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[light eerie music]

[Alex] People will tell you that poverty is a threat to democracy.

But what no one ever tells you is that democracy...

...well, democracy actually breeds and cultivates that poverty.

As I write these words,

currently one out of every two individuals,

half the country,

are already in or near poverty.

Poverty usually hits urban and rural places the hardest.

Though, I can't speak personally

about those urban areas,

I can speak to how it has affected the rural town

I've called home my entire life.

[music continues]

And it's all gone to shit.

So I vow to do my part,

the only way I know how, anyway,

to help eradicate this... growing problem.

On another note, did you know that the term

"handwriting analysis"

was coined way back in the 1870s

by a Frenchman named Jean Michon?

I often wonder what good old Jean Michon would think of my handwriting.

[engines rumbling]

[Peter] I don't have any money.

Well, that's a problem if you want a cigarette.

Yo, come on, man!

We all gotta eat.

Okay. I'll...

I'll suck your dick.

For a cigarette?

Oh, hell, no! For that, I want the whole pack!

I think you've got the wrong idea about me.

Okay, shit, just take it easy.

I'm fine. I'm just not a fag

and you're acting like a fucking pig.

Fuck you, then.

Wait. Are you leaving?

-Got a toothbrush? -I do.

You know you need a toothbrush to clean the actual food

from your mouth, right?

I know what it's for. How much?

When was the last time you ate?

Hey, come here.

What?

Here.

I can't look at this.

I said we all have to eat and I meant it.

What the fuck you talking about?

Listen, I got a job. Easy B&E.

I was gonna do it myself, but...

...I don't know if I can come back here with a clear conscience if I do.

No. But thank you.

What about your toothbrush?

[chuckles]

-All right, I'll do it myself. -The hell you will.

What exactly do I have to do?

Simple. Find a friend. You guys act as lookouts,

help me carry the shit out at the end.

That's it?

That's it.

[wind blowing]

It's just through here.

[man] How do you know they won't be home?

'Cause I cased the place for weeks.

I know their schedule inside and out.

[clicks]

[light suspenseful music]

[man] This better be worth it, man.

'Cause I got a record.

If anyone sees us--

Hey!

I'm facing real jail time, man.

No one is getting caught.

Just keep your eyes open.

And be quiet.

[clicks]

[soft clicking]

Hey, man, come on, hurry up already!

Almost there.

[soft clicking]

[deeply breathes]

[door unlocks]

[clicks]

[door creaks]

[ominous music]

[man] We should turn on the lights.

[Alex] Thought you didn't wanna get caught.

Use your fucking head. No lights.

Just stay close to me.

You'll be fine.

[blade rings]

The score's over here, anyhow.

[man] What exactly is it?

[Alex] The two of you.

-[flesh squelches] -[groans]

[gurgling]

-[blade rings] -[groans]

[heavily breathing]

[dramatic music]

-[flesh squelching] -[groaning]

[loudly gasping]

[groans]

[panting]

[gasping]

-[grunting] -[screaming and groaning]

[panting]

[blade rings]

-[loudly grunts] -[screaming and crying]

-[panting and grunting] -[flesh squelching]

[whimpering]

-[grunts] -[gasps]

-[blade rings] -[grunts and pants]

[loudly gasping]

[panting]

[gasping and whimpering]

-[flesh squelching] -[loudly grunts and pants]

-[thuds] -[panting]

[clattering]

[clicks]

[light eerie music]

[Alex] Like I said,

I was gonna do my part the only way I knew how.

I was gonna help eradicate this growing filth.

-[bubbling] -[muffled shouting]

[rain splattering]

[thudding]

-[girl] Hit him, hit him! -You're a freak, Alex!

-[boy] Loser! You're a loser! -[girl] Mama's boy!

Hey, did you know your door was unlocked?

[light eerie music]

You drag 'em to the bathroom.

And I'll take care of the rest, baby.

[Alex deeply inhales]

[sharply exhales]

-[door opens] -[grunts]

[grunting]

[sawing]

[somber music]

[bone cracks]

[sawing continues]

[sighs]

When was the last time you ate?

[giggles]

Oh, you have to eat,

if you wanna grow up to be big and strong, baby.

[gasps] Oh.

There he is!

[light eerie music]

So handsome!

I'll fix you up something to eat.

[rustling]

I did it again.

But they were nobody! Nobody will even know they're missing!

They won't be missed.

And I'll take care of it.

Just like the last time.

Because... mothers take care of their children!

Always.

[music continues]

[sighs]

[grunts]

[Alex] "The days and nights have started to bleed together.

Weeks have quickly become months.

It's an endless winter,

and I can feel my bloodlust

becoming more and more insatiable,

more and more unstable.

