Introducing: CRIMES OF REDDIT, Sabrina’s new show with Alexis Linkletter
August 12, 2026
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5 min read“I 24 female. Found hundreds of pictures of my brother 20 male on my boyfriend's 24 male laptop. Can anyone please explain to me what's going on?” That Reddit post, read aloud by true crime journalist Alexis Linkletter, is the kind of story that defines Crimes of Reddit, a new podcast where Sabrina Deana-Roga (of Two Girls One Ghost) and Linkletter take turns bringing each other raw, real-time Reddit threads to react to completely blind. The show’s premise is that on Reddit, true crime doesn’t come from journalists—it comes from victims, witnesses, and sometimes suspects themselves. This introductory episode, themed around family secrets, walks through three deeply unsettling posts that reveal how the people closest to us can harbor the most disturbing truths.
The Dad Who Kidnapped His Own Wife
The first story comes from a poster whose loving, family-oriented dad—the kind of man who hand-made a Hot Wheels dollhouse for her birthday—turns out to have a hidden past. After getting in touch with cousins from her parents’ home country, the poster learns that her father, as a minor, kidnapped a university student and kept her for a period of time. The article about the crime was short, and because he was a minor, his name was never published. The real twist: the victim was her own mother.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:31) **Introduction to Crimes of Reddit** - Sabrina announces her new true crime podcast with co-host Alexis Linkletter, focusing on stories sourced directly from Reddit.
- 2 (02:13) **Host Introductions and Show Format** - Sabrina and Alexis introduce themselves and elaborate on their backgrounds in true crime and paranormal storytelling.
- 3 (03:26) **Theme for the Week: Family Stories** - The hosts introduce the episode's theme and invite listener participation via social media and their subreddit.
- 4 (05:30) **Story 1: The Kidnapping Father** - Sabrina reads the first Reddit post about a woman who discovers her loving father kidnapped a university student when he was a teenager.
- 5 (08:35) **Discussing the Kidnapping Father's Backstory** - The hosts analyze the original poster's update, which reveals the victim of the kidnapping was the poster's own mother.
- 6 (16:28) **Analyzing the Stockholm Syndrome Dynamic** - The hosts delve deeper into the psychological implications of the mother marrying her kidnapper and the lasting trauma on the family.
- 7 (18:30) **Story 2: The Obsessive Boyfriend** - The hosts transition to the second story, about a woman who finds hundreds of photos of her brother on her boyfriend's secret laptop.
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Show Notes
Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love Two Girls One Ghost, you are going to love CRIMES OF REDDIT with Sabrina and Alexis Linkletter from The First Degree podcast.
Every Tuesday, one host brings a set of true-crime stories while the other reacts in real time with no prep, no spoilers asking the questions on everyone’s mind. They swap roles each week, pulling at every thread until the whole twisted picture comes into view. It’s dark, it’s messy, and the scariest part is simple: THESE ARE STORIES POSTED BY REAL PEOPLE.
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