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  • Episode 19 - Heather Pressdee: Woefully Underqualified, Continually Promoted
    Jul 6 2025
    When a family member chooses a residential facility or nursing home for their loved one, they expect them to be safe. When they are able to visit their relatives often, they feel confident that they chose the right place. However, without safeguards in place to advise potential employers of someone’s alarming job history and amid a global pandemic and staff shortages, the perfect situation is set for someone with malicious intent. Taking advantage of all of these things was nurse Heather Pressdee who used insulin as her weapon of choice in various medical facilities across four counties in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania from 2020 to 2023.Sources:https://lawandcrime.com/crime/nurse-poisoned-patients-with-insulin-claimed-she-wanted-to-put-them-out-of-their-misery-cops/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/us/nurse-heather-pressdee-sentenced-patient-deaths-pennsylvaniahttps://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/western-pennsylvania-nurse-sentenced-to-consecutive-life-sentences-after-pleading-guilty-to-killing-and-attempting-to-kill-patients/https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/civil-lawsuits-from-families-of-former-nurse-heather-pressdees-victims-continue-to-work-through-courts/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/nurse-convicted-killings-heather-pressdeehttps://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-columns/2024/05/06/heather-pressdee-nurse-murder-serial-killer-motives/stories/202405040045https://www.the-sun.com/news/9540583/who-nurse-heather-pressdee-pennsylvania-accused/https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-nurse-accused-killing-2-patients-injuring-3rd-felt-bad-for-their-quality-life-policehttps://www.whio.com/news/trending/nurse-pleads-guilty-killing-patients-sentenced-hundreds-years-prison/STWAQ5SZOJEBNIXOWKU7KVSOWY/https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/national-news/ap-pennsylvania-nurse-who-gave-patients-lethal-or-possibly-lethal-insulin-doses-gets-life-in-prison/https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article287149270.htmlhttps://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-pennsylvania-nurse-who-gave-patients-lethal-or-possibly-lethal-insulin-doses-gets-life-in-prison/https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/05/03/nation-world-news/killer-nurse-heather-pressdee-pleads-guilty-in-deaths-of-17-western-pa-nursing-home-patients/https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/nurse-blamed-heather-pressdee-17-patient-overdose-deaths-insulin-pennsylvania-new-criminal-charges-murder-attempted-mistreatment-neglect-attorney-general-butler-county-prisonhttps://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/this-pennsylvania-nurse-previously-charged-with-killing-patients-is-now-linked-to-17-nursing-home-deaths/articleshow/104951104.cms?from=mdrhttps://www.businessinsider.com/nurse-faces-charges-trying-to-kill-19-patients-pennsylvania-2023-11https://www.inquirer.com/health/butler-county-nurse-charged-insulin-20231106.htmlhttps://vocal.media/criminal/inside-the-story-of-nurse-heather-pressdee-how-she-killed-her-patients-with-lethal-insulinhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/us/pennsylvania-nurse-insulin-deaths.htmlhttps://www.wpxi.com/news/local/11-investigates-how-killer-nurse-moved-once-nursing-home-another-avoiding-authorities/GI4W5RBRCFCRRC437DOSI6QVOE/https://people.com/nurse-allegedly-killed-2-women-fatal-insulin-doses-sent-flowers-card-to-victims-family-suit-8634852https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/butler-county-killer-nurse-heather-pressdee-hearing-court-expected-guilty-plea/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-nurse-pleads-guilty-killing-patients-lethal-doses-insulin-rcna150366https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-02-Heather-PRESSDEE-Criminal-Complaint.pdfhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/26/pa-nurse-heather-pressdee-murder-charges/70260165007/
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  • Episode 18 - Jane Toppan: Sexual Sensationalism or Broken-Hearted Bitterness?
    Jun 29 2025
    In 1887, Amelia Phinney was recovering from surgery at Cambridge Hospital. As she lay awake from the postoperative pain, a nurse named Jane Toppan gave her something that thankfully made her pain ebb away, but then Amelia felt the bed sink as someone got in beside her. However, after another nurse came by, Jane jumped out of Amelia’s bed. Once the effects of the nearly fatal drugs Jane had given her wore off, she began to question her memory. She wouldn't recount the incident until she, and the rest of the world, learned the names of Jane’s dozens of less lucky victims, a fate Amelia had only just escaped.Sources: https://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowells-ties-to-jolly-jane-massachusetts-female-serial-killer/ https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/indentured-servants-in-the-us/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr3.html#:~:text=All%20were%20indentured%20servants.,%2Dskinned%2C%20they%20became%20free. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol15no2/review-on-pharmacology-of-atropine-clinical-use-and-toxicity/ https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/items/aa26a7d7-9cbb-4433-a347-2f003523b8ef https://adp.ehistory.org/decedent-data/cause-death#:~:text=Apoplexy%20%2D%2D%3E%20A%20term%20commonly,a%20heart%20attack%20or%20stroke. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/253895 https://www.nps.gov/places/taunton-state-hospital.htm https://openarchives.umb.edu/digital/collection/p15774coll8/id/322 https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/serial-killer-jolly-jane https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=THD19011207-01.2.61&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5770005/ https://www.bigissuenorth.com/features/2021/04/toppan-tale/ https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2015/10/29/jane-toppan/ https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,789132,00.html https://vocal.media/criminal/crime-chronicles-jolly-jane-toppan https://www.suecoletta.com/thrillers-and-true-crime/pretty-evil-ne-excerpt/http://massachusettsvacation.org/regions/Cataumet-Massachusetts.html https://www.narratively.com/p/the-19th-century-nurse-who-was-secretly-a-serial-killer https://www.history.com/articles/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5823327/#:~:text=Tuberculosis%20disease%2C%20or%20phthisis%20https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co133658/bottle-of-hunyadi-janos-mineral-water-unopened https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/janos-hunyadi http://www.metnews.com/articles/2005/reminiscing022405.htm
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  • Episode 17 - Kimberly Saenz: Brazen With Bleach
    Jun 22 2025

