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<v Speaker 1>The murder of Darius Jannezeuski was a chilling mystery, a

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<v Speaker 1>cold case that seemed destined to remain unsolved until one

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<v Speaker 1>detective absolutely refused to let it go. His name was

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<v Speaker 1>Yannik Rabluvski, and he was relentless in his pursuit of

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<v Speaker 1>truth until he finally uncovered a shocking connection between the

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<v Speaker 1>crime and a dark, twisted novel written by an arrogant author.

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<v Speaker 1>As he combed through the pages of the book, he

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<v Speaker 1>realized that this author didn't just write a story. He

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<v Speaker 1>had left behind a twisted, glorified confession inspired by his

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<v Speaker 1>true murderous events.

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<v Speaker 2>My name's Ben, I'm Nicole, and you're listening to Wicked

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<v Speaker 2>and Grim, a true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Podcast material in more mature audience listener discretion.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it.

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there? Hopefully you're having

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<v Speaker 1>a good day, no matter your situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Mm hmmm, yeah, every day it can be a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>Every Wow, that's just like super inspiring and motivational rate

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<v Speaker 1>there is it? Yeah, just every day can be a

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<v Speaker 1>good day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Honestly, I was actually struggling for most of

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<v Speaker 2>this year so far, but just this last week I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I've come out of my bubble a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>which is nice.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really good, And I honestly, I think it's been

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<v Speaker 1>a sentiment. A lot of people have shared that twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five has been a long year. Yeah, I've heard

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<v Speaker 1>that from a few people. So if it's if that's

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<v Speaker 1>the case for you, you're not alone, just keep swimming.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah right, yeah, really, that's all you can do, exactly. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a little hermit basically for most of the

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<v Speaker 2>year so far.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, I know, because I live with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, you don't say all I do say.

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<v Speaker 1>But to be fair, I had some hermit tendencies too.

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<v Speaker 1>I was not leaving the house for like the entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of January.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, but sometimes that's what winter's for too. But

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<v Speaker 2>I also don't feel like I was really like recharging either,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So touche touche. You got to recharge one way or another. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And currently we're recharging with some nice hot beverages. I

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<v Speaker 1>got my coffee, you've got your tea kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Of tea tea I don't even know it's well, it's

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<v Speaker 2>Mighty Leaf, which is like my favorite tea of all time.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's like a hibiscus or something, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's so good I haven't been able to find it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then London Drugs had one pack left, so I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>is that gonna be restocked or did I just like

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<v Speaker 2>get my one chance?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wow?

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<v Speaker 2>And now I'm just like powering through the box. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's not great.

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<v Speaker 1>There is steam billowing off that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now does it make me look lovely?

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<v Speaker 1>It's very cottage core that way. Sitting in your tiny

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<v Speaker 1>home podcasting with your tea billowing steam. Yeah looks good.

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<v Speaker 1>But so do you?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you?

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<v Speaker 1>You're welcome. Anyways, enough of getting brownie points from my wife.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I've stocked up enough for the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, then you're good now.

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<v Speaker 1>I think so I made you waffles this morning. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we should get onto the case.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. Well I'm excited because I love ones that, like

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<v Speaker 2>you just think they're not going to get solved, but

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<v Speaker 2>they do. That is just the absolute best. And this

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<v Speaker 2>case sounds wild.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly what this was. Was a case that was, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>not going to get solved by looks of it, but

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<v Speaker 1>it got solved and it is a very wild ride.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so you ready, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, well, we may be in February right now, but

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<v Speaker 1>we're taking it back to December. Okay, in two thousands,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're like twenty five years ago, plus or minus

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<v Speaker 1>two months whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just like, that's not that long ago. But God,

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<v Speaker 2>when you said it was twenty five years ago, it's like.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was We're aging. So on a cold December

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<v Speaker 1>day in the year two thousand three, friends were out

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<v Speaker 1>on a quiet stretch of the Odin River doing some

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<v Speaker 1>fishing in the southwestern area of Poland when something in

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<v Speaker 1>the water caught their attention. At first, it looked like

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<v Speaker 1>a large log drifting along the current, but as one

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<v Speaker 1>of them got closer, he noticed some strands of hair

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<v Speaker 1>floating on the surface.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, it's either fucking fishermen or people taking their

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<v Speaker 2>dogs for a damn walk.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty much it. Yeah, if it's water, it's a fisherman.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's landed, someone walking their dog. As he was

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<v Speaker 1>looking at this, really processing what he was seeing, another

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<v Speaker 1>fisherman gave it a poke with his rod and that's

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<v Speaker 1>when together they realized that this wasn't a piece of wood.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a man's body floating in the water. Police

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<v Speaker 1>arrived quickly and pulled the remains from the icy waters.

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<v Speaker 1>Right away. It was obvious that this wasn't some tragic accident.

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<v Speaker 1>The man was barely clothed only sweatshirt and underwear, and

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<v Speaker 1>his body showed clear signs of violence. A noose in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>was wrapped around his neck, and his hands were tied

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<v Speaker 1>behind his back. Even more chilling, investigators saw that the

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<v Speaker 1>same rope had been connected from the rope to the

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<v Speaker 1>wrists the rope to the neck. So he has his

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<v Speaker 1>hands tied behind his back and it's linked to a

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<v Speaker 1>noose around his neck.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow.

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<v Speaker 1>So this meant that any attempt to struggle and pull

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<v Speaker 1>and free his hands would tighten the noose around his neck.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy shit.

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<v Speaker 1>As horrifying as that was, the autopsy made things even worse.

