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Sep 2022
46m 49s

Episode 138 - Partners In Crime

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About this episode
What if I told you that the boogeyman was real? That there really was a dark figure running around out there waiting to strike, where exactly, nobody knows. Maybe hiding out in the woods, the toolshed, or somewhere even closer....like your closet. And because the possibilities are endless, that’s precisely why it's so terrifying.

Now, what if I told you that there were two of them?

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Sources:
Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and now Escapees (New York Times)
Escape from Dannemora (2017) - Michael Benson]
Dannemora (2019)  - Charles A. Gardner
ESCAPE ROUTE VIDEO (GoPro - ABC News)
We Stand Corrected: Dannemora - Documentary
The Tarsia Fils 
Kevin J. Tarsia Memorial
Buffalo News
New Republic
Democrat & Chronicle 
June 8 Press Conference 
June 6 Press Conference
Joyce Mitchell Sentencing 
Cuomo Press Conference
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