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June 20, 2026

Babysitter Horror Stories: Serial Killers, Urban Legends, Mad Scientists & Cry Baby Bridge

Babysitter Horror Stories: Serial Killers, Urban Legends, Mad Scientists & Cry Baby Bridge
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Four babysitter horror stories turn quiet homes, ringing telephones, bad cousins, secret experiments, and a haunted bridge into deadly traps.

The collection includes “Angel and Babysitting,” “The Trouble with Cousins,” “The Babysitter,” and “Cry Baby Bridge.” Serial-killer suspense, mad-science horror, and Strickfield folklore all begin with ordinary responsibilities—and the terrible decisions that make someone else’s cautionary tale.

“Angel in Babysitting” begins with a caretaker whose own secrets complicate a confrontation with the Babysitter Killer. “The Trouble with Cousins” brings family tension into the home. “The Babysitter” uses hidden experiments and mad science, while “Cry Baby Bridge” takes teenagers into Strickfield’s local legend of a grieving presence searching for a child.

Together, the four stories move from slasher suspense and home invasion to family horror, secret laboratories, and haunted-bridge folklore. The collection keeps the ordinary responsibility of watching someone else’s home or children at its center, making it a focused marathon for listeners seeking babysitter horror, killer phone-call energy, urban legends, mad scientists, and Cry Baby Bridge ghost stories.

Stories by Rob Fields and Joe Solmo.

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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

454
00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:50.160
it's a fact. What's going to happen to Douglas? Drake

455
00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.599
looks at me. He's already locked up at Strickfield PD.

456
00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:56.680
After they got him cleaned up. He's headed off to

457
00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:01.039
a special psychiatric facility in Erie City tomorrow morning. As

458
00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:05.000
you understand now, I did not hurt Douglas in any way.

459
00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:09.240
By all rights, I should have claimed him. My bloodlust

460
00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:13.599
would have been most appreciative. Like innocence, childrens are another

461
00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:16.759
line I refuse to cross as an adult, even if

462
00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:21.039
they are serial killers themselves. Let's just say Douglas soiled

463
00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:25.519
himself pretty good and cried like a blubbering baby. Then

464
00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.720
Drake gets upset. Did you see that shit in Uncle

465
00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:32.759
Jeffrey's basement? That fucking angel of death was actually in

466
00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:37.079
his house. That's his handiwork the pictures and the other

467
00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:41.400
evidence he left on Douglas. He shakes his head. I

468
00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:46.880
don't understand why didn't he kill him? I shrug. I'm

469
00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:50.640
sure the angel of death had reasons. Drake's been staring

470
00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:53.680
at me intently while trying to come to terms with

471
00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:57.599
his little cousin being a serial killer. We've been sitting

472
00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:01.400
on the couch together all this time. Then Drake moves

473
00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:04.640
to me and pulls me into his arms. We share

474
00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:09.160
a passionate kiss. When we stop, he looks deep into

475
00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.640
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
00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:21.359
girls being dug up, Rage, I kept thinking what if

478
00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:25.759
Douglas would have killed you? He didn't. I reply, I'm

479
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.119
right here in front of you. You're talking to me.

480
00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:31.839
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

482
00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.359
good woman, and I just can't see a world without

483
00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:43.400
you in it. Then he kisses me again, a much

484
00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:47.559
longer one this time. When we stop, he looks into

485
00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:54.160
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,

488
00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:07.079
I reply, Yes, I'll move in with you and I'll

489
00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:11.799
marry you if that's really what you want more than anything,

490
00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:15.400
he assures me. He gets off me and lifts me

491
00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:18.599
into his arms. From there, he carries me to his bed.

492
00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:22.119
I've chosen to give myself to a man who both

493
00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:26.279
knowingly loves and unknowingly hates me at the same time.

494
00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:30.240
I'm at great risk in being with him. But he's

495
00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:33.960
a good man, and I want to be his perfect mate.

496
00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.599
But I'll never truly be perfect, not as long as

497
00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:41.839
I'm broken and defective. There are lines I will never

498
00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.880
cross as a serial killer. But now I know I

499
00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:48.640
will do whatever I must to protect you. Drake Kasmarak.

500
00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.640
I can't love you, and maybe I never will, but

501
00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:59.079
I've committed myself to you, body and soul. Perhaps this

502
00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:01.000
is as close to life is I'll ever be able

503
00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:07.039
to achieve, especially when all I feel is constant numbness.

504
00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:11.199
I know the day will come, Drake when you'll wish

505
00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:14.199
to destroy me, regardless of how you feel for me.

506
00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:19.079
I will die to protect you. This is my promise

507
00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:34.320
to you, now and forever. The Trouble with Cousins by

508
00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:39.199
Joe Solmo. What the fuck, Jimmy, get your dick out

509
00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:44.000
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.

511
00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:52.199
She's dead, Jimmy said, back, zipping up with a look

512
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.239
so far from shame. I almost thought I was in

513
00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:59.039
the wrong. She can't give no consent when she's dead, either,

514
00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:03.800
I reply, shining the flashlight into his unshaven face. Can't

515
00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:06.360
we just finish what we came here for. This is

516
00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:10.559
what I'm here for. You're disgusting, you know that. Look.

517
00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:13.719
Just let me finish up with Jimmy looked at the toe.

518
00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:18.119
Tag Jane here, and I'll carry everything back myself. I

519
00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.400
even got a few Clorox wipes wadded up here in

520
00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:26.239
my pocket. I'll clean up after myself. You're a sick motherfucker,

521
00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.079
I said, shivering in the freezer with the cadavers. I

522
00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:36.159
couldn't believe his premeditated chicanery. Cousin, you're just jealous because

523
00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:39.239
I have a way with the frostitutes. They scrape off

524
00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:43.039
the street and store for me in this freezer, Jimmy said,

525
00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:48.440
unzipping again. They practically melt for me. You know, christ,

526
00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.039
I see too much of my cousin's penis. I don't

527
00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:54.119
know what a normal amount is, but this has to

528
00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.679
be an abnormal amount. Where did I go wrong in life?

529
00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:01.679
A few mental health day damaging minutes later, I had

530
00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:07.559
my cousin's rucksack filled with the krim of the crop, organs, limbs,

531
00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:11.760
nothing but the best for the dock. The pay was

532
00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.079
enough to keep us in blow and horrors of the

533
00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.920
living variety. I shone the flashlight at the exit door,

534
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:23.360
silently motioning for Jimmy to exit the building. How much

535
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.599
is it per boob? Jimmy asked, hefting the weight of

536
00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.800
the bag on his shoulder as we crossed the parking lot.

537
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:33.679
He didn't specify, I answered. As I fumbled for the

538
00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.920
van's keys, Jimmy snatched them out of my hands and

539
00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.159
ran the back I got this, he said, as he

540
00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.199
opened the back doors. Let me help, I replied, as

541
00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:48.039
I rounded the back of the van. Oh what the fuck, Jimmy,

542
00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:52.159
I can explain. It's not what it looks like. It's

543
00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.519
not a live woman tied up in the back of

544
00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:59.559
our fucking van. I asked, well, that part is what

545
00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.559
it looks like, he said, sliding the bag next to

546
00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:06.800
the woman, whose eyes were wider than dinner plates. What

547
00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:11.119
other fucking part is there? I yelled out, trying not

548
00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.679
to coldcock him with my pistol. I almost couldn't hold

549
00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:17.360
it in. It must be once a week I come

550
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.039
close to just smacking that son of a bitch cousin

551
00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:23.480
of mine. His mama must have done some seriously fucked

552
00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:26.880
drugs when she was pregnant, then dropped him right on

553
00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:31.159
his soft spot. Will you quiet down, Jimmy whispered to

554
00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:33.679
me as he slammed the doors shut and gave me

555
00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:37.280
back the keys. Look, it's not about sex with her.

556
00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:42.840
It's not pervy at all, he reasoned. Oh no, when

557
00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:46.360
isn't it sexual with you? I asked, as I fired

558
00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:49.280
up the engine on the rusty Ford. You'd fuck the

559
00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:52.480
exhaust pipe if it wouldn't burn your dick off. Hugh

560
00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.039
slam a pocket pussy in there, and you're good for

561
00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:57.280
a bit before it gets too hot. It's like an

562
00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:03.079
erotic race, Jimmy said, Burt before getting burnt. I had

563
00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:07.119
literally nothing to say. The fucker was proud of himself.

564
00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:11.039
What the actual fuck? I shrugged it off after a

565
00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:14.639
few seconds and hopped into the driver's seat. We pulled

566
00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.760
out onto the highway, heading back to home base, a

567
00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.480
shitty little blue warehouse down by the river where the

568
00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:24.840
dock performs his miracles. We never seen any of them,

569
00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:27.800
but with the shit he sends us to get, it's

570
00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:32.480
gotta be organ transplants and shit like that. Probably black market,

571
00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:37.199
probably still cheaper than good old American healthcare. Fuck the system.

572
00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:41.559
So you're gonna tell me what's with the bitch in

573
00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:46.719
the back? I asked, realizing Jimmy still hadn't answered me. Also,

574
00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.760
I second guessed whether I even wanted an answer. I

575
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.360
know it had to be fucked. He took a long

576
00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.159
drag off his sig and tossed it out the window,

577
00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:00.440
letting the smoke fill his side of the cab. I

578
00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:05.000
don't want to tell you I'm embarrassed. Are you fucking

579
00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.599
kidding me? You are embarrassed about what you do with

580
00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:11.239
the woman in the back, But not a half a

581
00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:14.760
fucking hour ago, when I watched you fuck a dead hooker,

582
00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:19.840
you weren't embarrassed. Then, for God's sake, our family is screwed.

583
00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.000
You know that? Oh all right, fine, since your family

584
00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:28.039
and all, Jimmy said, and paused, lighting another smoke. He

585
00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:31.079
changed them when he's nervous. What did he have to

586
00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:35.239
be nervous about? The job was all but done. When

587
00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:37.480
we get paid and you go off on your bender,

588
00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:41.960
I get lonely. I sit in that shit apartment by myself,

589
00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:46.599
so I've been grabbing me some company. It ain't nothing sexual,

590
00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:51.880
just someone to cuddle with and watch TV, Jimmy explained. Oh,

591
00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:55.199
for the love of Christ. I yelled out and slammed

592
00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:57.800
on the brakes. The van screeched to a halt on

593
00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:00.639
the dark road. I heard a bang in a muffled

594
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:06.039
cry from the back. Whoops, what? Jimmy asked, Are you

595
00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:10.840
kidding me? What's wrong with a little human companionship? He asked,

596
00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:17.320
shocked at my response? How many? I questioned, between clenched teeth, movies.

597
00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:21.480
I slapped him hard across his filthy face. What do

598
00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:25.719
you mean, then, he asked, clutching his cheek, confused, how

599
00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.480
many women? How many women have you forced to hang

600
00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:34.079
out with your fucked brain? I don't know, like one

601
00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:37.559
a month or so since we started doing this, Jimmy

602
00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.800
answered and pointed to the side mirror. There were headlights

603
00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:43.880
coming up behind us. I got the van going again,

604
00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:49.599
so quick, Math here about a dozen or so. What

605
00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:52.679
do you do with them after? Do I even want

606
00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:58.840
to know? Well? I can't let them go, Jimmy responded, Oh,

607
00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:02.559
here we go. I swung at him again, almost losing

608
00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:04.840
control of the van as we took our exit towards

609
00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:09.599
the warehouse. We are not murderers, A muffled cry from

610
00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:12.559
the back of the van went all but unnoticed. We

611
00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:17.960
steal corpses. What's the difference, Jimmy asked, offended. We don't

612
00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:21.400
kill them, We just get the parts for doc. I

613
00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.000
yelled as I pulled past the chain link gate Jimmy

614
00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.559
had left open. I stopped the van at the large

615
00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:29.800
garage door and hit the button on the remote. I

616
00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:33.159
can't believe you're making a big deal about this, Jimmy spat.

617
00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:37.719
She ain't no saint either. I can't believe I'm related

618
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.559
to you, I said, as I pulled the van inside.

619
00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:44.079
The dock was waiting by the office door. As usual.

620
00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.199
We climbed out of the van and grabbed the sack,

621
00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:51.599
spreading out the contents on the steamless steel table. Not

622
00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:54.719
a bad haul tonight, boys, the doc said, as his

623
00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.239
gaze fell on the parts, Nice clean cuts like I

624
00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:02.719
showed you eighteen twenty, I said, putting on my best

625
00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:06.000
dickering face eighteen and I'll show you what I do

626
00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:10.320
with them. Doc said, I don't think I want to know,

627
00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:14.639
I replied. Jimmy walked back to the van. He hated

628
00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:17.880
this part, but he loved the payday. We heard a

629
00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:21.679
thump and a scream from the van. God damn it, Jimmy,

630
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:27.559
I yelled out. What was that? Doc asked, concerned. Just

631
00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.280
then the woman came around from the side of the van,

632
00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:33.719
clutching her head. Blood flowed down over her face into

633
00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.000
a crimson mask. She stumbled a few steps and fell

634
00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.400
to her knees on the concrete floor with a wet

635
00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:44.559
slapping sound. What is the meaning of this, Doc asked,

636
00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:47.320
taking a step back. Jimmy came around the side of

637
00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:50.000
the van with a bloody ty iron. I'll take care

638
00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:55.079
of it. Wait, Doc called out. Everyone froze. The only

639
00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:58.480
noise were the sobs of the woman. Did you bring

640
00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:04.440
me a live one? Well, technically, Jimmy started twenty five,

641
00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:07.559
I asked the doc. He looked for me, to the

642
00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:11.039
woman on the ground and back to me. Twenty two.