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<v Speaker 1>The victim's stomach was nearly empty, suggesting that he had

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<v Speaker 1>been starved for days before his death, and most disturbingly,

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<v Speaker 1>water was found in his lungs, which meant that he

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<v Speaker 1>had still been alive when he was thrown into the river.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that sounds like just a terrible, terrible deaths.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The brutality of this crime sent shockwaves through the

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<v Speaker 1>community and police launched a large scale investigation, and it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't take long for them to make an important connection.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a few weeks earlier, a man who looked strikingly

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<v Speaker 1>similar had been reporting missing. When the compared records, the

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<v Speaker 1>victim was confirmed to be Darius Janezuski, a thirty five

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<v Speaker 1>year old businessman from Warklaw. Now, I do want to say,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a Polish story. We're in Poland here, so

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<v Speaker 1>my pronunciations are going to be way off, but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to do my best in my Canadian accent.

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<v Speaker 2>So you always do your best.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. I appreciate it. I do so. Darius had

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<v Speaker 1>vanished on November thirteenth, in the year two thousand, after

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<v Speaker 1>leaving his advertising firm to meet a client. When he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't come home that night and wasn't answering his phone,

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<v Speaker 1>his wife grew worried and reported him missing the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>Investigators immediately began digging into Darius's life, hoping to find

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<v Speaker 1>a lead, but frustratingly, nothing about him suggested a motive

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<v Speaker 1>for murder. He wasn't in debt, he had no criminal connections,

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<v Speaker 1>and was well liked by everyone who knew him. He

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<v Speaker 1>played in a rock band and was devoted to his

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<v Speaker 1>work and had been working on his marriage. He and

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<v Speaker 1>his wife were even in the process of adopting a

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<v Speaker 1>child when he disappeared.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, yeah, as you were describing like, it doesn't sound

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<v Speaker 2>like your typical victim at all.

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<v Speaker 1>No. Now, with no obvious enemies, police turned their attention

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<v Speaker 1>to the crime scene. Divers searched the freezing river, and

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<v Speaker 1>forensic teams combed the nearby forest, but nothing useful turned up.

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<v Speaker 1>Months passed with no real progression, and by the summer

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<v Speaker 1>of two thousand and one, authorities announced that they were

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<v Speaker 1>closing the case, having run out of leeds. Whoever had

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<v Speaker 1>done this had pulled off the perfect crime.

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<v Speaker 2>When were they? When did they decide to close it?

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry in the summer of two thousand and one, a

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<v Speaker 1>year and a half later, basically okay, yeah. For nearly

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<v Speaker 1>three years, the case sat in cold storage, collecting dust

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<v Speaker 1>until it landed on the desk of a man who

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<v Speaker 1>refused to let this case go. That man was Yannick Warblowski.

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<v Speaker 1>By the fall of two thousand and three, Yanik was

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty eight year old detective with nearly a decade

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<v Speaker 1>on the police force. He hadn't always planned to be

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<v Speaker 1>a comp He dabbled in other careers when he was younger,

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<v Speaker 1>but once he joined the law enforcement he realized the

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<v Speaker 1>work suited him. He had a natural drive to track

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<v Speaker 1>down criminals, but for him, solving crimes wasn't just about

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<v Speaker 1>putting bad guys behind bars. He was fascinated with the

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<v Speaker 1>criminal mind, always trying to understand what made people tick.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, when he wasn't working or spending time with

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<v Speaker 1>his family, he was studying psychology at a local university.

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<v Speaker 1>Like many others in the area, he had heard about

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<v Speaker 1>Darius's murder, but he had never looked at the full

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<v Speaker 1>case file until now. As he started digging through the

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<v Speaker 1>old reports, one piece of evidence caught his attention. A

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<v Speaker 1>strange phone call made to Darius's office on the morning

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<v Speaker 1>that he disappeared. The call had been answered by Darius's mother,

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<v Speaker 1>who worked as a bookkeeper at his small ads advertising firm.

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<v Speaker 1>The man on the other end had a professional sounding

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<v Speaker 1>voice and asked Darius for Darius by name. He claimed

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<v Speaker 1>that he needed a rush job done of three signs,

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<v Speaker 1>including a large billboard, but when she pressed for more details,

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<v Speaker 1>the caller was vague, saying that he would only really

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<v Speaker 1>discuss a project directly with Darius Now. At the time,

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<v Speaker 1>Darius's mother hadn't thought much of it. She simply told

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<v Speaker 1>a man that her son wasn't in the office, but

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<v Speaker 1>he could be reached by his cell phone, and as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as she gave him the number, the man hung

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<v Speaker 1>up without introducing himself for saying anything else. Later that day,

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<v Speaker 1>she mentioned the call to her son. He confirmed that

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<v Speaker 1>he spoke to this man or this client and was

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<v Speaker 1>planning to meet with him that afternoon. But that was

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<v Speaker 1>the last time anyone heard from Darius.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I wonder why he was like scoping this guy

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<v Speaker 2>out like this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, maybe we'll know, maybe we'll find out. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>let's keep diving in. So Yanick decided to revisit this lead,

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<v Speaker 1>and when he pulled the phone records, something unusual stood out.

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<v Speaker 1>Both calls, the one in the office and the one

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<v Speaker 1>on Darius's cell phone, had been placed from some public payphone,

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, the very same one that was just located

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<v Speaker 1>down the street from the advertising firm. The second call

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<v Speaker 1>had come in less than a minute after the first,

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<v Speaker 1>which explained the background noise Darius's mother had noticed. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where the lead went cold. The payphone was in

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<v Speaker 1>a public area, meaning anyone could have used it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Investigators at the time had hit a dead end, so

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<v Speaker 1>they decided they could do nothing more then move on.

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<v Speaker 1>But as Janik kept reading, two more details from the

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<v Speaker 1>original investigation jumped out at him. The first came from

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<v Speaker 1>a receptionist working in the same building as Darius's firm.