    With her spotty employment history and her nursing license free from infractions, because her Demerol theft hadn’t yetbeen investigated, Kimberly Saenz was unconcerned and optimistic about her new job at the Lufkin, Texas DaVita Dialysis Center. Eight months in, her training was complete, and she was finding her groove. That’s when things started to change. In April 2008, five patients would die and five more would be injured when she inexplicably injected them with bleach.

    Sources:

    https://globaldialysis.com/dialysis-world-news/100-dialysis-industry-news/261353005-the-day-kimberly-saenz-got-caught-lufkin-daily-news.html

    https://www.davita.com/treatment-options/dialysis/in-center-hemodialysis/patient-care-technicians-at-the-dialysis-center

    https://alchetron.com/Kimberly-Clark-Kimberly

    https://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/01/texas.dialysis.killings/

    https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/jury-finds-ex-nurse-guilty-in-lufkin-bleach-deaths/article_f1c82282-a1d9-5bf1-8a68-dc30e4441dbe.html

    https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2009/04/03/no-motive-offered-in-texas-ex-nurses-slaying-case/26005123007/

    https://mckoysnews.com/the-tragic-tale-of-Kimberly-Kimberly-the-killer-nurse/

    https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/state/2012/04/03/ex-nurse-five-bleach-deaths-gets-life-prison/15166212007/

    https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/five-key-facts-Kimberlyberley-Kimberly-s-crimes

    https://tcadp.org/2012/04/03/angelina-county-rejects-death-penalty-for-Kimberly-Kimberly/

    https://esrdnetworks.org/resources-news/national-esrd-census-data/

    https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Life-in-prison-for-ex-nurse-in-5-bleach-injection-11551175.php

    https://www.dailysentinel.com/social_media/article_d8530112-7ae5-11e1-a55a-0019bb2963f4.html

    https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fourth-court-of-appeals/2014/04-12-00238-cr.html

    https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/us/03nurse.html

    https://www.dailysentinel.com/news/local/former-davita-nurse-posts-500-000-bond/article_d318975a-8994-5504-b1f1-361793b3aeda.html https://www.ktre.com/story/17121511/davita-supervisor-describes-confrontation-with-lufkin-murder-suspect/

    https://kimatv.com/news/nation-world/nurses-bleach-injection-deaths-trial-begins-11-14-2015-230029540

