WEBVTT - Chapter 1: Into The Past 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.760 Hey, lethal listeners, tig torres here stay tuned for the 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:07.280 next episode of Lethal Lit. But before we dive into 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:14.920 today's episode, here's a quick word from our sponsor. You're 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:17.640 about to hear a recording of my aunt Beth taped 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.120 at a murder scene she was covering for the local paper. 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:30.720 Two months later, she was dead. It was ruled a suicide. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.120 La was a twenty seven year old woman, brown hair, 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:40.600 brown eyes, five four approximately thirty five pounds, in visible 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:45.200 tattoos or markings. Cause of death unknown. She was found 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:47.440 with two small puncture ruins on the right side of 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.680 her neck, dried blood near the entry points. Before you 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.960 get too excited and bust out your twilight merch, this 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:58.240 isn't a vampire story. After she died, my aunt was 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.480 accused of being a serial murderer known as the lip Killer. 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.280 A note found inside the victim's purse, consistent with the 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:11.800 previous ones, reads, you're always a careful student. Now you 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.920 are master the colts from John Seward, a character in 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:20.000 Bram Stoker's Dracula. The lip Killer murders gripped the small 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.800 town of Hollow Falls a decade ago. By the end 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.440 of the killing spree six people, including my aunt Beth. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:31.880 We're dead. The police discovered a handwritten note next to 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.560 our body and decided it was her confession. But my 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:40.679 aunt was no killer. The mission of this podcast is simple, 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:46.440 to uncover the truth, to clear my aunt's name, to 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:52.080 put the real killer behind bars, or die trying. I'm 0:01:52.160 --> 0:02:02.680 tig Torres and this is Lethal Lit. Greetings, Lethal Lit listeners, 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.800 Welcome to the first episode of our podcast. Well, if 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.840 there are any of you out there listening, I'm new 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:16.720 to this whole podcast thing. My home, my past is 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.239 a burnt out burg known as Hollow Falls. Back in 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:24.119 the day, it was known for making iron. Now it's 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:29.520 known for board teens getting laid, dealing drugs, and oh yeah, 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.640 grizzly murders. My dad knew it was time to bail 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.440 once the town decided my aunt was a serial killer. 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.680 He wanted a better life for me, one that was 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:44.720 more gossip Girl West twin Peaks. So we ditched for 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:49.320 New York. But my dad lost his job. So now 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.480 I'm back in this time warp of a town, living 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:56.320 in my aboilas creeky old house. While he's looking for 0:02:56.400 --> 0:03:01.000 new work, I'm here taking the opportunity to make things right. 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.080 The only way you can truly understand the lit Killer 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:11.000 is by understanding where they sprang from Hollow Falls. And 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.840 since the iron works closed, the only thing in this 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:20.639 town that still has a faint heartbeat is Hollow Falls High. 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.240 I managed to sneak through the first week of the 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.960 school year, plenty of dirty looks for the new girl, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.120 a few old kindergarten classmates who wouldn't look at me 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.399 at all, but I guess that's to be expected. Here 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:38.320 we go on week two. In Pride and Prejudice, the 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:42.720 book Guys, Elizabeth Bennett says, there is a stubbornness about 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.840 me that never can bear to be frightened. My courage 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.880 always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. That's what 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:55.920 I'm thinking about now, because even though I'm stubborn, I'm scared, 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.119 and I need my courage to lead me towards some help. 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.280 I need to find out of my way. Psycho Junior Movement. 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:07.000 That's Tony del Canto us D, A approved jock with 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:11.120 resting more on face. He'll be important leader. Hell Man, 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.760 what's where I'm going? You're the one. No one wants 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.080 you here? Freak show we all know about you and 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:20.880 your messed up family. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.080 My debut at the school was a rocky one. Everyone 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.400 already knew exactly who tig Torres was. But while my 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.480 family wasn't loved around here, I still didn't expect to 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:34.119 be body slammed by the high school quarterback before eight am. 