Hey everyone. I'm Ashley Bannfield and this is Drop Dead Serious. And if you haven't seen

any of my podcasts this week, I need to share something with you that is very sad. My partner

in the studio is no longer with us. I know you probably notice that we

have our Atlas cam on every podcast and you get to see what my little guy is always doing. He's

always in the studio with me. But I lost Atlas on Monday of this week. And at 15 and a half,

it was time and I was broken. Then I'm still really gutted. But I thought,

you know, because you're a big part of this and he's a big part of our show, I would put together

this little shrine so that you could still see. I have his dish. I haven't emptied it yet.

It says water dish. It still has some of his

hair on it. And his collar, which still smells like him. And a couple of his favorite little

cookies, the old Mother Hubbard cookies, which she just loved. Loved. And his leash. So I just

wanted to let you know that you won't be seeing Atlas on the podcast anymore.

But for now, we have our little memory of him in the studio.

So today on this episode, it's kind of a head scratcher.

I don't even know how else to say this, but the side show around Ashley Buzzard just blew up in a way that even I did not see coming.

Her entire case, not the one about her missing child, you know, the nine-year-old that we haven't seen in weeks? Yeah, not that case.

The other case, the one where she supposedly trapped a paralegal in her house, pulled a box

cutter, and then kept him from leaving. That case just collapsed in the most jaw-dropping way.

But what made it fall apart is something that I just need you to hear for yourself.

And pour a drink.

Because the judge didn't just toss this case out based on illegal technicality.

He tossed it out because of a recording, a recording that Ashley buzzard secretly made herself.

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