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  • Episode 16 - Beverley Allitt: A Sick Need for Attention
    Jun 15 2025
    In February 1991, 22-year-old Beverley Allitt started her first job as a children’s nurse at Lincolnshire’s Grantham and Kesteven Hospital. After less than a week in her new role, 7-week-old Liam Taylor was being treated on the children’s ward for a chest infection. He recovered from two respiratory emergencies, but his luck ran out when he was on his own with Beverley. Even though the attending team did their best to save Liam, he later died from a heart attack. He was to become the first of Beverley’s young victims. Three more would be murdered and another nine would be scarred for life from the trauma they endured.Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/22/study-identified-key-traits-serial-killer-nurses https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7571648/ https://www.biography.com/crime/beverley-allitt https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66997014 https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/serial-killer-denied-move-to-mainstream-prison-9343577/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2270251/ https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/twin-baby-girl-was-killed-with-insulin-injection-1473435.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/child-murderer-confesses-at-last-1510845.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/nurse-guilty-on-new-charge-2323357.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/drawn-curtains-in-a-silent-village-the-beverly-allitt-case-on-friday-this-baby-killer-will-be-sentenced-for-26-attacks-including-four-murders-what-do-they-make-of-it-all-back-home-2324732.html https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-licence https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/understanding-our-qualifications/our-qualifications-explained/about-cses.html https://thinkstudent.co.uk/what-are-cse-qualifications-equivalent-to/ https://www.batemansbrewery.co.uk/find-a-pint/fighting-cocks/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/2023/08/22/beverley-allitt-how-caught-nurse-serial-killer-angel-death/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/26/lucy-letby-case-kayley-asher-survivor-of-beverley-allitt-attacks https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/06/ukcrime.health https://www.stewarthouse.co.uk/news/nurse-beverley-allitt-in-first-steps-towards-release-from-prison https://inews.co.uk/culture/beverley-gail-allitt-now-nurse-murderer-3244677?srsltid=AfmBOorO_M6sNGIu7tp8T3G_moc5H8hjj6Qsiukmx0DpQ8CiKe4z6dt3 https://www.the-independent.com/news/doctors-blamed-over-child-killings-allitt-inquiry-finds-scapegoats-1402320.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028 https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/doctors-in-allitt-case-fight-for-reinstatement-consultants-sacked-from-unit-where-children-were-murdered-are-scapegoats-2324164.html https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12096181.allitt-scapegoat-doctor-wins-appeal/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12684649.allitt-inquiry-highlights-failures-at-hospital-swifter-action-could-have-saved-at-least-one-childs-life/ https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1994/feb/11/beverly-allitt-report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VPeVenkpI https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/boy-patient-died-an-hour-after-being-stable-1473851.html
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  • Episode 15 - Genene Jones: Killing Instead of Caring
    Jun 8 2025

    Working at Bexar County Medical Hospital in the pediatric ICU with the sickest children was where LVN Genene Jones wanted to be. She found the life-and-death emergencies exciting and wanted to be by the bedside of the sickest children. Colleagues who first viewed her as wanting to do a job that not every nurse was comfortable with soon started asking questions: Why were so many children dying during Genene’s shift? Whispers and rumors had begun gaining steam. Was Genene killing children during her “death shift”?

