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[upbeat music]

[light peaceful music]

[gravel crunching]

[birds chirping]

[light eerie music]

[car door slamming]

- Are you Mrs. Totino?

- Yes, Melba Totino, that's me.

- You made a call to 911
about a missing person.

- Not one person,
three; my daughter,

her husband, my granddaughter.

They're gone, they're all gone.

Disappeared into thin air.

[glass shattering]
[Melba gasping]

[light dramatic music]

[light eerie music]

[cat meowing]

[Lynn sighs]

- It's a cat.

[light dramatic music]

[birds chirping]

[light music]

- See, I disagree
with the definition.

And date implies a
prearranged meeting,

but we just grabbed food
and stopped here on impulse.

- The sharing of food
automatically qualifies

a meeting as a date.

- Hm, cite your source, please.

- My source is the very astute
Aurora Teagarden herself.

- [Aurora] Hm.

- Doesn't this feels
like a date, Aurora?

- Yes, Martin, it does.

But I think you
could make a trip

to the dentist feel like a date.

[Aurora giggling]

- That's 21 dates.

- You're counting?

That's so sweet.

- I keep count because your
mother has a rule about

when we can officially
be considered a couple.

- Ah, very astute of you.

You know, my mother has rules
of etiquette for everything,

including not being late
for an appointment with her.

We have to go.

[light music]

What?

- Four more dates,
Miss Teagarden,

and you will officially
be my girlfriend.

- Five more minutes and
I'm gonna be an ex daughter

if we don't get going.

- So, you do this every month?

Aida takes you out
looking at houses?

- Well, if there's
something new on the market.

I've been wanting to find
a real home ever since

I got that inheritance
from my friend, Jane Angle.

- Oh, yes, you're
a woman of means.

- Well, means enough
to buy a house.

But I haven't found anything
that feels right yet.

- I have visions
of us shopping for

a house together
one of these days.

- Um, I don't think we
can have that conversation

until at least 50 dates.

- That's okay.

I'm a patient man.

But to help move things along,

how about you have
dinner with me

when I get back from
this business trip?

- Now that is a date.

[light music]
[dog barking]

- Did you see the new
listing on Elm street?

- Yeah, it's very cute.

- I showed it yesterday.

All those windows, oh my
gosh, it's so light and airy.

- That's the thing,
too many windows.

- There's no such thing.

Aurora, you can't be anti light.

- No, more pro wall.

I need lots of walls
for my bookshelves.

You know how many books I have.

- Well, maybe if you got
rid of the dreary ones

about murders and such,
you could have light.

- This one has
plenty of wall space.

[Aurora gasps]
Ooh and there's a little

reading nook that would
make a perfect library.

- It's not my listing.

Besides it's completely
inappropriate for a woman alone.

- Why, it's charming.

- It's also five
miles out of town.

Not to mention old.

Do you know how much it would
cost to heat that thing?

- Mother, show it
to me pretty please.

[light music]

[car engine humming]

[gravel crunching]

[car doors slamming]

It's so nice and quiet out here.

- I believe the word you're
looking for is isolated.

- Oh, and that porch.

Oh, can't you just imagine
a porch swing right there?

You know something about
this house looks familiar.

- That's because
you've been staring

at a photo of it for
the last 20 minutes.

- No, that's not it.

- You've always been stubborn.

Always.

- Oh, this house is wonderful.

Oh, the view from
the master bedroom.

[Aurora gasps]

Do you know how many
bookshelves I can build in here?

- But it is so far from town.

You'd have to commute.

- What, oh, town is 10
minutes away, mother.

No, I think this is it.

Yeah, I think this is the
house I've been looking for.

- Now, I think we should
look at a couple more.

- No, no, no, we've
been looking for months.

No, this is it.

Yeah, I wanna make an offer.

[Aida sighs]

- You know, even if the
owner accepts your offer,

you still have three
days to change your mind.

- What, oh, no.

I'm not gonna change my mind.

This looks familiar,
too; the stove.

Oh, I got it!

Oh, it was in the newspaper.

Do you remember that
family that disappeared

like three or four years ago?

They went out to
dinner with a friend

and they never came back.

- I have no idea what
you're talking about.

- Yeah, the Julius family.

Yeah, it was in the newspaper
and the grandmother,

she took a picture right here.

Huh?

This is the Julius house.

- No, the owner's
name is Totino.

- Yeah, that was the
grandmother's name.

- Well, if some
tragedy happened here,

the listing agent should have
disclosed that information.

And I should just
rip up this offer.

- No mother, nothing
happened in the house.

The theory is that
they got in the car,

they ran off the
road and disappeared

down a ravine somewhere.

But if the house
is on the market,

I wonder if they ever
found the bodies.

- Oh, you've always had a
morbid curiosity, always.

All right.
[bugs chirping]

- A lot of people believe
jealousy was the motive

for Hawley Crippen
to kill his wife

and bury her in the cellar.

And Cora was carrying on
with one of their lodgers.

But Dr. Crippen was
anything but faithful.

He was in fact in love with
a typist named Ethel Le Neve.

- The Julius house, really?

- John you were so right
about the Crippen case.

I hear that tourists in London

still go looking for that house.

- Wouldn't you, if you
found yourself in London?

- Oh, Roe doesn't
have to cross an ocean

that look for a
famous murder site.

She might be moving into one.

- Huh?
- She's trying to buy

the Julius house.

- Remember the family that
disappeared four years ago

just outside of town?

And they weren't murdered.

- Well, no one really
knows, do they?

- I remember the story.

Ex-army officer moved down
here from Spokane, right?

- Yeah, the daughter,
what's her name?

Uh, Charity, she went
to my high school.

- A lot of people think
foul play was involved.

- Well, the police did
close the case though.

- Still kinda cool to be
setting up digs in a house

with an unsolved mystery, Roe.

- Oh, I don't care
about any of that.

- Aurora Teagarden doesn't
care about a mystery.

Do you have the flu?

- What, no, I'm just excited

about the idea of
having my own house.

You know, I wanna paint walls
and build bookshelves and-

[phone ringing]

Hi, mother.

- I suppose I should
say congratulations.

- I got the house?

- [Aida] Mrs. Totino accepted
your offer on the house.

- Uh huh.

[light music]
[crow cawing]

[muffled talking]

- [Macon] It's good
work on the school board

election, Sally.
- Oh, thanks, Macon.

- Yeah.

Ah, the Julius family.

Why are you looking them up?

- Oh, my friend, Roe just
bought the Julius house.

- I didn't know it was for sale.

Were the body's found?

- I don't know, but
that's your byline, right?

You covered this story.

- Yeah, just before
I made editor.

It gave me a few
sleepless nights.

The family heads out for
dinner with a so-called friend

from Spokane and they
just never come back.

I was standing with
the photographer

when he shot this picture.

Look at this.

Hope Julius was fighting cancer.

She had a couple of wigs.

Her mom told us that this
was her fancy Sunday wig.

Still gives me a chill.

- So sad.

- You know what?

I want you to do a
follow up on this story.

Start with the house being sold,

then do a postmortem on
the missing persons case,

how it all ended up.

- That could be a really
interesting story.

- It will be if you
do your job right.

- Thanks, Macon.
- Mm hm.

[light dramatic music]

- Ah, the seller
meets the sellee.

Mrs. Totino, this
is Aurora Teagarden,

your buyer.
- Oh, Mrs. Totino.

I didn't think
that you would come

all the way here to sign papers.

Don't you live in Portland?

- Yes, with my sister, Alicia.

But Mr. Rankart said
that I should come to-

- To talk to the
probate judge, Melba.

Yeah, a lot of issues to
work through in court.

So you go on back
to the Peachtree

and I'll get this sale tied
up in a nice, pretty bow.

Okay?

- I'm so glad I got
a chance to meet you.

The house is wonderful.

- Well, I hope you don't
change it too much.

In case they come back,

I want them to be
able to recognize it.

Promise me you won't
change the house too much.

- Well, thanks for
coming in, Melba.

