WEBVTT - Answers in the Attic

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<v Speaker 1>A note to the listener. The following story contains some

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<v Speaker 1>adult content and language. This box just had a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of little dresses, and I'm assuming they're yours, either mine

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<v Speaker 1>or your aunt ar Lean's one of ours? And what

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<v Speaker 1>size is that? Um? Seven? It must be mine? Is

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<v Speaker 1>this Hank? That's him, my mysterious grandfather. Wow? Here was

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<v Speaker 1>a car before all of the private detective stuff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there aren't a ton of those, Beth. Where did you

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<v Speaker 1>find that one? It was in a box, Mark Hughes.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes sense. That was the judge. It was so handsome. No, no,

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<v Speaker 1>not not a judge, my grand The voices you're hearing

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<v Speaker 1>with me are a Phyllis Briggs Turner and her daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>Beth Turner. Phillis owns a breakfast spot just outside of Seattle,

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<v Speaker 1>and Beth is a freelance writer for an online magazine.

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<v Speaker 1>Here they were taking me through some of the belongings

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<v Speaker 1>left behind by Phyllis's late father, Hank Briggs, a private

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<v Speaker 1>detective in the Los Angeles area in the nineteen fifties.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you help me with this? Oh? Yeah, of course, thanks? Mom?

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<v Speaker 1>Was this photo from the war? Uh? No, it's basic training,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, Ah, Jesus, I can't believe we kept all

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<v Speaker 1>of these. There's so much stuff. Hank died just over

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<v Speaker 1>two months ago, and the arrival of all of his

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<v Speaker 1>belongings to Phyllis's house is fairly recent and was somewhat unexpected. See,

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<v Speaker 1>Hank had lived alone for years with little to no

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<v Speaker 1>contact with anyone, so when Phillis and Beth showed up

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<v Speaker 1>to clean out his house, they expected to find just

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of junk trinkets, old photographs, clothing, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>like but hidden away in the attic of hank briggs home.

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<v Speaker 1>We're missing pieces in one of the most famous unsolved

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<v Speaker 1>murders Hollywood has ever known. From Vot's Popula and the

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles, Harold, this is the Angel of Vine. Why

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<v Speaker 1>old heart ain't gain and no ground because my Angels.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Oscar Simons of the Los Angeles, Harold, and welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the Angel of Vine. A little bit about me

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<v Speaker 1>and my involvement in this crazy story before we begin.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of you already know me in my podcast, so

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<v Speaker 1>please bear with me. As I explained to those who

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<v Speaker 1>may be listening for the first time, I promised to

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<v Speaker 1>try and make it brief I've always been fascinated by

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<v Speaker 1>investigative police work, specifically when that work reaches its limit,

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<v Speaker 1>where there are no more clues or leads, and all

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<v Speaker 1>information and options seem to have been exhausted. A cold case. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most famous of these cases is the

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<v Speaker 1>Angel of Vine. Chances are you've heard the name, even

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't know the details now. Like so many others,

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<v Speaker 1>this case has always been of great interest to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a gruesome murder for any time period, but

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<v Speaker 1>especially for that time and after the only suspect in

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<v Speaker 1>the case was released from custody, the police work stopped

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<v Speaker 1>in its tracks when it seemed as if there was

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<v Speaker 1>nowhere left to look. Everyone just stopped looking. Everyone except

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<v Speaker 1>for Hank Briggs so Beth for the record, for our listeners,

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<v Speaker 1>Why am I here such deep questions so early in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning. No, Um, you're here because I called you

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<v Speaker 1>about my grandfather's tapes that I found, that my mother

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<v Speaker 1>and I found. And what about those tapes led you

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<v Speaker 1>to me? We have to go back a little. Um. So,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom got a call from the Los Angeles Police Department.

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<v Speaker 1>Right yeah, l A p D contacted Seattle p D,

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<v Speaker 1>who showed up here out of the blue. And what

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<v Speaker 1>do they say that Hanks died peacefully in his home

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<v Speaker 1>in Los Angeles and left everything to me? Wow? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's your average house call. No, not so much. How

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<v Speaker 1>long had it been since she's senior Valley? Long time?

