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The First Degree

Episode 38: The Bishops Part 1

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.510K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In March of 1976, police were drawn to a fiery stretch of North Carolina woods. At the time, first responders had no idea that the horrors revealed there would prompt a world wide and decades long search for the person responsible. On Episode 38, Jac, Alexis and Billy explore the mysterious force that unprecedentedly and unexpectedly snuffed out what appeared to be a perfect family.

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The first degree.

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The first degree.

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The first degree.

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The first degree.

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The first degree.

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Get on the news.

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Get on the trailer.

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Get on the face.

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

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If you're either extremely complex story

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that somebody else has involved

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or it's exactly has been presented in the press,

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a guy that just went off his rocker.

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Well, it's just the glory details are overpowering.

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And to suddenly take news off the front page

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and put it in your heart is a surprise.

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In some form or another it happens to all of us

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as we work our way through life.

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This one comes with the dramatic pictures and headlines.

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Hey guys, welcome to the first degree.

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The True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.

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My name is Jack Vannick.

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