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Criminal

The Sailor's Teeth

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.738.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In 1982, forensic dentists examined the teeth of thousands of sailors stationed on an aircraft carrier called the USS Carl Vinson in Newport News, Virginia. It’s been called “the largest dental dragnet likely in U.S. history.” Chris Fabricant’s book is Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System. We need your help. We are conducting a short audience survey to help plan for our future and hear from you. To participate, head to vox.com/podsurvey, and thank you! Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:13.7

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0:18.4

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0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. This episode contains descriptions of violence, including sexual assault.

0:37.0

Please use discretion.

0:41.0

In 1982, Teresa and Jesse Perron, a young married couple were living in Newport News, Virginia.

0:49.2

They had three little kids, all under five years old and Jesse worked at the local Navy

0:56.0

shipyard as a welder. He was working on a dry-docked aircraft carrier called the

1:02.4

U.S. the USS Carl Vincent.

1:05.0

On the afternoon of September 13th, 1982, Jesse Perone left to work his regular evening shift.

1:12.0

His wife Teresa and their three children went to her

1:15.1

parents house to visit. When they came back home, Teresa said she noticed that

1:20.5

a screen was loose over a window in their living room.

1:24.0

Later, she went outside to hang laundry to dry.

1:27.0

And she looked out at the back gate and there was a sailor staring at her in a very creepy way.

1:34.0

Teresa went inside and locked her doors.

1:36.9

She later said she thought back to earlier that day and remembered that a sailor on the

1:41.4

side of the road had cursed at her for not giving him a ride.

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