WEBVTT - Chapter 12: A Deadly Price

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<v Speaker 1>Hey leth the listeners take torres here. Stay tuned for

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<v Speaker 1>the next episode of Lethal Lit. But first, here's a

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<v Speaker 1>quick word from our sponsor. A got sacred hopes and

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<v Speaker 1>not has to them? Why is that so? This is

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<v Speaker 1>Jane Ferranti recording for Something in the Water. I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>Hollow Falls at the take Back the Falls party as

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<v Speaker 1>the young residents of this cursed town try to reclaim

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<v Speaker 1>some control, no matter how symbolic, over their own community.

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<v Speaker 1>The event was conceived in hope, but in reality is

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<v Speaker 1>rank with despair, thick with the unavoidable, pervasive truth. Death

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<v Speaker 1>stalks them all. The murderers have one and Hollow Falls,

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<v Speaker 1>and these young people's lives will forever be tied to

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<v Speaker 1>the evil at rules here, and that will continue to

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<v Speaker 1>rule here. But there's nothing I can do. I stand

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<v Speaker 1>to the side and let them have their moment of hope,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't dare tell them that it's already too late.

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<v Speaker 1>And right on, cue, come on, let's get them out front.

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<v Speaker 1>Lift higher, Max, I'm trying. What's happening, none of your business, Jane,

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<v Speaker 1>Get out of the way. Poisoned? Was there a music

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<v Speaker 1>box accidentally ate some oysters? Shell fish allergy. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you accidentally eat an oyster? They were slippery? Max, you

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<v Speaker 1>stay with Walter. I gotta go help take Why is

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<v Speaker 1>it tig with you? I thought you all made up.

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<v Speaker 1>She's she's downstairs. She got locked in. Huh there was

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<v Speaker 1>a music box, wasn't there? Yes, Okay, there's no time

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<v Speaker 1>for this. I'm coming with you. When wait, the killer

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<v Speaker 1>is probably using the back entrance and let's hope by

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<v Speaker 1>the falls follow the trail this way. Audio courtesy of

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<v Speaker 1>Jane Ferranti, host of the forthcoming Something in the Water podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Are we working together? Well? After she hears this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not. I'm tig Torres and this is lethal lit.

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<v Speaker 1>While Max and Wyn we're scrambling to get Walter help.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in a predicament of my own. After weeks

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<v Speaker 1>of phone calls and with some dubiously motivated encouragement from Jane,

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<v Speaker 1>I was standing face to face with the guy who,

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<v Speaker 1>last time we saw each other promised me that quote,

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be in this for the long haul,

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<v Speaker 1>Ali Price. And I didn't even know if you were

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<v Speaker 1>going to answer the phone when I gave it to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I knew it would seem crazy that it

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<v Speaker 1>was just waiting for you on your doorstep. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like I can walk into a ups store, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And and it was just like, is she gonna hate me?

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<v Speaker 1>And of course you're gonna hate me? You have every

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<v Speaker 1>right to hate me after what I did. But I

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<v Speaker 1>just had to try and take I need to say this.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to worry. You don't have to be

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of me that person I was. I'm not that

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<v Speaker 1>that what Levinson tried to turn me into. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not me. I I shut up, I get it. Just

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<v Speaker 1>stop talking for a second. Okay, where did you come from?

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<v Speaker 1>I was trying to find a place we could talk,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I heard voices coming, so I ducked back

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<v Speaker 1>in here the bootleggers tunnel. How did you know? So?

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<v Speaker 1>Confession time? Uh, I kind of already knew the floor

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<v Speaker 1>plan when Levinson left you tied up in the basement.

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<v Speaker 1>Here you were with him. Damn it, Ali, I was

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<v Speaker 1>the one who saved you instead of you know, he

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't settled on a book for you yet. I convinced

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<v Speaker 1>him it would be a better story to keep playing

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<v Speaker 1>cat and mouse. That's I have very mixed feelings about

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<v Speaker 1>that confession, Ali, But can we dig into that later?

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<v Speaker 1>What voices? Who did you hear? Two people? One man

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<v Speaker 1>sounded very agitated, one woman oddly calm. I could hear

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<v Speaker 1>them talking for a couple of minutes. Then he started

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<v Speaker 1>getting short of breath, coughing, choking, and and then I

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<v Speaker 1>think I heard Max's voice over his walkie talkie, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the music box the killer. Why didn't you do anything?

