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- Hello?

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Anybody here?

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Mother.

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Edgar? Are you still here?

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Amelia?

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Anybody?

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- Misty, the power's back on.

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Are you all right?

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Misty! Misty!

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- Thank you.

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We'll have a short
intermission before resuming

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with act two of our
murder mystery play.

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Do you have your
suspects in mind yet?

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And don't forget, we have
a special performance

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of the play coming
up in conjunction

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with our True Crime
and Mystery Conference.

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Get your tickets now because
we are almost sold out.

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Thank you so much.

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- If you were to
meet this young man

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you'd think he was a great kid.

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Straight A student, about
to start college. Pre-med.

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You'd never suspect he could
bludgeon both parents to death,

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leave their bodies
lying where they fell

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and then use their
credit cards to finance

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a trip abroad with
his girlfriend.

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That's exactly what
this killer did.

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It would be six weeks before
the police found the bodies.

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Everyone who knew him,
they were surprised

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when this young man was
arrested for the murders,

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because he was so,
and I quote "Lovely",

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according to a neighbor.

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So how could he do it?

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Hmm?

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Well the psychologist who
examined him later had an answer.

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Narcissistic
personality disorder.

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Narcissists are
self-centered individuals

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lacking in empathy.

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- But they're able
to convince others

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they're the nicest
people, right?

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- Exactly.

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Even in the midst of
committing unspeakable crimes,

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narcissists weave
themselves a fantasy

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in which they are such
incredible people,

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they're entitled to
anything they want.

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And they're entitled to
remove anyone in their way.

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So how do we spot a narcissist?

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Well, there are nine traits
to help us identify one.

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- Oh, sorry.

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My sister is expecting
her baby any minute now.

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And she's on her
way to the hospital.

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I have to go.

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Sorry, Nick.

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Hate to miss your first
talk for us a member.

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So interesting.

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- Text me a picture of the baby.

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- I will.

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Oh, Ro have a great time

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at the True Crime and
Mysteries Conference next week.

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- Oh, you're not going?

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Because I just got some
brochures in the mail if you want.

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- I can't. New
baby in the family.

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- Bye.

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- Bye.

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Please go on Professor Miller.

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- Thanks. Now back
to the nine traits.

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- "From motive to murder."

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What kind of conference is this?

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- Oh, it's an annual thing
at a resort in the mountains.

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For true crime
and mystery buffs.

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There are authors, forensic
experts, all kinds of speakers.

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- Ro said that guy who does
that great true crime podcast

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was there last year.

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- Oh yeah.

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And so was the district
attorney who prosecuted

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the Green River killer. So cool.

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- Yeah. My favorite part
is the mystery theater

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the first thing.

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They kick things off with
a little who done it action

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at the theater
next to the resort.

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- Yeah. Real Murders members
get a big discount on rooms.

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You should come Davis.

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- I wish I could, but I got
a college reunion back east.

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Unfortunately I'll have to
miss "Curating true crime

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literature for libraries
with Aurora Teagarden."

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- Wait, what?

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Ro is a speaker
of the conference?

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Oh boy!

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- I loved your presentation.

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It's almost as if you're
a professional teacher

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or something.

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- Yeah. Well the club members
asked a lot tougher questions

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than the usual college freshmen.

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- Well we know our stuff.

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Although that's a new statistic,

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about how many murderers
end up getting caught

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because they told
someone what they did.

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It's gone up.

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- Narcissism has gone up.

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Remember trait number eight,

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excessive need for
praise and attention.

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- Have I told you how
attractive you are

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when you speak psychology?

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- Have I told you how
much I'm looking forward

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to getting out of
town next week?

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- Just you and me

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and 200 other true
crime and mystery buffs.

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- You might've mentioned
you were a speaker

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at the conference Ro.

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- Oh, it was just
finalized last Friday. Why?

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- "Investigating the
small town homicide

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with Lynn Liggett Smith, Chief
of Police Lawrenceton PD."

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You don't think
Lynn would back out

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just because of Ro would she?

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- I hope not.

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We have two kids
under the age of five.

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We need a vacation.

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Like we really need a vacation.

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- Hey there.

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- Hi.

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- You about ready
to hit the road.

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- Yeah.

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I'm just getting my visual
aids together for my talk

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and then I'm headed
over to get Sally.

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- Your presentation is about

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how you choose
library materials?

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- It's much more fascinating
than you might think.

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And I'm going to be talking
about how the police use grammar

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and syntax to analyze writings

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and identify suspects in
murder investigations.

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- Anything you talk about
sounds interesting to me.

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- Sounds deadly to me.

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- Deadly? Hah.

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Lilian that was funny.

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Oh, you didn't mean it to be.

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- So you ready to hold down
the fort for a few days

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without Ro here.

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- Sadly, I won't be here either.

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But we'll be leaving the
front desk in capable hands.

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- Yeah. Lillian's taking a
few days off to meet another

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librarian friend she met online.

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A male librarian.

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- If you insist on
gossiping about me,

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at least wait till I'm
not standing before you.

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- Lilian, a romantic rendezvous?

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- I wouldn't put it
in such course terms.

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- Where are you meeting him?

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- His hometown.

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But that's all I'll say.

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My private life is
exactly that, private.

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- I think she's more
excited than she lets on.

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Here, carry this?
- Sure.