643
00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:16.400
She is damaged, Doc replied, deal. We shook hands on it.

644
00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:21.360
Damn it. Jimmy, get her under control, I yelled. The

645
00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:24.280
doc walked over and gave the woman a shot of something.

646
00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:28.559
She passed out almost instantly. He wiped her face clean.

647
00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:32.599
More like this, he said, as he pulled out a

648
00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:36.800
wad bigger than my cousin ever blew on poker and blow. Hmm.

649
00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:43.000
That could be a euphemism. Gambling, drugs and women. That's

650
00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:51.679
the life. The next few weeks were a blur, as

651
00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:55.840
we brought the doc livelier merchandise, and we had so

652
00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:58.719
much cash we ran out of mattresses to stuff it in.

653
00:43:59.360 --> 00:44:01.960
I got myself a safe deposit box down at the

654
00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.079
bank and started stuffing some in there, just a backup

655
00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:08.239
in case Jimmy fucks up and I got a bolt

656
00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:13.320
on the idiot. Things were going great until it weren't anymore.

657
00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.039
It was raining hard and Jimmy picked me up from

658
00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:19.880
my new apartment. The van had a leak in the

659
00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:22.360
roof about a foot from the back door, and it

660
00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:26.239
pinged annoyingly as it struck the metal floor. The van

661
00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:29.320
was cleaned right out. Nothing back there except an old

662
00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:32.920
milk crate we kept ratchet straps in. Where are we

663
00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:36.440
headed tonight? I asked, shaking the cold from my bones.

664
00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:39.239
I wondered how many more years of this I got

665
00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:41.679
in me? I should have enough money to head south

666
00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:45.119
and live on the beach, down to Mill Street. All

667
00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:47.800
the best horrors are down that way. We haven't hit

668
00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:50.840
it since the first week. No one should be suspicious,

669
00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:56.239
Jimmy said, It's amazing how the dynamic changed in our relationship.

670
00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:59.599
He knew his shit when it came to grabbing a woman,

671
00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:03.519
and no wa would miss hell. I think he was

672
00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:07.519
born for this job, A regular people person, my cousin.

673
00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:11.559
We pulled the van around the corner from this greasy

674
00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.960
biker bar with a generic name like Mad Mike's or

675
00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:19.079
some dumb shit like that. The woman paraded up and

676
00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:22.519
down the block, either working for the bikers or trying

677
00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:26.119
to earn their gas money. We looking for a redhead tonight,

678
00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:29.880
he asked for one specifically. Jimmy explained, as he lit

679
00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:33.920
up a cigarette. How do we know if they're natural?

680
00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:37.800
I asked, Oh, I can tell, don't you worry, cousin.

681
00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:42.199
I rolled my eyes. Hey, hon, you got a dry

682
00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:45.039
place to fuck? Came the voice of a young woman

683
00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:48.719
almost instantly. She had an umbrella, but it wasn't helping

684
00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:52.280
her much. It was broken on one side. I walked

685
00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:55.079
closer to talk to the girl, to play the game,

686
00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:57.719
to get her back to the van and eventually to

687
00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:02.440
the dock for a payday. Just then she dropped to

688
00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:05.519
the ground under the blow from the tire iron Jimmy held.

689
00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:11.599
I glanced around. What the fuck, man, Relax, it's raining

690
00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:14.480
tits out here. No one saw or heard grab her feet,

691
00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:18.880
Jimmy ordered. Think about what you just said, raining tits.

692
00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.360
I think that would fucking hurt, I said, and slapped

693
00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:26.000
him upside that damaged brain of his. Maybe it would

694
00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:29.239
fix it. Shut up and grab her, he said, rubbing

695
00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:32.440
his head. I complied. To expedite the time to get

696
00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:35.199
back to where it was dry, we threw her into

697
00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:38.239
the back. I climbed in and ratchet strapped her down

698
00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:41.960
as Jimmy started up the van. I thought we weren't

699
00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.880
supposed to damage them any more, I asked, yeah, Well,

700
00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:49.679
she looked like my ex was Jimmy's response from the

701
00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:53.239
front seat. I braced against the wall for my crazy

702
00:46:53.320 --> 00:46:57.320
cousins driving. We showed up at docks a few minutes later.

703
00:46:57.800 --> 00:47:01.320
I only had a few new bruises. I unstrapped the ratchet.

704
00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:04.679
See what I did there? I pushed her out the

705
00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:08.400
door and into the waiting arms of Jimmy. I almost

706
00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:11.239
felt bad for her. At least I haven't seen his

707
00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:14.719
penis in a week. Oh, come on, will you put

708
00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:17.960
that thing away? For fuck's sake, I said, averting my eyes.

709
00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:20.840
Even though it was too late. The doc is late.

710
00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:25.079
Why can't I have a little fun, Jimmy asked, Because

711
00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:29.760
we ain't goddamn rapists, you asshole, I said, And after

712
00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:33.360
having met my quota on cousin penis seeing I booted

713
00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:36.000
him in the tea bag. He doubled over and fell

714
00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:38.880
to the floor. The horror started to run, but I

715
00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:43.559
grabbed her hair. He ain't going anywhere, I said, Where

716
00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:46.519
was the doc? Anyway? It weren't like him to be late.

717
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:49.639
Jimmy said, maybe we should go inside and take a

718
00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:52.599
look for I don't want to go in there. Who

719
00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:56.280
knows what the hell he's an experimenting on? I said,

720
00:47:56.320 --> 00:48:00.280
shaking my head, no sense of adventure, Jimmy quipped and

721
00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.239
grabbed the girl from me. He pushed her towards the

722
00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.519
door the dock usually comes out from. He grabbed the

723
00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:11.079
handle and yanked the door open. Instantly we knew something

724
00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:14.280
was wrong. The lights were flickering in there, and it

725
00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:20.800
was quiet, too quiet, even quieter than that, so quiet

726
00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:23.400
a deaf man could hear you fart, A silent one.

727
00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:27.119
That's a saying, ain't it. The woman stopped a few

728
00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:29.599
steps in. We crowded up next to her to take

729
00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:33.840
in the scene. Tables were overturned, all kinds of medical

730
00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:36.000
stuff littered the floor. It was a It was a

731
00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:41.840
fucking mess. Oh, and there was the dock. You okay, doc,

732
00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:45.280
I asked, taking a few steps forward and bending down.

733
00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:50.239
He wasn't moving. I think he's dead, Jimmy said, pointing

734
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:53.440
to the holes in his chest and the exploded ears.

735
00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:57.079
I guess I should have started with that. He was Uh,

736
00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:01.159
he was fucked up. The woman's screamed behind her duct

737
00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:04.079
tape and tried to leave. Jimmy was quicker than me

738
00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:07.280
and grabbed her. As we heard movement further in, I

739
00:49:07.320 --> 00:49:10.360
whipped out my nine millimeter and aimed it towards the noise.

740
00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:14.760
We didn't see anything at first, but then I saw

741
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:24.480
something small, something insignificant. Is that bees? I asked about

742
00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:26.960
a half dozen or so took flight across the room

743
00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:29.960
and came right for us. The woman wretched free and

744
00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.440
tried to run again. Jimmy should have hit her in

745
00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:34.920
the legs instead of the head, for Christ's sake. The

746
00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:37.440
bees streaked past us and entered the woman's head through

747
00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:40.960
her ears. A loud, screeching noise came from within and

748
00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:45.119
grew second by second. It was almost too much to bear.

749
00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:47.519
We clutched our ears and dropped to the ground as

750
00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:51.199
we watched the woman's ears begin to bleed. The shrieking

751
00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:53.760
stopped as her ear drums exploded in a spray of

752
00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:56.280
blood out of each side of her head. She fell

753
00:49:56.320 --> 00:49:58.480
to the ground and the bees began to swarm around

754
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:02.360
the corpse, and I booked it towards the door to escape.

755
00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:04.519
Jimmy was first and tried to close me in with

756
00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:09.840
the the what the fuck do I call them? Banshee bees?

757
00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:14.960
Bansh bees? What the hell was the doctor into? Jimmy

758
00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:17.400
locked me in. The bastard I had to run the

759
00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:21.320
other way deeper into the warehouse. I slammed the door

760
00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.480
behind me. I didn't have any bees following me, so

761
00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:27.719
I was safe for the moment. I could hear Jimmy

762
00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:30.239
trying to get that piece of shit Old Ford started.

763
00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:33.840
We really should have gotten a better collection vehicle with

764
00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:36.559
our money. Jimmy, you fuck. I hope they sting the

765
00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:40.079
fuck out of you, I shouted in his direction. I

766
00:50:40.159 --> 00:50:44.480
passed table upon table of the doc's work, body pieces

767
00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:50.039
sewn together, jars of things, some of them moving. I

768
00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:54.440
tried to ignore those. There was some disturbing mad scientist

769
00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:59.800
shit happening. I mean, besides the screaming bees. That sounds

770
00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:03.599
like a band name. Another door blocked my path. Through

771
00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:05.840
the little glass pane, I could see an exit door.

772
00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:09.239
I was almost out of here. Then I tracked down

773
00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:12.639
that cousin of mine and beat the shit out of him.

774
00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.199
Everyone has to have goals, right, I reached for the

775
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:19.480
door as I heard some buzzing behind me. I twisted

776
00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:24.719
quickly and saw a sight I never expected. Bees began

777
00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:27.360
to burst from the flesh of all the body parts.

778
00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:30.800
The doc must have used the bodies as some kind

779
00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:34.639
of a berthing hive or something. I don't know how

780
00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:38.679
bees work. Soon dozens of them were buzzing around the room,

781
00:51:38.800 --> 00:51:42.760
getting closer and closer to me. I grabbed the first

782
00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:45.000
thing I could find to fight them off, and swung

783
00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:48.079
the object. It kind of made me laugh. Using a

784
00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:51.800
severed arm as a fly swatter with a loud slap,

785
00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:54.880
the arm came down on one of those stainless steel tables,

786
00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:59.159
crushing two of the bastards. This was downright inefficient, I thought.

787
00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:02.199
I gave up, tossing the arm at the swarm and

788
00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:05.039
diving through the door. The small room on the other

789
00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:08.639
side was dimly lit from a grimy window. I stepped

790
00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:13.800
towards the exit stop buzzed a voice behind me. I

791
00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:16.320
turned as the hair raised on the back of my neck.

792
00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:20.400
In front of me was the DOC. I thought you

793
00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:27.599
were dead, no reborn, he buzzed. I saw in the

794
00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:32.079
shadowy light hundreds of bees crawling over his flesh, burrowing

795
00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:36.559
in and out. He seemed oblivious to it. Doc, I

796
00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:39.480
gotta run. Jimmy is waiting for me. We got some

797
00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:43.440
hot dates lined up, I explained. He didn't seem to care.

798
00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:48.079
He stepped an awkward step forward. That's when I noticed

799
00:52:48.119 --> 00:52:54.880
his eyes were gone, just dark holes full of bees. Joynie,

800
00:52:57.519 --> 00:53:01.000
the voice rumbled in his chest. When he opened his mouth,

801
00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:04.719
only bees fell out. This was by and large creepier

802
00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:08.400
than anything Jimmy had ever subjected me to. Really, I

803
00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:11.800
gotta go, I said, and reached for the door. A

804
00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:14.639
few dozen bees got between me and the door, and

805
00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:17.760
I took a step back. Panic began to set in.

806
00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:27.239
Join the be one of us the glory. Iive mine.

807
00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:33.519
Quit palling my leg, I quipped, thinking myself clever, But

808
00:53:33.599 --> 00:53:37.239
it looked like I was the only one. Bees circled

809
00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:40.840
back around bee Dock and crawled over and into his flesh.

810
00:53:42.039 --> 00:53:44.280
Just then a crash made me drop to the ground

811
00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:47.920
and piss my pants. Or did I piss them first?

812
00:53:48.639 --> 00:53:51.400
Either way, there I was lying on the ground, covered

813
00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:54.280
and piss and debristhe as that piece of shit forward

814
00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:57.119
crashed through the wall and smashed into bee Dock and

815
00:53:57.239 --> 00:54:00.800
pinned his carcass against the wall. Jimmy out of the

816
00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:03.880
cab with a bent lit cigarette in his mouth. The

817
00:54:03.920 --> 00:54:07.800
bees emerged and started to swarm around Doc's corpse. I

818
00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:09.880
got up and tried to wipe the debris from my

819
00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:13.599
damp pants with some dignity about time you showed up.

