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Some crimes are so shocking they don't just make headlines,
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they forever change our society. I'm Katie Ring, host of
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America's Most Infamous Crimes. Each week I take on one
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of the most notorious criminal cases, whether it's unfolding now
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or etched into American history. Serial killers who terrorize cities,
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unsolved mysteries that kept detectives up at night, and investigations
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that change the way we think about justice. Each case
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unfolds across multiple episodes, release every Tuesday through Thursday, and
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the first sign that something was wrong to the moment
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the truth came out or didn't. Listen to and follow
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America's Most Infamous Crimes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music,
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or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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Hi Friends, Welcome back. Each week on we highlight a
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different person who has gone missing, someone with a story,
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a family, and a community still hoping for any answers.
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These are all of the cases that we covered in
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January that we want to highlight once more just to
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bring more visibility.
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The cases include John Tucson, Doe from the DNA Doe Project,
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Shakaia Blue Harding, Keshia Sylvester, Janaiah McMichael. Let's revisit those
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cases and hopefully get the word out even more, especially
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because if listeners like you, please go over to our
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Clues podcast socials and there are posters you can share
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on your stories and let's really spread the word. Thanks guys.
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So we are highlighting the John Tuscan Doe nineteen ninety
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eight case. On October first, nineteen ninety eight, water surveyors
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from the city of Tucson came across the remains of
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a young man near a rural road in the desert.
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He was about six feet tall, weighed two hundred and
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fifty two pounds, and authorities believe that he had been
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dead for a number of days. John Doe had short,
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curly hair and wore tan shorts and a pullover shirt.
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Race is uncertain, however, they estimate that he was about
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seventeen to twenty three years old. There is a composite
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sketch we are going to be sharing with you guys,
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so if this person looks familiar to you, we will
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have a link for you to get in contact with
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the agency of jurisdiction. It is the PMA County Office
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of the Medical Examiner. The ID for the DNA DO
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project is up seven two three six. There's also a
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few other links that will put in the description with
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a bit more information.
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When we were doing the research on Jermaine's case, I
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actually came across another missing Indigenous woman in the same
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area as Jermaine. Her name is Shikaia Blue Harding. She
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was last seen in Billings, Montana, on the morning of
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July twenty fifth, twenty eighteen. That is pretty close to
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Jermaine's case. A bus ticket was purchased in Chikaia's name
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for Grand Junction, Colorado, but there is no evidence it
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was ever used. The ticket was purchased the July fourth
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weekend in downtown Billings. There have been multiple possible sightings
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in Phoenix, Arizona, specifically the Children's Hospital, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Airport,
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Bad Habits, Gentlemen's Club One McDowell, and at the intersection
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of North nineteenth Av And Dunlab Av. There's also been
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possible sightings in Great Falls, Montana, specifically near the Sam's
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Club by Northwest Bypass tenth AB and twenty third Street
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and near Walmart on tenth AB. She has been sighted
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in both of these locations with an older male. She
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also has connections in Fort Bellknap, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
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and Fort Riley, Kansas. Her date of birth is November
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twenty eighth, nineteen ninety eight. She was nineteen years old
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at the time of her disappearance. She's described as having
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black hair, brown eyes, being five foot four around one
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hundred and twenty five pounds. Jakaya has a five inch
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long scar on her left shin and her hair may
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be short, and there's evidence that she may have a
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limp at this time. She also
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may be going by
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Kaya or her middle name Blue, and she may spell
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her name Sha kai Ah, which is different than the
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spelling we have on the missing poster, which is shac Aiah,
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and she also might use the last name ha u
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g h t y n G. It is believed at
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this time that Shakaya is a victim of human trafficking,
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So if anyone has any information on Shokaia's whereabouts, you
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can contact Detective jam at four oh six two five
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six two nine two five or the Yellowstone County Sheriff's
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Office at four oh six two five six two nine
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two nine.
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This week, we are highlighting the case of Keshia Sylvester.
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Keshia has been missing since nine twenty two, twenty seventeen.
