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The Deck

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For years, some law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces of traditional playing card decks with images of missing and murdered people and distributed those cards in prisons...

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Episode list

126

  • July 30, 2025

    26 min

    Jonathan Garcia-Valladares (7 of Diamonds, Arizona)

    Our card this week is Jonathan Garcia-Valladares, the 7 of Diamonds from Arizona.Being a 13-year-old kid can be tough, to say the least. But it seemed as if Jonathan Garcia-Vallada...

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  • July 23, 2025

    25 min

    Robert Gene Jones (10 of Diamonds, Louisiana)

    Our card this week is Robert Gene Jones, the 10 of Diamonds from Louisiana. Robert was known as a quiet man who stayed out of trouble, so when he was found shot to death in his hom...

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  • July 16, 2025

    39 min

    Maurice (Melissa) Dupree Green (Ace of Spades, Arizona)

    Maurice – or Melissa, as they sometimes introduced themselves – was 22 when they were shot and killed in Phoenix, Arizona. They were just starting to build a name for themselves as...

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  • July 9, 2025

    27 min

    Roger "Unkle Rog" McCall (2 of Spades, New York)

    Our card this week is Roger "Unkle Rog" McCall, the 2 of Spades from New York. If you lived in the Rochester area back in the day, you might recognize the smooth voice of “Unkle Ro...

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  • July 2, 2025

    43 min

    Blanca Acevedo (7 of Clubs, Arizona)

    Our card this week is Blanca Acevedo, the 7 of Clubs from Arizona. In June 2010, 50-year-old Blanca Acevedo was navigating a life of quiet chaos when she was found murdered in a bu...

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  • June 25, 2025

    30 min

    Luther Meshell (9 of Hearts, Louisiana)

    Our card this week is Luther Meshell, the 9 of Hearts from Louisiana. On a mild spring night in 1991, Luther’s teenage son found him lying dead on his bedroom floor next to his ove...

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