WEBVTT - Chapter 6: Adrift At Sea 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.280 You were listening to Strawberry Spring, based on a short 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:23.200 story by Stephen King. M M, watch out, I know, Henry, 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:29.800 it's just hard to see through the fog. Where are 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.360 those lights coming from? There? Right in my mirror? I 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:52.000 can barely see Mom, Look out over here. This one's 0:00:52.000 --> 0:01:07.040 still alive. Grab the stretcher, give me Patty Angry two three. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.240 We had one boy here. It looks like fourteen to 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.959 sixteen years of age. Car accident. He suffered lacerations on 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.840 his face and blunt force trauma to his head. Hurry up, 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:22.479 we're losing him. He's having a seizure. How much longer 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.080 I don't know. And this soap five maybe ten minutes, 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:36.840 I don't know. Just step on it. He's awake, doctor, Henry. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:43.160 Can you hear me, he's moving. Don't try to speak. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.080 I tried to sit up, but my head was splitting. 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.200 I could hear people running around the room, but somehow 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.880 I remained calm, like I was a drift at sea, Henry, 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.280 just not if you can hear me. I barely had 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.360 the strength to move, let alone talk. Everything was a blur, 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.080 but room came into focus just long enough for me 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.520 to see my arms bandaged. My right leg was broken. 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:09.560 I had no idea how serious my injuries were. Nurse 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.519 and give him something for the pain. He's gonna need 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.280 to rest. I couldn't stay away long enough to follow 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:21.560 what was going on. I passed out. He's going to sleep. Awhile, nurse, 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.080 please make a note in his chart. He was able 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.919 to follow some basic command. I drifted in and out 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:31.120 of consciousness. Shadows and light passed over me one morning, 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.640 or it could have been night, I don't remember. I 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.120 heard the door open. I wasn't sure at first, but 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.040 there was the silhouette of a man watching me. He 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.520 wandered into the room and hovered about me like some 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:47.440 kind of spirit. Dead said you. The shape just stood 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.000 there staring down at me. It must have been my 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:54.040 imagination because it looked like it was crying. Whoever, whatever 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.560 that was, held my hand for a moment as I 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:03.960 drifted back into the black. Abyss, Good morning, Henry. How 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:09.840 are you feeling today? Hi? Dr Howard, I'm okay. How 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:14.880 are your headaches? They seem to be going away good. 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.600 I'm just gonna take a look at your eyes. This 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:22.280 might be a little bright. Can you follow the light 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:28.919 for me? Without moving your head good, and everything looks okay. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.720 The doctor had come to see me regularly over what 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:34.000 I think was a few days. It's hard to tell, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.120 but there was something about this time that didn't feel right. 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.280 I could see from the look on his face something 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.480 was wrong, but for whatever reason, I couldn't figure out 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:50.480 what it was. It was blank, expressionless. Henry, has anyone 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.880 had a chance to talk to you about what's happened? No? 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.800 I know. We were in a car accident, but that's it. 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:04.680 Are my mother and brother, Okay, Henry, this isn't going 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:08.840 to be easy to hear. But my mother and brother 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:14.000 were not okay. In fact, they were dead. Their problems 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:20.840 were over mine. On the other hand, we're just beginning. Hello, 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:25.720 it's this thing on am I coming through? This is 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:30.120 Kevin Hartigan. I'm fourteen years old and I live in 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.279 the New Sharon Home for Boys. I had been staying 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.719 in the New Sharon Home for Boys for about a year. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.960 I shared a room with a few other teenagers. We 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.360 were all orphans. It was okay, I guess. We read 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.599 comic books in the wreck room. There was a TV 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.919 that we could watch The Lone Ranger on, so that 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.760 was good. In spite of there being a few dozen 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.840 other boys around my age, though I never really made 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.120 what I would call friends with anyone. Kevin was an 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.719 orphan there at the same time. I guess it was 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:03.479 the closest thing I had to a friend. Hey, Henry, huh, 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.359 headmaster's office. He told me to send you in on 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.039 my way out, So that's what I'm doing. I knew 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.280 the drill by now. I'd head down the hallway, listen 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:13.960 to what he has to say, then go back to 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.840 my room. But it wasn't his fault. He was just 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:27.159 doing his job. Come in, Henry, take a seat. You 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.880 wanted to see me, I did. I'm not sure if 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:32.839 you heard yet, but we have a family coming here 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.920 tomorrow and they're looking to adopt. I know this won't 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.120 be an issue for you, but I have to remind 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:43.000 everybody to be on their best behavior. You are representing 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:47.320 the New Sharon Home for Boys, Yes, sir, the New 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.400 Sharon Home for Boys. We called it the New Prison 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.920 Home for Strays. I was fifteen years old by then, 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.880 even I knew no one wanted to adopt a teenager. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.159 They wanted the younger kids, the ones they could rays 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.880 and mold. Into reflections of themselves. By fifteen, it was 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.279 too late. I was who I was. My record or 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:11.120 personal history did not work in my favor. The accident 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.520 was referred to as a traumatic event, which is another 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.680 way of saying bad luck. It was what it was, 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.800 and we are who we are. That didn't stop the 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:25.719 headmaster from trying to convince me I had a shot. Henry, 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.760 my boy, don't get discouraged. Have I ever told you 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:33.679 about William Bell? I'm not I'm not sure, sir. William 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.279 Bell was a lot like you. He lost both his 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.480 parents in a car accident, had no next of kin. 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.320 If I recall, he was brought in when he was 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.719 thirteen years old. He was afraid of his own shadow. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.719 If I'm not mistaken. He was eventually adopted and moved 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.159 to Maine. It's a beautiful state, but it can get 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.600 cold in the winter. He rose above his own adversity 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.200 and chose not to let it get the best of him. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.480 I'll be damned if he didn't make the most of himself. 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.640 How did he do that, sir? By going to his 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:08.440 classes and getting good grades, And sure enough, one day, 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.680 it might have been on his seventeenth birthday, he was 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:17.120 adopted by a couple from Syracuse. I thought she said Maine, right, Maine. 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.760 I may have mixed up where he moved to. But 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.600 what I'm trying to say is don't give up hope. 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.680 The family coming in today could be the right fit 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.679 for you, and you might be the right fit for them. 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.960 Either way. My point is be patient and good things 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.960 will happen for you. You're young, you have your whole 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.640 life ahead of you. Yes, sir, good boy, put her there. 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.520 I shook his hand. I wanted to believe him, but 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.440 all I could think was William Bell spent four years 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.880 of his life waiting for someone to adopt him. I 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.280 know he was just trying to be positive. I always 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.600 wondered if there really was a William Bell, or that's 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.000 just the kind of name that circulates among people that 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:02.000 run these institutions. You've got a powerful grip there, Henry. 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.120 Now do me a favor and send in Weston when 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.040 you get back to your room. I never knew of 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.160 the headmaster genuinely thought someone would adopted me, or if 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:13.119 he was just trying to keep my hopes. Who knows, 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.480 maybe his hopes up to he seems sad for most 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:20.360 of us in there. He knew the truth. Saying that 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:27.320 out loud just made it real. What do you guys 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:32.000 think anyone got a shot? Maybe if you're under ten. Otherwise, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:35.040 no way. What are you doing over there trying to 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:38.559 tie my necktie? Yeah it looks great if you're making 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.000 a noose and you give me a hand. I never 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:46.320 learned how to time with your dad never showed you. No, 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.160 he went to Korea. He died before he ever had 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:53.679 a chance. Sorry, here I'll show you. This is how 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.880 my dad taught me. Picture in your house, a cat 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:00.000 and a mouse. As the cat naps, the mouse scurries passed, 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:04.720 cat awaits, and a chase takes place. Cat jumps, with 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:08.000 dinner in sight, around the chair, not once, but twice. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.720 As the mouse highs, the cat looks inside wiggle ism 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:17.800 might boardcat is stuck tight. Hey that's pretty good. Thanks, Yeah, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.840 no problem, But you still don't have a shot. I 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.640 sat in the waiting area, lined with wood paneled walls, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.319 staring straight ahead. The longer I looked at the wood grain, 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.880 the more I thought I saw images embedded in it. 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.400 One by one, my fellow orphans and I sat on 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:38.320 the bench as each one of us entered the Headmaster's office. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.880 We slipped down the bench, one seed closer to going 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.400 to a new home. We sat, We waited. We were 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.560 all quiet. It's not that we couldn't talk to each other, 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.280 but there wasn't anything to say. Everyone knew what was 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:58.880 going on inside that office. Judgment day. Finally the headmaster 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.400 opened the door. Henry, come on in and meet Mr 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:04.599 and Mrs Current. I got up and started walking. It 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.040 was about a fifteen foot walk. I knew that because 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.720 the square tiles on the floor were one foot each. 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.120 I counted as I walked, mostly trying to call my nerves. 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:19.280 Two three. It might as well have been a mile. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.360 I've read that prisoners on death row, I think the 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.360 last walk to the electric chair feels like a mile. 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:30.000 This could have felt longer. It didn't matter though. An 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.160 hour and a half waiting in the hallway and I 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:36.120 finally got my chance. Would it be a stay of 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:51.960 execution or not? That was the question. M hm, Henry, 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:56.200 please meet the Currents. This was the first time I 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.320 had met a family that was looking to adopt. I'll 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.400 never forget it. She wore a yellow dress with her 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.160 hair pinned up. He had broke cream and his hair 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:09.720 that smell is impossible to forget, strong and citruous. I 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.839 instantly thought of my father. He used to wear it, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.120 and when I give him a hug, a scent when 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.080 right up my nose. He had a tie on. And 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.480 I guess they were as nervous as I was, because 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:25.720 he made some small talk. Nice to meet you. It's 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:30.320 a pleasure to meet you too, Henry, Hey, nice tie. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.199 I hated him already. We both knew it was a 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.920 shitty tie to make matters worse. It wasn't even tied well. 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.040 I could tell they were an East Coast type of family, 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.160 probably came from money. There were the types that tried 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.280 really hard to have a baby, but it never really 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.400 happened for them. How long have you been here at 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.719 the Boys Home? About a year and a half. I 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.160 came here right after my family, like many of the 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.360 boys here in the home, Henry's family had an accident, 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.120 and we were fortunate enough to have him join the 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.960 rest of our fine, upstanding young men. As I was saying, 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:10.320 right after my family died, Mrs Karrent had a sadness 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.240 in her eyes that reminded me of my own mother. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.880 When I looked at her, I felt like she had 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.400 already given up on having a baby. Adoption was her 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.280 only hope, and even though she was polite, I could 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.200 tell I was not going to be offering her the 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.320 hope she was looking for. I didn't think any of 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.400 the boys at the home wood. She needed to find 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.040 some young girl from a nice family that got in 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.320 trouble and couldn't deal with the scandal, send her to 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.800 her grandparents for the school year, and come home good 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:43.920 as new, minus a baby. So tell us about yourself. Um, okay, 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:49.400 I like comic books and listening to the radio. I'm 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:55.520 pretty good at school. What classes do you like? English? Really? Yeah? 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.680 One day. I hope to be a writer. That's good. 