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\\nWe\\u2019ve got big news to share\\u2026 and boy are we nervous to share it.
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\\nIn this episode, we announce a change to the show\\u2019s format that will hopefully give us better work/life balance. From this point forward, we\\u2019ll present one case per week instead of two. This week, Kristin will share a case. Next week, it\\u2019ll be Brandi\\u2019s turn, and so on and so forth.
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\\nThis isn\\u2019t a change we\\u2019re taking lightly. As you probably know, we are anxiety-ridden people pleasers. We\\u2019re pretty damn apprehensive about messing with something that we\\u2019ve worked so hard to build. Unfortunately, the truth is that we\\u2019ve hit a breaking point. The time that it takes both of us to research, write, record and review an episode means that we have a lot less time for the other things that matter to us. For Kristin, that means that the novel she\\u2019s working on is on track to be finished in a quarter to never. For Brandi, it means not spending much time with the little family she wanted for so long.\\xa0
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\\nWe\\u2019re hoping that by making this change, we\\u2019ll keep the show fresh, prevent burnout, and give us some much needed time to harass our families.
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\\nWe\\u2019re grateful to all of you for supporting us. We hope you\\u2019ll continue to support us as we move to this new format.
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\\nBack to your regularly scheduled programming\\u2026
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\\nThis week, Kristin covers a case that is often referred to as the \\u201cperfect\\u201d kidnapping. When Ginny Piper was kidnapped from her upscale home in Orono, Minnesota, investigators were a little puzzled. The Pipers were wealthy and well connected, but they didn\\u2019t have the money or name recognition of other nearby families. Why hadn\\u2019t they gone after the Pillsburys? The kidnappers also seemed to have wanted to kidnap Ginny\\u2019s husband, Bobby. But why had they thought a businessman would be home on a Thursday afternoon? As the investigation continued, the questions kept coming.
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\\nAnd now for a note about our process. For this episode, Kristin read a bunch of articles, then spat them back out in her very limited vocabulary. 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:
\\nThe book, \\u201cStolen from the Garden, The kidnapping of Virginia Piper,\\u201d by William Swanson
\\n\\u201cThe \\u2018Perfect\\u2019 Kidnapping of Virginia Piper: Three-Part Series,\\u201d by Tracy Briggs for The Globe
\\n\\u201c50 years later, the Virginia Piper kidnapping remains a Minnesota mystery,\\u201d by Curt Brown for the Star Tribune\\xa0
\\nAn episode of the Crimes of the Centuries podcast, \\u201cThe $1 Million Kidnapping of Ginny Piper\\u201d
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