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The First Degree

Episode 89: Serial Killer Bruce Mendenhall Part 2

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.510.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

A Detective is trying to solve a murder at a local truck stop. His only lead is a grainy image of a yellow truck. One day, When a yellow long haul truck passes in front of him, his eyes widen. It’s a long shot, but Sgt. Pat Postiglione stops the driver. Inside his cab, he finds a bag of bloody clothes—evidence of other murders. In episode 89, Jac, Alexis and Billy delve into the murders of trucker serial killer Bruce Mendenhall. 🎟 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

Hey everyone, now before we get started we wanted to remind you that this is part two

0:10.9

of a two part series.

0:12.4

So if you haven't listened to last week's episode, stop right now and go back and listen

0:16.3

to the Sarah Holbert episode, which was on last week.

0:19.1

And also after this episode, make sure you catch Pat Pistaglia on series, Deadly Recall,

0:25.1

June 9th, April 22nd at 109 Central.

0:28.6

In on Deadly Recall tonight, they are showing an episode about this story.

0:33.2

So if you want to see pictures of the people involved crime scene photos, that's where you

0:36.3

should go.

0:37.3

Thanks everyone, enjoy the show.

0:38.3

First degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, first degree, the first degree.

0:46.3

Get on the camera, get on the camera, get on the face, please.

0:52.0

These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.

0:59.2

When they arrested him, but at that point we did not know or the last thing on our mind

1:07.4

was that she was killed by a serial killer.

1:10.9

We thought that it had to have been just a random accident and someone panicked.

1:17.0

They party too hard or something in that nature.

1:20.9

They panicked and just we did not know at that point that she was taken from us by a serial

1:30.6

killer.

1:36.2

Welcome to the first degree, the True Crime podcast that you might end up on.

1:39.5

My name is Jack Manick.

1:40.5

I'm sitting so far away from Alexis Lincolid, and even farther away from Billy Jensen.

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