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<v Speaker 1>She had seen him leaving the office around four pm,

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<v Speaker 1>and as he was walking down the street, she noticed

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<v Speaker 1>two men walking behind him. She hadn't thought much of

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<v Speaker 1>it at the time, and unfortunately she couldn't describe either

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<v Speaker 1>of the men either. The second odd detail was Darius's car.

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<v Speaker 1>When police began searching for him after he had disappeared,

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<v Speaker 1>reinforced this theory. For one, investigators learned from Darius his

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<v Speaker 1>robbery mode. Yep. Then there was the fact that Darius

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<v Speaker 1>Janick suspected that this wasn't just by chance. He believed

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<v Speaker 1>the killer had deliberately stripped him to degrade him and

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<v Speaker 1>humiliate him. But perhaps the most unsettling clue was the

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<v Speaker 1>phone call that lured Darius to his final meeting. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>be planned out. Still, like the investigators before him, Yanick

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<v Speaker 1>let it go. He pored over the case file again

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<v Speaker 1>and again and again, convinced that there was something that

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<v Speaker 1>reviewing the details of the phone call. He remembered something crucial.

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<v Speaker 1>Darius's phone. His cell phone had never been found. The

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<v Speaker 1>as Yanik could tell, no one had ever tried to

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<v Speaker 1>track Darius's missing phone itself. Now there was a reason

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<v Speaker 1>for that. At the time of the murder, Poland's telecommunication

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<v Speaker 1>technology was still lagging behind much of Europe, and police

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<v Speaker 1>or online activity. Many law enforcement agencies were simply not

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<v Speaker 1>equipped for digital investigations. But by the time that Yanik

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<v Speaker 1>revisited the case in two thousand and three, things had

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<v Speaker 1>started to change. The police department had recently brought in

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<v Speaker 1>a telecommunication specialist, and Yanik himself had developed an interest

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<v Speaker 1>in new forensic techniques, so he reached out to the

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<v Speaker 1>trace Darius's phone. At first, the results weren't promising. The

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<v Speaker 1>Yanick again wasn't ready to give up. He knew that

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<v Speaker 1>cell phones had unique serial numbers on them, which meant

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<v Speaker 1>that if the phone had been resold or reactivated, there

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<v Speaker 1>might be a record of it somewhere, so he reached

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<v Speaker 1>original receipt or paperwork. She did.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, I am just so loving listening to this

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<v Speaker 2>because this guy is just like I love when people

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<v Speaker 2>they have a task in mind and they're just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do it, Like he's gonna solve this fucking case.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly the situation. Yannick was like, no, I don't care,

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<v Speaker 1>like I love that. Yeah, it didn't matter what answer

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<v Speaker 1>he got. He was going to dig deeper regardless, like.

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<v Speaker 2>So good, so just so good at his job, like

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<v Speaker 2>oh and taking it to the next level really, like

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<v Speaker 2>I just love that.

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<v Speaker 1>So once he got the serial number, he used it

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<v Speaker 1>and he managed to track down a sales record.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>So four days after Darius had had gone missing, his

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<v Speaker 1>phone had been sold on an internet auction site called Allegro,

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<v Speaker 1>which is essentially Poland's version of eBay. So the seller's

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<v Speaker 1>user name once he looked it up, according to the

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<v Speaker 1>account that had sold the item was Chris B. Seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Further investigation soon uncovered that the owner of that account

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<v Speaker 2>Balah Oh my gosh, okay, this is a big, big break. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like massive. So.

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<v Speaker 1>Christian was thirty years old, originally from Chungjao, Poland. Like

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<v Speaker 1>many others, he had struggled to find his footing after

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<v Speaker 1>the collapse of the Soviet Union. He dabbled in various

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<v Speaker 1>business ventures, mostly as a way to support his wife

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<v Speaker 1>Stasia and their young son. Now, Christian's true passion had

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<v Speaker 1>never been business, though, it was philosophy. While studying at university,

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<v Speaker 1>he was known as one of the brightest students in

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<v Speaker 1>his department, priding himself on his intellectual and deep abstract thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>He saw himself as someone above the ordinary, someone who

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<v Speaker 1>understood the world on a level that others could never

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<v Speaker 1>But despite his academic promise, he never finished his PhD. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>he left school to start a business, which, as a

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<v Speaker 1>turn out, was short lived. Now by the late nineteen nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>Christian's life was in a free fall. His business went

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<v Speaker 1>bankrupt just a couple of years after it started. His

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<v Speaker 1>marriage had crumbled. He and his wife Stacia had split up.

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<v Speaker 1>But it wasn't just financial troubles that tore them apart.

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<v Speaker 1>His chronic infidelity played a much bigger role.

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<v Speaker 2>That would do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, with nothing tying him down, Christian left Poland altogether,

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<v Speaker 1>traveling first to the United States and then to Asia,

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<v Speaker 1>where he spent time teaching English and working as a

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<v Speaker 1>scuba diver instructor. Now, when Yannick first started looking into him,

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't convinced that Christian had anything to do with

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<v Speaker 1>Darius's murder. He considered the possibility that Christian had simply

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<v Speaker 1>just found the phone somewhere before selling it online. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>if someone had gone through the trouble of planning such

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<v Speaker 1>a meticulous crime, why on earth would they turn around

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<v Speaker 1>and sell the evidence in such an obvious way? Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>less using a username that clearly was a play on

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<v Speaker 1>their own name, because the username was Chris B seven. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>But it's Chris spelled with a C C h ris

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<v Speaker 1>and Christian is spelt k r y s t I

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<v Speaker 1>A N. So it's similar names but spelt differently in stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But even still, the parallels Christian Bala Chris b it's

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<v Speaker 1>really similar.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So Christian didn't exactly look the part of a

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<v Speaker 1>sadistic killer either. On the surface, he seemed more like

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<v Speaker 1>an absent minded professor than a murderer. But yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>had nothing else to go on, so he kept digging.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when he stumbled on something that changed everything. Early

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and three, Christian had published a novel,

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<v Speaker 1>something that apparently he had dreamed of doing for years.

