WEBVTT - Chapter 3: Deadly Rage

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Lead the Listeners tig torres here stay tuned for

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<v Speaker 1>the next episode of Lead the Lit. But before we

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<v Speaker 1>dive into today's episode, here's a quick word from our sponsor.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on my way home after a horrible night asking myself,

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<v Speaker 1>tig what's so bad about the lip killer being back

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<v Speaker 1>and the principal block being's latest thick. Not to mention

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<v Speaker 1>this is already the second real life dead body you've

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<v Speaker 1>seen to that a side of a low grade police

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<v Speaker 1>two from Detective Carver and her crew. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>get it. I pocketed some evidence and was slow handing

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<v Speaker 1>it over, But it's not like the Hollow Falls p

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<v Speaker 1>D have a sterling track record when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>doing actual detective work. I was just trying to right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all about that chill playlist, gigantic tub of ice cream,

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<v Speaker 1>and no more visions of primsible blocks face. I wanna,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanna give us? Are you away? Bad day made

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<v Speaker 1>way worse day Friday, as I was, nothing wakes you

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<v Speaker 1>up faster than finding your aboila on the verge of

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<v Speaker 1>a full on freak out on the front steps, a

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<v Speaker 1>gift wrapped box full of dead crow at her feet

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<v Speaker 1>and a note, always a note. It read Tig, I

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<v Speaker 1>see you. It was a warning, but I won't let

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<v Speaker 1>the lit Killer take away another person I care about.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Tig Torres and this is lethal lit Hollow Falls

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<v Speaker 1>is reeling, and this podcast is the only thing giving

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<v Speaker 1>me life. Right now, the lit Killer has claimed two

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<v Speaker 1>new victims, class mate Tony del Canto and Hollow Falls

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<v Speaker 1>High Principal Ronald Block. On top of that, the cops

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<v Speaker 1>rated the talent offices, grabbed the Antbeth tapes and my laptop.

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<v Speaker 1>Shout out to town snitch Ella for that last bit.

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<v Speaker 1>In the wake of Block's murder, school has been closed

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<v Speaker 1>for days. But if this town is known for anything,

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<v Speaker 1>it's for pretending nothing ever happened. But there's no way

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<v Speaker 1>I'll ever be able to unsee that. I know I

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<v Speaker 1>talk a good game, but being up close, smelling the

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<v Speaker 1>blood and seeing people you knew just a few hours

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<v Speaker 1>before they were murdered, it does something to you. But

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<v Speaker 1>we have to keep on right. Oh and an update

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<v Speaker 1>on a Boila. That dead Bird gave her quite a scare,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was able to talk her down. No thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>yet on what the dead chrow means, while it did

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<v Speaker 1>was make me think of Henry the stuffed mascot block

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<v Speaker 1>kept on his desk. But Aboila's okay, and that's all

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<v Speaker 1>that matters. Luckily, the next gift to show up at

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<v Speaker 1>our door was much more welcome. Hey, got your message.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought i'd stop by to bring you and unexpected

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<v Speaker 1>tours embrace. I'll take that. Sorry. I tend to attack

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<v Speaker 1>hug when I'm nervous. I guess seeing a boiler totally

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<v Speaker 1>flip bothered me more than I thought. I don't mind.

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<v Speaker 1>And is she okay? Yeah, she's fine or she will be.

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<v Speaker 1>So this wasn't just a wellness check on you and

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<v Speaker 1>your grandma. I also have some good news aside from

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<v Speaker 1>the you not being in jails. Witch right, That Levison

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<v Speaker 1>really saved me. But I think that one cop Lahane

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<v Speaker 1>was already about to let me go. Unexpected humanity from

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<v Speaker 1>the Hollow falls p d Well, that's not all either,

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<v Speaker 1>check it. He also gave me back all your gear

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<v Speaker 1>esus Solly way to bury the lead. That's awesome. Free

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<v Speaker 1>to hug me again. I accept physical gratitude. Maybe later

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<v Speaker 1>there's more so. When they gave me your pile of stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>it felt different, like there was something new in there. New.

