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Alisha Bromfield wasn\u2019t interested in being Brian Cooper\u2019s wedding date. But Alisha didn\u2019t have much of a choice. Brian was her boss, and he was a vindictive creep. If she rejected his invitation, he might cut her hours, or worse, fire her. So Alisha told Brian she\u2019d go to his sister\u2019s wedding with him, as a friend.\xa0\n
\n\nThen Kristin tells a story that\u2019s light on court stuff, but brimming with balloons! In 1986, the city of Cleveland wanted to reinvent itself. They figured out exactly how to do it. They\u2019d host the biggest simultaneous balloon release, ever. It would be so fun! They\u2019d be in the Guinness Book of World Records! They\u2019d raise a ton of money for the United Way of Cleveland! What could go wrong??\xa0\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cBalloonfest\u201d short film\xa0\n\u201cHow Cleveland\u2019s Balloonfest \u201886 became a public disaster,\u201d by Corey Irwin for ultimateclassicrock.com\n\n\u201cBalloonfest \u201886: 35 years since downtown Cleveland event turned disastrous,\u201d by Suzanne Stratford for Fox8\n\u201cWhen the balloons inflated, so did a man\u2019s career,\u201d by John Rogers for NBC News\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cPostmortem Depravity: The Murder of Pregnant Mother Alisha Bromfield\u201d by Kym L. Pasqualini, Medium\n\u201cHorrific crimes against Alisha Bromfield spur law change in 32 states\u201d True Crime Daily\n\u201cAlisha Bromfield\u201d chillingcrimes.com\n\n\u201cSeventh Circuit Slams Home Depot in Employee Murder Case\u201d by Lorraine Bailey, Courthouse News\n\u201cSherry Anicich v. Home Depot Inc.\u201d findlaw.com\n\n
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