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<v Speaker 1>The book was called a Muck like running Amuck.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, yeah, okah.

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<v Speaker 1>It was almost impossible to find stock only stocked only

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<v Speaker 1>in like obscure bookstores, often hidden away on high shelves.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a whole lot of it was printed sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it wasn't like really a popular book.

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<v Speaker 1>No, definitely not. Owners of bookstores weren't exactly eager to

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<v Speaker 1>advertise it like that sort of thing. Okay, So when

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<v Speaker 1>Yanik got his hands on a copy, he quickly understood

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<v Speaker 1>why owners weren't exactly wanting to advertise it, and why

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<v Speaker 1>it was so obscure. A mock wasn't just dark, It

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<v Speaker 1>was disturbing on a whole other level. The novel followed

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<v Speaker 1>a protagonist whose name was Chris with a C, as

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<v Speaker 1>he descended into a spree of completely or complete depravity,

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<v Speaker 1>let's put it that way, indulging in excessive drinking, drug

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<v Speaker 1>use and violence, and degrading relationships with women. The story's

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<v Speaker 1>climax with Chris involved him murdering his girlfriend. But it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't just the violence that was unsettling to Yanick. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the way Christian's personal philosophy bled into the story.

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<v Speaker 1>Throughout the books repeatedly argued that truth is an illusion,

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<v Speaker 1>that mortality is meaningless, and that he was somehow above

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<v Speaker 1>the rules that governed ordinary people. At first, the Bookamuk

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<v Speaker 1>could have been a work of just deliberate provocation, designed

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<v Speaker 1>to shock and challenge readers. But the deeper Yannick went,

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<v Speaker 1>the more convinced he became that there was something else

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<v Speaker 1>buried within these pages. So over the next two years,

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<v Speaker 1>Yannik became obsessed with the novel, reading it over and

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<v Speaker 1>over again, page by page, combing through every passage, compiling notes,

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<v Speaker 1>drawing connections. Half detective, half literary critic. At this point,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing that stood out was how much Christian

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<v Speaker 1>and the main character of the book, Chris, had in common.

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<v Speaker 1>Both were separate from their wives due to womanizing, let's

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<v Speaker 1>put it, both had drinking problems, both had run failed businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>Even specific incidents from Christian's real life made it into

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<v Speaker 1>the book, like the time that he and a friend

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<v Speaker 1>were arrested for stealing a statue of Saint Anthony from

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<v Speaker 1>a church while on a drunken bender. Sounds like a

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<v Speaker 1>fun night, but kids don't go stealing, especially for churches

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<v Speaker 1>like Wow. Anyways, that alone wasn't enough though, Like plenty

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<v Speaker 1>of authors pull from their own experiences when writing books,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not abnormal to say. But then came the

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<v Speaker 1>real red flags. Certain details in a Muck echoed Darius's

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<v Speaker 1>murder in ways that were almost impossible to ignore. Near

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the book, Chris murders his girlfriend and

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<v Speaker 1>places a noose around her neck. Even the details that

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<v Speaker 1>weren't exact matches in this real life crime scene, though,

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<v Speaker 1>were too close for comfort for Yannick's mind. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>in the book, Chris used a Japanese knife during the

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<v Speaker 1>murder like to stab his victim, while Darius had not

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<v Speaker 1>been stabbed at all. The idea the killer using and

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<v Speaker 1>then disposing a weapon, though, did stick out because later

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<v Speaker 1>in the book, the protagonist Chris is described by getting

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<v Speaker 1>rid of the murder weapon by selling it on an

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<v Speaker 1>internet auction site.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh shit, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Extremely similar to what Christian had actually done with Darius's cell. Phone,

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<v Speaker 1>so Yannick was convinced he found his man Wow, but

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<v Speaker 1>he knew that circumstantial evidence wasn't enough. He needed hard

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<v Speaker 1>proof if he was going to be finally getting a

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<v Speaker 1>conviction in court. As he continued digging, he found one

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<v Speaker 1>more chilling piece of information. Just one month before Darius

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<v Speaker 1>went missing, Christian had logged into Allegro, the same auction

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<v Speaker 1>site where he later sold the victim's phone, But this

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<v Speaker 1>time he wasn't selling anything. In fact, he was looking

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<v Speaker 1>at a very specific listing to purchase a police manual

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<v Speaker 1>on how to distinguish between accidental, self inflicted and criminal hangings.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The manual also describe various ways to tie in noose,

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<v Speaker 1>a method very eaerily similar to the one used in

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<v Speaker 1>Darius's murder. Now, ultimately, Christian never purchased that book, at

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<v Speaker 1>least not from that website, and there's no record of

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<v Speaker 1>but to Yanik, the fact that he was even looking

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<v Speaker 1>at it was very telling. It felt like yet another

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<v Speaker 1>clue pointing to a premeditated murder. By the fall of

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and five, Yanick decided it was time to act.

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<v Speaker 1>He learned that Christian was planning to return to Poland

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<v Speaker 1>to visit his parents for the first time in years,

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<v Speaker 1>so he saw his chance. On that afternoon of September fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>Christian was arrested. When Yanick finally got the chance to

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<v Speaker 1>interrogate him, Christian denied everything, of course, so with no

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<v Speaker 1>confession and only circumstantial evidence, the prosecution struggled to make

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<v Speaker 1>a case. When Christian went to court, the judge determined

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<v Speaker 1>that there wasn't enough proof to charge him with the

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<v Speaker 2>But also, he's probably shaken in his boots because I

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<v Speaker 2>am certain that at that point he thought that he

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<v Speaker 2>did the perfect murder, got away with it kind of thing, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably now. He was though, convicted on two minor charges

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<v Speaker 1>selling stolen property which was Darius's phone, and apparently an

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<v Speaker 1>unrelated bribery charge that I'm not too sure where that

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<v Speaker 1>came from. But regardless, neither of them carried any jail

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<v Speaker 1>time unfortunately. Okay, So after his release, Christian went on

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive. He accused police of police brutality during his

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<v Speaker 1>arrest and claimed that he was being persecuted for his art.

