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Jul 2023
1h 12m

#408 - Never Saw That Coming - Townshend...

James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman
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This week, in Townshend, Vermont, what appears to be a nice story, of a couple, living a nice life, turns very dark when it's least expected. This leaves one member of this couple brutally beaten to death, in the driveway, after the other spouse had been carrying on a weird affair with a neighbor. This story includes guard llamas, Grandma & Grandpa friends with benefits, and the murderer telling everyone they know that they committed this murder. But will this unlikely killer be held responsible?


Along the way, we find out that Vermont can turn anybody into the movie "Funny Farm", that old people apparently get very horny, and that just because you hide the murder weapon, doesn't mean you're innocent!!


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