820
00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:17.159
Couldn't get the old horror running. Think she needs a

821
00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:20.639
vacation to the scrapyard, Jimmy said, and reached into the van.

822
00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:23.760
He pulled out a torch and a gas can. Dump this.

823
00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:27.280
I splashed the gases close to the corpse in the

824
00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:30.320
front of the van. As I could brave. The swarm

825
00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:34.400
was getting more and more agitated. I saw the crushed

826
00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:38.760
body and the hive walls inside. There was nothing left

827
00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:41.920
of the man that was the dock. The bees began

828
00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.960
to shriek and vibrate. They were hurting my ears. I

829
00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:48.960
had just enough time to see Jimmy's cigarette fly over

830
00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:52.880
my shoulder and hear the whoosh behind me. What the fuck?

831
00:54:53.360 --> 00:54:55.480
I said, as I got out of the way, feeling

832
00:54:55.480 --> 00:54:59.199
the heat on my back. The bees scream was unbearable,

833
00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:03.519
but dying down as they burned. More of the room

834
00:55:03.639 --> 00:55:06.280
began to catch fire and the smoke was getting thick.

835
00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:11.440
We made our way outside. Are you okay, I asked

836
00:55:11.480 --> 00:55:16.400
Jimmy as he stopped to light another cigarette outside the building. Yeah,

837
00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:19.280
you think that woman we grabbed is still in one piece,

838
00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:24.199
Jimmy asked. I fired a shot into the back of

839
00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:27.960
Jimmy's head. He fell forward onto the pavement with the

840
00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:32.679
still unlit cigarette in his mouth. You're a real asshole, Jimmy,

841
00:55:33.239 --> 00:55:36.519
I said, and headed down the road towards my safe

842
00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:50.320
deposit box. The babysitter by Rob Fields. I'm walking down

843
00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:54.760
Sheffield Avenue, which is located over in Strickfield Commons. As

844
00:55:54.800 --> 00:55:57.360
I'm looking at all the beautiful homes that line each

845
00:55:57.480 --> 00:56:01.599
and every block, I remember that everybody and anybody who

846
00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:04.719
lives in Strickfield knows that this is where the rich

847
00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:08.440
people live. Further down this street, I can see the

848
00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:12.760
wall that surrounds the properties where all of those mirens live.

849
00:56:13.639 --> 00:56:15.719
It must be nice to have the kind of money

850
00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:18.800
that they've got. They sure don't have to take babysitting

851
00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:22.280
jobs just to be able to make money. Kelsey, A

852
00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:25.119
woman calls out to me. I quickly come out of

853
00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:28.159
my thoughts and turn to see missus Nancy Marsden, standing

854
00:56:28.199 --> 00:56:30.440
in the front door of the house I'm supposed to

855
00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:34.599
be babysitting for. Sorry, I guess I got lost in

856
00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:38.280
my own thoughts. I say to her in my mousey voice.

857
00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:42.119
She gives me a little smile. Well, come on, in.

858
00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:44.599
My husband and I are getting ready to leave. We

859
00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:47.440
were just waiting for you. I turn and walk to

860
00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:50.519
the front porch. I walk up the steps and Missus

861
00:56:50.519 --> 00:56:53.880
Marsden steps aside to let me come in. This house

862
00:56:54.480 --> 00:57:00.440
always smells like potpoury, definitely a pleasant smell. This beautiful

863
00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:03.480
house isn't one of those mansions the Mirons live in,

864
00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:05.679
but I would live in a house like this if

865
00:57:05.719 --> 00:57:08.679
I had that kind of money. The potpourrie smell is

866
00:57:08.719 --> 00:57:13.079
overtaken by the smells of something savory, which makes my

867
00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:18.079
stomach growl. Then Jonathan Marsden himself comes out of the kitchen, Kelsey,

868
00:57:18.320 --> 00:57:22.320
glad you could finally make it. Aren't you two going

869
00:57:22.360 --> 00:57:26.239
out tonight? I ask, Oh, we are? He says, I'm

870
00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:28.920
actually putting dinner on the table for you and the kids.

871
00:57:29.400 --> 00:57:32.679
One of the perks about babysitting for the Marsdens. They

872
00:57:32.719 --> 00:57:36.199
feed me real good. Either they give me money to

873
00:57:36.320 --> 00:57:40.039
order something to have delivered, or Jonathan makes dinner. I

874
00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:42.480
take off my coat and let Missus Marsden have it.

875
00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:44.719
Then I go into the dining room and see three

876
00:57:45.119 --> 00:57:48.320
very nice turkey dinners on the table. I've got to

877
00:57:48.360 --> 00:57:50.679
take good care of you, Kelsey, since you take good

878
00:57:50.719 --> 00:57:53.360
care of our kids, he says with a wink. Sit,

879
00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:56.800
I go and sit at the table. Then the two

880
00:57:56.880 --> 00:57:59.840
children I'm babysitting come in and sit. Stephen and David

881
00:57:59.880 --> 00:58:02.840
are across from each other, nine and ten years old.

882
00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:06.760
They both give me those dirty looks. Can't you get

883
00:58:06.800 --> 00:58:11.519
a better babysitter? Stephen complains to his dad, Yeah, she's

884
00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:15.599
such a nerd. David adds, Kelsey wears those stupid glasses

885
00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:19.039
and she can't even play video games that good. Jonathan

886
00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:23.719
gives them a gentle sigh. Now you too, Kelsey takes

887
00:58:23.760 --> 00:58:26.760
good care of you both, doesn't she. They give me

888
00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:31.119
their dirty looks again. As you can tell, they really

889
00:58:31.159 --> 00:58:34.920
don't like me that much. Still, they can't tell their

890
00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:37.920
dad that I hurt them in any way. No. I

891
00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:41.039
treat them with kid gloves and pretty much let them

892
00:58:41.039 --> 00:58:44.559
do whatever they want. When the kids don't reply, Jonathan

893
00:58:44.599 --> 00:58:47.400
tells us to go ahead and meat. Nancy comes into

894
00:58:47.400 --> 00:58:50.559
the kitchen. We'd better get going, dear, we don't want

895
00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:55.360
to be late, right, Jonathan agrees. When Nancy leaves, Jonathan

896
00:58:55.400 --> 00:58:58.159
comes up behind me and pats my shoulder. You've got

897
00:58:58.199 --> 00:59:00.960
this under control. As always, I'll pay you when we

898
00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:03.719
get back. You'll probably get a bonus if there are

899
00:59:03.719 --> 00:59:07.719
no issues. Jonathan and Nancy leave. Now it's just me

900
00:59:07.840 --> 00:59:10.440
and the kids. They start giving me a hard time

901
00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:14.159
again about my glasses and how I suck at video games.

902
00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:17.159
Then Stephen tells me the only reason their dad hires

903
00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.519
me to babysit them is because he says I'm a

904
00:59:19.559 --> 00:59:22.639
cute little thing. Then David tells me I look like

905
00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:28.360
a little girl. I sure wish my body would have

906
00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:31.679
developed as much as my brain. They're right when they

907
00:59:31.719 --> 00:59:34.840
say I look really young for my age. I've been

908
00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:37.519
told that I look like I'm twelve when I'm really

909
00:59:37.599 --> 00:59:40.280
much older. I can't even get into an R rated

910
00:59:40.360 --> 00:59:44.280
movie without having my ID with me. After we finish dinner,

911
00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:46.599
I go ahead and do the dishes. The kids are

912
00:59:46.679 --> 00:59:50.400
running around and acting like kids. I have to tell

913
00:59:50.400 --> 00:59:52.920
them to settle down. When I'm done with the dishes,

914
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:55.400
I join the boys in the living room. Then they

915
00:59:55.480 --> 00:59:58.519
attack me and start wrestling me. I end up getting

916
00:59:58.519 --> 01:00:01.400
a little rough with them, enough to hurt them. Of course,

917
01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:03.800
in time, I get them to sit down and we

918
01:00:03.880 --> 01:00:07.960
watch a couple of movies. Their choices of course, when

919
01:00:07.960 --> 01:00:10.039
it gets to be around ten o'clock, I tell them

920
01:00:10.119 --> 01:00:12.920
it's time to head upstairs and go to bed. Of course,

921
01:00:13.280 --> 01:00:15.119
they always have to ask me if I can let

922
01:00:15.119 --> 01:00:18.360
them stay up a little later. I bend a little

923
01:00:18.360 --> 01:00:21.280
and give them another half hour. Then I finally make

924
01:00:21.320 --> 01:00:24.719
them go upstairs. In fact, I make sure they're both

925
01:00:24.719 --> 01:00:28.400
in their pajamas and getting into bed. One other time

926
01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:31.519
before I caught them messing around in their parents' room.

927
01:00:32.119 --> 01:00:34.960
Don't even think about raiding any of the other rooms

928
01:00:35.000 --> 01:00:38.440
up here. I tell them, I can hear you downstairs

929
01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:41.760
and I'll be up Yeah, you're just waiting for dad

930
01:00:41.800 --> 01:00:45.760
to get home. David quips, Well, yeah, I say, he's

931
01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:48.360
got to pay me right, and then you can show

932
01:00:48.400 --> 01:00:53.599
him your boobs, Steven teases. I open my mouth wide, Steven,

933
01:00:53.960 --> 01:00:56.079
you are much too young to be talking about things

934
01:00:56.159 --> 01:00:58.800
like that. I point at the both of them. Now

935
01:00:58.840 --> 01:01:01.760
get to bed. I'm downstairs and i'll hear you if

936
01:01:01.760 --> 01:01:03.880
you're messing around up here, and if I hear you,

937
01:01:04.320 --> 01:01:07.679
I'm coming back up here and killing you both. They

938
01:01:07.719 --> 01:01:11.159
both give me poudy sighs and finally get under their covers.

939
01:01:11.559 --> 01:01:13.400
I wait a bit before I turn out the light

940
01:01:13.599 --> 01:01:16.559
and head back downstairs. I sit in a recliner and

941
01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:19.159
turn on the TV. I turn the volume down enough

942
01:01:19.199 --> 01:01:21.719
so I can hear it and not disturb the kids.

943
01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:25.559
There's a news program that shows the Statn House, which

944
01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:28.960
is just a few blocks away still here in Strickfield Commons.

945
01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.320
A reporter is talking about a murder that happened there

946
01:01:32.559 --> 01:01:36.039
just last night. Turns out the three children who lived

947
01:01:36.039 --> 01:01:41.039
in that house were all murdered violently. They've been reporting

948
01:01:41.039 --> 01:01:43.360
on a lot of kids being murdered in the last

949
01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:48.320
few months. They obviously haven't caught whomever did it. I

950
01:01:48.400 --> 01:01:50.599
click the remote and try to find something to watch.

951
01:01:51.119 --> 01:01:53.800
It's one of those nights where nothing's on. I adjust

952
01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:56.960
my new glasses and wish I hadn't broken my other ones.

953
01:01:57.559 --> 01:01:59.840
I guess that's what happens when you get careless, right,

954
01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:03.079
I turn off the TV and pull out my smartphone.

955
01:02:03.599 --> 01:02:05.760
Just as I'm about to mess around on it, I

956
01:02:05.800 --> 01:02:09.000
hear the telephone ring. It surprises me that the Marsdens

957
01:02:09.039 --> 01:02:11.920
still have a landline, as rich as they are. I

958
01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:17.079
get up and answer the phone. Hello, Marsden residents, Oh

959
01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:20.639
are the children this evening? This weird voice asks me,

960
01:02:21.679 --> 01:02:28.679
excuse me, how are the children this evening? The voice repeats, Um,

961
01:02:29.440 --> 01:02:34.519
can I help you with something? I demanded impatiently. Click.

962
01:02:35.440 --> 01:02:39.159
Stupid prank callers, I mutter as I hang up the receiver.

963
01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:42.000
I go back to the living room and sit down

964
01:02:42.039 --> 01:02:44.920
with my smartphone. I open up Facebook and check out

965
01:02:44.920 --> 01:02:48.280
my notifications. Then I mess around on Twitter and post

966
01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:51.440
a few responses. After that, I look at some of

967
01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:59.239
my picks. After a while, the telephone rings again. I

968
01:02:59.400 --> 01:03:02.119
groan and get up to go answer it. I pick

969
01:03:02.199 --> 01:03:08.280
up the receiver. Hello, Marsden residents, don't you think you

970
01:03:08.320 --> 01:03:14.920
should be keeping a closer eye on the children? It's

971
01:03:14.920 --> 01:03:18.360
that weird voice again. Seriously, what do you want? The

972
01:03:18.440 --> 01:03:21.039
marsden'sren't home right now. You'll have to call back later,

973
01:03:21.320 --> 01:03:26.119
preferably tomorrow morning, I say, with a bit more impatience.

974
01:03:27.280 --> 01:03:31.480
I wouldn't get too comfortable if I were you. Click.

