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Welcome back, my spookies. Tonight we're spending the evening with babysitters,
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bad cousins, ringing phones, haunted bridges, and the kinds of
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children you should absolutely not leave unattended. These are the
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stories about ordinary jobs that go very, very wrong. A
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night of babysitting, a quick run to make some money,
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a phone ringing in a quiet house, a campfire story
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told just a little too close to where the legend
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supposedly happened. And that's the thing about horror, isn't it.
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It loves the familiar babysitters alone in a house, the
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rich neighborhood with perfect lawns and ugly secrets. It loves
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the idiot who thinks stealing from the dead is a
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sound business plan. It loves the kids who hear a
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ghost story and immediately say, let's go check it out.
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Because horror knows we are all just one bad decision
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away from becoming someone else's cautionary tale. Somewhere tonight, a
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child is smiling a little too calmly. A telephone is
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ringing from a house that should be safe. A warehouse
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by the river has something impossible buzzing beneath the skin
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of the dead and out on a lonely old bridge.
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A mother's grief is still crying in the dark, still
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calling for what she lost, still looking for new children
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to bring home. So lock the doors, check on the kids,
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and make sure you're subscribed, because we bring you a
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brand new horror story every Wednesday. Now let's begin. Angel
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and Babysitting by Rob Fields. One week ago, Raylan Smith
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had the pizza in her hands when she came back inside.
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Are you sure you're okay with me babysitting tonight? She
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asked Shelby Phillips, who was sitting on the couch playing
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video games with Douglas Kasmiak. Why should I mind? Shelby replied, well,
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we were supposed to have a double date tonight. Raylen
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said apologetically, Hey, we both make good money babysitting. Shelby
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reminded her, Besides, it's not like we're going to a
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concert or anything. Raylen laughed a little good point anyway,
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Thanks for coming by and keeping me company tonight. Then
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Douglas spoke up, what too much for you? Rayleen? You
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know what Uncle Jeffrey would say if he knew you
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and your friend were over here. Rayleen looked at the
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ten year old boy. I thought you liked playing video
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games with Shelby, Douglas pointed at Rayleen. But you're supposed
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to be here with me by yourself, Raylean side. Come on, Douglas.
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I even ordered your favorite pizza, and you know Uncle
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Jeffrey said, no pizza. It was that or I tell
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him you're letting your friends hang out here at his house,
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he threatened. Shelby turned to him. Now I can leave, Douglas.
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I just wanted the pizza, Douglas replied, don't worry, Rayleen.
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I won't tell on you. I'll tell Uncle Jeffrey I
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ordered it when you weren't looking. Rayleen raised an eyelid promise.
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Douglas smirked. Have I ever lied to you? I need
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to use the bathroom, Shelby said, I didn't get to
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shower after track practice. Raylen smiled, go ahead, honey, you
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know where everything is. Shelby set her controller down. I'll
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be back in a few Douglas. Then we can play
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some more football, all right, he cheered. As soon as
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Shelby disappeared up the stairs, Raylen took the pizza into
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the kitchen and put a few slices on a plate
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for Douglas. Just then, Raylene's phone rang. It was her boyfriend.
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She tried to send him to voicemail, but he called
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her right back. She answered it. She brought the pizza
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to Douglas. I've got to take this. I'll be back
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in a few Before Douglas could say anything, Raylene was
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moving and was out the back door. She moved behind
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the garage and apologized again for canceling their date. Then
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the talk turned to scheduling a sexual rendezvous for later.
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Suddenly she felt the knife plunging into her side, making
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her drop the smartphone. She hissed in pain as her
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attacker yanked the knife away. When she fell, the attacker
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got on top of her and stabbed her repeatedly until
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she was a very bloody and dead mess. The killer
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never bothered to address the smartphone. With Raylen's boyfriend still
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on the other end, the killer turned and walked to
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the back door. The killer soon headed upstairs and found
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the bathroom door slightly open. The killer opened the door
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a little to see Shelby soaking in a bubble bath.
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She had her eyes closed and was moaning softly. She
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never heard the killer come into the bathroom, nor did
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she scream when her hair was grabbed and the knife
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brought across her throat. Blood quickly poured from Shelby's neck
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and into the bubble bath. The killer let go of
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her hair and let her sink into the mixture of
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lavender shsh soap, water and blood. Without another thought, the
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killer left the bathroom and headed back downstairs. One week later,
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it's Saturday morning. I should be back at my dorm
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with my boyfriend Drake. We've gone well past the point
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to where he's just shadowing me as part of my
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college internship with the Strickfield PD. In fact, we began
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seeing each other a few months after he started shadowing me.
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Our relationship became more cemented after we finally started having sex,
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which was after our run in with some vampires. This
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was almost nine months ago. I got up earlier than
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I should have not because I couldn't sleep. No, my
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bloodlust had become increasingly demanding as of late. In fact,
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this is the longest I've gone without taking a life. Recently,
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I found a lead and did my usual homework. Soon
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I can satisfy my bloodlust. Those of you who have
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been following my exploits know who I am. For those uninitiated,
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my name is Reagan Devereaux. I'm the serial killer. Your
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society is labeled the Angel of Death. I destroy those
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who claim innocent lives. I've been called the good serial
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killer by people who are glad I'm out there. However,
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there are people who would see me arrested and locked
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up for the remainder of my days, or even given
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capital punishment. I've been claiming the lives of those who
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claim innocence because Mama taught me to be a good
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girl and that punishments are made to fit the crime.
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Mama doesn't know I'm the Angel of Death, and she's
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a high profile detective for the North Ridgeway PD. Thankfully,
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I've never had to be concerned about Mama hunting me
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my boyfriend. On the other hand, Detective Drake Kasmarak requested
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to be transferred to Strickfield PD from Erie City upon
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deducing that the Angel of Death was located here. As
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it turned out, I claimed a woman named Annie Judge.
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She used to be someone special in Drake's life. He
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swore he would find me and bring me to justice.
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Drake is clearly looking for a man and doesn't realize
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I'm right under his nose. Perhaps those of you who
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follow me are thinking maybe I'm toying with Drake. I'm not,
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I assure you. For me to toy with him, I
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would require the very emotions that nearly all of you feel.
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I only operate on physical feelings instinct, hunger, thirst, sleep, cleanliness, sex,
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especially sex. Over the years, I've been able to resist
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my sex drive. But the time came when I needed
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sex like I need victims. I needed a mate and
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sought one out. I thought i'd finally found one with
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Franklin Sloane, but certain unfortunate events caused him to end
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things with me. It was only a few days after
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New Year's when I met Drake, who showed immediate interest
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in me. Upon his arrival to Strickfield. He was more
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than happy to be my shadow as we worked cases together.
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Drake's a very good detective. Between the two of us,
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we've solved many many cases together. The only reason I
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stayed with Drake is because he's a truly good man.
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While I can't feel emotions, I can read his facial
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expressions and listen to the way he speaks. Through these
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I learned that Drake had fallen in love with me.
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I often wish I could reciprocate his love, but I can't.
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I've never felt a single emotion since I was born.
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I can only pretend to reciprocate his feelings and be
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the best mate to him that I can be. Even
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though he's after the Angel of Death, I choose to
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remain with him and always have to stay many steps
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ahead of him. Ah, but I've gotten off track here.
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I said I was up earlier than I wanted to be.
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Right now, I have a Strickfield Academy science teacher strapped
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to my table. She reminds me of Annie Judge from
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back in Northridgeway. She's not a sexual predator like Annie Judge,
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but she did deal heavily in drugs. Patricia Miller had
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injected a girl against her wishes at Strickfield Academy with
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some experimental heroine. The girl had never done drugs in
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her life. Not only did the shot get her quite
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high her first time, but she became very sick and died.
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In doing my usual homework, I got a hold of
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Mill's smartphone and hacked it to find the last bit
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of crucial evidence. That would condemn her to me. I
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slapped Patricia Miller to wake her up. When she sees
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me standing above her, she screams for me to untire.
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She can scream as much as she likes. We're secluded
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enough to wear nobody will ever hear. When I decide
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I've had enough of her mouth, I direct her attention
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to the pictures I've got taped to the walls. Lisa
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Marley wasn't the only high school girl that Patricia Miller
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killed with her drugs. I found similar evidence on other victims. Also,
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You've prayed on innocent girls who could have gone on
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to have long and fruitful lives. Patricia Miller, I say,
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I've compiled evidence for at least five girls you've killed.
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There may be more, but I don't have the time
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to keep compiling evidence when you continue to poison more
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girls with your shit. I hold up her smart phone.
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The police will find the rest of those victims here.
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Patricia looks annoyed. Now, am I supposed to start crying
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and tell you how sorry I am? Do you have
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any idea how tired I was of seeing these little
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bitches getting everything handed to them on a silver platter.
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Why I, she gasps when I show her a series
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of syringes. You've got the pictures, You've got my phone,
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You've got those needles. What more do you need, you
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little bitch? It seems you don't understand, Patricia Miller. I reply,
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this is how justice will be administered to an unfeeling
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predator such as yourself. There are six syringes here, all
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filled with the same experimental heroine you injected into those
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girls you destroyed. How many of these needles do you
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think it'll take before you are finally destroyed? She shows
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me she has emotions after all, when she shakes her
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head quickly and screams as she tries in vain to
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free herself. She reminds me of Annie Judge. In doing this,
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Patricia Miller's death will be swift compared to Annie Judge.
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Patricia screams at the top of her lungs and makes
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one last valiant effort to free herself from my bungee cords.
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When she understands she's not going anywhere, she starts crying
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and begging me for her life. Unfortunately, I have no
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emotions for her to appeal to, though I again find
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myself conflicted part of me wants emotions to be able
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to reciprocate what Drake feels for me. Then again, I
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may be better off without emotions. A vast majority of
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my victims have been blessed with emotions, yet they've shown
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very little to none when they've destroyed the innocence who've
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come across them. It may seem I'm conveying empathy, though
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I can't feel any irony. I pick up the first
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syringe and push a little fluid out of the needle,
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and now Patricia Miller, let the punishment fit the crime.
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She sobs as I hold her arm down and inject
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the heroine into her vein. Quickly, she starts showing me results.
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She doesn't cry so much now, in fact, she doesn't
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even know where she's at. I'm sure I administered more
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than she should have received. I wait a bit. When
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she doesn't die, I inject her with the second syringe.
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She really starts sweating before she screams and starts jerking
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on the table violently. After almost a minute, she finally
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stops forever. I check her pulse and confirm she's quite dead.
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I moan softly when I feel my bloodlust has been
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satisfied once more. Patricia Miller is now my latest victim
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to be stored in my highly photographic memory where all
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of my victims are. How many predators have I claimed,
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I've killed literally hundreds since I was ten years old.
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After making sure no evidence of me is at the scene,
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I leave the shed where I'd taken my latest victim
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and head back to Strickfield University. I'll make my usual
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anonymous phone call to the police department later. Drake is
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still in bed when I return. He's just waking up
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when he sees me wearing jogging clothes. I wasn't wearing
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them when I left to take care of my bloodlust,
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but I changed into them and worked up a little
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sweat coming back from Denoyer's grill with breakfast. You should
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have got me up rage, he says softly. I would
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have gone to Denoyer's with you. I fake a smile
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before I put the bag of food on my desk
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and get on the bed. I pretend to show love
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for my mate as I let him lay me on
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my back and kiss me, and then what he feels
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for me in emotion I now feel in the physical
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as I let him undress me. I show Drake my
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acting skills once again. Honey, No, I'm all sweaty and gross.
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He kisses me again and brings me under the covers
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with him. I submit to him and we give each
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other what we need. Later that afternoon, Drake and I
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shower and leave my dorm. We stop by his apartment
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so he can get his wallet. When he brings me
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into his bedroom with him, I'm wondering if he wants
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to make love again. Then he regards me and eases
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his arm around my waist. Move in with me rage,
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he says, Really, the truth is, I just didn't know
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how to respond to that. Ever since Drake and I
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started seeing each other and spending our nights together, I've
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never pressed so much as a single issue with him.
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I've observed how many things happen with couples and relationships.
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The only reason I've basically delegated everything to Drake is
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because of my lack of emotions. Drake is my mate now,
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and I know I need to be an understanding girlfriend.
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That means I do not press any issues with him.
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I decided that whenever he's ready to institute the next
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phase in our relationship, he'll tell me he gazes into
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my eyes. Rage. I've loved you since the first day
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I was assigned to be your shadow. We've been seeing
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each other for over a year. Also, you're going to
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be graduating soon, and that means you'll have to leave
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the dorm and move to another place. So move in
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with me. He pecks my lips. You don't have to
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decide right now. Take your time and think about it.
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Unless you think we're moving too fast. No, not at all,
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I reply. I don't think there's any set timetable for
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things like this. I guess I just wasn't expecting your invitation.
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Drake kisses me again. I kiss him back. I'm feeling
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we may be making love again shortly. It's then when
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his smartphone rings. The ring tone tells me it's his uncle, Jeffrey,
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who's the chief of Strickfield Police. He's the closest thing
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to a father figure that Drake had in his life
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for so many years. Drake became a police detective because
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of Uncle Jeffrey. As Drake talks to his uncle, I
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step away to give him privacy. Yeah, hold on a minute.
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Drake removes the phone from his ear and looks at me. Rage.
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Uncle Jeffrey needs to ask you a favor. He's wondering
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if you're free to babysit tonight again. I have no
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idea how to react. Drake has actually caught me off
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guard on many things. All I can do is agree
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to whatever he asks of me for the sake of
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us being together. Drake has been a very good man
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to me, and I want to be equally as good
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for him. Tell him I'll do it, I reply. Drake
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brings me to Jeffrey Kasmarak's house. I've never known where
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our police chief lived until now. The truth is, I've
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never really needed to know that information. As Drake and
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I are on the front porch, the door opens, Jeffrey
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comes out onto the porch and puts a fatherly hand
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on my shoulder. Thank you so much for agreeing to
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do this, especially on such short notice. Rage. As it
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turns out, the PD called me with a hot lead
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on this babysitter murder case. I'm gonna need Drake to
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come with me. I'm supposed to be watching Douglas tonight,
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but I can't get anybody else. His mother's out of
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town with her boyfriend, and I agreed to watch him.
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I fake a smile. Don't worry, sir, I've got this
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thank you from the bottom of my old home. Jeffrey
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is probably old enough to be my grandfather. On the
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other hand, Drake is thirty nine, seventeen years older than me,
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which makes him old enough to be my father. I'm
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twenty two, Drake takes my hand. You're gonna be okay,
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rage uncle Jeffrey and I'll be back as soon as
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we can. Then I see Douglas Kasmarak looking at me.
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He doesn't smile or look upset. He just looks blank.
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He doesn't even blink when Jeffrey tells him that I'll
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be babysitting him. Jeffrey waits for me to go into
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the house before he and Drake jump into his car
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and leave. I look at Douglas again and see his blank,
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emotionless stare, and then the serial killer in me begins
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to question things. Perhaps I'm reading into things I shouldn't,
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But I did say I was ten years old myself
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when I started claiming predators. So what would you like
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to do? I ask him. Douglas looks at me for
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a while longer before he turns and heads to the stairway.
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I follow him upstairs, keeping my distance. He goes into
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the room Jeffrey prepared for him and closes the door.
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I know I shouldn't invade his space, but I just
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can't stop thinking about his blank stare. I'm sure I
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was just as blank when I was starting out. I
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leave Douglas alone and go back downstairs. I look around
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the house to become more familiar with everything. Thanks to
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my photographic memory, I now know every room in the house,
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aside from the guest room Douglas is in and the attic.