But yet, I'm not worried...

...because I have mother."

[music continues]

Oh.

Mothers take care of their children, baby.

Always!

Okay.

Well, I brought you home something from work that might cheer you up.

Oh, Alex!

It's so good to see you smile.

[grunts]

My boss said that his wife stabbed him over 30 times

with the same steak knife she used to cut up her food.

Oh, this is even better, engel.

[music continues]

I'm glad these are cheering you up, baby.

Now tell me,

why did they do this to you?

Are there any more?

No, baby.

Don't worry! I'll bring some home from work when I can.

Baby, you know that I need to return this to work

so that I don't get caught!

Now... time for bed.

[soft click]

[muffled bubbling]

[water running]

[splashing]

[splashing]

[splashing]

[wind blowing]

[splashing]

[splashing]

[scrubbing]

[splashing]

[splashes]

-[rock music playing] -[engine rumbling]

[bell dinging]

♪ Falling down the dark hole ♪

♪ Can't escape my own soul ♪

♪ Poison in the air we breathe ♪

♪ This love brings me to my knees ♪

♪ Taste the fruit the bitter end, lonely... ♪

[music indistinctly continues on headphones]

Sh-- what the hell?

I'm so tired of you, street scum!

-Empty your pockets, you little shit! -I didn't do anything.

I said, empty your pockets!

Thief!

Don't you dare hit her!

I'll take care of her items.

But she's a thief.

Look, things are tough now, so I'll pay for her items,

and if she, uh,

if she carries my groceries home,

that'd really be helping me out. I don't live far.

All you'd really be doing is encouraging them

to keep coming in here and stealing from me.

Like I said, everybody's hurting right now.

Including, I'm assuming, you and your store?

Right?

So, do you want my money or not?

This was the last of my money.

-[rustling] -[scoffs]

You need to get a job, Alex,

or you're gonna starve.

[light eerie music]

I'm doing all I can for you.

[mother sighs]

At some point, you're gonna have to help yourself.

And you're gonna have to help me, baby!

I'll fix us something to eat.

[rustling]

No, you eat.

You're a growing boy who needs to eat, remember?

[cutlery clinks]

[music continues]

I'm gonna head out now.

I'll be by in a few days to check on you.

Good night, baby.

[ominous music]

-[grunting] -[thudding]

[music increases]

[wind blowing]

[birds chirping]

[gentle dripping]

-[grunting] -[squeaking]

[moaning]

[moans and gasps]

[panting]

[sharply exhales]

[eerie music]

[somber music]

[bed squeaks]

[zipper scratching]

[music increases]

[sawing]

-[bone cracking] -[flesh squelching]

[thud]

[deeply exhales]

[hissing]

-[sawing] -[flesh squelching]

[music continues]

-[bones crack] -[flesh squelching]

[clanking]

[music increases]

[hissing]

[deeply inhales]

[dripping]

[deeply exhales]

[hissing]

[deeply inhales]

[clack]

-[click] -[whoosh]

[Alex] I separated the joints,

the arm joints, the, the leg joints.

Even though she was on the smaller side,

I had to use every pot I own.

-[birds chirping] -Jeffrey Dahmer mostly ate the heart,

biceps, livers, and parts of flesh of the legs of his victims.

I didn't have the liberties to be so fucking picky,

so we ate everything we possibly could.

[soft clang]

[light eerie music]

[soft scraping]

[hissing]

[deeply inhales]

[deeply exhales]

-[clicks] -[soft scratching]

[hissing]

[deeply inhales]

[deeply exhales]

Prince Philip once said that cannibalism is a radical

but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

He may have considered the concept as radical,

but cannibalism wasn't exactly a foreign concept

to the royal family,

who had a taste for human flesh

as recently as the end of the 18th century.

Prince Philip was right.

And I didn't need to be fucking nobility

to take up his noble cause.

-[wind howling] -[footsteps approaching]

[water running]

[thud]

[splashing]

[splashing]

[birds squawking]

[scrubbing]

[ominous tone]

[wind blowing]

I think I have some socks in here.

Yeah, I do.

How much?

A dollar.

I've got a quarter.

Come back when you have three more.

Come on, man, my feet are fucking freezing!

There're other ways I can--

Sorry, I didn't mean to.

[engines rumbling]

I'm sure I could work something out. Just...

-...not here. -[Patricia] Great.

You pick the spot, I really don't care.

-My name is Patri-- -I don't wanna know.

It's just business. It's not personal.

Okay. I'm ready.

[footsteps approaching]

-Where's Peter? -[Alex] I don't know.

I haven't seen him since the job.

