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370 - Necessary Yelling

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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The Greatest Crime of All Time

When Pearl is just 11 years old, she steals a cow and then sells it to another buyer for $30. She's only caught because her brother who helped her pull off this scheme is discovered stealing a watch a few days later and identified. Almost every woman in the family is subjected to sexual abuse at some point, including Pearl. There's so much trauma baked into the fabric of this family that they quickly figure out how to take care of themselves.

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