Speaker 1: Hey Leeth the listeners take Torres here. Stay tuned for
Speaker 1: the next episode of Lethal Lit. But first, here's a
Speaker 1: quick word from our sponsor. M Hey, Ellenators, we are
Speaker 1: in need of some real talk. As you know, Hall
Speaker 1: of Falls has seen its share of tragedies, and frankly,
Speaker 1: I'm a little over all the bad energy and I'm
Speaker 1: not the only one that's right. Ellenator's Max here, and
Speaker 1: you're gonna want to listen up because we've been working
Speaker 1: on something amazing, something top secret, and you get to
Speaker 1: hear about it first. That's right. The reopening of the
Speaker 1: Montague Hotel brought way too many negative vibes of it,
Speaker 1: but we thought could it just be us? So we
Speaker 1: brought in a local expert from Spiritual Haven to confirm
Speaker 1: our hunt. Denise, you did some of your most powerful
Speaker 1: um spells m H. Scrying rituals. Crying rituals on the
Speaker 1: Monty and what did they tell you? It's haunted and
Speaker 1: driving this town crazy. If the mayor was smart, he
Speaker 1: to order it burnt down and then salt the earth. Well,
Speaker 1: the mayor does not have the power to do that. Okay,
Speaker 1: before we get the kerosine out, we have some figure
Speaker 1: better plans right, Max, Yes, Yes, and with a hundred
Speaker 1: percent less Arson, we have teamed up with the Montague
Speaker 1: to throw the biggest positivity party this town has ever seen.
Speaker 1: We are going to dispel all that darkness with light
Speaker 1: like these glow necklaces, free for all attendees. That's right,
Speaker 1: and we're announcing it right here, right now, this Saturday
Speaker 1: night at the Monty. We are going to take back
Speaker 1: the Falls. Take back the Falls who come ready to
Speaker 1: play and dressed to sleigh because we're going to have
Speaker 1: three DJs photo booth to throw back to the Montese origins,
Speaker 1: free tarot readings courtesy of Denise, and so much more.
Speaker 1: But it's also a fully immersive collective energy cleansing experience
Speaker 1: and a fundraiser for mental health. It's gonna be lit,
Speaker 1: there will be singing, there will be dancing, and most importantly,
Speaker 1: there will be grieving. Think of it as a week
Speaker 1: for our dark and sinister past, but a fun week
Speaker 1: with prizes and an exorcism. Come laugh and cry with me,
Speaker 1: your host, Ella high Smith, Max, and a who's who
Speaker 1: of Hollow Falls Ians this Saturday, Let's take back the Fall.
Speaker 1: While my friends were busy not talking to me. They
Speaker 1: were also busy putting their time to good use helping
Speaker 1: the town. I had myself convinced that I was the
Speaker 1: only one doing something important in light of the supposed
Speaker 1: music box killer, but now it felt like I was
Speaker 1: treading water while they were making a difference. I hadn't
Speaker 1: felt this alone since the first day I set foot
Speaker 1: in the talent office. I'm tig Torres and this is
Speaker 1: lethal lit. Three weeks had passed since the murder of
Speaker 1: Stephanie Reid, the latest victim of hollow Fall's newest serial killer,
Speaker 1: and I was beginning to question whether the music box
Speaker 1: killer was just a figment of my imagination. With no
Speaker 1: new deaths and no new evidence, was that just chasing
Speaker 1: a ghost was the matching m o at both crime
Speaker 1: scenes strychnine poisoning and a hollow Fall centennial music box
Speaker 1: just a coincidence played up by the media and murder
Speaker 1: tourism industry to focus more morbid attention on our already
Speaker 1: hurting town. I've been thinking about Dr Jekyll and Mr
Speaker 1: Hyde again, how we all have two sides to our personalities.
Speaker 1: There's the part we want the world to see, and
Speaker 1: there's the part we keep to ourselves. As I grow up,
Speaker 1: I find that I'm really two people. There's the person
Speaker 1: I hope I'm becoming, and then there's the person I'm
Speaker 1: secretly afraid I might be becoming. Play that back again
Speaker 1: at okay, Jane, here we go, and what was your
Speaker 1: mother Stephanie's relationship with Brock Montecue. He was her boss,
Speaker 1: I guess, but she was really in charge of the students.