It's a good score, though, maybe he got enough

-to get out of here. -Fuck that!

Hey, take it easy.

I know you think you're better than us, that we're all beneath you

and we're simple and stupid, but we're not.

And I know who you really are.

I know what you are.

Let's go.

Don't go, Patricia. I'm-- I'm serious.

Something i-- is not right about this guy.

I've got some place warm and some food.

Or you can stay out here in the cold.

Don't--

I'm so cold.

-[howling] -[birds chirping]

-Nice place. -[Alex chuckles]

You don't have to be nice.

I've no illusions about what my apartment is.

[scoffing] It's warm.

At least you got an apartment.

-[Alex] True. -[chuckles]

Guess I never thought about it like that.

[light eerie music]

So, let's get it over with, yeah?

Where do you wanna do this?

[Alex] Later.

First, eat.

[squeaking]

[softly] What the--

Stew is warm and ready.

[shakily breathes] Maybe we should

just take care of what I owe you and--

and then I'll head out.

I have plenty...

...of the stew.

You can have as much as you like.

Come on, when was the last time you had a hot meal?

[music continues]

[softly] Mm.

[Alex] It's good, isn't it?

Yes. It's very good.

Thank you.

Are you gonna have some?

Not now.

Maybe later.

I'm enjoying your company.

[sighing] Mm.

[Alex] I like your earrings.

[grunts]

[Patricia] My mother gave them to me.

Where is she now?

I don't know.

Why don't you find her?

We, uh...

...we don't talk.

[music continues]

Isn't that better than living on the streets?

If it was just my mom I was going home to, then yes, b--

It's complicated.

I understand.

You do?

Yeah, I do.

Please.

-Keep eating. -[chuckles]

[melancholic music]

-[thud] -[glass shattering]

-[man indistinctly speaks] -[crying]

[muffled grunting and moaning]

[crying and sobbing]

[slurping]

[Patricia grunts]

[shakily breathes]

[slurping]

[Patricia] Are you gonna get hard anytime soon?

Just stop.

[Patricia] Thank you.

I'm sorry-- [grunts]

My mouth was starting to hurt.

[sighing] Can you turn some lights on now?

[ominous music]

Hello?

[clicking]

What was that?

Can you say something? Because you're kinda freaking me out.

Please, I--

I just wanna leave now.

[sighs] Hello?

[rattling]

No. No. No, no, no, no, no.

[crying] I just wanna leave, please.

No, no-- what?

[rock music playing on headphones]

[crying]

No!

Please! Please, please.

-Better, right? -[crying]

♪ ...air we breathe... ♪

-Better keep it that way. -[crying]

-[screams] -[rock music continues]

-[thudding] -[shouts]

[thudding]

[groaning and screaming]

♪ ...lonely nights I never meant ♪

-[shouting] -♪ Chasing shadows in the night ♪

-[flesh squelching] -♪ Lust and addiction burn so bright ♪

-[spits] -♪ Getting away from your touch ♪

♪ Lust and addiction, too lush ♪

-[shouting and crying] -♪ One more kiss I'll lose control ♪

-♪ Fire that consumes my soul ♪ -[crying]

♪ Run from you I can't get free ♪

♪ Living in this twisted dream ♪

♪ Empty bottles shattered glass... ♪

-[whimpering] -[thudding]

-[bones cracking] -[screams]

[heavily breathing]

[ominous music]

[screams and pants]

[groans]

[gasping]

[gasping and panting]

[music increases]

-[screaming] -[panting]

[choking]

[crying]

[heavily breathes]

[light eerie music]

[metallic sound]

[Alex] Come back, come back to me.

-[gasping and crying] -[Alex] There you are.

That's a good girl.

That's such a good girl.

-[choking] -[deeply exhales]

[Alex heavily breathing]

[bone cracks]

[clicks]

[Alex] "I was institutionalized when I was 18.

And while I was in there, I had another patient insert

a steel pin into the tip of my penis...

...in an attempt to make me more virile."

[ominous music]

Are you sure?

[music increases]

-[flesh squelching] -[muffled groans]

[muffled screams]

[Alex] "Of course, it actually had...

[deeply inhales] an adverse effect...

...but as she just discovered...

...I still had ways of fixing the... condition when needed."

[soft click]

[rock music playing on headphones]

♪ Taste the fruit the bitter end ♪

♪ Lonely nights, I never meant ♪

♪ Chasing shadows in the night ♪

♪ Lust and addiction burn so bright ♪

-[engines rumbling] -[indistinct chatter]

[eerie tone]

Oh, they're beautiful!

Thank you, baby!

[soft click]

-That's so sweet of you. -[clinks]

[light eerie music]

[soft click]

[slurping]

Aren't you gonna write any of that down?

