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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: 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...
DEEP DIVE: EPSTEIN, ALIENS, AND EVEREST
Epstein, aliens, and Everest, oh my! It’s a scam filled week over here at the Deep Dive, and we are exposing them all. From Mount Everest fraud, to...
Episode 397: Jonathan Hoang
On the morning of March 31, 2025, a mother goes to wake her son for school and finds his room empty. He is 21 years old, autistic, and vulnerable, and...
EXCLUSIVE: THE HALEY BECK SCANDAL
*** BONUS EPISODE ALERT***
A disturbing scandal has surfaced in Peoria involving Centennial High School, where two female teachers from t...
DEEP DIVE: DISNEY ADULTS
We’re all over the place with this weeks deep dive! Starting off with the headlines: government bimbo fetishes, Lindsey Graham (who has no kids) wavin...
Episode 396: They Never Stop
In February 2008, two trusted members of the Turlock, California community - a police officer and a teacher - are both accused of exploiting their pos...
DEEP DIVE: PALM BEACH PETE
“I’m not Epstein, I’m Palm Beach Pete!” Or, at least that’s what Epstein’s new viral doppelgänger says. We deep dive this fascinating man on today’s...
Heaven’s Gate Part 1 with Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
In this special true crime crossover, we joined Vanessa Richardson and forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels on Serial Killers and Murderous Minds...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 7 (PLUS REBEL WILSON)
Another week, another handful of Epstein bombshells. We’re talking about the prison guard working during Epstein’s death being set to testify to congr...
Episode 395: The Eleventh Gun
In early January 1985, a 20-year-old National Guardsman is on a training exercise in Henderson, Nevada. The ambitious and intelligent young man has a...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 6
Even though the world has seemingly moved on from Epstein, we refuse to stop talking about it. This week we are diving into the headlines of the week...
Episode 394: Toby Beaugh
In February 2006, a newly married 29-year-old man is walking home from a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans when a black truck nearly strikes him a...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 5
We’ve been pulled into a few different rabbit holes this week, and it’s yet again a crazy ass ride. First, we look into Epstein’s ties to the Interloc...
Episode 393: After The Crash
On October 29, 2010, a 50-year-old woman is shot at her home in Cresson Township, Pennsylvania. The same day, her college aged son is also involved in...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 4
Another week of chipping away at the iceberg. Today we’re diving into the Gislaine sighting in Canada, Bill Gates admitting to affairs with two Russia...
Episode 392: The Au Pair Catfish
On a quiet February morning in an upscale Virginia suburb, a 911 call shattered the quiet. An au pair reported an intruder. A federal agent said he fi...
TFD Special Episode: Introducing The Knife
Firsties, we are so excited to introduce you to an amazing true crime podcast hosted by some new friends to The First Degree, Hannah Smith and Patia E...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 3
And we're back for round three... This week, we're diving into the latest updates surrounding the Epstein files, discussing the DOJ's recent release o...
Episode 391: Danny Rex Harris
On October 26, 2007, a 55-year-old military veteran was found murdered in his home on the outskirts of Memphis, Tennessee. The family of the father of...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES, PART 2
This week we continue to chip away at the Epstein files, starting off with the top headlines of the week. We dive into bizarre code words throughout t...
Episode 390: Peggy Klinke, Part 2
After more than a year of stalking, threats, and repeated pleas for help, the danger in Peggy Klinke’s life reaches its breaking point. As the crimina...
DEEP DIVE: THE EPSTEIN FILES
Where do we even begin? Over 3 million files and we are just at the tip pf the iceberg. This week we’re going over the biggest Epstein related headl...
Episode 389: Peggy Klinke, Part 1
In the late 1990s, a driven and bright woman builds a life in New Mexico, staying deeply connected to her family back in Ohio. But after meeting a man...