Speaker 1: I I got the impression that Brock just showed up
Speaker 1: for fundraising or really whenever he smelled money. And did
Speaker 1: she resent that? Not that she told me. I mean,
Speaker 1: she wasn't a fan, but he pretty much stayed out
Speaker 1: of her way. Was that the full extent of their
Speaker 1: relationship as far as I know, I think harder? What
Speaker 1: are you getting at? Did their relationship extend outside the school?
Speaker 1: Do you need me to spell it out? Were they
Speaker 1: romantically involved with each other? Were they colleagues with benefit?
Speaker 1: I wasn't living in Hollow Falls at the time. I
Speaker 1: didn't resume that relationship when Brock rolled into town. I
Speaker 1: don't know. Two people targeted by the same killer and
Speaker 1: then that's it. That usually means one thing. A jilted
Speaker 1: lover out for revenge. When did your mother and father divorce?
Speaker 1: You're not saying my dad is involved? Are you answer
Speaker 1: the question? Turning the screws? Nice? Torres? Is that what
Speaker 1: I really sound? Figured after season one you'd be used
Speaker 1: to the sound of your own voice on tape, not
Speaker 1: that I mean, I sound like a monster. You've literally
Speaker 1: faced down multiple mad men trying to carve you two bits,
Speaker 1: and you're bulking at a little aggressive questioning if she
Speaker 1: had known, she would have broken right there, and suddenly
Speaker 1: you know exactly who did it. I'm not saying you
Speaker 1: should go around damaging next of kin's feelings if you
Speaker 1: don't have to. But their momentary sadness or anger is nothing,
Speaker 1: I repeat, nothing compared to how thankful they'll be if
Speaker 1: you catch the person who murdered their loved ones. I
Speaker 1: guess you're right, that's him. Yes, check the connection? Secure,
Speaker 1: all hooked up? All right? I am rolling? Go ahead? Okay, Hey,
Speaker 1: hey Ali, it's been a few weeks. I thought I
Speaker 1: might have scared you. Offer something. You scared me. I've
Speaker 1: been expecting you to say the exact opposite since the
Speaker 1: first time I called you, so that's not so bad
Speaker 1: to hear. I guess that does sound a little backwards.
Speaker 1: I just haven't heard from you in a while. I
Speaker 1: know I got to take care of some things. It's
Speaker 1: not Oh it's not easy living this way. Did you
Speaker 1: change your mind about No? No, no, definitely not. I
Speaker 1: want to see you so badly, to take your hand
Speaker 1: in mind, to look into your eyes, to feel you
Speaker 1: looking back into mine. Ali. It's just well, not exactly
Speaker 1: easy to come back to Hollow Falls. I'm a one
Speaker 1: in man and it's the one place where everyone knows
Speaker 1: my face. But I figured it out. Really, how take
Speaker 1: back the falls? What Ella's party? No? No, no, that's
Speaker 1: there will be all kinds of people, and uh, why
Speaker 1: don't I just come to you? That would be so
Speaker 1: much easier, Right, tell me where you are. I can't
Speaker 1: do that. Take. I know it's not easy, but this
Speaker 1: is the only way it'll work. I have to see you, Ali,
Speaker 1: trust me, I'll see you there, Ali, Ali, Ali, fu
Speaker 1: Take what are you mad about? I got it all recorded.
Speaker 1: I can't believe this. You got him to come out
Speaker 1: of hiding. Do you have any idea how amazing this
Speaker 1: is going to be? For your show? Jane? I my show.
Speaker 1: I need to go take weight. This is a good thing.
Speaker 1: We're here for foundation selling tickets for take Back the
Speaker 1: Falls right here. They're running out, so get them soon.
Speaker 1: Thanks Bobby. Okay, got you down for two. Who's next?
Speaker 1: All right? I got updates, good ones, I hope. Well,
Speaker 1: we've secured six contestants for the midnight drag Ball, and
Speaker 1: all I had to promise was camped passes and a
Speaker 1: fifty dollar gift card to cold Stone for the winner.
Speaker 1: Nicely done. Also, Ella got Brett from a v to
Speaker 1: get his crew on the cameras for the whole night,
Speaker 1: including extra footage for the teen Foundation. TikTok feed. But
Speaker 1: but what he has a praise? Ella? He wants a
Speaker 1: pair of your socks. It was not washed. Come, I'm fine.