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I wish I was riding
up with you guys

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but I'll be up right
after my faculty meeting.

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Is Phillip going with you?

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- No, he's going with my mother.

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- You talked Aida into a true
crime mystery conference.

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How'd you do that?

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- I thought this was a
librarian conference.

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You said you were speaking about
curating library materials.

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- Yes and you said that you
haven't had a decent vacation

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in years and you could use
a few days in the mountains.

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- Yes, surrounded by nice,
you know, quiet librarians

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not murder and mayhem.

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What is relaxing in that?

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- Look around this place
Aunt Aida. It's beautiful.

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What could be bad
about being here?

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- You know, we could still
just cancel, you know

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I can go home and spend
time with the kids.

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- Honey, your mother wants
to spend time with the kids.

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It's a free room.
It's a nice view.

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- It's Aurora Teagarden,
every time I turn around.

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Oh and there she is before
we even get to the door.

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- Lynn, who would have
thought we'd be speaking

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at the same conference.

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- Hello Ro, Aida and
Phillip, the latest recruit.

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- Gee Smith, you
look like how I feel.

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Taken hostage.

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- Oh, come on now we're
all gonna have a good time.

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It's gonna be fun.

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- This really is beautiful.

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- See, I told you.

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Come on, let's go check
into the conference desk.

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- All right.

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We'll see you in a bit.

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- Yep.

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- You will never guess who I
just talked to. Robert Brown.

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The author.

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He wrote that amazing
book on the Lapidus case.

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- Yes. That book was so good.

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His research was stellar.

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I'm gonna go tell him.

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- All right. I'm
gonna go to my room.

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- Linda. Hi.

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- Ro. Welcome back.

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Thank you for saving me by
agreeing to be a speaker

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for that last minute
cancellation we had.

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- Nice of you to
come to the rescue.

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- Oh no. I was happy to.

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- Ro, this is Robert
Brown, our keynote speaker.

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- Yes. I know. I know.

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I was about to
fawn all over you.

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The behind the scenes details
in your book were amazing.

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- Compliments, my trip's
been worth it already.

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- Sorry to interrupt,

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but the printer just
delivered our new signs.

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Where should I put this?

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- Right beside the desk is fine.

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Tonight's mystery,
"A Very Foul Play."

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We've been running it on the
weekends for a few months now.

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Ro, as speakers, you and
Robert will play a part in it.

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It's a conference tradition.

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Speakers take over from
some of our regular actors.

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And I think I see another
of our speakers over there.

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- Yes. Our chief of
police Lynn Liggett Smith.

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This is Linda, she owns the
murder mystery theater next door

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and runs the conference.

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- Nice to see you again Linda.

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- Detective Smith and Chief.

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Thank you so much for being
a part of our conference.

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I have just the part for
you in our mystery tonight.

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- Oh yeah. About that.

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Acting is really not my thing.

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- No, you'll make a
marvelous inspector.

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You're already a detective.

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- The audience
really gets into it.

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Trying to guess the murderer.

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Yes. Monica can
tell you everything you need

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to know about it.

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She joined our
regular cast recently.

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- Can I be in it?

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- Linda, my cousin Phillip.

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- I'm like really
into mysteries.

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- What do you think Monica?

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Do we have a part for him?

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- Well, Joe's always
asking for a night off.

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He could take Joe's part.
- Awesome.

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- But what we really need is
someone to play our matriarch.

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Tamra's still sick.

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- What about you, Aunt Aida?

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I mean, you said you
were in plays in college.

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- Yes. She's been in
several. I have photos.

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- Oh no, no, no.

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That was decades ago
and I have no interest

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in being part of
a murder mystery.

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- Oh, come on Aida.

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We hostages need to
stick together. Right?

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- Then it's settled.

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We meet the theater at 3:00
PM for a quick run through

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and then head back
for the show at...

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At 5:30.

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I'll see you all at the theater.

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- Oh looks like we
have all the weapons

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from the game "Clue."

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- You think?

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- All right, you two,
we have to keep going.

256
00:12:31,889 --> 00:12:33,924
Robert, could you put
those candlesticks

257
00:12:33,925 --> 00:12:35,719
by the vase up there?
- Sure.

258
00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:40,103
- Ro, when you hear your cue,
you will enter over here.

259
00:12:40,104 --> 00:12:41,621
You don't have to
memorize your lines,

260
00:12:41,622 --> 00:12:43,244
you can hold your script.

261
00:12:43,245 --> 00:12:47,111
And Robert you'll enter through
here with Detective Smith.

262
00:12:48,043 --> 00:12:49,457
There.

263
00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:52,701
And our grandam has
made her entrance.

264
00:12:52,702 --> 00:12:54,600
Ellen Winthrop has
gathered the family

265
00:12:54,601 --> 00:12:56,948
to name who will
inherit her fortune.

266
00:12:58,432 --> 00:13:00,261
This play really revolves
around your character Aida,

267
00:13:00,262 --> 00:13:03,058
So if you could just
project as best you can.

268
00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:11,375
- Ah, word gets out that
I'm going to choose an heir.

269
00:13:11,376 --> 00:13:14,069
And for once, no one is late.

270
00:13:18,176 --> 00:13:19,005
- Wow.

271
00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,011
- If I'm going to do it, I
might as well do it right.