975
01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:36.119
I groan and hang up the receiver. I realize that

976
01:03:36.159 --> 01:03:38.719
I have to go to the bathroom. After I finish,

977
01:03:38.840 --> 01:03:41.440
I'm washing my hands. Then I'm looking at myself in

978
01:03:41.480 --> 01:03:45.400
the mirror. Yeah right, I'm a cute little girl. Give

979
01:03:45.440 --> 01:03:49.159
me a break, I muttered to myself. I look myself

980
01:03:49.199 --> 01:03:52.119
over in the mirror again. The best I can do

981
01:03:52.239 --> 01:03:55.320
to describe myself is that I look like a small

982
01:03:55.440 --> 01:03:59.039
bean pole version of Velma from Scooby Doo. I've got

983
01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:02.199
the same dark hair is Velma, except mine is straight

984
01:04:02.239 --> 01:04:05.440
and goes halfway down my back. I also have freckles

985
01:04:05.440 --> 01:04:08.559
on my cheeks. Then I look down at my chest.

986
01:04:09.559 --> 01:04:12.440
I can't believe that Stephen would attack me and talk

987
01:04:12.440 --> 01:04:16.480
about my boobs. Okay, I'm not endowed like many of

988
01:04:16.519 --> 01:04:19.599
the cheerleaders at Strickfield High, but I'd like to think

989
01:04:19.599 --> 01:04:21.719
that I have enough to at least tell people I'm

990
01:04:22.199 --> 01:04:27.360
really a woman and not a little girl. So frustrating,

991
01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:30.199
I turn away from the mirror and leave the bathroom,

992
01:04:30.280 --> 01:04:37.800
turning off the light. And the telephone's ringing again. I'd

993
01:04:37.880 --> 01:04:43.239
grown again and go pick up the receiver. Yes, did

994
01:04:43.280 --> 01:04:49.360
you even check to see if all the doors were locked? A? Pause? Kelsey,

995
01:04:50.519 --> 01:04:55.519
My eyes open real wide. Seriously, what do you want?

996
01:04:56.159 --> 01:05:00.559
I'd be checking those doors? If I will? You click?

997
01:05:01.960 --> 01:05:04.880
I growl and slam the receiver down. Then I move

998
01:05:04.960 --> 01:05:08.920
and check the doors. They're all locked up tight. I

999
01:05:08.960 --> 01:05:12.239
even check the windows down here, I mean the Marsdens

1000
01:05:12.280 --> 01:05:15.400
wouldn't have them unlocked anyway, right, not in the middle

1001
01:05:15.440 --> 01:05:19.440
of November. Seriously, what does this person want? Why does

1002
01:05:19.440 --> 01:05:23.440
he keep calling here? I take a deep breath, keep

1003
01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:26.400
it together. Now, it's just some idiot who's trying to

1004
01:05:26.440 --> 01:05:29.840
scare you for some cheap thrills. I return to the

1005
01:05:29.880 --> 01:05:33.800
phone and wait for it to ring again, which it does.

1006
01:05:34.960 --> 01:05:39.199
I pick it up. Now what you should have been

1007
01:05:39.320 --> 01:05:42.480
checking the doors to make sure you could unlock them.

1008
01:05:43.599 --> 01:05:47.280
I'll be coming for you soon, Kelsey. There we will

1009
01:05:47.400 --> 01:05:53.000
be no escape for you this time. I'm the one

1010
01:05:53.000 --> 01:05:55.559
who hangs up on him. I need to go and

1011
01:05:55.639 --> 01:05:59.519
check on the kids. Then the telephone rings again. I

1012
01:05:59.559 --> 01:06:01.679
swear I'm going to rip the phone cord out. I

1013
01:06:01.719 --> 01:06:05.639
pick up the receiver. Leave me alone, I yell. In

1014
01:06:05.719 --> 01:06:11.199
a little while, you'll be more alone than you think. Prominently,

1015
01:06:12.000 --> 01:06:14.719
I'll be coming for you in just a short while,

1016
01:06:14.840 --> 01:06:20.719
and you will belong to me. Click. I have had it.

1017
01:06:21.000 --> 01:06:23.039
I hang up the receiver and then pick it back

1018
01:06:23.119 --> 01:06:26.840
up again. I dial zero for the operator. Yes, I

1019
01:06:26.840 --> 01:06:29.599
can't believe I actually got an answer from an actual person.

1020
01:06:30.239 --> 01:06:33.719
Must be the phone service the Marsdans are using. Yes,

1021
01:06:34.119 --> 01:06:37.880
I've been receiving these harassing phone calls. I don't know

1022
01:06:37.920 --> 01:06:40.800
where they're coming from, but the caller's been threatening me.

1023
01:06:41.559 --> 01:06:44.199
The operator tells me to call her back if it

1024
01:06:44.239 --> 01:06:46.840
happens again, and she would try and trace the call.

1025
01:06:47.400 --> 01:06:50.000
And that's the end of that conversation for the moment.

1026
01:06:51.400 --> 01:06:54.400
Not even thirty seconds after I've hung up, the telephone

1027
01:06:55.079 --> 01:06:58.840
it rings again. I pick it up and hope it's

1028
01:06:59.119 --> 01:07:01.880
maybe the operator giving me a big break and telling

1029
01:07:01.920 --> 01:07:04.960
me she's found the creep who's been calling me. No

1030
01:07:05.079 --> 01:07:11.360
such luck. You're a very bad babysitter, Kelsey. Has it

1031
01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:15.320
ever occurred to you that you maybe should go check

1032
01:07:15.400 --> 01:07:19.639
on the children? You better hurry because I'm coming for

1033
01:07:19.760 --> 01:07:24.679
you now. Click. I quickly call the operator back and

1034
01:07:24.719 --> 01:07:27.079
tell her what happened. She tells me to hang up

1035
01:07:27.239 --> 01:07:30.320
and she'll call me back. Shortly after hanging up, I

1036
01:07:30.360 --> 01:07:33.039
turned to go and check on the kids. I hold

1037
01:07:33.079 --> 01:07:37.039
myself at how scared I really am. I shriek. When

1038
01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:39.639
the telephone rings again. I quickly turn and pick up

1039
01:07:39.679 --> 01:07:43.880
the receiver. Leave me alone. God damn you, it's the

1040
01:07:43.920 --> 01:07:47.800
operator calling me back. I quickly apologize. There's no time

1041
01:07:47.840 --> 01:07:50.519
for pleasantries. As she tells me, I need to get

1042
01:07:50.559 --> 01:07:53.920
out of the house immediately. She just told me that

1043
01:07:53.920 --> 01:07:56.920
that the calls are coming from another line inside this

1044
01:07:57.119 --> 01:07:59.719
very house. She tells me she's already got the police coming.

1045
01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:02.000
I hang up and quickly make my way to the

1046
01:08:02.039 --> 01:08:05.400
front door. I'm already hearing sirens coming. As soon as

1047
01:08:05.440 --> 01:08:07.880
I'm outside, the police car parks right across the street.

1048
01:08:08.039 --> 01:08:10.639
Two officers get out. Then the driver opens the rear

1049
01:08:10.679 --> 01:08:13.480
door and lets a college aged girl out. I rush

1050
01:08:13.519 --> 01:08:16.640
to the officers and explain everything that's been happening. I

1051
01:08:16.720 --> 01:08:18.960
can go in and check it out. The girl tells

1052
01:08:18.960 --> 01:08:23.199
the officers maybe clues got left behind, not without one

1053
01:08:23.239 --> 01:08:27.319
of us backing you up, Devereaux. Officer stro tells her, remember,

1054
01:08:27.760 --> 01:08:30.279
even though you're working with us, you're still a college intern.

1055
01:08:31.119 --> 01:08:35.319
I understand. Devereux replies, which one of you is accompanying me?

1056
01:08:36.079 --> 01:08:40.760
I will, Officer Shulden offers. Officer Shulden accompanies the Devereux

1057
01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:43.560
girl to the house. They both go in and look around.

1058
01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:47.319
It's several minutes later before they come back out. There's

1059
01:08:47.359 --> 01:08:52.600
nobody upstairs, Officer Shulden tells us. Devereux speaks up. The

1060
01:08:52.640 --> 01:08:55.000
two beds in the kids room were slept in, but

1061
01:08:55.039 --> 01:08:58.680
they're not there now. Officer Shulden heard me calling for them,

1062
01:08:58.680 --> 01:09:01.880
but we never got an answer. They're really not there.

1063
01:09:02.279 --> 01:09:06.439
I shriek, are you serious? I run away from them

1064
01:09:06.479 --> 01:09:09.079
and head back into the house. I don't even hear

1065
01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:11.760
the officers calling out behind me. I race up the

1066
01:09:11.760 --> 01:09:15.960
stairs into the boy's room. Sure enough, Stephen and David

1067
01:09:15.960 --> 01:09:20.279
are nowhere to be found. Oh my god, I scream?

1068
01:09:21.000 --> 01:09:24.359
What am I going to say to the Marsdens. It's

1069
01:09:24.399 --> 01:09:26.760
a little after one am when I cut through a

1070
01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:29.079
yard and walk into the wooded area between there and

1071
01:09:29.119 --> 01:09:32.079
my house. Boy, did I ever hear it from the

1072
01:09:32.119 --> 01:09:34.840
Marsdens after the police called them and got them to

1073
01:09:34.840 --> 01:09:39.439
come home. Needless to say, they refused to pay me.

1074
01:09:40.640 --> 01:09:43.359
How did somebody just come inside the house and take

1075
01:09:43.399 --> 01:09:47.720
the kids like that? How? I'm halfway through the woods

1076
01:09:47.720 --> 01:09:52.079
when I hear some twigs breaking just behind me. I

1077
01:09:52.159 --> 01:09:56.439
gulp and turn in another direction. Seriously, who did I

1078
01:09:56.479 --> 01:09:59.239
piss off? Who wants to kill me? Where did I

1079
01:09:59.279 --> 01:10:02.159
go wrong? I run out of the woods and back

1080
01:10:02.199 --> 01:10:04.960
out to the well lit streets. I keep moving and

1081
01:10:05.039 --> 01:10:07.960
know I'll be home soon. Just then a car pulls

1082
01:10:08.039 --> 01:10:12.439
up to me. The passenger window rolls down. It's Devereux,

1083
01:10:12.800 --> 01:10:17.359
that police intern. Are you all right, Kelsey, she asks me.

1084
01:10:18.239 --> 01:10:20.520
You want me to take you home? I don't mind.

1085
01:10:21.520 --> 01:10:24.039
I look back in the direction of the woods and

1086
01:10:24.159 --> 01:10:27.039
know that I don't want to face down that creep

1087
01:10:27.199 --> 01:10:30.039
if it turns out he really is following me. Without

1088
01:10:30.079 --> 01:10:32.079
a second thought, I opened the door and get in.

1089
01:10:32.760 --> 01:10:37.119
After pulling the door shut, Devereux starts driving. Thank you,

1090
01:10:37.720 --> 01:10:41.359
I exclaimed, gratefully, no problem. I just want to make

1091
01:10:41.399 --> 01:10:44.119
sure you get where you need to be. I remember

1092
01:10:44.119 --> 01:10:46.960
who you are now. You've been on the news before.

1093
01:10:47.560 --> 01:10:51.239
You're Reagan Devereux when the cops said you were an intern,

1094
01:10:51.279 --> 01:10:54.399
and I thought your name sounded familiar. You've been helping

1095
01:10:54.399 --> 01:10:59.079
the police department solve their hardest cases. Why, yes, you're right,

1096
01:10:59.319 --> 01:11:03.079
she says. I've certainly earned plenty of credit hours, that's

1097
01:11:03.119 --> 01:11:05.600
for sure. I was just told today that there would

1098
01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:08.079
be a detective position waiting for me at the Strickfield

1099
01:11:08.119 --> 01:11:12.439
Police Department after I graduate from the university. I suddenly

1100
01:11:12.439 --> 01:11:16.760
feel sad. Too bad you couldn't solve what happened to

1101
01:11:17.720 --> 01:11:23.039
Stephen and David there's a brief silence, then Devereux talks

1102
01:11:23.079 --> 01:11:26.800
to me. I wouldn't be too worried about the Marsden

1103
01:11:26.880 --> 01:11:31.039
kids when it comes to them. They're just fine. In fact,

1104
01:11:31.800 --> 01:11:35.119
there's really no mystery to solve regarding them. I'd be

1105
01:11:35.159 --> 01:11:37.560
willing to bet that they're explaining everything to their parents

1106
01:11:37.680 --> 01:11:45.760
right now. But make no mistake, Kelsey, Bishop, you are

1107
01:11:45.800 --> 01:11:49.479
in a world of shit. I told you I'd be

1108
01:11:49.560 --> 01:11:53.239
coming for you. I gulp as she reaches into her

1109
01:11:53.319 --> 01:11:55.680
jacket pocket and pulls out something that looks like a

1110
01:11:55.680 --> 01:12:01.880
little speaker. Then she says into it didn't I, Kelsey,

1111
01:12:01.960 --> 01:12:04.960
it sounds just like the voice I heard over the phone.