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<v Speaker 1>Check this out. I remember you having one of these

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<v Speaker 1>old school recorders before, did you? Ali was half right.

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<v Speaker 1>I did Amazon prime myself a new retro style recorder

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to my aunt Beth's tapes. But this wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>This one was much much older. In fact, it looked

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<v Speaker 1>identical to my aunt Beths t There's a tape in here?

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<v Speaker 1>Did the Hall of Falls p d Or our new buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>Detective Lahyne slipped this bit of evidence in with my

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<v Speaker 1>gear to give us a clue, a lead he couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>follow up on because technically the lip killer case was closed. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>time for some more lip killer specifics. The o G

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<v Speaker 1>victims were spread out over a year, referencing a bookshelf

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<v Speaker 1>forth of English lip classics from Dracula to the Crucible.

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<v Speaker 1>Each murder was set up to evoke specific lay scenes

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<v Speaker 1>from these books. The first victim was Suzanne Overmeyer. She

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<v Speaker 1>was an orphan and eked out a high school diploma

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<v Speaker 1>before starting a glamorous career as a gas station cashier.

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<v Speaker 1>On December eighteen, two thousand and seven, she goes missing.

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<v Speaker 1>A few days later, her body is found with a

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<v Speaker 1>gunshot to the back of the head. But no one,

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<v Speaker 1>especially not the cops, could figure out why someone would

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<v Speaker 1>hurt a nameless nobody, So the case went ice cold

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<v Speaker 1>until my aunt Beth started working it for the Hollow

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<v Speaker 1>Falls Ledger and and Once and Met. George shoots Lenny

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<v Speaker 1>in the head to spare him from the wrath of

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<v Speaker 1>Curly's men in the lottery. The losers get stoned to death.

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<v Speaker 1>The note was left in a collection of short stories

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<v Speaker 1>by Shirley Jackson, So the killer is trying to connect

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<v Speaker 1>literary death with actual ones. I've got his m O,

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<v Speaker 1>so now I can start figuring out who this lunatic is.

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<v Speaker 1>I should start back and talk to Steiner too. You

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned getting some insight from lebon Stead. Wait what Steiner

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<v Speaker 1>we knew about? But Lemonson, let's list this out right now.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got two bodies, more tapes, a town losing its mind,

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<v Speaker 1>and four teenagers trying to figure it out. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>the plot of a new Netflix series, or the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>time to circle the wagons and pool our info. Luckily,

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<v Speaker 1>the school had been reopened, so we could get back

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<v Speaker 1>to our h Q at the talent, A dead crow

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<v Speaker 1>and another note. Yeah, it was messed up. Your Grandma's safe,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's all good now. Okay, God, you feel so tense,

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<v Speaker 1>Come here, relax, we'll figure this out. Thanks. Love a

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<v Speaker 1>good show, Mance. I totally ship you guys. Come on

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<v Speaker 1>hashtag Tolly. Can we focus on the case now. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about you, guys, but I'd like to survive

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple of days. Right back to Biz. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go hit the library. There's got to be some

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<v Speaker 1>link between the principal Tony and all the old school

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<v Speaker 1>that killing Max. I'm not too suddenly not feeling the

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<v Speaker 1>vibe in here. Has she pissed at me not to

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<v Speaker 1>pile on? But I'm gone to all right, Max, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>catch a wickwin later. I know who I have to

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<v Speaker 1>hit up next. See you in a bit, okay, sure later.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought Sam Steiner was the only person who worked

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<v Speaker 1>closely with my aunt while she was investigating the lip killer,

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<v Speaker 1>but it turns out she was also confiding and someone

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<v Speaker 1>I'd already heard a lot about. It's nice to finally

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<v Speaker 1>meet to in person. Take thanks for a meeting with me,

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Levinson, appreciate it. Of course. I have great respect

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<v Speaker 1>for what you're doing, even if it is distracting my

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<v Speaker 1>staff from their deadlines. You knew my aunt path when

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<v Speaker 1>she was a student here. Yes, of course I knew Beth.