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<v Speaker 1>By the time I put all the pieces together, the

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<v Speaker 1>killer was gone, And I know how strict nine works.

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<v Speaker 1>His only hope is that Max and Win can get

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<v Speaker 1>him to the hospital in time. Well, we're not doing

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<v Speaker 1>any good in here, and the doors locked. Where does

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<v Speaker 1>this tunnel go? Tig I thought we could talk after

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<v Speaker 1>the killer's caught Ali. Until then, either help me or

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<v Speaker 1>get out of my way. In that case, right this

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<v Speaker 1>way us, I'm following. When one of the correspondents from

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<v Speaker 1>Lethal it as we tried to say, the show's host,

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<v Speaker 1>tig torres from the hands of the music box killer.

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<v Speaker 1>This is pure excitement, folks. Will you please shut your

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<v Speaker 1>stupid jerk face manners? When I said, please, when slow down,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here to stop a killer. What are you even

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<v Speaker 1>doing here? What is it? Do you see over there?

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<v Speaker 1>That's the path that leads to the back entrance. So

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<v Speaker 1>so shut up. The killer could be anywhere. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>see anything? Yeah? I think they're supposed to be a

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<v Speaker 1>room back here, somewhere a room. What is all this stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>Hang on? See something on the Sisters of Monogue Academy.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the stashed all the leftover junk from the

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<v Speaker 1>school back here when they were renovating. Brock really named

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<v Speaker 1>the school the Sisters of Monogue. That just really, really conceited.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not surprised, though. Wait. What's that glow? Someone's been

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<v Speaker 1>down here? M hm hm. It's an old TV hooked

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<v Speaker 1>up to a cam quarter. Someone must have just been

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<v Speaker 1>down here. It's still playing. Everyone's in uniforms. Looks like

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<v Speaker 1>a school assembly, graduation or something. Hang on, they just

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<v Speaker 1>connected the video. We hook up the sound there. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, don't need to be so rashful. You look wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I don't ah that boys Levinson. Levinson's filming. He

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<v Speaker 1>must have taught at the school. You are a fisher,

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<v Speaker 1>my dear, No, not for like a blim nonsense. Wait,

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<v Speaker 1>is that Walter in the background too? Brock Stephanie, you

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<v Speaker 1>are the only ray of light in this bleak house. Ali,

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<v Speaker 1>I have something very important to tell you. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're not the music box Killer. Oh thank god, I

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<v Speaker 1>knew you. Believe me. I knew that. I know you're

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<v Speaker 1>not the killer because the killer is really here for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm following when Abbot, the resident muscle of Tig Torres's crew,

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<v Speaker 1>as we creep down a dimly lit path behind the

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<v Speaker 1>Montague Shane with the music box Killer potentially hidden behind

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<v Speaker 1>every corner, stop talking? Oh what who was that? What

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<v Speaker 1>the anything to say to the listeners out there? Denise

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<v Speaker 1>Walter was a sadist. He deserved it the most out

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<v Speaker 1>of any of them. Direct from the mouth of the

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<v Speaker 1>music Box Killer herself, folks, But what drives someone to

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<v Speaker 1>such lengths? What makes them take that final step when

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<v Speaker 1>so many others think about it but never do? What

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<v Speaker 1>makes a killer become a killer? Is this? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to use all this? This is golden ni'se Trust me,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone is going to know your name. Hay Lee. The

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<v Speaker 1>listeners stay tuned more Ley the Lid is up next,

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<v Speaker 1>But first a quick word from our sponsor, hey Ley,

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<v Speaker 1>the listeners take Torres here There's always more to the mystery,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could use your help getting to the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Join us on Instagram and TikTok at I

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<v Speaker 1>am tig torres for more clues and inside info. Take take,

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<v Speaker 1>that's crazy? Who want to kill me? Besides when? Maybe Max?

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<v Speaker 1>I hope not you, and I guess all of Levinson's

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<v Speaker 1>victims of family that might blame me. Tell Ella, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't kill Tony. I was with you, remember Ali, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't say kill you. That sounded like when it's coming

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<v Speaker 1>from the wall. Of course, it's the boot laggers tunnel.

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<v Speaker 1>They must have brought their haul down the river and

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<v Speaker 1>through here. Follow the sound of the falls. This is

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<v Speaker 1>it this way? Are you gonna do? Kill the news?

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<v Speaker 1>Trust me? Everyone is going to learning Take when stay back, Shane, Denise,

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<v Speaker 1>what did you do to win? Don't look at me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just here recording. Everyone chill out. No one else

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<v Speaker 1>needs to get hurt tonight. Well, well, well, listeners, a

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<v Speaker 1>new piece has just been added to the board. We

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<v Speaker 1>have answered the burning question. Where is Ali Price? And

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<v Speaker 1>guess what He's right here? Are you going to tell him, Denise?

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<v Speaker 1>Or should I tell me? What? Holi? I? I wait?

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<v Speaker 1>You look familiar. Older, yes, but you were that girl

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<v Speaker 1>on the video with Levinson filming. He was so charming

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<v Speaker 1>a first after if you knew the way I grew up,

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<v Speaker 1>and then to have it feel like someone could have

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<v Speaker 1>actually see me. Don't this is too good. We also

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<v Speaker 1>saw who was in the background of the video. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me guess, Walter Stephanie Brock. That's right. The victims of

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<v Speaker 1>the music box Killer. Anything to say, Denise, they all

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<v Speaker 1>deserved it. You have no idea what it was like.

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<v Speaker 1>They were all horrible, horrible people. Oh, when I heard

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<v Speaker 1>her voice on her podcast, I came back as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as I could. But I knew, I know you wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>come out of hiding for nothing, man. And then Jane

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<v Speaker 1>told me she could find you. And Jane was right,

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<v Speaker 1>look at you. You're right here, Jane, what you've been.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't focus on me. I'm not the story here. What

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<v Speaker 1>who are you? She said that she could get Tack

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<v Speaker 1>to work with her, and that if you come back,

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<v Speaker 1>if if she could get Tick to work with her,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you want with me? Who are you? The

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<v Speaker 1>name she's been going by is Denise, and she looked

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<v Speaker 1>just different enough, older, different hair, big glasses, to cover

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<v Speaker 1>up her features, and it had been years and memories

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<v Speaker 1>get hazy, so no one recognized her. Even if something

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<v Speaker 1>about her seemed familiar, they just dismissed it. It worked.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm here with you, Ali, No, where is this going? Ali?

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<v Speaker 1>Meet Denise Pembroke a k A Anna killed Dean. No, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's true. Ali. They made me give you up, all

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<v Speaker 1>of them. I didn't want to give you away, but

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<v Speaker 1>they made me. They They said it was embarrassing to

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<v Speaker 1>me and the school. But was was he punished? No,

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<v Speaker 1>of course not. Instead they gave you to him to

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<v Speaker 1>left the monster, and that's what they had to pay.

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<v Speaker 1>And I knew Brock was only going to be in

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<v Speaker 1>town for a couple of days for the opening, so

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<v Speaker 1>it was gonna be my only chance. And then Stephanie

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<v Speaker 1>had Then Jane told me you were gonna be here,

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<v Speaker 1>and Walter was the last name on my list, but

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<v Speaker 1>not Levinson himself. I I I couldn't he You're still

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of him. I don't know what it is, but

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<v Speaker 1>every time I hear his voice good, even his name.

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<v Speaker 1>I got out of this place after a while, but

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<v Speaker 1>he still had control of you, and I had to

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<v Speaker 1>do whatever he wanted in order to see you, Ali,

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<v Speaker 1>and he made me do a horrible thing, horrible, horrible thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't. Oh, but he's locked up, he's behind bars,

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<v Speaker 1>he can't get to us. Now. He was standing the

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<v Speaker 1>way of us ever being together again. Ali. But but

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<v Speaker 1>that's over now. OHI please please say something. Take I'm sorry, Ali,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so sorry. Hand me the recorder. Take what please

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<v Speaker 1>from me? And that's when I gave my recorder to Ali.

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<v Speaker 1>I had put myself ahead of the people who mattered

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<v Speaker 1>to me for long enough, and though I couldn't fathom

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<v Speaker 1>everything that was going through Ali's head in that moment,

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to see clearly enough to give me

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<v Speaker 1>a choice. Would I be Mr Hyde, be like Jane,

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<v Speaker 1>putting the story first above the actual people involved, exploiting

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<v Speaker 1>their moments of deepest sadness just to score a few

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<v Speaker 1>more cliques. Or would my humanity win out? Could my

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<v Speaker 1>better impulses triumph? After all Ali had been through in

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<v Speaker 1>his life, and how many times he had fought that

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<v Speaker 1>same battle and lost. I knew this wasn't about the recording.