Speaker 1: And then he's gross And if he tells anyone, I
Speaker 1: will end him the sacrifices I make. So any tickets left, Tig. Later,
Speaker 1: something suddenly killed the mood around here. When wait, she
Speaker 1: told us what happened. Really, she's pretty hurt, Tig. She
Speaker 1: won't return any of my texts, she blocked me on
Speaker 1: social and and I know her class schedule, so I
Speaker 1: don't know how she keeps avoiding me in the halls. Um,
Speaker 1: we've been giving her TIGG alerts so she can make
Speaker 1: sure you don't cross paths in between periods. Sorry, listen,
Speaker 1: tig all right. I've known when a lot longer than
Speaker 1: you have, and she's loyal as hell. But once you
Speaker 1: break her trust, she will you make her feel disposable,
Speaker 1: like like you keep her around in case you want
Speaker 1: to dabble on a whim, and then a second later
Speaker 1: you'll be back off to New York or you know,
Speaker 1: on some big podcast tour or something, and you'll never
Speaker 1: give her another glance. I didn't mean to I wouldn't
Speaker 1: do that to her. I'm just really confused about me,
Speaker 1: my life at freething. I have something really important to
Speaker 1: tell you both about the party, and I don't know
Speaker 1: what to do. You know what, I actually have something
Speaker 1: to get off my chest when I ella you might
Speaker 1: want to get this for your channel still rolling when
Speaker 1: come on, it's not worth disagree. Take you know what,
Speaker 1: This whole place was right about you when you showed
Speaker 1: up here last year. Everyone saw you come here, oh
Speaker 1: New York, blah blah blah, and they could see the
Speaker 1: stick up your butt from a mile away. And I thought,
Speaker 1: I thought they were all just being lame, so I
Speaker 1: gave you a chance. But it turns out they were
Speaker 1: right and I was the idiot. When please, can we
Speaker 1: just go somewhere and talk somewhere with no phones, no recorders,
Speaker 1: just us, Okay, what hey? Hey, anybody here want to
Speaker 1: know a secret? Take Taures over here is still talking
Speaker 1: to Ali. Yeah that's right, you guys remember him, Ali Price?
Speaker 1: Yeah that's right, you heard me. Tig Torres podcast jerk
Speaker 1: wad is still talking to the guy that tried to
Speaker 1: murder her last year. Yeah, behind the backs of the
Speaker 1: people who showed up to save her stupid life when
Speaker 1: he wanted to throw her in front of an oncoming train.
Speaker 1: You forget that, tig What was it? Anna? Karenina? Well,
Speaker 1: enjoy getting killed. I bet it'll be way more fun
Speaker 1: than hanging out with the rest of us when maybe
Speaker 1: not the best advertisement for our positivity party, No, but
Speaker 1: I'm saving it for our tenure reunion. It's going to
Speaker 1: be so funny by then, I hope. Stop second guessing yourself.
Speaker 1: You're doing the right thing, doing your job as a journalist.
Speaker 1: Then why do I feel like I'm just exploiting everyone?
Speaker 1: You're putting a human face on the tragedies of a town.
Speaker 1: The audience deserves to see the whole story more than
Speaker 1: Ali or Stephanie's daughter deserve what anonymity to avoid facing reality.
Speaker 1: Grow up, Tig, and tell the story you mean, tell
Speaker 1: the story you want to tell. There's only one story.
Speaker 1: If you show up at a fire, it's your job
Speaker 1: to get an interview with someone who just came out
Speaker 1: of that burning building, whether the rest of their family
Speaker 1: came out or not, because whoever gets that interview gets
Speaker 1: the ratings. The public wants to see the realist, raw
Speaker 1: story they can get, and you either cowboy up and
Speaker 1: give it to them, or you're in the wrong business.
Speaker 1: That that is that what you think your job is
Speaker 1: to be that cynical about everything. That's just being an adult, Tig.
Speaker 1: Spend two seconds out of your little high school bubble,
Speaker 1: and you'll realize that what you call cynical is simply
Speaker 1: reality for everyone else. That makes me really uncomfortable. Listen
Speaker 1: to me. Take You are sitting on the story of
Speaker 1: the American underbelly. You are surrounded by the cultural and
Speaker 1: economic forces that lead a person to murder. You can
Speaker 1: deliver firsthand reporting of what makes Ali Price feel like killing?