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<v Speaker 1>She was brilliant. I remember most of my students. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like the entire town of Hollow Falls has

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<v Speaker 1>walked through my class from at one point in time.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew her partner at the Ledger to Steinway Steiner.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a bit squirrely, but seemed like a nice

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<v Speaker 1>enough man. This is Harry Levinson, longtime Hollow Falls High

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<v Speaker 1>Talent adviser and American history teacher. He's been here forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Beth was a sharp student and became a diligent reporter.

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<v Speaker 1>It's always been a source of pride when any of

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<v Speaker 1>my staff at the Talent go on to careers as

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<v Speaker 1>professional journalists. Do you think she was the lit killer?

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to think she wasn't. Certainly she's not a murderer.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that for a fact. I agree. But while

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<v Speaker 1>they were two different, separate people, it became a dance almost.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean I'm gonna say this. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>be blunt. Your aunt was obsessed with the case. It

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<v Speaker 1>was all she did. So when she died, it was

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<v Speaker 1>almost too easy for the cops the town really to

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<v Speaker 1>pin it on her. She was studying her target, doing

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<v Speaker 1>her research and being thorough. You know you remind me

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<v Speaker 1>of her. I'm sure a lot of people in town

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<v Speaker 1>also see the resemblance. What do you think Beth would

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<v Speaker 1>do if she was still here? M hmm. I suppose

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<v Speaker 1>Beth's strength was it picking out the improbable in the

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<v Speaker 1>mundane through sheer determination. She'd work every angle and retrace

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<v Speaker 1>the same steps as the police until she found the

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<v Speaker 1>evidence gold she was searching for. Max tells me, you

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<v Speaker 1>found that note in your principal blocks body but nothing else.

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<v Speaker 1>Was Levinson just playing the role of newspaper advisor getting

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<v Speaker 1>me to dig deeper, think harder. Or had I really

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<v Speaker 1>been sloppy in my observations of the crime scenes. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>instead of analyzing the murders, I should have been trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get into my aunt's head. I'm starting to see

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<v Speaker 1>what theol killer is thinking, but that knowledge isn't sitting

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<v Speaker 1>well with me. It's like when you're in the dark

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<v Speaker 1>for too long, your eyes adapt, your brain starts making

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<v Speaker 1>excuses for what you're seeing. But do I want that?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I want to understand the mind of a killer.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the victims Overmyer del Canto and Wozniak, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>come back to Home of falls Hiving. In addition to

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<v Speaker 1>being a coach, del Canto was one of the Remedial

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<v Speaker 1>Learning Track instructors and over Myron Wasniak. The Dracula death

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<v Speaker 1>scene victim were in those classes. So there's obviously something there.

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<v Speaker 1>But what It's technically still a crime scene, which means

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<v Speaker 1>it will be locked up pretty tight. But all the

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<v Speaker 1>evidence has been collected, so I figured I could slip in,

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<v Speaker 1>take a sweep for anything I might have missed in

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<v Speaker 1>and out. Okay, there you are. I've been texting you.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you going on a covert mission somewhere? No, just

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<v Speaker 1>I think I might have missed something at Principal Blocks

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<v Speaker 1>crime scene. I need to swing back and check it

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<v Speaker 1>out for real. You can't catch everything. Take Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>the niece of the great Beth Torres should be better

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<v Speaker 1>than that. I think you're already pretty great. Come here, Ali,

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<v Speaker 1>I huh that is also pretty great. So um ah,

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<v Speaker 1>you were looking for me? What? Oh? Yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to well if it isn't Hollow Fall's newest NERD

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<v Speaker 1>pairing what's your couple name? Mr and Mrs Murder? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you want ella back to tamper with our investigation

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<v Speaker 1>some more? Listen, you want to be Lauren Duca. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not fooling anyone. We've noticed that it's no coincidence that

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<v Speaker 1>the people who cross you, like my Tony and poor

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<v Speaker 1>Principal Block, end up dead. What did you find your

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<v Speaker 1>serial killer aunt's diary and now you're following it word

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<v Speaker 1>for word? Step off of her. This has nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with you. So direct your venom somewhere else. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't seen venom yet? Why toy YouTube us watch

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<v Speaker 1>your backs. Me and all the eleenators are onto you.