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:03.080 It's good to have something to work towards. Henry's being modest. 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:07.080 He's one of our best students here. Thank you, sir. 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.520 After that, we made some more small talk, and fifteen 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:17.679 minutes later I went back to being an orphan. I 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:19.880 didn't know what meeting them would be like, but I 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:24.199 was pretty sure I didn't pass the audition. After leaving 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:28.000 the Currents, I figured i'd take a walk about the grounds. 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.760 Being an orphan is hard enough, but the Boy's Home 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:34.080 was crowded. Sometimes the only way to get any space 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:38.080 was to go outside. I thought about Mrs Curran. Even 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.040 though I didn't have any illusions about getting adopted, I 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.120 wondered what it would be like if shows my mother 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.720 hearing about teenagers getting adopted. It was like a fairy tale, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:51.480 like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy. It just wasn't really. 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.160 The only thing you have in this world is which 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:59.160 you can see, touch, taste and feel. Walking around was 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.360 the only thing that felt real to me. It's the 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:04.840 first time I realized it helped me clear my head. 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:12.880 It still does. As my feet crushed the dried leaves 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.360 on the ground, I saw something moved behind the trees. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.000 At first I thought it was a shadow, but then 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.000 I saw what I thought was a man who seemed 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.240 to be watching him. I moved towards him, but he 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:25.480 ducked behind a hedge of vines and facing streets. I 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:29.080 sped up. I was running after him before I knew it. 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.040 The man was fast. He was more of a shadow 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.840 of figure that I couldn't make out. I stopped to 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:39.520 catch my breath, and for a split second his face turned. 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.840 I guessed he looked just like my father. I saw 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.920 my breath in the cold air and started to run 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.720 after him again. This time I was faster, passing one 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:54.960 tree after another until I caught up. It was only 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:59.840 a shadow. It was March and the spring colors were bright. 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.960 The sun blinded me and my head started to pound. 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:14.120 The world started to spend. I lost consciousness and fell back. Hey, 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.080 there's someone over here behind the statute because some lights 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:22.200 over here. Jesus, it's another body. This one's a guy 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:29.960 Christ He's alive. Yeah, help him up? Where am i? Hey? Kid, 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.200 joined the middle of a quiet You want to explain 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:36.720 what you're doing here? I was. I was walking to 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.720 my girlfriend's apartment when I got dizzy and passed out. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:44.160 What were you doing out after Curkfield? It wasn't after 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.960 curfew when I started walking. Look, I don't know how 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.000 long I was out for. What time is it? It's 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.400 just after I love him? Do you have any I 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:57.240 d here? I'm Henry Dennon. Captain Spencer won't want to, 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:01.040 but he can vouch for me. One of them walked 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.520 back to their patrol car and called it in the 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.600 other stayed with me, shining a flashlight in my face. 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.920 Do you mind turning that away. It's pretty bright. How 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.520 about you stay quiet until you check out. I looked around. 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.320 That's when I realized I passed down the middle of 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:19.880 the quad, right behind a statue of Deborah Sampson, a 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.960 Massachusetts woman who disguised herselves as a man to serve 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:27.040 in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Just for 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.240 a moment, I could have sworn she came to life, 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.760 musket in hand. She aimed the barrel at me and 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:38.720 looked like she was about to shoot. I wondered if 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:40.800 the cops didn't miss their chance. They have a man 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.680 dressed as a woman. Maybe then they could have caused 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.320 radio jack. If he checks out, we're gonna let him go. 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:51.520 Thank you, officers. Don't thank me, pal, You're lucky to 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.040 Captain knows you. If it was up to me, I 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.560 would have clubbed you over the head and dragged you 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.960 into the station. Do yourself a favor and goes straight 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.640 to your girlfriend's place. If we find you out again 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:08.439 after curfew, you're getting arrested. I don't care who you know. 