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<v Speaker 1>Ali was giving me a chance to save myself. So

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<v Speaker 1>I handed it over. But as we already knew I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the only one. They're recording. This is better than

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<v Speaker 1>I helped. I'm going straight to number one. How could you?

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to. He made me. Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>what he was, what he was gonna do to me,

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<v Speaker 1>what he had planned. I couldn't stop him. He's do,

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<v Speaker 1>he's do. You were supposed to protect me, find me,

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<v Speaker 1>steal me back, get me out of his grasp and

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<v Speaker 1>said you left. You ran after we faked my death.

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<v Speaker 1>The police they game I had no other two. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a child. I want to talk about not having

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<v Speaker 1>a choice. Huh left me to be dood by that monster.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at me? What would he turn me into? You

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<v Speaker 1>have any idea what he did to me would have

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<v Speaker 1>like inside my head after everything I lived through. There

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<v Speaker 1>is no stop otherwise he wins. Levinson wins, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>don't become the thing he tried to turn you into.

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<v Speaker 1>It's okay, Ali, it's over. We can still be together again.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no us, Sanna, the child you gave up

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<v Speaker 1>his day. This is all that's left. Oh yes, what

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<v Speaker 1>an incredible last line, Ali, But the wrong choice. What

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<v Speaker 1>America really adores is a killer. And that was when

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<v Speaker 1>Jane stopped her recording. After what she does next, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>understand why she didn't want this next bit on tape.

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<v Speaker 1>Too bad for her. Ah. Yes, what an incredible last line, Allie,

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<v Speaker 1>but the wrong choice. What America really adores is a

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<v Speaker 1>killer and turning that off. Don't really want a recording

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<v Speaker 1>of this next party, Denise, Let me help you off.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you okay? I think so? Oh? Those are some

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<v Speaker 1>nice marks around your neck there, those are gonna bruise perfectly.

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<v Speaker 1>She bye, Denise, what so? No? Stop? Stop? Stop? H

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<v Speaker 1>What did you do? I wrote a better ending to

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<v Speaker 1>the story? How could you? When they find her buddie,

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<v Speaker 1>whose handprints will be on her neck? Those scratches on

0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:08.800
<v Speaker 1>your arms look pretty red. They're ali Whose skin do

0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.199
<v Speaker 1>you think they'll find under her fingernails? They'll never believe you.

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<v Speaker 1>Both of us are witnesses. You think they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>believe him? They'll believe me, the teenage girl who's been

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<v Speaker 1>secretly chatting with her wanted boyfriend. I have the tapes,

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<v Speaker 1>Tig you can't do that, of course I can't. How

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<v Speaker 1>I have to admit it was a stroke of luck.

0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:35.879
<v Speaker 1>My ratings have been tanking ever since the death in

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<v Speaker 1>Taos podcast, and so I come here and find out

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<v Speaker 1>twenty other people are already chasing the same story. But

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<v Speaker 1>then I see Denise at the Monty and she's nervous

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<v Speaker 1>and sweating, and I decide to tail her and catch

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<v Speaker 1>her in the act of poisoning Brock. So I corner

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<v Speaker 1>her the next day at the store and she breaks down,

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<v Speaker 1>tells me everything of out Ali about only coming back

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<v Speaker 1>now because Levinson's locked up, gets literally paralyzed with fear

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<v Speaker 1>just talking about him. He planned all of this. She

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<v Speaker 1>was going to off Stephanie and Walter with her without me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I waited at the hospital for Stephanie to come in,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you showed up, I knew you were back

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<v Speaker 1>in it, and I knew I could use you to

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<v Speaker 1>draw all the out. No, the music boxes were just

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<v Speaker 1>a happy coincidence. The first one was actually just someone

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<v Speaker 1>leaving a nice gift for Brock. After that, I had

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<v Speaker 1>Harris Rush ordered me some replicas. Pat I'm a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>penny too. I wonder he thought he could make a

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<v Speaker 1>fortune off of them, but that's what it takes. Tig

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<v Speaker 1>without a catchy name, you got nothing. Instead, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to have the whole country on the edge of their

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<v Speaker 1>seat to find out who is the dreaded music box killer.