Look, kid, you're not exactly

giving me a lot to go on here.

Well, I mean, they didn't come back.

He obviously did something to them.

Yeah, but what a-- what about the first one, uh--

-Peter. -Peter.

Right, Peter. You said Peter went with him

to help him with a robbery.

Right.

So maybe he doesn't wanna be found.

He wouldn't have just left like that.

[sighing] Okay, but you don't know the guy's name,

and you don't have the last name of any of your friends either.

So, I can't even put out a missing persons on them.

[deeply exhales]

Do you have any idea how many runaway kids there are each year?

Well, I do. Upwards of two million a year,

and that's just in the US alone.

So-- so what are you saying?

My friends are just some s-- some stats to you now?

No, what I'm saying is, unless you have more for me to go on,

uh, last names,

an address to where they went, something, anything,

then I don't know how I can help you.

I'm...

...sorry.

Let me get you another cup of coffee,

and something from the vending machine before you leave.

Don't strain yourself.

Look, come back when you have anything else for us.

Ask for me specifically.

[deeply breathes]

[ominous music]

[thud]

[zipper scratching]

[splattering]

[sighs]

[music continues]

If you're gonna kill me...

[clicks tongues] just make it quick.

[shakily exhales]

Huh?

[deeply exhales]

Now, that wouldn't be very much fun, would it?

[music increases]

[panting]

-[thudding] -[gasps and groans]

Fuck! [whimpers]

No, please, please. No, please, please.

Are you okay, kid?

[shakily breathing] Yeah.

I'm fine, just, just help me up.

No, no, no, no. You took a pretty hard spill.

I'm gonna call and get some help.

No. No, no, I'm fine, just help me up, please!

Come on. You sure you don't wanna spend the night in a warm ER bed?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

You stay put. I'm gonna go get some help.

[panting]

[light eerie music]

[soft clinking]

[soft bubbling]

[Alex] One thing Dahmer did have right

was that certain cuts of flesh were more tender than others.

The more muscular pieces were too tough and chewy

for anything other than stew,

but I quickly discovered that the buttocks and breasts

were tender enough to pan sear, like a prime cut of beef.

Best cooked and served medium rare.

But anyone who's actually eaten human flesh will tell you

that it tastes more like pork than beef.

So much so, the cannibals on the islands of Polynesia

actually called it long pig,

and serial killer Fritz Haarmann actually sold human meat in markets as pork

back in the early 20th century.

German cannibal Armin Meiwes was once quoted as saying that,

"Human flesh tastes similar to pork,

only it was a little more bitter, stronger."

And in his book Jungle Ways,

author William Buehler Seabrook wrote about his experience

cooking and eating human flesh, saying it was slightly tougher than prime veal.

A little stringy, but not too tough or stringy

to be agreeably edible.

[cutlery clinking]

We may have a problem.

Then take care of it.

[ominous tone]

[wind blowing]

[water running]

[thud]

[splashing]

[birds squawking]

[splashing]

[splashing]

[eerie tone]

[somber music]

-[snips] -[tearing]

[music continues]

[engines rumbling]

[shakily breathing]

[music increases]

[softly] Damn it, damn it.

Oh, come on, Patricia. [deeply breathes]

Yes. Yes, yes, thank you!

[panting]

[sharply exhales] Didn't take you for much of a reader, Peter.

[whispers] Peter Thomas Lamb.

[horn distantly honking]

-[dramatic music] -[gasps and whimpers] No--

-[blade ringing] -[gasping and groaning]

-[grunting] -[flesh squelching]

You said you know what I am.

Tell me... what am I?

[loudly gulps, choking]

The dirtiest thing...

...there is.

-[light eerie music] -[Alex heavily breathing]

[horn distantly honking]

[Alex] Mother?

Mother?

I'm in here in your bedroom.

What are you doing in my room?

[music continues]

Why wasn't this cleaned up?

Alex?

Dinner's ready.

[Alex] In Russian cuisine, you start by boiling it

in a bouillon with vegetables and spices.

None of which I had, so I just used the broth of this stew we'd been eating.

Then it's skinned, sliced,

and served cold as an appetizer.

-[Alex] Zakuska. -[mother gasps and chuckles] Oh!

Fancy! Yes! Ooh!

You know, your grandmother, she made the best zakuska.

Did you know that?

[laughs]

Thank you.

Mm!

Delicious.

You know...

...I had a scare on the bridge.

And seeing as... that you're getting sloppy

and not cleaning up after yourself,

I am getting worried, Alex.

But like you said,

they're all nobodies.

No one will miss them or even know they're missing.

They're nothing more than lost sheep.