272
00:13:26,012 --> 00:13:26,944
- Bravo.

273
00:13:35,124 --> 00:13:37,505
- You sure I won't hurt you?

274
00:13:37,506 --> 00:13:39,956
- No, it's rubber. See?

275
00:13:39,957 --> 00:13:41,474
Harmless.

276
00:13:41,475 --> 00:13:43,235
Although I'll act like you
just gave me a mortal wound

277
00:13:43,236 --> 00:13:45,030
and pop a fake blood pack.

278
00:13:45,031 --> 00:13:46,170
Ah.

279
00:13:50,899 --> 00:13:53,970
Wow. You're good.

280
00:13:53,971 --> 00:13:54,834
- Thanks.

281
00:13:56,076 --> 00:13:58,492
- Monica. What are you doing?

282
00:14:00,149 --> 00:14:02,219
- Brett, what are
you doing here?

283
00:14:02,220 --> 00:14:03,220
- Broken up not even a week.

284
00:14:03,221 --> 00:14:05,360
You already have
a new boyfriend.

285
00:14:05,361 --> 00:14:06,706
Yeah. Well
and what if I did?

286
00:14:06,707 --> 00:14:08,605
- Then there's something
wrong with you.

287
00:14:08,606 --> 00:14:10,641
- Me? You're the stalker here.

288
00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:12,816
- I'm here because my dad
made Linda another offer

289
00:14:12,817 --> 00:14:14,024
and she turned it down.

290
00:14:14,025 --> 00:14:15,543
- Well, she does that.

291
00:14:15,544 --> 00:14:17,441
- Someone needs to tell her
she's going to regret it.

292
00:14:17,442 --> 00:14:19,547
- Look, I don't
know who you are.

293
00:14:19,548 --> 00:14:20,755
But I think you should go.

294
00:14:20,756 --> 00:14:22,619
- Nobody cares what you think.

295
00:14:22,620 --> 00:14:24,310
Is there a problem?

296
00:14:24,311 --> 00:14:25,830
- Mind your own business lady.

297
00:14:27,521 --> 00:14:28,626
- Care to repeat that?

298
00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:33,113
- No, I'm going.

299
00:14:34,218 --> 00:14:36,220
Okay, I'm going.

300
00:14:38,774 --> 00:14:40,085
- Thanks Chief.

301
00:14:40,086 --> 00:14:43,053
Not that I couldn't
handle that guy, but-

302
00:14:43,054 --> 00:14:43,883
- Of course.

303
00:14:45,746 --> 00:14:47,644
- What is Brett
Stauberg doing here?

304
00:14:47,645 --> 00:14:49,543
Is he harassing
you again Monica?

305
00:14:51,097 --> 00:14:54,237
- He said his dad made you
another offer on the theater.

306
00:14:54,238 --> 00:14:57,171
I don't know how you resist.
It must be a lot of money.

307
00:14:57,172 --> 00:15:00,037
- I will never sell to
Boyd Stauberg. Never.

308
00:15:01,521 --> 00:15:03,972
Now it's time to rehearse
your entrances. Let's go.

309
00:15:06,388 --> 00:15:08,044
- Thanks for defending
me from Brett.

310
00:15:08,045 --> 00:15:09,563
Chivalry isn't dead after all.

311
00:15:27,857 --> 00:15:30,204
- Excuse me. I'm looking
for my girlfriend.

312
00:15:30,205 --> 00:15:33,415
Strawberry blonde.
Incredibly cute.

313
00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:35,761
Have you seen her?

314
00:15:35,762 --> 00:15:37,315
- Nick, you made it.
- Hmm.

315
00:15:38,420 --> 00:15:39,248
- Well?

316
00:15:40,456 --> 00:15:41,285
- I like it.

317
00:15:47,877 --> 00:15:49,016
- What do you think?

318
00:15:49,017 --> 00:15:51,536
- I think you're
having fun. Admit it.

319
00:15:53,538 --> 00:15:55,022
Hey Nick.

320
00:15:55,023 --> 00:15:57,183
You two will never guess who
just arrived at the hotel.

321
00:16:07,587 --> 00:16:08,415
- Lillian.

322
00:16:09,244 --> 00:16:10,485
What are you doing here?

323
00:16:10,486 --> 00:16:13,005
- I'm trying to awaken
from this nightmare.

324
00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:14,869
They didn't mention this
conference when I booked my room.

325
00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:16,457
Your conference!

326
00:16:16,458 --> 00:16:18,631
- So this is the hometown
of your internet friend.

327
00:16:18,632 --> 00:16:20,495
- Oh, I would have
left immediately,

328
00:16:20,496 --> 00:16:22,359
but I haven't met Andrew yet.

329
00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:23,982
Perhaps I should text him.

330
00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,535
- Lillian this is a big resort.

331
00:16:25,536 --> 00:16:27,295
I'm sure you can keep
away from all this.

332
00:16:27,296 --> 00:16:30,368
- I'd still be covered in
the tacky film of crime.

333
00:16:31,783 --> 00:16:32,818
I have to go.

334
00:16:32,819 --> 00:16:34,026
- Beg your pardon?

335
00:16:34,027 --> 00:16:35,614
Could you tell me
where the lounge is?

336
00:16:35,615 --> 00:16:36,754
I'm supposed to be...

