Episode 59: Tracey Schoettlin

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

The body of a young woman is found under a bridge in Birmingham Alabama. She had been stabbed and sexually mutilated. Her murder sent shock waves through the bible belt community, this was 1986, and rumors of a connection to witchcraft and devil worship spread through the town. On episode 59, Jac, Alexis and Billy delve into the evidence, theories, the investigation, and discuss the impact this woman's murder had on the 14-year-old girl who discovered her body. Simple Health - try Simple Health for FREE, just go to simplehealth.com/DEGREE , or just enter the code 'DEGREE' at checkout! REN clean skincare - get 20% off all full-size items including Perfect Canvas at usa.renskincare.com using code 'FIRST' 🎟 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	Warning, this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence.
0:03.9	Listener discretion is advised.
0:06.2	The first degree.
0:09.2	First degree.
0:10.1	First degree.
0:11.6	First degree.
0:12.6	First degree.
0:13.6	The first degree.
0:15.3	Get on the news.
0:16.3	Get on the paper.
0:17.3	Get on the paper.
0:18.7	He sings, they're supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:22.1	And so for months, I used to think, well, I bet that whoever dumped her body was probably
0:38.4	in those woods and saw us and is now going to confine us.
0:42.9	So in my mind, that meant that we had done something that would have set the killer.
0:48.8	Hey guys, welcome to the first degree, the True Crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:55.2	My name is Jack Vannick.
0:56.2	I'm sitting across from Alexis Linkletter.
0:58.4	And next to Billie Jensen and Billie, I did want to bring up the fact that I started
1:02.8	reading your book.
1:04.1	You did.
1:05.1	And I feel proud.
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