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Oct 2017
13m 11s

1. The Knit Cap

Abc News
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It's winter 2003. 25-year-old banker Burke O'Brien is murdered in cold blood on a January morning in downtown Manhattan. As Burke's family mourns the loss of their son, detective Kenny Silvia is assigned the case and working to put a killer behind bars. Support this podcast with a review ----> http://bit.ly/2x6pt17 ** Subscribe to "Start Here," the new daily podcast from ABC News, available on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2pvq8Ws), Google Podcasts (http://bit.ly/2JZSK70), or your favorite podcast app! "A Murder On Orchard Street" is a production of ABC News Nightline, ABC Radio & ABC News Digital. Subscribe to the daily "Nightline" podcast on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/2kBeFp9) or wherever you're listening right now. Find more ABC podcasts at http://www.abcnewspodcasts.com

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