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<v Speaker 1>Not since my mother's funeral. I'm sorry, don't be so

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<v Speaker 1>After that, you had l A. Yes, we flew down

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<v Speaker 1>the following week to meet with the probate lawyer. How

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<v Speaker 1>is that expeditious? Relatively clinical? The afternoon that we arrived

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<v Speaker 1>in l A, the lawyer hand us a check from

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<v Speaker 1>hanks bank account, the keys to the house and keys

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<v Speaker 1>tweet car that hadn't been driven in years. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>go to the house that day? We did that afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't meet the realtor there until the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you're hand at the keys to a house,

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<v Speaker 1>do you go see the house? I'm assuming that wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>the house you grew up in. It wasn't. What was

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<v Speaker 1>it like? It was depressing before we even walked in.

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<v Speaker 1>I was starting with that old car, and not like

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<v Speaker 1>old car, like a classic car and eight three colss

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<v Speaker 1>Sierra haven't been maintained in years. The fender was rusted

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<v Speaker 1>cobwebs around the hub caps that the felt from the

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<v Speaker 1>interior ceiling was sagging, depressing. So what was it like

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<v Speaker 1>walking into the house for the first time, Like entering

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<v Speaker 1>any stranger's home. Completely foreign, and it was very dark.

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<v Speaker 1>The blinds were all closed. Not much in the way

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<v Speaker 1>of furniture either, feel very lonely. There was a reclining

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<v Speaker 1>chair in the center of the living room and one

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<v Speaker 1>of those TV dinner stands you know there's. The TV

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<v Speaker 1>was on a loose sight rolling cart old, not antenna old,

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<v Speaker 1>but everything felt old, as if there was a filter

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<v Speaker 1>over everything. I mean, the couch had a plastic cover

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<v Speaker 1>on it. We stepped into a different era and the

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<v Speaker 1>bedroom was completely bare except for the book of poetry

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<v Speaker 1>and the photograph of you, Arolene and Grandma and an

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<v Speaker 1>ashtray ashtrays in every corner. The whole house smelled like

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<v Speaker 1>stale cigarettes and catfood, but there wasn't a cat, not

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<v Speaker 1>that we found anyway. So when did you find the attic?

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't actually know there was an attic the first day.

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<v Speaker 1>We were only there for what maybe fifteen minutes. It

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<v Speaker 1>was when we met the realtor there. I heard her say,

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<v Speaker 1>what's up here? And there was the ladder. It was

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<v Speaker 1>one of those pool string panels in the hallway ceiling

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<v Speaker 1>on the way to the bathroom. So you climbed the ladder,

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<v Speaker 1>and what do you see the trappings of a mad hoarder.

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<v Speaker 1>File boxes, file box upon file box upon file box.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean there were boxes everywhere. What did you find

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<v Speaker 1>in those boxes? We found the tapes? Where was he? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>This guy's wife, you know, they just know, right, she

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<v Speaker 1>just knew he was running around behind her back with

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<v Speaker 1>the neighbor girl, this gorgeous blonde actress from Utah, Mormon

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<v Speaker 1>girl shirked her husband and sister Winds or whatever to

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<v Speaker 1>move to Hollywood and kiss matten the adols, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the usual. So this guy, he's not even trying to

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<v Speaker 1>hide it, leaves work for a lunch, goes right down

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<v Speaker 1>the street, buys flowers, candy, breath mints, starts driving back

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<v Speaker 1>to his neighborhood. And I'm thinking, well, this job lasted

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<v Speaker 1>a day, right, Maybe I shouldn't lose him. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>stretch it out till the weekend or whatever. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a mortgage in office rent, you know, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm following the guy, and he drives right past

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<v Speaker 1>the actress is little Bungalow, and I think, Okay, not

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<v Speaker 1>so predictable after all, not this guy. After about half

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<v Speaker 1>an hour, he finally pulls over downtown, right near that

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<v Speaker 1>giant warehouse near sixth. He goes into one of those