Hmm.

And what about our possible problem?

That sheep wandered upon a wolf.

[ominous tone]

And the wolf was sure enough to silence him.

[sighs]

[laughs]

Your grandmother would've been very impressed with this.

We're running low on food again.

[water running]

[engines rumbling]

So, what do you think?

No one saw or heard anything.

If they did, they ain't saying anything.

Look, Detective, I've, uh... [sighs]

...I've worked this beat for nearly two years.

These aren't people.

-They're fucking animals. -Enough.

Someone got killed in there. A kid.

I understand that.

But I'm telling you, another one of those animals did this.

Hell, for something that's arbitrary as another cigarette.

Think you're wasting your time on this one, Detective.

Another one is just gonna happen tomorrow, anyway.

-Okay, what do you think? -[laughs]

-No. -[gasps]

-Jealous? -[laughing]

But seriously, if we're gonna make it through until we get back,

we should probably get some beer.

-How? You don't think they're gonna ID us? -Really?

-Around here? -I know. This place is so--

-Ugh! -[Vicky] I know, I know.

[pop music playing]

Ugh. I can't believe my mom

followed that asshole all the way out here!

I don't know.

I think that asshole's kinda cute.

What?

-You're disgusting. -[Trisha] Hey, I'm okay with that.

And I'm pretty sure so is your stepdad.

[Vicky] Beyond gross. Hey, can you do me a favor?

Can you not get knocked up this Christmas break? Thanks.

Um, don't be ridiculous.

You, out of anyone, should know

that you don't get pregnant when you swallow.

-I don't know why I tell you anything. -[laughing] Cause you love me.

I mean, yeah, you talking about blowing my stepdad is, like, so endearing.

-[man] How's everything, all right? -[Vicky] Yeah, thank you.

Hey, I'm gonna need to see some ID for the beers.

What? We don't look 21 to you?

I'm sorry, but it's the law.

Hey!

If you never planning on buying anything,

you need to stop coming in here, pal.

Right. Uh, in that case,

I'll have a bottle of antacids, please.

Something I ate recently isn't agreeing with me.

[pill bottle softly rattles]

-Sorry, ladies. -Can't you wait your fucking turn, creep?

Jesus, Trish, shut up.

It's okay. You can go ahead of us, no problem.

Glad that you all got that settled.

That will be 75 cents.

[soft clinking]

-[engine rumbling] -[indistinct chatter]

Okay. Um, so what if we paid double for it?

-I'm-- I'm sorry, but, um-- -Look, there has to be

something we can do to fix this.

[mumbling] He's like 100.

[mumbling] Do you want the beer or not?

Look, ladies... I can't afford to lose my store.

Hey, you know, that's my favorite beer.

I've been meaning to buy myself some, actually.

You are a saint! [laughs]

Okay.

[clacking]

[bell dings]

[mother] Thank you for helping me with the groceries, girls.

Don't even mention it. It's the very least that we could do.

Yeah, don't mention it.

It's close by, I promise.

Hey, thank you again for buying us the beer.

[laughs] I was your age once, I remember what it was like.

Yeah, that's great. But where are we even?

It smells like shit in here and my arms are getting so tired.

It's not far. By the way, I haven't seen

the two of you around here before.

You moved here recently or something?

Here? [scoffs] God, no.

No, uh, my stepdad transferred here for work.

My mom followed him.

You live with, with the two of them?

No, we go to college.

We're just here for our holiday break.

Oh!

You came here for a break?

No wonder you wanted the beer so badly.

My thoughts exactly. [chuckles]

Um, by the way, do you know anywhere around here that would serve us?

No, no, I, I don't know.

[whispers] Oh, dear.

[ominous music]

Look, you girls have done enough for me.

I can take it from here.

No, don't be ridiculous.

What the hell are you doing?

She said she could take it from here, Vicky.

No, it's okay, really, I mean it, I can take--

No. No, these bags are super heavy.

We got you.

You girls should be out having fun,

not carrying these groceries.

Oh, no, you did us a huge favor!

We're gonna carry your bags up to your place.

Yeah. Okay.

All right, girls, just do me one more favor, please.

Just be as quiet as possible.

[shushes]

[light eerie music]

All right, here.

I'm gonna find my key, and then,

uh, you just put down the groceries, all right?

-Just right here. -Oh, okay.

-And then you can head out. -[rustling]

Gladly.

And thank you both so much.

-No, no, thank you. You have a good day. -[mother] All right.

-Okay, fine. -[Alex] I thought I heard you.

Do you smell that?

Who are your friends?

They just helped me home with the groceries.

Well, that was really kind of you both.

-Wait. Do you want a hit? -Ugh. Hell, yeah, we do!

