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🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | If there was a phone number that you could call to apologize for anything and no one would |
0:04.3 | know, what would you confess? |
0:06.9 | The apology line is a podcast about Alan Bridge, who posted flyers around New York City asking |
0:12.8 | people to anonymously apologize for their crimes. |
0:15.9 | Not to God, not to the police, but to his answering machine. |
0:20.0 | Within hours, the call started coming in. |
0:22.2 | People apologizing for stealing, adultery, lying, and even murder. |
0:27.5 | Alan got dozens of calls from people claiming to be killers, but one stood out, Richie. |
0:33.3 | He was deliberate, measured, and his calls would leave Alan wondering if he really was |
0:38.2 | the serial killer he claimed to be. |
0:41.0 | That is, until Richie offered to provide proof of his crimes. |
0:45.6 | Unable to just listen anymore, Alan knew that he had to try and stop him. |
0:50.0 | I'm about to play you a clip from the apology line. |
0:53.5 | While you're listening, make sure to follow the Amazon Music exclusive podcast, the apology |
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1:00.7 | Download the app today. |
1:07.5 | It was early 1981, and I was with a group of friends at a loft in New York City. |
1:13.0 | It was a dinner party with, I think, about six, maybe eight of us around the big table. |
1:19.3 | Doug Welch was there too. |
1:21.6 | Through the huge windows, we could see the lights of the Empire State Building. |
1:25.8 | Rosary Candles flickered on a curved bookcase that separated the living room from the bedroom. |
1:31.1 | These gatherings always went late. |
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