Episode 53: Crystal Kipper

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On the landmark 52nd episode of The First Degree, Jac, Alexis and Billy are joined by Justin Evans of the Generation Why Podcast. Justin shares his first degree connection to the bizarre disappearance of his high school friend, 18-year-old Crystal Kipper, who vanished from the side of the highway in the winter of 1997. A twist of fate would reveal the truth about what happened to Crystal, and the story would be the stuff of nightmares. Episode Research Sources & Credits: Oscar Avila, Benita Y. Williams, and Mark Wifbe for the Kansas City Star & the St. Joseph News-Press. JoinHoney.com/FIRSTDEGREE to try it FREE! LivingProof.com/first and use promo code FIRST to get a FREE sample of their wonderful dry shampoo! Up your bra game by heading to ThirdLove.com/FIRSTDEGREE and get 15% OFF your first order! 🎟 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	First degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, the first degree.
0:07.0	Get on the news, get on the trailer, get on the face, please.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:22.0	Just knowing that who knows how long he kept her, who knows how long she was tortured for,
0:29.0	and who knows how he finally disposed of her.
0:33.0	And it just really sits poorly with you when you think about somebody you know that went through that.
0:39.0	I mean, this isn't somebody's shot killed instantly, this isn't somebody that was just stabbed, this is probably most female's worst fear of being abducted and held against their will in some sort of dungeon and rape repeatedly.
0:59.0	Hey guys, welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.
1:03.0	My name is Jack Vannich. I'm sitting across from Billy Jensen next to Alexis Linkletter.
1:07.0	And we have a very, very special guest with a very interesting first degree connection just in Evans from the Generation Y podcast. Welcome.
1:18.0	Hey, how's everyone doing tonight? We're so happy to have you.
1:21.0	I know. We haven't seen him since CrimeCon, which is where we all bonded.
1:24.0	Yes, we met Justin and CrimeCon very drunk at night.
1:28.0	It was at the best night. It was so much fun.
1:31.0	It was like a CrimeCon podcast conglomerate, drunk and conglomerate, and it was interesting. It was joyful.
1:39.0	I think it was my meetup with True Crime Garage. I think it was the meetup.
1:45.0	Oh, was that a meetup? We just crashed.
1:48.0	We just crashed. We thought it was just like a fun.
1:51.0	Like everyone's at the same bar.
1:53.0	Like, you know, it's a true crime.
1:56.0	We're supposed to have the captain on too.
1:58.0	Yeah, one day.
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