337
00:16:38,342 --> 00:16:39,205
Lillian.

338
00:16:40,171 --> 00:16:41,000
- Andrew?

339
00:16:42,139 --> 00:16:44,795
- Well, you're even more
compelling in person

340
00:16:44,796 --> 00:16:46,419
than your photo.

341
00:16:54,565 --> 00:16:57,981
This is my coworker, Aurora
Teagarden and her beau Nick.

342
00:16:57,982 --> 00:17:01,571
They're here for the True
Crime and Mystery Conference.

343
00:17:01,572 --> 00:17:02,882
- It's quite the event I hear.

344
00:17:02,883 --> 00:17:04,125
- Yeah.

345
00:17:04,126 --> 00:17:05,402
- You know, they say
the mystery theater

346
00:17:05,403 --> 00:17:07,370
is an amusing place
to bring a date so,

347
00:17:07,371 --> 00:17:09,682
we could go this evening?

348
00:17:09,683 --> 00:17:11,477
- Oh, I don't think
Lillian would ever-

349
00:17:11,478 --> 00:17:12,685
- I'd love to.

350
00:17:12,686 --> 00:17:16,586
- Great. So shall we
enjoy a libation first?

351
00:17:16,587 --> 00:17:18,761
Oh yes.

352
00:17:24,802 --> 00:17:27,355
- I think Lillian just
met her soul mate.

353
00:17:27,356 --> 00:17:28,806
- Love is grand.

354
00:17:38,988 --> 00:17:40,403
- This should be fun.

355
00:17:40,404 --> 00:17:42,509
- Yeah, I can't wait
to see Lynn up there.

356
00:17:54,832 --> 00:17:59,561
- I intend to give Meryl Streep
a run for her money tonight.

357
00:18:01,356 --> 00:18:03,391
- Has anyone seen Monica?

358
00:18:03,392 --> 00:18:04,773
- Over there.
- Right.

359
00:18:08,294 --> 00:18:10,605
Hey Brett? Is that your name?

360
00:18:10,606 --> 00:18:12,366
You shouldn't have
come back here.

361
00:18:12,367 --> 00:18:14,782
- Phillip, please, I got this.

362
00:18:14,783 --> 00:18:15,990
- If he's bothering
you, then you should-

363
00:18:15,991 --> 00:18:17,854
- You know she was
just using you earlier

364
00:18:17,855 --> 00:18:18,855
to make me jealous.

365
00:18:18,856 --> 00:18:19,719
- Stop.

366
00:18:21,134 --> 00:18:24,032
And you, you don't need
to follow me around okay?

367
00:18:24,033 --> 00:18:25,449
I can take care of myself.

368
00:18:28,693 --> 00:18:30,316
- Monica wait-
- Leave me alone.

369
00:18:33,836 --> 00:18:36,218
- Drama begins before
the curtain even rises.

370
00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:41,050
- Phillip, are you all right?
- Yeah.

371
00:18:43,812 --> 00:18:46,573
- Take your places
everyone. It's showtime!

372
00:19:03,003 --> 00:19:04,211
- Oh Lillian. Hi.

373
00:19:04,212 --> 00:19:06,041
Come sit with us.
- No thank you.

374
00:19:07,801 --> 00:19:12,806
- You wouldn't want all
of us on your date either.

375
00:19:29,927 --> 00:19:31,169
- Thank you.

376
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,206
And welcome to the LB
Mystery Theater Company.

377
00:19:34,207 --> 00:19:36,035
My name is Linda Bennett.

378
00:19:36,036 --> 00:19:38,762
I am the writer and
director of tonight's show,

379
00:19:38,763 --> 00:19:41,214
"A Very Foul Play."

380
00:19:45,563 --> 00:19:47,702
Act One sets the scene

381
00:19:47,703 --> 00:19:51,050
for a dastardly crime
based on a true story.

382
00:19:51,051 --> 00:19:54,364
Before the curtain falls,
a body will be discovered

383
00:19:54,365 --> 00:19:56,677
and our mystery launched.

384
00:19:56,678 --> 00:19:58,437
We'll then have an intermission

385
00:19:58,438 --> 00:20:00,543
and you can make your best guess

386
00:20:00,544 --> 00:20:03,753
on who you think
the killer might be.

387
00:20:03,754 --> 00:20:08,759
So pay very close attention
so you don't miss any clues.

388
00:20:09,932 --> 00:20:14,178
Ladies and gentlemen,
"A Very Foul Play".

389
00:20:24,533 --> 00:20:26,880
- Stop dawdling Edgar, come in.

390
00:20:28,296 --> 00:20:29,641
You don't want to
miss the chance

391
00:20:29,642 --> 00:20:31,505
to inherit my grandmother's
fortune, do you?

392
00:20:31,506 --> 00:20:33,783
- I don't know
why she picked me.

393
00:20:33,784 --> 00:20:36,096
- She's eccentric.
You never know.

394
00:20:39,548 --> 00:20:40,859
- Misty Fortune.

395
00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:43,344
Of course you're
the first to arrive.

396
00:20:43,345 --> 00:20:44,863
- Hello cousin.

397
00:20:44,864 --> 00:20:48,107
- Wait. You're the famous
stunt pilot, Amelia Coldheart.

398
00:20:48,108 --> 00:20:52,905
- Yes. I've broken more records
than any stunt pilot alive.