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<v Speaker 1>new I don't know, animated buildings, you know, across the street.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they call him. So so now

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hustling to get in after him, because christ I

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<v Speaker 1>lose this guy and he's gone god knows how long,

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<v Speaker 1>which again, not such a bad thing, right, Maybe I

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<v Speaker 1>will make my mortgage after all, who knows, But not

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<v Speaker 1>if I don't get anything on him. So I sneak

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<v Speaker 1>in there and I see him talking to someone on

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<v Speaker 1>the first floor, practically begging this guy to be let

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<v Speaker 1>into the place. I pretend I'm checking the mail and

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<v Speaker 1>the lobby until he goes in, and then one, two three,

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<v Speaker 1>I count the doors in the hall. He goes in

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<v Speaker 1>the number three, so I pop outside. I make my

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<v Speaker 1>way to the windows of the place. One two three,

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<v Speaker 1>I sidled up the window. Three, I grabbed my camera

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<v Speaker 1>and pay him. Got him. You want to know what

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<v Speaker 1>this freaking guy's doing. I got him in a diaper

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<v Speaker 1>being held by a very large woman. He's in this

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<v Speaker 1>big diaper, pacifier in his mouth and every time I

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<v Speaker 1>can you believe? Then, how the hell am I going

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<v Speaker 1>to tell his wife with a straight face? So that's

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<v Speaker 1>what he's been doing. I may to forget about him.

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<v Speaker 1>When I showed the pictures to each his own, I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. Hey, hey, my drinking alone again.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming. Charlie's unbelievable, right. Parnell has got to be steaming.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't even get a full month to celebrate his no

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<v Speaker 1>hit her. Hey, how's aunty? She's killing me? To be fair,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to throw all the tapes out with the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the stuff, decades of case files and this

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<v Speaker 1>entire life that none of us were privy to, but

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<v Speaker 1>Beth insisted on shipping it all here. I never met him,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I had never wanted to. But when I

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<v Speaker 1>saw all of those boxes, all of his cases, and

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<v Speaker 1>the tapes, all of those tapes there are hundreds of hundreds,

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<v Speaker 1>and suddenly I wanted to hear what my grandfather had

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<v Speaker 1>to say. I wanted to know about him. Would you

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<v Speaker 1>like some more coffee. Thanks. Okay, so you ship all

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff back here and then and then one well

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<v Speaker 1>everything was thrown into these boxes, no logs, no order

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<v Speaker 1>to it, just chucked in a box. And once everything

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<v Speaker 1>was unloaded into the garage and just staring at me,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, where the hell do I begin? So? Where

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<v Speaker 1>did you start with the ones that I found? With

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<v Speaker 1>the mini phone? For those who who don't know, can

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<v Speaker 1>you describe what a mini phone is? Yeah? So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a clunky handheld recorder about the size of a three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred page paperback, and each tape, that's what you want

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<v Speaker 1>to call it, is a spool of metal wire, basically

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<v Speaker 1>a small reel to reel. But what's really crazy about

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<v Speaker 1>it is that it came with this phone attachment, a

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<v Speaker 1>watch with a microphone and a hole ster. Sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>spy gear totally so. So he could be wearing it

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<v Speaker 1>under his coat or recording you from the microphone and

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<v Speaker 1>his watch. Can I see that? Yeah? Ever, no, you're

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<v Speaker 1>being recorded? Uh wow? Yeah. There's also a foot pedal.

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<v Speaker 1>Must have been for his office. Yeah, the pantilet shows

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<v Speaker 1>it used under a desk. That would make sense. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so you find the mini phone and then what So

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<v Speaker 1>I picked one of the tapes, and after a few

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<v Speaker 1>delicate minutes trying to figure out just how to load it,

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<v Speaker 1>I impressed play and there he was my grandfather, and

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<v Speaker 1>there was this immediate sense of urgency and his voice,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I stopped it. Why it was darring. I

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<v Speaker 1>also realized that I didn't have any context. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know what I was listening to. I mean, none of

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<v Speaker 1>the information would make any sense to me. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you mean? Well, I knew the name the Angel of Vine.

