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Brandi starts us off with a story that\u2019s as bizarre as it is upsetting.\xa0
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\nAshlea Ann Harris was, most likely, exhausted. She was an assistant manager at American Eagle, and she\u2019d spent hours preparing the store for Black Friday. When she finally arrived home, it was the wee hours of the morning. She chatted for a while with a friend who\u2019d come over to check on her dog, and then, presumably, fell asleep. But just a few hours later, one of her neighbors called 911. He told the dispatcher that he suspected Ashlea\u2019s apartment was on fire.\xa0
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\nThen Kristin talks about the heartbreaking and infuriating conviction of Michael Politte. When Michael was just 14 years old, he woke up one morning to discover that his mother was dead. She\u2019d been bludgeoned to death. Her body had been set on fire. When police arrived on the scene, they were horrified by Michael\u2019s behavior. He didn\u2019t seem sad enough. He wasn\u2019t emotional enough. So, Michael quickly became the prime suspect.
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\nEarly one morning in the winter of 2014, firefighters arrived at the River Ranch Apartments in Fort Worth, Texas. Neighbors pointed them toward the source of the fire \u2013 Ashlea Ann Harris\u2019 apartment. They began extinguishing the blaze
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\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.
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\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cThe Case Against Michael Politte\u201d episode of 48 Hours
\n\u201cMichael Politte has served 22 years for murder. Experts say he\u2019s innocent.\u201d by Sarah Fenske for St. Louis Public Radio
\nThe \u201cGates of Hell\u201d episode of Unlocking the Truth
\n\u201c\u2018This kid never had a chance\u2019 \u2013 Team of lawyers work to prove innocence of 14-year-old convicted in mother\u2019s murder,\u201d by Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander for WIBW
\n\u201c2 more jurors say Mo. prisoner Politte deserves new trial,\u201d by Luke Nozicka for The Kansas city Star
\n\u201cMan gets life in murder of his mother,\u201d by Leroy Sigman for The Daily Journal
\n\u201cPolitte found guilty of murder, \u201cby Doug Smith The Daily Journal
\n\u201cTestimony continues in murder case,\u201d by Doug Smith The Daily Journal
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cAshlea Harris\u201d chillingcrimes.com
\n\u201cCouple Murders Store Manager Who Got Them Fired As Part Revenge, Part Black Friday Heist\u201d by Benjamin H. Smith, oxygen.com
\n\u201cThe Murder of Ashlea Harris\u201d by Kiley, It\u2019s Crime O\u2019Clock Somewhere
\n\u201cPolice: Couple beat, strangled, burned woman\u201d by Staff Writer, Amarillo Globe News
\n\u201cPolice: Texas woman strangled by fmr. co-workers\u201d CBS News
\n\u201cMallory v. State\u201d casetext.com
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