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Today is Tuesday, February 4th, 2020.

On this day in 1974, Eris Patricia Hurst was kidnapped from her apartment by the

Symbionese Liberation Army or SLA.

57 days later, she joined her kidnapper's cause,

leading some to wonder,

had she planned her own kidnapping.

Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original.

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised,

extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. Today we're covering the kidnapping of Patricia

Hurst by the Symbbianese Liberation Army,

after which she was held captive for 57 days, and then joined her captors cause.

Let's go back to Berkeley, California, shortly after 9 PM on February 4th, 1974. Angela Atwood was desperate for a new set of wheels and not just because she was third wheeling Billy and Emily Harris.

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