Presenting - The First Degree with Jac Vanek and Alexis Linkletter
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’d like to introduce you to The First Degree, a true crime podcast from Jac Vanek and Alexis Linkletter. In episode 361, Jac and Lex unravel one night in 2006 when medical student Brian Shaffer disappeared, the theories that won’t die, and the question that haunts everyone: how does someone vanish into thin air?
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. This story contains adult content and language. Listener discretion is advised. The claims and opinions in this podcast are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the knife or exactly right media. |
| 0:41.1 | Welcome to The Knife. I'm Hannah Smith. I'm Pasha Eton. Today we're dropping one of our favorite episodes of the first degree, a true crime podcast from Jack Fannick and Alexis Linkletter. |
| 0:46.6 | If you're a true crime listener, this show is for you. They cover everything from murders to |
| 0:51.4 | cults to conspiracies. They dive into the lives of people connected to the most |
| 0:56.0 | infamous crimes. And today we're going to play one of our favorite episodes from their show. |
| 1:01.1 | It is about the mysterious disappearance of Brian Schaefer back in 2006. |
| 1:06.5 | You can listen to the first degree anywhere you listen to your favorite podcast, so go check them out. |
| 1:11.3 | And we hope you enjoy the episode. |
| 1:16.6 | The first degree. |
| 1:22.3 | First degree. |
| 1:23.4 | First degree. |
| 1:24.1 | First degree. |
| 1:24.7 | First degree. |
| 1:25.9 | First degree. |
| 1:26.9 | The first degree. You see it on the news. You see it on the paper. You degree. First degree. The first degree. |
| 1:28.4 | You see it on the news. |
| 1:29.7 | You see it on the paper. |
| 1:30.7 | You see it on Facebook. |
| 1:32.8 | These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life. |
| 1:41.4 | Welcome to the first degree, the true crime podcast that you might end up on. |
| 1:45.2 | My name is Jack Fannick. |
| 1:46.1 | I'm sitting here with Alexis Link Letter. |
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