Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus

coming at you once again to finally do this Q&A episode that I've been

promising for about 200 years. I've received too many questions over that time

to possibly fit them all into this single episode and there are also a lot of repeat questions so I'll try to get through as many as I can with as much specificity as possible.

As always, most episodes of Cold Case Murder Mysteries are available by premium subscription on Cold Case Murder Mysteries.com.

So head on over and sign up today for access to the latest episodes in the catalog. And yes, I know I mentioned this every time I have a free episode,

but when you have a show like this, it's inevitable that you're going to piss off a lot of people,

to the extent they quit, so new members are required to fill that vacuum.

It's an unfortunate part of the process but it comes with the territory of being audacious,

bold and

I'm innovative, I tend to do whatever makes the show more popular,

and last week's episode,

no matter how upsetting it might have been,

helped me reach the download Total I promised

my sponsor in the first four days of a 30 day period.

So it's difficult for me to please everybody.

Some people like me to go off on crazy tangents and others hate it.

Some people want to hear me talk about the future

and others only want to hear specifically about the crime in question. I try to mix it up to

accommodate everybody but any attempt at pleasing each person listening is a hard lesson in futility.

The only thing I refuse to do in the process is pretend to be somebody I'm not for the purpose

of commercialism. Podcasting is the rare platform that allows creators extensive autonomy,

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