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Speaker 1: You were listening to Strawberry Spring, based on a short

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Speaker 1: you through the fog, one of those idiot froguys think

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Speaker 1: this is funny, Jimmy Roger, You're not funny. Where is

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Speaker 1: the god? Damn it? Fog is bad enough, ice pavement?

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Speaker 1: Oh it's you, Thank God. I think there's someone else

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Speaker 1: you don't know, don't don't Hello, good morning. You're listening

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Speaker 1: to W. S. K Hes with d J Kevin Hard again.

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Speaker 1: This is the morning heartbeat. It's time to rise and shine.

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Speaker 1: You share a nights at seven o'clock March sixteenth, nineteen

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Speaker 1: seventy six, and it's another foggy Strawberry Spring here in

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Speaker 1: New England. If you can see your hand in front

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Speaker 1: of your face, give us a call and request the song.

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Speaker 1: Time to scrape the ice from your windows, shovel out

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Speaker 1: you going on your morning drive, here's a brand new

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Speaker 1: one from k C and the Sunshine. Hony. Are you up?

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be lates? Did you bring another lamp? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I'm up? How did you sleep not bad now the

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Speaker 1: baby sleep. She kicks more than you do, but it

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Speaker 1: SNAr as less. I'll make the coffee. I'll be right down,

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Speaker 1: hot and fresh, just how you like it. You were

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Speaker 1: the coffee both, Thank god? What would I do with

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Speaker 1: at you go thirsty? You leave me any hot water?

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Speaker 1: Probably not? I guess I'll have to find out for myself.

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Speaker 1: It'd be careful, would you. I'm not so sure how

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Speaker 1: It's common sense? Oh well, as long as they're science

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Speaker 1: behind that. Are you going to be late tonight? Well?

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Speaker 1: What day is it? Oh? Yeah, a week day? Then, yes, Jack, never,

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Speaker 1: that's all. Good morning news. This is horrible. We just

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Speaker 1: found out there was a murder on the campus of

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Speaker 1: New Sharon College. Police are not releasing the victim's name,

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Speaker 1: but sources close to the investigation tell us that it

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Speaker 1: was a female, co ed late teams to early twenties.

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Speaker 1: Will have more information. Hello, have you heard the news? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just now on the radio. It was a burn around campus.

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Speaker 1: It has all the signs. Wait are you telling me?

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Speaker 1: Can't be sure, but as of right now, it looks

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Speaker 1: like spring Heel Jack is back. Spring Heel Jack is back.

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Speaker 1: It's a shark to the system here in that name.

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Speaker 1: It's almost been eight years to the day the last

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Speaker 1: time the fog was this heavy in New England. They

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Speaker 1: call it a strawberry spring. No one even knows why

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Speaker 1: got what happened at New Sharon during the last one,

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Speaker 1: and there might be a pattern for that too, but

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Speaker 1: if anyone has figured it out, they've never said. I've

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Speaker 1: heard every theory there was, especially having written the book

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Speaker 1: on it eight years and it's almost like it was yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning New Sharon College, or listening to k s

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Speaker 1: time to rise and shy New Sharon nights. Another foggy,

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Speaker 1: rainy strawberry spring. Try and stay dry while ship. Damn it, Greg,

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Speaker 1: I have some breaking news that's just in um. I

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Speaker 1: don't even know what to say. A female student was

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Speaker 1: found murdered in the Animal Sciences parking lot. We don't

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Speaker 1: have many details right now. Stay tuned for more information

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Speaker 1: as it comes in. When I heard Kevin that morning,

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Speaker 1: I didn't even know it yet, but it would change

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Speaker 1: my life forever. I remember throwing out my clothes and

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Speaker 1: I didn't know where to turn, but as a journalism major,

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Speaker 1: find out at the expense of others. Hey, Henry, did

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Speaker 1: you hear Gayl Kerman was murdered last night? Gayl Kerman? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Why would somebody do that to it? Did? Did you

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Speaker 1: And if I hear anything, you'll be the first of

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Speaker 1: the station. At least now I have a name. Kevin

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Speaker 1: was out for himself, but as long as I kept

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Speaker 1: and I mean, now, Henry, get in here. I remember

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Speaker 1: one spring heel jack, This one hit close to home.

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Speaker 1: You look like shit, you feel okay, hangover? We have

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Speaker 1: grateful for instant coffee. I can't believe you drink that crap.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that's what's giving you a headache. That's a fancy

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Speaker 1: Let me guess. It's been over an hour since the

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Speaker 1: story broke and you still don't have a picture to run.

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Speaker 1: Good guests, Have you assigned anyone of this yet? No?

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Speaker 1: Half our staff just found out morning classes weren't even canceled,

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Speaker 1: so hardly anyone is doing until this afternoon for tomorrow's

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Speaker 1: is way worse than we've heard. Do you know John Dancy. Well,

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Speaker 1: he found her tripped over her body in the middle

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Speaker 1: just for him to remember his name. That's awful. That's nothing.

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Speaker 1: The awful part is Gail was cut apart. I overheard

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Speaker 1: my dad and he told Dean Edwards it's like a

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Speaker 1: modern day Jack the Ripper or something. The guy sliced

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Speaker 1: Pratt done. Why are you still standing here? I still

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Speaker 1: us to keep eaves dropping on your dad, you might

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Speaker 1: do you wanna just stop at the grinder and pick

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Speaker 1: time for launch. Let me just walk you home. I

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Speaker 1: don't want you walking home alone. It's what, okay, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, it's it's just I don't want anything to

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Speaker 1: I mean, did that girl Gail? Sorry Gail? You don't

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Speaker 1: think a random stranger killed her? To you? I have

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Speaker 1: They all looked worried, but no one was more worried

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Speaker 1: us when it all started. I know this probably isn't

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Speaker 1: the right time, but we've both been so busy. Graduation

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Speaker 1: coming up. What are you talking about? We don't graduate

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Speaker 1: for three more months. It's like a lifetime. No, it's

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Speaker 1: now there's this, in all seriousness, a murder right here

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Speaker 1: like New York. Oh my god, Henry's that Please day,

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Speaker 1: Just keep walking. We're at the parking lot where they

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Speaker 1: It's just alive just a day ago. Now it's emergency

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Speaker 1: I hate this weather. I don't know what's worse, the

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Speaker 1: It was the exact opposite. Mom, Wake up, Mom, Mom,

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Speaker 1: like it just happened. It's called emotional memory. What is

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Speaker 1: but you just described you feel the emotions come back

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