Episode 390: Peggy Klinke, Part 2

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After more than a year of stalking, threats, and repeated pleas for help, the danger in Peggy Klinke’s life reaches its breaking point. As the criminal case against her stalker inches toward trial, she does everything she can to stay hidden - even moving a thousand miles away to protect herself. But her stalker refuses to stop. He searches relentlessly, exploiting gaps in the system, until he finally finds her. In episode 390, Jac and Alexis examine Peggy Klinke’s preventable murder and her sister Debbie’s determination to ensure Peggy’s death saves as many lives as possible. 🎟 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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0:30.8	The first degree.
0:32.8	First degree.
0:33.7	First degree.
0:34.4	First degree.
0:35.4	First degree.
0:36.3	First degree.
0:37.4	The first degree. You see it on degree. First degree. First degree.
0:38.3	You see it on the news. You see it on the paper. You see it on Facebook.
0:43.3	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:51.3	What Turlock knew was that there was this guy and he came to this girl's house and he shot her and he shot himself.
0:56.9	And I was like, that's not what happened.
0:59.2	This murder started a year ago in Albuquerque.
1:04.3	This is on Albuquerque police's conscience for letting it go as far as it did.
1:12.1	Welcome to the first degree of the true crime podcast that you might end up on.
1:15.7	My name is Jack Vanek.
1:16.6	I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter.
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