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<v Speaker 1>I had heard of it, but not much else. So

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<v Speaker 1>I turned to the internet technology just to get the

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<v Speaker 1>basics about the case. Your blog came up with the

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<v Speaker 1>most recent article about it, and after a quick read,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's when I knew I might be in over

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<v Speaker 1>my head. And that's why you're here. So you saw

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<v Speaker 1>the crime scene, botus, I did. Jesus Christ. A warning

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<v Speaker 1>to the possibly squeamish. What you're about to hear is

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<v Speaker 1>Hank reading Detective Lieutenant Robert Perkins report of when he

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<v Speaker 1>first arrived at the crime scene. The victim in question

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<v Speaker 1>would later be identified as Marlene Murray Evans, dubbed by

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<v Speaker 1>the media the Angel Levine. Body was lying souppine let's

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<v Speaker 1>face up in the parking lot, head pointed south, feet

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<v Speaker 1>pointing to the north. The legs of the victim were

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<v Speaker 1>crusted and the arms were pointing downward each of the

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<v Speaker 1>forty five gray angle with the poems facing up towards

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<v Speaker 1>the sky. Victims ribs were protruding outward from behind the

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<v Speaker 1>torso and I either side of the body at a

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<v Speaker 1>forty five degree angle, pointing solid blood, presumably the victims

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<v Speaker 1>was splattered on the pavement outward from each rib directly

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<v Speaker 1>over the head of the body formed a semi circle

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<v Speaker 1>of twelve bones. Jesus, there were no visible ascerations of

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<v Speaker 1>bruises that would indicate a struggle anywhere on the front

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<v Speaker 1>of the body. Seems that the victim had been killed

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<v Speaker 1>at a different location. No kidding, Perkins, as it appears

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<v Speaker 1>to have been cleaned prior to being placed here. What

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<v Speaker 1>kind of sick o. It's like he was getting the

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<v Speaker 1>camera ready, Dad, That poor girl's parents further warning. What

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<v Speaker 1>follows is from the autopsy performed on March six by

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<v Speaker 1>Dr John Lemery, Los Angeles County Corner. In the report,

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<v Speaker 1>it states all of her details. She was five ft

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<v Speaker 1>six weighed pounds. She had brown hair and hazel eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>G L seventy residue was found on the front of

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<v Speaker 1>her central and lateral incisors, as well as the underside

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<v Speaker 1>of her upper right, second and third molars. Like with

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<v Speaker 1>Perkins report, there was nothing out of the ordinary when

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<v Speaker 1>it came to the front side of Marlen's body. Her

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<v Speaker 1>back is a whole other story. The body had been

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<v Speaker 1>cut longitudinally, that is to say, vertically, from the base

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<v Speaker 1>of the skull to just above the sacrum. The trapezius

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<v Speaker 1>and latissimus dorside muscles of her back had been peeled

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<v Speaker 1>away and removed. Her ribs were then peeled outward, and

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<v Speaker 1>the twelve bones above her head were the twelve intact

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<v Speaker 1>vertebrae of her entire thoracic spine, her wings, and her halo.

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<v Speaker 1>The body had been drained of its blood, except for

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<v Speaker 1>the amount splattered at the crime scene, which was later

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<v Speaker 1>assumed to be Marline's as it matched her known blood type.

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<v Speaker 1>Lemery also noted that there was extensive echymosis or bruising

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<v Speaker 1>at the sites where the muscles had been removed, which

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<v Speaker 1>means she was alive during this If there is any

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<v Speaker 1>good news here, and I'm trying to find some. It

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<v Speaker 1>is that the official cause of death was ruled an

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<v Speaker 1>overdose from a combination of two barbeto It's pento barbatral

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<v Speaker 1>and Cicco barbatal sedative used for a wide range of

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<v Speaker 1>conditions from insomniato epilepsy. For Marlene to have had enough

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<v Speaker 1>of these in her system to cause her death, it