Let's make sure your
cab is here, okay?

Oh, hi, Aida.

- Hi.
- I'll be right with you.

Okay?
- Oh, okay.

Who's that with Bubba?

- One of the most haunted
women, I think I've ever met.

- I do love a fast escrow.

- My dear, Bubba, don't we all.

- Why did Mrs. Totino think
that her family could come back?

I mean, how could she
even sell the house

if they're not dead?

- Well, we petitioned the court

to have them declared
dead in absentia.

Had quite a time talking
Mrs. Totino into it.

- Oh, so the family
hasn't been discovered?

- Aurora, please don't start
talking about bodies again.

- I'm just, I assumed
they had been found.

I'm surprised that
they're still missing.

- Well, legally they're not.

And legally ownership
of the house

was transferred to Mrs. Totino.

Who has now
transferred it to you.

It's your house now.
[keys jingling]

And it's got a lot of history.

So, it was the Zinzer house
before TC Julius bought it.

- That's right, Walter
Zinzer built it.

- He did, yeah, back
when I was working for

him and Mrs. Zinzer
their drugstore.

Whew, the battles they had when

they were building that house.

You see, Mrs. Zinzer, she
was a nut about symmetry,

and she had a closet built
for her doll collection.

And then she decided she
didn't think she liked

the placement of the door.

So, she had sealed up.
[fingers snapping]

- So there's a hidden closet
in the house somewhere?

- Yeah, somewhere upstairs
if I remember right.

- Oh.

I wonder if the
police searched for it

when the family disappeared?

- You just had to tell her
that story, didn't you?

- [Aurora] What, I'm making
conversation, mother.

- No, you're looking
for trouble, which
is your specialty.

[Aurora scoffs]

[soft music]

- So, I'll donate
most of the furniture

to make room for mine, but
I might keep a few pieces.

Well?

[Martin sighs]

- I go away on
business for one week

and come back to find
you moving out of town.

- It's not that far.

- Well, I kinda liked
driving past your house,

seeing your little car there.

- Well, you can take
the scenic route.

- I just might do that.

- Okay, but what do you
think about the house?

- I can picture the two of
us cozied up on the couch,

warming up by your fireplace.

- I can see that, too.

- I like your house, Roe.

- Ah, I like the sound
of that, my house.

I mean, I think it's mine.

I don't know what I would do

if the previous owner showed up.

- Oh right, you said
they disappeared?

- Mm hm.

- Well, I still have contacts
in the intelligence community.

I can make a few inquiries,

at least rule out the
witness protection angle.

- Thank you, but no.

No, I am not gonna
borrow trouble.

I finally have my own house.

I have this great guy who's only

four dates away from
being my boyfriend.

- Actually, it's three dates.

My being here today,
that constitutes a date.

- I thought we had
to share a meal.

- I'm sure I have a
mint here somewhere.

[both chuckling]

- A story on the Julius family?

I would love to read
that when you're done.

That was a real
stumper of a case.

- Yeah, well I was
hoping to interview

one of the lead detectives if
I could to get some quotes.

- Well, that would
be Pete Lambert,

but he retired a few years ago

and moved to Costa
Rica, was a Belize?

Anyway, I did a little
work on it myself,

but mostly just to rule
out any kind of robbery.

- Well, there must be
somebody who actually

investigated the disappearance.

- Yeah, there is.

The other Detective Smith.

- Oh, Lynn.

Oh, is she in her office?

- You betcha.

- Okay.

Thanks.

- Yep.

- No, Mrs. Totino did not
know the name of the man

who took the family
out for dinner.

She never lived in Spokane
with them and she only moved

here recently because
her daughter was sick.

- Oh, yeah, Macon did
say that Hope Julius

was going through chemo.

- All Mrs. Totino knew
was that they left

in a white sedan
with this friend.

We never figured out who he was.

We didn't get any more
information on the car.

And we have no reason to
believe it was anything other

than an accident as
yet to be discovered.

- Well, surely somebody would
have discovered it by now.

- Depends on the
road they traveled.

There's some thick forest

to the South and East
of here; deep ravines.

No, we were right
to close this case.

And I really don't know why
you insist on revisiting it.

- Oh, because the
house was sold.

Macon thought we should
print a followup story.

- Well, it's gonna be
a really short story

because there's
nothing new to add.

You can go now.

[light music]

- Thank you for your time, Lynn.

- All right, due
back in three weeks.

Happy reading.

Oh, hey, Lillian.

Do you mind if I
leave a little early?

I wanna meet the
contractor at my new house.

- You didn't pick a
very good time to move.

I'm gonna be on vacation
three days next week.

- Yeah, I know.

- You can't expect me
to rearrange my schedule

just because you bought a house.

- I wouldn't expect you to.

- I'm not gonna be here
every time you think

you need to dash away.

- But you're here now,
so do you mind if I go?

- I suppose not.
- Thank you.

I hope you have a good vacation.

- [Lillian] Hm.

[saw buzzing]

[hammer banging]

- Aurora?

[door creaking]

Oh, there you are.

Your mother said
you needed help,

but it looks like you
already have a whole crew.

- What I need help with
is measuring this wall.

Bubba Rankart said that there

was a hidden closet on
this floor somewhere.

And I wanted to find it while

I still have the carpenter here.

- [John] You know, it's
your mother's birthday

in a few weeks.

- Yeah, I'm taking her to lunch.

- I have a plan
for that evening.

I'm going to propose to Aida.

That is if I have your blessing.

- John, of course
you have my blessing.

I know how much you adore her.

- And I think she adores
me, but enough to marry me?

- Well, she's a very
independent woman.

- I admire that
she's independent.

I think we're well suited.

- You're exceptionally
well suited.

Hm, these dimensions
aren't making sense.

There's too much room here.

About three feet.

I wonder if the closet's
behind this bookshelf?

- Oh, maybe.
- Hey, Roe?

Are you ready to be
interviewed for my story?

Hey, John, what's she doing?

- She's looking for
a sealed up closet.

- Hope you don't expect to find
the Julius family in there.

- What, no.

I think I'm gonna find
some storage for my stuff.

These shelves are
so oddly placed.

- What's the key for?

- I don't know.
[mysterious music]

[key rattling]

[key clicking]
[closet creaking]

[suspenseful music]

[Sally screaming]
[John gasping]

It's a doll.

It's, it's just doll.

It must be from Mrs.
Zinzer's old collection.

Hm.

Aw, Sally, a new friend.

[Sally groaning]
- You're hilarious.

Can you just sit down and
let me interview you please?

- Sure, in a sec.

- Who else have you interviewed?

Finding out anything interesting
about the Julius family?

- Unfortunately, no.

Hardly anyone even knew them.

They just lived in town for

a few months before
they disappeared.

- This head is loose.

- Yeah, that's because
it's old and creepy.

Can you get rid of it before
it puts a curse on us?

[head snapping]

[Sally sighs]
- Oh.

Hey, there's something in there.

[paper crinkling]

Looks like a torn page
from a diary or journal.

- Harley.

That's the name of Charity
Julius' boyfriend in Spokane.

- This is from Charity's diary.

Looks like she wrote an entry,
but she didn't finish it.

Look at the last words.

Dad scares me.

- Charity Julius was
afraid of her father?

- This was dated a week before

the Julius family went missing.

- You know what
this is telling me?

The Julius family didn't
disappear by accident.

- You know what
this is telling me?

You're gonna try and find 'em.

[light dramatic music]

- "Dad makes me
sit here with Mom.

We watch old movies,
but I am so bored.

I just wanna see you, Harley.

But when I asked Dad
if you can come down,

he says, ask again later.

So, I do, and he gets mad
at me for asking too much.

He was hoping I'd forget
you once we moved back,

but that'll never happen."

- You said this was a
disturbing diary entry.

This sounds like normal
teenage complaining.

- "I feel so alone.

Grandma's only worried about
Mom, doesn't care about me.

If they don't let
you come see me,

I'll hitchhike to
Spokane to see you,

but that'd make mom worry.