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I won't have any issues regarding babysitting since I used
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to do it regularly during my teen years. I patiently
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wait to hear whether Douglas comes out of the room. Then,
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out of the corner of my eye, I see Douglas
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out in the back yard. He climbs the fence and
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starts it's moving. I quickly leave the house and go
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after him. I follow him discreetly until he leads me
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to a house. He finds a key under a plant
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and uses it to get inside. This must be where
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Douglas lives. I make my way to the back door
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and get inside. I don't see Douglas anywhere as I
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move quietly through the first floor. Then I moved to
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the stairway and go up. When I nearly reach the top,
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I almost don't see the baseball bat coming at my head.
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I quickly duck and let the bat hit the wall
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beside me. Douglas steps back to take another swing. God
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damn you, Douglas yells as I easily sidestep him and
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relieve him of the bat. I've had a few problem
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children during my teenage years in babysitting, but they were
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mostly just mischievous. I did win their respect, and we
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got along grid. Those kids came to love having me
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around when a babysitter was needed. I've never had anyone
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quite like Douglas. Here, Douglas points right at me. You
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goddamn bitch. Douglas turns and tries to escape downstairs, but
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I snatch him to me and hold on tight. He
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growls and tries to fight me, but he won't get away.
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It's time to question Douglas. Ten years old and you're
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a serial killer. How long have you been killing little boy?
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You better just come clean with me, because I'm the
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one person you won't be fulling. How he stammers, how
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do I know. I consider my next words carefully. I
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work with the police. It's my job to make out
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serial killers, and you triggered so many red flags with me.
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Now talk to me. How long have you been killing?
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If you don't tell me, I have ways of finding out.
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Trying to kill me was a dead giveaway, and I'm
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the last person in the world you want to try
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to kill. Douglas continues to struggle against me as I
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lift him up and force him to his bedroom. I
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bring him inside and scan everything. His bedroom is as
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blank as a kid's room can be. I've seen many
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children's bedrooms, which are usually colorful and have personalized decorations.
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Not Douglas. He doesn't even have so much as a
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single poster. Then my eyes come across a vent where
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I see a box inside. Classic Dexter Morgan here, still
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keeping hold of Douglas. I pull open the vent and
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take out the box. Leave that alone. Douglas yells. Then
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he strikes and bites my forearm. The way my brain
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is wired, I almost never feel pain. I don't feel
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the bite, but he does draw blood. I quickly put
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the box on the bed and take Douglas down to
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the floor. I sit on top of him and keep
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him pinned while I look in the box. He's got
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a journal and some telltale artifacts. I open the journal
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and start scanning. Bitch, he growls underneath me, you slut.
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After scanning every entry, I confirm he's just like me.
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I know the connection to the mementos in the box.
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Douglas has actually killed other babysitters. Thinking about it, there
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were some missing persons reports filed with some of the
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girl's names in this journal. I know because I helped
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fill out a few of the reports for their distraught parents.
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Drake and Jeffrey are following a cold trail. My bloodlust
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is satisfied from this morning, but I feel it demanding
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that I claim Douglas. That's all you babysitters are. Douglas yells,
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just a bunch of sluts. I look down at Douglas.
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When he sees how hot my eyes are glowing, he
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cowers in fear. No, no, get off me. Hell, you
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and I are about to have a nice little bonding experience.
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I say, I'll teach you what it means to be
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a serial killer and cross me. I get off him
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and yank him to his feet, knowing how dangerous he is.
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I lock him in a sleeper hold I learned watching UFC.
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When he's sound asleep, I lift him into my arms
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and take him with me. Douglas shows me he's awake.
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When he starts moving. What the He struggles and finds
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he's quite bound. Even my patented bungee cord technique works
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on children. I decide to remove his blindfold. You, Douglas yells,
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I'll kill you. He cries out in fear when he
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sees my glowing eyes again. Oh shit, help help. You're evil,
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says the kid who's murdered eleven babysitters in two years.
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I contradict, why would you even do that? Did they
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abuse you or something? I knew he wasn't abused based
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on his journal entries. I just want to hear what
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he has to say. All those sluts were too stupid
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to abuse me, Douglas declares, I killed them because I
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could not. All of them were babysitters. Many of them
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were babysitting near me, and I went and killed them.
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I even killed a few of my own babysitters. It
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was so easy to kill Raylene Smith when she was
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on her phone with her boyfriend, behind the garage. And
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then there was Shelby Phillips. She never expected me to
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just come into the bathroom and slice her throat while
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she was taking a bath in Uncle Jeffrey's tub. You
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can't possibly understand how good it feels to kill those girls.
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I understand more than you think. I disagree. I read
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your journal, which is quite detailed. In fact, I found
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where you buried all your victims. For a ten year
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old boy, you sure are gifted. Who would ever suspect
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a little boy? Then Douglas sees the photos I've got
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taped to the walls. What the hacking both your computer
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and your phone wasn't hard, Douglas, I say, it didn't
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take me long to print these pictures. Douglas looks at
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the pictures. Then he starts laughing, Hugh, just wait until
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I get loose. I'll kill you and make you look
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even worse than the others. You think you're so smart
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just because you're a stupid girl. Watch your words, little boy.
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I can't be smart and stupid at the same time.
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I fake a smile and raise my finger. Now I
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said we were going to have a bonding experience. You see,
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there's one thing serial killers like you always forget you
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are not the only ones who are hunters. You can
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also be prey, much like right now, Douglas Kasmarak. In fact,
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there are certain people you would do well to never
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get the attention of. Oh you got the attention of
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the police. But they don't always think outside the box.
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It doesn't make them stupid, It just means they need
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to think outside their comfort zones. I pick up the
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knife from my instrument table. Most importantly, you would do
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well never to get the attention of the one person
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who would kill you for praying on innocence. When Douglas
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sees my eyes burn hot one more time, he cries
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out in fright. Oh shit, you're that one killer. You're
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the the angel of death. You said it, not me,
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I murmur, And what does the angel of death do exactly? Douglas.
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Oh fuck, you're gonna kill me, he shrieks. But but
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you're a fucking girl. I'm twenty two, so that makes
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me a woman. And now that we truly understand one another,
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I fake a sinister smirk as I raise my knife
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just above him. Douglas Casmarak. Let the punishment fit the crime.
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Douglas screams as I slam the knife down hard and fast,
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making a huge impact. Drake and I are at his
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apartment a few days later. Every now and then, he
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keeps shaking his head slowly. I just can't believe Douglas
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could how rage, I shrug. Serial Killers can be anybody, Drake,
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even children. You told me that yourself when you first
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started mentoring me. I know it's hard to fathom, but
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it's a fact. What's going to happen to Douglas? Drake
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looks at me. He's already locked up at Strickfield PD.
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After they got him cleaned up. He's headed off to
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a special psychiatric facility in Erie City tomorrow morning. As
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you understand now, I did not hurt Douglas in any way.
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By all rights, I should have claimed him. My bloodlust
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would have been most appreciative. Like innocence, childrens are another
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line I refuse to cross as an adult, even if
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they are serial killers themselves. Let's just say Douglas soiled
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himself pretty good and cried like a blubbering baby. Then
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Drake gets upset. Did you see that shit in Uncle
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Jeffrey's basement? That fucking angel of death was actually in
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his house. That's his handiwork the pictures and the other
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evidence he left on Douglas. He shakes his head. I
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don't understand why didn't he kill him? I shrug. I'm
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sure the angel of death had reasons. Drake's been staring
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at me intently while trying to come to terms with
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his little cousin being a serial killer. We've been sitting
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on the couch together all this time. Then Drake moves
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to me and pulls me into his arms. We share
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a passionate kiss. When we stop, he looks deep into
475
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my eyes. I can't stop thinking about what might have happened,
476
00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:15.720
he tells me. When I saw the bodies of those