421
00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:46.640
<v Speaker 1>The book Amok, he insisted, was nothing more than a

422
00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:49.119
<v Speaker 1>work of fiction and he had nothing to do with

423
00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.960
<v Speaker 1>the murder of Darius. Many members of the public agreed,

424
00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:57.200
<v Speaker 1>shifting their anger away from Christian and towards the police,

425
00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:59.880
<v Speaker 1>criticizing them for what looked like a week and cer

426
00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:05.319
<v Speaker 1>substantial case. So Christian now had the public on his side.

427
00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:09.200
<v Speaker 2>Okay, what the shit, because if they knew how much

428
00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:13.240
<v Speaker 2>effort and work that this one detective was putting into this,

429
00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.359
<v Speaker 2>I don't think they would think that.

430
00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's very possible. Now despite the setback, though, Yannick

431
00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.960
<v Speaker 1>saw a silver lining in this whole thing. See, Christian's

432
00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:25.720
<v Speaker 1>charges were enough to keep him in the country. As

433
00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.799
<v Speaker 1>part of his sentence, he was required to surrender his passport,

434
00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:32.240
<v Speaker 1>meaning he couldn't leave Poland while the investigation continued.

435
00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:34.359
<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's good.

436
00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:37.759
<v Speaker 1>And more importantly, that passport would end up leading to

437
00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:40.279
<v Speaker 1>another major break in the case.

438
00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm kind of thinking that he maybe did another murder.

439
00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.759
<v Speaker 1>Well let me tell you here, Okay. So among the

440
00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.039
<v Speaker 1>evidence Yanick had been reviewing was an old segment from

441
00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:54.240
<v Speaker 1>a Polish true crime show called nine to nine seven,

442
00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.960
<v Speaker 1>essentially Poland's version of like America's Most Wanted sort of thing. Okay, yeah, Now,

443
00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.519
<v Speaker 1>in early two thousand, the show had aired a feature

444
00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:05.400
<v Speaker 1>on Darius's case, and shortly after an update was posted

445
00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:08.799
<v Speaker 1>to the show's website. Now at the time, Yanick had

446
00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.519
<v Speaker 1>noticed that people were visiting the site from all over

447
00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:16.559
<v Speaker 1>the world, including US, Japan, South Korea. That seemed odd

448
00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:20.480
<v Speaker 1>to him until he got his hands on Christian's passport.

449
00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:25.720
<v Speaker 1>By cross referencing the travel stamps on Christian's passport with

450
00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.519
<v Speaker 1>the website visitor logs, Yanick realized something shocking. Each of

451
00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:35.000
<v Speaker 1>the international page visits matched the exact location Christian had

452
00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:38.920
<v Speaker 1>traveled to at the time. So to Yanik, this was

453
00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:43.559
<v Speaker 1>damning evidence. Christian had been closely following the investigation from abroad,

454
00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:49.400
<v Speaker 1>even years after the murder had taken place. O, so

455
00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.400
<v Speaker 1>he's keeping up on seeing if there's any developments in everything.

456
00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Yes, so it's very much so on his mind. He

457
00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.799
<v Speaker 2>is maybe not quite settled in thinking that he got

458
00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.240
<v Speaker 2>away with this.

459
00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:01.720
<v Speaker 1>Then, right, you're sitting here thinking, okay, so we have

460
00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:05.039
<v Speaker 1>this video in the Polish language. You know for those

461
00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:09.319
<v Speaker 1>in Poland, right, not much of the world really speaks Polish.

462
00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:12.440
<v Speaker 1>You're not going to find someone in Japan specifically knowing

463
00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:15.079
<v Speaker 1>this case and checking the website, and you know, US

464
00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and South Korea, like all these places. It's odd to

465
00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:23.359
<v Speaker 1>specifically be checking up on this one language on this

466
00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:27.680
<v Speaker 1>one website. Yeah, it's not really a universal language, you know, right, No,

467
00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.000
<v Speaker 1>that makes sense. It's not to say it's not possible,

468
00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.759
<v Speaker 1>because I mean, there are definitely Polish speaking individuals all

469
00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.640
<v Speaker 1>across the world. But it's unlikely.

470
00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:39.480
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's like numerous places and stuff. So I

471
00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.640
<v Speaker 2>don't know, it makes sense, Like it doesn't make sense.

472
00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:45.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's one of those circumstantial evidences.

473
00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:49.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, again it's not enough. Again, I feel like exactly.

474
00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:53.519
<v Speaker 1>So while he was making this discovery, while Yannick was

475
00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.319
<v Speaker 1>drawing this conclusion, drawing the lines between these two, his

476
00:26:56.440 --> 00:27:00.480
<v Speaker 1>team actually found something even bigger. They decided to examined

477
00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:04.359
<v Speaker 1>the phone records from Darius's cell phone from when he disappeared.

478
00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.759
<v Speaker 1>Now at this time, they caught something that had been

479
00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:12.319
<v Speaker 1>missed before. The mysterious payphone calls, the ones that you know,

480
00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.480
<v Speaker 1>we're going to his office and then a cell phone

481
00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.359
<v Speaker 1>have been placed using a phone card. And those cards,

482
00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.640
<v Speaker 1>each one was encoded with a unique number that registered

483
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.319
<v Speaker 1>with a phone company every time it was used. Investigators

484
00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:29.960
<v Speaker 1>trace the remaining call history linked to that phone card.