1112
01:12:05.039 --> 01:12:09.159
She drops the voice changer, and now you belong to me.

1113
01:12:10.239 --> 01:12:13.279
And before I can do anything, Devereux lashes out fast

1114
01:12:13.319 --> 01:12:16.880
and punches me hard in the face, hard enough to

1115
01:12:16.960 --> 01:12:21.439
knock me out. I wake up and look around. I

1116
01:12:21.479 --> 01:12:25.079
find that I'm secured to my dining room table. Then

1117
01:12:25.119 --> 01:12:28.479
I recognize where I'm at. The next thing I know,

1118
01:12:29.279 --> 01:12:32.720
Reagan Devereux comes into the room from the kitchen and

1119
01:12:32.840 --> 01:12:39.439
is looking right at me. She looks so evil. I'm

1120
01:12:39.479 --> 01:12:44.399
so scared. Now what do you want with me? I cry?

1121
01:12:44.560 --> 01:12:46.680
Why are you doing this to me? What have I

1122
01:12:46.720 --> 01:12:50.840
ever done to you? Reagan pulls up a chair and

1123
01:12:50.920 --> 01:12:55.119
sits down beside me. Let's answer those questions, shall we?

1124
01:12:55.920 --> 01:12:59.680
First question, what do I want with you? Answer to

1125
01:13:00.119 --> 01:13:05.000
issue most severely? Second question, why am I doing this

1126
01:13:05.039 --> 01:13:09.319
to you? Answer? Because punishing the wicked and the corrupt,

1127
01:13:09.399 --> 01:13:11.560
such as yourself is what I was born to do.

1128
01:13:12.640 --> 01:13:17.760
Final question, what have you ever done to me? Answer? Nothing?

1129
01:13:17.880 --> 01:13:21.800
To me personally, however, you made the most unfortunate mistake

1130
01:13:22.039 --> 01:13:27.439
of attracting my attention, Kelsey Bishop Reagan stands up, So

1131
01:13:27.600 --> 01:13:30.000
tell me how does it feel to make the news?

1132
01:13:30.159 --> 01:13:33.560
How does it feel knowing that you've viciously murdered so

1133
01:13:33.680 --> 01:13:39.039
many children? I didn't? I start to protest. Reagan raises

1134
01:13:39.079 --> 01:13:43.319
her hand sharply to quiet me. My proof. She turns

1135
01:13:43.359 --> 01:13:45.680
to a little table she's got set up that has

1136
01:13:45.760 --> 01:13:48.199
multiple instruments on it and picks up a pair of

1137
01:13:48.199 --> 01:13:53.840
broken glasses. She has plastic gloves on her hands. Recognize these,

1138
01:13:54.640 --> 01:13:57.840
you should, they're yours. I discovered them at the last

1139
01:13:57.840 --> 01:14:01.439
crime scene, which was just last night at the Staaten house.

1140
01:14:02.119 --> 01:14:04.439
I could have easily handed these over to the police.

1141
01:14:04.760 --> 01:14:07.840
They would have fingerprinted them and found you themselves. But

1142
01:14:07.920 --> 01:14:11.640
I decided that you should be next to satisfy my bloodlust.

1143
01:14:12.439 --> 01:14:15.239
Of course, to make sure that I have sufficient evidence,

1144
01:14:15.720 --> 01:14:18.520
I must make sure that you're one hundred percent guilty

1145
01:14:18.760 --> 01:14:23.800
before I pass a sentence. After secretly conducting my own investigation,

1146
01:14:24.199 --> 01:14:27.399
I discovered one commonality with all of the child murders

1147
01:14:27.680 --> 01:14:32.680
that have been happening here at Strickfield Commons. You. In

1148
01:14:32.880 --> 01:14:36.720
every interview that the police conducted, each parent said that

1149
01:14:36.800 --> 01:14:40.640
you were the babysitter at each of the murders. You see,

1150
01:14:41.199 --> 01:14:43.680
I'm there at each crime scene when the parents are

1151
01:14:43.720 --> 01:14:47.640
being questioned. Remember I work with the police. I'm not

1152
01:14:47.720 --> 01:14:50.279
just there to gain credit hours. They rely on me

1153
01:14:50.399 --> 01:14:53.800
to help them solve cases. Not to brag, but I

1154
01:14:53.840 --> 01:14:57.000
do make the papers quite a bit with this beautiful

1155
01:14:57.039 --> 01:15:00.600
brain of mine. On the one hand, I gain honor

1156
01:15:00.720 --> 01:15:04.359
for solving the cases. But what the police don't know

1157
01:15:05.199 --> 01:15:08.960
that you are finding out, is that I make the

1158
01:15:09.039 --> 01:15:14.720
papers in a second way. Her stare is really scaring me. Now.

1159
01:15:15.520 --> 01:15:21.199
I'm also known as the Angel of Death. Your society

1160
01:15:21.239 --> 01:15:24.560
has labeled me as a serial killer. Perhaps I am,

1161
01:15:25.000 --> 01:15:29.520
but you you certainly are. Why would you kill children.

1162
01:15:30.159 --> 01:15:35.399
They're still innocent and haven't tasted corruption, yet you viciously

1163
01:15:35.479 --> 01:15:40.560
slaughtered them without a second thought. Please Kelsey, enlighten me.

1164
01:15:41.479 --> 01:15:47.079
Why children? She raises her finger, and stop denying it.

1165
01:15:47.319 --> 01:15:50.239
I found blood on those broken glasses and did a

1166
01:15:50.279 --> 01:15:53.760
match with one of the victims. It's definitely not yours,

1167
01:15:54.000 --> 01:15:58.000
but the true evidence is indeed in your fingerprints. And

1168
01:15:58.079 --> 01:16:02.640
your name isn't really Kelsey Bishop, it's Mindy Arkham. You

1169
01:16:02.840 --> 01:16:06.119
escaped from the glen View Correctional Facility, which isn't far

1170
01:16:06.159 --> 01:16:10.760
from North Ridgeway where I'm from. You're much older than

1171
01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:14.319
you appear, and I believe your true age is actually

1172
01:16:14.520 --> 01:16:20.239
twenty eight. Now I'm very angry. Those fucking brats deserved

1173
01:16:20.239 --> 01:16:22.640
everything they had coming to them. Why should they get

1174
01:16:22.640 --> 01:16:24.439
to grow up in luxury law I was forced to

1175
01:16:24.479 --> 01:16:26.880
live in poverty. All their parents do is leech off

1176
01:16:26.920 --> 01:16:29.800
of us and ordinary people. We bite away, we fight

1177
01:16:29.920 --> 01:16:33.239
and claw, and we can never get ahead because fucking

1178
01:16:33.399 --> 01:16:36.199
rich people make sure we're put in our place. My

1179
01:16:36.319 --> 01:16:38.840
mom gave up and blew her fucking brains out when

1180
01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:41.239
she realized she couldn't afford to care for me. I

1181
01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:44.039
bounced around from one foster home to another. I got

1182
01:16:44.079 --> 01:16:46.399
the living shit beat out of me from one home

1183
01:16:46.439 --> 01:16:49.439
to the next. I finally saw what I needed to do,

1184
01:16:50.079 --> 01:16:53.560
and I started taking my revenge. You're right, I am

1185
01:16:53.640 --> 01:16:56.439
twenty eight, but I'm small enough to look like a brat,

1186
01:16:56.720 --> 01:17:00.600
so I used that to my advantage. I made myself

1187
01:17:00.600 --> 01:17:03.319
look like different little girls and took babysitting jobs for

1188
01:17:03.399 --> 01:17:06.239
rich families so I could just fucking kill their brats

1189
01:17:06.399 --> 01:17:08.560
and make their parents pay for putting me where I

1190
01:17:08.600 --> 01:17:11.720
am now. I even steal their cash they have laying

1191
01:17:11.760 --> 01:17:15.159
around when I find it there? Is that what you

1192
01:17:15.239 --> 01:17:19.600
wanted to hear? Reagan gets up and turns on some

1193
01:17:19.640 --> 01:17:23.119
more lights. She's got photos taped up all over the

1194
01:17:23.159 --> 01:17:28.199
dining room, so many photos. All of them are kids

1195
01:17:28.199 --> 01:17:31.920
I've murdered over the years. She raises a mini recorder

1196
01:17:31.960 --> 01:17:35.159
and turns it off. I turned this on once I

1197
01:17:35.199 --> 01:17:38.359
saw you were going to confess. The police will find

1198
01:17:38.399 --> 01:17:41.840
this here when they find your body. She puts a

1199
01:17:41.920 --> 01:17:45.279
note on the recorder that says play me and sets

1200
01:17:45.279 --> 01:17:49.840
it down. I also see my smartphone. The police will

1201
01:17:49.840 --> 01:17:53.560
find all your pictures on your phone as well. Seriously,

1202
01:17:54.239 --> 01:17:57.359
why do you people insist on taking pictures of your victims.

1203
01:17:58.439 --> 01:18:02.800
I laugh scornfully. Oh, you really expect me to believe

1204
01:18:02.880 --> 01:18:05.600
you are the angel of death? You you're going to

1205
01:18:05.680 --> 01:18:08.560
kill me? Look at you. You're way too hot, like

1206
01:18:08.600 --> 01:18:11.840
a fucking porn star, especially with those big tits. Then

1207
01:18:11.880 --> 01:18:16.399
I growl and start thrashing wildly. Struggle all you want?

1208
01:18:16.680 --> 01:18:20.560
I hear Reagan say, the tape is industrial strength and

1209
01:18:20.600 --> 01:18:24.199
I've perfected my technique with the bungee cords. You're staying

1210
01:18:24.279 --> 01:18:27.760
right on that table, mindy Arkham, and this is where

1211
01:18:27.760 --> 01:18:31.079
the police will find your body. And yes, I am

1212
01:18:31.479 --> 01:18:36.640
going to kill you. I must. I look her over again.

1213
01:18:37.479 --> 01:18:41.800
It finally registers that she's wearing a rubber apron. She's

1214
01:18:41.880 --> 01:18:47.159
even wearing a fucking bathing suit underneath. Oh, he finally

1215
01:18:47.199 --> 01:18:50.640
noticed the swimwear. Reagan says, killing you is going to

1216
01:18:50.640 --> 01:18:53.760
be quite messy, but this is how it has to be.

1217
01:18:54.920 --> 01:18:57.680
Reagan takes a huge cutting knife off her table and

1218
01:18:57.720 --> 01:19:03.000
approaches me. God, why does she scare me so much

1219
01:19:03.039 --> 01:19:05.920
with the way she looks at me. She's fucking pure

1220
01:19:05.960 --> 01:19:10.920
evil living in this beautiful girl's body. Wait, I scream,

1221
01:19:11.920 --> 01:19:13.720
you have to tell me what happened to Stephen and

1222
01:19:13.800 --> 01:19:17.159
David Marsden. I looked in their bedroom and they weren't there.

1223
01:19:17.840 --> 01:19:20.600
You said they were both still alive. And you owe

1224
01:19:20.600 --> 01:19:24.319
me that before you kill me, Reagan shakes her head.

1225
01:19:25.399 --> 01:19:28.720
I owe you nothing except for the death you so deserve,

1226
01:19:28.800 --> 01:19:30.680
for each and every one of those children that you

1227
01:19:30.800 --> 01:19:34.880
murdered in cold blood. All you need to know is

1228
01:19:34.880 --> 01:19:37.479
that I will leave you in the very same way

1229
01:19:37.520 --> 01:19:41.600
that you left all those kids. After that, I'll take

1230
01:19:41.600 --> 01:19:44.640
a shower and put my clothes back on. When I'm

1231
01:19:44.680 --> 01:19:47.960
long gone, I'll make my usual anonymous phone call to

1232
01:19:48.000 --> 01:19:50.319
the police department to let them know where to find you.

1233
01:19:51.239 --> 01:19:55.039
It's time to satisfy my bloodlust. Now, I shrieked as

1234
01:19:55.039 --> 01:19:59.479
she raises the knife above me, and now Mindy Arkham,

1235
01:20:00.399 --> 01:20:05.199
let the punishment fit the crime. And then I scream

1236
01:20:05.279 --> 01:20:08.159
as the knife comes down and plunges deep into my stomach.

1237
01:20:08.760 --> 01:20:10.520
I think I even feel the tip of the blades

1238
01:20:10.600 --> 01:20:13.960
scraping my spine. I feel her withdraw the knife. I

1239
01:20:14.000 --> 01:20:16.479
scream again as she raises the knife again and stabs

1240
01:20:16.520 --> 01:20:19.640
me hard one more time. I managed to hold on

1241
01:20:19.760 --> 01:20:22.319
for one more raise of the knife before I finally die.