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:38.200 I needed to find some allies stat so after school 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:44.039 I decided to check out the student newspaper, The Talent First, guys, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:55.720 I just wanted to think, Hi, newspaper staff, I'm t 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.560 we knew who you are. City Mouse. That's Max Winman. 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.599 He it can be a little extra. Sometimes you'll see 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.799 what's up. Dorus bored a small film authority, and that's 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.320 win Abbott. Both Max and Winner on the newspaper staff. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.480 They don't hate me as much as they seem to. Now. 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.240 I'm actually looking for info on the serial murders that 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.920 took place here ten years ago. You mean the murders 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.320 your aunt committed. She didn't kill anyone, she was framed. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.480 The real killer is still out there. This podcast I'm 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:29.120 starting is gonna put you. That's our friend Tony. I 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:32.120 told you he'd pop up again. You've got to swap 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.400 out the picture of me from Tuesday's game. Bro Coach 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.160 keeps calling me volcano face because of that giant sit 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.640 on my cheek, Show up my better side. You have 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.120 a better side. Yeah, that's the one that shows how 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.640 much more important football is in this town than whatever 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.480 feminazi slumber parties you plan in your kids. Lost, Tony, 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:52.960 you're killing an hostile vibe. That's Ali Price, editor of 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.080 the Talent. Oh my bad, sorry to interrupt your chat 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:59.320 with Jackie the Ripper over here. Just fix that shot. 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.719 So there's were picks of me actually throwing the ball. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:09.400 And as for you don't murder anyone, okay, psycho Tony out? 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:15.920 Did he just say Tony out a third person himself? 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.320 But just give the meadheads some credit for finally noticing 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.920 I've been spotlighting that boulders it for the last three 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:26.040 Yearsues does win with the clap? Is he always such 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.520 an alpha douche? Yeah, he's pretty much just a walking 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:32.159 flat line. So why are you here again because you 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.040 want to talk serial killers? Yeah? Like I said, I'm 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.920 starting a new podcast and you need research people to 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.000 help you out with that. We're all kind of serial 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.680 killer experts around here. But I think you can handle 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.159 things when the research gets a little gory, a little 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.320 messed up. Messed up like an entire town thinking your 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.680 aunt was a murderer and blaming your whole fan for 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.839 the last decade. That sounds more sad than anything. And 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.760 I gotta handle on gory, like how Jeffrey Dahmer used 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.159 to feed his neighbor's sand jizzy made from his victor 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:06.840 lunch is canceled. Okay, okay, maybe you can't hang with 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:11.880 this crew. Hold on a sect? Is this? This is 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:13.960 the moment where I know I'm in the right place. 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:18.160 These Junior Sarah Kaneggs not only had a map of 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:20.640 the town hanging up in the newspaper office, but it 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:24.280 was loaded with color coded pushpins and strings. Each one 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.240 pointed to a lip killer murder, plus a photo of 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:32.360 the victim, along with one of my aunt Beth and 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.840 one of me. This is for a memorial edition of 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.600 the talent, ten years since the lid killer murders, the 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.880 town's only real claim to fame. You know, it's it 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.360 forever to get it approved, but our adviser, Mr Levinson 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.800 pulled the strings for us. Wow, So that's how you 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.720 knew who I was. You've already done a bunch of 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:52.240 the same research I have. I mean, you could have 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:56.440 picked a less freshmany photo. But whatever, it's cool. So 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.960 what's this week's topic? The lip Killer's Dracula style fourth murder? 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.400 Is it all podcasts and no play with you? Pretty 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.600 much until I prove my aunt's innocence And you think 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.520 you can do that? Oh? I know I can do it, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:15.000 but I could also really use some support. I feel 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:18.160 like I'm an instant outcast here. I figured, since you 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.080 guys are already interested in this kind of thing, maybe 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:25.160 we could team up. What do you say, help a 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:28.800 new girl out? Cute? But why should we believe you? 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.720 Of course you think your aunt's innocence. She's your aunt, 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:36.319 but the evidence says otherwise. Yeah. True, But what if 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.640 the evidence the town wants us to believe is wrong. 