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Nov 2018
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Episode 37 – The Yosemite Murders And FB...

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About this episode
PART 2 OF 2 - Previously in Part 1 of the Yosemite Murders and the FBI agent who helped solved them. In 1999, a total of 4 women had mysteriously vanished near Yosemite National Park in California. Their bodies were eventually discovered...and they had been brutally murdered. After a massive investigation, the FBI felt confident they had the perpetrators behind bars. However Special FBI agent Jeffrey Rinek felt differently.

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Music Credits
Kai Engel - Mist and Clouds
Kai Engel - The Blossom PON III
Kai Engel - I Am Climbing on Air 
Kai Engel - Behind Your Window
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster

All music is used under an Attribution License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Music provided by George Cattapan - http://www.cattapanproductions.com/

The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

Research & Writing Assistance - Stephen Armstrong

Special Thank You:
Justin Evans: Host of The Peripheral & The Generation Why
https://www.facebook.com/Theperipheralpodcast/
https://art19.com/shows/generation-why-podcast

Jeffrey Rinek - Former FBI Agent
https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/in-the-name-of-the-children/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/books/review/true-crime-books-marilyn-stasio.html

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