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<v Speaker 1>What the hell is an elevator? Something tells me we're lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>We're done now. So you were on your way to

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<v Speaker 1>Blocks office. Yeah, just to do a cursory sweep, No, bigie,

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<v Speaker 1>Can I come with you? Um? Sure? Okay, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do this proper. Let's meet outside his office window

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<v Speaker 1>ten o'clock. Dark clothes, I can't see anything. Couldn't we

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<v Speaker 1>at least turn on our flashlights? No way? Blocks office

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<v Speaker 1>is a crime scene. That door is bolted shut. We

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<v Speaker 1>can't just waltz in there like it's nothing. Message received,

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<v Speaker 1>but again, can't see anything. We can use our flashlights

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<v Speaker 1>once we're inside. About that, How are we supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>get in there with this hope? We would sink it's

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<v Speaker 1>just breaking an energy. It's a B and E with

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<v Speaker 1>or without the crowbar, sweetie, But this could get us

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<v Speaker 1>into some serious So be a good boy and keep

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<v Speaker 1>an eye out. Yea good? Got it? Okay? No alarm? Good,

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<v Speaker 1>no broken glo. Sure, I mean I figured there wouldn't be.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a principal's office, right, give me a boost.

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<v Speaker 1>Principal Blocks office was surprisingly tidy, considering we had to

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<v Speaker 1>do a lot of tiptoeing to avoid disturbing any of

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<v Speaker 1>the marked off areas. But it wasn't long before we

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<v Speaker 1>found something I'd missed the first time. Filed between textbooks

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<v Speaker 1>on a small shelf behind blocks desk. There's your copy

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<v Speaker 1>of Crime and Punishment. Yeah, quick, but Crime and Punishment

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't usually come wrapped around another book. The dust jacket

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<v Speaker 1>is right, but it's covering something else. The outsiders see

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<v Speaker 1>Hinton's big claim to face stay gold. Pony Boy. Wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>that a movie like from the eighties? It was a

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<v Speaker 1>book first about two rival games in the sixties that

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<v Speaker 1>were at odds with each other. Look, there's a page

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<v Speaker 1>folded end of course, a highlighted passage. Get smart and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing can touch you. What do you think that means?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure. I need to think on this more.

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<v Speaker 1>I should go to you should probably go home. Take

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm not trying to adult you, but your grandma

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<v Speaker 1>did just have a major scare and it's late. You

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<v Speaker 1>are not doing anything else tonight by yourself. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I will. I'm just thinking, do I have to drag

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<v Speaker 1>you there? You wish? But you're right. Let's hey, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you doing? I was just going in for another Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Was that okay? No? I mean yes, Wait did you

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<v Speaker 1>hear that someone's coming? Damn pie? But yeah, it seems

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<v Speaker 1>like this is becoming a habit. Hiding blocks office, kissing

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<v Speaker 1>us kissing. But let's get out of here before we

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<v Speaker 1>get spotted. Sounds good and give that vigilante mind of

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<v Speaker 1>yours arrest. Good night, Mrs Murpher, I'm gonna get I

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<v Speaker 1>totally planned on going straight home, but on the way

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<v Speaker 1>there I ran into Max. He had some pretty big news,

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<v Speaker 1>like case changing news. Huh, Okay, got it, say it

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<v Speaker 1>again for the recording. Yeah, all right. So I was

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<v Speaker 1>in the library and I started thinking about how nice

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<v Speaker 1>and like super meditative it wasn't there, and it really

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<v Speaker 1>gave me time to reflect on all my life choices

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<v Speaker 1>like last good Max, Fine, No, fine, okay, Okay. So

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<v Speaker 1>back in the day when the O. G. Lit killer

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<v Speaker 1>murders were happening, or like in the aftermath, some people