Speaker 1: Will you help me tell that story? Take or would
Speaker 1: you feel more comfortable back at the school newspaper? Hey Lee,
Speaker 1: the listeners stay tuned more Ley the Lid is up next,
Speaker 1: but first a quick word from our sponsor, Hey Lee,
Speaker 1: the listeners take Torres here. There's always more to the mystery,
Speaker 1: and I could use your help getting to the bottom
Speaker 1: of it. Join us on Instagram and TikTok at. I
Speaker 1: am tig Torres for more clues and inside info. M
Speaker 1: Hi everyone, I'm Ella high Smith and I want to
Speaker 1: welcome you all to the Montague Hotel and the Take
Speaker 1: Back the Fulls Dance. I just wanted to say a
Speaker 1: few words to all my fans out there. Thank you.
Speaker 1: As you know, we're raising awareness tonight for mental health.
Speaker 1: Did you know that one in five teenagers is affected
Speaker 1: by a mental health issue? One in five, and here
Speaker 1: in Hollow Falls that number is way higher. We've been
Speaker 1: through a lot together in the Falls, and we put
Speaker 1: on a brave face. But acting strong isn't always the
Speaker 1: same as being strong. It isn't always obvious when someone
Speaker 1: is suffering from a mental health issue. Look around this
Speaker 1: room right now, Come on, guys, look around one in
Speaker 1: five people. Some of us are suffering and staying quiet
Speaker 1: about it. Well, tonight is about letting our real selves
Speaker 1: be seen. Counselors are on hand if you want to talk.
Speaker 1: We are stronger together together, there's no reason to be afraid.
Speaker 1: And I want to remind everyone about hashtag falls strong.
Speaker 1: If there's something you want to say or if you
Speaker 1: need support, use hashtag falls strong. All right, let's dance.
Speaker 1: That was amazing, Ella MIXI incoming six o'clock. Bet, what
Speaker 1: is it? Walter? We need to get up in the
Speaker 1: lobby bedroom now, Walter, I told you I'm here tonight
Speaker 1: as the event organizer, not as an employee the Monty.
Speaker 1: And do you remember what you said when I told
Speaker 1: you you gonna get that? Do you remember you said? Good?
Speaker 1: That means I don't have to pay you. Wait a second,
Speaker 1: you listen to me and I am paying him? So yeah,
Speaker 1: so you're a thim ice wineman. Yeaikes, I think he's
Speaker 1: going to fire you. Please. I'm the only person here
Speaker 1: who can tie a bow tie. They have to call
Speaker 1: me in on my off days if someone's comes undone. Oh,
Speaker 1: very nice speech, eyes said, You know you and I
Speaker 1: should talk about a collaboration sometimes, Harris, you look awful.
Speaker 1: Are you drunk? We have volunteer d ds waiting out front?
Speaker 1: Come on, Max, let's get out of here or you
Speaker 1: have all the keys right, shouldn't we go find an
Speaker 1: empty room? Sorry, Harris, I told you I had to
Speaker 1: stay through breakdown for this and that. Come on, Harris,
Speaker 1: you've had enough, not even close you know what, Harris,
Speaker 1: I am over this. I don't care how many abs
Speaker 1: you have. I do not need to be constantly drunk
Speaker 1: sitting someone older than me. Thank you Ella for your
Speaker 1: message about taking care of our own mental health. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm starting here. See you later, boy. Oh back, Yes, Max,
Speaker 1: that was incredible. See that eleenators. We are taking back
Speaker 1: the falls already. Alright, everybody, We're gonna slow it down
Speaker 1: a little now. I had to give Ella credit. She
Speaker 1: put together something really amazing. People were dancing, singing, crying,
Speaker 1: holding each other, even when was moved to document Hollow
Speaker 1: Falls history in the making. Hey, does anyone want to
Speaker 1: say something? For the talent we are Everyone was letting
Speaker 1: their real faces be seen, and so was I. High wind. Oh,
Speaker 1: I'm covering everything for the talent. Don't really need your help. Okay,
Speaker 1: I wore a dress. Can you believe it? Last time
Speaker 1: you dared me, I chickened out. So I owed you
Speaker 1: one great So are you trying to give a quote
Speaker 1: for the paper or something? Otherwise? I got stuff to do.
