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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Crime: The Autobiography of a Crook</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crime-the-autobiography-of-a-crook--7009804</link><description><![CDATA[This is not what one could call in any shape or form a pretty story. 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