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.240 What if the people in charge of the evidence we're 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.079 looking for an easy fix instead of the truth. Yeah, 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.120 I'm not really buying it. Maybe you're just trying to 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:50.400 convince yourself you will become a slaughter siren like your aunts. Fine, whatever, 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.520 I just thought maybe the newspaper staff would be less 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:57.200 gullible than the rest of this zombie town. Dude, have 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.680 you been recording our conversation this whole time? It's not 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:04.040 even like legal Relax Innocence project. I just had it 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.640 on in case you guys said anything useful, but no 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:10.240 worries he didn't. Taurus has some bite. I like it, 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.880 all right? Can you call us when you like have 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.240 some actual proof. In the meantime, can we get back 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:20.520 to whatever we were doing before this whole encounter? How's this? 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:25.439 Stop the presses? Everyone? It's the missing link a printed photo, 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:30.840 not guiltily. Wait is that bes Taurus? Do not call 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:35.720 her that? TESTI? TESTI Okay? So uh all right, it's 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:44.000 your aunt and you and we care because check your pinboard, Watson. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.200 It was taken at the annual Hollow Falls Harvest Festival. 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:53.760 Look at the time stamp? WHOA? The lip Killer's fourth victim, 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.679 Mary Wozniak, was murdered on June eleven, two and eight. 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.360 The coroner's report gave the time of death that noon, 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:06.760 the time stamp on my photo one PM. Not enough 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.600 to prove her innocence, but just enough to make you 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:13.520 scratch your head and think that maybe, just maybe my 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.520 Auntbeth wasn't the lip killer, so had I gotten some 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.400 backup from Win Ali and Max? But I wasn't sure yet. 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.520 But I still needed to dive into the Hollow Falls 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.000 i'd missed out on after my dad and I skipped town. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.240 The best way to do that would be by talking 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:36.199 to someone who had survived the last decade intact mostly. Okay, 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:42.360 can you state your name for the tape? Please, Abuela 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:50.280 no Ahuilla, your real name, Oh, Sophia Urabella. Thanks for clarifying. 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.360 I want to talk a little bit about Hollow Falls, 0:10:54.120 --> 0:11:00.880 color Falls city, sip sucks, that's what You'rbeth. Bobby always 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:05.360 said to me, Mommy, I'm bored, Mommy, why do we 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.600 live here? I've heard it all before, Minina, So I'm 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:15.480 ready for you. This is my Aboila. She's wonderful, smart, funny, and, 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.920 let's be honest, a little crazy, and I wanted to 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:21.839 get a better sense of how the town had changed 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:25.000 since my dad and I left a Boila, I told 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.360 you this is for the podcast, which for you would 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.480 be kind of like an old radio show. I know 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:36.120 what a podcast is, right, Okay, So what can you 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.520 tell me about the town? What's the vibe like here, 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:45.280 vibe is bad, very very bad. But I don't know 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.160 how much you want me to say. I need you 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.280 to be honest, Ninya. I am always honest, you know that. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.280 But in this town you don't want to say too much. 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:57.800 You know, there are a lot of people in this 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:03.080 town who don't like our family to Haboila. Okay, okay. 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:08.439 Hollow Falls used to be a nice place. But this 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:12.440 was years ago, when there were jobs, when people helped 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:16.680 each other. When you're Abuelow, God rest his soul first 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:21.400 moved us to Hollow Falls. But times change. When the 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:25.080 iron works closed, the jobs point away, and the town 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:30.600 it got different, different, how not trust. You didn't say 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.640 hi to your neighbors anymore. You locked your doors. The 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:40.120 whole town had gone to the birds. So many birds, birds, yes, yes, 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.679 so many birds. The whole town was infested with wings, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:49.320 feathers to saois all over the place. I think that's 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:53.480 what created that monstro, that murderer who took my best. 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:59.520 Like I said, mostly intact, my interview with Aboila Sophia done, 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.800 and after getting nothing from the principal's office at school, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.280 his assistant did a convincing impression of a brick wall. 