Murder In America - Blood Ties S3: Strange Days

Episode Date: August 29, 2022

Our family members are not always who we think. When Eleonore Richland exposed her father’s dark legacy, she vowed to clean up the family business – and hired her half-brother, Santino Reyes, to help her do it. But old habits die hard. In the shocking new third season, Eleonore reckons with what her father always taught her growing up: medicine is a bloody business. From Wondery, the makers of “The Shrink Next Door” and “Dr. Death,” Blood Ties stars Gillian Jacobs (Community, Love), Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why), and Peter Stormare. Listen to Blood Ties: wondery.fm/MIA_BTS3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And it's called Blood Ties. Blood Ties, the award-winning audio drama from Wondry, returns for its third season's Strange Days, with another thrilling story about greed, power, and deception. Five years have passed since Eleanor, played by Jillian Jacobs, of Community, took over as CEO of the infamous Richland Family Empire, alongside her half-brother Santino, played by Christian Navarro of 13 Reasons Why. Together they decide to invest the family fortune in a groundbreaking controversial new drug. But as shocking revelations about the new treatment emerge,

Eleanor and Santino go to every length to protect their control of the Richland family dynasty. As Eleanor's father always said, medicine is a bloody business. You're about to hear a preview of blood ties. Listen to blood ties on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or you can listen early and ad-free by joining Wondry Plus in the Wondry app. Trevor, we okay. Hell of a storm. Surprise you were even able to land. I'm sure what I'm doing right now looks absolutely beautiful from the outside.

A lone car wending its way up a majestic snowy mountain. This is snow globe material straight up. But the next time you let your kid shake the daylights out of a snow globe, say a little prayer for the people inside it. Yeah, 50 mile an hour winds, blinding snow. My, God, my stomach's doing flips. I'm sweating. And it's not just the hellish weather or the fact that we can't see where we're going.

It's the feeling you get when you stand up for yourself. You double down and then realize you might be dead wrong. When we finally make it to Dr. Kosar's facility on the top of this mountain, I am hoping for the best, but I'm bracing for the worst. Jesus, I've never seen so much snow. life. That's Marisol again, okay? I have to tell her. No, let it go to voicemail. I don't want anyone to know we're here, Santino. Not yet. Oh, fuck it. Santino, please. Hi, babe. I know. I know I'm really sorry. Look, I got held up at the office. I think it's going to be another all-nighter.

I know. I miss you guys too. I kiss our baby girl from me. I love you. Oh, there. You Happy? I'm sorry, Santino, and thank you. Whoa, my gosh, shit. I'm sorry, guys. I can't get you any further tonight. We'll head back down and try again in the morning. How much farther is it? It's another two miles. You know what? We'll walk. Come on, no one. Okay, we do not need to die to us. Tomorrow is fine. Tomorrow morning is fine. Santino, you don't have to come with me. You go back down.

Get a hotel room. You can come meet me here tomorrow. I have seen that look in your eye, and it's the look that means no matter what I say, you're going to trudge your ass to the snow until you find what you need, right? Yep. God damn it. Wait up! Has it been two miles? I think so. The driver's... There was a driveway. Can't miss it, but I think we made a wrong turn. Okay, just, just keep going.

I think we're still on the road. Think, think warm. I don't know, Santino Hours ago What, what, what, what time did you tell Kossar we were coming? Oh, I didn't tell him we were coming. What? What's our company now, Santino? It's not like we need to make an appointment

And besides, I don't want a welcome mat. I want to see what I've actually bought. Santino, come on, say something. I think we're in serious trouble here. No, I mean, something confident. I'm sorry, Elle. I can't feel my feet or my hands My body is practically convulsing

Oh God, I'm sorry Here, come here, let's huddle Oh god Oh, that's not a hand to crazy I'm sorry What was that? Stay right where you are Not really dressed for hiking, are you?

We're not hiking Get your hands up, you too, friend I wish you'd called first Wyatt Who are you? I'm Eleanor Richland and I own this land. She's here.

Get out of those clothes and put these up. Scrubs. Where's my brother? After you're dressed, go through that door. Dr. Cossar's waiting. Your brother will be too. You just heard a preview of blood ties. Listen to the rest of this episode

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