1242
01:20:23.119 --> 01:20:31.439
When the third thrust cuts into me. I stabbed Mindy

1243
01:20:31.560 --> 01:20:34.359
Arkham a few more times before my bloodlust was content

1244
01:20:34.439 --> 01:20:37.159
at knowing that I had claimed her life. Then I

1245
01:20:37.239 --> 01:20:40.319
proceeded to keep stabbing her and making her look as

1246
01:20:40.359 --> 01:20:42.399
bloody and horrific as she had made each of her

1247
01:20:42.479 --> 01:20:46.760
child victim's look before their parents had found them. I

1248
01:20:46.840 --> 01:20:48.920
was a real mess by the time I was finished

1249
01:20:49.960 --> 01:20:52.680
having done my work. I went into the bathroom where

1250
01:20:52.680 --> 01:20:55.359
I had my shower stuff set up. I removed the

1251
01:20:55.399 --> 01:20:58.039
apron and gloves and placed them into a garbage bag.

1252
01:20:58.399 --> 01:21:01.640
I removed my swimsuit place that into the garbage bag.

1253
01:21:02.239 --> 01:21:05.119
From there, I got into the shower and cleaned myself

1254
01:21:05.159 --> 01:21:08.439
off good. I was still wearing my flip flops. I

1255
01:21:08.479 --> 01:21:11.159
always made it a point to never leave prints of

1256
01:21:11.199 --> 01:21:15.319
any kind behind. When I finished my shower, I dried

1257
01:21:15.359 --> 01:21:18.359
off and put fresh clothes on. I remembered to drop

1258
01:21:18.399 --> 01:21:21.880
the flip flops in the garbage bag. After leaving the house,

1259
01:21:22.159 --> 01:21:24.760
I went to where I had my car hidden. After

1260
01:21:24.840 --> 01:21:27.439
loading up the garbage bag, I left to dispose of

1261
01:21:27.439 --> 01:21:32.479
the evidence. What's that you're asking, Oh, you want to

1262
01:21:32.520 --> 01:21:38.079
know what happened to the Marsden kids. Don't you okay. Earlier,

1263
01:21:38.439 --> 01:21:41.680
I had traced Mindy Arkham to the Marsden House. I

1264
01:21:41.760 --> 01:21:44.600
knew the children would be safe for the time being.

1265
01:21:45.319 --> 01:21:47.279
When they were finally put to bed, I came into

1266
01:21:47.319 --> 01:21:49.880
the house through an upstairs window. I had to move

1267
01:21:49.960 --> 01:21:53.079
quickly and quietly and make it to the boy's room.

1268
01:21:53.920 --> 01:21:56.399
I managed to keep them both quiet and to tell

1269
01:21:56.439 --> 01:21:59.840
them why I was there. Believe it or not, the

1270
01:22:00.119 --> 01:22:02.800
actually trusted me. I took the boys out of their

1271
01:22:02.840 --> 01:22:04.680
room and told them to hide up in the attic.

1272
01:22:05.119 --> 01:22:07.119
I gave them one of my burner cell phones and

1273
01:22:07.119 --> 01:22:09.840
told them to wait for my call. Once I knew

1274
01:22:09.880 --> 01:22:13.199
the boys were fully safe, I found the upstairs landline

1275
01:22:13.239 --> 01:22:17.760
phone and started making the menacing phone calls. When I

1276
01:22:17.840 --> 01:22:20.720
knew that I had scared Mindy enough, I left the

1277
01:22:20.760 --> 01:22:24.000
house and made my way back to Strickfield University, which

1278
01:22:24.079 --> 01:22:28.760
was a little over a mile from Strickfield Commons. You see,

1279
01:22:28.880 --> 01:22:31.720
I knew Mindy would eventually call for help and play

1280
01:22:31.760 --> 01:22:35.279
the scared little babysitter right on schedule. I was called

1281
01:22:35.279 --> 01:22:38.600
by the Strickfield Police Department on my normal cell phone.

1282
01:22:38.640 --> 01:22:41.319
From there, the two officers Shoulden and stro came and

1283
01:22:41.359 --> 01:22:43.640
picked me up. Then it was back down to the

1284
01:22:43.680 --> 01:22:48.479
Marsden House ah class work. So when Officer Shoulden and

1285
01:22:48.520 --> 01:22:50.720
I went upstairs and went through all the rooms, well

1286
01:22:51.079 --> 01:22:53.720
we never went up into the attic, but you're getting

1287
01:22:53.720 --> 01:22:56.720
the idea the kids weren't around. Mindy was to believe

1288
01:22:56.760 --> 01:22:59.319
that the person who was calling her from inside the

1289
01:22:59.359 --> 01:23:02.600
house used the upstairs landline, was the one who had

1290
01:23:02.640 --> 01:23:07.560
taken the children. Mindy was really scared by then. She

1291
01:23:07.640 --> 01:23:10.119
must have figured someone was out toget her because she

1292
01:23:10.199 --> 01:23:13.000
played the scared victim very well when she tried to

1293
01:23:13.039 --> 01:23:17.399
explain to the Marsden parents what had happened. Anyway, after

1294
01:23:17.439 --> 01:23:19.960
the officers dropped me back off at the university, I

1295
01:23:20.000 --> 01:23:22.560
went to my car and went back to Strickfield Commons.

1296
01:23:23.319 --> 01:23:25.279
On the way, I called the boys and told them

1297
01:23:25.319 --> 01:23:28.000
they could come out of hiding and go find their parents.

1298
01:23:28.560 --> 01:23:31.520
The boys would never know my identity because I was

1299
01:23:31.560 --> 01:23:34.119
wearing a mask. The phone I gave them was an

1300
01:23:34.199 --> 01:23:38.520
untraceable burner. I found Mindy and picked her up, and

1301
01:23:38.560 --> 01:23:41.880
you know the rest of the story from there. As

1302
01:23:41.920 --> 01:23:44.920
for me, I'll just have to dispose of the evidence

1303
01:23:44.920 --> 01:23:48.880
of my involvement in Mindy's death. Then I'll head back

1304
01:23:48.920 --> 01:23:52.520
to my dorm and go to bed. Having said that,

1305
01:23:53.439 --> 01:24:03.079
I bid all of you good night. The cry Baby

1306
01:24:03.119 --> 01:24:08.760
Bridge by rob Fields. The boys suddenly awoke when they

1307
01:24:08.800 --> 01:24:12.039
heard the loud noise off in the distance. One of

1308
01:24:12.079 --> 01:24:15.319
them turned on the battery powered lantern. The three of

1309
01:24:15.359 --> 01:24:17.920
them yawned and slowly sat up inside the tent where

1310
01:24:17.960 --> 01:24:22.439
they were sleeping. Ah, man, you better not have farted again, Chunker.

1311
01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:24.840
The boy with the crew cut on the right side

1312
01:24:24.880 --> 01:24:28.800
of the tent groaned, I didn't, dude. The husky boy

1313
01:24:28.840 --> 01:24:31.600
on the left side muttered. The skinny boy in the

1314
01:24:31.600 --> 01:24:35.359
middle put his glasses on. Trust me, if Chunker would

1315
01:24:35.359 --> 01:24:37.920
have let one go, we'd have known it. We're all

1316
01:24:37.960 --> 01:24:41.119
in this tent, right. The right boy pushed the middle

1317
01:24:41.159 --> 01:24:44.159
one a little. Why you gotta be such a nerd, Horton.

1318
01:24:44.800 --> 01:24:49.119
Horton looked to his right. I'm just saying, Chapman, Chunker

1319
01:24:49.159 --> 01:24:52.079
would have cleared us out of this tent. Chunker had

1320
01:24:52.079 --> 01:24:58.239
a mischievous grin. What you mean like this? He sat

1321
01:24:58.319 --> 01:25:03.520
up a little bit. Chapman and Horton quickly fumbled over

1322
01:25:03.600 --> 01:25:06.079
one another, trying to escape from the tent. As Chunker

1323
01:25:06.199 --> 01:25:08.960
sat there and laughed. As soon as the two boys

1324
01:25:08.960 --> 01:25:11.399
were out and on their feet, Horton turned and pointed

1325
01:25:11.399 --> 01:25:15.680
to the tent. Chunker, you sick pig. Chunker was still

1326
01:25:15.760 --> 01:25:18.039
laughing as he crawled out of the tent. Then he

1327
01:25:18.159 --> 01:25:22.279
stood with his two friends. Horton sighed, great, Now where

1328
01:25:22.279 --> 01:25:25.560
are we going to go? Chunker just fumigated the tent.

1329
01:25:26.319 --> 01:25:29.720
Chapman slapped Chunker's arm. Come on, man, you can at

1330
01:25:29.760 --> 01:25:32.359
least open up the tent and air it out. Geez.

1331
01:25:33.199 --> 01:25:37.560
Chunker raised his hands. Okay, okay. As Chunker lifted and

1332
01:25:37.640 --> 01:25:40.359
tied up the flaps to the tent entrance, Horton was

1333
01:25:40.399 --> 01:25:44.479
getting the campfire going again. Any idea what time it is,

1334
01:25:44.680 --> 01:25:48.520
Chapman asked. Chunker had his smartphone on him. It's almost

1335
01:25:48.560 --> 01:25:52.520
four in the morning. Suddenly, the boys were startled when

1336
01:25:52.520 --> 01:25:54.720
they heard the original sound that woke them up in

1337
01:25:54.760 --> 01:26:05.159
the first place. Aw, Man, Chunker really an owl? Chapman groaned, Well,

1338
01:26:05.600 --> 01:26:08.600
some stupid owl woke us up, and Chunker ripped inside

1339
01:26:08.640 --> 01:26:12.640
the tent. What are we gonna do now? Hey, maybe

1340
01:26:12.640 --> 01:26:15.199
we can sit around the fire and tell more ghost stories,

1341
01:26:15.319 --> 01:26:21.439
Horton suggested, like we did last night. Sounds good. Chapman said, yeah,

1342
01:26:21.479 --> 01:26:25.680
why not. Chunker agreed. The other boys joined Horton, who

1343
01:26:25.720 --> 01:26:28.479
began first by telling the urban legend of the Gang

1344
01:26:28.640 --> 01:26:33.039
High Beam initiation. When he finished, he stressed that it

1345
01:26:33.239 --> 01:26:36.640
actually happened on the other side of Strickfield, over along

1346
01:26:36.680 --> 01:26:41.439
Township Road one thirteen. Chapman spoke up, Yeah, well, I

1347
01:26:41.479 --> 01:26:44.279
heard a story about this college couple. They got murdered

1348
01:26:44.439 --> 01:26:47.760
in an apartment just near the dorms. He told. The

1349
01:26:47.800 --> 01:26:51.279
story is best he could recall hearing it. Then he

1350
01:26:51.399 --> 01:26:55.560
finished by saying it was said that the roommate came

1351
01:26:55.680 --> 01:26:59.399
back the next morning and found their bodies. He also

1352
01:26:59.520 --> 01:27:05.119
found this message on the wall, written in blood. It said,

1353
01:27:06.279 --> 01:27:10.159
just be glad you didn't turn on the light. That

1354
01:27:10.279 --> 01:27:14.439
part never made the newspapers. By the way, Geez, Chapman,

1355
01:27:14.960 --> 01:27:18.159
that does sound pretty scary, Horton said. Then he turned

1356
01:27:18.199 --> 01:27:21.079
to the other boy. How about you, Chunker, you got

1357
01:27:21.119 --> 01:27:24.439
a story. Chunker opened the cooler they had brought with

1358
01:27:24.520 --> 01:27:26.920
them and took out a soda. He cracked it open

1359
01:27:26.960 --> 01:27:31.000
and took a drink. Yeah, I got one, he nodded,

1360
01:27:31.039 --> 01:27:33.359
in the direction of the deserted road they were camping

1361
01:27:33.359 --> 01:27:37.680
off of. It's actually not too far from here the

1362
01:27:37.760 --> 01:27:41.439
old cry Baby Bridge. He told the story about how,

1363
01:27:41.600 --> 01:27:45.600
just after the American Civil War, Abigail Tomlin, a poor woman,

1364
01:27:45.800 --> 01:27:48.840
and her fiance Alvin, a rich lord whom Abigail had

1365
01:27:48.840 --> 01:27:51.960
been promised to, had been fighting all through their courtship

1366
01:27:52.479 --> 01:27:54.680
prior to their wedding night. When they had had their

1367
01:27:54.760 --> 01:27:58.560
last fight, Abigail had taken their baby boy, Arthur, and fled.

1368
01:27:59.239 --> 01:28:01.960
Alvin's care had caught up to Abigail as it was

1369
01:28:02.000 --> 01:28:05.279
nearing the outskirts of Strickfield. As Abigail got out of

1370
01:28:05.279 --> 01:28:07.880
her carriage, Alvin drew his gun and shot at her.

1371
01:28:08.279 --> 01:28:11.000
She moved, but ended up taking the bullet in her shoulder.