Well, you can keep that.

I have plenty more inside.

[rustling]

Oh, hey! Actually,

do you know anyone around here that would serve us?

-Serve you? -Yeah, like, alcohol.

-It's just that we're underage and we're-- -Barely--

we're barely underage.

And this isn't gonna last us forever.

Maybe someplace with food?

-[Alex] Uh-- -I'm starving.

-Yeah. -[Alex sighs]

You're asking the wrong guy.

I've been eating at home a lot more lately.

But, uh, you could come in, I can smoke you out,

cook up something to eat.

-Uh-huh. Yeah. -No. Trish, don't.

[Trisha mumbling] Let's go.

Come on.

[softly chuckles]

You should definitely take a hit of this.

Did you know that a Chinese surgeon used cannabis

as an anesthetic all the way back in 140 AD?

He'd-- he'd mix up the cannabis and the wine and administer it

to his patients before surgery.

[shakily] Please.

Please.

[grunts] Just let us go.

[cries] Please, just let us go.

-The Chinese word for anesthesia... -[Vicky] Oh--

-...is mázui. -[sniffles]

It literally translates as...

..."cannabis intoxication."

[sniffles]

I'm telling you,

you're gonna regret not hitting this.

Don't!

[Alex] Fine.

Okay, have it your way.

[sizzling]

[ominous music]

[grunts]

Why are you doing this?

Why?

There're so many reasons.

I feel like... the only one that should matter to you is because I can.

[crying]

[click]

[Vicky shakily] Please. [sniffles]

I just wanna go home, okay?

I don't wanna die here. Please!

Lucky for you,

you have a long,

long way to go before you die.

-[rattling] -[shakily breathing]

Time to wake up your friend.

[soft pop]

-It's time to wake up. -Don't touch her!

[grunts] Vicky? Vicky!

[Vicky] No, no, no, don't touch her, you hear--

-[shushing] No-- -[indistinctly crying]

[Vicky] Oh, God. [sharply exhales]

[crying]

-[Vicky] Trish, Trish, Trish-- -[Trisha whimpering]

-[crying] -[Vicky] Help.

-[screams] N-- No, no. No, no, no, no-- -[Vicky] Don't touch her...

-[cross talk] -...please!

-[indistinctly crying] -No, no, no, no--

-No-- [crying and screaming] -[flesh squelching]

-[heavily breathing] -[Vicky crying] No--

-No, stop! -[crunching]

[screaming and sobbing]

-[groaning] -[softly] I'm here, I'm here!

[Trisha crying]

-[indistinct whispering] -[soft rattling]

[panting]

[Trisha gasps] Uh-uh! Oh, no, no!

-[clinking] -[thudding]

[whimpering]

Stay the fuck away from her, you sick-- You stop it!

-Please-- don't-- -[Trisha crying]

[thudding]

Don't! No, please, just stop!

-[thuds] -[Trisha groaning]

[crying]

[thudding]

-[flesh squelching] -[groaning]

[chain clinking]

[Vicky softly crying]

[ominous music]

Hey, did you know that the orbitoclast was invented

in 1948 by Dr. Walter Freeman?

I mean, the concept's pretty simple. You just--

you go in through the eye to the frontal lobe,

it, it disconnects the brain tissue in between the prefrontal cortex

and the thalamus.

They say he did over, like, 3500 procedures,

or at least assisted on them.

I mean, he can get in and out in under ten minutes.

[Alex] This was my first one, so I wanted to take my time.

You know, so we can... enjoy ourselves.

[chuckles]

-[chain clinking] -[gasping]

[sobbing]

[wind howling]

[Vicky whispers] Trish.

Hey.

-[rattling] -Trisha.

Trisha, please, wake up.

[shakily breathing]

Hey.

Hey. [grunts]

Get up!

Trisha, please. Oh, fuck.

God. [sobbing]

[mumbles] Let m-- let me see you.

-[chain clinking] -Let m--

-Hey. -[grumbling]

-[gasps] -[indistinct mumbling]

[light eerie music]

[Trish groans]

-[crying] -[groaning]

[Vicky shushing]

[crying]

[shushing]

[crying continues]

[cutlery clinking]

[distant groaning]

[music continues]

[Vicky muffled] ...Trisha! Trish, calm down,

calm down before he comes back. Stop...

...can you please-- [shushes]

No, look at me, look at me, look at me. Look at me.

[Vicky] Hey, Trisha, I'm right here. Look at me...

-[indistinctly continues] -[Trisha loudly crying]

[Vicky] ...you have to stop. Stop it.

[shushes] Shut up.