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:08.760 It was time to hit the streets and dig up 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.600 some facts from the town itself. I decided my next 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.800 stop would be the Hollow Falls Police Department. They dropped 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.760 the ball in a major way when it came to 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.319 the lip killer case and totally took the easy way out. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:25.240 But that doesn't mean they don't have info I could use. Hey, Hi, 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.679 how did you get back in? Um? I had an 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.800 appointment to see Detective Carver. Is she around here? Have 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:36.120 an appointment with Laura? That's odd? No, she's not around. 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:41.079 I'm a partner Detective Jake Lahne. Can I help you? Yeah? Actually, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.840 I'm working on a project about the lit killer case, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.240 and I wanted to talk to someone about where the 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:50.079 investigation stand. Well. I wasn't around back then, but I 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.679 know the cases officially closed. That reported did it? Why 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:55.480 would you want to do a project about such? Are 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.040 you sure she did it? Have you looked over the evidence? 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.480 I haven't. When we studied at the academy a bit. 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:07.719 It's kind of a haky case. Yeah, something about the 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.079 killer's suicide, how it looks different from the murder. Have 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.079 you lost your rookie mind? Oh? The sex of car. 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.679 This is Tig Torres, niece of Bes Torres, and you, 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:22.320 my young, inexperienced partner, are spilling confidential info about her 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.120 aunt's case to her. What's wrong with this picture, Lee Haine, 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.560 her aunt as for you, Torres, would be in your 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.920 best interest to turn off that recording device and walk 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.160 out that door immediately. The lit killer case is closed, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.920 has been for a long time. Come on go. It's 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:44.000 hard to argue with a police detective asking well, demanding 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.560 you leave a police station. So I did, but Lehane's 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:52.040 loose lips gave me more than I expected, a little hope. Still, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.960 I needed hard facts. Next up was the place where 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.440 my aunt Beth broke the lit killer story and where 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:04.720 it bro her. I ran into Win on my way 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:08.600 to the Hollow Falls Ledger, my aunt's old workplace. Once 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.840 a thriving daily paper, the Ledger was now a fading relic. 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:19.280 Hallow Falls Ledger. This is hang on a sec. Hi. 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.160 Can I help you too? Hi? We're Tig and Win 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.920 and we're high school students working on a report about 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.040 the lip killer. Is there anyone here who could help 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.840 us with our research? It's really important we get a 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.320 good grade. On this. We're always chasing them. Maze. I'm sorry, 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.320 I don't think we can help you. Is Sam Steiner here? 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.160 He used to work with Beth Torres back in the day. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:47.320 Sam doesn't work here anymore, young lady, So I'm sorry. Well, 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:48.840 do you have a number where I could reach him? 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:52.160 And he's been gone for years since, well since the 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.200 truth about his partner came out and hit him hard. 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.360 You mean the lie hit him hard because it was all, Oh, ma'am, 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:03.200 Is there any way that you can help us find Sam? Look, 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:07.280 people come and go, especially in this business. It feels 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.440 like we've got a new wave of layoffs every week. 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.520 But Sam was out of here years ago, and last 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.640 I already harmited himself away in the woods. You need 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:17.720 more than that. They'll take a high see if you 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.200 can find him. My aunt Beth always said that a 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.160 big part of reporting was showing up and asking questions. 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.280 This time we barely got to ask any questions. But 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.440 just when I thought all of Hollow Falls was going 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.840 to be a massive black hole of info, I found 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:38.440 something in the place I should have checked first. Maya 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:42.000 Buda's houses on the edge of town. She's lucky. People 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:45.920 tend to leave her alone. Well, mostly there are the 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.960 occasional burnouts looking to egg the dump where Beth lip 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:52.200 Killer Torres grew up, and knowing how desperate the cops 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.560 were to close the lip killer case back then, I 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.240 knew they couldn't have gotten all of Aunt Beth's notes. 