of the year.
0:32.5	Wasn't it called like Blackout Wednesday or something?
0:34.9	I think so, but it's like everyone was back at their hometowns
0:39.0	going to whatever hotspot it was because they were home for Thanksgiving. And I just remember
0:42.2	it being such a thing, but I don't think the youngans go out anymore. No, the youngans don't do
0:46.4	anything anymore, except for sit in their rooms and go online. It really was such a time, though.
0:52.4	I know. Such good old days. Maybe I'll just, maybe I'll
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