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Speaker 1: I'm Every Stevens with the Metro Sun Times, and everything

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Speaker 1: of my phone. Yeah. Welcome to Solve, the interactive mystery

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Speaker 1: Each episode will present you with a different case inspired

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Speaker 1: m hm. Today is August twelve, and I'm still trying

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Speaker 1: Every Stevens, Is this the reporter who covered Wayne Leslie

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Speaker 1: curious what I have to show you. Fine, I'll send

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Speaker 1: Two years we were together. We told each other everything.

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Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden she was acting. I

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Speaker 1: at this. Look, I'm a four term senator. People have

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Speaker 1: Senator Leslie, Miss Stevens, I thought you no longer covered

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Speaker 1: Guy Bergman. I'm a reporter with the Metrosunt Times. Okay,

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Speaker 1: then why are you with my paper? Not what this is? Yeah, paper, radio, TV,

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Speaker 1: I didn't see there, Mr Bergman, Bregman, whatever, what do

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Speaker 1: who's this evany I don't know if you remember me.

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Speaker 1: kitchen one time, right, Yes, I remember. What's up, tiffany Um.

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Speaker 1: was more like, if you don't sign this, your career

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Speaker 1: I'm so fucking stupidl No, No, you aren't. Fuckka. Well,

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Speaker 1: You've been wanting more than I can give you for

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Speaker 1: you know what? You know? What's not fair is that

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Speaker 1: my next? Hello? Hi, um, Avery, who's this the guy

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Speaker 1: who'swing you messed up? Listen? If you're about to threaten me,

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Speaker 1: This is about silencing women and one man. I'm doing

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Speaker 1: Also that rich and powerful men can keep their secrets.

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Speaker 1: I made them throughout the investigation. They upload automatically to

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Speaker 1: my cloud. I trust that someone will find them. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm every Stevens with the Metro Sun Times, and everything

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Speaker 1: evidence I've seen, firsthand, interviews I've conducted. Please just follow

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Speaker 1: the facts. Get the funk out of here now, I'll

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Speaker 1: call the cops. I swear to God. No go of

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Speaker 1: my phone. Yeah, you've reached the end of the investigation.

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Speaker 1: It's time to decide who you think Avery's killer is.

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Speaker 1: Here are your suspects. Avery's boyfriend, Chris. I know you

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Speaker 1: can sleep on with someone else, and you're just breaking

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Speaker 1: up with me, so you can stop feeling like a

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Speaker 1: little slut. I ait the politician, Senator Leslie. I will

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Speaker 1: not have my character called into question by a member

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Speaker 1: of the liberal media. The tabloid mogul Guy Bregman. I'll

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Speaker 1: just make you wish you were dead. The baseball player

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Speaker 1: Pat Giles. I could see someone in her dad or

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Speaker 1: her editor, Tom. That's the job of an editor. If

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Speaker 1: a story is no good, you kill it. We'll be

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to find out who killed Avery. Avery's

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Speaker 1: killer was her boyfriend Chris. Chris had been feeling ignored

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Speaker 1: and emasculated by Avery and had become paranoid that she

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Speaker 1: was leaving him for another man. The time I thought

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Speaker 1: she was cheating on me. Tell me the truth. Tell

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Speaker 1: to me, because I know you've been sleeping with someone else,

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Speaker 1: and you're just breaking up with me. So you can

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Speaker 1: stop feeling like a little slut. I know it. Chris

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Speaker 1: entered Avery's house and strangled her to death in a

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Speaker 1: fit of jealous rage and insecurity. But something you may

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Speaker 1: have heard just before Avery's death gave away the killer's identity.

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Speaker 1: Give me my house keys back and get out. Chris

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Speaker 1: had a set of keys to Avery's house, and if

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Speaker 1: you listened closely, you could hear Avery's killer unlocking the

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Speaker 1: front door before entering the house. Ship This episode was

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Speaker 1: inspired by a true crime that occurred in Bulgaria in

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Speaker 1: two thousand eighteen, when a journalist who was investigating corruption

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Speaker 1: by government officials was found murdered. Many speculated that her

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Speaker 1: death was part of a conspiracy to stop the investigation. However,

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Speaker 1: it turned out that her death was not connected to

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Speaker 1: her work, who was the result of a random attack

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Speaker 1: while she was out for a jog. Her killer confessed

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Speaker 1: to the murder and court and was sentenced to thirty

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Speaker 1: years in prison. Avery was played by Katie McClellan, Chris

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Speaker 1: by Patrick Kavanaugh, Drisco by Mark Engelhardt, Guy by Joe

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Speaker 1: san Filippo. Tom was played by Brian Finney, Pat Giles

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Speaker 1: and Tyler by Sterling Bowman. Senator Leslie by Richard Doyle,

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Speaker 1: Tiffany by Lexi di Benedetto the Suit by Richard Tatum.

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Speaker 1: The reporter and announcer were played by Cheryl tex Era.

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Speaker 1: This episode of Solve was written and directed by Corey Serge.

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Speaker 1: Executive produced by Corey Serge and Walt Palmer, Produced, recorded

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Speaker 1: and mixed by Salt Audio, Edited and mixed by Zack Jurich.

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Speaker 1: Sound designed by Zach Pino for Salt Audio. Original music

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Speaker 1: and score by Noah Gersha and Jamie Scheffman at Salt Audio.

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Speaker 1: Production Coordinator Liz Lamy, Casting by Romy Stuttman, Casting Assistant

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Speaker 1: Daisy Laura. Recorded at Bang Zoom Studios. Next time on Solve,

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Speaker 1: a popular social media star is murdered. I'm here at

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Speaker 1: the Old Hollywood Hotel where twenty three year old influencer

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Speaker 1: Eloise fam was found dead in the swimming pool this

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Speaker 1: morn It's just about midnight, but thanks to jet lag,

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Speaker 1: I am wide awake. Yes, it's true what they say

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Speaker 1: about it being the city that never sleeps? But how

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Speaker 1: did this trip of a lifetime turn into the vacation

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Speaker 1: from health? All I'm saying is I want this vacation

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Speaker 1: to be about us, you and me, Not you, me

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Speaker 1: and your fans. It's all about what you want, Coop,

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Speaker 1: no consideration of me. Tune in next week to find

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Speaker 1: out