Speaker 1: When I owe you the hugest, hugest apology ever. I'm
Speaker 1: so sorry. I never meant to make you feel like that,
Speaker 1: like what like Like you weren't the most important person
Speaker 1: in the world to me because you are, and I
Speaker 1: acted like the only person I really cared about was
Speaker 1: myself and you didn't deserve that. Huh. Um, Hey, when
Speaker 1: we need your help at coach check in case you
Speaker 1: need a thinly bailed excuse out of this conversation. No, Max,
Speaker 1: it's cool. I have a job to do for the
Speaker 1: talent tonight and I'm just getting some footage of the
Speaker 1: attendees now for the paper. How do you spell your name? Miss?
Speaker 1: When come on see the battle tig Live to fight
Speaker 1: another day? Well, um, in light of you know, me
Speaker 1: being honest with my friends, I have something really important
Speaker 1: to tell you both about tonight and you might not
Speaker 1: like it. Hang on, what is it now, Walter? Walter?
Speaker 1: What do you want? I hate him so much. It
Speaker 1: makes my soul. Walter, I can't hear you, Walter, what's happening?
Speaker 1: Where are you? Don't answer a tig? Are you talking about?
Speaker 1: Definitely answer a tig. What if Ali is with Walter? Answer?
Speaker 1: It look amazing? He's here? Made me downstairs? Day Ali, Ali? Walter, Walter,
Speaker 1: come in, Walter, hanging there. We're coming to get you.
Speaker 1: Where is he? I have no idea. I just said
Speaker 1: that to keep him calling. He could be their static,
Speaker 1: you said once the radio has incredible range. When do
Speaker 1: you hear static? Oh you're not gonna like it. Where
Speaker 1: the basement? Oh great, great, okay, looks like we're doing this.
Speaker 1: Follow me, nake a path? Official hotel business? What's the hurry? Party? People? Ella,
Speaker 1: don't freak anyone out? But can you call? We need
Speaker 1: an ambulance? Oh my god? Is it? We think so?
Speaker 1: And after you call, go on stage and keep the
Speaker 1: crowd busy. Last thing we need is everyone freaking out.
Speaker 1: Go now, I'll grab Denise and start a group meditation
Speaker 1: or something. Go tig Win, Wait up, you two don't
Speaker 1: know where you're going. Let me lead. Where's the elevator? Too? Slow?
Speaker 1: Stairs are over here? This place? Even with all the
Speaker 1: lights on. It still freaks me the hell out. I
Speaker 1: feel like an idiot. There was a music box on
Speaker 1: his desk. It showed up this afternoon. I just I
Speaker 1: thought it was Harris that he that he left one
Speaker 1: when he was meeting with Walter to talk about the
Speaker 1: gift shop down here under the arches. Oh, this place
Speaker 1: is straight out of my nightmares. I imagine waking up
Speaker 1: down here after being kidnapped by a serial killer. Which
Speaker 1: door he could be behind? Any one of them? They're
Speaker 1: all a part of the creepy tore The Brock wanted
Speaker 1: a poker room from the speak Easy days down here
Speaker 1: so no one could hear what they do to the
Speaker 1: guys who couldn't pay up, A padded cell where they
Speaker 1: would keep the non compliant girls in the reform school
Speaker 1: era messed up. That one is James's Montague's secret Max,
Speaker 1: Why did you stop? Do you hear that? Over there?
Speaker 1: The school records room? We never got around to cleaning
Speaker 1: it out. We have to go in. I don't like
Speaker 1: this feels like a trap. We don't have a choice
Speaker 1: if Walter's already ingested the strick nine. But what if
Speaker 1: all he's in there? We're just walking right into his trap.
Speaker 1: He needs help now. I'm going in, Walter. He's still conscious, barely.
Speaker 1: Where's the song coming from? It's there on the floor
Speaker 1: in the corner. The killer was just here, or it
Speaker 1: wouldn't still be playing, Walter. We're going to get you.
Speaker 1: Help pick him up. We need to get him upstairs
Speaker 1: to meet the ambulance. On it. I got his arms,
Speaker 1: I got his legs, Walter, stay with us, help us coming.
Speaker 1: Take come on, take what happened? Take the door, flo
Speaker 1: But I'm fine. Go save Walter. Mask can come and
Speaker 1: lock me later on. So lure me in, trap me
Speaker 1: down here? But did you have to poison Walter to
Speaker 1: do it? Was this your plan the whole time? All
Speaker 1: it wasn't me? I swear iron Horn's Epic Productions and
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