It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.

For many, it's their biggest fear.

Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished.

A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons' cases

in an effort to uncover the truth.

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or wherever you get your podcasts.

This story contains adult content and language.

Listener Discussion is Advised.

I mean, I think it's a creep.

The impression that I get of Charlie is a young man who has a huge chip on his shoulder.

Things the world is out to get him.

Things that everyone is judging him, judging themselves against him and finding themselves better.

I'm Kate Winkler-Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime podcast, Tenfold More Wicked, as well as

the co-host of the new show, Bared Bones, both on exactly right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom.

And they are all excellent writers.

They've had so many great true crime stories.

And now we want to tell you those stories with details that have never been published.

Tenfold More Wicked Presents Wicked Words is about the choices that writers make good

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