485
00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.680
<v Speaker 1>They couldn't exactly link it to a specific phone number

486
00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.400
<v Speaker 1>or phone or anything like that. However, they were able

487
00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.680
<v Speaker 1>to identify the outgoing phone calls from that phone card,

488
00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:42.880
<v Speaker 1>and nearly all of them have been made to Christian's

489
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.400
<v Speaker 1>family and friends.

490
00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:48.480
<v Speaker 2>Jang Okay, Yeah.

491
00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.480
<v Speaker 1>So when you look at your phone history on your

492
00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:53.680
<v Speaker 1>personal phone, that's what they were able to see because

493
00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.960
<v Speaker 1>it's basically saying, oh, it's made from this phone card

494
00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.680
<v Speaker 1>and we can see who you've been calling.

495
00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.559
<v Speaker 2>I feel like that's such a big miss for like

496
00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:05.240
<v Speaker 2>the original investigation, but also this frickin piece of shit

497
00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:08.119
<v Speaker 2>that has done this to not like think that you know.

498
00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:12.759
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so this was arguably the most damning evidence yet,

499
00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:17.079
<v Speaker 1>but Yanik refused to repeat his past mistakes. The first

500
00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:20.720
<v Speaker 1>time he arrested Christian, the case had crumbled under scrutiny.

501
00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.680
<v Speaker 1>This time, he was determined to build an airtight case

502
00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.720
<v Speaker 1>before making.

503
00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:27.759
<v Speaker 2>His move when he has some more time too, being

504
00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.160
<v Speaker 2>that he's like stuck.

505
00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:31.839
<v Speaker 1>Exactly, He's stuck and stuck in Poland. He can't leave

506
00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:35.799
<v Speaker 1>the country. So the biggest missing piece was still the motive.

507
00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:39.400
<v Speaker 1>There was plenty of circumstantial evidence, but nothing that explained

508
00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:42.240
<v Speaker 1>why Christian would have gone to such extreme lengths to

509
00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:46.680
<v Speaker 1>kill Darius. To find answers, Yanick went back at the beginning,

510
00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:50.240
<v Speaker 1>interviewing more people from Christian's past. This time, a much

511
00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:54.640
<v Speaker 1>darker side of Christian emerged. While Christian liked to portray

512
00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.920
<v Speaker 1>himself as a free spirited intellectual, you know, like a

513
00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:01.759
<v Speaker 1>brilliant yet tormented ladies man, like that sort of thing, right,

514
00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:04.119
<v Speaker 1>That's what he saw himself as, those who knew him

515
00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:08.319
<v Speaker 1>described him somewhat differently. They panted a picture of a jealous,

516
00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:11.880
<v Speaker 1>controlling husband who lashed on to anyone he suspected of

517
00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:16.680
<v Speaker 1>getting too close to his wife Stasia. At one point,

518
00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:19.680
<v Speaker 1>Christian had even tried to fight a bartender simply because

519
00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.279
<v Speaker 1>he thought the man was flirting with her. One of

520
00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.279
<v Speaker 1>Christian's friends later told police that he had been running

521
00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:30.839
<v Speaker 1>a muck, a phrase that Yannik now believed had inspired

522
00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.480
<v Speaker 1>the title of.

523
00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:36.759
<v Speaker 2>His liah Okay, yeah, yeah, huh running a muck.

524
00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:40.279
<v Speaker 1>Even more disturbing was a statement from a witness at

525
00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:43.240
<v Speaker 1>the bar that night. This person claimed that they had

526
00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:47.519
<v Speaker 1>heard Christian say something chilling quote, I've already dealt with

527
00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 1>one guy who tried to hit on my wife.

528
00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.799
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so here's the correlation.

529
00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:56.920
<v Speaker 1>Maybe then, Yeah, now this statement had been made just

530
00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.720
<v Speaker 1>weeks after Darius's body was found.

531
00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:04.039
<v Speaker 2>Okay, holy shit, this guy is just like such a

532
00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:04.720
<v Speaker 2>piece of work.

533
00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.839
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he really is, especially when you break it down.

534
00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

535
00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:12.279
<v Speaker 1>So, now that jealousy was established as the likely motive,

536
00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:16.119
<v Speaker 1>the last thing Yanick needed was proof that Christian and

537
00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:21.079
<v Speaker 1>Darius had crossed paths, right to say for sure that, hey,

538
00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:24.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, he's jealous, but he's specifically jealous because his

539
00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.920
<v Speaker 1>wife was involved with Darius or something in some way

540
00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.480
<v Speaker 1>or that.

541
00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:31.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that him and his wife had crossed paths. Yea

542
00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.160
<v Speaker 2>more so. Yeah.

543
00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:35.039
<v Speaker 1>So the final link came from one of Stasia's friends.

544
00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:38.119
<v Speaker 1>She recalled that during the summer of the year two thousand,

545
00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:40.519
<v Speaker 1>she and Stasia had gone to a night club called

546
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:44.799
<v Speaker 1>Crazy Horse for a night out. Stasia had been struggling

547
00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.240
<v Speaker 1>after her separation from Christian and was trying to move on.

548
00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:52.119
<v Speaker 1>That night, she met a man, a man with long,

549
00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.480
<v Speaker 1>dark hair and blue eyes. He too was dealing with

550
00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:59.960
<v Speaker 1>marital problems. His name was Darius Annezeus.

551
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.599
<v Speaker 2>Hmm, there we go.

552
00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:05.240
<v Speaker 1>The two talked for a while, exchanged numbers, and eventually

553
00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:08.400
<v Speaker 1>arranged to go on a date. With this new evidence,

554
00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:13.119
<v Speaker 1>Yannik went straight to Stassia to talk to her. Now. Earlier,

555
00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:16.559
<v Speaker 1>she had refused to cooperate with investigators, you know, before

556
00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:19.319
<v Speaker 1>and wanting, not wanting to answer any questions. But this

557
00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:23.920
<v Speaker 1>time she was willing. It's not clear exactly why she

558
00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:25.720
<v Speaker 1>was now willing to work with police, but she was,

559
00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.680
<v Speaker 1>and she confirmed everything.

