The First Degree
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The First Degree
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be friends with a murderer? Or escape a kidnapping? Or have a father who was a serial killer? Join Jac Vanek and Alexis Linkletter on a chilling ride into the darkest corners of your worst nightmares. Murders, cults, kidnappings, and conspiracies—all told throug...
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DEEP DIVE: TO CATCH A PREDATOR?
There’s a lot going on this week, so put those tin foil hats on. First, we’re discussing the new bizarre documentary Predators, and the impact Chris...
Episode 415: Three People Knew
In August 2017, a newlywed is found shot to death inside a hotel room in Athens, Georgia, while on a road trip with her husband. As investigators begi...
Introducing: CRIMES OF REDDIT, Alexis’ new show with Sabrina Deana-Roga
Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love The First Degree, you are going to love CRI...
DEEP DIVE: AUTHOR SESSIONS - CHAOS
Today's episode is the Deep Dive x The First Degree Book Club crossover you didn't know you needed.
We're sitting down with...
Episode 414: Manson murders, MKUltra, and the CIA
This week on The First Degree, we're doing something a little different.
Consider this episode your CHAOS crash course.
Tom...
DEEP DIVE: THE MANOSPHERE BAKERY
This week Jac is taking you on a very niche deep dive, so buckle up. We’re going all the way down the manosphere rabbit hole via a “hot” viral bakery...
Episode 413: Christian Sayre
In October 2021, the owner of a beloved dive bar in Everett, Washington is arrested on multiple counts of sexual assault, sending shockwaves through t...
DEEP DIVE: MKULTRA ALIVE & WELL?
Tin foil hats on! Today’s episode, we go down the rabbit hole of Tulsi Gabbard’s brother being arrested for luring kids into his hotel room with cand...
Episode 412: Hotel Zaza Tragedy
On July 29, 2019, police respond to a 911 call from a hotel in Dallas, Texas. There are noise complaints about some guests, but hotel security is relu...
DEEP DIVE: TYLER ROBINSON HEARING
Tyler Robinson’s hearing has officially started and it is a shit show already. We are discussing the highlights, the plot holes, and the fake news get...
Episode 411: Jeremy "Scotty" Cockrell
In June 2006, a 17-year-old spends the evening volunteering with a local haunted house before making plans to spend the next day at the lake with frie...
DEEP DIVE: LEX'S LISK UPDATE
This week, Alexis is giving you the inside scoop on all of the latest LISK updates, including what she saw at the sentencing hearing, never heard stor...
Episode 410: Terrence Woods Jr.
On October 5, 2018, a 26-year-old man disappears while on a work assignment close to Orogrande, Idaho. The energetic, ambitious production assistant a...
DEEP DIVE: MOUNT SHASTA MYSTERY
Today is a bit of a medley episode, because there’s just so much to talk about. We’re hitting the headlines: FBI confirms the Nancy Guthrie ransom le...
Episode 409: Paula & Brandon Wade
In October 2002, a 25-year-old mother is preparing to leave Valdosta, Georgia, with her 3-year-old son and move back home to be closer to family. She...
DEEP DIVE: PETER THEIL’S SUPERVILLAIN LIST
We’ve got two very important topics to talk to you about today. One, hackers revealed Peter Theil’s “list”, aka the people who meet up in black cloaks...
Episode 408: Deanna Merryfield
In July 1990, a 13-year-old girl disappears in the early hours after sneaking out to see her twin sister in Killeen, Texas. When she is reported missi...
DEEP DIVE: MISSING & MURDERED SCIENTISTS, PART 2
We are concluding our 2 part series on the missing and murdered scientists today, and it gets more bizarre the farther you fall down the rabbit hole....
Episode 407: Jeremiah Aviles
In May 2023, an 18-year-old is preparing for graduation, planning for college, and looking forward to the future in Mesa, Arizona. But after spending...
Presenting: The Final Hours with Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole
Today, we’re sharing a preview of The Final Hours, a true crime podcast from Crime House, powered by PAVE Studios.
Hosted b...
DEEP DIVE: A NEW BOMBSHELL HAS ENTERED THE VILLA
Get ready for another wild week of headlines. Did you ever submit your DNA to 23 and Me or Ancestry.com? Well, the CIA might be digging through your...
Episode 406: Simrit Gill
On the morning of February 1, 2008, a man calls his 20-year-old daughter in Charlotte, North Carolina after receiving a disturbing phone call urging h...
DEEP DIVE: MISSING AND MURDERED SCIENTISTS
You asked for it….get ready for the ultimate deep dive digging into the over 13 missing and murdered scientists over the past few years. We are starti...
Episode 405: Amber Arnett
On June 23rd, 2023, a 39-year-old woman messages her mom asking if she can come to her home because she doesn’t feel safe where she is staying. Unfort...
Episode 405: Amber Arnett
On June 23rd, 2023, a 39-year-old woman messages her mom asking if she can come to her home because she doesn’t feel safe where she is staying. Unfort...
DEEP DIVE: MACKENZIE SHIRILLA
Today we’re deep diving everything that the Netflix documentary The Crash missed about the Mackenzie Shirilla case. From scouting out LA modeling agen...
Episode 404: Sons Of Sam, Part 2
In episode 404, Jac and Alexis are joined by Josh Zeman for Part 2 of their coverage on the infamous Son of Sam murders—and the man whose relentless o...
DEEP DIVE: MEDIA GHOULS
What the hell even happened this week?! We’re diving into it all: Luigi Mangione updates, the James Charles x Gypsy Rose crossover you’d never expect,...
Episode 403: Sons Of Sam, Part 1
In the early hours of July 29th, 1976, an 18-year-old woman sits in her car outside her house chatting with a friend following a night out in New York...
DEEP DIVE: EPSTEIN STILL DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF
It’s a bizarre variety show kind of week over here on the deep dive! We’re talking Epstein “suicide note”, Brittany Furlan x Ronnie Radke catfish scan...
Episode 402: Stephen Jacobo
In November 2022, an 18 year old attends a birthday celebration with his family before heading to a party with friends in Mesa, Arizona. Just hours la...
DEEP DIVE: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE
There is so much shit going on this week that we don’t even know where to begin. Starting off with updates on Blake vs Justin, D4VD, the Hantavirus (...
Episode 401: Austin Kanuch
In September 2023, a 39-year-old man is attacked inside his home in the early morning hours while his family sleeps nearby. He is pronounced dead at t...
DEEP DIVE: GET HIM TO THE CREEP
This week we have updates on the DV4D case (an arrest has finally been made thank GOD), finding out who really built Zorro ranch, there’s somehow a se...
Episode 400: Father Robert Hoeffner
On January 28th, 2024, a 76-year-old man and his 69-year-old sister are murdered at their home in Palm Bay, Florida. The killer flees, engaging the po...
DEEP DIVE: HALEY BECK, PART 2
Another week of crazy headlines awaits us including D4VD finally being arrested, Michael Jackson’s weird link to Epstein, and Gislaine Maxwell’s possi...
Episode 399: Clayton Echard
You might know Clayton Echard as The Bachelor, but this time, he’s sitting down to tell his side of the story. In this special interview episode, we’r...
Clayton Eckhard: The Story
You might know Clayton Echard as The Bachelor, but lately his name has been tied to something far messier: a viral paternity scandal filled with bold...
DEEP DIVE: HALEY BECK
We have found our new hyper fixation and it is the insane and unbelievable case of Haley Beck. We’re reading the police report, going through texts,...
Episode 398: The Last New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve 2019, deputies respond to reports of gunfire at a quiet home outside Montgomery, Texas. Inside, a young mother has been shot multipl...