One Dries new true crime podcast, The Apology Line, begins with Alan Bridge,

posting flyers around New York City, asking people to anonymously apologize for their crimes.

Not to God, not to the police, but to his answering machine.

With an hour's the call started in.

People apologizing for stealing and fidelity, lying, and even murder.

Alan got dozens of calls from people claiming to be murderers, but one man stood out,

Richie. He was deliberate, measured, and his calls would leave thousands wondering if he was really

the serial killer he claimed to be. That is until Richie offered to provide proof of his crimes.

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It was early 1981, and I was with a group of friends at a loft in New York City.

It was a dinner party with, I think, about six, maybe eight of us around the big table.

Doug Welch was there too. Through the huge windows, we could see the lights of the Empire State Building.

Rosary Candles flickered on a curved bookcase that separated the living room from the bedroom.

These gatherings always went late. We were all artists, so we talked about our work,

politics, and how we were surviving in the city. The host was a man named Alan.

Toward the end of the dinner as it was wrapping up, Alan just sort of casually said, would anyone

like to hear the latest that came in today from apology? Apology was Alan's newest project.

Doug's girlfriend Carrie vaguely remembered it had something to do with people calling a phone line.

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