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<v Speaker 1>in town were still a hundred percent obsessed, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure it was just a way for the town to

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<v Speaker 1>deal with like creating a psychopath, you know. So one

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<v Speaker 1>of the ways in which they process was by meeting

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<v Speaker 1>face to face and talking about it and coming up

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<v Speaker 1>with theories. One of their more popular ones was that

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<v Speaker 1>your aunt Beth didn't do it. Finally, someone here gets it. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there's more. This one group they called themselves the Murder

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<v Speaker 1>of Crows. Hey, did you know that a group of

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<v Speaker 1>crows is actually yes, it's called a murder Come on, spill.

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<v Speaker 1>So what did this group did? Right, Smarty? So they

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<v Speaker 1>met so often they basically made it all official. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking regular meeting times. Places probably had their own little

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<v Speaker 1>like creeper membership cards with a it's not that creepy.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people are interested in true crime, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like shill girl, no one's trashing your obsession.

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<v Speaker 1>So obvious. It was hard to nail down exactly who

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<v Speaker 1>was involved in these meetings since there weren't like any

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<v Speaker 1>murder minutes being taken. But I did manage to dig

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<v Speaker 1>up a list of members. That's great, what was in it?

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<v Speaker 1>The first names I found were Tony Delcanto Jr. Principal

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<v Speaker 1>Block are two new victims and this gets good. Levinson

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<v Speaker 1>hollow Falls, his favor Hermit Sam Steiner, Miranda Pile, the

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<v Speaker 1>town librarian, Mayor high Smith, Charlie Potchoda, the guy that

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<v Speaker 1>runs the piano bar down near the crossing, and even

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<v Speaker 1>our baby detective Paul la Hayes. So wait when did

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<v Speaker 1>these meetings take place? Over years? But like not everyone

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<v Speaker 1>was around for the first meeting. Tony would have been

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<v Speaker 1>too young to be a founder, but he joined a

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<v Speaker 1>few years in lane. Since he's a new biad, hollow

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<v Speaker 1>Falls came late to the party too. That means, holy crap, Max.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be a roadmap to who the future victims

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<v Speaker 1>are and if they were questioning whether Aunt Beth was

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<v Speaker 1>the lip killer. It could mean that the real killer

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<v Speaker 1>is clearing the decks of anyone trying to derail his frame.

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<v Speaker 1>Job could be that, or who are suspects? Might be? Yes, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>look at how good you are at this? I accept

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<v Speaker 1>a plause. Thank you. I'm giving you all the snaps?

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<v Speaker 1>So how'd you get the list? Can you believe they

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<v Speaker 1>tried to hide it in an old live journal post

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<v Speaker 1>one of the members had anonymously posted it. But Obbos,

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<v Speaker 1>it couldn't hide from me. Look at you putting those

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<v Speaker 1>inst stocking skills to work. Okay, so now use Phil

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<v Speaker 1>tell me about blocks office. What did you and only

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<v Speaker 1>snag besides each other? We found a copy of Crime

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<v Speaker 1>and Punishment, which seemed out of place since all the

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<v Speaker 1>other books were manuals or textbooks. I get this. It

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't Crime and Punishment. It was just the book cover

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<v Speaker 1>for Crime and Punishment. There was another book underneath the Outsiders.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about a huge rumble between two team gangs

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<v Speaker 1>and a vacant lot. Hollow Falls is ripe with big,

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<v Speaker 1>empty old things. But one lot in particular comes to

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<v Speaker 1>mind and has a direct connection to our very own

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Highsmith. Okay, but did you guys also make out Max,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a solid yes, and also tell me everything.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't kiss until don't even try to lie to

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<v Speaker 1>me about smooches. Okay, So, with this new info, should

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<v Speaker 1>we text Ella? I mean, I'm no fan of her drama,

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<v Speaker 1>but letting her know her pops could be next is

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing to do. Right, it's too soon. I

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<v Speaker 1>promise we'll alert her if we get any kind of

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<v Speaker 1>whiff her dad is in danger. But like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>for all we know, the people on this list could

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<v Speaker 1>be suspects too. Then what do you want to do?

