Jun 25, 2026 · 26 min · 8 segments
On the grand occasion of Taylor and Travis’s nuptials, we revisit our episode about the rise and rise of Taylor Swift. We ran this originally as a multipart series, and if you’d like to hear the whole…
Vanessa GrigoriadisHost
Natalie RobehmedHostIt's night, but it's not dark, 'cause it's never dark here with all the buzzing neon signs.
And tonight, there's also the hypnotic red, blue, red, blue of police car lights flashing over the scene.
The victim is a 16-year-old girl who lives on the premises.
She's the daughter of Mark and Nicole Jones, who run the motel.
Yeah.
I'm gonna, uh, I'm gonna go knock on some doors.
The oval face, the pouty lips, skin perfectly smooth like a scoop of French vanilla ice cream.
You figure it out yet?
For about three years I've been saying everywhere that my favorite show is CSI.
[gentle music] Just imagine being a teenager, getting a role on your favorite TV show.
I'm black hair, lip ring, nose ring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earrings, spikes, skirt, combat boots, and you end up figuring out that there's this whole backstory that, you know, my parents had a child that ended up dying, and I was the second replacement child, and my mom never really loved me, and all this stuff.
There's so many different intricate storylines that come into play.
It's night, but it's not dark, 'cause it's never dark here with all the buzzing neon signs.
And tonight, there's also the hypnotic red, blue, red, blue of police car lights flashing over the scene.
The victim is a 16-year-old girl who lives on the premises.
She's the daughter of Mark and Nicole Jones, who run the motel.
Yeah.
I'm gonna, uh, I'm gonna go knock on some doors.
The oval face, the pouty lips, skin perfectly smooth like a scoop of French vanilla ice cream.
You figure it out yet?
For about three years I've been saying everywhere that my favorite show is CSI.
[gentle music] Just imagine being a teenager, getting a role on your favorite TV show.
I'm black hair, lip ring, nose ring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earring, earrings, spikes, skirt, combat boots, and you end up figuring out that there's this whole backstory that, you know, my parents had a child that ended up dying, and I was the second replacement child, and my mom never really loved me, and all this stuff.
There's so many different intricate storylines that come into play.
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