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:14.320 Got it got it good? I get the hell out. 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:27.560 Are Hey, Henry Waite up? I thought that was you? 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.080 What are you doing out here at this hour? I 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.520 can ask you the same. I'm just finishing the lace 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.000 shift at the station, late shift. I thought you were 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:39.240 the morning guy, morning, noon, night. I'm here whenever you 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.919 need to hear me. Hey, what's going on with the 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.080 cops back there? They're giving you a hard time? Kind 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:48.240 of but not really, thankfully, Captain Spencer vouch for me. Well, 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.960 that's good. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right, 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.640 something like that. You know, I'm not sure if you're 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.320 turned around, but this isn't the way back to the dorms. 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.560 I'm on my way to Rachel's. I'll never understand what 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.320 she's sees in you. You're a lucky guy. I've never 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:07.399 been able to keep a long term relationship. Something always 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.600 gets in the way, like what I'm not quite sure, 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:15.720 but maybe one day you'll help me figure it out. Maybe. 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:19.440 Until then, this is where I go left and you 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:24.080 go right. I gotta crash you on the morning shift. 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:29.280 Like I said, morning, noon, and night. If you're listening, 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:33.000 I'm there for you, you know, keep you company on 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.960 these long foggy nights. You know how, I know you're 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:40.240 perfect for radio, know how He's spewing an endless dream 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:52.280 of bullshit. You have no idea. So after Captain spends 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.360 her vouch for me, they let me go, and here 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.879 I am. Thank god they didn't arrest you. Keep telling 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.720 you it's for seat coming up here after curfew. No 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:03.920 I know, but by the time I finished at the 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.439 papers late. Plus, I don't want you to be here alone. 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:09.719 If you don't have to be here, what does bring 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.720 me help Jack caught you out, then i'd be the 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:16.800 first guy that kills. So far, I think I'm safe. Well, 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:22.280 you're here now, that's all that matters. Let's try to 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:27.920 get some sleep. Tomorrow is another day. I laid down 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:32.440 next to Rachel. There was just enough moonlight creeping into 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:36.320 the room to remind me how beautiful she was, especially 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.879 when she was sleeping. I closed my eyes and shut 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.080 out the light. The only rest I could get was 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.160 when I was in complete darkness. But Rachel was wrong 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:52.239 about one thing. Tomorrow wouldn't be just another day for 0:19:52.320 --> 0:20:06.160 Hannah Gray. Can we hear anything now about the weather, 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.719 like what like when is this ship gonna let up? 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:12.480 I can tell you right now if we have a 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.520 snowballs chance in helly catching this guy it ain't gonna 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:17.960 be in the middle of this flock, that's for sure. Yeah, 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:21.400 at least it's quiet out here, other than your irish yest, 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:29.040 not like a hair of the crickets. Fuck is that ice? 0:20:30.040 --> 0:20:33.359 And mean with your flashlight? Would you funk? Don't move? 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:38.119 Don't move? What do you mean? Don't move? Help me up? 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:44.280 Would you? What is that on me? Is that it's blood? 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:49.000 That night they found Hannah Gray's head. It was split 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:50.960 in two, with one half on the north side of 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:53.080 the quad and the other half on the south side. 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:57.320 The kill was so precise her glasses were cut right 0:20:57.359 --> 0:21:01.520 down the middle. Another night had passed, another girl was dead. 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.480 Spring heel Jack was like a spark on the horizon. 0:21:06.280 --> 0:21:08.119 You could see it just long enough to know you 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:11.400 can't catch it. I sat next to Anne. We were 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:15.520 both sobering up finding ahead. We'll do that to you. 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.080 Oh do you think we'll have to wait here? Beats me? 0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:25.960 You probably until they get all the paperwork done. You know, 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:27.520 if you told me I'd be coming back to New 0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:30.960 Sharon in nineteen seventy six to investigate spring heeled Jack, 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.960 I wouldn't have believed you. I get that if you 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:36.520 told me while I was back here, you and I 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:38.880 would make amends. I would have told you you're crazy. 