1372
01:28:11.479 --> 01:28:14.279
She was bleeding all over her wedding dress. Fast she

1373
01:28:14.399 --> 01:28:18.000
knew she couldn't let Alvin have Arthur. Unbeknownst to Alvin,

1374
01:28:18.159 --> 01:28:22.039
Abigail also had a gun. She took aim and shot Alvin,

1375
01:28:22.279 --> 01:28:25.479
wounding him also. Abigail took the baby out of the

1376
01:28:25.560 --> 01:28:28.359
damaged carriage and fled. She was in a great deal

1377
01:28:28.399 --> 01:28:31.840
of pain from the bullet. She could hear Alvin screaming

1378
01:28:31.880 --> 01:28:34.680
for her that he would finish her and take their

1379
01:28:34.680 --> 01:28:38.840
son back. Abigail couldn't keep the crying Arthur quiet and

1380
01:28:38.920 --> 01:28:42.079
knew Alvin would soon be on them. By the time

1381
01:28:42.159 --> 01:28:44.680
Alvin had caught up to his runaway bride, she had

1382
01:28:44.680 --> 01:28:48.359
reached a metal bridge that spanned the Castillia River. The

1383
01:28:48.399 --> 01:28:52.680
water below was high and rushing. All little Arthur could

1384
01:28:52.720 --> 01:28:58.159
do was cry and cry. Abigail took a last stand

1385
01:28:58.199 --> 01:29:01.239
against Alvin and tried to shoot him, but Alvin was

1386
01:29:01.279 --> 01:29:05.880
faster and shot her first. Abigail was mortally wounded. Now,

1387
01:29:06.119 --> 01:29:08.800
as she moved to the center of the bridge, she

1388
01:29:08.920 --> 01:29:13.119
still had both Arthur and her gun. Alvin raised his

1389
01:29:13.199 --> 01:29:17.159
gun and demanded Abigail give Arthur back. When she wouldn't,

1390
01:29:17.640 --> 01:29:21.640
he shot her one last time. Abigail fell over the

1391
01:29:21.640 --> 01:29:24.960
side of the bridge and into the raging river, with

1392
01:29:25.079 --> 01:29:28.880
baby Arthur still cradled in her arms. Both she and

1393
01:29:28.920 --> 01:29:34.560
the baby disappeared down the river. A search was conducted

1394
01:29:34.600 --> 01:29:38.399
by the authorities of many neighboring towns and villages. The

1395
01:29:38.399 --> 01:29:45.239
bodies of neither Abigail, Tomlin nor Arthur were ever found. Now,

1396
01:29:45.720 --> 01:29:48.479
if you go near that same bridge, the one over

1397
01:29:48.560 --> 01:29:53.359
on Indian Hollow Road. This road Chunker looked from Horton

1398
01:29:53.399 --> 01:29:57.000
to Chapman and back again. Just wait a little while,

1399
01:29:58.079 --> 01:30:01.760
you just might hear the sounds of little baby Arthur

1400
01:30:01.840 --> 01:30:07.159
Tomlan crying and crying. That's why it's called the cry

1401
01:30:07.199 --> 01:30:10.159
Baby Bridge by the people who've told the story over

1402
01:30:10.199 --> 01:30:14.600
the years. Chapman had his arms folded in front of him.

1403
01:30:15.079 --> 01:30:19.439
You really expect us to believe that, Chunker? Chunker raised

1404
01:30:19.439 --> 01:30:22.279
both of his hands. Hey, I'm just telling you the

1405
01:30:22.279 --> 01:30:24.479
way my dad told my older brother Kenny and me.

1406
01:30:25.159 --> 01:30:29.479
He raised his finger. He also said that anyone who

1407
01:30:29.520 --> 01:30:33.920
hears the crying baby ends up dying before morning. That's

1408
01:30:33.920 --> 01:30:36.119
why no one really drives down this road at night.

1409
01:30:37.159 --> 01:30:43.880
Chapman wasn't convinced. Oh yeah, how Chunker shrugged. Dad said,

1410
01:30:43.920 --> 01:30:47.000
no one really knows for sure. He said, no one

1411
01:30:47.079 --> 01:30:51.920
lives long enough to say what happens. Chapman shook his

1412
01:30:52.000 --> 01:30:55.399
head slowly. I can't believe I let you talk me

1413
01:30:55.439 --> 01:31:00.199
into sleeping out here after we just finished sixth grade. Hey, hey,

1414
01:31:00.840 --> 01:31:05.640
we could go and check it out, Horton suggested. Chunker

1415
01:31:05.920 --> 01:31:09.359
did say that the bridge isn't too far from here, right,

1416
01:31:10.560 --> 01:31:14.520
Chunker pointed south. The cry Baby Bridge is less than

1417
01:31:14.520 --> 01:31:18.439
a mile from here. Chapman considered it. Then he clapped

1418
01:31:18.439 --> 01:31:22.199
his hands once. Okay, fine, let's go check it out.

1419
01:31:22.720 --> 01:31:25.000
The three friends got up and made their way to

1420
01:31:25.079 --> 01:31:27.920
the one lane gravel road. The moon was full and

1421
01:31:28.000 --> 01:31:30.479
helped give them light as they made their long way.

1422
01:31:31.399 --> 01:31:35.319
Soon they saw the bridge just ahead. What are you

1423
01:31:35.359 --> 01:31:39.560
looking up on your phone, Chunker, Chapman asked, nothing, just

1424
01:31:39.720 --> 01:31:45.479
checking something. Chapman pointed to the bridge. We're here, man.

1425
01:31:46.199 --> 01:31:48.600
The bridge looks just like it did all those years ago,

1426
01:31:48.920 --> 01:31:53.199
Chunker said, just like in this picture. The three of

1427
01:31:53.199 --> 01:31:56.239
them looked on Chunker's smartphone at the old black and

1428
01:31:56.279 --> 01:31:58.840
white picture of the bridge, taken after it was completed.

1429
01:31:59.319 --> 01:32:01.960
The only real difference between then and now was that

1430
01:32:02.039 --> 01:32:05.000
the bridge in the real world was rust colored. Chunker

1431
01:32:05.000 --> 01:32:06.800
put the phone away and the three of them looked

1432
01:32:06.840 --> 01:32:10.520
ahead at the bridge. After looking at it for a

1433
01:32:10.560 --> 01:32:13.640
long time, the boys walked to the bridge. When they

1434
01:32:13.680 --> 01:32:17.079
reached the edge of it, they stopped. None of them

1435
01:32:17.079 --> 01:32:23.000
said anything. Finally, Horton got bold and stepped onto the bridge.

1436
01:32:23.079 --> 01:32:26.159
Chapman wanted to protest, but then he saw Chunker was

1437
01:32:26.199 --> 01:32:30.760
stepping onto it. Chapman groaned and followed Chunker. They reached

1438
01:32:30.760 --> 01:32:33.279
the center of the bridge. Horton moved to the side

1439
01:32:33.279 --> 01:32:36.840
and looked down at the water. It doesn't look so

1440
01:32:37.039 --> 01:32:40.600
raging now, like you said in your story, Chunker. It

1441
01:32:40.640 --> 01:32:44.000
does when it storms for a while, Chunker said. The

1442
01:32:44.000 --> 01:32:49.199
three of them just stood there and waited. I don't

1443
01:32:49.199 --> 01:32:54.359
hear anything, Chapman said. They continued to stand there. Soon

1444
01:32:55.560 --> 01:32:59.920
they thought they heard something. It started out softly at first,

1445
01:33:01.359 --> 01:33:09.079
it sounded like baby cries. The cries sounded innocent enough,

1446
01:33:10.319 --> 01:33:15.239
then they started to become louder and more frightening. The

1447
01:33:15.279 --> 01:33:18.760
three friends looked at one another in fear. Suddenly, a

1448
01:33:18.800 --> 01:33:21.319
figure appeared from behind them and grabbed hold of both

1449
01:33:21.319 --> 01:33:24.399
Horton and Chapman's shoulders as it screamed loudly. The three

1450
01:33:24.399 --> 01:33:26.239
of them turned to see the figure was dressed in

1451
01:33:26.279 --> 01:33:29.159
black and had a glowing white skull in place of

1452
01:33:29.199 --> 01:33:33.000
its face. Horton and Chapman screamed before they turned and ran.

1453
01:33:33.560 --> 01:33:36.720
They quickly noticed that Chunker wasn't with them. They turned

1454
01:33:36.760 --> 01:33:39.439
around and saw both the figure and Chunker pointing at

1455
01:33:39.479 --> 01:33:46.279
them and laughing hysterically. Chapman raised his arms outward. What

1456
01:33:46.319 --> 01:33:51.479
the heck is this, Kenny? Is that you? Horton asked.

1457
01:33:51.960 --> 01:33:55.119
The figure removed the glowing mask. Kenny turned to his

1458
01:33:55.279 --> 01:33:58.239
younger brother and slapped a high five with him. We

1459
01:33:58.399 --> 01:34:01.159
got him, little bro, I knew after Dad told us

1460
01:34:01.159 --> 01:34:04.479
the story we could scare people with it. Yeah, it

1461
01:34:04.600 --> 01:34:08.079
sure worked, Chunker agreed, just like you said it would.

1462
01:34:08.319 --> 01:34:12.039
Those oulhoots were a nice touch too. Chunker explained that

1463
01:34:12.319 --> 01:34:14.720
he was awake in the tent. He and Kenny were

1464
01:34:14.760 --> 01:34:17.800
texting each other and came up with the idea of

1465
01:34:17.840 --> 01:34:20.680
how to scare Horton and Chapman with the local urban

1466
01:34:20.760 --> 01:34:25.199
legend of the cry baby Bridge. Okay, Kenny, so how

1467
01:34:25.199 --> 01:34:27.920
did you get the baby crying to happen? Then, Chapman

1468
01:34:27.960 --> 01:34:31.359
demanded Kenny motioned for them to come with him. They

1469
01:34:31.399 --> 01:34:33.399
walked off the bridge and made their way down to

1470
01:34:33.439 --> 01:34:37.159
the water. Sure enough, there was a big speaker attached

1471
01:34:37.199 --> 01:34:40.079
to the side of the bridge. Kenny raised his smartphone.

1472
01:34:40.640 --> 01:34:42.840
The sounds were on the speaker. I just had to

1473
01:34:42.920 --> 01:34:45.880
use my phone to turn it on and increase the volume.

1474
01:34:46.640 --> 01:34:49.239
Kenny retrieved his speaker and they all went back up

1475
01:34:49.279 --> 01:34:52.439
to the road. He turned to the others, well that

1476
01:34:52.600 --> 01:34:55.119
was fun. I'll let you guys get back to your

1477
01:34:55.159 --> 01:34:58.079
camp out. I'd stay in chat some more, but I've

1478
01:34:58.079 --> 01:35:00.640
got things to do with Dad in the morning. As

1479
01:35:00.720 --> 01:35:04.000
Kenny started to walk off, Chapman pointed at him, You

1480
01:35:04.239 --> 01:35:07.880
just wait, Kenny, We'll get you for this, whatever, Bill,

1481
01:35:08.319 --> 01:35:11.079
Kenny muttered as he kept on walking. Soon he was

1482
01:35:11.119 --> 01:35:15.199
out of sight, Chapman pointed to Chunker, you too, fatty.

1483
01:35:15.840 --> 01:35:21.279
Chunker started laughing. Just seeing the looks on your faces. Yeah,

1484
01:35:21.439 --> 01:35:25.479
ha ha, very funny, Horton muttered. The three of them

1485
01:35:25.520 --> 01:35:28.399
walked back onto the bridge and stood where they were

1486
01:35:28.479 --> 01:35:31.560
before the scare happened. They talked for a little while.

1487
01:35:31.720 --> 01:35:34.720
Before long, the wind started to pick up. The trees

1488
01:35:34.760 --> 01:35:39.479
began to wave with the blowing winds. Hey you hear that,

1489
01:35:39.760 --> 01:35:46.359
Horton asked. Hear what? Chunker replied, Just listen, Horton insisted.

1490
01:35:47.399 --> 01:35:52.840
The three of them waited and listened. Sure enough, they

1491
01:35:52.880 --> 01:35:56.960
had started to hear what sounded like a baby cry.

1492
01:35:59.199 --> 01:36:02.199
Even through the winds, they could still hear the sounds.

1493
01:36:02.680 --> 01:36:06.279
The crying started off innocently enough at first. Then the

1494
01:36:06.359 --> 01:36:11.520
crying became louder and more maddening. Chapman turned to Chunker, Okay,

1495
01:36:11.800 --> 01:36:14.119
you and Kenny got us. We ain't fallen for this again,

1496
01:36:15.039 --> 01:36:18.319
Chunker raised his hands. Hey, it ain't me, I swear.

1497
01:36:18.960 --> 01:36:22.960
Horton turned to Chunker. Come on, Brian, that's enough. It

1498
01:36:22.960 --> 01:36:27.279
ain't me, Richie, Chunker persisted. The baby crying continued. It's

1499
01:36:27.399 --> 01:36:32.119
loud and maddening echoes. Suddenly, Chunker and Horton felt something

1500
01:36:32.159 --> 01:36:36.600
on their shoulders. Chapman's jaw dropped as he pointed right

1501
01:36:36.640 --> 01:36:41.039
at it. Horton and Chunker turned to see for themselves

1502
01:36:41.479 --> 01:36:44.600
and screamed when they saw what appeared to be a

1503
01:36:44.680 --> 01:36:49.159
glowing woman in a blood stained, damp wedding gown. The

1504
01:36:49.199 --> 01:36:52.319
woman looked as if her flesh had decayed. Where her

1505
01:36:52.359 --> 01:36:55.920
eyes should have been, there were bright, glowing red lights.

