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The Case of Paul Hildwin

📻 Episode #188
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 10, 2021

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About This Episode

On September 9th, 1985, Paul Hildwin went hitchhiking, stole and cashed a personal check, but did not murdered anyone. However, both the state and cancer found him very hard to kill.

The Case

On September 9th, 1985, Paul Hildwin went hitchhiking, stole and cashed a personal check, but did not murdered anyone. However, both the state and cancer found him very hard to kill.

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00:03:40
“Speaker 3: doesn't matter what a parent does, you always have that Speaker 3: respect because they are your parent. And I always respected Speaker 3: my father. I didn't really love him, but I respected Speaker 3: him because he was my dad. So September twenty first, Speaker 3: nineteen eighty five is when I was arrested for the”
00:14:36
“Speaker 3: I didn't care about time, I didn't care about holidays. Speaker 3: I didn't you know, none of that stuff mattered. What Speaker 3: was important to me was just surviving. After my dad Speaker 3: passed in nineteen ninety, I didn't have a visit until Speaker 3: two thousand and six. My life was in that cell.”
00:25:58
“Speaker 3: very first freedom. Speaker 4: I just want to interrupt so nobody thinks I'm at cheapskate. Speaker 4: It was the best restaurant in Hernando County. Speaker 2: Thank you for clarifying that. Speaker 1: Now, Paul, this was touched on a bit, but I mean, Speaker 1: it wasn't bad enough that the state was trying to”

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