    Sources:

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-death-shift-2/

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/us/texas-nurse-sentenced-trnd

    https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/texas-killer-nurse/index.html

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/genene-jones

    https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/angels/genene_jones/1.html

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-death-shift-2/

    https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-baby-killer-pleads-guilty-to-a-new-murder

    https://www.tpr.org/texas/2020-01-16/genene-jones-texas-nurse-accused-of-killing-children-agrees-to-life-sentence

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/17/texas-killer-nurse-genene-jones-guilty-infant-death/4499258002/

    https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/genene-jones-angel-death-picu-nurse-gets-life-1981-murder-11-month-old-boy/ERHKXIP4WVHFFEOUNX6VWZ6AXM/

    https://haas.berkeley.edu/ibsi/research/mortality-from-nestles-marketing-of-infant-formula-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/#:~:text=This%20rate%20is%20equivalent%20to,the%20Nestl%C3%A9%20controversy%20in%201981

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  • Episode 14 - Elizabeth Wettlaufer: Dialing-Up for Dastardly Deeds
    Jun 1 2025

    We’re starting our next true crime theme: female killer nurses. Between 2007 and 2016, Ontario nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer killed eight elderly patients and tried to kill or harm six more, administering insulin overdoses to those with dementia to relieve the “red surge” of pressure she felt in her chest. Elizabeth had a habit of stealing and using medication on the job and had been fired twice before. So, when her crimes came out, lawsuits were filed and an inquiry was launched as the public grappled with how this abuse of power was allowed to go on for almost a decade.

    Sources:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48600478

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7571648/

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/07/the-killer-nurse.html

    https://www.healthline.com/health/stress/amygdala-hijack

    https://globalnews.ca/news/5707936/elizabeth-wettlaufer-inquiry-confession/

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44377735

    https://meridian.allenpress.com/jmr/article/107/3/19/473928/Exploring-Health-Professional-Criminality-and

    https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/benzodiazepines#:~:text=Benzodiazepines%20are%20depressants%20that%20produce,Ativan%C2%AE%2C%20and%20Klonopin%C2%AE.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/killer-nurse-wettlaufer-sentencing-1.4175164

    https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/sh/TBk79oWhpi/elizabeth-wettlaufer-nurse-senior-deaths/

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/borderline-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20370237

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/woodstock-ontario-elizabeth-wettlaufer-public-inquiry-report-1.5230181

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/elizabeth-wettlaufer-family-friends-inquiry-report-1.5232442

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/long-term-care-inquiry-elizabeth-wettlaufer-what-could-have-stopped-you-1.4776403

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/22/study-identified-key-traits-serial-killer-nurses

    https://www.upgrad.com/study-abroad/knowledge-base/faqs/study-in-canada/what-is-grade-13-in-canada/