Then dad would blame me and
I don't know what he'd do.

Dad scares me."

Charity Julius wrote
this journal entry

and hid it one week
before she disappeared.

She says she feels alone,
that she wants to run away,

that she's afraid of her dad.

How does this not
shed new light?

- Yeah, how?

[Lynn sighs]

- We already knew that Charity

and her father
had disagreements.

Grumbling about her strict dad
doesn't tell us anything new.

- Then why are you treating
that like new evidence?

- For a case that's
supposedly closed.

- I'm just humoring you.

- Can I quote you on that?

- No.

Look, there wasn't any reason
to keep this case open.

Pete Lambert and I didn't find
a single sign of foul play.

Trust me, we went above
and beyond on this one.

[eerie music]

Not only did we search
this house from top

to bottom three separate times,

but we searched
the entire grounds.

We looked under every
rock, every bush.

We looked at internet logs,
phone records, banking records.

We interviewed dozens of people-

- About those people, the
paper said the last person

to see the family alive
besides Mrs. Totino

was Harley Dimmoch.

Charity must have gotten
permission for him to visit her.

- Yeah, Macon said that Harley

didn't wanna talk
to any reporters.

He was too upset.

- But you must
have spoken to him.

So I was, we were wondering if-

- You better not be asking
me for interview notes.

- Of course I know
better than to ask.

But if you're offering?

- What I am doing is
assuring you that nothing

about this family or
their time in Lawrenceton

was out of the ordinary.

- Except that Charity
was afraid of her father.

[Lynn sighs]

- If you come up with any
legitimate new evidence,

please don't
hesitate to call me.

Okay?

- Oh, I won't.

- I just got a text
message from Macon.

Apparently, Harley wasn't the
only person here that day.

TC had just gotten
around to having concrete

poured in that pad in the back,

and we know who the concrete
guy in town is, right?

- Parnell Wilson.

- Yeah, I mean, Lynn must
have talked to him back then,

but who's to say he wouldn't
share something new now.

He might be more open
to talking to someone

who isn't on the police force.

John, how well do
you know Parnell?

- Fairly well.

- Okay, go talk to him about
the day he poured the pad

and Sally, go see
if you can find

contact info for Harley Dimmoch.

- What are you gonna do?

- Chat with Mrs. Totino.

[light music]
[bugs chirping]

- I'm glad you came by.

I was just boxing up a house
warming present to send to you.

- Oh, that is so nice of you.

- They're place mats Hope
bought for the house.

It was the least I could do

to say thank you for
buying the house.

Mr. Rankart said it would
take months to sell.

Well, I wasn't sure I
should sell it at all.

If TC came home and found
it sold, he'd have a fit.

- Oh, your son-in-law, he
was a man with a temper?

- Well, I'd call him more
a man with an iron will.

He liked to get his way.

- Well, that must've
made your granddaughter

resentful at times.

- Charity?

Oh, I suppose so.

But then she was a moody thing.

I remember she didn't wanna
go out with her parents

and their friend that night.

She wanted to stay
in visit with Harley.

But TC sent the boy off.

- Well, that must've
upset Charity.

- I was more worried
about her mother.

Hope wasn't feeling well.

She'd been in bed
most of the day.

- But she still went to dinner?

- If only I'd been
paying more attention

where they were going with
that gentlemen from Spokane.

- Okay, I know that the
police have asked you this

a million times, but what can
you remember about the man?

- Well, the problem
was I never met him.

I'd taken my supper
back to my apartment

over the garage
before he arrived.

I just saw the car out the
window and the man walk over

and shake hands with TC.

- What did he look like?

- I only saw his back.

He was dark haired, I think.

Hope said they knew
him from church

or maybe it was the hospital.

It's my fault they
haven't been found.

If I'd only been
paying more attention.

- Oh no, no, no.

I don't think you have
anything to feel guilty for.

- You're too kind.

I hope you enjoy the place mats.

- Just one more question,
Mrs. Totino, please.

Bubba Rankart said that there

is a boarded up
closet in the house.

Do you recall your
son-in-law talking about it?

What, what room it was in?

- I'm sorry, I have no idea
what you're talking about.

Excuse me.

[somber music]

- All right, thank you.

[phone beeping]
- John!

Oh!

I just left a message
for you asking you

if you wanted to
have lunch with me.

- Oh, you did?

- Yes.
- Ah, yes, I see you did.

I must've been on the phone
to Parnell Wilson's office.

- Concrete?

Does this mean
you're gonna finally

lay the foundation for that
shed you've been talking about?

- No, I was looking
to talk to Parnell.

- Well, it must have
been very important

if you didn't even know
that I was calling you.

[phone ringing]

Aurora's calling you?

- Uh.

- I know what it's like
when the two of you

start putting your
heads together.

She's become obsessed with
the Julius family, hasn't she?

And you're encouraging
her as usual.

- Hello, Roe.

No, look, Parnell's
out on a job.

He won't be back until tomorrow.

I have to do damage
control with your mother.

Try Martin.

- Hey, can you help
me move this chair?

[light music]

So when I was deciding where
to build the bookshelves,

I noticed this.

- When you called and asked
for my help, I had no idea

it would be to find
another phantom closet.

- Not a phantom.

Listen.
[fist knocking]

It sounds hollow.

- Yeah, it sure does.

- Do you think you can
pry these boards off?

- Okay.
- Hey, Roe, got your message.

What are you doing now?

- Think I found
another hidden space.

[boards cracking]

- Why are you so determined
to destroy your new house?

- Oh.

Well, these boards are
nailed in very well.

- Oh, I just got goosebumps.

I don't think I
could look in there.

- I can.

- Please tell me there
are no dead bodies

in there or dolls.

[light dramatic music]

- No, I don't see
anything like that.

- This one's only
nailed on with one nail.

[eerie music]
- Oh, be careful.

- See anything?
- Please say no,

please say no, please say no.

- [Aurora] No, it
looks pretty empty.

- Yes!
[suspenseful music]

- Wait.

[Aurora gasps]

Hey, there's some
towels or rags.

It looks like there
looks like they're...

Looks like they're
covered in blood.

[suspenseful music]

Could be blood.

- Yeah, well, it could
be a lot of things.

Just in case we'll get
a forensics team here

and go through that closet.

You're not gonna be moving in
in the next few days, are you?

- Not when I know that room
could be a crime scene.

- Okay, you do not know that.

Dirty towels are not
evidence of the crime.

- Still, I'm not moving
in yet just in case.

- Okay, well thank you
for the prompt call, Roe.

We'll be sure to let you know
if the tests turn anything up.

- Why would some of these boards

be held on by just
a single nail?

- Looks like that closet was
pretty hastily boarded up.

- Yeah, like someone
left in a hurry

after cleaning up blood.

[Aurora sighs]

- What looks good tonight?

I think I'll try
the fresh catch.

You're an interesting
woman, Aida.

You agree to come
out to dinner with me

and at the same time you wanna

give you the silent treatment.

- It's called rejecting
the sin, not the sinner.

- Is it really such
a sin to help Aurora

look into an unsolved mystery?

- Oh, but he doesn't
just look into a mystery.

She hunts it down,
grabs it by the throat,

and then shakes it
into submission.

- True, but-
- Do you know how many times

she's nearly gotten killed
by chasing it too far?

- Wasn't that a good reason
that I should help her?

Make sure she
doesn't go it alone,

and give her a extra
layer of protection.

- You know that by appealing to

my protective mother instincts,

that was the only way
to win this argument.

- So then it's working.

[light music]

- Mother is really
okay with you driving

to Spokane with Sally?

No, it's almost
three hours away.

I can't get that
much time off work

with Lillian on vacation.

Yeah, but Parnell is gonna
come by the house tomorrow.

Okay, thanks, bye.

- Marshaling your team to
take on this investigation?

- Oh, if I were really
marshaling a team

I would ask Lemaster Cane
from the Real Murders Club

to get involved and Perry Dell.

That might not be a bad idea.

- Maybe it's not such
a good idea either.

- Why would you say that?

We found blood today.

- Which should give you pause,
not make you hit the gas.

- Okay, wait.

Is this Martin Bartell,
former CIA agent who told me

he thinks we're alike and
admires my suspicious mind?

- Yes, we are alike.

But I can also tell you
that I've been burned before

thinking I'm looking into a
cold case and then finding out

it is still very, very hot.

- Well, tomorrow I am
gonna work a six hour shift

at the library and then
talk to the nice man

who poured a concrete pad
at my house four years ago.

That's it.

- That's it, huh?

So why do you have that look?

- What look?

- Let's call it the
thrill of the chase look.

- Oh, I think I've seen you
have that look a time or two.

- Stop trying to distract me.

You've been lucky before,
you've caught the bad guys

without ever having to
pay too steep a price,

but luck doesn't always hold.

Promise me you'll be careful.

- Yes, Martin, I promise
I will be careful.

[light music]

[glasses clinking]

[light eerie music]

- 2020, this is it.

[car door slamming]

I wish Harley had
called me back,

so I wouldn't feel like
we were surprising him.

- Nah, it's always better when
they don't see you coming.

- Roe definitely knew
what she was doing

when she sent Perry with this.

- Yeah, I'll get
the guy to talk.

- Can I help you?
- Oh, Mrs. Dimmoch?

Hello?

- Yes?
- Hi, I'm Sally Allison

with the Lawrenceton Times,

and this is my associate,
John Queensland.

- Good to meet you.
- And my, uh-

- Photographer, Perry Dell.

- Yeah.

I called and left a message
for your son, Harley.

I was hoping to interview
him for a story I'm writing.

- Oh yes, I gave
him the message.

Didn't he call you?

- I haven't heard from him, no.

And since I'm on a deadline,

we thought we'd just drive
up and see if he was home.

- I'm so sorry.

He should've called you.

Harley moved away years ago
to Vancouver, Washington.

- Maybe we can have a few
minutes of your time anyway?

- Sure, come on in the house.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Just watch your step.
- Thanks.

[light music]

- That was Harley and
Charity at his senior prom.

Weren't they the cutest couple?

- Yeah, they were.

Oh, so Harley was the
last person to see

the Julius family the
day they disappeared.

- Yes and what a burden to him.

The local police
showing up here,

and the Lawrenceton
police, the state police,

even some TV people
came to interview him.

- So you remember that day?

The day that Harley went
down to visit Charity.

- Oh, like it was yesterday.

Harley was so excited
to see his sweetheart,

thought the world was gonna
end when she moved away.

- Yeah, I bet he did.

She was a babe.

[John clearing throat]

- What time did he go
to Lawrenceton that day?

- Oh, well he left
right after breakfast.

- And what time did he get back?

- About nine o'clock that night.

[suspenseful music]

I asked him how the visit went.

He said it went fine.

Although he didn't get much
time alone with Charity.

He ended up helping
her father build

those wooden frames
you pour concrete in.

[muffled talking]

It was really hard to say
goodbye to Charity that day.

And he told me that as
soon as she graduated,

he was gonna swoop
down and marry her.

- When did Harley
realized she was missing?

- The next morning he called
her and left a message.

She didn't call back,
which wasn't like her

because she was
always calling him.

He started calling and
texting and texting.

I'm sure she's fine.

Said he planned to take
the next day off work

and drive down there again.

[phone ringing]

And then came that
knock at the door.

Police asking for him.

That's how we found out
that the whole family

had simply disappeared.

It's so hard to see
your child suffer.

- [Sally] I can only imagine.

- He stopped eating, he
stopped going to work

until finally they fired him.

He didn't care.

It was a terrible time.

- It sounds terrible.

- I knew that the only
way that he could move on

was to go someplace
where there were

no memories of that girl.

A friend of his offered
him a job in Vancouver

and off he went.

He's doing much better now.

We talk every Sunday.

- Does he still
mentioned Charity?

- Not much, not anymore.

He says he has a new girlfriend.

As hard as it was, I was
just so glad that he was able

to accept that Charity
had passed away.

- So, Harley believed she
and her family had died?

- Of course.

He knew she would contact
him if she was still alive.

[light dramatic music]

- Did Harley mention
anything about problems

between Charity and her father?

- A person didn't have
problems with TC Julius.

You did what he wanted.

You did it his way
and that was it.

Problem solved.

[light music]
[birds chirping]

- Hey, do you remember
that you offered to look

into the witness protection
angle on the Julius family?

- Yeah and you weren't
gonna borrow trouble.

- Yeah, well it
would save me trouble

if you could rule that
out as a possibility.

- Okay, I'll make
a few calls after

I'm through with this meeting.

What are you up to?

- Oh, I'm just waiting how
Parnell Wilson to get here.

The concrete guy.

- Oh, the perfect place to hide

a few stray bodies,
wet concrete.

- Yeah, I remember
the Julius job.

Of course I do.

I only had to tell Pete
Lambert about it five times.

- Okay, well, my
first question is,

is there any
possibility that family

could have been hidden
under that concrete?

- I guess you don't
know how quickly

concrete could
set on a warm day.

He could have walked on
it by the time I left.

Now, someone would
need jackhammer

to make space for a person.

Then pour new concrete on top.

No, that's not
where they ended up.

It does spook me though how
ordinary that day seemed.

Shouldn't you get a sense
of something strange

before a whole
family disappears?

[suspenseful music]

I got here about 2:00
in the afternoon.

Charity Julius came
out to meet me,

said her father had to
go to the hardware store.

The forms were set, said
I should start pouring,

which I did.
[shovel scraping]

Job took about an hour, hour
and a half and then I left.

- Wait, you didn't see TC
Julius at all that day?

- No, he didn't get
back before I was done.

- [Aurora] You didn't
find that strange?

- Well, a lot of times
folks are at work

when I come out to pour, so.

I mean, I suppose I'd
expect a man as particular

as TC Julius to be out here
to give me his two cents, but.

- Okay, so you saw Charity.

Did you see anyone else?

Her mother, her grandmother?

- Yeah, I saw both
of them through

the window to the
kitchen, cleaning up.

- [Aurora] Did you talk to them?

- Nope, but Hope
did give me a wave

in the middle of mopping up.

I remember thinking if
she's mopping up, then,

you know, she must
be feeling better

than when I saw her
a few weeks earlier.

I came out to give 'em a quote

and she could barely move then.

- So Hope Julius was mopping?

- Yeah, yeah.

I was happy to see her
bouncing back a bit.

I was glad to see she was
getting ready to go out.

- Why'd you think
she was going out?

- Oh, she had her
fancy wiggle on.

And I'd seen her
wear it in church.

- [Aurora] Hm.

[phone ringing]

- Oh.

Hey, Roe.

We just got back from Spokane.

- So, what did you
learn from Harley?

- Well, he doesn't
live there anymore,

so we talked to his mom.

It was heartbreaking to hear
what Harley went through

when Charity disappeared.

- Well, where's Harley now?

- He moved to Vancouver,
Washington a little while ago.

But you know, we all
got a really weird vibe

about TC Julius
from Mrs. Dimmoch.

There's definitely something
off about that man.

- Well, there's something
strange about this whole case.

I just talked to Parnell Wilson
and he said that Hope Julius

was wearing her Sunday fancy
wig the day she disappeared.

- Well, she was going out
for dinner though, right?

- Right, but if you saw
a photo of her fancy wig

on her dresser the day
after she disappeared,

and if they supposedly
ran off the road

on the way to dinner-
- Then what was that

wig doing in her bedroom?

- Exactly.

Hey, will you double
check on that photo?

I wanna ask Mrs.
Totino about it.

- I'm on it.

- I'm not sure what
you're asking me.

- If you remember what wig
your daughter was wearing

when she went out to
dinner that night?

Because Parnell Wilson
said he saw her wearing

her fancy wig earlier that day,

but that wig was found on
her dresser the next day.