1506
01:36:56.600 --> 01:37:02.119
Then the horrible apparition said to them, my baby, give

1507
01:37:02.199 --> 01:37:05.600
me my baby. The three of them screamed and ran

1508
01:37:05.760 --> 01:37:08.840
like their lives depended on it. The ghost of Abigail

1509
01:37:08.880 --> 01:37:12.600
Tomlin screamed loud enough to pierce the night winds before

1510
01:37:12.640 --> 01:37:18.800
she gave Chase my baby, give me my baby. The

1511
01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:21.000
three of them ran until they made it back to

1512
01:37:21.039 --> 01:37:25.079
their campsite. They hurried into their tent. Horton quickly undid

1513
01:37:25.119 --> 01:37:27.920
the flaps and zipped them up. Now they all huddled

1514
01:37:27.920 --> 01:37:31.079
around each other in the center of the tent. Still

1515
01:37:31.079 --> 01:37:35.079
think I'm doing this, Chunker snapped, shut up, Chapman snapped

1516
01:37:35.119 --> 01:37:38.319
back in the tent, they could hear the wind whistling

1517
01:37:38.600 --> 01:37:41.640
and blowing harder. They wondered if the tent might be

1518
01:37:41.720 --> 01:37:45.520
whisked away somehow. Suddenly, the front of the tent just

1519
01:37:45.600 --> 01:37:49.239
flew open. The boy screamed again as Abigail Tomlin looked

1520
01:37:49.279 --> 01:37:55.319
in My baby, Give me my baby, skinny little Ritchie.

1521
01:37:55.319 --> 01:37:57.600
Horton scurried out of the tent and cried out as

1522
01:37:57.600 --> 01:38:00.239
he ran. As the ghost turned towards him. The other

1523
01:38:00.319 --> 01:38:03.239
two escaped and ran after him. They knew they were

1524
01:38:03.239 --> 01:38:07.439
being pursued again. If you will not give me my baby,

1525
01:38:07.800 --> 01:38:11.159
then I shall claim the three of you as my children.

1526
01:38:11.880 --> 01:38:15.840
There's no escape. To Chunker's surprise, he was able to

1527
01:38:15.920 --> 01:38:18.880
keep up with Horton. Oh man, I swear I'm gonna

1528
01:38:18.880 --> 01:38:21.079
go on a diet if we live through this. Shut

1529
01:38:21.159 --> 01:38:24.159
up and run, Horton cried. They ran further up the

1530
01:38:24.239 --> 01:38:27.159
road until they came to a nearby farm. Chapman pointed

1531
01:38:27.159 --> 01:38:30.119
to the barn. We can hide in there. There's nowhere

1532
01:38:30.159 --> 01:38:37.680
to hide. My children, come to mother. It was getting

1533
01:38:37.720 --> 01:38:40.479
harder and harder to run in the blowing winds, but

1534
01:38:40.560 --> 01:38:43.159
they finally made it to the barn. They all climbed

1535
01:38:43.199 --> 01:38:46.359
in through a window. Chapman quickly felt a wooden ladder

1536
01:38:46.399 --> 01:38:49.720
step and started climbing. The others followed him until they

1537
01:38:49.720 --> 01:38:53.920
were up in the hayloft. And then come on, Chunker,

1538
01:38:54.119 --> 01:38:58.399
not now, Wharton groaned. Ah Man, Chapman cried and waved

1539
01:38:58.399 --> 01:39:02.199
his hand frantically in front of him. Seriously, I can't

1540
01:39:02.199 --> 01:39:08.439
help it, I'm scared, Chunker admitted, Come out, Come out

1541
01:39:09.560 --> 01:39:13.800
wherever you are. The boys continued to hear the wind

1542
01:39:13.880 --> 01:39:16.720
blowing and howling. They weren't sure if the ghost came

1543
01:39:16.760 --> 01:39:19.800
into the barn. Suddenly, they got their answer, as the

1544
01:39:19.800 --> 01:39:23.399
barn doors literally flew off their hinges and were swept

1545
01:39:23.399 --> 01:39:26.560
away by the high winds. From the hayloft, they could

1546
01:39:26.560 --> 01:39:31.680
see Abigail Tomlin seemingly floating along the ground. Inside, the

1547
01:39:31.760 --> 01:39:35.239
boys were hiding behind pillars and piled up hay. The

1548
01:39:35.279 --> 01:39:40.439
ghost looked from one direction to the next. It's time

1549
01:39:40.640 --> 01:39:45.800
to come home now, children, Mother will take good care

1550
01:39:46.560 --> 01:39:50.479
of you all. Horton had to stop his teeth from chattering,

1551
01:39:50.840 --> 01:39:53.800
but he had much to scream about. When Abigail Tomlin

1552
01:39:53.920 --> 01:39:57.159
was suddenly up in the hayloft with them, found you,

1553
01:39:57.520 --> 01:40:04.960
my children, Now it's time to come home. The boys

1554
01:40:04.960 --> 01:40:07.680
didn't even think about it. They just screamed and ran

1555
01:40:08.199 --> 01:40:10.960
right off the hayloft. They didn't realize they were falling

1556
01:40:11.239 --> 01:40:13.760
until they were about half way down. The only thing

1557
01:40:13.760 --> 01:40:17.119
that saved them from serious injuries was the full hay

1558
01:40:17.119 --> 01:40:20.520
wagon they had fallen into. They climbed out and ran

1559
01:40:20.640 --> 01:40:22.960
back out of the barn. They tried to run north,

1560
01:40:23.119 --> 01:40:26.239
but the winds were too much too strong to run

1561
01:40:26.279 --> 01:40:29.119
in that direction. Now they were forced to turn and

1562
01:40:29.199 --> 01:40:32.840
run south again. They ended up running until they realized

1563
01:40:32.840 --> 01:40:37.960
they were nearing the cry Baby Bridge again. As they

1564
01:40:38.000 --> 01:40:40.479
started to cross the bridge, the boys knew they couldn't

1565
01:40:40.520 --> 01:40:43.800
run any more. They were tired and exhausted. Now as

1566
01:40:43.840 --> 01:40:48.159
they turned around, Abigail Tomlin was almost upon them. I

1567
01:40:48.359 --> 01:40:53.159
tried to escape with my baby, my tyrannical husband to

1568
01:40:53.239 --> 01:40:58.000
be sealed the fates of both myself and our baby

1569
01:40:58.039 --> 01:41:02.880
so many years ago, she pointed at them. Now I

1570
01:41:03.000 --> 01:41:08.560
claim you three as my children. Don't despair. You won't

1571
01:41:08.600 --> 01:41:12.920
remember what it means to live. After a time, the

1572
01:41:12.960 --> 01:41:17.840
boys knew they couldn't run any more. But then something happened.

1573
01:41:18.720 --> 01:41:23.039
The winds began to calm down. Horton pointed to the east.

1574
01:41:23.640 --> 01:41:27.159
Look the others looked to see the first rays of

1575
01:41:27.199 --> 01:41:35.600
the morning sun. No, no, not when I'm so close

1576
01:41:36.079 --> 01:41:40.279
to having my children again. With renewed strength and hope,

1577
01:41:40.439 --> 01:41:44.159
the boys turned and ran again. Abigail Tomlin howled with

1578
01:41:44.319 --> 01:41:48.399
rage and gave chase, but as the sun continued to rise,

1579
01:41:48.800 --> 01:41:52.279
the boys were widening the distance between the ghost and them.

1580
01:41:52.560 --> 01:41:56.680
The last thing they heard before Abigail Tomlin disappeared was

1581
01:41:56.720 --> 01:42:01.239
the deafening howl of defeat. The boys made it back

1582
01:42:01.239 --> 01:42:04.039
to their campsite and found that their stuff was everywhere,

1583
01:42:04.520 --> 01:42:09.960
even the fire had been blown completely out. Man, I

1584
01:42:10.000 --> 01:42:14.760
can't believe that actually happened, Chapman stated, you got that right.

1585
01:42:15.159 --> 01:42:20.720
Chunker agreed. I guess now we know what happens, don't we.

1586
01:42:21.319 --> 01:42:26.520
Horton said, simply, Hey, guys, we actually lived to tell

1587
01:42:26.560 --> 01:42:30.760
about it. Chunker shook his head. I ain't saying nothing

1588
01:42:30.840 --> 01:42:35.159
about this. Who'd believe us anyway? But if we don't

1589
01:42:35.199 --> 01:42:40.000
say anything, someone else will meet Abigail Tomlin Horton stressed,

1590
01:42:40.920 --> 01:42:44.239
the boys talked it out and ultimately agreed to keep

1591
01:42:44.279 --> 01:42:48.000
what they had experienced to themselves. They packed up what

1592
01:42:48.119 --> 01:42:51.000
was left of their camping gear and headed for home.

1593
01:42:52.279 --> 01:42:55.920
But were the boys really able to keep their secret

1594
01:42:56.000 --> 01:43:00.039
to themselves, because it wasn't too long after that that

1595
01:43:00.159 --> 01:43:05.520
they had all just disappeared without a trace. The Strickfield

1596
01:43:05.560 --> 01:43:09.399
local legend has it that on dark nights, just like

1597
01:43:09.439 --> 01:43:13.119
the one the boys had experienced, you can still hear

1598
01:43:13.199 --> 01:43:18.600
their cries for help if you drive to Strickfield, go

1599
01:43:18.720 --> 01:43:21.359
to the cry Baby Bridge on Indian Hollow Road at

1600
01:43:21.479 --> 01:43:29.840
night and just remain there only for a while. Well,

1601
01:43:29.920 --> 01:43:34.479
my spookies, if you made it through tonight, go ahead

1602
01:43:34.520 --> 01:43:39.319
and check the locks just one more time, not because

1603
01:43:39.399 --> 01:43:43.960
it'll help, just because it gives your hands something to do.

1604
01:43:44.840 --> 01:43:47.800
Tonight we spend time in the kind of horror that

1605
01:43:47.920 --> 01:43:52.600
wears a friendly face, the kind that answers the door

1606
01:43:52.720 --> 01:43:56.720
with a polite smile, that looks like a harmless kid,

1607
01:43:56.880 --> 01:44:02.920
or a nervous babysitter, or a useful cousin, maybe an

1608
01:44:03.000 --> 01:44:07.880
urban legend, a prank, a phone call, a job, and

1609
01:44:07.960 --> 01:44:12.920
then the mask slips. That's what makes these stories so

1610
01:44:13.239 --> 01:44:18.000
nasty and so much fun. They take the safest little

1611
01:44:18.079 --> 01:44:22.720
corners of life and turn them crooked. A babysitting gig

1612
01:44:22.840 --> 01:44:27.279
becomes a hunt, a family connection becomes a liability, a

1613
01:44:27.359 --> 01:44:32.680
dead body becomes a paycheck, and a bridge becomes a mouth.

1614
01:44:33.840 --> 01:44:37.239
Then a ringing phone becomes the kind of sound that

1615
01:44:37.319 --> 01:44:43.479
makes your whole spine sit up and pay attention. Because

1616
01:44:43.520 --> 01:44:48.479
sometimes the monster is outside the house, sometimes the monster's

1617
01:44:48.600 --> 01:44:52.920
inside the house, and sometimes the monster is the person

1618
01:44:53.079 --> 01:44:59.039
everyone assumes needs saving. We're always looking for the shadow

1619
01:44:59.119 --> 01:45:02.640
in the window, the stranger in the woods, the ghost

1620
01:45:02.720 --> 01:45:06.520
in the fog. But horror it's smarter than that. It

1621
01:45:06.680 --> 01:45:10.880
hides in the people we underestimate, in the kid who's

1622
01:45:10.920 --> 01:45:15.439
too quiet, in the girl who seems too scared, in

1623
01:45:15.520 --> 01:45:18.720
the relative who should never ever be trusted with a

1624
01:45:18.840 --> 01:45:22.920
van in the legend everyone says is just a story

1625
01:45:23.600 --> 01:45:29.319
until the crying starts. So tonight before you sleep, maybe

1626
01:45:29.479 --> 01:45:34.720
don't answer any strange phone calls. Maybe don't take any

1627
01:45:35.199 --> 01:45:40.279
shortcuts past old bridges. Maybe don't agree to babysit unless

1628
01:45:40.319 --> 01:45:44.960
you know exactly what kind of family you're walking into.

1629
01:45:45.079 --> 01:45:48.039
And if somebody tells you the call is coming from

1630
01:45:48.079 --> 01:45:53.960
inside the house. They mean it, but also remember that

1631
01:45:54.159 --> 01:45:59.399
still doesn't mean you know who the killer is. Until

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next time, stay creepy, my spookies.