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<v Speaker 1>is safe to say that she was not aware of

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<v Speaker 1>what was being done to her, and that is the

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<v Speaker 1>good news at least I choose to believe that. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we do know the body was cleaned. But I want

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<v Speaker 1>to go back for a second to when I mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>something called g L seventy that was found on her teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is g L seventy. Well, g L seventy

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<v Speaker 1>was a compound found in glee toothpaste that supposedly fought oder.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about that for a second. She's been essentially dissected, right,

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<v Speaker 1>her body intricately mutilated beyond belief, and the killer takes

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<v Speaker 1>the time during all of this to brush her teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Hank said, it's like he was getting her camera ready. Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 1>California not just the home of glitz and glamour. No

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<v Speaker 1>beneath the limousines and mink coats looks a dark underbelly

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<v Speaker 1>of crime, narcotics, and yes, even murder. The Angel of Vine,

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<v Speaker 1>a murder straight from the pages of a dime store thriller,

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<v Speaker 1>has captured the minds and fuelled the nightmares of the

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<v Speaker 1>nation and baffled law enforcement in Los Angeles. And how

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<v Speaker 1>could it not the life of Marley Marie Evans just

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three years old with a burgeoning film career, and

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<v Speaker 1>did tragically on March nine nine in an empty part

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<v Speaker 1>lot just north of Hollywood Boulevard. Her body mutilated, her

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<v Speaker 1>life cut short, and her killers still at large. And

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<v Speaker 1>with numerous false confessions, countless individual's questions, and no viable

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<v Speaker 1>suspects on the horizon, will the Angel of Ning be

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<v Speaker 1>one Hollywood tale to go without a third act? Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>late time, we'll tell. After my first interview with Beth

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<v Speaker 1>and Phillis, I reached out to a self proclaimed expert

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<v Speaker 1>in the case and asked him if he wouldn't mind

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<v Speaker 1>meeting me at the scene where it all started. David, Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>Hey you you ask her? Yeah, nice to meet you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah you too, Yeah, thanks for meeting me here of course. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to dead Hollywood Tours. That's what I do. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>So you want to know about Marlene Ribbons Huh, the

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<v Speaker 1>grizzly unsolved murder of a young actress, the angel as

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<v Speaker 1>they call her. Well, they found her right over there

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<v Speaker 1>in that parking lot. Yes, sir, flayed imposed and angelic

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<v Speaker 1>staring at the heavens. You know what I find amazing

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<v Speaker 1>is how many crazy theories people have about the murder.

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<v Speaker 1>How many? Why can you tell me one? I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>people love to latch onto the idea of a southern

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<v Speaker 1>California that they've heard about. When it comes to cases

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<v Speaker 1>like I don't know, the Manson family or the Zodiac Killer.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone wants to attach a half naked, wacko culture, a

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<v Speaker 1>hooded madman whose m O is always somehow satanic rituals.

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<v Speaker 1>And you don't think that that was the case here, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not. The likelihood that Marlene Maray Evans was a

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifice to a secret society is as plausible as the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that she was murdered by the FBI, the CIA,

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<v Speaker 1>and the mafia. Interesting, how can you be sure? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>because because of the care and the attention paid to

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<v Speaker 1>her body, the ribs made to look like wings, and

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<v Speaker 1>the use of her spine to create a halo. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all too clean, man, it's the theatrical. It's too

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<v Speaker 1>much of a presentation. I mean, I certainly don't think

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<v Speaker 1>the killer had Ernie Newburn in mind as the dude

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<v Speaker 1>that was going to find Winder. I mean, here's this

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<v Speaker 1>laborer on his way to treat himself to some pancakes,

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<v Speaker 1>a through pars and instead of staying on Yucca, which

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<v Speaker 1>I would have done, takes the lot that cuts through

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<v Speaker 1>from Ivart de Vine and finds himself an angel, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pancakes for any of that day. I mean a construction worker.

