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Michael was terrified\\u2026 and frankly, confused. Two masked men had just broken into his Newport Beach home. They\\u2019d beaten him mercilessly. They\\u2019d threatened him with a gun. They\\u2019d zip tied his wrists and ankles. And then, they demanded money. Michael offered them everything he had, but it wasn\\u2019t good enough. They wanted a million dollars, cash. Michael told them the truth \\u2013 he didn\\u2019t have that kind of money. But they didn\\u2019t believe him. Soon, a third intruder joined in. The captors took Michael and his roommate, Mary Barnes, out to the Mojave Desert, where they demanded that he dig up the million dollars. But Michael couldn\\u2019t appease them.\\xa0
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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:
\\n\\u201cA Gruesome Mutilation. A Global Manhunt. Inside One of the Most Twisted Crimes Ever,\\u201d by Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone
\\n\\u201cCatch me if you can?\\u201d episode of 20/20
\\n\\u201cO.C. pot dealer guilty in kidnap, torture plot,\\u201d by Christopher Goffard for the LA Times
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