With Friends Like These: Kirsten Costas
Once Upon A Crime
Esther Ludlow
4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2017
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Friendship can be complicated—but for Kirsten Costas, it turned deadly. In the quiet town of Orinda, California, high school jealousy spiraled into a shocking act of violence when a classmate brutally attacked her. What led to this tragic betrayal? And could it have been prevented?
Join us as we unravel the disturbing case of Kirsten Costas—the first story in our series With Friends Like These, where friendships take a dark and deadly turn.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast details true crime cases. |
| 0:03.2 | It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence. |
| 0:07.0 | It is not intended for children. |
| 0:09.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:14.6 | Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
| 0:18.3 | We're beginning our first ever listener suggested series. |
| 0:21.8 | A big thanks to Janelle for the suggestion. |
| 0:25.1 | Many of us meet our closest friends when we are young. |
| 0:28.2 | If you still have friends you met in high school, |
| 0:30.6 | they're probably the ones who know you the best |
| 0:32.6 | and who've been with you through thick and thin. |
| 0:35.8 | These are the friends you trust the most. |
| 0:38.6 | But what if someone you thought was a good friend turned on you? |
| 0:42.0 | And not just by letting you down or even betraying you, |
| 0:45.9 | but also by becoming dangerous or even lethal. |
| 0:50.2 | In this series, I will detail cases where friends turn upon friends and become deadly. |
| 0:57.1 | This is chapter one of With Friends Like These. |
| 1:00.9 | This is the case of Kirsten Costas. |
| 1:07.5 | Arenda, California is a town located in northern California, about an hour northeast from San Francisco. |
| 1:13.6 | It's not far from the UC Berkeley campus and near the Oakland Hills. The population has long hovered around 18,000 residents. |
| 1:21.6 | It is considered a bedroom community. Many people who live in Arenda commute to work in Oakland, San Francisco, or nearby Walnut Creek. |
| 1:31.1 | Orinda and other towns surrounding it, like Lafayette and Moraga, are enclaves of upper middle class |
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