- I do remember her wearing
her nice wig that day.

She was trying to make
herself feel better.

- Yeah, that's the other thing.

You said that she was
feeling sick that day,

but Parnell said that
he'd seen her mopping,

that she was doing
better than he expected.

- Well, what does
he know about it?

Did he see her taking a break
every two minutes to sit?

Did he see me trying to take
away the mop and talk her

into going back to bed
before she fell down?

No, I'm so tired
of people who think

they know things
they don't know.

One woman here said she was sure

they'd been abducted by aliens.

I can't take it anymore, hon.

I'm sorry, just please leave.

Please leave, please.

- Hm.

Seems even sweet
old ladies find you

and your questions irritating.

Thank you for making what I
have to do even more difficult.

- Why, what do you have to do?

- I have to ask Mrs.
Totino for a DNA sample

to see if there's
a family match.

- The towels in the closet?

- Soaked in blood.

Only you would buy a
house that turned out

to be a crime scene.

Only you.

[door creaking]

- Hi.
- Hi, sorry I'm late.

- No.
- My meeting ran over.

- Oh, that's okay.

My meeting just got started.

- What meeting?

- Well, I hope you don't
mind, but I invited some

of the Real Murders Club
members to join us for dinner.

[Martin sighs]

Well, until I saw Lynn today

and got confirmation
of the blood,

I wondered whether TC
was even more set against

his daughter seeing Harley
Dimmoch than any of us thought.

Maybe he moved here
to separate them.

And then once Harley
showed up at the house,

TC decided to whisk her away
so Harley wouldn't find her.

- It's an interesting theory.

- Yes, but if what people
say about TC Julius was true,

he'd have had no trouble
scaring the kid off

if he didn't want him around.

- Yeah and the
blood in the closet.

I mean, if it's
the Julius family,

that would be very unlikely.

- Nah, TC was a bad dude,

But what I'm thinking is whoever

that guy in the white car was,

he killed them in that
new house of yours

and took the bodies with him.

- I believe the answer
to this mystery probably

does lie in Spokane with
the man in the white car.

- Well, I'm happy to
drive back up there

and spend some more
time in Spokane.

- What is it you'll
be doing in Spokane?

- Mother.
- Aida.

I had no idea you were here.

- So, I noticed.

I was just finishing dining
with my good friend, Bubba.

- And getting me to agree
to sell my old place

instead of looking
for a new renter.

- You two know everyone here.

- Oh, yes, yes.

The Little Murders Club, hm.

[light music]

- Hey, how's Mrs. Totino doing?

She must have been really
upset to hear about

the blood we found
in the closet.

- It was a shock, but I
think it gave her some hope

that the police may come
up with some answers now.

You know, it's not knowing
where her loved ones are

that really tortures
her the most.

- Oh, yeah, I seem to
have struck that nerve

when I talked to her earlier.

- She didn't say anything.

You know, I know the probate
process has been trying on her,

but the money she'll get in the
next week or so, it'll help.

- Wait, I thought she
already got the money

from the sale of the house?

- No, the house is just
a drop in the bucket.

She gets all the
life insurance along

with everything else
in the Julius estate.

[light dramatic music]

- Oh, I didn't know.

- I didn't know that
your little murder group

was now meeting weekly, Aurora.

Goodnight.
- Goodnight, ma'am.

- [Woman] Goodnight, Aida.

- I can't go to Spokane,

but I can look into
whatever business dealings

TC Julius might've been part of.

Maybe I'll find a lead to
some kind of business partner.

- I can work the Charity angle.

I know some people who had
classes with her in high school.

- You okay?

What's up?

- Um, yeah, Bubba just
told me that Mrs. Totino

is gonna get a lot of money
from the Julius estate.

- Don't even suggest
that that nice old lady

could possibly have...

Oh, I can't live in a
world where grandmother's

kill their kids and
grandkids for money.

- She's supposed
to be small, right?

How'd she even do it?

- But the bigger
problem is why make

the bodies disappear if
she wanted the money?

It would be better
to have them found.

She would've receive
the money years ago.

- John, what do you think?

- I think uh, I should try and
go catch up with your mother.

[keys jingling]

Aida.

I'm glad I caught it.

- Well, I'm glad you
noticed me, eventually.

- I apologize for that
because I don't want you

to think you're ever a
second thought to me.

Or that the Real Murders Club

was more important
to me than you

- Oh, please, John.

You don't have to make
any grand declarations.

- Yes I do.

In fact, I was gonna save
this for your birthday,

but maybe a spontaneous proposal

with prove how carried
away I am by you.

- Oh, John Queensland,
please tell me that

you're not gonna propose
to me in the street.

- Yes, Aida.
- No.

- Right now and right here,
I'm gonna get down on one knee.

- Oh.

- Aida Teagarden,
will you marry me?

- No.

[keys jingling]
[light dramatic music]

[car door slamming]
[car engine rumbling]

- I hope you're
not put out with me

for letting everyone
crash our date.

- Oh, no.

I was well entertained.

- Well, I thought
that you would throw

in a few theories
about what happened

to the Julius family,
but you didn't.

- I gathered that's how you
approach mysteries in this club?

You sit at a removed
distance, spin out theories,

and then go look for
evidence to prove them?

- I think you just called
me an armchair detective.

- No, no, I know you have a
magnificent mind for murder,

but my experience in
the field has taught me

that mind isn't always
as important as the gut.

- What, CIA agents don't sit

at restaurant tables
and spin theories?

- Oh, they do.

But the good ones
know that theories

can lead them in
the wrong direction.

If it was me, I'd go
back to the scene.

Take it all in.

I wouldn't so much
look for the answer.

I'd let it come to me.

- Well then let's go
back to the house.

Tomorrow, we'll go after work.

We'll take another look.

It'll count as another date.

- Sold.

I'll meet you at your
house tomorrow after work.

[light music]

[phone ringing]

- Oh, it's John.

He probably calling
to spin theories.

- I'll let you get back to it.

See you tomorrow.

- Hi, John.

You what?

You, what, she did?

[birds chirping]

[door thudding]

John proposed and you said no?

- Do he really tattle on me?

[Aurora scoffs]

- Mother, I know you
love John and he worships

the ground you walk on.

- That's no reason
to get married.

- Then what is?

- Being able to imagine a
contented life with that person.

Please, I already worry
enough about my daughter

putting herself in
the line of danger

with her crime
solving escapades.

I'm not going to worry
about my husband, too.

[Aurora scoffs]

- Oh, this can't be about
the Real Murders Club?

- Of course it can.

- You know that we help people.

I mean, we've caught bad guys.

We've kept people alive.

- You and John, you
think it's all up to you.

Even though we have a
perfectly capable police force.

And I don't understand that.

- Well then let me
explain it to you.

- No, that's all right.

You've explained many times.

I've made peace with
the fact that you do it.

I'm even proud that
you've saved lives

with your clever efforts.

- Thank you.

And John has-
- Has helped you every time

and he'll continue helping you.

And for that, I'm
eternally grateful,

but I'm not gonna marry him.

- You're gonna make him choose
between Real Murders and you?

- I want something
different, Aurora.

Is that so hard to understand?

- [Man] Yeah, it takes
about 30 minutes.

[Aurora scoffs]

[light music]

[suspenseful music]

[man grunting]
[Aurora screaming]

[wall thudding]
[man groaning]

[Aurora screaming]

[wall thudding]
[man groaning]

[man groaning]
[body thudding]

[both grunting]

- [Martin] Hey, what's going on?

Who was that?

- I don't know, he
just grabbed me.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, yeah.

[dramatic music]

[car door thudding]
[car engine rumbling]

[gravel crunching]
[tires screeching]

- You all right?
- Yeah.

- So you were
chasing this truck,

but you didn't get a
license plate number?

- Sorry, my bionic eye
is on the fritz today.

- Roe, there are no
signs of a break in,

are you sure that the front
door was locked when you got in?

- Yeah, I think.

