The First Degree – Details, episodes & analysis

She did everything right.  She kept the records. Filed the reports. Changed her routines. But none of it mattered. Because the man tormenting her stayed just outside the rules.  A case where psychological terror was real, constant, and intentional-  and yet, legally invisible. In episode 364, Jac and Lex unravel how stalking can become a form of slow-motion violence. How the system waits for blood before it acts. And how, sometimes, the most dangerous threats are the ones hiding in plain sight, waiting, watching, and never quite crossing the line. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re deep diving into Matt Rife buying Ed & Lorraine Warren’s haunted house (AND the Annabelle doll WTF?!), Dave Franco x Luigi Mangioni, Radioactive Wasps, and the woman who is crashing out on tiktok from falling in love with her psychiatrist, and WOO BOY is it a ride. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In February 2025, a college freshman is reported missing from her dorm at CU Boulder. Days later, her body is discovered in a canyon miles from campus, an area her family says she never would have gone alone. She is bruised and battered, missing one shoe, and both her phone and purse are gone. When those belongings later turn up in the possession of strangers, Megan’s family braces for answers. But what they get instead is a ruling of suicide, leaving them reeling and desperate for answers. In episode 359, Jac and Alexis examine the mysterious death of Megan Trussell, and the relentless fight her parents are waging to get her case reopened. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On April 18, 2010, a 44-year-old woman goes missing in Anchorage, Alaska. As far as her husband is concerned, there are multiple versions of where she is. Some, including the woman’s own mother, are told that she’s died of cancer. Others are told she’s relocated out of state. Finally, a concerned friend contacts law enforcement as things continue to fail to add up. When charges are laid for the woman’s murder, the true extent of the killer’s motive and how far they would go to silence someone with knowledge about other shocking crimes being committed is revealed, much to the disgust of those close to them, as well as the community. In episode 314, Jac and Alexis detail the devastating murder of Angela Dixiano, and the brutal lengths to which some people will go to conceal a calculated pattern of offending that exploits and manipulates society’s most vulnerable. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello and welcome back for another thrilling Thursday episode of Killing Time! Today, the girls and the ginger are going waaaay back to bring you some strange happenings of August 22nd’s from long ago. Then! We’re getting into the good stuff! Today, we’re learning about doomsday fish, rat portals, the Loch Ness monster, and Hello Kitty’s true identity! Join us! 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On April 19, 1995, a 15 -year-old student is in class at her school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Suddenly, the classroom shakes as the impact of a bomb is detonated outside the Alfred P Murrah Building. This is the second time in the young teen has been close to danger in her life, surviving an armed hold up four years earlier. As the young woman pursues her dreams of becoming a sought after chef, she continues to encounter mutiple life threatening events, including more gun violence, a bombing in Europe, and a narrow escape from an airplane crash, even after moving across the country to California,. In episode 313, Jac and Alexis speak with renowned celebrity chef, nutritionist, blogger, mom, and author, Mary Payne Moran about her brushes with multiple life-altering incidents, and discuss not only Mary’s repeated exposure to traumatic events, but the way both this and her continued journey to healing has shaped her into the person and success she’s become. You can purchase a copy of Mary’s book here: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-vita-gang-mysteries 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello! Welcome back to Killing Time! This week the girls and the ginger return with more potentially useful facts and tangents. After Jac gives us our history lesson, we’re learnin' again! Olympic sports, toothbrushing, the haunting of the Queen Mary, and a bonus Firstie fact! Join us!!! 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the afternoon hours of March 3rd, 1999 a beloved 30-year-old teacher named Krystal Whitley vanished after an ordinary school day. Krystal’s car was soon discovered in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center with obvious no signs of foul play. The initial investigations fall short, with law enforcement speculating publicly that Kystal was voluntarily missing. But the tone of the cases changes after a shocking discovery is made in the woods. In episode 312, Jac and Alexis profile the heartbreaking disappearance of Krystal Whitley. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh hello there, and welcome back for another episode of Killing Time! Today, the girls and the ginger are just going to yap at you for about an hour. We’ve got a lot of things to say! Jac’s bringing some historical happenings, Jared’s drink is too cold, and Alexis really wants you to know a super secret fact about Costco! You’ll learn some stuff too, I promise! 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the evening hours of July 26, 1992, a 22-year-old mother of two vanishes from her home in Bluewell, West Virginia after hosting a birthday party for her one-year-old son. The woman's car, purse, and all personal belongings are left behind, creating a sense of urgency and fear among her loved ones. Despite the alarming circumstances, initial investigations fall short, and crucial opportunities to uncover the truth about the young woman's fate are missed. In episode 311, Jac and Alexis delve into the disappearance of Brenda Gail Lambert, exploring the complexities of her troubled marriage, the chilling details surrounding her last known moments, and her sister’s relentless quest for justice that continues to this day. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices