Speaker 1: Maxie Miles is a production of a typical artists and
Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. She has made us hopeful that Riley
Speaker 1: Stevens will be found, though no further evidence has been uncovered.
Speaker 1: Once again, if you have any pertinent information, please visit
Speaker 1: Sheriff Combs at his office in City Hall. Only one
Speaker 1: week until the opening of the Harvest Festival spotted by
Speaker 1: Minotaur Mining. This really is shaping up to be the
Speaker 1: best festival we've ever had. Safety is of course still paramount,
Speaker 1: so if you'd like to volunteer for the festival patrol.
Speaker 1: Good morning, What are you doing breakfast? Max? Did you
Speaker 1: put oil in this pan? Of course you're cooking bacon.
Speaker 1: So what are you doing? Max? It's Saturday? Why are
Speaker 1: you up so early? I've got to go to the store, remember,
Speaker 1: And I thought you might like breakfast. That's very sweet.
Speaker 1: I can be sweet, I know that, Max, So why
Speaker 1: do you sound suspicious? With very value? Attempt at breakfast?
Speaker 1: Has nothing to do with the fact that you're grounded
Speaker 1: until you're forty, of course not. I think your reaction
Speaker 1: was totally reasonable, right Max. I appreciate that you're trying
Speaker 1: to make up for the other night, but it's going
Speaker 1: to take a a while to really trust you. Again,
Speaker 1: that's not fair. I wasn't doing anything wrong. You're in
Speaker 1: the woods at night after I explicitly told you not to.
Speaker 1: It's not like I was there alone. It was a
Speaker 1: search party, which I said you couldn't join after you
Speaker 1: nearly broke your ankle on the last one. Okay, that's
Speaker 1: an exaggeration. Can't you understand why I might be worried
Speaker 1: about you, Max, why I would do anything to keep
Speaker 1: you safe even if it annoys you. This isn't about
Speaker 1: me being annoyed. This is about the fact that I'm
Speaker 1: the first one to have made any kind of break
Speaker 1: in Riley's case by getting lost in the woods. Ross
Speaker 1: and I were the ones to find his backpack, not
Speaker 1: the sheriff, not community Watch. This isn't about me wanting
Speaker 1: to to solve a mystery or something. This is about Wiley.
Speaker 1: I know you're worried. We're all worried. I think he
Speaker 1: could be in real danger. Joe, why did you find
Speaker 1: something out? No, it's just I mean, he's been missing
Speaker 1: for so long now, I know, But don't you get it.
Speaker 1: I'm worried about Riley, of course I am, But I
Speaker 1: am absolutely terrified if anything happeny to you. Look after
Speaker 1: your parents. But this isn't that we, Miles have a
Speaker 1: tendency to throw ourselves into situations we can't control. And
Speaker 1: you think that's what happened to mom and Dad. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what they were doing driving
Speaker 1: all the way out to peaks. But but that's not
Speaker 1: the point. But don't you ever wonder, to be honest, Max,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what difference it would make. They're still gone,
Speaker 1: but we don't know why they're gone, why they were there.
Speaker 1: There's no rhyme or reason to these things, as much
Speaker 1: as we want there to be. Okay, this is That's
Speaker 1: why I need you to be careful. No matter how
Speaker 1: much you think you know what you're doing, there are
Speaker 1: so many things out of your control. From a typical
Speaker 1: artists and I heart radio. You're listening to Max and Miles.
Speaker 1: This chapter seven, the ghost any word on what they
Speaker 1: found and runs backpack. Nothing that useful. I guess they've
Speaker 1: expanded the search to the other side of Root three
Speaker 1: oh two and of the White Mountains. Damn, if he's there,
Speaker 1: they'll find him. Oh why is the code board? Maybe
Speaker 1: he was running from something. Yeah, maybe pack of pal
Speaker 1: malls it. Oh hello, Ransom, Hi, there, those things are
Speaker 1: awful for you. You know, I know this one keeps
Speaker 1: telling me. Well, I do feel sort of responsible being
Speaker 1: the one to sell them to you at all. Well,
Speaker 1: if it makes you feel better, remember that I don't pay.
Speaker 1: Speaking of put whatever, Miss honeywell here wants on the
Speaker 1: Archer tab Ransom. That's really not nice, serry. Oh please please,
Speaker 1: It's the least I can do. Oh well, all right, good, well,
Speaker 1: I should get back to it. Working on a Saturday.
Speaker 1: Every day is a business day when your family is
Speaker 1: your work is your dad coming to town for the
Speaker 1: Harvest festival as always, even though he doesn't bother to
Speaker 1: actually live here, Warren Archer would never miss a hasting celebration.
Speaker 1: He and Hal will do their double act at the
Speaker 1: auction as usual, I have no doubt. I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see it. Your father sounds delightful. Yeah, he's something.
Speaker 1: I'll see you around, you will, Bi Max. I Well,
Speaker 1: I just came in for some scotch tape and to
Speaker 1: check in about this afternoon. But it Ransom's paying, I
Speaker 1: think I'll get a box of that very fancy hands.
Speaker 1: So you and Ransome seemed to getting along. He's a
Speaker 1: very nice man. Sure, what did he mean? It's the
Speaker 1: least he could do. Oh. We We happen to be
Speaker 1: in the tavern the other night at the same time
Speaker 1: and got to talking and well, he'd had a bit
Speaker 1: to drink and was telling me about some personal issues
Speaker 1: he was having. What kind of personal issues? No, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to go spreading around rumors. Was it about
Speaker 1: the new mine? I know that the Archers bought mint
Speaker 1: or Mining, so I'm not going to tell you what
Speaker 1: Ransom and I privately discussed Max, but I gave him
Speaker 1: some advice. We bonded. It was nice. Ms honeywell are
Speaker 1: you are you dating Ransome Archer? No? No, nothing like that,
Speaker 1: not yet anyway. Wow, Okay that surprises you. Why didn't
Speaker 1: think that you go for someone like Ransom Archer? Really?
Speaker 1: Why is that? It's just he has a bit of
Speaker 1: a reputation. I guess what kind of reputation? Oh? Hey, Ross, Miles,
Speaker 1: Uh do you know, miss Honeywell, this is Ross. Lovely
Speaker 1: to meet you. Ross. Yeah, you too. Any friend of
Speaker 1: Max's is a friend of mine. Oh, I wouldn't call
Speaker 1: us friends. Yeah, I'm more like neighbors, right, neighbors. Well,
Speaker 1: I know that Max here is the best neighbor you
Speaker 1: could ask for. You're still up for coming by the
Speaker 1: end later today? Yep, I'll be there right after work,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you'll be getting a call from my
Speaker 1: uncle making sure I show up. So sorry about that
Speaker 1: in advance, No apologies needed. He's a good parent. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, then I'll be off. Thank you as always, Max.
Speaker 1: Nice to meet you, Ross. Yeah, YouTube, did she pay
Speaker 1: for any of that stuff? I guess you don't have
Speaker 1: to pay when you're cozy with Ransom Archer. I'm sorry?
Speaker 1: Are you saying that Ransom Archer is dating the new
Speaker 1: girl in town? Something like that? What I mean? You
Speaker 1: like Miss Honeywell, right, You think she's a good person? Yeah,
Speaker 1: so it sucks that she's dating Ransom. That guy's the worst.
Speaker 1: I know that he's entitled and snobbish and kind of blunt,
Speaker 1: but but what I don't know. I was hoping to
Speaker 1: figure something out by the time I got to the
Speaker 1: end of that sentence. All right, so what are you
Speaker 1: doing over at the maple Thorpe later? Oh, Miss Honeywell
Speaker 1: asked me to look into well haunting, haunting not actually
Speaker 1: that's just you know what she's calling it. She thinks
Speaker 1: someone might be sneaking into the inn or something because
Speaker 1: there's weird sounds, but nothing has been stolen, not that
Speaker 1: there's much to steal. I mean, the place is barely
Speaker 1: open while she does renovations, so you're gonna sniff out
Speaker 1: whoever's causing the noise or whatever. I have a feeling
Speaker 1: that's a raccoon or something. Ah. Yes, Big city Lady
Speaker 1: doesn't know about the woodland creatures exactly. So you want
Speaker 1: to come over later to the treehouse. I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: I know you're basically under house arrest and everything, but
Speaker 1: well your backyard is basically our backyard, right exactly. So
Speaker 1: you'll come over once you're done at the end. Yeah, sure, cool, cool, cool,
Speaker 1: cool cool cool ross are you okay? Yeah, there's just something,
Speaker 1: there's something I need to talk to you about. Oh okay, right,
Speaker 1: so I'll see you later then, Yeah, okay, see you later.
Speaker 1: It's fine, it'll be fine. So as you can see
Speaker 1: where a bitten shambles at the moment, it's not so bad.
Speaker 1: How did you end up buying this place? Anyway? Old
Speaker 1: Mrs Maplethorpe wanted to retire and I wanted a change
Speaker 1: of pace. It was very serendipitous. I never would have
Speaker 1: guessed she would have sold it to someone from New York.
Speaker 1: Mrs Maplethorpe was always a bit old fashioned, that's one
Speaker 1: way to put it. The maple Thorpes are an old
Speaker 1: Hastings family, as old as the Archers, and Mrs maple
Speaker 1: Thorpe was the last one left. I didn't think she'd
Speaker 1: want to give her family's legacy to well, an outsider.
Speaker 1: I'm not exactly an outsider. What what do you mean?
Speaker 1: Are you from Hastings. I used to have family up
Speaker 1: this way, not for a long time, but recent enough
Speaker 1: that Mrs Maplethorpe was familiar with the name Wow which
Speaker 1: so despite the vague connection, I still feel I don't
Speaker 1: know much about this place. There's not much to know. Really.
Speaker 1: Hastings is pretty straightforward. It was built on minds, like
Speaker 1: a lot of towns around here, and hasn't changed much
Speaker 1: over the years. But the old mine is closed now,
Speaker 1: isn't it. M M. It was run by the Archers,
Speaker 1: but then they got more invested in real estate. They
Speaker 1: own half of Hastings and a ski resort twenty miles
Speaker 1: outside of town. People were pretty mad when they did that. Really,
Speaker 1: why people in Hastings don't want to drive twenty miles
Speaker 1: to work and they've gotten used to the Archers providing employment,
Speaker 1: I guess. But now there's this new mining company coming
Speaker 1: in and the Archers are investing in it, so I
Speaker 1: guess everyone will go back to doing what they want
Speaker 1: to do. You don't sound very happy about that. I
Speaker 1: I want people to have jobs, of course, even if
Speaker 1: it is one family that's employed the town for centuries.
Speaker 1: But I just I wish it wasn't something that wasn't
Speaker 1: destroying the environment. Is that why the Archers shut down
Speaker 1: the old coal mine? No way. They don't care about
Speaker 1: global warming any more than mayor Hell does. Most people
Speaker 1: in this town don't. It seems that despite their weight
Speaker 1: in this town, the Archers aren't very well liked. It
Speaker 1: really depends on who you talk to. I think some
Speaker 1: people appreciate what they've done for Hastings, but most people don't. Well,
Speaker 1: no one really hangs out with the Archers. They've always
Speaker 1: been a bit separate from the rest of us, and
Speaker 1: Ransom is the only one who lives here full time. Correct, Yeah,
Speaker 1: the rest of them have scattered. Guess they outgrew Hastings.
Speaker 1: Has Ransom ever been married any kids? You know? Definitely not? Wait, sorry,
Speaker 1: are you asking because you're interested in those things with him? Because? No, goodness, no,
Speaker 1: I'm just curious about people. That's all a hazard of
Speaker 1: being in the hotel business. I suppose, Ah, that will
Speaker 1: be our ghost. Come on, how often has this been happening?
Speaker 1: There doesn't seem to be a pattern to it. I've
Speaker 1: certainly noticed it more late in the evening. But does
Speaker 1: happen a few times throughout the day? And how long
Speaker 1: has it been going on? Almost a week now, I'd
Speaker 1: wager odd thoughts and creeks too deliberate to be the
Speaker 1: house settling. Who has access to the inn? Well myself
Speaker 1: of course. Mrs Maplethorpe technically still has keys, though she
Speaker 1: never leaves her house these days. The contractor, but he
Speaker 1: lives in Berlin, so he's only down here occasionally. Patrick
Speaker 1: has been kind enough to help out with some repairs.
Speaker 1: Patrick Who's Patrick Patrick Beatty? We met at the hardware
Speaker 1: store and he very generously offered his handyman expertise. Mr Beatty.
Speaker 1: Mr Beatty has been helping you. Oh you know him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's my neighbor. Isn't he just the sweetest Uh No,
Speaker 1: not really, That's not how I describe him. Really, he's
Speaker 1: been a wonderful pal to have around while ily this
Speaker 1: place up. He's been around a lot, somewhat sporadically, but
Speaker 1: he seems to come by whenever he has a moment free.
Speaker 1: How would you describe him? Oh, he's always been the
Speaker 1: scary old man in our neighborhood. Honestly, he doesn't say much.
Speaker 1: He's not very sociable. I'll admit that he's a tough customer,
Speaker 1: but he's really a big teddy bear once you get
Speaker 1: to know him. And I think his standoffish nature is
Speaker 1: perfectly understandable given everything he's gone through. You mean his family, so,
Speaker 1: you know, not really just that he used to have one.
Speaker 1: His son died thirty years ago. Oh my god. I
Speaker 1: thought maybe he gotten divorced or something. Nothing. Well, he
Speaker 1: did get divorced, I mean, I mean, I think that's
Speaker 1: quite common after the loss of a child. God, poor
Speaker 1: Mr Beatie. Do you know what happened? He went missing
Speaker 1: in woods. They found him a few days later he'd fallen.
Speaker 1: That's right. My uncle said that happened to a teenager
Speaker 1: when he was just a baby. I think the poor
Speaker 1: man has been in pain most of his life, and
Speaker 1: this whole situation with Riley has him even more rattled. Really,
Speaker 1: he doesn't show it, but I know he cares very
Speaker 1: much about the kids in this town. I'll have to
Speaker 1: take your word for it. It's a bit hard to believe.
Speaker 1: Has Pat really been unkind to you? No, not to me,
Speaker 1: but well, Ross, who you met earlier. He and Mr
Speaker 1: Beaty have always clashed. I see this, Ross. Are you
Speaker 1: too close? Um? We've known each other for a long time.
Speaker 1: Mm hmm. You seemed quite nervous when he came into
Speaker 1: the store, did I. It's been a weird couple of days.
Speaker 1: I'm just tired. Max Ras seems like a nice young man,
Speaker 1: but I would be careful with him. Boys at that
Speaker 1: age you can't always trust them to look out for you.
Speaker 1: Why are you telling me this? It seems like the
Speaker 1: two of you have a connection. Well, I wouldn't go
Speaker 1: that for and I just want you to be careful.
Speaker 1: I've seen bright young women destroyed by clever boys with
Speaker 1: nice smiles before well, I really don't know what you mean.
Speaker 1: Just be careful. Okay. Well, first of all, it's ross,
Speaker 1: and second of all, I do trust him. I don't
Speaker 1: know what you think is going on between us, but
Speaker 1: I know I can rely on him. That's what you think? No,
Speaker 1: I know he's my friend. You're saying you don't have
Speaker 1: any more serious feelings for him. There it is again, Max.
Speaker 1: You don't have any guests here currently, right, No, no
Speaker 1: one should be up here. Have you noticed any fur
Speaker 1: or animal droppings? Do you think it's an animal? I
Speaker 1: think that's the most likely explanation, but you don't think so.
Speaker 1: I I'm not sure. It seems too big to be
Speaker 1: an animal. What else could it be someone trying to
Speaker 1: steal something, to do something? Miss Honey? Will do you
Speaker 1: think you're in danger? Max? Be careful? Wait Riley, Max?
Speaker 1: Are you all right? It it was Riley? It looked
Speaker 1: like right, that's not possible, but we're just talking about Riley.
Speaker 1: It makes sense that in a high stress situation you
Speaker 1: might think you saw him right, right, because it couldn't
Speaker 1: be him if he's been here all alone. No, he wouldn't.
Speaker 1: He wouldn't hide. That doesn't make any sense. But it
Speaker 1: does seem like a person, not an animal. I need
Speaker 1: to find out what they want. Well, maybe it's just
Speaker 1: someone who needs a home. Of course, I wish they
Speaker 1: hadn't run. Perhaps we could have helped. Well, whoever they were,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure they'll be back. I didn't get a
Speaker 1: good look at their face, but they seemed it. They
Speaker 1: seemed what scared really really scared. M Max. You're here. Yeah, listen,
Speaker 1: something weird happened at the end. What is it really haunted?
Speaker 1: Not exactly, but look, whatever is it? Can wait? I
Speaker 1: have to tell you something, Ross, Are you okay? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I look when I tell you what I'm about to
Speaker 1: tell you, I need you to not freak out. I
Speaker 1: won't freak out. I'm serious, Max, Ross, What is going on? Okay?
Speaker 1: So the other night when we were in the woods,
Speaker 1: what about it? I, oh, man, you're gonna think I'm nuts.
Speaker 1: I promise I won't. Whatever it is, you can tell me,
Speaker 1: it won't. It won't change anything. You say that now, Okay.
Speaker 1: So when we found Riley's backpack, I was I was
Speaker 1: really freaked out, I guess, And after hearing that whole
Speaker 1: conversation that Mr Beady had, I don't know. I started
Speaker 1: to get in my head that you were right. Thanks,
Speaker 1: wait right about what that you really are the one
Speaker 1: that's going to figure this out, not the community watch.
Speaker 1: I think Mr Colmes is trying his best, But you
Speaker 1: take risks, Max, You're fearless. I'm not fearless. You act
Speaker 1: like you are, which is almost the same thing. And
Speaker 1: I wanted to take a risk too, to take things
Speaker 1: into our own hands. Okay, before we handed the backpack
Speaker 1: over to the sheriff, when we were walking into city Hall,
Speaker 1: I took this ross. This is Riley's notebook. I know
Speaker 1: this is evidence that this isn't just some half baked
Speaker 1: theories about Mr Beatie that you know you have to
Speaker 1: give this to the sheriff. I know, except except what
Speaker 1: what's inside the notebook. It's gonna change everything. Maxie Miles
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Speaker 1: Typical Artists and I Heart Radio. This episode was written
Speaker 1: and directed by Lauren Chippen, dialog, editing and sound designed
Speaker 1: by Morrissy Owing at Flack Creek Productions, with editing assistance
Speaker 1: from Laurian Davis and Melissa Ponds. It featured Jordan cob
Speaker 1: as Maxie Miles MAXI follow as Ross Heller, Michael Smallwood
Speaker 1: as Uncle Joe, Jacqueline Landgraph as Miss Honeywell, Andrew Noach
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