S34 Trailer | Dirtbag Climber

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CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

A dirtbag climber known as Jesse James is found dead in a burned out vehicle on an empty logging road. His past is a total enigma — until a break in the case unleashes a landslide of secrets.

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0:00.0	Why does the internet suck so much right now?
0:03.1	Has online porn changed sex forever?
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0:07.7	These are the kind of questions answered on CBC's Understood,
0:10.7	a podcast that bridges business, technology, and culture.
0:14.3	Understood looks deeper than the daily headlines.
0:16.7	It gives you the big story in just four episodes.
0:20.0	Want to know more?
0:21.8	Know it now.
0:24.7	Find the latest season wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:35.0	I'm Stephen Shua.
0:41.0	In 2017, I started a newspaper job in the mountain town of Squamish, British Columbia.
0:45.2	Local news, civic politics, small town stuff.
0:52.5	Just a few months after I got here, a rock climber named Jesse James was found dead in his truck on a remote logging road.
0:55.7	He was shot in the middle of the night.
0:59.5	His truck burned beyond recognition.
1:03.0	Jesse James was murdered.
1:05.3	It is truly a mystery.
1:07.2	It is truly a case of who done it.
1:13.1	Not only was Desi's death a mystery, so was his life.
1:17.5	And the discovery of his true identity would trigger a landslide.
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