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<v Speaker 1>And with this ending, oh boy, I'm actually smelling TV

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<v Speaker 1>on this, but I know the truth. I'll go and

0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:02.359
<v Speaker 1>leave a lit all the real story. Oh please. That

0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:04.320
<v Speaker 1>would be the only thing that could make this an

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<v Speaker 1>even bigger story for me. Then, instead of deranged teenage

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<v Speaker 1>fugitive murdering his own mother, I have the new Bonnie

0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:15.600
<v Speaker 1>and Clyde, famous teenage podcaster joins and murder packed with

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<v Speaker 1>her killer boyfriend. She's right, Take Ali, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. You're what the world wants. Ali.

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<v Speaker 1>They want you to be the monster they're afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>and afraid to be. They want to listen on the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of their seats because they're afraid to become what

0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:36.840
<v Speaker 1>you and I are capable of being. They want you

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<v Speaker 1>to be that killer, Ali, and that's all you'll ever

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<v Speaker 1>be to them, whether you like it or not, and

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<v Speaker 1>whether you actually did it or not. You have to go, Ali,

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<v Speaker 1>Take what about I'll be fine, Ali, Go help Help.

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<v Speaker 1>Right after that, the police came storming down the path,

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<v Speaker 1>finding me, Jane and a knocked out Win, who was

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<v Speaker 1>just beginning to come to Denise or Anna, I should say,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't found for six more days. When her body washed

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<v Speaker 1>up down river. The coroner was all too eager to

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<v Speaker 1>call it asphyxiation due to the bruises around her neck.

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<v Speaker 1>I told the police everything exactly as it happened. Jane

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<v Speaker 1>told them a different story. Guess who they believed. A

0:23:41.400 --> 0:23:45.280
<v Speaker 1>man hunt for Ali ensued, they found nothing. The burner

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<v Speaker 1>phone disconnected. Now you're probably wondering, if I stopped recording

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<v Speaker 1>and Jane stopped recording, how did you just hear everything

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<v Speaker 1>you heard? Well, after I out off my recorder, the

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<v Speaker 1>next tape you heard was Jane's. When we were working together.

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<v Speaker 1>Our audio files were all on a share drive that

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<v Speaker 1>I discreetly sent to auto back up to a computer

0:24:10.720 --> 0:24:17.480
<v Speaker 1>at the talent smart paranoid both. I know one thing,

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<v Speaker 1>She's going to be so pissed when she hears this

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<v Speaker 1>h and the rest. Well, a couple of weeks after

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<v Speaker 1>the night in question, I found a box on my doorstep,

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<v Speaker 1>no return address, simply marked four TIG and containing a

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<v Speaker 1>tape with this message, Hey, it's me. I thought I

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<v Speaker 1>had control, but after that night, after what I almost did,

0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:56.359
<v Speaker 1>I realized I haven't even begun to get a grip

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<v Speaker 1>on whatever's inside me, so you won't be hearing from

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<v Speaker 1>me for a while. I cared too much about you

0:25:04.240 --> 0:25:08.160
<v Speaker 1>to let you near that. I guess I just remembered

0:25:08.160 --> 0:25:13.119
<v Speaker 1>how I felt during those moments we had together. The

0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:23.080
<v Speaker 1>God went and I don't know, I just wanted to

0:25:23.160 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 1>run towards that feeling because it was so much better

0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:31.040
<v Speaker 1>than anything I've ever had. And then I felt nothing.

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:38.919
<v Speaker 1>When Jane did what she did, I felt relieved. Really,

0:25:41.600 --> 0:25:50.600
<v Speaker 1>the name Anna has no power over me anymore, another

0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:55.640
<v Speaker 1>piece of my past that can no longer hurt me anyway.

0:25:58.080 --> 0:26:02.679
<v Speaker 1>Keep listening to this tape. I think there's something that

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<v Speaker 1>you and yes, your listeners are gonna want to hear.

