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The First Degree

Episode 83: Mackenzie Cowell

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.510.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Do you think you can always guess who the killer is just from a few details? The husband did it. The boyfriend did it. But sometimes, it’s not so simple. When Mackenzie Cowell was discovered murdered, the small town of Wenatchee, Washington was shook to its core. Fingers were pointed, claims were made, until the man with a Hannibal Lector tattoo emerged from the shadows. On episode 83 of the First Degree, Jac, Alexis and Billy delve into the twisted case of a serial killer-obsessed killer and the life he took away. 🎟 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 the first degree

0:14.3

movies not real life

0:21.0

The psychopath is probably the closest

0:24.3

definition to what happened with him because how else do you

0:28.0

do that how else do you put so many people that you know and supposedly are

0:34.8

front with through that and then just see it over and over every day and

0:38.8

relish in it. Welcome to the first degree the true crime podcast that you might

0:45.3

end up on my name is Jack Vanick I'm sending a cross from Alexis Linkletter

0:48.6

and next to Billy Jensen and before we start our show just a big reminder

0:52.5

that we're going to be at crime con this year it's May 1st through 3rd in Orlando

0:56.8

we want a party with you so go get your tickets. That's right we're doing a live show.

1:00.4

We're doing a live show our first live show ever if you want to come see me embarrass myself

1:04.6

in a person in real time which instead of just audio that would be the place to do it.

1:09.7

This is going to be the place to be but Billy what day is it? It's national prom

1:15.0

puzzle day. No Mike isn't prom in May. Yeah but you have to ask somebody now

1:20.2

two months and what if you have a new boyfriend between now and May. You know what?

1:25.6

By the way do you call it prom or the prom? Prom. It is prom. No it's the prom. That's weird.

1:34.0

Maybe in olden times. Back in the 1800s they had that then front of everything. Yeah.

1:39.1

All right well that's enough of that so let's turn down the lights and turn up your anxiety

1:44.6

because this could be you.

2:07.4

Ockham's Razor is a problem solving principle that states that the explanation in which you have

2:12.4

to make the fewest assumptions is the correct one or more singtly the simplest explanation is

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