WEBVTT - Introducing: Cold Blooded

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<v Speaker 1>On October twenty first, nineteen eighty six, in Miramar, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>a woman returned to her town home to find her boyfriend,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight year old firefighter Billy Alpurn, lying dead in

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<v Speaker 1>a pool of blood. Billy had been bound, gagged, and

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<v Speaker 1>his throat cut from ear to ear. There was no

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<v Speaker 1>murder weapon, no sign of forced entry, and no immediate suspects.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a shame, you know that they took up from us.

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<v Speaker 1>This had all the signs of a professional hit. When

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<v Speaker 1>four of Billy's friends also turned up dead, detectives couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>help but think Billy was mixed up in something big

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<v Speaker 1>and bad, Tangled in a web way darker and deeper

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<v Speaker 1>than anyone expected, involving some of South Florida's most dangerous criminals.

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<v Speaker 1>So how did they cross paths with Billy? The Apollo

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<v Speaker 1>Jim a no frills prison yard style facility dedicated to

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<v Speaker 1>pain and gain, a place where cops and crooks could

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<v Speaker 1>share a safe space to iron. It was owned by

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<v Speaker 1>a jacked X cop named Gil Fernandez. That guy is

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<v Speaker 1>a gangster, gangst gangster. I'm Scott Weinberger, podcaster and investigative journalist.

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<v Speaker 1>But before that I was at deputy sheriff in Browie County, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>the very same county where Billy's brutal murder took place

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteen eighties, a time where drug traffickers flooded

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<v Speaker 1>the state. Just picture the movie Scarface. I worked those

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<v Speaker 1>streets and I saw the violence firsthand. Billy's case, even

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seven years later, was as cold as they come,

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<v Speaker 1>but that was about to change. My name is Danny Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a detective. Remember, please, Spartman, this is Scott Weinberger.

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<v Speaker 1>We're actually reopening an old case, and your name came up.

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<v Speaker 1>Danny was on a mission to reopen Billy's case, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was on a mission to join him, documenting step

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<v Speaker 1>by step in real time. This was a case of

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<v Speaker 1>a lifetime, especially if we could solve it. Ever expected

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<v Speaker 1>what we'd find out along the way and how deep

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<v Speaker 1>the corruption would go. You were a cop, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that there's good ones and bad ones. Thought they were

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<v Speaker 1>gonna kill me, so I kept my mouth shut and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't say anything. All these years, people were afraid

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the law because he was a former cop.

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<v Speaker 1>What we learned shocked us and it will shock you too.

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<v Speaker 1>And so this was up to thirty three. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>talking about homicides? Yeah? Join us as we finally exposed

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<v Speaker 1>the chili motive behind a string of brutal murders and

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<v Speaker 1>unearthed new evidence. We got some back. There is DNA there,

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<v Speaker 1>including the DNA of Billy Halpern's killer. Listen to Cold

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<v Speaker 1>Blooded the Apollo Jim Murders starting on April twenty second,

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<v Speaker 1>on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get

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<v Speaker 1>your podcasts.