560
00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:30.759
<v Speaker 2>Maybe she even felt like she was in a safer spot,

561
00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.880
<v Speaker 2>like away from her ax or something.

562
00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:36.599
<v Speaker 1>Right potentially, so, not only had she met Darius at

563
00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:39.440
<v Speaker 1>this nightclub, but the two had actually got on a date,

564
00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:44.359
<v Speaker 1>nothing serious that they ever developed, and Darius soon reconciled

565
00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.920
<v Speaker 1>with his wife. And you know, these two, Stassy and

566
00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.880
<v Speaker 1>Darius kind of went their separate ways as he was

567
00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.200
<v Speaker 1>now rebuilding.

568
00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.559
<v Speaker 2>His marriage, right right, Yeah, But.

569
00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:55.680
<v Speaker 1>Just weeks later, Christian showed up at Stasia's apartment in

570
00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:59.559
<v Speaker 1>a drunken rage. He accused her of having an affair,

571
00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:03.039
<v Speaker 1>claiming he had hired a private investigator who had told

572
00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.119
<v Speaker 1>him everything about her meeting with Darius.

573
00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:09.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, so I feel like she would have known,

574
00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.519
<v Speaker 2>She would have known prior to.

575
00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:15.319
<v Speaker 1>Well, she may have, but she never came forward with

576
00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:19.039
<v Speaker 1>this information apparently because she asked Christian about it and

577
00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:21.920
<v Speaker 1>he denied any involvement, and she never thought he would

578
00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:24.640
<v Speaker 1>ever have been able to be capable of murder. Okay,

579
00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.799
<v Speaker 1>so she thought there's just no way.

580
00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:31.119
<v Speaker 2>And that his story was believable to her. Basically, yeah, yeah, okay.

581
00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:35.279
<v Speaker 1>So this final conversation, though, connected all the dots for Yanick.

582
00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:38.160
<v Speaker 1>Not only did it provide a motive, but also gave

583
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.279
<v Speaker 1>a new insight into a passage from the book A

584
00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:46.920
<v Speaker 1>monk that always troubled Yanick. That line read quote, this

585
00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:52.240
<v Speaker 1>was the one killed by blind jealousy. To Yanick, this

586
00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:56.480
<v Speaker 1>wasn't just some dark passage in his disturbing book. This

587
00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.440
<v Speaker 1>was a confession.

588
00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.039
<v Speaker 2>And he you know, the thing is, he knew this book,

589
00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:04.960
<v Speaker 2>probably inside and out. He studied it for like two years.

590
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.200
<v Speaker 2>He probably knew it more than the writer exactly.

591
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.160
<v Speaker 1>With the case finally complete, Christian's home was raided and

592
00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:15.319
<v Speaker 1>he was arrested once again. By the time he went

593
00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.680
<v Speaker 1>to trial in February of two thousand and seven, the

594
00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:21.519
<v Speaker 1>case was front page news all across Poland. The idea

595
00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:25.559
<v Speaker 1>of a philosopher turned writer who confessed the murder in

596
00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:30.200
<v Speaker 1>a novel was so sensational that it even boosted sales

597
00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.960
<v Speaker 1>of the book A mouck.

598
00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.720
<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, I hate that part.

599
00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:38.799
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The biggest shock came when police examined Christian's laptop,

600
00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:42.480
<v Speaker 1>which they had seized during the raid. On the device,

601
00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:48.519
<v Speaker 1>investigators found a password protected file titled amuck Amuck Okay.

602
00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:52.519
<v Speaker 1>Inside were graphic descriptions of Christian's sexual encounters with more

603
00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:55.880
<v Speaker 1>than seventy women and written in the same language and

604
00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:01.000
<v Speaker 1>style used by Chris, the protagonist in the novel, further

605
00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:03.559
<v Speaker 1>proving that, you know, Chris in the book was Christian

606
00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:07.160
<v Speaker 1>in real life. But that wasn't even the most disturbing discovery.

607
00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:11.559
<v Speaker 1>In another cryptic document, police found something even more unsettling,

608
00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:16.400
<v Speaker 1>evidence that Christian had been planning another murder.

609
00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.480
<v Speaker 2>Okay, wow, thank god for this guy's effort.

610
00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:24.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, his new intended target was a man by the

611
00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:27.840
<v Speaker 1>name of Harry Stasia's new boyfriend.

612
00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:34.079
<v Speaker 2>Seriously, he still had this like jealous rage yepof now.

613
00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:37.119
<v Speaker 1>In the end, Christian was convicted of murder of Darius

614
00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.239
<v Speaker 1>and sentenced to twenty five years in prison.

615
00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Wow. Well, and I have to just say good thing

616
00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:46.880
<v Speaker 2>that like she came forward, she just saved her new

617
00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.920
<v Speaker 2>boyfriend or was right.

618
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Now, After a few weeks, Christian was granted a retrial

619
00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:55.960
<v Speaker 1>on the grounds that there were still apparently and allegedly

620
00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:58.920
<v Speaker 1>some gaps in the evidence. But when he was retried

621
00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.400
<v Speaker 1>a year later, the outcome was the same. He was

622
00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.199
<v Speaker 1>found guilty.

623
00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:04.639
<v Speaker 2>Good. I mean, there may be some gaps, but like

624
00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:09.239
<v Speaker 2>I've we've reported on or talked about other cases where

625
00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:11.599
<v Speaker 2>the gaps are like far more I feel like, and

626
00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.440
<v Speaker 2>they're still convicted exactly.