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She went missing from Browbridge, Louisiana, described as a female, black,
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twenty nine years old, five two, one hundred and forty
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five pounds. Now, I will say there are very suspicious
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circumstances surrounding Keshia's disappearance. Her purse and cell phone were
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left behind at her home. The food that she had
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made for dinner was left on the stove. She didn't
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pick up her last paycheck from her job at a casino,
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and she also missed her daughter's prom. This was all
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super uncharacteristic of her behavior. She had really been looking
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forward to her daughter's prom had already picked the hairstyle
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she wanted her daughter to have for the event. According
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to her family, prior to her disappearance, Keshia had seemed
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confident and happy, and she kept in daily touch with
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her family and often visited her father. Only days after
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her disappearance, her landlord moved her belongings and the trailer
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in which she lived, something that her family believes led
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to possible evidence being lost or destroyed. Foul play is
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possible in her case, which still remains unsolved. Keshia has
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not been found. I saw on a recent update compute
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and items were seized from the landlord, but nothing has
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been released at this time. So if you
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information in regards to Keshia and her disappearance, please contact
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the Saint Martin's Parish Sheriff's office at three three seven
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three nine four three zero seven to one. Obviously a
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very suspicious.
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Whoa okase or moving the trailer right afterwards, within just
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a few days, all.
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Her belongings everything gone, Oh my gosh, And like she
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went and visited her daughter before, like as she was
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getting ready for prompt like give her some money or
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something like for prompt, Like it's she was supposed to
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go back, and yeah, you don't see her daughter after.
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So very very suspicious, suspicious. If you guys have any information,
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like make sure it gets it gets known.
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It sounds like one of those ones where someone knows.
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Something, Someone definitely knows something.
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This week we want to highlight the case of fourteen
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year old Janiah McMichael of Gary, Indiana, who disappears and
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currently there is a renewed push for answers in her case.
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So investigators now believe that the teen was a victim
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of foul play.
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Now.
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Jania's mother, Jasmine McMichael, reported her missing on August twelve,
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twenty twenty four, from their home near nineteenth Avenue in
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Virginia Street in Gary, Indiana. In October, a search warrant
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was executed. Gary Police said that they have not released
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details of that search to preserve the integrity of the case.
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The FBI is also involved in the investigation and says
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it strongly suspects foul play. Jania was last seen wearing
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a black hoodie, black pajama pants, and red slash black shoes.
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Jania's grandmother has said about this case quote, one year
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ago today, I got a phone call from my daughter
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saying that my granddaughter Jenia ran away. I don't believe
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she ran away. There have been leads, but no solid leads. Nothing.
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It's just like she vanished. On April twenty eighth, twenty
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twenty five, the FBI and the City of Gary announced
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a twenty thousand dollars reward for information leading to an
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arrest and conviction of those responsible for Jenia's disappearance. It
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also see seems like at some point an additional ten
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thousand dollars was posted by uspat Nationwide Security of private
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security company, So now the total reward being offered for
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information is thirty thousand dollars if anyone has any information,
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and the Gary Police Department continues to work on active
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leads with the FBI and urges anyone with information related
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to Jania's disappearance to come forward. Lead Detective Sergeant David
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Umbarger can be contacted at two to nine eight eight
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one one two zero nine or d U M B
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R g Er at Gary dot gov. Additional tips can
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be submitted to the FBI at one eight hundred call
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FBI that's one eight hundred two two five five three
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two four, or online at tips dot FBI dot gov.
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That concludes our recap of the missing people who've covered
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for the month of January, and their stories continue beyond
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this episode.
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So please again continue to share and amplify these cases
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and leave any that you want us to cover in
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the comments. We are picking a lot of our cases now,
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things to you guys listeners commenting on those that are
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close to your community.
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Thank you so much for being a part of this community,
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and you can tune into Cluse every Wednesday wherever you
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get your podcasts, where we cover a new missing person
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every week.
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Some crimes are so shocking they don't just make headlines,
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they forever change our society. I'm Katie Ring, host of
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America's Most Infamous Crimes. Each week, I take on one
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of the most notorious criminal cases, whether it's unfolding now
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or etched into American history. Serial killers who terrorize cities,
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unsolved mysteries that kept detectives up at night, and investigations
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that change the way we think about justice. Each case
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unfolds across multiple episodes, release every Tuesday through Thursday, and
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the first sign that something was wrong to the moment
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the truth came out or didn't. Listen to and follow
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America's Most Infamous Crimes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music,
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or wherever you listen to your podcasts.