0:16:58.040 --> 0:16:59.560 I felt like I had a good chance of finding 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.080 something police were too basic to see. And where better 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.600 to kick off my search for evidence than in Aboila's 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:11.600 giant rickety house. When stopped by and offered to help, 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.040 so I roped her into searching a What is attic 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.960 with me? She's taking a nap right now, Hence the 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:21.359 whispering where this police has death trap written all over it. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:25.440 If I see a spider, I'm out. No promises. Maybe 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:29.320 the dust will keep them out. I came out of nowhere. 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:33.119 Are you sure this police is haunted? That was the 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.800 sound of me stepping on a loose floorboard. I have 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.399 the bruises to prove it. But what was underneath was 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:43.359 a gold mine. What is that? It was a fortune Teller, 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.919 an oregonmy paper game with folded parts that were labeled 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:50.639 with colors and letters. I tried a few combinations like 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.480 blue and z. But it left me flat. Maybe it 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:56.840 was nothing. Maybe I was looking for meaning in a 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:01.639 child's toy. I was still ending in that broken down attict, 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:03.480 trying to figure out what a piece of paper meant. 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.320 When I saw it a bookshelf across the room, my 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.800 eyes stopped on one book in particular, The Scarlet Letter 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:15.200 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the story of a colonial woman forced 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.520 to wear a red a on her clothing because the 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.440 whole town decided to slut shame her. The story of 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:26.600 a woman who had become a pariah. Scarlet. That's got 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.080 to be it. It's one of the books on the 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:32.879 shelf here. So what though, I mean, everybody has a 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.000 copy of that book. That's the point. When these are 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:40.840 literary classics. It ties into the case directly. Check it out. 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:46.200 When I flipped from red to A there's a number 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:50.440 under that flap, three digits, like a page number in 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.040 a book. Please be a page number in the book. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:58.240 Oh are you kidding me? Maybe it underestimated you girl. Thanks. 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:04.320 Here in the margins of the page, it says Duvall Street. 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.720 And look at the symbol on the facing page. I 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.920 ever seen that? No, that just looks like a bird 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:16.320 in a circle. But that address is near Hemlock Row. 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:23.359 My parents always said to avoid that strip. I can't wait. Okay, 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.040 I'm walking through town with Max and we're almost at 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.360 two Ball Street when said she needed a massive detox 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:31.920 after snorting up so much dust in my boils attic. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:35.200 Max knows the drain better than I do, so he's 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:37.760 taking point. I haven't been all the way down here, 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.440 but I think we're close. This is kind of like 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.040 treasure hunting, right, I mean in this area, it's more 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:50.440 like dumpster diving. But still, Oh, there it is Ball Street. Hey, 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:55.240 that's actually kind of cool. Styles always where you least expected. 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.560 It was a diner dressed up like a Johnny rockets 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.760 on crap Ray Bradberry with a dash of Stephen King. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:08.000 But why did my aunt's clue sent me here? Hey, kiddos, 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:12.280 are you staring at You're smoking them molly pills? I 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:16.240 wish I was. This is jaded waiter Phil. We found 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.520 him smoking outside the Star Diner. I kind of love him. Oh, 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.960 we were just admiring the design of this place. Is 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:26.840 this a bank scene? Who the heck is Spanksy? I 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:30.399 don't understand half of what you can't say today. This 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:34.200 place used to be nice, but now it's all ganda happy. 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:37.480 Look at that damn sign give me a freaking headache. 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:41.600 With every flicker, the A and Star diner was suffering 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:46.760 from a faulty bulb. The sign was also read a 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:52.000 red scarlet letter a bingo. After a few fruitless circles 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:55.639 around the sign, we almost gave up. But remember that 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:59.440 symbol we noticed in the book. It was crudely scratched 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:03.320 into the sign posts electrical panel. We pried it open 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:06.680 and found a small box with a tiny black cassette 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:10.200 tape inside. Aunt Beth must have used these for recording 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:15.760 her thoughts, her genius and Beth thoughts. Thankfully, even Hollow 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.800 Falls was within Amazon Primes rate, so I could find 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:22.200 a recorder to play it. But that wasn't all. In 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:25.639 the box with the mini cassette was a slip of paper. 