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The Case of Stacy Larson
📻 Episode #500
🎙️ Hosted by Maggie Freleng
📅 Dec 09, 2024
About This Episode
On May 12, 1990, Ron Hilgenberg and his wife were driving in South Dakota on Interstate 90 when a passing vehicle opened fire, killing the 76-year-old man. Stacy Larson and two of his friends were charged with his murder despite no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and what his attorneys called an iron-clad…
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The Case
On May 12, 1990, Ron Hilgenberg and his wife were driving in South Dakota on Interstate 90 when a passing vehicle opened fire, killing the 76-year-old man. Stacy Larson and two of his friends were charged with his murder despite no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and what his attorneys called an iron-clad alibi. Stacy was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:04:12“Speaker 1: That's kind of like the little shit. I didn't really Speaker 1: like pay attention to my parents that much, you know, Speaker 1: just kind of did what I wanted to do. Speaker 2: Stacy dropped out of school in tenth grade. Speaker 1: I kind of struggled in school. I couldn't like pay”
00:17:30“Speaker 4: These admissions, in addition to the word of two jailhouse snitches, Speaker 4: made up some of the only evidence against Stacy at Speaker 4: the time of the crime. Speaker 2: In fact, the defense was turning up evidence to the contrary. Speaker 4: So this case is in some ways complicated the timing”
00:31:51“Speaker 1: like nothingly once they fall and got hurt or something Speaker 1: happened at school, or you know, you can't watch him Speaker 1: forward or whatever swimming ride their first fight. It's hard Speaker 1: on a kid because I have visitations with them when Speaker 1: they're little, knowledge stuff, so they kind of grew up”
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