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<v Speaker 1>She was found by a freaking construction worker who panics,

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<v Speaker 1>grabs every other worker on the job to confirm that

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<v Speaker 1>what he's found is in fact a dead girl, and

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<v Speaker 1>by the time the cops show up, it's a zoo.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if if you're gonna lay a body across

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<v Speaker 1>from an active construction site before dawn on a weekday,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no question she was absolutely meant to be found

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<v Speaker 1>and seen by the public. I mean, once the press

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<v Speaker 1>in this town got wind of the crime scene, they

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<v Speaker 1>nearly destroyed any evidence in that lot, trying to scoop

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<v Speaker 1>each other. I mean, can you imagine trying to keep

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<v Speaker 1>that lot safe from a mob of reporters. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of space to block off from vultures, let alone

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<v Speaker 1>comb for evidence with flashing bulbs going off and question

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<v Speaker 1>is being yelled at that you don't have the answers

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<v Speaker 1>to It must have been absolute mayhem, absolute mayhem. And

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood ate it up. I mean, not just Hollywood, everyone

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<v Speaker 1>ate it up. I'm still leading it up. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>have you heard those awful newsreels from back then? I have, Yes, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're pretty colorful, colorful, they're grotesque and if you

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<v Speaker 1>ask me, which you are the only benefit of the killer.

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<v Speaker 1>The grandiosity of the drama on that scale of reporting

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<v Speaker 1>just created more hysteria. Little known fact where poor old

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<v Speaker 1>Ernie found her in that parking lot. He was actually

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<v Speaker 1>closer to Ivar Marlene Marie Evans is actually the angel

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<v Speaker 1>of Ivor. That's not as catchy, is it? So the

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<v Speaker 1>reporters use angel of vine everybody knows fine Hollywood and

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<v Speaker 1>Vine bang instant headline. Everybody's hooked. My mother used to say,

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<v Speaker 1>all he cared about was that dead girl meeting the angel?

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<v Speaker 1>It makes more sense now, So what else can you

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<v Speaker 1>tell me about Hank? We know he was a police officer.

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<v Speaker 1>What my mother used to call him a professional peeping tom.

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<v Speaker 1>But yes, he was a cop for many years until

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<v Speaker 1>he left the force. Do you know what? Something to

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<v Speaker 1>do with politics within the department. They wanted to make

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<v Speaker 1>an example of him, and so he left. After that,

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<v Speaker 1>he opened his private detective agency. Spends less and less

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<v Speaker 1>time at home. My mother kicks him out. G was

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<v Speaker 1>a tough cookie, understandable. I can't say a blamer, said

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<v Speaker 1>just a second meeting here, I'm not going anywhere. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how can I help you? Hank breeze? That's what it

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<v Speaker 1>says on the door. May I see that's what it's

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<v Speaker 1>there for? You come? Highly recommended, Mr Briggs. Urban was

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<v Speaker 1>especially pleased with your discretion. You don't strike me as

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<v Speaker 1>a Hollywood type. I'd like you to help me find

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<v Speaker 1>someone how You're gonna have to be a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more specific, Mr Briggs, I want you to help me

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<v Speaker 1>find whoever killed Marley Marie Evans. The Angel of Vine

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<v Speaker 1>was a case with little to no information surrounding it.

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<v Speaker 1>There were no prints, no clues, few suspects, and nothing

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<v Speaker 1>connecting it to any other victims in any other cases.

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<v Speaker 1>The investigation had such a dead end that the entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of the l a p D gave up after eight months.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to think about that for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>The l a p D gave up any hope that

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<v Speaker 1>they would catch Marlene Marie Evans killer. And here we are,

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<v Speaker 1>decades later, with an entire attic filled with audio recordings

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<v Speaker 1>of an ex cop turned private detective who got closer

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<v Speaker 1>than anyone to solving the murder and didn't tell us all.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know what made Hank Briggs the guy

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<v Speaker 1>for the job. I want to know how he found

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<v Speaker 1>a trail that no one else could. And more than anything,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know if he can tell the world

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<v Speaker 1>who killed. The Angel of Vine. The Angel Levine is

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<v Speaker 1>Oh is my Joe? H excuse me? While I did

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