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Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood loves stories about fugitives on the run, but in reality that lifestyle is anything but glamorous, especially for those who get pulled in along the way. One woman reflects back on six years spent on the lam in Mexico, after her husband was charged with murder and their family fled south.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Anna Hicks, illustrator of the new limited edition Ear Hustle
0:04.7	T-shirt. The following episode of Ear Hustle contains language and depictions of
0:09.1	violence that may not be appropriate for all listeners. Discussion is advised.
0:18.7	I had seen a movie and they say when you're looking for something 90% of people
0:24.7	never look up, right? And it just so happened there was a tree right there. So I
0:31.6	climbed the tree and I hid out in this tree for about an hour while the police
0:38.1	were looking for me. I got to the point where I was so cold there's like a
0:43.6	helicopter flying over me. The spotlight is like so shining on me. I'm like,
0:48.6	okay, they're gonna see me. They're gonna see me and they did not see me.
0:55.7	And that is where we're gonna leave Havier for now.
0:59.2	Hang in out in a tree. I'm picture to call there. I know a lot of guys in San
1:05.5	Quentin have stories about running from the police. Yep, you skip a court date.
1:09.2	Maybe you head out of town for a while, cops are trying to track you down. So when
1:14.0	you're locked up you hear a lot of stories about life on the run especially this
1:18.1	cat here. You know you have different levels of on the run. You have one
1:23.8	dude right now. Say you got a dope case. He jumped bailed or whatever it is. So he
1:27.2	on the run. They're not looking for you for real for real. You see what I'm saying?
1:30.9	My on the run. I have five different agencies chasing me. You see what I'm saying?
1:37.4	I had the bail bondsman. The bail bondsman insurance. The fugitive task force.
1:44.1	Culver City PD. The Feds. The Marshalls. So it was a different kind of run. They
1:51.9	were serious. That's Trevor Woods. He's been on the show before and he's also
1:57.3	Irland's brother. Yep. He was on the run for four whole years. And a pair of
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