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  • Episode 13 - Selena Quintanilla: For the Record, It Was Murder
    May 25 2025
    On March 31, 1995, Grammy-award winning Selena Quintanilla was about to finally get her hands on the remaining financial records in the possession of her former employee who had been recently fired for embezzling. But that employee, the founder of Selena’s fan club, was not about to let the object of her obsession cut her out of her life. At the Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas, 34-year-old Yolanda Saldívar pulled out a .38-caliber revolver and shot the singer. While falling to the floor of the lobby, 23-year-old Selena used her final words to ensure that no one was in doubt about who the shooter had been.Sources: https://www.anb.org/display/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-16500https://www.biography.com/musicians/selena https://www.biography.com/crime/selena-final-days-murder https://www.biography.com/crime/yolanda-saldivar-selena-quintanilla-death https://www.biography.com/musicians/selena-quintanilla-husband-chris-perez https://www.oxygen.com/selena-and-yolanda-the-secrets-between-them/crime-news/where-is-selena-quintanillas-killer-yolanda-saldivar https://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/selenas-murderer-seeks-parole-while-inmates-claim-theres-a-bounty-on-her-head https://csusmchronicle.com/23452/a-e/should-you-skip-or-stream-selena-yolanda-the-secrets-between-them/ https://www.krqe.com/news/national/viewers-have-mixed-reactions-to-selena-yolanda-docu-series/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/pop-culture/2025/01/03/509647/selenas-killer-yolanda-saldivar-up-for-parole-30-years-after-tejano-stars-shooting-death/#:~:text=The%20Texas%20Board%20of%20Pardons,life%20in%20prison%20on%20Oct. https://twu.edu/twhf/honorees/selena-quintanilla/#:~:text=Selena%20first%20won%20Tejano%20Music,she%20 won%20 almost%20 all%20 categories. https://womenshistory.si.edu/spotlight/latin-music-legends-stamps/selena https://people.com/music/all-about-selena-quintanilla-death/ https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/introduction-dare-drug-abuse-resistance-education-program-program https://gov.texas.gov/apps/music/directory/results/archives/region/corpus/p1#:~:text=The%20Selena%20Foundation%20Mission%20Statement,they%20were%20born%20to%20sing. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/quintanilla-perez-selena-selena https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/selena-father-abraham-quintanilla-memoir/ https://people.com/all-about-selena-quintanilla-family-7971668 https://people.com/music/selena-quintanilla-husband-chris-perez-her-murder-hardest-thing-he-ever-dealt-with/ https://apnews.com/article/afc5ce6533829c1321d3bfe7a83f6aad https://people.com/music/selena-quintanilla-25-year-death-anniversary-family-keeping-memory-alive/https://people.com/chica/selena-quintanilla-hollywood-star-without-married-name/ https://www.today.com/news/yolanda-saldivar-now-rcna137866 https://www.today.com/popculture/music/selena-quintanilla-single-como-te-quiero-yo-ti-listen-rcna39959 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/1130222.html https://archive.caller.com/entertainment/selena/selena-gun-is-cut-up-and-dumped-into-bay-366067521-310745411.html/ https://people.com/music/selena-quintanilla-perez-husband-and-family-honor-her-on-26th-anniversary-of-death/#:~:text=In%20the%20repeated%20dream%20https://people.com/who-is-chris-perez-selena-quintanilla-husband-8575925 https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/us/selena-quintanilla-yolanda-saldivar-parole/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CToday%2C%20we%20are%20grateful%20that,on%20their%20social%20media%20platforms. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/g-s1-56776/yolanda-saldivar-parole-selena-quintanilla-tejano-queen#:~:text=Yolanda%20Sald%C3%ADvar%20will%20continue%20serving,voted%20to%20not%20release%20her. https://www.caller.com/story/entertainment/people/selena/2015/04/15/saying-goodbye-thousands-bid-selena-farewell/91947264/
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  • Episode 12 - John Lennon: “Above Us, Only Sky”
    May 18 2025

    On December 8, 1980, one of the most famous and prolific musicians of a generation, John Lennon, 40, was gunned down in front of the Dakota building, which housed his Upper West Side apartment in the adopted city that he loved, where he could walk around freely without getting bombarded by fans. However, one mentally unstable anddisillusioned fan, Mark David Chapman, 25, who had been planning John’s murder for months, finally completed his mission. Did Mark take Holden Caulfield’s catchphrase of “phony” a little too literally?

    Sources:

    https://www.biography.com/musicians/john-lennon

    https://biographics.org/john-lennon-troubled-beatle/

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/23/little-evidence-screaming-helps-mental-health-say-psychologists

    https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/when-john-lennon-faced-us-deportation/

    https://people.com/music/john-lennon-yoko-ono-relationship-timeline/

    https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1298130/John-Lennon-will-son-Julian-yoko-ono-sean-ono

    https://medium.com/the-beatles-faq/when-paul-met-george-38ce74cbcd7e

    https://www.goldradio.com/artists/the-beatles/julian-lennon-sean-friends/

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/cynthia-lennon

    https://www.dailycal.org/archives/we-can-love-lennon-s-music-as-long-as-we-don-t-defend-his-abuse/article_f193ef1a-cc6d-5a77-a9fe-7805e42cd12a.html

    Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman by Jack Jones

    https://www.winknews.com/news/lennon-s-killer-says-he-sought-glory-deserved-death-penalty/article_baa5407c-3a5c-5c81-a4c9-bc0df97f337b.html

    https://www.wlfi.com/news/national/mark-david-chapman-fast-facts/article_bfc9a6f9-8298-5e52-860a-268dee3ee1e5.html

    https://archives.law.virginia.edu/dengrove/writeup/mark-david-chapman-trial-murder-john-lennon#:~:text=On%20June%2022%2C%201981%2C%20Chapman,eligible%20for%20parole%20in%202000

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