399
00:20:52,906 --> 00:20:55,357
Of course there aren't
many left alive.

400
00:20:57,256 --> 00:21:00,913
And you're Edgar Allen
Foil, Aunt Ellen's driver.

401
00:21:00,914 --> 00:21:02,398
- I am.

402
00:21:02,399 --> 00:21:05,022
But what I really want to
do is write mystery novels.

403
00:21:05,885 --> 00:21:06,886
- You want to be-

404
00:21:09,785 --> 00:21:11,890
You want to be a writer eh?

405
00:21:11,891 --> 00:21:15,688
You should reconsider.
Ridiculous profession.

406
00:21:16,930 --> 00:21:19,242
- Uncle Henry, who
is this you're with?

407
00:21:19,243 --> 00:21:22,314
- An old friend,
Inspector Shirley Holmes,

408
00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:24,040
private detective.

409
00:21:24,041 --> 00:21:25,698
Now there's a profession.

410
00:21:27,734 --> 00:21:31,081
- Ah, word gets out that
I'm going to choose an heir.

411
00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:33,050
And for once no one is late.

412
00:21:36,709 --> 00:21:38,158
- That's you.
- Oh, it's me.

413
00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:42,886
- Would you pardon
me for just a moment.

414
00:21:42,887 --> 00:21:46,338
- I notice a broken
vase on the floor

415
00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:48,341
over there Mrs. Winthrop.

416
00:21:49,238 --> 00:21:51,688
I hope nothing's amiss.

417
00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:53,450
- No. Just a clumsy maid.

418
00:21:54,692 --> 00:21:58,108
And where is Lydia, it's
time to serve the wine.

419
00:21:58,109 --> 00:21:59,456
- I'll fetch it, Aunt Ellen.

420
00:22:04,426 --> 00:22:07,532
- You're all doing such a great
job, especially your mother.

421
00:22:07,533 --> 00:22:09,431
- Yes. I think she
missed her calling.

422
00:22:10,501 --> 00:22:13,123
Why is Brett
Stauberg still here?

423
00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:15,540
- He's like a bad penny
that keeps turning up.

424
00:22:15,541 --> 00:22:17,025
But you have to
get back out there.

425
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:20,718
- Wine and cheese.

426
00:22:22,513 --> 00:22:24,997
- You didn't bring a
knife for the cheese.

427
00:22:24,998 --> 00:22:26,516
- I have a knife.

428
00:22:26,517 --> 00:22:28,692
- I'd say that's overkill.

429
00:22:30,245 --> 00:22:32,902
- That's not supposed
to happen is it, Monica?

430
00:22:32,903 --> 00:22:36,112
- Shh, the stage crew
should get the breaker.

431
00:22:36,113 --> 00:22:37,631
- Is that supposed to happen?

432
00:22:37,632 --> 00:22:39,115
- I don't know.

433
00:22:39,116 --> 00:22:40,082
- What's going on?

434
00:22:41,256 --> 00:22:43,085
- Everybody stay calm.

435
00:22:44,190 --> 00:22:46,192
- No. Something's wrong.

436
00:22:53,993 --> 00:22:54,959
Monica?

437
00:22:58,584 --> 00:22:59,964
That isn't stage blood.

438
00:23:05,487 --> 00:23:06,661
- She's dead.

439
00:23:22,262 --> 00:23:23,677
- We've had a
breaker flip before

440
00:23:23,678 --> 00:23:25,955
but never during a performance.

441
00:23:25,956 --> 00:23:26,990
I kept thinking one of the crew

442
00:23:26,991 --> 00:23:28,613
would go back there to reset it.

443
00:23:28,614 --> 00:23:30,925
I finally set it up myself.

444
00:23:30,926 --> 00:23:32,065
- All right. Thank you.

445
00:23:34,689 --> 00:23:35,861
- You do not have to answer

446
00:23:35,862 --> 00:23:37,484
any questions
right now, Phillip.

447
00:23:37,485 --> 00:23:40,038
- Oh, that's right. I'm
getting you a lawyer.

448
00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:41,246
- Why? I didn't
do anything wrong.

449
00:23:41,247 --> 00:23:42,523
- We know that.

450
00:23:42,524 --> 00:23:44,387
But the police here,
they don't know you.

451
00:23:44,388 --> 00:23:47,148
- No, I need speak
to them. We all do.

452
00:23:47,149 --> 00:23:48,771
How else will they find out
what happened to Monica?

453
00:23:48,772 --> 00:23:50,635
- We already know what happened.

454
00:23:50,636 --> 00:23:52,568
Monica Swanson was stabbed
to death right there.

455
00:23:52,569 --> 00:23:54,432
And you, Phillip Pifer

456
00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:56,710
were seen by over a hundred
witnesses holding the knife

457
00:23:56,711 --> 00:23:57,780
that likely inflicted her wound.

458
00:23:57,781 --> 00:23:59,507
- I didn't kill her though.

459
00:24:00,991 --> 00:24:02,509
- Detective Reynolds.

460
00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:04,752
Lynn Liggett Smith, Chief
of Police Lawrenceton PD.

461
00:24:04,753 --> 00:24:06,167
I think that I can help here.

462
00:24:06,168 --> 00:24:07,479
- I've been told
who you are Chief.

463
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,963
You don't have
jurisdiction here.