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<v Speaker 1>Fingers Cross, Let's go home and watch Killing Eve. M

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<v Speaker 1>Al's been talking to anyone with a pulse about all

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<v Speaker 1>the good stuff her dad is doing as mayor, especially

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<v Speaker 1>all the areas he's going to clean up to bring

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<v Speaker 1>in some new business. Those are some high profile things

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<v Speaker 1>that might be irresistible to our killer. So if we

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<v Speaker 1>use that to narrow down our list of vacant lots, Nope, nope, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>Please don't say it. I draw the line of clowns.

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<v Speaker 1>Max is reacting negatively because he knows I'm referring to

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<v Speaker 1>the largest of hollow falls. Vacant lots. The abandoned fairgrounds,

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<v Speaker 1>which once how Grand's Amusement and water park. The name

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<v Speaker 1>is the best part of the place, which was made

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<v Speaker 1>up of basic rides and sad kittie pools. The park

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<v Speaker 1>shut down during the lip Killers Year of blood. It

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<v Speaker 1>had already been on shaky financial ground, but once the

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<v Speaker 1>murders started, the few remaining patrons bailed. Still, for kids

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<v Speaker 1>living in Hollow Falls, it was all they had. When

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<v Speaker 1>it went broke, the town got that much sadder. The

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<v Speaker 1>fair grounds are also the focus of the mayor's first

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<v Speaker 1>major renovation project. Eldridge high Smith was elected on a

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<v Speaker 1>platform that included reducing the crime rate, improving education, and

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<v Speaker 1>my kid, you not bringing more tourism to Hollow Falls.

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<v Speaker 1>Hazeo for three so far. So the easy fix is

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<v Speaker 1>to remodel the area that would get him the most

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<v Speaker 1>press target acquired. You're not seriously considering this in this

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<v Speaker 1>late at night bravery and moderation tig. You don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to come, but I'm going to check it out. There

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<v Speaker 1>might be evidence we can use to catch him before

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<v Speaker 1>we find another corpse. Look, I am all for preventing

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<v Speaker 1>bloody murder, but if you're a student of horror cinema

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<v Speaker 1>like me. A gay guy and a latina would probably

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<v Speaker 1>be the first to die. Right, Maybe we should wait

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<v Speaker 1>until we have a straight white system. Okay, So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>here at the old Fairgrounds with Max and we're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out where to start. Max care to elaborate

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<v Speaker 1>for the listeners? Well, we're just getting into the hall

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<v Speaker 1>of mirrors. I don't know how you talk me into

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<v Speaker 1>this place? Is something? I don't know how they're expecting

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<v Speaker 1>to clean all this up. Everything is covered with rust,

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<v Speaker 1>bird poop and apparently dirty underwear. Gross, Still zero sign

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<v Speaker 1>of what? What was that mask? Let's hear the cricklet

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<v Speaker 1>of me? You? Okay, these mirrors just broke. Take where

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<v Speaker 1>to go? Are you carrying this mask? Where are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I can't see you? It's truths dark here, can't see

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<v Speaker 1>my hand. We need to stay again? How is that?

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<v Speaker 1>Who's there to take? I take schools behind me? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that yours? What are you? Oh? My dear dear? She

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<v Speaker 1>generally gave herself very good and things, although she very

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<v Speaker 1>seldom fall lonely. Yeah, hey, this is when what you

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<v Speaker 1>just heard. Those recordings were sent to me from Tig's

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<v Speaker 1>phone by Holy crap, it must have been from the

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<v Speaker 1>person who attack them. And now Tig is missing and

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<v Speaker 1>Max Max is dead. Lane just stopped by to delivering

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<v Speaker 1>the news. Whoever did this, whoever is out there with

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<v Speaker 1>Max's blood on your hands, you better watch your back,

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<v Speaker 1>you bastard. We may not have a lot to go on,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't give up. I told you to go

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<v Speaker 1>straight home. Tig, just hang on. We're coming for you

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