House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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She had everything going for her: A good job, close friends, a loving family, a boyfriend and a brand new condo. Her family describes her as a strong, fun-loving, career-minded, and responsible young woman. So why did Jennifer Kesse seemingly vanish without a trace? In this podcast, hosted by crime reporter Cristina Corbin, she travels to Florida to uncover new leads, conduct exclusive..
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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Our podcast ends with a story of “fever dreams,” fallen friends, and a fighting rooster who lived to see the after-life. Ed Calderon now has a song of his own ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
2y ago
After years of trauma, even someone with the mindset of a Sneak Reaper needs a hand on their journey to recovery. That was certainly true for Ed, but his initial experiences with prescription drugs for some of his problems seemed to only make things worse ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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Ed says saving your life, and the lives of others, can often come down to having things on your person that are small enough to fit in your pocket. Find out what those things are, and what Ed’s mother has to do with his skills with a knife (among other things ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
2y ago
Change is one of the few constants for Ed Calderon, and moving too fast can sometimes result in important stories of heroism being forgotten, and tales of true evil being spun into something else. Plus, his take on the infamous meeting between drug kingpin “el Chapo” and a Hollywood celebrity, and the connection he sees to the story of slain DEA Agent Kiki Camarena. ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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Ed is an impressive guy to some special operators, but he says the people who have wound up impressing him the most are typically ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. And some of his students have wound up teaching him things ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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Ed uses the skills he acquired working anti-abduction details for Mexican government officials to help train others who face the threat of violence or kidnappings in everyday life. And for some of Ed’s students, their training with him comes after they’ve already experienced true violence ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
2y ago
Ed Calderon is perhaps best-known for his escape skills; picking locks, getting out of handcuffs, discretely carrying the tools needed to do so and generally being able to break free from a variety of life-threatening situations. And his first teacher was a 15-year-old criminal named Fernando. ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
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Ed runs for his life, literally, when his new bosses ask him to start targeting one cartel and ignoring the others. He also discusses the gruesome killings of some American women and children in the Mexican desert, and why he thinks those killings should have changed the discussion about Mexico’s cartels forever ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
2y ago
Ed forges the Sneak Reaper mindset, whether he knows it at the time or not, with a little inspiration from “Santa Muerte,” aka “the Holy Death.” An origin story like you’ve never heard before ..read more
House of Broken Dreams: The Jennifer Kesse Story
2y ago
A bribe or death. Silver or lead. The evil Ed faced in his career was nothing, and everything, that he knew it would be going into it ..read more