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Sep 1
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One Foot Out The Door (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE...

Ballen Studios
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Just after 7 p.m. on June 16th, 2010, an employee at the Palmdale, California Sheriff’s Department tapped his fingers on his desk and sighed. The department was usually pretty busy, but it had been slow that night, so the shift was dragging. As the employee aimlessly moved around some paperwork, he heard something that made him look up at the front doors of ... Show More
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