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Feb 2025
25m 16s

The List Murders

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This episode originally aired April 5, 2018. For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family eluded the FBI. Investigators used art and forensic science to find the killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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