477
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girls being dug up, Rage, I kept thinking what if
478
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Douglas would have killed you? He didn't. I reply, I'm
479
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right here in front of you. You're talking to me.
480
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You just kissed me. Drake really takes a long look
481
00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:36.799
into my eyes. Now, Rage, I love you. You're a
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good woman, and I just can't see a world without
483
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you in it. Then he kisses me again, a much
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longer one this time. When we stop, he looks into
485
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my face again. Marry me, Reagan Devereux once more Drake
486
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.319
has me at a disadvantage with my complete lack of emotions.
487
00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:03.079
He's just initiated yet another step in our relationship. Yes, Drake,
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I reply, Yes, I'll move in with you and I'll
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marry you if that's really what you want more than anything,
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he assures me. He gets off me and lifts me
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into his arms. From there, he carries me to his bed.
492
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I've chosen to give myself to a man who both
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knowingly loves and unknowingly hates me at the same time.
494
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I'm at great risk in being with him. But he's
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a good man, and I want to be his perfect mate.
496
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But I'll never truly be perfect, not as long as
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I'm broken and defective. There are lines I will never
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cross as a serial killer. But now I know I
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will do whatever I must to protect you. Drake Kasmarak.
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I can't love you, and maybe I never will, but
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I've committed myself to you, body and soul. Perhaps this
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is as close to life is I'll ever be able
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to achieve, especially when all I feel is constant numbness.
504
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I know the day will come, Drake when you'll wish
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to destroy me, regardless of how you feel for me.
506
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I will die to protect you. This is my promise
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to you, now and forever. The Trouble with Cousins by
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00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:39.199
Joe Solmo. What the fuck, Jimmy, get your dick out
509
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of there, I said, covering my eyes. My damn cousin
510
00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:48.800
would fuck anything. What's the problem. She don't give a care.
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She's dead, Jimmy said, back, zipping up with a look51200:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.239
so far from shame. I almost thought I was in51300:34:55.320 --> 00:34:59.039
the wrong. She can't give no consent when she's dead, either,51400:34:59.599 --> 00:35:03.800
I reply, shining the flashlight into his unshaven face. Can't51500:35:03.800 --> 00:35:06.360
we just finish what we came here for. This is51600:35:06.360 --> 00:35:10.559
what I'm here for. You're disgusting, you know that. Look.51700:35:10.840 --> 00:35:13.719
Just let me finish up with Jimmy looked at the toe.51800:35:13.760 --> 00:35:18.119
Tag Jane here, and I'll carry everything back myself. I51900:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.400
even got a few Clorox wipes wadded up here in52000:35:20.440 --> 00:35:26.239
my pocket. I'll clean up after myself. You're a sick motherfucker,52100:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.079
I said, shivering in the freezer with the cadavers. I52200:35:30.119 --> 00:35:36.159
couldn't believe his premeditated chicanery. Cousin, you're just jealous because52300:35:36.199 --> 00:35:39.239
I have a way with the frostitutes. They scrape off52400:35:39.239 --> 00:35:43.039
the street and store for me in this freezer, Jimmy said,52500:35:43.159 --> 00:35:48.440
unzipping again. They practically melt for me. You know, christ,52600:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.039
I see too much of my cousin's penis. I don't52700:35:52.039 --> 00:35:54.119
know what a normal amount is, but this has to52800:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.679
be an abnormal amount. Where did I go wrong in life?52900:35:58.559 --> 00:36:01.679
A few mental health day damaging minutes later, I had53000:36:01.679 --> 00:36:07.559
my cousin's rucksack filled with the krim of the crop, organs, limbs,53100:36:08.079 --> 00:36:11.760
nothing but the best for the dock. The pay was53200:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.079
enough to keep us in blow and horrors of the53300:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.920
living variety. I shone the flashlight at the exit door,53400:36:18.400 --> 00:36:23.360
silently motioning for Jimmy to exit the building. How much53500:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.599
is it per boob? Jimmy asked, hefting the weight of53600:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.800
the bag on his shoulder as we crossed the parking lot.53700:36:30.440 --> 00:36:33.679
He didn't specify, I answered. As I fumbled for the53800:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.920
van's keys, Jimmy snatched them out of my hands and53900:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.159
ran the back I got this, he said, as he54000:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.199
opened the back doors. Let me help, I replied, as54100:36:44.199 --> 00:36:48.039
I rounded the back of the van. Oh what the fuck, Jimmy,54200:36:48.880 --> 00:36:52.159
I can explain. It's not what it looks like. It's54300:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.519
not a live woman tied up in the back of54400:36:54.559 --> 00:36:59.559
our fucking van. I asked, well, that part is what54500:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.559
it looks like, he said, sliding the bag next to54600:37:02.599 --> 00:37:06.800
the woman, whose eyes were wider than dinner plates. What54700:37:07.079 --> 00:37:11.119
other fucking part is there? I yelled out, trying not54800:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.679
to coldcock him with my pistol. I almost couldn't hold54900:37:14.679 --> 00:37:17.360
it in. It must be once a week I come55000:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.039
close to just smacking that son of a bitch cousin55100:37:20.079 --> 00:37:23.480
of mine. His mama must have done some seriously fucked55200:37:23.559 --> 00:37:26.880
drugs when she was pregnant, then dropped him right on55300:37:26.960 --> 00:37:31.159
his soft spot. Will you quiet down, Jimmy whispered to55400:37:31.199 --> 00:37:33.679
me as he slammed the doors shut and gave me55500:37:33.760 --> 00:37:37.280
back the keys. Look, it's not about sex with her.55600:37:37.360 --> 00:37:42.840
It's not pervy at all, he reasoned. Oh no, when55700:37:43.079 --> 00:37:46.360
isn't it sexual with you? I asked, as I fired55800:37:46.400 --> 00:37:49.280
up the engine on the rusty Ford. You'd fuck the55900:37:49.320 --> 00:37:52.480
exhaust pipe if it wouldn't burn your dick off. Hugh56000:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.039
slam a pocket pussy in there, and you're good for56100:37:55.119 --> 00:37:57.280
a bit before it gets too hot. It's like an56200:37:57.320 --> 00:38:03.079
erotic race, Jimmy said, Burt before getting burnt. I had56300:38:03.119 --> 00:38:07.119
literally nothing to say. The fucker was proud of himself.56400:38:07.760 --> 00:38:11.039
What the actual fuck? I shrugged it off after a56500:38:11.079 --> 00:38:14.639
few seconds and hopped into the driver's seat. We pulled56600:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.760
out onto the highway, heading back to home base, a56700:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.480
shitty little blue warehouse down by the river where the56800:38:20.559 --> 00:38:24.840
dock performs his miracles. We never seen any of them,56900:38:25.079 --> 00:38:27.800
but with the shit he sends us to get, it's57000:38:27.840 --> 00:38:32.480
gotta be organ transplants and shit like that. Probably black market,57100:38:32.920 --> 00:38:37.199
probably still cheaper than good old American healthcare. Fuck the system.57200:38:37.840 --> 00:38:41.559
So you're gonna tell me what's with the bitch in57300:38:41.639 --> 00:38:46.719
the back? I asked, realizing Jimmy still hadn't answered me. Also,57400:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.760
I second guessed whether I even wanted an answer. I57500:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.360
know it had to be fucked. He took a long57600:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.159
drag off his sig and tossed it out the window,57700:38:57.239 --> 00:39:00.440
letting the smoke fill his side of the cab. I57800:39:00.480 --> 00:39:05.000
don't want to tell you I'm embarrassed. Are you fucking57900:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.599
kidding me? You are embarrassed about what you do with58000:39:08.719 --> 00:39:11.239
the woman in the back, But not a half a58100:39:11.320 --> 00:39:14.760
fucking hour ago, when I watched you fuck a dead hooker,58200:39:15.280 --> 00:39:19.840
you weren't embarrassed. Then, for God's sake, our family is screwed.58300:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.000
You know that? Oh all right, fine, since your family58400:39:24.039 --> 00:39:28.039
and all, Jimmy said, and paused, lighting another smoke. He58500:39:28.239 --> 00:39:31.079
changed them when he's nervous. What did he have to58600:39:31.079 --> 00:39:35.239
be nervous about? The job was all but done. When58700:39:35.239 --> 00:39:37.480
we get paid and you go off on your bender,58800:39:38.320 --> 00:39:41.960
I get lonely. I sit in that shit apartment by myself,58900:39:42.039 --> 00:39:46.599
so I've been grabbing me some company. It ain't nothing sexual,59000:39:47.360 --> 00:39:51.880
just someone to cuddle with and watch TV, Jimmy explained. Oh,59100:39:51.920 --> 00:39:55.199
for the love of Christ. I yelled out and slammed59200:39:55.199 --> 00:39:57.800
on the brakes. The van screeched to a halt on59300:39:57.840 --> 00:40:00.639
the dark road. I heard a bang in a muffled59400:40:00.639 --> 00:40:06.039
cry from the back. Whoops, what? Jimmy asked, Are you59500:40:06.159 --> 00:40:10.840
kidding me? What's wrong with a little human companionship? He asked,59600:40:10.960 --> 00:40:17.320
shocked at my response? How many? I questioned, between clenched teeth, movies.59700:40:17.880 --> 00:40:21.480
I slapped him hard across his filthy face. What do59800:40:21.519 --> 00:40:25.719
you mean, then, he asked, clutching his cheek, confused, how59900:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.480
many women? How many women have you forced to hang60000:40:28.519 --> 00:40:34.079
out with your fucked brain? I don't know, like one60100:40:34.119 --> 00:40:37.559
a month or so since we started doing this, Jimmy60200:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.800
answered and pointed to the side mirror. There were headlights60300:40:40.800 --> 00:40:43.880
coming up behind us. I got the van going again,60400:40:44.760 --> 00:40:49.599
so quick, Math here about a dozen or so. What60500:40:49.719 --> 00:40:52.679
do you do with them after? Do I even want60600:40:52.679 --> 00:40:58.840
to know? Well? I can't let them go, Jimmy responded, Oh,60700:40:58.880 --> 00:41:02.559
here we go. I swung at him again, almost losing60800:41:02.599 --> 00:41:04.840
control of the van as we took our exit towards60900:41:04.840 --> 00:41:09.599
the warehouse. We are not murderers, A muffled cry from61000:41:09.599 --> 00:41:12.559
the back of the van went all but unnoticed. We61100:41:12.679 --> 00:41:17.960
steal corpses. What's the difference, Jimmy asked, offended. We don't61200:41:18.039 --> 00:41:21.400
kill them, We just get the parts for doc. I61300:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.000
yelled as I pulled past the chain link gate Jimmy61400:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.559
had left open. I stopped the van at the large61500:41:26.599 --> 00:41:29.800
garage door and hit the button on the remote. I61600:41:29.840 --> 00:41:33.159
can't believe you're making a big deal about this, Jimmy spat.61700:41:33.519 --> 00:41:37.719
She ain't no saint either. I can't believe I'm related61800:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.559
to you, I said, as I pulled the van inside.61900:41:41.000 --> 00:41:44.079
The dock was waiting by the office door. As usual.62000:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.199
We climbed out of the van and grabbed the sack,62100:41:47.440 --> 00:41:51.599
spreading out the contents on the steamless steel table. Not62200:41:51.679 --> 00:41:54.719
a bad haul tonight, boys, the doc said, as his62300:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.239
gaze fell on the parts, Nice clean cuts like I62400:41:58.320 --> 00:42:02.719
showed you eighteen twenty, I said, putting on my best62500:42:02.760 --> 00:42:06.000
dickering face eighteen and I'll show you what I do62600:42:06.119 --> 00:42:10.320
with them. Doc said, I don't think I want to know,62700:42:10.760 --> 00:42:14.639
I replied. Jimmy walked back to the van. He hated62800:42:14.639 --> 00:42:17.880
this part, but he loved the payday. We heard a62900:42:17.880 --> 00:42:21.679
thump and a scream from the van. God damn it, Jimmy,63000:42:22.360 --> 00:42:27.559
I yelled out. What was that? Doc asked, concerned. Just63100:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.280
then the woman came around from the side of the van,63200:42:30.400 --> 00:42:33.719
clutching her head. Blood flowed down over her face into63300:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.000
a crimson mask. She stumbled a few steps and fell63400:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.400
to her knees on the concrete floor with a wet63500:42:39.599 --> 00:42:44.559
slapping sound. What is the meaning of this, Doc asked,63600:42:44.559 --> 00:42:47.320
taking a step back. Jimmy came around the side of63700:42:47.360 --> 00:42:50.000
the van with a bloody ty iron. I'll take care63800:42:50.039 --> 00:42:55.079
of it. Wait, Doc called out. Everyone froze. The only63900:42:55.159 --> 00:42:58.480
noise were the sobs of the woman. Did you bring64000:42:58.559 --> 00:43:04.440
me a live one? Well, technically, Jimmy started twenty five,64100:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.559
I asked the doc. He looked for me, to the64200:43:07.599 --> 00:43:11.039
woman on the ground and back to me. Twenty two.64300:43:11.199 --> 00:43:16.400
She is damaged, Doc replied, deal. We shook hands on it.64400:43:17.159 --> 00:43:21.360
Damn it. Jimmy, get her under control, I yelled. The64500:43:21.440 --> 00:43:24.280
doc walked over and gave the woman a shot of something.64600:43:24.920 --> 00:43:28.559
She passed out almost instantly. He wiped her face clean.64700:43:29.480 --> 00:43:32.599
More like this, he said, as he pulled out a64800:43:32.639 --> 00:43:36.800
wad bigger than my cousin ever blew on poker and blow. Hmm.64900:43:37.639 --> 00:43:43.000
That could be a euphemism. Gambling, drugs and women. That's65000:43:43.039 --> 00:43:51.679
the life. The next few weeks were a blur, as65100:43:51.719 --> 00:43:55.840
we brought the doc livelier merchandise, and we had so65200:43:55.960 --> 00:43:58.719
much cash we ran out of mattresses to stuff it in.65300:43:59.360 --> 00:44:01.960
I got myself a safe deposit box down at the65400:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.079
bank and started stuffing some in there, just a backup65500:44:06.119 --> 00:44:08.239
in case Jimmy fucks up and I got a bolt65600:44:08.320 --> 00:44:13.320
on the idiot. Things were going great until it weren't anymore.65700:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.039
It was raining hard and Jimmy picked me up from65800:44:17.079 --> 00:44:19.880
my new apartment. The van had a leak in the65900:44:19.960 --> 00:44:22.360
roof about a foot from the back door, and it66000:44:22.480 --> 00:44:26.239
pinged annoyingly as it struck the metal floor. The van66100:44:26.360 --> 00:44:29.320
was cleaned right out. Nothing back there except an old66200:44:29.360 --> 00:44:32.920
milk crate we kept ratchet straps in. Where are we66300:44:32.960 --> 00:44:36.440
headed tonight? I asked, shaking the cold from my bones.66400:44:37.039 --> 00:44:39.239
I wondered how many more years of this I got66500:44:39.239 --> 00:44:41.679
in me? I should have enough money to head south66600:44:41.719 --> 00:44:45.119
and live on the beach, down to Mill Street. All66700:44:45.159 --> 00:44:47.800
the best horrors are down that way. We haven't hit66800:44:47.800 --> 00:44:50.840
it since the first week. No one should be suspicious,66900:44:51.400 --> 00:44:56.239
Jimmy said, It's amazing how the dynamic changed in our relationship.67000:44:57.320 --> 00:44:59.599
He knew his shit when it came to grabbing a woman,67100:44:59.639 --> 00:45:03.519
and no wa would miss hell. I think he was67200:45:03.599 --> 00:45:07.519
born for this job, A regular people person, my cousin.67300:45:08.719 --> 00:45:11.559
We pulled the van around the corner from this greasy67400:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.960
biker bar with a generic name like Mad Mike's or67500:45:15.039 --> 00:45:19.079
some dumb shit like that. The woman paraded up and67600:45:19.199 --> 00:45:22.519
down the block, either working for the bikers or trying67700:45:22.519 --> 00:45:26.119
to earn their gas money. We looking for a redhead tonight,67800:45:26.559 --> 00:45:29.880
he asked for one specifically. Jimmy explained, as he lit67900:45:29.960 --> 00:45:33.920
up a cigarette. How do we know if they're natural?68000:45:34.159 --> 00:45:37.800
I asked, Oh, I can tell, don't you worry, cousin.68100:45:38.719 --> 00:45:42.199
I rolled my eyes. Hey, hon, you got a dry68200:45:42.239 --> 00:45:45.039
place to fuck? Came the voice of a young woman68300:45:45.079 --> 00:45:48.719
almost instantly. She had an umbrella, but it wasn't helping68400:45:48.760 --> 00:45:52.280
her much. It was broken on one side. I walked68500:45:52.280 --> 00:45:55.079
closer to talk to the girl, to play the game,68600:45:55.159 --> 00:45:57.719
to get her back to the van and eventually to68700:45:57.840 --> 00:46:02.440
the dock for a payday. Just then she dropped to68800:46:02.480 --> 00:46:05.519
the ground under the blow from the tire iron Jimmy held.68900:46:06.199 --> 00:46:11.599
I glanced around. What the fuck, man, Relax, it's raining69000:46:11.679 --> 00:46:14.480
tits out here. No one saw or heard grab her feet,69100:46:14.840 --> 00:46:18.880
Jimmy ordered. Think about what you just said, raining tits.69200:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.360
I think that would fucking hurt, I said, and slapped69300:46:22.400 --> 00:46:26.000
him upside that damaged brain of his. Maybe it would69400:46:26.000 --> 00:46:29.239
fix it. Shut up and grab her, he said, rubbing69500:46:29.239 --> 00:46:32.440
his head. I complied. To expedite the time to get69600:46:32.480 --> 00:46:35.199
back to where it was dry, we threw her into69700:46:35.239 --> 00:46:38.239
the back. I climbed in and ratchet strapped her down69800:46:38.480 --> 00:46:41.960
as Jimmy started up the van. I thought we weren't69900:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.880
supposed to damage them any more, I asked, yeah, Well,70000:46:46.559 --> 00:46:49.679
she looked like my ex was Jimmy's response from the70100:46:49.719 --> 00:46:53.239
front seat. I braced against the wall for my crazy70200:46:53.320 --> 00:46:57.320
cousins driving. We showed up at docks a few minutes later.70300:46:57.800 --> 00:47:01.320
I only had a few new bruises. I unstrapped the ratchet.70400:47:02.440 --> 00:47:04.679
See what I did there? I pushed her out the70500:47:04.719 --> 00:47:08.400
door and into the waiting arms of Jimmy. I almost70600:47:08.480 --> 00:47:11.239
felt bad for her. At least I haven't seen his70700:47:11.320 --> 00:47:14.719
penis in a week. Oh, come on, will you put70800:47:14.719 --> 00:47:17.960
that thing away? For fuck's sake, I said, averting my eyes.70900:47:18.039 --> 00:47:20.840
Even though it was too late. The doc is late.71000:47:21.400 --> 00:47:25.079
Why can't I have a little fun, Jimmy asked, Because71100:47:25.079 --> 00:47:29.760
we ain't goddamn rapists, you asshole, I said, And after71200:47:29.800 --> 00:47:33.360
having met my quota on cousin penis seeing I booted71300:47:33.440 --> 00:47:36.000
him in the tea bag. He doubled over and fell71400:47:36.079 --> 00:47:38.880
to the floor. The horror started to run, but I71500:47:38.960 --> 00:47:43.559
grabbed her hair. He ain't going anywhere, I said, Where71600:47:43.679 --> 00:47:46.519
was the doc? Anyway? It weren't like him to be late.71700:47:46.960 --> 00:47:49.639
Jimmy said, maybe we should go inside and take a71800:47:49.679 --> 00:47:52.599
look for I don't want to go in there. Who71900:47:52.639 --> 00:47:56.280
knows what the hell he's an experimenting on? I said,72000:47:56.320 --> 00:48:00.280
shaking my head, no sense of adventure, Jimmy quipped and72100:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.239
grabbed the girl from me. He pushed her towards the72200:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.519
door the dock usually comes out from. He grabbed the72300:48:06.519 --> 00:48:11.079
handle and yanked the door open. Instantly we knew something72400:48:11.199 --> 00:48:14.280
was wrong. The lights were flickering in there, and it72500:48:14.320 --> 00:48:20.800
was quiet, too quiet, even quieter than that, so quiet72600:48:20.840 --> 00:48:23.400
a deaf man could hear you fart, A silent one.72700:48:24.039 --> 00:48:27.119
That's a saying, ain't it. The woman stopped a few72800:48:27.119 --> 00:48:29.599
steps in. We crowded up next to her to take72900:48:29.599 --> 00:48:33.840
in the scene. Tables were overturned, all kinds of medical73000:48:33.880 --> 00:48:36.000
stuff littered the floor. It was a It was a73100:48:36.039 --> 00:48:41.840
fucking mess. Oh, and there was the dock. You okay, doc,73200:48:42.480 --> 00:48:45.280
I asked, taking a few steps forward and bending down.73300:48:46.199 --> 00:48:50.239
He wasn't moving. I think he's dead, Jimmy said, pointing73400:48:50.239 --> 00:48:53.440
to the holes in his chest and the exploded ears.73500:48:54.480 --> 00:48:57.079
I guess I should have started with that. He was Uh,73600:48:57.679 --> 00:49:01.159
he was fucked up. The woman's screamed behind her duct73700:49:01.159 --> 00:49:04.079
tape and tried to leave. Jimmy was quicker than me73800:49:04.199 --> 00:49:07.280
and grabbed her. As we heard movement further in, I73900:49:07.320 --> 00:49:10.360
whipped out my nine millimeter and aimed it towards the noise.74000:49:11.400 --> 00:49:14.760
We didn't see anything at first, but then I saw74100:49:14.800 --> 00:49:24.480
something small, something insignificant. Is that bees? I asked about74200:49:24.480 --> 00:49:26.960
a half dozen or so took flight across the room74300:49:27.159 --> 00:49:29.960
and came right for us. The woman wretched free and74400:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.440
tried to run again. Jimmy should have hit her in74500:49:32.440 --> 00:49:34.920
the legs instead of the head, for Christ's sake. The74600:49:34.960 --> 00:49:37.440
bees streaked past us and entered the woman's head through74700:49:37.480 --> 00:49:40.960
her ears. A loud, screeching noise came from within and74800:49:41.079 --> 00:49:45.119
grew second by second. It was almost too much to bear.74900:49:45.480 --> 00:49:47.519
We clutched our ears and dropped to the ground as75000:49:47.519 --> 00:49:51.199
we watched the woman's ears begin to bleed. The shrieking75100:49:51.280 --> 00:49:53.760
stopped as her ear drums exploded in a spray of75200:49:53.800 --> 00:49:56.280
blood out of each side of her head. She fell75300:49:56.320 --> 00:49:58.480
to the ground and the bees began to swarm around75400:49:58.519 --> 00:50:02.360
the corpse, and I booked it towards the door to escape.75500:50:02.519 --> 00:50:04.519
Jimmy was first and tried to close me in with75600:50:04.559 --> 00:50:09.840
the the what the fuck do I call them? Banshee bees?75700:50:10.679 --> 00:50:14.960
Bansh bees? What the hell was the doctor into? Jimmy75800:50:15.000 --> 00:50:17.400
locked me in. The bastard I had to run the75900:50:17.440 --> 00:50:21.320
other way deeper into the warehouse. I slammed the door76000:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.480
behind me. I didn't have any bees following me, so76100:50:24.559 --> 00:50:27.719
I was safe for the moment. I could hear Jimmy76200:50:27.760 --> 00:50:30.239
trying to get that piece of shit Old Ford started.76300:50:30.760 --> 00:50:33.840
We really should have gotten a better collection vehicle with76400:50:33.880 --> 00:50:36.559
our money. Jimmy, you fuck. I hope they sting the76500:50:36.599 --> 00:50:40.079
fuck out of you, I shouted in his direction. I76600:50:40.159 --> 00:50:44.480
passed table upon table of the doc's work, body pieces76700:50:44.519 --> 00:50:50.039
sewn together, jars of things, some of them moving. I76800:50:50.159 --> 00:50:54.440
tried to ignore those. There was some disturbing mad scientist76900:50:54.519 --> 00:50:59.800
shit happening. I mean, besides the screaming bees. That sounds77000:50:59.800 --> 00:51:03.599
like a band name. Another door blocked my path. Through77100:51:03.599 --> 00:51:05.840
the little glass pane, I could see an exit door.77200:51:06.280 --> 00:51:09.239
I was almost out of here. Then I tracked down77300:51:09.280 --> 00:51:12.639
that cousin of mine and beat the shit out of him.77400:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.199
Everyone has to have goals, right, I reached for the77500:51:16.239 --> 00:51:19.480
door as I heard some buzzing behind me. I twisted77600:51:19.559 --> 00:51:24.719
quickly and saw a sight I never expected. Bees began77700:51:24.840 --> 00:51:27.360
to burst from the flesh of all the body parts.77800:51:28.320 --> 00:51:30.800
The doc must have used the bodies as some kind77900:51:30.840 --> 00:51:34.639
of a berthing hive or something. I don't know how78000:51:34.679 --> 00:51:38.679
bees work. Soon dozens of them were buzzing around the room,78100:51:38.800 --> 00:51:42.760
getting closer and closer to me. I grabbed the first78200:51:42.760 --> 00:51:45.000
thing I could find to fight them off, and swung78300:51:45.079 --> 00:51:48.079
the object. It kind of made me laugh. Using a78400:51:48.199 --> 00:51:51.800
severed arm as a fly swatter with a loud slap,78500:51:51.880 --> 00:51:54.880
the arm came down on one of those stainless steel tables,78600:51:55.079 --> 00:51:59.159
crushing two of the bastards. This was downright inefficient, I thought.78700:52:00.079 --> 00:52:02.199
I gave up, tossing the arm at the swarm and78800:52:02.280 --> 00:52:05.039
diving through the door. The small room on the other78900:52:05.119 --> 00:52:08.639
side was dimly lit from a grimy window. I stepped79000:52:08.679 --> 00:52:13.800
towards the exit stop buzzed a voice behind me. I79100:52:13.880 --> 00:52:16.320
turned as the hair raised on the back of my neck.79200:52:17.159 --> 00:52:20.400
In front of me was the DOC. I thought you79300:52:20.440 --> 00:52:27.599
were dead, no reborn, he buzzed. I saw in the79400:52:27.639 --> 00:52:32.079
shadowy light hundreds of bees crawling over his flesh, burrowing79500:52:32.199 --> 00:52:36.559
in and out. He seemed oblivious to it. Doc, I79600:52:36.599 --> 00:52:39.480
gotta run. Jimmy is waiting for me. We got some79700:52:39.519 --> 00:52:43.440
hot dates lined up, I explained. He didn't seem to care.79800:52:44.199 --> 00:52:48.079
He stepped an awkward step forward. That's when I noticed79900:52:48.119 --> 00:52:54.880
his eyes were gone, just dark holes full of bees. Joynie,80000:52:57.519 --> 00:53:01.000
the voice rumbled in his chest. When he opened his mouth,80100:53:01.119 --> 00:53:04.719
only bees fell out. This was by and large creepier80200:53:04.760 --> 00:53:08.400
than anything Jimmy had ever subjected me to. Really, I80300:53:08.679 --> 00:53:11.800
gotta go, I said, and reached for the door. A80400:53:11.800 --> 00:53:14.639
few dozen bees got between me and the door, and80500:53:14.679 --> 00:53:17.760
I took a step back. Panic began to set in.80600:53:18.960 --> 00:53:27.239
Join the be one of us the glory. Iive mine.80700:53:29.599 --> 00:53:33.519
Quit palling my leg, I quipped, thinking myself clever, But80800:53:33.599 --> 00:53:37.239
it looked like I was the only one. Bees circled80900:53:37.280 --> 00:53:40.840
back around bee Dock and crawled over and into his flesh.81000:53:42.039 --> 00:53:44.280
Just then a crash made me drop to the ground81100:53:44.280 --> 00:53:47.920
and piss my pants. Or did I piss them first?81200:53:48.639 --> 00:53:51.400
Either way, there I was lying on the ground, covered81300:53:51.480 --> 00:53:54.280
and piss and debristhe as that piece of shit forward81400:53:54.320 --> 00:53:57.119
crashed through the wall and smashed into bee Dock and81500:53:57.239 --> 00:54:00.800
pinned his carcass against the wall. Jimmy out of the81600:54:00.880 --> 00:54:03.880
cab with a bent lit cigarette in his mouth. The81700:54:03.920 --> 00:54:07.800
bees emerged and started to swarm around Doc's corpse. I81800:54:07.880 --> 00:54:09.880
got up and tried to wipe the debris from my81900:54:10.000 --> 00:54:13.599
damp pants with some dignity about time you showed up.82000:54:14.360 --> 00:54:17.159
Couldn't get the old horror running. Think she needs a82100:54:17.199 --> 00:54:20.639
vacation to the scrapyard, Jimmy said, and reached into the van.82200:54:21.000 --> 00:54:23.760
He pulled out a torch and a gas can. Dump this.82300:54:24.719 --> 00:54:27.280
I splashed the gases close to the corpse in the82400:54:27.280 --> 00:54:30.320
front of the van. As I could brave. The swarm82500:54:30.480 --> 00:54:34.400
was getting more and more agitated. I saw the crushed82600:54:34.440 --> 00:54:38.760
body and the hive walls inside. There was nothing left82700:54:38.800 --> 00:54:41.920
of the man that was the dock. The bees began82800:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.960
to shriek and vibrate. They were hurting my ears. I82900:54:46.000 --> 00:54:48.960
had just enough time to see Jimmy's cigarette fly over83000:54:49.000 --> 00:54:52.880
my shoulder and hear the whoosh behind me. What the fuck?83100:54:53.360 --> 00:54:55.480
I said, as I got out of the way, feeling83200:54:55.480 --> 00:54:59.199
the heat on my back. The bees scream was unbearable,83300:54:59.519 --> 00:55:03.519
but dying down as they burned. More of the room83400:55:03.639 --> 00:55:06.280
began to catch fire and the smoke was getting thick.83500:55:06.920 --> 00:55:11.440
We made our way outside. Are you okay, I asked83600:55:11.480 --> 00:55:16.400
Jimmy as he stopped to light another cigarette outside the building. Yeah,83700:55:16.880 --> 00:55:19.280
you think that woman we grabbed is still in one piece,83800:55:19.800 --> 00:55:24.199
Jimmy asked. I fired a shot into the back of83900:55:24.280 --> 00:55:27.960
Jimmy's head. He fell forward onto the pavement with the84000:55:28.000 --> 00:55:32.679
still unlit cigarette in his mouth. You're a real asshole, Jimmy,84100:55:33.239 --> 00:55:36.519
I said, and headed down the road towards my safe84200:55:36.559 --> 00:55:50.320
deposit box. The babysitter by Rob Fields. I'm walking down84300:55:50.360 --> 00:55:54.760
Sheffield Avenue, which is located over in Strickfield Commons. As84400:55:54.800 --> 00:55:57.360
I'm looking at all the beautiful homes that line each84500:55:57.480 --> 00:56:01.599
and every block, I remember that everybody and anybody who84600:56:01.639 --> 00:56:04.719
lives in Strickfield knows that this is where the rich84700:56:04.760 --> 00:56:08.440
people live. Further down this street, I can see the84800:56:08.480 --> 00:56:12.760
wall that surrounds the properties where all of those mirens live.84900:56:13.639 --> 00:56:15.719
It must be nice to have the kind of money85000:56:15.719 --> 00:56:18.800
that they've got. They sure don't have to take babysitting85100:56:18.880 --> 00:56:22.280
jobs just to be able to make money. Kelsey, A85200:56:22.360 --> 00:56:25.119
woman calls out to me. I quickly come out of85300:56:25.119 --> 00:56:28.159
my thoughts and turn to see missus Nancy Marsden, standing85400:56:28.199 --> 00:56:30.440
in the front door of the house I'm supposed to85500:56:30.440 --> 00:56:34.599
be babysitting for. Sorry, I guess I got lost in85600:56:34.679 --> 00:56:38.280
my own thoughts. I say to her in my mousey voice.85700:56:39.000 --> 00:56:42.119
She gives me a little smile. Well, come on, in.85800:56:42.440 --> 00:56:44.599
My husband and I are getting ready to leave. We85900:56:44.599 --> 00:56:47.440
were just waiting for you. I turn and walk to86000:56:47.480 --> 00:56:50.519
the front porch. I walk up the steps and Missus86100:56:50.519 --> 00:56:53.880
Marsden steps aside to let me come in. This house86200:56:54.480 --> 00:57:00.440
always smells like potpoury, definitely a pleasant smell. This beautiful86300:57:00.519 --> 00:57:03.480
house isn't one of those mansions the Mirons live in,86400:57:03.920 --> 00:57:05.679
but I would live in a house like this if86500:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.679
I had that kind of money. The potpourrie smell is86600:57:08.719 --> 00:57:13.079
overtaken by the smells of something savory, which makes my86700:57:13.119 --> 00:57:18.079
stomach growl. Then Jonathan Marsden himself comes out of the kitchen, Kelsey,86800:57:18.320 --> 00:57:22.320
glad you could finally make it. Aren't you two going86900:57:22.360 --> 00:57:26.239
out tonight? I ask, Oh, we are? He says, I'm87000:57:26.239 --> 00:57:28.920
actually putting dinner on the table for you and the kids.87100:57:29.400 --> 00:57:32.679
One of the perks about babysitting for the Marsdens. They87200:57:32.719 --> 00:57:36.199
feed me real good. Either they give me money to87300:57:36.320 --> 00:57:40.039
order something to have delivered, or Jonathan makes dinner. I87400:57:40.159 --> 00:57:42.480
take off my coat and let Missus Marsden have it.87500:57:42.880 --> 00:57:44.719
Then I go into the dining room and see three87600:57:45.119 --> 00:57:48.320
very nice turkey dinners on the table. I've got to87700:57:48.360 --> 00:57:50.679
take good care of you, Kelsey, since you take good87800:57:50.719 --> 00:57:53.360
care of our kids, he says with a wink. Sit,87900:57:54.440 --> 00:57:56.800
I go and sit at the table. Then the two88000:57:56.880 --> 00:57:59.840
children I'm babysitting come in and sit. Stephen and David88100:57:59.880 --> 00:58:02.840
are across from each other, nine and ten years old.88200:58:02.960 --> 00:58:06.760
They both give me those dirty looks. Can't you get88300:58:06.800 --> 00:58:11.519
a better babysitter? Stephen complains to his dad, Yeah, she's88400:58:11.559 --> 00:58:15.599
such a nerd. David adds, Kelsey wears those stupid glasses88500:58:15.679 --> 00:58:19.039
and she can't even play video games that good. Jonathan88600:58:19.039 --> 00:58:23.719
gives them a gentle sigh. Now you too, Kelsey takes88700:58:23.760 --> 00:58:26.760
good care of you both, doesn't she. They give me88800:58:26.840 --> 00:58:31.119
their dirty looks again. As you can tell, they really88900:58:31.159 --> 00:58:34.920
don't like me that much. Still, they can't tell their89000:58:34.960 --> 00:58:37.920
dad that I hurt them in any way. No. I89100:58:38.000 --> 00:58:41.039
treat them with kid gloves and pretty much let them89200:58:41.039 --> 00:58:44.559
do whatever they want. When the kids don't reply, Jonathan89300:58:44.599 --> 00:58:47.400
tells us to go ahead and meat. Nancy comes into89400:58:47.400 --> 00:58:50.559
the kitchen. We'd better get going, dear, we don't want89500:58:50.559 --> 00:58:55.360
to be late, right, Jonathan agrees. When Nancy leaves, Jonathan89600:58:55.400 --> 00:58:58.159
comes up behind me and pats my shoulder. You've got89700:58:58.199 --> 00:59:00.960
this under control. As always, I'll pay you when we89800:59:01.000 --> 00:59:03.719
get back. You'll probably get a bonus if there are89900:59:03.719 --> 00:59:07.719
no issues. Jonathan and Nancy leave. Now it's just me90000:59:07.840 --> 00:59:10.440
and the kids. They start giving me a hard time90100:59:10.480 --> 00:59:14.159
again about my glasses and how I suck at video games.90200:59:14.400 --> 00:59:17.159
Then Stephen tells me the only reason their dad hires90300:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.519
me to babysit them is because he says I'm a90400:59:19.559 --> 00:59:22.639
cute little thing. Then David tells me I look like90500:59:22.679 --> 00:59:28.360
a little girl. I sure wish my body would have90600:59:28.400 --> 00:59:31.679
developed as much as my brain. They're right when they90700:59:31.719 --> 00:59:34.840
say I look really young for my age. I've been90800:59:34.880 --> 00:59:37.519
told that I look like I'm twelve when I'm really90900:59:37.599 --> 00:59:40.280
much older. I can't even get into an R rated91000:59:40.360 --> 00:59:44.280
movie without having my ID with me. After we finish dinner,91100:59:44.320 --> 00:59:46.599
I go ahead and do the dishes. The kids are91200:59:46.679 --> 00:59:50.400
running around and acting like kids. I have to tell91300:59:50.400 --> 00:59:52.920
them to settle down. When I'm done with the dishes,91400:59:52.960 --> 00:59:55.400
I join the boys in the living room. Then they91500:59:55.480 --> 00:59:58.519
attack me and start wrestling me. I end up getting91600:59:58.519 --> 01:00:01.400
a little rough with them, enough to hurt them. Of course,91701:00:01.840 --> 01:00:03.800
in time, I get them to sit down and we91801:00:03.880 --> 01:00:07.960
watch a couple of movies. Their choices of course, when91901:00:07.960 --> 01:00:10.039
it gets to be around ten o'clock, I tell them92001:00:10.119 --> 01:00:12.920
it's time to head upstairs and go to bed. Of course,92101:00:13.280 --> 01:00:15.119
they always have to ask me if I can let92201:00:15.119 --> 01:00:18.360
them stay up a little later. I bend a little92301:00:18.360 --> 01:00:21.280
and give them another half hour. Then I finally make92401:00:21.320 --> 01:00:24.719
them go upstairs. In fact, I make sure they're both92501:00:24.719 --> 01:00:28.400
in their pajamas and getting into bed. One other time92601:00:28.480 --> 01:00:31.519
before I caught them messing around in their parents' room.92701:00:32.119 --> 01:00:34.960
Don't even think about raiding any of the other rooms92801:00:35.000 --> 01:00:38.440
up here. I tell them, I can hear you downstairs92901:00:38.480 --> 01:00:41.760
and I'll be up Yeah, you're just waiting for dad93001:00:41.800 --> 01:00:45.760
to get home. David quips, Well, yeah, I say, he's93101:00:45.800 --> 01:00:48.360
got to pay me right, and then you can show93201:00:48.400 --> 01:00:53.599
him your boobs, Steven teases. I open my mouth wide, Steven,93301:00:53.960 --> 01:00:56.079
you are much too young to be talking about things93401:00:56.159 --> 01:00:58.800
like that. I point at the both of them. Now93501:00:58.840 --> 01:01:01.760
get to bed. I'm downstairs and i'll hear you if93601:01:01.760 --> 01:01:03.880
you're messing around up here, and if I hear you,93701:01:04.320 --> 01:01:07.679
I'm coming back up here and killing you both. They93801:01:07.719 --> 01:01:11.159
both give me poudy sighs and finally get under their covers.93901:01:11.559 --> 01:01:13.400
I wait a bit before I turn out the light94001:01:13.599 --> 01:01:16.559
and head back downstairs. I sit in a recliner and94101:01:16.559 --> 01:01:19.159
turn on the TV. I turn the volume down enough94201:01:19.199 --> 01:01:21.719
so I can hear it and not disturb the kids.94301:01:22.280 --> 01:01:25.559
There's a news program that shows the Statn House, which94401:01:25.599 --> 01:01:28.960
is just a few blocks away still here in Strickfield Commons.94501:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.320
A reporter is talking about a murder that happened there94601:01:32.559 --> 01:01:36.039
just last night. Turns out the three children who lived94701:01:36.039 --> 01:01:41.039
in that house were all murdered violently. They've been reporting94801:01:41.039 --> 01:01:43.360
on a lot of kids being murdered in the last94901:01:43.440 --> 01:01:48.320
few months. They obviously haven't caught whomever did it. I95001:01:48.400 --> 01:01:50.599
click the remote and try to find something to watch.95101:01:51.119 --> 01:01:53.800
It's one of those nights where nothing's on. I adjust95201:01:53.880 --> 01:01:56.960
my new glasses and wish I hadn't broken my other ones.95301:01:57.559 --> 01:01:59.840
I guess that's what happens when you get careless, right,95401:02:00.800 --> 01:02:03.079
I turn off the TV and pull out my smartphone.95501:02:03.599 --> 01:02:05.760
Just as I'm about to mess around on it, I95601:02:05.800 --> 01:02:09.000
hear the telephone ring. It surprises me that the Marsdens95701:02:09.039 --> 01:02:11.920
still have a landline, as rich as they are. I95801:02:11.960 --> 01:02:17.079
get up and answer the phone. Hello, Marsden residents, Oh95901:02:17.119 --> 01:02:20.639
are the children this evening? This weird voice asks me,96001:02:21.679 --> 01:02:28.679
excuse me, how are the children this evening? The voice repeats, Um,96101:02:29.440 --> 01:02:34.519
can I help you with something? I demanded impatiently. Click.96201:02:35.440 --> 01:02:39.159
Stupid prank callers, I mutter as I hang up the receiver.96301:02:40.000 --> 01:02:42.000
I go back to the living room and sit down96401:02:42.039 --> 01:02:44.920
with my smartphone. I open up Facebook and check out96501:02:44.920 --> 01:02:48.280
my notifications. Then I mess around on Twitter and post96601:02:48.320 --> 01:02:51.440
a few responses. After that, I look at some of96701:02:51.440 --> 01:02:59.239
my picks. After a while, the telephone rings again. I96801:02:59.400 --> 01:03:02.119
groan and get up to go answer it. I pick96901:03:02.199 --> 01:03:08.280
up the receiver. Hello, Marsden residents, don't you think you97001:03:08.320 --> 01:03:14.920
should be keeping a closer eye on the children? It's97101:03:14.920 --> 01:03:18.360
that weird voice again. Seriously, what do you want? The97201:03:18.440 --> 01:03:21.039
marsden'sren't home right now. You'll have to call back later,97301:03:21.320 --> 01:03:26.119
preferably tomorrow morning, I say, with a bit more impatience.97401:03:27.280 --> 01:03:31.480
I wouldn't get too comfortable if I were you. Click.97501:03:32.800 --> 01:03:36.119
I groan and hang up the receiver. I realize that97601:03:36.159 --> 01:03:38.719
I have to go to the bathroom. After I finish,97701:03:38.840 --> 01:03:41.440
I'm washing my hands. Then I'm looking at myself in97801:03:41.480 --> 01:03:45.400
the mirror. Yeah right, I'm a cute little girl. Give97901:03:45.440 --> 01:03:49.159
me a break, I muttered to myself. I look myself98001:03:49.199 --> 01:03:52.119
over in the mirror again. The best I can do98101:03:52.239 --> 01:03:55.320
to describe myself is that I look like a small98201:03:55.440 --> 01:03:59.039
bean pole version of Velma from Scooby Doo. I've got98301:03:59.079 --> 01:04:02.199
the same dark hair is Velma, except mine is straight98401:04:02.239 --> 01:04:05.440
and goes halfway down my back. I also have freckles98501:04:05.440 --> 01:04:08.559
on my cheeks. Then I look down at my chest.98601:04:09.559 --> 01:04:12.440
I can't believe that Stephen would attack me and talk98701:04:12.440 --> 01:04:16.480
about my boobs. Okay, I'm not endowed like many of98801:04:16.519 --> 01:04:19.599
the cheerleaders at Strickfield High, but I'd like to think98901:04:19.599 --> 01:04:21.719
that I have enough to at least tell people I'm99001:04:22.199 --> 01:04:27.360
really a woman and not a little girl. So frustrating,99101:04:28.000 --> 01:04:30.199
I turn away from the mirror and leave the bathroom,99201:04:30.280 --> 01:04:37.800
turning off the light. And the telephone's ringing again. I'd99301:04:37.880 --> 01:04:43.239
grown again and go pick up the receiver. Yes, did99401:04:43.280 --> 01:04:49.360
you even check to see if all the doors were locked? A? Pause? Kelsey,99501:04:50.519 --> 01:04:55.519
My eyes open real wide. Seriously, what do you want?99601:04:56.159 --> 01:05:00.559
I'd be checking those doors? If I will? You click?99701:05:01.960 --> 01:05:04.880
I growl and slam the receiver down. Then I move99801:05:04.960 --> 01:05:08.920
and check the doors. They're all locked up tight. I99901:05:08.960 --> 01:05:12.239
even check the windows down here, I mean the Marsdens100001:05:12.280 --> 01:05:15.400
wouldn't have them unlocked anyway, right, not in the middle100101:05:15.440 --> 01:05:19.440
of November. Seriously, what does this person want? Why does100201:05:19.440 --> 01:05:23.440
he keep calling here? I take a deep breath, keep100301:05:23.480 --> 01:05:26.400
it together. Now, it's just some idiot who's trying to100401:05:26.440 --> 01:05:29.840
scare you for some cheap thrills. I return to the100501:05:29.880 --> 01:05:33.800
phone and wait for it to ring again, which it does.100601:05:34.960 --> 01:05:39.199
I pick it up. Now what you should have been100701:05:39.320 --> 01:05:42.480
checking the doors to make sure you could unlock them.100801:05:43.599 --> 01:05:47.280
I'll be coming for you soon, Kelsey. There we will100901:05:47.400 --> 01:05:53.000
be no escape for you this time. I'm the one101001:05:53.000 --> 01:05:55.559
who hangs up on him. I need to go and101101:05:55.639 --> 01:05:59.519
check on the kids. Then the telephone rings again. I101201:05:59.559 --> 01:06:01.679
swear I'm going to rip the phone cord out. I101301:06:01.719 --> 01:06:05.639
pick up the receiver. Leave me alone, I yell. In101401:06:05.719 --> 01:06:11.199
a little while, you'll be more alone than you think. Prominently,101501:06:12.000 --> 01:06:14.719
I'll be coming for you in just a short while,101601:06:14.840 --> 01:06:20.719
and you will belong to me. Click. I have had it.101701:06:21.000 --> 01:06:23.039
I hang up the receiver and then pick it back101801:06:23.119 --> 01:06:26.840
up again. I dial zero for the operator. Yes, I101901:06:26.840 --> 01:06:29.599
can't believe I actually got an answer from an actual person.102001:06:30.239 --> 01:06:33.719
Must be the phone service the Marsdans are using. Yes,102101:06:34.119 --> 01:06:37.880
I've been receiving these harassing phone calls. I don't know102201:06:37.920 --> 01:06:40.800
where they're coming from, but the caller's been threatening me.102301:06:41.559 --> 01:06:44.199
The operator tells me to call her back if it102401:06:44.239 --> 01:06:46.840
happens again, and she would try and trace the call.102501:06:47.400 --> 01:06:50.000
And that's the end of that conversation for the moment.102601:06:51.400 --> 01:06:54.400
Not even thirty seconds after I've hung up, the telephone102701:06:55.079 --> 01:06:58.840
it rings again. I pick it up and hope it's102801:06:59.119 --> 01:07:01.880
maybe the operator giving me a big break and telling102901:07:01.920 --> 01:07:04.960
me she's found the creep who's been calling me. No103001:07:05.079 --> 01:07:11.360
such luck. You're a very bad babysitter, Kelsey. Has it103101:07:11.400 --> 01:07:15.320
ever occurred to you that you maybe should go check103201:07:15.400 --> 01:07:19.639
on the children? You better hurry because I'm coming for103301:07:19.760 --> 01:07:24.679
you now. Click. I quickly call the operator back and103401:07:24.719 --> 01:07:27.079
tell her what happened. She tells me to hang up103501:07:27.239 --> 01:07:30.320
and she'll call me back. Shortly after hanging up, I103601:07:30.360 --> 01:07:33.039
turned to go and check on the kids. I hold103701:07:33.079 --> 01:07:37.039
myself at how scared I really am. I shriek. When103801:07:37.079 --> 01:07:39.639
the telephone rings again. I quickly turn and pick up103901:07:39.679 --> 01:07:43.880
the receiver. Leave me alone. God damn you, it's the104001:07:43.920 --> 01:07:47.800
operator calling me back. I quickly apologize. There's no time104101:07:47.840 --> 01:07:50.519
for pleasantries. As she tells me, I need to get104201:07:50.559 --> 01:07:53.920
out of the house immediately. She just told me that104301:07:53.920 --> 01:07:56.920
that the calls are coming from another line inside this104401:07:57.119 --> 01:07:59.719
very house. She tells me she's already got the police coming.104501:08:00.239 --> 01:08:02.000
I hang up and quickly make my way to the104601:08:02.039 --> 01:08:05.400
front door. I'm already hearing sirens coming. As soon as104701:08:05.440 --> 01:08:07.880
I'm outside, the police car parks right across the street.104801:08:08.039 --> 01:08:10.639
Two officers get out. Then the driver opens the rear104901:08:10.679 --> 01:08:13.480
door and lets a college aged girl out. I rush105001:08:13.519 --> 01:08:16.640
to the officers and explain everything that's been happening. I105101:08:16.720 --> 01:08:18.960
can go in and check it out. The girl tells105201:08:18.960 --> 01:08:23.199
the officers maybe clues got left behind, not without one105301:08:23.239 --> 01:08:27.319
of us backing you up, Devereaux. Officer stro tells her, remember,105401:08:27.760 --> 01:08:30.279
even though you're working with us, you're still a college intern.105501:08:31.119 --> 01:08:35.319
I understand. Devereux replies, which one of you is accompanying me?105601:08:36.079 --> 01:08:40.760
I will, Officer Shulden offers. Officer Shulden accompanies the Devereux105701:08:40.840 --> 01:08:43.560
girl to the house. They both go in and look around.105801:08:44.000 --> 01:08:47.319
It's several minutes later before they come back out. There's105901:08:47.359 --> 01:08:52.600
nobody upstairs, Officer Shulden tells us. Devereux speaks up. The106001:08:52.640 --> 01:08:55.000
two beds in the kids room were slept in, but106101:08:55.039 --> 01:08:58.680
they're not there now. Officer Shulden heard me calling for them,106201:08:58.680 --> 01:09:01.880
but we never got an answer. They're really not there.106301:09:02.279 --> 01:09:06.439
I shriek, are you serious? I run away from them106401:09:06.479 --> 01:09:09.079
and head back into the house. I don't even hear106501:09:09.119 --> 01:09:11.760
the officers calling out behind me. I race up the106601:09:11.760 --> 01:09:15.960
stairs into the boy's room. Sure enough, Stephen and David106701:09:15.960 --> 01:09:20.279
are nowhere to be found. Oh my god, I scream?106801:09:21.000 --> 01:09:24.359
What am I going to say to the Marsdens. It's106901:09:24.399 --> 01:09:26.760
a little after one am when I cut through a107001:09:26.880 --> 01:09:29.079
yard and walk into the wooded area between there and107101:09:29.119 --> 01:09:32.079
my house. Boy, did I ever hear it from the107201:09:32.119 --> 01:09:34.840
Marsdens after the police called them and got them to107301:09:34.840 --> 01:09:39.439
come home. Needless to say, they refused to pay me.107401:09:40.640 --> 01:09:43.359
How did somebody just come inside the house and take107501:09:43.399 --> 01:09:47.720
the kids like that? How? I'm halfway through the woods107601:09:47.720 --> 01:09:52.079
when I hear some twigs breaking just behind me. I107701:09:52.159 --> 01:09:56.439
gulp and turn in another direction. Seriously, who did I107801:09:56.479 --> 01:09:59.239
piss off? Who wants to kill me? Where did I107901:09:59.279 --> 01:10:02.159
go wrong? I run out of the woods and back108001:10:02.199 --> 01:10:04.960
out to the well lit streets. I keep moving and108101:10:05.039 --> 01:10:07.960
know I'll be home soon. Just then a car pulls108201:10:08.039 --> 01:10:12.439
up to me. The passenger window rolls down. It's Devereux,108301:10:12.800 --> 01:10:17.359
that police intern. Are you all right, Kelsey, she asks me.108401:10:18.239 --> 01:10:20.520
You want me to take you home? I don't mind.108501:10:21.520 --> 01:10:24.039
I look back in the direction of the woods and108601:10:24.159 --> 01:10:27.039
know that I don't want to face down that creep108701:10:27.199 --> 01:10:30.039
if it turns out he really is following me. Without108801:10:30.079 --> 01:10:32.079
a second thought, I opened the door and get in.108901:10:32.760 --> 01:10:37.119
After pulling the door shut, Devereux starts driving. Thank you,109001:10:37.720 --> 01:10:41.359
I exclaimed, gratefully, no problem. I just want to make109101:10:41.399 --> 01:10:44.119
sure you get where you need to be. I remember109201:10:44.119 --> 01:10:46.960
who you are now. You've been on the news before.109301:10:47.560 --> 01:10:51.239
You're Reagan Devereux when the cops said you were an intern,109401:10:51.279 --> 01:10:54.399
and I thought your name sounded familiar. You've been helping109501:10:54.399 --> 01:10:59.079
the police department solve their hardest cases. Why, yes, you're right,109601:10:59.319 --> 01:11:03.079
she says. I've certainly earned plenty of credit hours, that's109701:11:03.119 --> 01:11:05.600
for sure. I was just told today that there would109801:11:05.640 --> 01:11:08.079
be a detective position waiting for me at the Strickfield109901:11:08.119 --> 01:11:12.439
Police Department after I graduate from the university. I suddenly110001:11:12.439 --> 01:11:16.760
feel sad. Too bad you couldn't solve what happened to110101:11:17.720 --> 01:11:23.039
Stephen and David there's a brief silence, then Devereux talks110201:11:23.079 --> 01:11:26.800
to me. I wouldn't be too worried about the Marsden110301:11:26.880 --> 01:11:31.039
kids when it comes to them. They're just fine. In fact,110401:11:31.800 --> 01:11:35.119
there's really no mystery to solve regarding them. I'd be110501:11:35.159 --> 01:11:37.560
willing to bet that they're explaining everything to their parents110601:11:37.680 --> 01:11:45.760
right now. But make no mistake, Kelsey, Bishop, you are110701:11:45.800 --> 01:11:49.479
in a world of shit. I told you I'd be110801:11:49.560 --> 01:11:53.239
coming for you. I gulp as she reaches into her110901:11:53.319 --> 01:11:55.680
jacket pocket and pulls out something that looks like a111001:11:55.680 --> 01:12:01.880
little speaker. Then she says into it didn't I, Kelsey,111101:12:01.960 --> 01:12:04.960
it sounds just like the voice I heard over the phone.111201:12:05.039 --> 01:12:09.159
She drops the voice changer, and now you belong to me.111301:12:10.239 --> 01:12:13.279
And before I can do anything, Devereux lashes out fast111401:12:13.319 --> 01:12:16.880
and punches me hard in the face, hard enough to111501:12:16.960 --> 01:12:21.439
knock me out. I wake up and look around. I111601:12:21.479 --> 01:12:25.079
find that I'm secured to my dining room table. Then111701:12:25.119 --> 01:12:28.479
I recognize where I'm at. The next thing I know,111801:12:29.279 --> 01:12:32.720
Reagan Devereux comes into the room from the kitchen and111901:12:32.840 --> 01:12:39.439
is looking right at me. She looks so evil. I'm112001:12:39.479 --> 01:12:44.399
so scared. Now what do you want with me? I cry?112101:12:44.560 --> 01:12:46.680
Why are you doing this to me? What have I112201:12:46.720 --> 01:12:50.840
ever done to you? Reagan pulls up a chair and112301:12:50.920 --> 01:12:55.119
sits down beside me. Let's answer those questions, shall we?112401:12:55.920 --> 01:12:59.680
First question, what do I want with you? Answer to112501:13:00.119 --> 01:13:05.000
issue most severely? Second question, why am I doing this112601:13:05.039 --> 01:13:09.319
to you? Answer? Because punishing the wicked and the corrupt,112701:13:09.399 --> 01:13:11.560
such as yourself is what I was born to do.112801:13:12.640 --> 01:13:17.760
Final question, what have you ever done to me? Answer? Nothing?112901:13:17.880 --> 01:13:21.800
To me personally, however, you made the most unfortunate mistake113001:13:22.039 --> 01:13:27.439
of attracting my attention, Kelsey Bishop Reagan stands up, So113101:13:27.600 --> 01:13:30.000
tell me how does it feel to make the news?113201:13:30.159 --> 01:13:33.560
How does it feel knowing that you've viciously murdered so113301:13:33.680 --> 01:13:39.039
many children? I didn't? I start to protest. Reagan raises113401:13:39.079 --> 01:13:43.319
her hand sharply to quiet me. My proof. She turns113501:13:43.359 --> 01:13:45.680
to a little table she's got set up that has113601:13:45.760 --> 01:13:48.199
multiple instruments on it and picks up a pair of113701:13:48.199 --> 01:13:53.840
broken glasses. She has plastic gloves on her hands. Recognize these,113801:13:54.640 --> 01:13:57.840
you should, they're yours. I discovered them at the last113901:13:57.840 --> 01:14:01.439
crime scene, which was just last night at the Staaten house.114001:14:02.119 --> 01:14:04.439
I could have easily handed these over to the police.114101:14:04.760 --> 01:14:07.840
They would have fingerprinted them and found you themselves. But114201:14:07.920 --> 01:14:11.640
I decided that you should be next to satisfy my bloodlust.114301:14:12.439 --> 01:14:15.239
Of course, to make sure that I have sufficient evidence,114401:14:15.720 --> 01:14:18.520
I must make sure that you're one hundred percent guilty114501:14:18.760 --> 01:14:23.800
before I pass a sentence. After secretly conducting my own investigation,114601:14:24.199 --> 01:14:27.399
I discovered one commonality with all of the child murders114701:14:27.680 --> 01:14:32.680
that have been happening here at Strickfield Commons. You. In114801:14:32.880 --> 01:14:36.720
every interview that the police conducted, each parent said that114901:14:36.800 --> 01:14:40.640
you were the babysitter at each of the murders. You see,115001:14:41.199 --> 01:14:43.680
I'm there at each crime scene when the parents are115101:14:43.720 --> 01:14:47.640
being questioned. Remember I work with the police. I'm not115201:14:47.720 --> 01:14:50.279
just there to gain credit hours. They rely on me115301:14:50.399 --> 01:14:53.800
to help them solve cases. Not to brag, but I115401:14:53.840 --> 01:14:57.000
do make the papers quite a bit with this beautiful115501:14:57.039 --> 01:15:00.600
brain of mine. On the one hand, I gain honor115601:15:00.720 --> 01:15:04.359
for solving the cases. But what the police don't know115701:15:05.199 --> 01:15:08.960
that you are finding out, is that I make the115801:15:09.039 --> 01:15:14.720
papers in a second way. Her stare is really scaring me. Now.115901:15:15.520 --> 01:15:21.199
I'm also known as the Angel of Death. Your society116001:15:21.239 --> 01:15:24.560
has labeled me as a serial killer. Perhaps I am,116101:15:25.000 --> 01:15:29.520
but you you certainly are. Why would you kill children.116201:15:30.159 --> 01:15:35.399
They're still innocent and haven't tasted corruption, yet you viciously116301:15:35.479 --> 01:15:40.560
slaughtered them without a second thought. Please Kelsey, enlighten me.116401:15:41.479 --> 01:15:47.079
Why children? She raises her finger, and stop denying it.116501:15:47.319 --> 01:15:50.239
I found blood on those broken glasses and did a116601:15:50.279 --> 01:15:53.760
match with one of the victims. It's definitely not yours,116701:15:54.000 --> 01:15:58.000
but the true evidence is indeed in your fingerprints. And116801:15:58.079 --> 01:16:02.640
your name isn't really Kelsey Bishop, it's Mindy Arkham. You116901:16:02.840 --> 01:16:06.119
escaped from the glen View Correctional Facility, which isn't far117001:16:06.159 --> 01:16:10.760
from North Ridgeway where I'm from. You're much older than117101:16:10.800 --> 01:16:14.319
you appear, and I believe your true age is actually117201:16:14.520 --> 01:16:20.239
twenty eight. Now I'm very angry. Those fucking brats deserved117301:16:20.239 --> 01:16:22.640
everything they had coming to them. Why should they get117401:16:22.640 --> 01:16:24.439
to grow up in luxury law I was forced to117501:16:24.479 --> 01:16:26.880
live in poverty. All their parents do is leech off117601:16:26.920 --> 01:16:29.800
of us and ordinary people. We bite away, we fight117701:16:29.920 --> 01:16:33.239
and claw, and we can never get ahead because fucking117801:16:33.399 --> 01:16:36.199
rich people make sure we're put in our place. My117901:16:36.319 --> 01:16:38.840
mom gave up and blew her fucking brains out when118001:16:38.880 --> 01:16:41.239
she realized she couldn't afford to care for me. I118101:16:41.359 --> 01:16:44.039
bounced around from one foster home to another. I got118201:16:44.079 --> 01:16:46.399
the living shit beat out of me from one home118301:16:46.439 --> 01:16:49.439
to the next. I finally saw what I needed to do,118401:16:50.079 --> 01:16:53.560
and I started taking my revenge. You're right, I am118501:16:53.640 --> 01:16:56.439
twenty eight, but I'm small enough to look like a brat,118601:16:56.720 --> 01:17:00.600
so I used that to my advantage. I made myself118701:17:00.600 --> 01:17:03.319
look like different little girls and took babysitting jobs for118801:17:03.399 --> 01:17:06.239
rich families so I could just fucking kill their brats118901:17:06.399 --> 01:17:08.560
and make their parents pay for putting me where I119001:17:08.600 --> 01:17:11.720
am now. I even steal their cash they have laying119101:17:11.760 --> 01:17:15.159
around when I find it there? Is that what you119201:17:15.239 --> 01:17:19.600
wanted to hear? Reagan gets up and turns on some119301:17:19.640 --> 01:17:23.119
more lights. She's got photos taped up all over the119401:17:23.159 --> 01:17:28.199
dining room, so many photos. All of them are kids119501:17:28.199 --> 01:17:31.920
I've murdered over the years. She raises a mini recorder119601:17:31.960 --> 01:17:35.159
and turns it off. I turned this on once I119701:17:35.199 --> 01:17:38.359
saw you were going to confess. The police will find119801:17:38.399 --> 01:17:41.840
this here when they find your body. She puts a119901:17:41.920 --> 01:17:45.279
note on the recorder that says play me and sets120001:17:45.279 --> 01:17:49.840
it down. I also see my smartphone. The police will120101:17:49.840 --> 01:17:53.560
find all your pictures on your phone as well. Seriously,120201:17:54.239 --> 01:17:57.359
why do you people insist on taking pictures of your victims.120301:17:58.439 --> 01:18:02.800
I laugh scornfully. Oh, you really expect me to believe120401:18:02.880 --> 01:18:05.600
you are the angel of death? You you're going to120501:18:05.680 --> 01:18:08.560
kill me? Look at you. You're way too hot, like120601:18:08.600 --> 01:18:11.840
a fucking porn star, especially with those big tits. Then120701:18:11.880 --> 01:18:16.399
I growl and start thrashing wildly. Struggle all you want?120801:18:16.680 --> 01:18:20.560
I hear Reagan say, the tape is industrial strength and120901:18:20.600 --> 01:18:24.199
I've perfected my technique with the bungee cords. You're staying121001:18:24.279 --> 01:18:27.760
right on that table, mindy Arkham, and this is where121101:18:27.760 --> 01:18:31.079
the police will find your body. And yes, I am121201:18:31.479 --> 01:18:36.640
going to kill you. I must. I look her over again.121301:18:37.479 --> 01:18:41.800
It finally registers that she's wearing a rubber apron. She's121401:18:41.880 --> 01:18:47.159
even wearing a fucking bathing suit underneath. Oh, he finally121501:18:47.199 --> 01:18:50.640
noticed the swimwear. Reagan says, killing you is going to121601:18:50.640 --> 01:18:53.760
be quite messy, but this is how it has to be.121701:18:54.920 --> 01:18:57.680
Reagan takes a huge cutting knife off her table and121801:18:57.720 --> 01:19:03.000
approaches me. God, why does she scare me so much121901:19:03.039 --> 01:19:05.920
with the way she looks at me. She's fucking pure122001:19:05.960 --> 01:19:10.920
evil living in this beautiful girl's body. Wait, I scream,122101:19:11.920 --> 01:19:13.720
you have to tell me what happened to Stephen and122201:19:13.800 --> 01:19:17.159
David Marsden. I looked in their bedroom and they weren't there.122301:19:17.840 --> 01:19:20.600
You said they were both still alive. And you owe122401:19:20.600 --> 01:19:24.319
me that before you kill me, Reagan shakes her head.122501:19:25.399 --> 01:19:28.720
I owe you nothing except for the death you so deserve,122601:19:28.800 --> 01:19:30.680
for each and every one of those children that you122701:19:30.800 --> 01:19:34.880
murdered in cold blood. All you need to know is122801:19:34.880 --> 01:19:37.479
that I will leave you in the very same way122901:19:37.520 --> 01:19:41.600
that you left all those kids. After that, I'll take123001:19:41.600 --> 01:19:44.640
a shower and put my clothes back on. When I'm123101:19:44.680 --> 01:19:47.960
long gone, I'll make my usual anonymous phone call to123201:19:48.000 --> 01:19:50.319
the police department to let them know where to find you.123301:19:51.239 --> 01:19:55.039
It's time to satisfy my bloodlust. Now, I shrieked as123401:19:55.039 --> 01:19:59.479
she raises the knife above me, and now Mindy Arkham,123501:20:00.399 --> 01:20:05.199
let the punishment fit the crime. And then I scream123601:20:05.279 --> 01:20:08.159
as the knife comes down and plunges deep into my stomach.123701:20:08.760 --> 01:20:10.520
I think I even feel the tip of the blades123801:20:10.600 --> 01:20:13.960
scraping my spine. I feel her withdraw the knife. I123901:20:14.000 --> 01:20:16.479
scream again as she raises the knife again and stabs124001:20:16.520 --> 01:20:19.640
me hard one more time. I managed to hold on124101:20:19.760 --> 01:20:22.319
for one more raise of the knife before I finally die.124201:20:23.119 --> 01:20:31.439
When the third thrust cuts into me. I stabbed Mindy124301:20:31.560 --> 01:20:34.359
Arkham a few more times before my bloodlust was content124401:20:34.439 --> 01:20:37.159
at knowing that I had claimed her life. Then I124501:20:37.239 --> 01:20:40.319
proceeded to keep stabbing her and making her look as124601:20:40.359 --> 01:20:42.399