464
00:24:08,964 --> 00:24:10,586
- I understand that I don't
have any authority here

465
00:24:10,587 --> 00:24:12,415
but I really think I
can be of assistance.

466
00:24:12,416 --> 00:24:13,417
- You, come with me.

467
00:24:14,591 --> 00:24:16,005
- Phillip don't say anything.

468
00:24:16,006 --> 00:24:17,421
We're getting a lawyer.

469
00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:24,703
- Aunt Aida said her line.

470
00:24:24,704 --> 00:24:26,394
I pulled the prop
knife from my pocket

471
00:24:26,395 --> 00:24:28,638
like I was supposed to.

472
00:24:28,639 --> 00:24:30,329
Then the lights went off.

473
00:24:30,330 --> 00:24:32,470
I didn't know what to do
so I whispered to Monica.

474
00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:33,885
"Is this supposed to happen?"

475
00:24:33,886 --> 00:24:35,818
- Monica? The girl who
told you to leave her alone

476
00:24:35,819 --> 00:24:37,509
in front of the whole cast
right before the show started.

477
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:38,786
- That's not what
happened. She was-

478
00:24:38,787 --> 00:24:40,271
- Go back to what
happened on stage.

479
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,722
- I asked her if this
was supposed to happen

480
00:24:43,723 --> 00:24:45,206
and I heard her say, "No."

481
00:24:45,207 --> 00:24:47,139
- So you located her in the
dark, by the sound of her voice.

482
00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:49,003
- You're making
a big leap there.

483
00:24:49,004 --> 00:24:50,143
- You'll get your turn.

484
00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:54,976
- I was waiting
in total darkness.

485
00:24:55,942 --> 00:24:57,356
Then someone knocked into my arm

486
00:24:57,357 --> 00:24:59,462
and made me drop the prop knife.

487
00:24:59,463 --> 00:25:01,775
I reached down to find
it. I picked it up.

488
00:25:01,776 --> 00:25:06,781
The lights came on and Monica
was lying there, with blood.

489
00:25:08,886 --> 00:25:10,197
I didn't understand.

490
00:25:10,198 --> 00:25:11,750
Her character wasn't
supposed to die

491
00:25:11,751 --> 00:25:13,269
until the end of the act.

492
00:25:13,270 --> 00:25:16,997
And the knife in my hand,
it wasn't the same one.

493
00:25:16,998 --> 00:25:17,929
It was different.

494
00:25:17,930 --> 00:25:19,447
- That's true.

495
00:25:19,448 --> 00:25:22,450
I saw the prop knife in his
hand when the lights went out.

496
00:25:22,451 --> 00:25:25,108
I heard some footsteps
go by me in the dark.

497
00:25:25,109 --> 00:25:27,110
I heard something
fall on the floor.

498
00:25:27,111 --> 00:25:28,387
- It's not your turn yet.

499
00:25:28,388 --> 00:25:29,872
- Have you talked
to Brett Stauberg?

500
00:25:29,873 --> 00:25:32,840
He was backstage lurking
all day, harassing Monica.

501
00:25:32,841 --> 00:25:35,672
- Phillip never even met
this girl until today.

502
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,367
- It took them all of 60
seconds to get my name, number

503
00:25:42,368 --> 00:25:43,851
and ask me if I'd seen anything.

504
00:25:43,852 --> 00:25:45,128
- Same here.

505
00:25:45,129 --> 00:25:46,682
"We're sending you
back to your room.

506
00:25:46,683 --> 00:25:47,787
Wait to be contacted."

507
00:25:48,961 --> 00:25:51,549
- These people are not
impressed with my badge.

508
00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:52,688
They won't let me go back.

509
00:25:52,689 --> 00:25:53,999
And Lynn's not
answering her phone.

510
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,242
- Ro's not answering
hers either.

511
00:25:55,243 --> 00:25:56,795
- Well, should we
wait here for them?

512
00:25:56,796 --> 00:25:58,728
- They're pretty adamant about
us all returning to our rooms

513
00:25:58,729 --> 00:26:01,007
and sitting tight until
they get our statements.

514
00:26:03,631 --> 00:26:04,907
- I want to find out
what these three know.

515
00:26:04,908 --> 00:26:05,943
- Okay.
- Thank you.

516
00:26:07,635 --> 00:26:09,981
- I keep thinking it
must be a mistake.

517
00:26:09,982 --> 00:26:11,327
That lovely girl.

518
00:26:11,328 --> 00:26:13,398
- I still can't figure
out how it happened.

519
00:26:13,399 --> 00:26:14,676
- Well, I'm determined to.

520
00:26:15,815 --> 00:26:17,748
I can think of a
possibility or two.

521
00:26:20,337 --> 00:26:21,958
- All right, Brett.

522
00:26:21,959 --> 00:26:23,926
You want to tell me what
you were doing here tonight?

523
00:26:23,927 --> 00:26:25,375
- I was waiting for Monica,

524
00:26:25,376 --> 00:26:27,446
like I always did when
she had a performance.

525
00:26:27,447 --> 00:26:29,241
- From what I hear you two
were no longer an item.

526
00:26:29,242 --> 00:26:31,796
- We broke up and got back
together all the time,

527
00:26:31,797 --> 00:26:33,038
everyone knows that.