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:43.359 I get that too, Henry. If you would have told 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:44.919 me we'd find the head of a victim in the 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:48.359 same exact spot where Chelseie Spencer's head was found, I'd 0:21:48.359 --> 0:21:52.879 tell you that spring heel Jack was back yes, and 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:55.680 closed her eyes. It was all too much for her. 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:58.160 I think she was able to block it out when 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:03.520 she moved away. The murder the book me coming back 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:06.920 here resolve too much. As for me. I sat next 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:09.560 to her on the bench in the hall. She leaned 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:12.440 her head on my shoulder, as much out of affection 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:19.000 as exhaustion, or maybe she was just drunk. I watched 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:22.639 everyone run back and forth, one by one. They'd hurry 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:26.480 into Chief Spencer's office. They'd exited just as fast as 0:22:26.560 --> 0:22:30.160 they entered. We waited, just like at the Boy's home. 0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:33.520 Sit and wait your turn. Your time will come. Just 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:35.960 be patient. But what if I didn't want to be 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:39.720 patient anymore? What if my time had come and gone? 0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:47.920 Dat right? Asses in here now, Jesus Christ, let's go. 0:22:48.440 --> 0:22:51.320 Why am I nervous? We didn't do anything wrong. Some 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:57.399 authority figures you never outgrow What is this? Is this 0:22:57.480 --> 0:23:00.239 some kind of sick joke? What do you mean? You 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:02.480 know what I mean? He placed her in the same 0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:08.199 exact spot as check. You know where she was, And 0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:12.359 now we have a new victim. Her parents were already contacted. 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:18.399 They're identifying her right now. Jesus, Jesus is right. Do 0:23:18.440 --> 0:23:20.320 you know how hard it was to make that call? 0:23:21.720 --> 0:23:24.760 Do you? I can only imagine. I'm sorry you had 0:23:24.760 --> 0:23:26.240 to be the one to do it. Yeah, well so 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.159 am I. But this stops now. I have John Dancy 0:23:29.200 --> 0:23:32.720 and custody right down the hall. You found him. It 0:23:32.840 --> 0:23:35.920 wasn't hard. He's been living with his mother just outside 0:23:35.920 --> 0:23:39.320 of town. You should see him, strung out on dope. 0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:43.320 He looks like every other junkie, rejected. Do you really 0:23:43.359 --> 0:23:46.600 think he's spring Hill jock. We looked at every suspect 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:50.160 at the time, he had access, he knew the campus, 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:54.480 and after he found a carman girl, we never suspected him. 0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:58.160 What about Mma, Laura? We might pick him up again too, 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:01.320 for questioning. I've had a theory for a long time. 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:05.040 What if they were in on it together. I'm a 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:08.720 Laura is in jail. Dancy goes out and kills gives 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:12.280 him the perfect alibi. Have you ever heard such a thing. 0:24:12.680 --> 0:24:15.679 If I'm Laura and Dancy was somehow orchestrate multiple murders 0:24:15.720 --> 0:24:18.280 across this long of a time span, it would be unprecedented. 0:24:19.240 --> 0:24:23.440 It would explain a lot two different people. One can 0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:28.719 lead a normal life while one kills and vice versa. Hello, 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:36.159 are you sure? How long? All right? Just give me 0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:42.040 a minute, would you? Are you okay? What is it here? 0:24:43.000 --> 0:24:47.840 We're all gonna need this drink up. What's going on? 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:52.480 The girl's parents, they're in the hallway. They want to 0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:55.000 come in and talk to me about the case. Don't 0:24:55.000 --> 0:24:57.320 even think about it. You two are mixed up in 0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:59.639 this case more than any two people on earth. You 0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:04.239 think gonna face these parents alone? You've got another thing coming. Now, 0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:06.240 sit down and follow my lead. Don't say anything you 0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:15.400 don't need to. Hi, Please come in, Chief Spencer. Thank 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:18.679 you for seeing us. We understand you lost your own 0:25:18.760 --> 0:25:25.280 daughter to this this animal. Yeah, I did eight years 0:25:25.280 --> 0:25:28.920 ago this month. It can't be. This is crazy. After 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:34.040 all these years, they look exactly the same. We need 0:25:34.080 --> 0:25:38.520 to know what you're doing to find the rest of her. 0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:41.640 Believe me, we have every available man on the job 0:25:42.240 --> 0:25:45.120 spring Hill. Jack has a history of leaving the remains 0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:48.920 somewhere on campus, so we will find her, but are 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:52.240 you going to catch him? We're going to do everything 0:25:52.240 --> 0:25:56.440 we can. If I can introduce you, this is Anne Bray, 0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:59.640 she's here from the Globe to help with the investigation. 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:04.760 I'm so sorry for your loss. And this is Henry Denton. 0:26:05.480 --> 0:26:07.800 They were both students doing the first wave of killings. 0:26:08.240 --> 0:26:11.320 Henry actually wrote the book on them. You should know. 0:26:11.400 --> 0:26:14.679