I don't know, you've
had control of the house

the past few days.

- Well, who cares how he got in.

The important question is
why is he after Aurora?

- Yeah, that's exactly what
I'm trying to figure out.

Was he already here
when she got here?

I mean, he could have been a
burglar and she surprised him.

- You see what I mean about
theories distracting you

from what's really going on?

- Okay, you're assuming
that this assault

was connected to
whatever may or may not

have happened in that closet.

But don't even think-
- I remember.

That truck was parked
outside the library

when I left work today.

It was halfway in the handicap
spot, that's why I noticed.

- You're saying he's
been following you?

- He must be.
- But why, to do what?

And to stop you from what?

- I guess it's your
job to find out.

[Lynn sighs]

- Roe, why do you
think he was after you?

- I don't, I don't know.

I just, I wanna go home.

- No, that's the last
place you should go

with somebody after you.

You need to stay
somewhere safe tonight.

- [Aurora] All right,
I'll stay with Sally.

- So you think the guy who
followed you had something

to do with the disappearance
of a Julius family?

- I can't imagine
another reason why.

- Well, what if
he finds you here?

I don't have a baseball
bat or anything else

I could hit him with.

You know, I told
myself months ago

that if I was gonna keep
hanging out with you,

I would need to invest
in a baseball bat.

[mop whooshing]

[Sally gasps]

Oh, my story about
the Julius family

is gonna be in the
newspaper tomorrow.

What if he comes after me, too?

- Oh, well Martin said he'd
give me self defense classes.

You can join in.
- Oh, okay, yeah.

So who do you think
tried to grab you?

The guy who killed
the Julius family

or the guy who doesn't
want them to be found?

- I don't know, I'm trying
not to come up with theories.

- You always have a theory.

You're a theory making machine.

- I know, I see a question mark
and I come up with theories,

but they're not getting
me very far this time.

So I'm just trying to
wait for an answer.

- Who are you and why do
you look like my friend Roe?

- No, I'm serious.

None of these puzzle pieces
are fitting together.

The man in the white
car, the fancy wig,

the blood in the closet.

And when I was standing in
front of that closet today,

I had this feeling like
the answer was just poking

at the back of my mind.

You know, this feeling like the
bodies still had to be there

because the killer, he
wouldn't just throw the bodies

in the closet and
let them decompose.

- Ew, Roe.

- Where could you hide bodies?

[phone ringing]
[Sally screaming]

[Aurora sighs]

It's Martin.

He said he'd called
to check on me.

Hi, Martin.

No, I'm fine, but I'm
not so sure about Sally.

- Okay, thanks Ellie,
I appreciate it.

I thought you were
gonna help Aurora?

Really protect her.

- What happened,
is she all right?

- That was Ellie from
the police station.

She just asked me how Aurora's

feeling after being assaulted.

- Someone attacked her?

I'm gonna call right now.
- No, no, no,

she obviously doesn't
want me to know.

But now can you understand
why I can't possibly

marry someone who
encourages these activities?

It's way too dangerous for,
for you, for her, for me.

- Are you saying
that if I wasn't part

of the Real Murders Club
you'd reconsider my proposal?

- Are you saying if I asked
you to quit, you'd quit?

I have your final
documents for your house.

But what I really wanna
talk about is it that you-

- Oh, how's John doing?

Is he still brokenhearted?

- John's fine, but I'm not.

I got a call from Ellie
down at the police station

and she told me that
you were attacked

yesterday at your house.

And I said, oh, no, that
can possibly be true

because if it were, I would
have been the first to know.

- [Aurora] Hm.

- So, is it true?

- So, what's this?

- It's a transfer
tax declaration.

Don't change the subject.

- Mother, I don't
want to upset you

or give you any more
reason not to marry the man

I know that you love, so please
let me change the subject.

- Someone tried to hurt you.

- Well, I don't know
what he was trying to do.

Maybe just scare me,

but I'd rather not give
him the satisfaction.

So what's this?

- That's a roof
inspection waiver.

- What, I waived
my roof inspection?

- Well, there's no need for one.

TC Julius had a new roof put
on right before they moved in.

- So, no one's been on the roof

since the family disappeared?

[light dramatic music]

[Aida sighs]

- [Martin] You had me
pulled from a meeting

so I can hold the
ladder for you?

- No, because you made me
promise that I wouldn't

come back to the
house without you.

Are you coming up?

- You gotta be kidding.

- I don't see anything.

- Well, if you're gonna spin
theories, this is a good one.

Bodies on a roof.
- No.

This was not a theory.

This was a gut reaction,

a feeling that things
aren't adding up.

[light dramatic music]

Wait a minute.

There's one dormer in
the back of the house.

- Yep.

Two on the front, so?

Exactly.

Bubba Rankart said
the original owner

was obsessed with symmetry.

She wouldn't have put just
one dormer in the back.

[window squeaking]

[suspenseful music]

[Aurora screaming]

I think I just found
that Julius family.

[dramatic music]

[muffled police chatter]

- Okay, so this brilliant
idea to look up on the roof,

where did it come from?

- Just a feeling
that if the family

had been killed in the closet,

the bodies would have been
hidden nearby somewhere.

And then when I saw that the
roof hadn't been inspected

when I bought the place, I
figured it was worth a shot.

- You know, I was in charge
of this search four years ago.

It never even occurred to
me to look up on the roof.

- Well, I only thought
to go up to that dormer

because Bubba had told me

of Mrs. Zinzer's
design sensibilities.

I mean, you can't access
it from the attic.

It's a foe.

[Lynn sighs]
- Great.

Now I get to go and
tell Captain Burns

that I missed three bodies.

Three.

- Detective Smith,
a word, please.

Now.

- Would you both
mind sticking around?

We may need to get a
detailed statement.

- [Aurora] Mm hm.

[Lynn sighs]

- Hey, Roe.

Hey, Martin.

Megan sent me over
to cover the story.

You guys found the bodies of
the Julius family on the roof?

Well, one of the
bodies had a wig,

so I think it's Hope Julius.

- Sneaky spot to hide some
bodies, I gotta say that.

- Yeah, but who would...

Why would they put them-

- I think it's time for some

good old fashioned
theory spinning.

- I talked to the girl who sat
next to Charity in English.

She said that all Charity
talked about was how she planned

on marrying her boyfriend
the minute she graduated

and her father would
never see her again.

- I think we should consider
Harley Dimmoch a suspect.

- If it was just TC Julius
that had been murdered, maybe,

but he wouldn't kill Charity.

- He was a frustrated
young man and young men

tend to lose their tempers.

- Yeah, you never know
when we'll pop a gasket.

- If you talked to Harley's
mother you'd know how devastated

he was when the
family disappeared.

- Could have been a
guilty conscience.

- I still think the
answer lies in Spokane,

the man in the white car.

- Yeah, wasn't John
supposed to be the one

going back there and
asking around anyway?

I mean, where is he?
- I don't know,

but I'll find out.

- You know, we're all so sure
that the man in the white car

is from Spokane, but that was
just Mrs. Totino's assumption.

I mean, it doesn't
mean that it's true.

- I hadn't considered that.

- Well, still it seems to me,

you'd have to go back to
Spokane to know for sure.

- Yeah, maybe I should go
back to talk to Mrs. Totino.

Oh, poor Mrs. Totino.

I wonder how she took the news
that her family's been found?

- Hi, John, is that you?

Why are you whispering?

- Because I'm with Aida.

No, I can't go to
Spokane right now.

Maybe another day or two.

Well, what's Roe's
latest theory?

- Who are you talking to?

- Sally.
[light dramatic music]

- According to Lynn,
they're not gonna get

the DNA results back for
another week on the skeletons

or the blood in the closet.

So, I thought that I would
go back up to Spokane

and see if I can find
out some information

about the man in the white car.

- Are the police
looking for this

so-called man in the white car?

- Well, they did look
for him four years ago.

I don't know if they're
looking for him now.

- So, why are you
wasting your time there

when you know the police
hit a dead end years ago?