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:30.159 Oh my god, damn, your aunt is literally passing us 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:33.440 notes from beyond the grave. Is it better for a 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:35.880 man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:39.479 upon him? That sounds familiar. Let me look it up 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:44.440 on my phone. I was right. It's from a clockwork 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:49.000 orange whoa, We're totally on a treasure hunting dumpster diving adventure. Now, 0:21:49.160 --> 0:21:52.680 what did I tell you? Our next move was to 0:21:52.760 --> 0:21:54.760 try and get our hands on a copy of Anthony 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:58.320 Burgess's book. With that in mind, I headed to one 0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:01.359 of the few useful places left in town, the Hollow 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:06.920 Falls Library. Man, I love the library. I'd forgotten how 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.639 many fond memories I had of the Hollow Falls branch. 0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:13.000 Fond memories and Hollow Falls are two phrases you don't 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:17.320 hear together much. It just got so much personality, from 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.600 the old school clock tower to the retro filing system. 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:24.879 I didn't find any copies of clockwork orange, but I 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:28.040 did dig up an article about an internship program teaming 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:31.560 up the talent and the Hollow Falls Ledger. No such 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:35.399 program exists now, though not to self asked Mr Levinson 0:22:35.440 --> 0:22:40.879 about why it was discontinued. Hey cordin yourself again? What no? 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:46.360 And just never mind? Yes, I am so. I got 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:50.119 bored and googled you last night. Weird. It seems you're 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:51.480 not a newvie when it comes to the world of 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:54.399 true crime. Take twar us or should I call you? 0:22:54.400 --> 0:22:59.919 Elizabeth Salamander? Nine seven impressive? This is Ali again from 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:04.320 the newspaper, and apparently he frequents the same true crime 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:08.320 message boards. I do the screen name he mentioned. My 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:11.320 screen name is a jokey reference to The Girl with 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:15.760 the Dragon Tattoo books by Steve Larson. Hey, look, I'm 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:17.520 sorry we gave you a hard time when you came 0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:19.600 by the talent. I know when and Max have been 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:21.720 partnering up with you. But if you want more help 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:24.680 with your serial killer research, my services are available to 0:23:25.440 --> 0:23:30.720 and what services are the What is is this it? 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:41.080 Roof water? Oh god, it looks like get it over. 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:49.280 Remember our pal Tony del Canto, Well, that was his 0:23:49.440 --> 0:23:52.399 body that crashed down in front of us. I've never 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:58.320 seen anything like that. I never want to again. Sure, 0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:02.240 I've seen crime scene photos, read some messed up books, 0:24:03.040 --> 0:24:07.280 but seeing something so gruesome in person, I'll never forget it. 0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:11.480 The word on the street is suicide. But based on 0:24:11.560 --> 0:24:14.920 what we've learned so far about this town, what do 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:19.560 you think? We want everyone to remain calm and the 0:24:19.640 --> 0:24:24.920 investigation proceeds. Defective cover me have everything under control. That 0:24:25.040 --> 0:24:28.359 was Principal Ronald Block's attempt at calming the student body 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:31.720 in the wake of Tony's death. While anyone could have 0:24:31.840 --> 0:24:34.960 their reasons for jumping from a clock tower, from what 0:24:35.080 --> 0:24:37.920 we know of Tony so far, does he seem like 0:24:38.000 --> 0:24:42.840 the type. Turns out, Tony's background was more complicated than most. 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:47.800 Tony's dad, Big Tone, was a major businessman in Hollow Falls. 0:24:48.520 --> 0:24:52.000 He was, also, along with five others, a victim of 0:24:52.080 --> 0:24:55.960 the lit killer, which explains why Tony was such a jerk. 0:24:56.040 --> 0:24:59.800 To me, he thought my aunt murdered his dad, But 0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:02.040 this wasn't someone who had given up on at all. 0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:05.119 No one believes us, but Ali and I know that 0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:08.920 blood dripped before the body fell. And guess what was 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:13.359 found next to Tony's shattered body? A shell, A broken 0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:17.360 conk shell with a number painted on it. Ten twelve 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:23.320 to anyone else, random, but to me, my aunt Beth 0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:28.800 died on October twelfth, two thousand and eight. The crime 0:25:28.880 --> 0:25:31.280 scene has been mostly cleared, so we're back in the 0:25:31.359 --> 0:25:35.680 library using the prehistoric microfiche again. Scrolling through early October 0:25:35.720 --> 0:25:38.440 two thou and eight editions of the Hollow Falls Ledger 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:42.960 to see, wait, this is all wrong. The front page 0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:46.360 of the newspaper is completely blank. What are those numbers? 0:25:47.520 --> 0:25:49.720 The newspaper front page on the day of my aunt 0:25:49.760 --> 0:25:53.200 Beth's murder was not new to me. Someone had tampered 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:56.840