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Brandi starts us off with a gut-wrenching story. On the evening of November 3, 1998, all eight-year-old Maddie Clifton wanted to do was go outside and play. Her mother gave her permission to go outside for a few minutes, so Maddie went next door to the home of 14-year-old Josh Phillips to ask if he\u2019d like to play baseball. He did. Later, when Maddie didn\u2019t come home, her parents panicked. Police and volunteers searched for Maddie for days before she was finally discovered by Josh\u2019s mother.
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\nThen Kristin tells us about an elaborate triple kidnapping. Michelle Renee was at home with her seven-year-old daughter, Breea, when, seemingly out of nowhere, three men burst through the home\u2019s locked back door. The men wore ski masks. They brandished guns. They\u2019d even brought spears. They told Michelle that they knew she worked for a local Bank of America. They said that if she wanted to survive, she\u2019d have to go into work the next morning and clear out the vault.
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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:
\n48 Hours episode, \u201cThe Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee\u201d
\n\u201cA mother was forced to rob a bank to save her daughter\u2019s life after they were kidnapped and threatened with dynamite,\u201d by Gayane Keshishyan Mendez for cbsnews.com
\n\u201cCalifornia mother who was kidnapped and forced to rob a bank falsely painted as a criminal in court: \u201c100% felt like I was on trial\u201d\u201d by Tracy Smith for cbsnews.com
\n\u201cHostage no more: Michelle Renee tells true story of kidnapping of daughter and self,\u201d by Ruth Marvin Webster for The San Diego Union-Tribune
\n\u201cSuspected bank robber nabbed,\u201d North County Times
\n\u201cMan convicted of kidnapping, robbery,\u201d North County Times
\n\u201cPeople v. Butler,\u201d casetext.com
\n\u201cAttorney: Bank chief plotted own kidnapping,\u201d North County Times
\n\u201cSuperior Court trial starts in bank robbery, kidnapping,\u201d by Scott Marshall for the North County Times
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\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cMaddie Clifton\u201d chillingcrimes.com
\n\u201cWhy Did Josh Kill Maddie Clifton?\u201d By Malinda Fusco, Medium
\n\u201c19 years later, the narrative behind Maddie Clifton's demise gets even worse\u201d by Eileen Kelley, The Florida Times Union
\n\u201cLife sentence upheld for Joshua Phillips, teen killer of Maddie Clifton\u201d by Andrew Pantazi, The Florida Times Union
\n\u201cWednesday marks 23 years since murder of Maddie Clifton\u201d by Colette DuChanois, News 4 Jax
\n\u201cJosh Phillips\u201d wikipedia.org
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