- Oh, because I was
talking to Roe Teagarden

and some others, and we
thought that it would be-

- Some others?

As in the true crime addicts,
from the Real Murders Club?

- As a matter of fact-
- Sally, I respect

proactive thinking,
but we report the news

and we get news about crimes
from the police department.

Not from the minutes
from your club meetings.

Okay, go and talk to
Detective Liggett Smith.

If she says they were
taking their investigation

to Spokane then you
can go to Spokane.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Bubba, hi.

I was just going to
talk to Mrs. Totino.

I wanted to offer
my condolences.

- Uh, yeah, well
she's not there.

- What?

- Yeah, the innkeeper said
she packed up her things

and left in the
middle of the night.

- Oh, did you know
she was leaving?

- No, we had an appointment
for her to sign some papers

and she never called to cancel.

I guess the discovery
of those bodies

must have hit her pretty hard.

- Yeah, must've.

- Well, I guess I better FedEx
these to her in Portland.

It's good to see you, Roe.

- Hey, Bubba.
- Yeah?

- Do you mind sending me
her address in Portland?

I wanna send her a card.

- Yeah, you bet.

I'll text it to you later.

- Okay.
- See ya.

[fist knocking]

[keys jingling]

- Martin, hi.
- Hi, I got your message.

What's this about you
going out of town?

- I'm going to Portland
to find Melba Totino.

- Mm hm.

Well, not alone you're not.

I'm coming with you.

[light music]

[car door slamming]

[dog barking]

So, Mrs. Totino lives
here with her sister?

- Alicia, yeah, this is
the address Bubba gave me.

- I wonder which one
of 'em rides the bike?

- Oh, well, my guess is Alicia
probably has a grandchild.

[fist knocking]

Oh, hi, my name's Aurora.
- Young man, how many times

have I told you, don't
open the door to strangers.

Can I help you?

- Yes, we're looking
for Melba Totino.

- Who?
- Oh, I'm sorry.

We were given this
address for Melba Totino

or her sister, Alicia Minault.

- Alicia, yeah,
this is her house.

I rent it from her.

- But Alicia and her
sister don't live here?

- No, Alicia gets her
mail here and I guess

I've seen some come for
someone named Totino, too.

But my son and I, we're the
only ones who live here.

- Did you just move in?

- No, we've lived here
almost four years.

- Oh, that's right when they
Julius family disappeared.

- Ma'am do you know where

we might find Alicia
or her sister?

- I have no idea.

I never see Alicia.

Everything gets taken care
of by Drew, her handyman.

He comes by once a week to
grab the mail and fix stuff.

I don't like him.

He yells at my son.

- How do you get
in touch with him?

- I call him.

Do you want his number?

- [Aurora] Yes, that
would be fantastic.

- Might not be such a
good idea to call him.

It'd be too easy to hang up on

someone asking too
many questions.

You might have more
luck face to face.

[dog barking]
[light music]

Ma'am, I'd like to help
your faucet spring a leak,

so you have to call
Drew to come and fix it.

What would make that
worth your trouble?

- You don't have to pay me.

I would be happy to cause
that man to go out of his way.

I mean, honestly, he
yells at children.

- So we just park down the
street and wait for him to come?

- Oh, but Miss Teagarden,

there is so much more to
a stakeout than just that.

- Oh really?

They have stakeout classes
in spy school, do they?

- Of course, stakeout strategy

is a big part of the curriculum.

- Oh, really?

Well, then please teach
me everything you know.

- This is called scrunching.

It's a basic stakeout technique.

What do you think?
- Hm, I don't know.

This is pretty advanced.

- It was developed by high
level operatives in the field

to help these staker avoid
being seen by the stakee.

- Mm, except I think there's
a glitch in your technique

because now I can't
see the stakee either.

- Well, that can be helped
by the second technique.

It's called neck stretching.

[Aurora laughing]
[Martin chuckling]

Oh, man, the truth is
stakeouts are boring

and a big reason why
I switched careers.

- Oh, I am anything but bored.

Thank you for coming with me

and for passing along
all your spy wisdom.

- Oh, you mean all my
little lessons learned

from time in the field.

- Well, you helped me
look at this mystery

from a different angle.

- I'm glad I was able to add

to your already impressive
sleuthing skills.

- Yeah, but you also
gave me a sore neck

from all that scrunching.

- Oh, no.

- Oh!

That's the green
and white truck.

That's the truck
that followed me

from the library to the house.

- Yeah, it sure is.

Boy, that truck gets around.

We're 200 miles
from Lawrenceton.

- That must be the
guy who grabbed me.

- Yep and I'm gonna
go knock him out.

- No, wait, wait, wait.

I know him.

I seen his picture,
Sally showed me.

That's Harley Dimmoch.

That's Charity's boyfriend.

Harley Dimmoch attacked me?

Why?

- I'm gonna go ask him.

- No, we have to
think about this.

Okay, if Harley is working for
Alicia, Mrs. Totino's sister,

then does that mean that
Harley killed the Julius family

and convinced Mrs.
Totino to stay quiet

for the money she'd inherit?

Maybe Mrs. Totino agreed to
split the money with her sister,

but why would Harley kill
Charity, the woman he loved?

- Roe, you're spinning
theories again.

- You're right.

We don't need theories,
we need answers.

Okay, we need to wait
for him to leave again

and then follow him.

- Yes, ma'am.
[suspenseful music]

[light music]

- Oh, Detective Smith,
do you have a minute?

- Nope.
- Okay.

I'm mean, I know you have
a job to do, but so do I,

and Macon wants to run
an update on this case

each and every day.

- Your problem, not mine.

- Well, I think keeping
the public informed

of your progress on this
case is your problem too.

- And as soon as I get
progress, I will let you know.

- Okay, Lynn, can you just
tell me if you're planning

on going to Spokane to look
for the guy in the white car?

- Call me crazy, but our
first step is to confirm

the identity of the bodies.

Then I don't know, come
up with a cause of death.

- When I quote you, how
should I describe your tone?

[Lynn sighs]

- Call it frustrated.

Look, off the record,

this case has been a
bitter pill to swallow

because I know it might've
been solved years ago

if I had only been more
thorough and I just,

I'm not used to second guessing
myself and it's humbling.

And I can't believe
I'm telling you this.

- Neither can I.

- If you put one word
of this in print-

- Lynn.
- Oh.

- Captain Burns needs to
talk to you right away.

The coroner just called.

[light dramatic music]
[Lynn sighs]

[muffled talking]

- [Captain Burns] You said
it was a complete surprise

with this new information
from the coroner,

this case is getting
bigger by the minute.

- [Lynn] Oh, well,
this definitely puts

everything in question.

- Nice try, Sally.

You know, I gotta say,
you are turning into

a true dogged reporter.
- Really, you think so?

- Oh yeah, absolutely.

I mean, your editor is
gonna be very proud.

- [Sally] Aw, thanks, Arthur.

- [Arthur] Goodbye, Sally.

[phone ringing]

- John, it's Sally.

I'm at the police station
and the coroner just dropped

a bomb on them, but I
couldn't find out what it was.

So, what do I do?

What would Roe do?

- Oh, Roe would go
talk to the coroner.

Lemaster plays golf
with him every week.

I'll call him now, and meet
you at the coroner's office.

- The coroner's office?

I thought you were
gonna give all that up?

- Aida, I love you.

But I don't think I'll
ever be able to resist

the call of solving a mystery.

[light dramatic music]

[Aida sighs]

[truck engine rumbling]

- Sally told me that
Harley lives here

in Vancouver, Washington,

right across the
river from Portland.

It should have been
a red flag for me,

seeing how close he
lives to Mrs. Totino.

- [Martin] Or where
you thought she lived.

- [Aurora] Well, right, I mean,

we still don't
know where she is.

- Well, if you're not gonna
let me beat it out of the guy,

we should call the police.

They'll haul him in
and make him talk.

- Yeah, that might
be our best option.

