WEBVTT - Introducing Lost Hills Season 2

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. Once upon a time in Malibu, there was a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect family, the Railers. They were the picture postcard Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>postcard family of two very handsome, intelligent people with four

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<v Speaker 1>kids that were just delightful. They lived a sun kissed

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<v Speaker 1>life in the midst of one of the most hedonistic,

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<v Speaker 1>freewheeling subcultures in America, Malibu in the late seventies and

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<v Speaker 1>early eighties. The seventies became pretty crazy. Rock star Robbie

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<v Speaker 1>Robertson was out there. There was a lot of drugs

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of everything, and so was movie star

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<v Speaker 1>Ali McGraw, Neil Young. There were most of the Eagles

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<v Speaker 1>that was Peter Paul and Mary and Chris Christofferson. But

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<v Speaker 1>the Railer family was solid, wholesome in a Brady Bunch

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<v Speaker 1>kind of way. Fred the dad, was a widower, Verna

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<v Speaker 1>the mom, was a widow. Between them, they had four kids,

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<v Speaker 1>ages six to eleven. They were living the dream until

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<v Speaker 1>it all turned unfathomably dark. On January second, nineteen eighty one,

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<v Speaker 1>on a sailing trip off the coast of Malibu, something

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<v Speaker 1>tragic happened. We had just gotten passed what they called

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<v Speaker 1>bird rocks, and the dogs started to go over the side.

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<v Speaker 1>Their boat overturned in the frigid water Verna and her

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<v Speaker 1>eight year old son drowned. Fred was the only survivor

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<v Speaker 1>and the only eyewitness. There was little physical evidence, and

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<v Speaker 1>the deaths were initially ruled an accident, but then the

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<v Speaker 1>Malibu rumor mill got going. Did Berna ever tell you

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<v Speaker 1>that she had heard all the rumors, the suspicions that

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<v Speaker 1>various people had about James death. I think that whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing was just a cover up of how he is.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Frederick Rayler's a sociopath. The first thing I

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<v Speaker 1>thought was an accident of my ass. Okay, it just

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't have been. They were scheduled to be cremated, and

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<v Speaker 1>I said, hold and hold everything. You've got to do

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of investigation. I think there was a murder

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<v Speaker 1>committed today. Fred has been in prison for forty years

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<v Speaker 1>for a double homicide. He and the rest of his

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<v Speaker 1>family all insist was a tragic accident. Did the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>family man murder his wife and stepson? Or was an

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<v Speaker 1>innocent person convicted on small town Malibu gossip. I'm Dana

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<v Speaker 1>Goodyear from Western Sound and Pushkin Industries. Lost Hills is

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<v Speaker 1>back with season two. Dead in the Water was the

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<v Speaker 1>Malibu dream worth killing for Lost Hills. Dead in the

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<v Speaker 1>Water launches December first. Wherever you get your podcasts, subscribe

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