-No! No, no, no! No! N-- Stop! Stop-- -[thudding]

-[Trisha screaming] -[Vicky] No, please!

-[thudding] -[high-pitched ringing]

[muted]

-[muffled crying] -[ringing stops]

[Alex deeply breathes]

[Alex sighs]

Alex, those two...

...you know they're not like the others, right?

They have homes,

parents,

they go to school even.

Listen to me, baby.

People will be missing them,

and eventually, people will start looking for them.

At least tell me that you're, you're done with them,

so that I can get rid of their bodies.

[ominous music]

Are they both dead yet?

[heavily sighs]

[clinking]

All right. I tried. Hmm.

Well, I'm gonna go home.

And I'll be back to check on you in a few days,

and by the time I get back, I expect you

to be finished with them,

both of them.

[ominous music]

[Alex] Despite my mother's wishes,

I would not be done with them,

not for a long, long time.

[gasps]

[shakily breathes]

[chains clinking]

[gasping hoarsely]

-[groaning] -[grunts]

Whoa, wha-- what are you doing?

-[grunts] -[gasping hoarsely]

[gasping hoarsely]

[grunts]

[light eerie music]

What is this?

[plastic crinkling]

No. Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

-[shakily] Please, no. -[Trisha gasping hoarsely]

If I do it,

I'm gonna take my time.

I'm gonna drag it out for minutes...

...hours, days.

I can't do that, I can't.

[softly] I can't.

She's your friend. She's suffering. Don't you wanna help her?

-Put her out of her misery. -[gasping hoarsely]

She doesn't even know where she is!

-[softly] Do it. -[gasping hoarsely]

[crying] I can't. I can't.

Mm-mm. No. No, I can't do that.

-I can't-- [shouts] Fuck you! -[Alex shouts] Do it!

Okay, fine.

[plastic crinkling]

[Vicky shouts] No!

[gasping hoarsely]

[music continues]

I'll do it. [sobs] I'll--

Close it up, nice and tight.

[loudly gasping]

That's it.

That's good.

[gasping]

It's really good.

You're doing great.

-[gasping] -You're doing so good.

[Vicky shakily breathing]

That's my girl.

You're doing so good.

[music continues]

[plastic crinkling]

[crying]

[Alex] Richard Ramirez once said that... [sighs]

..."We've all got the power in our hands to kill,

but most people are afraid to use it.

The ones who aren't afraid control life itself."

Most healthy human beings can survive 30

to 45 days without food.

Most human beings will go to seemingly

unimaginable lengths in order to survive.

You did good.

Some of the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

justified these lengths by comparing it to receiving the Eucharist...

-[thunder rumbling] -...while others reference John 15:13...

-[rain splattering] -..."No man hath greater love than this

and he laid down his life for his friends."

I didn't give a shit how or even if she justified it.

I just wanted to watch her do it.

[flesh squelching]

[grunting]

[shakily inhales]

[choking]

[gags]

[coughs]

[groans]

Most people think it's the Romans who invented curing meat.

It's actually something I stole from the Greeks.

It's the nitrate in the salt.

Keeps the meat pink.

[gags]

[gulps]

[ominous music]

-[grunting] -[loud sawing]

[flesh squelching]

[loud sawing]

[grunting continues]

[blade clangs]

-[flesh squelching] -[bones crunching]

-[grunting] -[crunching]

[loudly breathing]

[clinking]

-[grunting] -[loud sawing]

[flesh squelching]

[music continues]

[softly grunts]

[birds chirping]

[music continues]

[soft thud]

[bubbling]

[music continues]

[deeply inhales]

[deeply exhales]

Let's go, guys, we are losing light.

[rain splattering]

These waters, it's gonna take more than a day.

Damn it.

[soft splashing]

[ominous music]

[cutlery clinking]

[Alex] Here.

Eat.

It's good, isn't it?

We have plenty of this, and then, in a few days, I'll cook up her arm.

I think you're really gonna like that.

Unfortunately, we can only use one of them

because she has a tattoo on the other.

You know that Jeffrey Dahmer once ate something with a tattoo

and he said that the ink made their meat taste like shit?

[ominous music]

"Eat garlic," he said, "if you wanna avoid vampires,

but get a tattoo if you wanna avoid cannibals."

[mother] Hey, baby, how's it going?

[light eerie music]

[sighs]

Thought you would've been bored with this one by now.

She's not like the other ones,

so they're gonna be looking for her.

So you gotta finish this...

...before it costs you...

...and before it costs me!

Do you hear that, baby, do you hear it?

-Yes, Mother. -[mother] Do you?

Do you get that?

Yes, Mother.

She's gonna kill us both, you know that, right?

[softly] You heard her. We have to do something.