Okay, but should I
call the local police

or should I call Lynn?

- Oh, here he comes again.

Let's see where he goes.

- Whoa, whoa, wait,
wait, just leave me here.

- Why would I do that?

- Because I wanna look around.

I wanna see if I can find
anything that tells me

where Mrs. Totino
or her sister are.

- Roe, I'm not leaving you here.

- Yeah, but if you
stay on Harley's tail,
then I'll be safe.

Plus you can beat him up
without me stopping you.

- Tempting, but-

- Look, he's leaving.

Go, follow him.

You don't wanna lose him.

- You tricky little.

[car engine rumbling]

[birds chirping]

- Ted, we were just
coming to see you.

How are you doing?

- Ah, Lemaster, good to see you.

I'm busier than normal
and a little boggled.

- Well, that's why we're here.

You remember John
from the golf course?

- Oh sure, hello, John.

- Ted, nice to see you again.

And this is my friend, Sally
Allison, from the paper.

- Oh, Miss Allison, yeah.

- Hi. I think I've interviewed
you for a story before.

- Mm hm.
- Sally was just at

the police station and heard

you'd made a
surprising discovery.

- Oh, they've released
that information already?

- Uh, yes, Detective
Liggett Smith

said that your findings
would change everything.

- Well, a third of
everything anyway.

The first two skeletons,

they were definitely that of
a middle aged man and a woman,

consistent with TC
and Hope Julius.

- And the third skeleton?

- It wasn't at all what
we thought it would be.

The third skeleton.

Well, it didn't belong to a
young woman as we expected.

it belong to an elderly woman.

- That doesn't make any sense.

- No, it doesn't to us either.

I'm on my way down
to the morgue now.

I've gotta come up with a plan

on how to identify this woman.

- Okay, well, thanks
for your time, Ted.

- Thank you.

[light dramatic music]

[suspenseful music]

- Oh no, it can't be.

- What do you want?

- You're Charity
Julius, aren't you?

- I have no idea what
you're talking about.

- No, wait, no.
[door thudding]

I know you're her.

I know your Charity,
I've seen your picture,

but you're supposedly dead.

- You are crazy.

- No, no.

[Aurora grunting]

[thudding]
[Aurora groaning]

[hangers crunching]
[Aurora groaning]

[door slamming]

Hey!

Charity, open the door!

- You shouldn't have come here.

You'll ruin everything.

- Charity!
[fist knocking]

Charity, open the door.

[car door slamming]

[muffled talking]

- Now, who are you?

Alicia Minault or Melba Totino?

[Aurora panting]

[light switch clicking]

Charity, come on.

[lock clicking]

My phone, I don't have my phone.

Hey, Charity.

Do you know how excited
everyone in Lawrenceton

is gonna be to find out
that you're still alive.

- Shut up, I hate Lawrenceton.

- Well, everybody's
so worried about you.

[hand slamming]
- I said, shut up!

- [Melba] I'll see you
later at your house.

[light dramatic music]
[brakes squeaking]

- River Taxi.

[phone ringing]

- Harley, you have
to get back here now.

Someone came to the
door and recognized me.

Yeah, I locked
her in the closet.

[light dramatic music]
- Well, that's not good.

[car engine rumbling]

[brakes squeaking]

[light dramatic music]

- I don't know what to think,

if the third body isn't
Charity Julius, then who?

Elderly woman.

- Maybe we should do a little
searching on Melba Totino.

- Couldn't hurt.
[keyboard clicking]

[Sally gasps]

- "Alicia Minault, left,
and Melba Totino, right,

show off their third
and first place ribbons

from the Tigard Garden Festival.

The sisters often
compete with each other

of the flower show circuit."

But that's not Mrs. Totino on
the right, she's on the left.

- Unless the woman we
know as Mrs. Totino

is really her sister?

- Well, what happened
to this sister?

- Oh.

[light dramatic music]

[Aurora panting]

[car door slamming]

- [Charity] She's
still in there.

- Who is it?
- I don't know, some lady.

[Harley sighs]
[gun clicking]

[key rattling]

[suspenseful music]

[umbrella thudding]
[Harley groaning]

[women groaning]

- Don't move!

Oh, no.

It's the lady that
bought your house.

The one Alicia sent
me to get rid of.

- Alicia?

[Charity panting]
[suspenseful music]

[dramatic music]

- What are you waiting for?

Just shoot her.

- Just make sure you
don't shoot the CIA agent

standing outside
your front door.

- What CIA agent?

- The one who told
me where to find you.

- No, she's lying.

- Go and see.

Look out the window.

- Charity, look.

- Did you see any CIA
people when you drove up?

No, there aren't any
CIA people out there.

[door thudding]
- What?

[suspenseful music]

[crowbar clanking]
[Harley groaning]

[body thudding]
[Harley groaning]

[Aurora grunting]

[Charity whimpering]

[suspenseful music]
[Charity panting]

[light dramatic music]

- Oh, I knew you'd be there.

Thank you for being there.

- Well, we know this
is Harley Dimmoch.

Who's this?
- This is Charity Julius.

- If Harley tries to tell
you this was all my idea,

don't you believe him.

He was the one who got
into a fight with my dad

and hit him over the
head with a hammer.

And then when my mom came to see

what all the yelling was about-

- He panicked and hit her, too.

Right there in the closet Harley
was helping your dad build.

- Who told you that?

Was it my aunt, Alicia?

Well, I bet she didn't tell
you that it was her idea

to kill my grandmother, did she?

- And pretend to be her so
you could all get the money,

and then make up a story
about a man in a white car

coming to get you to dinner.

No, she didn't tell
me that, you just did.

All three of them were
dead before Parnell

came over to pour
concrete, weren't they?

And you put on your
mother's wig in the kitchen,

so he would think
that you were her.

[somber music]

- She was gonna die anyway.

That's what Alicia said.

It made me feel
better for a while.

- Hey Lynn, you
might wanna think

about driving down to Portland.

- Well, it just so happens
I'm already in Portland.

- Oh, let me guess you found
out that one of the bodies

is not a teenage girl,
but an older woman?

- And you know this, how?

- Let me give you
an address nearby

and I will tell you everything.

[Lynn sighs]

- Thanks for calling us, Roe.

I'm glad there's some
resolution to this story,

even if it's an awful one.

- Yeah.
- Family members

turning on each other.

- Terrible decisions made
in the heat of the moment.

- Yeah and money
makes it even worse.

- I just spoke with the taxi
company and we have several

officers tracking Alicia
Minault down right now.

- Do you mean the
River Taxi company?

- Oh, no, keep
going, keep going.

- Stop that cab.

All right, let's go.

- Can you guys get
your cameras and

take some pictures of this.
- Yeah, yeah, sure, yeah.

- Alicia Minault,
you are under arrest.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will

be used against you
in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney.

- This is all your doing.

I should never have
sold you that house.

- If you cannot
afford an attorney,

one will be provided for you.

In you go.

- Well, you did foil their plot

with your sheer
dogged determination
to get to the truth.

- Well, I did have this
amazing spy school teacher

who helped quite a bit.

I'm worried I might have
a crush on him though.

- Oh, do you now?

I guess we'll have
to discuss that

when we get back home, won't we?

- Hm, I guess we will.

[light music]

- I think that we're
gonna be very happy here.

- We're?

- I'm.

I said I'm, didn't I?

- You didn't, actually.

- Oh, I must have
misspoken then.

- My dear, Miss Teagarden,
you don't ever misspeak.

- Well then have I told you

how glad I am that you
don't make me choose

between what I love
to do and who I love?

- Oh, your mom and
John'll be fine.

They'll work things out.

Even if they don't
get married right now.

- I hope so.

- Wait, did you just
say you love me?

- You don't miss
a thing, do you?

- Not when it comes to
the girl that I love.

I just remembered.

- Remembered what?

- The rule that states
anytime the word love is used

the date counts as double.

We have hit 25 dates.
[Aurora giggling]

- Then that makes us official.

[gentle music]

[light eerie music]