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Jul 2023
35m 50s

Ear Hustle Presents: Violation

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
About this episode
It’s summertime! Which means the Ear Hustle team is off cooking up a new batch of stories for our next season — Season 12 — launching September 6. In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode from one of our favorite new podcasts, Violation. The series revisits a 1986 murder case, in which 16-year-old Jacob Wideman — son of award-winning author John Edga ... Show More
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