Episode 4: Outlaw Country from Valley of Shadows
Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
Western Sound and Pushkin Industries
4.1 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
As Detective Brandenburg follows leads in the Aujay case, he finds himself with an unlikely ally. A young buck narcotics detective named Darren Hager, who’s trying to dismantle a meth syndicate run by a local biker gang. Hager discovers that his bikers have a disturbing connection to Aujay’s disappearance — and to some of his own LASD colleagues. So he brings in the big guns, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and they launch a covert task force.
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| 0:00.0 | How did Sears go from a one-man watch company to the biggest retailer in the world to bankruptcy? |
| 0:05.8 | I'm Robert Smith. |
| 0:06.7 | And I'm Jacob Goldstein. |
| 0:08.0 | On our new show, business history, we tell the stories behind the inventions and entrepreneurs that shaped our economy. |
| 0:13.5 | And we try and understand the lessons behind their success and failure. |
| 0:16.8 | Our new episode is about the rise and fall of Sears, an incredible story that is really the story of America in the 20th century. |
| 0:23.3 | Sears, rise, fall America. |
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| 1:08.3 | This series includes content that may not be suitable for all listeners. |
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| 1:15.7 | Previously on Valley of Shadows. |
| 1:19.5 | At the time, the Antelope Valley was a cesspool. |
| 1:22.5 | It was a desert. |
| 1:23.1 | It was known for manufacturing methamphetamine. |
| 1:26.3 | So people were getting busted left and right. |
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