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The Case of Randal Padgett

📻 Episode #150
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 19, 2020

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About This Episode

At the tail end of the 1980’s, Randal Padgett was living an idyllic rural life of farm and family, when admittedly he made his biggest mistake that began with a skinny dipping joke.

The Case

At the tail end of the 1980’s, Randal Padgett was living an idyllic rural life of farm and family, when admittedly he made his biggest mistake that began with a skinny dipping joke.

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00:05:26
“Speaker 2: I was I was miserable. I guess it was mainly Speaker 2: six and my wife and I Kathy, her name was Kathy. Speaker 2: We had separated and she got murdered. I stay up Speaker 2: numerous times, and right after she was dead, they said, Speaker 2: my children, I learned later, who were six and eleven”
00:24:27
“Speaker 2: take the cuss off of me and slammed the door Speaker 2: behind me and im and I'm all alone on a Speaker 2: different planet. And I can remember I kept thinking, I'm Speaker 2: gonna get out of here. I'm gonna get out here, Speaker 2: I'm gonna get out here. But after years went by,”
00:41:32
“Speaker 1: juror who approached you on your way out of the courtroom. Speaker 1: Probably the credit for the jury's correct not guilty verdict, Speaker 1: A lot of it goes to her at. Speaker 2: The end of the day. Speaker 4: That's exactly right what happens in these trials. Having tried”

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