bloody and horrific as she had made each of her124701:20:42.479 --> 01:20:46.760
child victim's look before their parents had found them. I124801:20:46.840 --> 01:20:48.920
was a real mess by the time I was finished124901:20:49.960 --> 01:20:52.680
having done my work. I went into the bathroom where125001:20:52.680 --> 01:20:55.359
I had my shower stuff set up. I removed the125101:20:55.399 --> 01:20:58.039
apron and gloves and placed them into a garbage bag.125201:20:58.399 --> 01:21:01.640
I removed my swimsuit place that into the garbage bag.125301:21:02.239 --> 01:21:05.119
From there, I got into the shower and cleaned myself125401:21:05.159 --> 01:21:08.439
off good. I was still wearing my flip flops. I125501:21:08.479 --> 01:21:11.159
always made it a point to never leave prints of125601:21:11.199 --> 01:21:15.319
any kind behind. When I finished my shower, I dried125701:21:15.359 --> 01:21:18.359
off and put fresh clothes on. I remembered to drop125801:21:18.399 --> 01:21:21.880
the flip flops in the garbage bag. After leaving the house,125901:21:22.159 --> 01:21:24.760
I went to where I had my car hidden. After126001:21:24.840 --> 01:21:27.439
loading up the garbage bag, I left to dispose of126101:21:27.439 --> 01:21:32.479
the evidence. What's that you're asking, Oh, you want to126201:21:32.520 --> 01:21:38.079
know what happened to the Marsden kids. Don't you okay. Earlier,126301:21:38.439 --> 01:21:41.680
I had traced Mindy Arkham to the Marsden House. I126401:21:41.760 --> 01:21:44.600
knew the children would be safe for the time being.126501:21:45.319 --> 01:21:47.279
When they were finally put to bed, I came into126601:21:47.319 --> 01:21:49.880
the house through an upstairs window. I had to move126701:21:49.960 --> 01:21:53.079
quickly and quietly and make it to the boy's room.126801:21:53.920 --> 01:21:56.399
I managed to keep them both quiet and to tell126901:21:56.439 --> 01:21:59.840
them why I was there. Believe it or not, the127001:22:00.119 --> 01:22:02.800
actually trusted me. I took the boys out of their127101:22:02.840 --> 01:22:04.680
room and told them to hide up in the attic.127201:22:05.119 --> 01:22:07.119
I gave them one of my burner cell phones and127301:22:07.119 --> 01:22:09.840
told them to wait for my call. Once I knew127401:22:09.880 --> 01:22:13.199
the boys were fully safe, I found the upstairs landline127501:22:13.239 --> 01:22:17.760
phone and started making the menacing phone calls. When I127601:22:17.840 --> 01:22:20.720
knew that I had scared Mindy enough, I left the127701:22:20.760 --> 01:22:24.000
house and made my way back to Strickfield University, which127801:22:24.079 --> 01:22:28.760
was a little over a mile from Strickfield Commons. You see,127901:22:28.880 --> 01:22:31.720
I knew Mindy would eventually call for help and play128001:22:31.760 --> 01:22:35.279
the scared little babysitter right on schedule. I was called128101:22:35.279 --> 01:22:38.600
by the Strickfield Police Department on my normal cell phone.128201:22:38.640 --> 01:22:41.319
From there, the two officers Shoulden and stro came and128301:22:41.359 --> 01:22:43.640
picked me up. Then it was back down to the128401:22:43.680 --> 01:22:48.479
Marsden House ah class work. So when Officer Shoulden and128501:22:48.520 --> 01:22:50.720
I went upstairs and went through all the rooms, well128601:22:51.079 --> 01:22:53.720
we never went up into the attic, but you're getting128701:22:53.720 --> 01:22:56.720
the idea the kids weren't around. Mindy was to believe128801:22:56.760 --> 01:22:59.319
that the person who was calling her from inside the128901:22:59.359 --> 01:23:02.600
house used the upstairs landline, was the one who had129001:23:02.640 --> 01:23:07.560
taken the children. Mindy was really scared by then. She129101:23:07.640 --> 01:23:10.119
must have figured someone was out toget her because she129201:23:10.199 --> 01:23:13.000
played the scared victim very well when she tried to129301:23:13.039 --> 01:23:17.399
explain to the Marsden parents what had happened. Anyway, after129401:23:17.439 --> 01:23:19.960
the officers dropped me back off at the university, I129501:23:20.000 --> 01:23:22.560
went to my car and went back to Strickfield Commons.129601:23:23.319 --> 01:23:25.279
On the way, I called the boys and told them129701:23:25.319 --> 01:23:28.000
they could come out of hiding and go find their parents.129801:23:28.560 --> 01:23:31.520
The boys would never know my identity because I was129901:23:31.560 --> 01:23:34.119
wearing a mask. The phone I gave them was an130001:23:34.199 --> 01:23:38.520
untraceable burner. I found Mindy and picked her up, and130101:23:38.560 --> 01:23:41.880
you know the rest of the story from there. As130201:23:41.920 --> 01:23:44.920
for me, I'll just have to dispose of the evidence130301:23:44.920 --> 01:23:48.880
of my involvement in Mindy's death. Then I'll head back130401:23:48.920 --> 01:23:52.520
to my dorm and go to bed. Having said that,130501:23:53.439 --> 01:24:03.079
I bid all of you good night. The cry Baby130601:24:03.119 --> 01:24:08.760
Bridge by rob Fields. The boys suddenly awoke when they130701:24:08.800 --> 01:24:12.039
heard the loud noise off in the distance. One of130801:24:12.079 --> 01:24:15.319
them turned on the battery powered lantern. The three of130901:24:15.359 --> 01:24:17.920
them yawned and slowly sat up inside the tent where131001:24:17.960 --> 01:24:22.439
they were sleeping. Ah, man, you better not have farted again, Chunker.131101:24:23.079 --> 01:24:24.840
The boy with the crew cut on the right side131201:24:24.880 --> 01:24:28.800
of the tent groaned, I didn't, dude. The husky boy131301:24:28.840 --> 01:24:31.600
on the left side muttered. The skinny boy in the131401:24:31.600 --> 01:24:35.359
middle put his glasses on. Trust me, if Chunker would131501:24:35.359 --> 01:24:37.920
have let one go, we'd have known it. We're all131601:24:37.960 --> 01:24:41.119
in this tent, right. The right boy pushed the middle131701:24:41.159 --> 01:24:44.159
one a little. Why you gotta be such a nerd, Horton.131801:24:44.800 --> 01:24:49.119
Horton looked to his right. I'm just saying, Chapman, Chunker131901:24:49.159 --> 01:24:52.079
would have cleared us out of this tent. Chunker had132001:24:52.079 --> 01:24:58.239
a mischievous grin. What you mean like this? He sat132101:24:58.319 --> 01:25:03.520
up a little bit. Chapman and Horton quickly fumbled over132201:25:03.600 --> 01:25:06.079
one another, trying to escape from the tent. As Chunker132301:25:06.199 --> 01:25:08.960
sat there and laughed. As soon as the two boys132401:25:08.960 --> 01:25:11.399
were out and on their feet, Horton turned and pointed132501:25:11.399 --> 01:25:15.680
to the tent. Chunker, you sick pig. Chunker was still132601:25:15.760 --> 01:25:18.039
laughing as he crawled out of the tent. Then he132701:25:18.159 --> 01:25:22.279
stood with his two friends. Horton sighed, great, Now where132801:25:22.279 --> 01:25:25.560
are we going to go? Chunker just fumigated the tent.132901:25:26.319 --> 01:25:29.720
Chapman slapped Chunker's arm. Come on, man, you can at133001:25:29.760 --> 01:25:32.359
least open up the tent and air it out. Geez.133101:25:33.199 --> 01:25:37.560
Chunker raised his hands. Okay, okay. As Chunker lifted and133201:25:37.640 --> 01:25:40.359
tied up the flaps to the tent entrance, Horton was133301:25:40.399 --> 01:25:44.479
getting the campfire going again. Any idea what time it is,133401:25:44.680 --> 01:25:48.520
Chapman asked. Chunker had his smartphone on him. It's almost133501:25:48.560 --> 01:25:52.520
four in the morning. Suddenly, the boys were startled when133601:25:52.520 --> 01:25:54.720
they heard the original sound that woke them up in133701:25:54.760 --> 01:26:05.159
the first place. Aw, Man, Chunker really an owl? Chapman groaned, Well,133801:26:05.600 --> 01:26:08.600
some stupid owl woke us up, and Chunker ripped inside133901:26:08.640 --> 01:26:12.640
the tent. What are we gonna do now? Hey, maybe134001:26:12.640 --> 01:26:15.199
we can sit around the fire and tell more ghost stories,134101:26:15.319 --> 01:26:21.439
Horton suggested, like we did last night. Sounds good. Chapman said, yeah,134201:26:21.479 --> 01:26:25.680
why not. Chunker agreed. The other boys joined Horton, who134301:26:25.720 --> 01:26:28.479
began first by telling the urban legend of the Gang134401:26:28.640 --> 01:26:33.039
High Beam initiation. When he finished, he stressed that it134501:26:33.239 --> 01:26:36.640
actually happened on the other side of Strickfield, over along134601:26:36.680 --> 01:26:41.439
Township Road one thirteen. Chapman spoke up, Yeah, well, I134701:26:41.479 --> 01:26:44.279
heard a story about this college couple. They got murdered134801:26:44.439 --> 01:26:47.760
in an apartment just near the dorms. He told. The134901:26:47.800 --> 01:26:51.279
story is best he could recall hearing it. Then he135001:26:51.399 --> 01:26:55.560
finished by saying it was said that the roommate came135101:26:55.680 --> 01:26:59.399
back the next morning and found their bodies. He also135201:26:59.520 --> 01:27:05.119
found this message on the wall, written in blood. It said,135301:27:06.279 --> 01:27:10.159
just be glad you didn't turn on the light. That135401:27:10.279 --> 01:27:14.439
part never made the newspapers. By the way, Geez, Chapman,135501:27:14.960 --> 01:27:18.159
that does sound pretty scary, Horton said. Then he turned135601:27:18.199 --> 01:27:21.079
to the other boy. How about you, Chunker, you got135701:27:21.119 --> 01:27:24.439
a story. Chunker opened the cooler they had brought with135801:27:24.520 --> 01:27:26.920
them and took out a soda. He cracked it open135901:27:26.960 --> 01:27:31.000
and took a drink. Yeah, I got one, he nodded,136001:27:31.039 --> 01:27:33.359
in the direction of the deserted road they were camping136101:27:33.359 --> 01:27:37.680
off of. It's actually not too far from here the136201:27:37.760 --> 01:27:41.439
old cry Baby Bridge. He told the story about how,136301:27:41.600 --> 01:27:45.600
just after the American Civil War, Abigail Tomlin, a poor woman,136401:27:45.800 --> 01:27:48.840
and her fiance Alvin, a rich lord whom Abigail had136501:27:48.840 --> 01:27:51.960
been promised to, had been fighting all through their courtship136601:27:52.479 --> 01:27:54.680
prior to their wedding night. When they had had their136701:27:54.760 --> 01:27:58.560
last fight, Abigail had taken their baby boy, Arthur, and fled.136801:27:59.239 --> 01:28:01.960
Alvin's care had caught up to Abigail as it was136901:28:02.000 --> 01:28:05.279
nearing the outskirts of Strickfield. As Abigail got out of137001:28:05.279 --> 01:28:07.880
her carriage, Alvin drew his gun and shot at her.137101:28:08.279 --> 01:28:11.000
She moved, but ended up taking the bullet in her shoulder.137201:28:11.479 --> 01:28:14.279
She was bleeding all over her wedding dress. Fast she137301:28:14.399 --> 01:28:18.000
knew she couldn't let Alvin have Arthur. Unbeknownst to Alvin,137401:28:18.159 --> 01:28:22.039
Abigail also had a gun. She took aim and shot Alvin,137501:28:22.279 --> 01:28:25.479
wounding him also. Abigail took the baby out of the137601:28:25.560 --> 01:28:28.359
damaged carriage and fled. She was in a great deal137701:28:28.399 --> 01:28:31.840
of pain from the bullet. She could hear Alvin screaming137801:28:31.880 --> 01:28:34.680
for her that he would finish her and take their137901:28:34.680 --> 01:28:38.840
son back. Abigail couldn't keep the crying Arthur quiet and138001:28:38.920 --> 01:28:42.079
knew Alvin would soon be on them. By the time138101:28:42.159 --> 01:28:44.680
Alvin had caught up to his runaway bride, she had138201:28:44.680 --> 01:28:48.359
reached a metal bridge that spanned the Castillia River. The138301:28:48.399 --> 01:28:52.680
water below was high and rushing. All little Arthur could138401:28:52.720 --> 01:28:58.159
do was cry and cry. Abigail took a last stand138501:28:58.199 --> 01:29:01.239
against Alvin and tried to shoot him, but Alvin was138601:29:01.279 --> 01:29:05.880
faster and shot her first. Abigail was mortally wounded. Now,138701:29:06.119 --> 01:29:08.800
as she moved to the center of the bridge, she138801:29:08.920 --> 01:29:13.119
still had both Arthur and her gun. Alvin raised his138901:29:13.199 --> 01:29:17.159
gun and demanded Abigail give Arthur back. When she wouldn't,139001:29:17.640 --> 01:29:21.640
he shot her one last time. Abigail fell over the139101:29:21.640 --> 01:29:24.960
side of the bridge and into the raging river, with139201:29:25.079 --> 01:29:28.880
baby Arthur still cradled in her arms. Both she and139301:29:28.920 --> 01:29:34.560
the baby disappeared down the river. A search was conducted139401:29:34.600 --> 01:29:38.399
by the authorities of many neighboring towns and villages. The139501:29:38.399 --> 01:29:45.239
bodies of neither Abigail, Tomlin nor Arthur were ever found. Now,139601:29:45.720 --> 01:29:48.479
if you go near that same bridge, the one over139701:29:48.560 --> 01:29:53.359
on Indian Hollow Road. This road Chunker looked from Horton139801:29:53.399 --> 01:29:57.000
to Chapman and back again. Just wait a little while,139901:29:58.079 --> 01:30:01.760
you just might hear the sounds of little baby Arthur140001:30:01.840 --> 01:30:07.159
Tomlan crying and crying. That's why it's called the cry140101:30:07.199 --> 01:30:10.159
Baby Bridge by the people who've told the story over140201:30:10.199 --> 01:30:14.600
the years. Chapman had his arms folded in front of him.140301:30:15.079 --> 01:30:19.439
You really expect us to believe that, Chunker? Chunker raised140401:30:19.439 --> 01:30:22.279
both of his hands. Hey, I'm just telling you the140501:30:22.279 --> 01:30:24.479
way my dad told my older brother Kenny and me.140601:30:25.159 --> 01:30:29.479
He raised his finger. He also said that anyone who140701:30:29.520 --> 01:30:33.920
hears the crying baby ends up dying before morning. That's140801:30:33.920 --> 01:30:36.119
why no one really drives down this road at night.140901:30:37.159 --> 01:30:43.880
Chapman wasn't convinced. Oh yeah, how Chunker shrugged. Dad said,141001:30:43.920 --> 01:30:47.000
no one really knows for sure. He said, no one141101:30:47.079 --> 01:30:51.920
lives long enough to say what happens. Chapman shook his141201:30:52.000 --> 01:30:55.399
head slowly. I can't believe I let you talk me141301:30:55.439 --> 01:31:00.199
into sleeping out here after we just finished sixth grade. Hey, hey,141401:31:00.840 --> 01:31:05.640
we could go and check it out, Horton suggested. Chunker141501:31:05.920 --> 01:31:09.359
did say that the bridge isn't too far from here, right,141601:31:10.560 --> 01:31:14.520
Chunker pointed south. The cry Baby Bridge is less than141701:31:14.520 --> 01:31:18.439
a mile from here. Chapman considered it. Then he clapped141801:31:18.439 --> 01:31:22.199
his hands once. Okay, fine, let's go check it out.141901:31:22.720 --> 01:31:25.000
The three friends got up and made their way to142001:31:25.079 --> 01:31:27.920
the one lane gravel road. The moon was full and142101:31:28.000 --> 01:31:30.479
helped give them light as they made their long way.142201:31:31.399 --> 01:31:35.319
Soon they saw the bridge just ahead. What are you142301:31:35.359 --> 01:31:39.560
looking up on your phone, Chunker, Chapman asked, nothing, just142401:31:39.720 --> 01:31:45.479
checking something. Chapman pointed to the bridge. We're here, man.142501:31:46.199 --> 01:31:48.600
The bridge looks just like it did all those years ago,142601:31:48.920 --> 01:31:53.199
Chunker said, just like in this picture. The three of142701:31:53.199 --> 01:31:56.239
them looked on Chunker's smartphone at the old black and142801:31:56.279 --> 01:31:58.840
white picture of the bridge, taken after it was completed.142901:31:59.319 --> 01:32:01.960
The only real difference between then and now was that143001:32:02.039 --> 01:32:05.000
the bridge in the real world was rust colored. Chunker143101:32:05.000 --> 01:32:06.800
put the phone away and the three of them looked143201:32:06.840 --> 01:32:10.520
ahead at the bridge. After looking at it for a143301:32:10.560 --> 01:32:13.640
long time, the boys walked to the bridge. When they143401:32:13.680 --> 01:32:17.079
reached the edge of it, they stopped. None of them143501:32:17.079 --> 01:32:23.000
said anything. Finally, Horton got bold and stepped onto the bridge.143601:32:23.079 --> 01:32:26.159
Chapman wanted to protest, but then he saw Chunker was143701:32:26.199 --> 01:32:30.760
stepping onto it. Chapman groaned and followed Chunker. They reached143801:32:30.760 --> 01:32:33.279
the center of the bridge. Horton moved to the side143901:32:33.279 --> 01:32:36.840
and looked down at the water. It doesn't look so144001:32:37.039 --> 01:32:40.600
raging now, like you said in your story, Chunker. It144101:32:40.640 --> 01:32:44.000
does when it storms for a while, Chunker said. The144201:32:44.000 --> 01:32:49.199
three of them just stood there and waited. I don't144301:32:49.199 --> 01:32:54.359
hear anything, Chapman said. They continued to stand there. Soon144401:32:55.560 --> 01:32:59.920
they thought they heard something. It started out softly at first,144501:33:01.359 --> 01:33:09.079
it sounded like baby cries. The cries sounded innocent enough,144601:33:10.319 --> 01:33:15.239
then they started to become louder and more frightening. The144701:33:15.279 --> 01:33:18.760
three friends looked at one another in fear. Suddenly, a144801:33:18.800 --> 01:33:21.319
figure appeared from behind them and grabbed hold of both144901:33:21.319 --> 01:33:24.399
Horton and Chapman's shoulders as it screamed loudly. The three145001:33:24.399 --> 01:33:26.239
of them turned to see the figure was dressed in145101:33:26.279 --> 01:33:29.159
black and had a glowing white skull in place of145201:33:29.199 --> 01:33:33.000
its face. Horton and Chapman screamed before they turned and ran.145301:33:33.560 --> 01:33:36.720
They quickly noticed that Chunker wasn't with them. They turned145401:33:36.760 --> 01:33:39.439
around and saw both the figure and Chunker pointing at145501:33:39.479 --> 01:33:46.279
them and laughing hysterically. Chapman raised his arms outward. What145601:33:46.319 --> 01:33:51.479
the heck is this, Kenny? Is that you? Horton asked.145701:33:51.960 --> 01:33:55.119
The figure removed the glowing mask. Kenny turned to his145801:33:55.279 --> 01:33:58.239
younger brother and slapped a high five with him. We145901:33:58.399 --> 01:34:01.159
got him, little bro, I knew after Dad told us146001:34:01.159 --> 01:34:04.479
the story we could scare people with it. Yeah, it146101:34:04.600 --> 01:34:08.079
sure worked, Chunker agreed, just like you said it would.146201:34:08.319 --> 01:34:12.039
Those oulhoots were a nice touch too. Chunker explained that146301:34:12.319 --> 01:34:14.720
he was awake in the tent. He and Kenny were146401:34:14.760 --> 01:34:17.800
texting each other and came up with the idea of146501:34:17.840 --> 01:34:20.680
how to scare Horton and Chapman with the local urban146601:34:20.760 --> 01:34:25.199
legend of the cry baby Bridge. Okay, Kenny, so how146701:34:25.199 --> 01:34:27.920
did you get the baby crying to happen? Then, Chapman146801:34:27.960 --> 01:34:31.359
demanded Kenny motioned for them to come with him. They146901:34:31.399 --> 01:34:33.399
walked off the bridge and made their way down to147001:34:33.439 --> 01:34:37.159
the water. Sure enough, there was a big speaker attached147101:34:37.199 --> 01:34:40.079
to the side of the bridge. Kenny raised his smartphone.147201:34:40.640 --> 01:34:42.840
The sounds were on the speaker. I just had to147301:34:42.920 --> 01:34:45.880
use my phone to turn it on and increase the volume.147401:34:46.640 --> 01:34:49.239
Kenny retrieved his speaker and they all went back up147501:34:49.279 --> 01:34:52.439
to the road. He turned to the others, well that147601:34:52.600 --> 01:34:55.119
was fun. I'll let you guys get back to your147701:34:55.159 --> 01:34:58.079
camp out. I'd stay in chat some more, but I've147801:34:58.079 --> 01:35:00.640
got things to do with Dad in the morning. As147901:35:00.720 --> 01:35:04.000
Kenny started to walk off, Chapman pointed at him, You148001:35:04.239 --> 01:35:07.880
just wait, Kenny, We'll get you for this, whatever, Bill,148101:35:08.319 --> 01:35:11.079
Kenny muttered as he kept on walking. Soon he was148201:35:11.119 --> 01:35:15.199
out of sight, Chapman pointed to Chunker, you too, fatty.148301:35:15.840 --> 01:35:21.279
Chunker started laughing. Just seeing the looks on your faces. Yeah,148401:35:21.439 --> 01:35:25.479
ha ha, very funny, Horton muttered. The three of them148501:35:25.520 --> 01:35:28.399
walked back onto the bridge and stood where they were148601:35:28.479 --> 01:35:31.560
before the scare happened. They talked for a little while.148701:35:31.720 --> 01:35:34.720
Before long, the wind started to pick up. The trees148801:35:34.760 --> 01:35:39.479
began to wave with the blowing winds. Hey you hear that,148901:35:39.760 --> 01:35:46.359
Horton asked. Hear what? Chunker replied, Just listen, Horton insisted.149001:35:47.399 --> 01:35:52.840
The three of them waited and listened. Sure enough, they149101:35:52.880 --> 01:35:56.960
had started to hear what sounded like a baby cry.149201:35:59.199 --> 01:36:02.199
Even through the winds, they could still hear the sounds.149301:36:02.680 --> 01:36:06.279
The crying started off innocently enough at first. Then the149401:36:06.359 --> 01:36:11.520
crying became louder and more maddening. Chapman turned to Chunker, Okay,149501:36:11.800 --> 01:36:14.119
you and Kenny got us. We ain't fallen for this again,149601:36:15.039 --> 01:36:18.319
Chunker raised his hands. Hey, it ain't me, I swear.149701:36:18.960 --> 01:36:22.960
Horton turned to Chunker. Come on, Brian, that's enough. It149801:36:22.960 --> 01:36:27.279
ain't me, Richie, Chunker persisted. The baby crying continued. It's149901:36:27.399 --> 01:36:32.119
loud and maddening echoes. Suddenly, Chunker and Horton felt something150001:36:32.159 --> 01:36:36.600
on their shoulders. Chapman's jaw dropped as he pointed right150101:36:36.640 --> 01:36:41.039
at it. Horton and Chunker turned to see for themselves150201:36:41.479 --> 01:36:44.600
and screamed when they saw what appeared to be a150301:36:44.680 --> 01:36:49.159
glowing woman in a blood stained, damp wedding gown. The150401:36:49.199 --> 01:36:52.319
woman looked as if her flesh had decayed. Where her150501:36:52.359 --> 01:36:55.920
eyes should have been, there were bright, glowing red lights.150601:36:56.600 --> 01:37:02.119
Then the horrible apparition said to them, my baby, give150701:37:02.199 --> 01:37:05.600
me my baby. The three of them screamed and ran150801:37:05.760 --> 01:37:08.840
like their lives depended on it. The ghost of Abigail150901:37:08.880 --> 01:37:12.600
Tomlin screamed loud enough to pierce the night winds before151001:37:12.640 --> 01:37:18.800
she gave Chase my baby, give me my baby. The151101:37:18.880 --> 01:37:21.000
three of them ran until they made it back to151201:37:21.039 --> 01:37:25.079
their campsite. They hurried into their tent. Horton quickly undid151301:37:25.119 --> 01:37:27.920
the flaps and zipped them up. Now they all huddled151401:37:27.920 --> 01:37:31.079
around each other in the center of the tent. Still151501:37:31.079 --> 01:37:35.079
think I'm doing this, Chunker snapped, shut up, Chapman snapped151601:37:35.119 --> 01:37:38.319
back in the tent, they could hear the wind whistling151701:37:38.600 --> 01:37:41.640
and blowing harder. They wondered if the tent might be151801:37:41.720 --> 01:37:45.520
whisked away somehow. Suddenly, the front of the tent just151901:37:45.600 --> 01:37:49.239
flew open. The boy screamed again as Abigail Tomlin looked152001:37:49.279 --> 01:37:55.319
in My baby, Give me my baby, skinny little Ritchie.152101:37:55.319 --> 01:37:57.600
Horton scurried out of the tent and cried out as152201:37:57.600 --> 01:38:00.239
he ran. As the ghost turned towards him. The other152301:38:00.319 --> 01:38:03.239
two escaped and ran after him. They knew they were152401:38:03.239 --> 01:38:07.439
being pursued again. If you will not give me my baby,152501:38:07.800 --> 01:38:11.159
then I shall claim the three of you as my children.152601:38:11.880 --> 01:38:15.840
There's no escape. To Chunker's surprise, he was able to152701:38:15.920 --> 01:38:18.880
keep up with Horton. Oh man, I swear I'm gonna152801:38:18.880 --> 01:38:21.079
go on a diet if we live through this. Shut152901:38:21.159 --> 01:38:24.159
up and run, Horton cried. They ran further up the153001:38:24.239 --> 01:38:27.159
road until they came to a nearby farm. Chapman pointed153101:38:27.159 --> 01:38:30.119
to the barn. We can hide in there. There's nowhere153201:38:30.159 --> 01:38:37.680
to hide. My children, come to mother. It was getting153301:38:37.720 --> 01:38:40.479
harder and harder to run in the blowing winds, but153401:38:40.560 --> 01:38:43.159
they finally made it to the barn. They all climbed153501:38:43.199 --> 01:38:46.359
in through a window. Chapman quickly felt a wooden ladder153601:38:46.399 --> 01:38:49.720
step and started climbing. The others followed him until they153701:38:49.720 --> 01:38:53.920
were up in the hayloft. And then come on, Chunker,153801:38:54.119 --> 01:38:58.399
not now, Wharton groaned. Ah Man, Chapman cried and waved153901:38:58.399 --> 01:39:02.199
his hand frantically in front of him. Seriously, I can't154001:39:02.199 --> 01:39:08.439
help it, I'm scared, Chunker admitted, Come out, Come out154101:39:09.560 --> 01:39:13.800
wherever you are. The boys continued to hear the wind154201:39:13.880 --> 01:39:16.720
blowing and howling. They weren't sure if the ghost came154301:39:16.760 --> 01:39:19.800
into the barn. Suddenly, they got their answer, as the154401:39:19.800 --> 01:39:23.399
barn doors literally flew off their hinges and were swept154501:39:23.399 --> 01:39:26.560
away by the high winds. From the hayloft, they could154601:39:26.560 --> 01:39:31.680
see Abigail Tomlin seemingly floating along the ground. Inside, the154701:39:31.760 --> 01:39:35.239
boys were hiding behind pillars and piled up hay. The154801:39:35.279 --> 01:39:40.439
ghost looked from one direction to the next. It's time154901:39:40.640 --> 01:39:45.800
to come home now, children, Mother will take good care155001:39:46.560 --> 01:39:50.479
of you all. Horton had to stop his teeth from chattering,155101:39:50.840 --> 01:39:53.800
but he had much to scream about. When Abigail Tomlin155201:39:53.920 --> 01:39:57.159
was suddenly up in the hayloft with them, found you,155301:39:57.520 --> 01:40:04.960
my children, Now it's time to come home. The boys155401:40:04.960 --> 01:40:07.680
didn't even think about it. They just screamed and ran155501:40:08.199 --> 01:40:10.960
right off the hayloft. They didn't realize they were falling155601:40:11.239 --> 01:40:13.760
until they were about half way down. The only thing155701:40:13.760 --> 01:40:17.119
that saved them from serious injuries was the full hay155801:40:17.119 --> 01:40:20.520
wagon they had fallen into. They climbed out and ran155901:40:20.640 --> 01:40:22.960
back out of the barn. They tried to run north,156001:40:23.119 --> 01:40:26.239
but the winds were too much too strong to run156101:40:26.279 --> 01:40:29.119
in that direction. Now they were forced to turn and156201:40:29.199 --> 01:40:32.840
run south again. They ended up running until they realized156301:40:32.840 --> 01:40:37.960
they were nearing the cry Baby Bridge again. As they156401:40:38.000 --> 01:40:40.479
started to cross the bridge, the boys knew they couldn't156501:40:40.520 --> 01:40:43.800
run any more. They were tired and exhausted. Now as156601:40:43.840 --> 01:40:48.159
they turned around, Abigail Tomlin was almost upon them. I156701:40:48.359 --> 01:40:53.159
tried to escape with my baby, my tyrannical husband to156801:40:53.239 --> 01:40:58.000
be sealed the fates of both myself and our baby156901:40:58.039 --> 01:41:02.880
so many years ago, she pointed at them. Now I157001:41:03.000 --> 01:41:08.560
claim you three as my children. Don't despair. You won't157101:41:08.600 --> 01:41:12.920
remember what it means to live. After a time, the157201:41:12.960 --> 01:41:17.840
boys knew they couldn't run any more. But then something happened.157301:41:18.720 --> 01:41:23.039
The winds began to calm down. Horton pointed to the east.157401:41:23.640 --> 01:41:27.159
Look the others looked to see the first rays of157501:41:27.199 --> 01:41:35.600
the morning sun. No, no, not when I'm so close157601:41:36.079 --> 01:41:40.279
to having my children again. With renewed strength and hope,157701:41:40.439 --> 01:41:44.159
the boys turned and ran again. Abigail Tomlin howled with157801:41:44.319 --> 01:41:48.399
rage and gave chase, but as the sun continued to rise,157901:41:48.800 --> 01:41:52.279
the boys were widening the distance between the ghost and them.158001:41:52.560 --> 01:41:56.680
The last thing they heard before Abigail Tomlin disappeared was158101:41:56.720 --> 01:42:01.239
the deafening howl of defeat. The boys made it back158201:42:01.239 --> 01:42:04.039
to their campsite and found that their stuff was everywhere,158301:42:04.520 --> 01:42:09.960
even the fire had been blown completely out. Man, I158401:42:10.000 --> 01:42:14.760
can't believe that actually happened, Chapman stated, you got that right.158501:42:15.159 --> 01:42:20.720
Chunker agreed. I guess now we know what happens, don't we.158601:42:21.319 --> 01:42:26.520
Horton said, simply, Hey, guys, we actually lived to tell158701:42:26.560 --> 01:42:30.760
about it. Chunker shook his head. I ain't saying nothing158801:42:30.840 --> 01:42:35.159
about this. Who'd believe us anyway? But if we don't158901:42:35.199 --> 01:42:40.000
say anything, someone else will meet Abigail Tomlin Horton stressed,159001:42:40.920 --> 01:42:44.239
the boys talked it out and ultimately agreed to keep159101:42:44.279 --> 01:42:48.000
what they had experienced to themselves. They packed up what159201:42:48.119 --> 01:42:51.000
was left of their camping gear and headed for home.159301:42:52.279 --> 01:42:55.920
But were the boys really able to keep their secret159401:42:56.000 --> 01:43:00.039
to themselves, because it wasn't too long after that that159501:43:00.159 --> 01:43:05.520
they had all just disappeared without a trace. The Strickfield159601:43:05.560 --> 01:43:09.399
local legend has it that on dark nights, just like159701:43:09.439 --> 01:43:13.119
the one the boys had experienced, you can still hear159801:43:13.199 --> 01:43:18.600
their cries for help if you drive to Strickfield, go159901:43:18.720 --> 01:43:21.359
to the cry Baby Bridge on Indian Hollow Road at160001:43:21.479 --> 01:43:29.840
night and just remain there only for a while. Well,160101:43:29.920 --> 01:43:34.479
my spookies, if you made it through tonight, go ahead160201:43:34.520 --> 01:43:39.319
and check the locks just one more time, not because160301:43:39.399 --> 01:43:43.960
it'll help, just because it gives your hands something to do.160401:43:44.840 --> 01:43:47.800
Tonight we spend time in the kind of horror that160501:43:47.920 --> 01:43:52.600
wears a friendly face, the kind that answers the door160601:43:52.720 --> 01:43:56.720
with a polite smile, that looks like a harmless kid,160701:43:56.880 --> 01:44:02.920
or a nervous babysitter, or a useful cousin, maybe an160801:44:03.000 --> 01:44:07.880
urban legend, a prank, a phone call, a job, and160901:44:07.960 --> 01:44:12.920
then the mask slips. That's what makes these stories so161001:44:13.239 --> 01:44:18.000
nasty and so much fun. They take the safest little161101:44:18.079 --> 01:44:22.720
corners of life and turn them crooked. A babysitting gig161201:44:22.840 --> 01:44:27.279
becomes a hunt, a family connection becomes a liability, a161301:44:27.359 --> 01:44:32.680
dead body becomes a paycheck, and a bridge becomes a mouth.161401:44:33.840 --> 01:44:37.239
Then a ringing phone becomes the kind of sound that161501:44:37.319 --> 01:44:43.479
makes your whole spine sit up and pay attention. Because161601:44:43.520 --> 01:44:48.479
sometimes the monster is outside the house, sometimes the monster's161701:44:48.600 --> 01:44:52.920
inside the house, and sometimes the monster is the person161801:44:53.079 --> 01:44:59.039
everyone assumes needs saving. We're always looking for the shadow161901:44:59.119 --> 01:45:02.640
in the window, the stranger in the woods, the ghost162001:45:02.720 --> 01:45:06.520
in the fog. But horror it's smarter than that. It162101:45:06.680 --> 01:45:10.880
hides in the people we underestimate, in the kid who's162201:45:10.920 --> 01:45:15.439
too quiet, in the girl who seems too scared, in162301:45:15.520 --> 01:45:18.720
the relative who should never ever be trusted with a162401:45:18.840 --> 01:45:22.920
van in the legend everyone says is just a story162501:45:23.600 --> 01:45:29.319
until the crying starts. So tonight before you sleep, maybe162601:45:29.479 --> 01:45:34.720
don't answer any strange phone calls. Maybe don't take any162701:45:35.199 --> 01:45:40.279
shortcuts past old bridges. Maybe don't agree to babysit unless162801:45:40.319 --> 01:45:44.960
you know exactly what kind of family you're walking into.162901:45:45.079 --> 01:45:48.039
And if somebody tells you the call is coming from163001:45:48.079 --> 01:45:53.960
inside the house. They mean it, but also remember that163101:45:54.159 --> 01:45:59.399
still doesn't mean you know who the killer is. Until163201:45:59.439 --> 01:46:03.119
next time, stay creepy, my spookies.
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