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Episode 18,Investigateighteen Discovery,is slow to get off the ground.

Watch your hand on that, snaps Hardstark.

Maybe we should have mic stands?

No one even seems sure if the show is recording until about ten minutes in.

At that point, they settle comfortably into what has since become an episodic staple: fan appreciation.

He looked like a grandpa,jokesKilgariff,which explains why Vincent fell asleep in the passenger seat.

Vincents bloody body, Kilgariff reports, was thrown into a Sacramento reservoir, and Singleton drove away.

Those alive in 1979 or familiar with the episode ofLifetimesI Survivedabout Vincent may recall her fate.

This was on the news every night, Kilgariff tells Hardstark, and my parents were livid.

At the hospital, she described Singleton to the police, who arrested him promptly.

She then begins to weave the equally insane tale of Franklin Delano (ROOSEVELT?

!, jokes Kilgariff) Floyd, an incestuous child predator and murderer.

Immediately, the hosts come for Floyds parents.

No wonder youre a murderer.

Its almost like making sure your kids a narcissist by naming himalmostafter a president, Hardstark says.

Its the worst name, Kilgariff adds, to which Hardstark says, Lets just call him Floyd.

Few podcasts ever get to explore those depths, but even fewer come out funny on the other side.

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