627
00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:17.079
<v Speaker 1>So, to this day, Christian Bala denies any involvement in

628
00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:20.760
<v Speaker 1>Darius's murder, but he will remain locked up and serve

629
00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.360
<v Speaker 1>his time.

630
00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:24.320
<v Speaker 2>Okay, of course he does. Of course he does.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, right, Like, huh, what a dick?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I can't believe that that that he goes

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<v Speaker 2>to that extent when like they weren't even together, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, he could be putting his effort into maybe

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get back together with her in like a

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<v Speaker 2>more what would be the word healthy way there you go,

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<v Speaker 2>healthy way? Yes, uh, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that is the story of Darius Yanezuski and the

639
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<v Speaker 1>terrible author by the name of Christian Bala. Now, allegedly,

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<v Speaker 1>as I was reading I did discover that that he

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<v Speaker 1>was apparently planning on a second book. Much of that

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<v Speaker 1>transcript was seized by police when they raided his place.

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<v Speaker 1>I stopped reading because I'm like, you know what, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to know more about his book. If he

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<v Speaker 1>is trying to come up with a second one, if

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to come out with the second one, don't

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<v Speaker 1>read it. Don't read his book. Amuck either. Fuck this guy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a complete douche.

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<v Speaker 2>I also feel like this is such a story too

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<v Speaker 2>of Okay, what was his name? Sorry? The investigator here?

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<v Speaker 1>Yannick?

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<v Speaker 2>Yannick, Like just like being a badass really and like

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<v Speaker 2>doing your job to just new levels.

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<v Speaker 1>Honestly, I think you're right. Do you want to do

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<v Speaker 1>the honors and name him the sure?

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<v Speaker 2>I think yeah, he should be the badass of the

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<v Speaker 2>day for sure. I agree, because he honestly saved like

658
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<v Speaker 2>Harry's life, He really did, so he saved a man

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<v Speaker 2>and like, yeah, I don't know, he just never gave up,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just I love that. And he probably had

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<v Speaker 2>faced so much diversity too. I'm assuming where people are

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<v Speaker 2>like we've already like go on through this, like it's done.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not going to be solved. And he was like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>like adversity, Oh you said diversity, Okay, adversity. Sorry, He's like,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's like, no, well, we're solving this case like

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<v Speaker 2>it's happening.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so that's awesome. He dedicated years, years to figuring

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<v Speaker 1>it out. Honestly, it was not the perfect fucking crime,

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<v Speaker 1>like you sold the fucking cell phone? Like, no, don't

670
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<v Speaker 1>get dumb ass.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, that part is pretty stupid. Really it was.

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<v Speaker 1>If it wasn't for that, I honestly I believe that

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<v Speaker 1>the connection would never have been made.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean they did miss that the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>So it just took this individual that was very determined,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to solve this. Oh yeah, for sure, because

677
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<v Speaker 2>the first time they did miss that.

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<v Speaker 1>So well, I agree. No, Yannick went above and beyond

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<v Speaker 1>and because of him to think of tracing the serial

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<v Speaker 1>number on the phone to see if it had been sold.

681
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<v Speaker 1>Genius fucking move.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but if he.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't find anything, if the cell phone was never sold

684
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<v Speaker 1>and it was destroyed, that probably would have been the

685
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<v Speaker 1>end of it.

686
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if it was like thrown in the water. But

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<v Speaker 2>I do feel like, well, no, because he might have

688
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<v Speaker 2>found it in the water touche. But I do feel

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<v Speaker 2>like he probably if especially if he was planning to

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<v Speaker 2>do this other murder, you know, he probably would have

691
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<v Speaker 2>gotten caught for that one.

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<v Speaker 1>He probably would have, I have a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>But still one more life would have been taken, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Wow, what a story. That One's pretty It

695
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<v Speaker 2>keeps you on the edge of your seat for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't it. So yeah, Yannick, you're the badass of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>and Christian you're ther the douche canoe of the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Well yeah, and then poor Darius too, right, Yeah, I

699
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<v Speaker 2>had to lose his life because he didn't deserve that whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 2>He literally went on a date with someone.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and didn't pursue them after that, he just worked

702
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<v Speaker 1>on his marriage with yeah instead.

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<v Speaker 2>So that is that's pretty fucked up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So thank you guys for being here. Hopefully you

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed this story today. If you want to check out

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<v Speaker 1>any of our links, they are in the description of

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<v Speaker 1>you want to give the show a rating. We are

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<v Speaker 1>an independent podcast. We're research produced, recorded all on our

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<v Speaker 1>own here in our little tiny home. And a review

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<v Speaker 1>from you really goes a long way. So if I

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<v Speaker 1>may suggest five stars, hey you know what you do?

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<v Speaker 1>You though?

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<v Speaker 2>You do you with your five star rating?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you do you. If you want to give us

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<v Speaker 1>four stars, I mean my heart will break a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>but you do you. If you want to give us

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<v Speaker 1>one star, my heart will break a little more. But hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate honesty.

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<v Speaker 2>So well, yeah, as long as it's it's like, what

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<v Speaker 2>is the word constructive? Constructive? I was like criticism, but

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<v Speaker 2>constructive criticism, then you know, it's like then you can

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<v Speaker 2>like improve on that.

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<v Speaker 1>We've had reviews before people are just like you, guys, suck.

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<v Speaker 1>That's very constructive. Thank you, Like you know what, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>our show isn't for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's just like find a new show. Really.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but yeah, if you honestly do have constructive criticism,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not opposed to hearing that. But yeah, give us

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<v Speaker 1>your review and we'd really appreciate that. It goes a

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<v Speaker 1>long way, sure does.

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<v Speaker 2>So okay, Well, Happy Valentine, stay and until next week,

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<v Speaker 2>stay wicked.