528
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,489
- And yet, she loudly
told you to get lost

529
00:26:35,490 --> 00:26:37,008
right before she went on stage.

530
00:26:37,009 --> 00:26:39,113
- That's just her way
of teaching me a lesson

531
00:26:39,114 --> 00:26:40,563
embarrass me or whatever.

532
00:26:40,564 --> 00:26:42,634
- Linda and I saw him
walk towards the back

533
00:26:42,635 --> 00:26:45,465
where the breakers are, just
before the lights went out.

534
00:26:48,986 --> 00:26:51,126
- Yeah, I was leaving.

535
00:26:52,576 --> 00:26:54,439
I was halfway to my
car, when I thought "No.

536
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,270
Monica asked me to come so
I'm gonna wait for her."

537
00:26:58,133 --> 00:26:59,824
So I came back in

538
00:26:59,825 --> 00:27:03,448
and that's when I saw her
lying here on the stage.

539
00:27:03,449 --> 00:27:04,967
Everyone crowded around her.

540
00:27:04,968 --> 00:27:07,072
- So you're saying Monica
invited you here tonight?

541
00:27:07,073 --> 00:27:09,489
- Yes, she texted me. Look!

542
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,285
- Brett! Put the phone
back in your pocket.

543
00:27:13,286 --> 00:27:14,528
- Who's that?

544
00:27:14,529 --> 00:27:16,357
- Boyd Stauberg, the
bane of my existence.

545
00:27:16,358 --> 00:27:17,635
- Mr. Stauberg, sir,

546
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:18,566
I'm gonna need you to
wait outside while we-

547
00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:20,499
- Wait while we what Detective?

548
00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:22,329
- Grill my son without
his attorney present.

549
00:27:22,330 --> 00:27:23,158
- Dad.

550
00:27:24,608 --> 00:27:26,333
I agreed to talk to him.

551
00:27:26,334 --> 00:27:28,369
Someone killed Monica
and I want to help.

552
00:27:28,370 --> 00:27:29,750
- You can help by
keeping your mouth shut,

553
00:27:29,751 --> 00:27:31,062
going outside and
getting in my car.

554
00:27:31,063 --> 00:27:32,408
- Now hold on.
We're not done here.

555
00:27:32,409 --> 00:27:34,790
- We're well past done.

556
00:27:34,791 --> 00:27:37,033
I understand you have
a kid, right here.

557
00:27:37,034 --> 00:27:39,622
Seen standing over the victim,
holding the murder weapon,

558
00:27:39,623 --> 00:27:41,556
yet, he's not in cuffs. Why?

559
00:27:43,903 --> 00:27:45,145
No answer.

560
00:27:45,146 --> 00:27:47,595
Okay. I'll call your
boss and ask him.

561
00:27:47,596 --> 00:27:48,563
Brett, we're going.

562
00:27:58,573 --> 00:28:00,678
- Read the kid his
rights. Put him in cuffs.

563
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,750
- No, no, no, no.
- You can't do that.

564
00:28:03,751 --> 00:28:07,477
- Detective Reynolds, a
word in private first.

565
00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:08,858
I would extend you
that same courtesy

566
00:28:08,859 --> 00:28:10,412
if you were in my jurisdiction.

567
00:28:21,251 --> 00:28:23,562
He's letting us take
Phillip back to his room.

568
00:28:23,563 --> 00:28:25,012
- Oh, thank goodness.

569
00:28:25,013 --> 00:28:27,053
- But he's assigning an
officer to keep tabs on him.

570
00:28:28,189 --> 00:28:30,777
- You went out on a
limb for us. Thank you.

571
00:28:30,778 --> 00:28:32,364
- They're telling
us we're free to go.

572
00:28:32,365 --> 00:28:34,090
I'm scared.

573
00:28:34,091 --> 00:28:35,747
And I have a conference
full of guests.

574
00:28:35,748 --> 00:28:37,197
- I don't blame you

575
00:28:37,198 --> 00:28:39,578
but we know that Phillip didn't
kill Monica, which means-

576
00:28:39,579 --> 00:28:41,305
- The killer is
still on the loose.

577
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,310
- Since they asked
you not to leave town

578
00:28:47,311 --> 00:28:48,761
until they get your statement

579
00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:52,971
we can try again,
dinner tomorrow night?

580
00:28:52,972 --> 00:28:55,284
- May I call you
and let you know?

581
00:28:55,285 --> 00:28:57,770
I do know that I am
glad to have met you.

582
00:29:04,432 --> 00:29:07,123
- You have no idea
how much I hate this.

583
00:29:07,124 --> 00:29:08,504
That they suspect me.

584
00:29:08,505 --> 00:29:10,437
- Come on, let's get
you to your room.

585
00:29:10,438 --> 00:29:11,610
- It's going to be okay Phillip.

586
00:29:11,611 --> 00:29:14,061
- Yeah. We'll
figure it out. Okay.

587
00:29:14,062 --> 00:29:16,064
- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

588
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:27,109
It was so dark in there.

589
00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:28,766
I could only see dense shadows

590
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,872
but I know that
someone moved past me.

591
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,841
I could hear it. I felt it.

592
00:29:34,911 --> 00:29:36,774
Phillip didn't do it.

593
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,327
- No one believes
Phillip did it.

594
00:29:38,328 --> 00:29:41,157
- Well the police seem to,
they almost arrested him.

