Episode 71: Margaret Cho

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Margaret Cho joins Jac, Alexis and Billy to tell the harrowing tale of how she found out a former romantic flame had taken a turn towards darkness. The story begins on a high note: Cho in Hollywood for her big break, a sit-com based on her life. Living the dream and working on the show, an accomplished TV writer caught her eye. The relationship never went far, but years later, Cho happened to google his name. His description had changed a bit. Now it read: American sit-com writer, television producer, and convicted murderer. On episode 71, Cho and our hosts explores her intimate connection to a man who went on to kill his own wife, hiding her body in his attic for weeks until he was caught 🎟 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.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:08.0	First degree.
0:10.0	The first degree.
0:12.0	Get on the news.
0:14.0	Get on the K-GRADE.
0:16.0	Get on the face, please.
0:18.0	You think they're supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:20.0	And that identity of like, I'm, you know, from this hard life,
0:26.0	but I've made good.
0:28.0	And that identity can be really something people who attach themselves to.
0:32.0	So that when things are not good, it's unacceptable.
0:34.0	Yeah.
0:36.0	And so you have to overcompensate by buying into a life that you can't afford.
0:40.0	With the money thing that they just overextended themselves in the house or whatever they were buying, you know,
0:46.0	and trying to maintain this appearance of Hollywood success moved to Indiana, you know.
0:52.0	Right.
0:54.0	And then out of control.
0:56.0	And then the drinking got worse and worse and, you know, he just took that out on her.
1:06.0	Hey guys, welcome to the first degree of the True Crime podcast that you might end up on.
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