[music continues]

You and me.

-[stutters] -[Vicky gasps]

I'll do something.

[shakily] Thank you.

Thank you.

You really gave me a lot of clarity.

[shattering]

[shakily breathing]

-[thud] -[groaning]

[groaning continues]

-[screaming] -[flesh squelching]

[gurgling and gasping]

[muffled screaming]

[music continues]

[shushes]

Mothers always take care of their children.

-Always. -[loudly breathing and whimpering]

[crying]

[door closes]

[muffled groaning]

Okay, baby, he can't move now.

[music continues]

-What now, Mother? -Now? Well, if it were up to me,

I'd have some ideas. But the answer is,

-anything you want. -[muffled yelling]

Where do you want to start?

[chains clinking]

You can do this.

Baby, you have to do this.

Just think of everything that he has done to you

and to me, and let your anger take over.

[muffled yelling continues]

-[heavily breathes] -Do it, baby.

-[chains clinking] -[muffled yelling]

-[flesh squelching] -[muffled groaning]

-[muffled yelling and crying] -[flesh squelching]

[music continues]

[muffled gasping]

[muffled groaning]

[muffled yelling]

-[grunts] -[flesh squelching]

[gasping]

[flesh squelching]

Good. It's done, baby.

Now, free his hands and feet and help me move him to the bathroom.

[soft dripping]

I don't know when it started exactly.

Sometime last night, I think.

But it has certainly gotten worse since I called you.

Yeah, probably coming from your upstairs neighbor's place.

I'll check it out.

Okay, but what am I supposed to do about it in here?

Well, once we deal with the leak, the damage will be assessed,

but I'm guessing, at the very least, uh,

your ceiling will have to be completely redone.

Okay, and how long will that take to get that done?

In this place? Ma'am, you'd be lucky if it ever gets done.

-Are you serious? -Yeah, I'd start looking for a new place.

Yeah, and get yourself a bigger bucket,

that's, that's gonna fester. So, good luck.

Shit!

[door opens]

[door closes]

-Afternoon, ma'am. -[mother] Hello.

Afternoon! Maintenance!

[grunts and deeply inhales]

[deeply exhales]

[knocks on door]

Hello, it's maintenance. Please, open the door.

-[heavily breathing] -[clinking]

He-- [groaning]

[mumbling] He-- help me! [groans]

Help me!

Help me!

P--

[crying and mumbling] Help! Help!

[Vicky muffled] Help me!

[light eerie music]

Help! Help!

He-- Help! Help!

-Oh, fuck this. -[keys clinking]

-[door creaks] -Oh, for fuck's sake!

Hey, you know, you--

you're, you're lease says you're not supposed to have

an additional chain on, on your door, y--

Oh, God! What is-- Ooh!

[music continues]

-Jesus, you scared me. -I'm sorry. [chuckles]

I, uh--

I-- is-- is everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm just checking on a, a leak.

-Uh, uh, do you smell that? -Yeah, it's, uh, pretty bad.

It's been like that for a while now. I live next door.

Oh, well, do you know if they're home?

Hey, hey, what are you doing?

You wouldn't wanna go in there.

Trust me.

-Are you married? -Yeah.

-Do you have kids? -Yeah.

Well, then leave while you still can, if,

-if you wanna see them again. All right? -Okay.

-Okay. Yes! -Do you understand? Yes?

-Yes! Yes, yes, yes. -Yes?

Thank you. Goodbye.

It's over, baby.

It's done.

[music continues]

[mother sighs]

Killing him wouldn't have done anything except...

...prolong the inevitable.

Mothers always... take care of their children.

Remember?

[door closes]

[clinking]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[deeply inhales] Okay, listen to me.

There isn't much time.

[indistinct shouting and crying]

[music continues]

-Th-- that's the one, right there. -Okay, we'll take it from here.

[softly] This door.

Right there. Flank the left side, Jones.

Police, open the door.

[mother] Just a minute, I'll be right there.

-[flesh squelching] -[groaning]

[muffled groaning]

Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to open this door.

[groans]

[whimpering]

[knocking continues]

[music continues]

If you don't open this door, we're gonna have to break it down.

That's not necessary.

I'll be right there.

[door opens]

[somber music]

[Alex] I lived on the streets I hunted on.

Living amongst the very sheep I often hunted for.

Three days and three nights after they arrested Mother.

And then, just like that,

it was finally over.

Animals show their teeth when they're ready to fight

and protect themselves.

It's a symbol of aggression, hostility, dominance.

[growling]

[music continues]

It's a reminder that their jaws will tear out your throat.

I want you to think about this...

...when I smile.

[ominous tone]

[music continues]

[ominous music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music fades]