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Dec 2023
34m 21s

My Fugitive Dad Ft. Ashley Randele

BETCHES MEDIA
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Sara and Danny are joined by Ashley Randele, co-host of the new podcast Smokescreen: My Fugitive Dad. At 38 years old, Ashley learned that her father, Thomas Randele, was a bank robber and fugitive by the name of Ted Conrad. Ashley shares her experience of making this docuseries, what it was like investigating her own father's past, and what listeners can lo ... Show More
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