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Welcome to Ten-Minute Murder, the brief and bingeable true crime podcast. I'm Joe, the host, and thank you for being here. A reminder, you can send stories to me by emailing them to me. 10 minute murder at gmail.com. That's probably the quickest and easiest way to reach me if that's what you're trying to do.

Also, you can reach me through social media, but I don't stay glued to that at all times.

Not that I stay glued to my email either, but I check my email more frequently than I check social media.

Oftentimes.

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Instagram, and it'll pop right up. Also, I'll leave those links in the show notes of this episode.

And to answer the question that many of you have been asking, hey, Joe, where have you been?

And the answer is, I've been busy and also half dead. Well, I felt half dead. And I still kind of sound half dead. First of all, I've been busy and also half dead. Well, I felt half dead, and I still kind of sound half dead.

First of all, I've been super busy with my regular job, so busy that it was seeping into the

evening hours and weekends, which is when I normally commit time to this podcast. So I've had a lot

less time recently. Also, I got the second vaccine injection and it put me out

of commission for a bit. The first one was no big deal, just some soreness in my arm. No problem.

This one, though, I thought I was circling the drain a couple of times. It was rough for me.

And BTW, this is just my own personal experience. I'm not saying this happens to everyone,

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