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<v Speaker 1>None of this makes me hate him any less, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean a little right. The rest of the recording after

0:26:23.760 --> 0:26:28.720
<v Speaker 1>that is Jane throwing Denise over the falls. When Jane

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:33.639
<v Speaker 1>stopped recording, Ali turned my recorder back on and caught

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<v Speaker 1>everything and then left it on your doorstep in the

0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 1>middle of the night, like a mega creepo stalker who

0:26:38.960 --> 0:26:43.040
<v Speaker 1>maybe hasn't really gotten over his murder. Urges geez uh,

0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:46.040
<v Speaker 1>don't hold back or anything. I guess Ali brings out

0:26:46.040 --> 0:26:54.560
<v Speaker 1>Spicy Ella. Regardless, this does clear his name, so we

0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:58.200
<v Speaker 1>have to take it to the police, right dig Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, but podcast first, he deserves his name cleared

0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:06.600
<v Speaker 1>in public. I have the power to make sure the

0:27:06.640 --> 0:27:13.240
<v Speaker 1>people know the truth. The absolute most satisfying part of

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:17.560
<v Speaker 1>this whole ordeal. Jane's been so busy shopping her story

0:27:17.600 --> 0:27:21.520
<v Speaker 1>around she hasn't published yet. She's got half a dozen

0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:24.399
<v Speaker 1>networks caught in a bidding war, and they'll all be

0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:28.119
<v Speaker 1>racing to get out once the real story, this story

0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.879
<v Speaker 1>hits the air. Oh and don't forget the whole go

0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:37.560
<v Speaker 1>into prison for murder thing. Jane, if you're listening, and

0:27:37.680 --> 0:27:43.480
<v Speaker 1>I say this with all due respect, you deserve everything

0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:49.520
<v Speaker 1>you get. And Ali, if you're listening, I have a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a different message for you than I

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<v Speaker 1>had at the end of last season, and it's this,

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<v Speaker 1>you may not control all the events that happened to you,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

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<v Speaker 1>That's from Maya Angelou. I know you're stronger than you

0:28:08.680 --> 0:28:15.479
<v Speaker 1>give yourself credit for. And what about the person you

0:28:15.560 --> 0:28:19.640
<v Speaker 1>really ought to be talking to. I screwed everything up

0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:23.959
<v Speaker 1>so bad. She still has me blocked everywhere. Oh, we know,

0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:27.280
<v Speaker 1>we're still in the old group chat, you know, the

0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:30.280
<v Speaker 1>one without you on it. I swear I wasn't trying

0:28:30.320 --> 0:28:33.119
<v Speaker 1>to rekindle anything with Ali. I was just trying to

0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 1>help him. We just start the tape. Clearly he had

0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:43.000
<v Speaker 1>a different impression. I don't know what to do. The

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<v Speaker 1>strange case of Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde is on

0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:50.840
<v Speaker 1>the surface about the good in us, all represented by Jekyl,

0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:54.640
<v Speaker 1>and the evil we repress or let free, represented by Hide.

0:28:55.920 --> 0:28:59.200
<v Speaker 1>Even after I was horrible to her when still ran

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<v Speaker 1>full speed toward danger to try to stop a killer

0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:05.440
<v Speaker 1>and got bashed over the head for it, she was

0:29:05.480 --> 0:29:08.080
<v Speaker 1>willing to do that for me, and what did I

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<v Speaker 1>do for her? I'm Jekyl and I'm Hide, and guess

0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:19.640
<v Speaker 1>what they both suck because your good side isn't supposed

0:29:19.640 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 1>to let you be that bad to the people who

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:27.720
<v Speaker 1>matter the most when I'm sorry. Right before I moved

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<v Speaker 1>back to Hollow Falls, I decided that the only important

0:29:31.120 --> 0:29:33.800
<v Speaker 1>thing in my life was solving the lit killer case.

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<v Speaker 1>But through all of it, looking back, I found something

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<v Speaker 1>more important, someone more important, who made me want to

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<v Speaker 1>live my life in the present instead of being consumed

0:29:47.440 --> 0:29:52.000
<v Speaker 1>by my past. I realized now that this podcast has

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<v Speaker 1>become an excuse for me to be all about me,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm giving it up. I'm letting the past stay

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<v Speaker 1>in the past, and when I hope you can too.

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<v Speaker 1>This will be my last broadcast for now, maybe forever,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, in the hopes that whatever comes next

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<v Speaker 1>can be about us instead. I'm tig Torus and this

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