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Apr 2025
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Ice and Fire (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Ballen Studios
About this episode
On a night in March of 2017, a bonfire lit up the yard at a house party in Youngstown, Ohio. A group of friends in their 20s and 30s sat around the fire, drinking beer, talking, and having a good time. And as the night went on and they kept partying, they couldn’t imagine that this bonfire would soon help police solve one of the most horrific crimes the city ... Show More
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