595
00:29:41,158 --> 00:29:42,608
If it wasn't for Lynn...

596
00:29:45,059 --> 00:29:47,163
We can't let them
arrest the wrong person.

597
00:29:47,164 --> 00:29:49,995
We have to make sure they
catch the right person.

598
00:29:51,099 --> 00:29:52,514
- Then that's what we'll do.

599
00:30:07,150 --> 00:30:08,460
- Aurora!

600
00:30:08,461 --> 00:30:09,910
They just dragged
Phillip out of his room.

601
00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:11,187
They're arresting him.
- What!

602
00:30:11,188 --> 00:30:12,845
- Come on, let's go.

603
00:30:17,367 --> 00:30:19,161
- Excuse me, Detective Reynolds.

604
00:30:19,162 --> 00:30:20,196
What do you think you're doing?

605
00:30:20,197 --> 00:30:21,370
- I'm doing my job.
- Ro.

606
00:30:21,371 --> 00:30:23,062
- A job I should
have done last night.

607
00:30:37,042 --> 00:30:39,319
- Obviously it's not right
that Phillip was arrested,

608
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,769
but I have to say, I get it.

609
00:30:41,770 --> 00:30:43,254
- Yeah. So do I.

610
00:30:43,255 --> 00:30:44,772
After a murder, the police
department feels a lot

611
00:30:44,773 --> 00:30:46,878
of pressure from different
directions to make an arrest.

612
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:49,087
- Yeah. The mayor,
the district attorney.

613
00:30:49,088 --> 00:30:51,193
To not arrest a suspect
seen by that many people

614
00:30:51,194 --> 00:30:52,470
holding the murder weapon

615
00:30:52,471 --> 00:30:54,265
it could be seen as a
dereliction of duty.

616
00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:56,577
- No, I don't see how
going after an innocent kid

617
00:30:56,578 --> 00:30:57,993
is helping anything.

618
00:30:57,994 --> 00:31:00,098
It puts the focus
on the wrong person,

619
00:31:00,099 --> 00:31:02,790
gives the guilty person
time to cover his tracks.

620
00:31:02,791 --> 00:31:04,516
- I just talked
to Bubba Rankart,

621
00:31:04,517 --> 00:31:06,656
he's arranged for a local
criminal attorney that he knows

622
00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:08,487
to meet us at the
police station.

623
00:31:09,384 --> 00:31:10,626
- See ya.

624
00:31:10,627 --> 00:31:12,662
- Okay. So they've
officially announced

625
00:31:12,663 --> 00:31:15,183
they've canceled the True
Crime Mystery Conference.

626
00:31:18,738 --> 00:31:20,154
- Okay.
- Makes sense.

627
00:31:26,781 --> 00:31:27,989
- I'm so sorry.

628
00:31:30,233 --> 00:31:32,959
I was half hoping the
police would make me cancel,

629
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,926
when they actually did.

630
00:31:34,927 --> 00:31:36,548
- Yeah, I'm truly sorry, Linda.

631
00:31:36,549 --> 00:31:39,897
- I needed the revenue from
this conference to keep going.

632
00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:42,037
Now I'm refunding
registration fees.

633
00:31:42,038 --> 00:31:43,867
It's gonna ruin me financially.

634
00:31:45,524 --> 00:31:48,043
Though I guess that
was inevitable.

635
00:31:48,044 --> 00:31:50,252
The theater's already
having a slow season.

636
00:31:50,253 --> 00:31:52,116
And now with the police
shutting it down completely

637
00:31:52,117 --> 00:31:53,393
for the foreseeable future

638
00:31:53,394 --> 00:31:56,292
I probably will have to
sell to Boyd Stauberg.

639
00:31:56,293 --> 00:31:58,363
Boyd always gets what he wants.

640
00:31:58,364 --> 00:32:00,745
- Linda I just. I'm so sorry.

641
00:32:00,746 --> 00:32:02,195
- Thank you.

642
00:32:02,196 --> 00:32:04,749
If you'll excuse me, I
need to help these people.

643
00:32:04,750 --> 00:32:06,993
- Please let me know if there's
anything that I can to help.

644
00:32:06,994 --> 00:32:07,995
- Thank you.

645
00:32:09,858 --> 00:32:12,550
- I feel so bad for her.

646
00:32:12,551 --> 00:32:14,276
- Well, I'm disappointed too.

647
00:32:14,277 --> 00:32:15,968
Now I won't get
to hear your talk.

648
00:32:17,452 --> 00:32:19,074
Tell me what author wouldn't
love to unravel the mystery

649
00:32:19,075 --> 00:32:21,456
of how to get libraries
to order their books.

650
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,251
Not to mention that I'm sure
you would have been offering

651
00:32:24,252 --> 00:32:26,254
some theories about
last night's murder.

652
00:32:27,152 --> 00:32:29,084
- Yeah, well maybe next year.

653
00:32:29,085 --> 00:32:30,637
I'll see you later Robert.

654
00:32:30,638 --> 00:32:31,466
- Oh you will.

655
00:32:40,130 --> 00:32:41,855
- I should meet my mother
at the police station

656
00:32:41,856 --> 00:32:42,683
to see Phillip.

657
00:32:42,684 --> 00:32:43,891
- Oh, I'll go.

658
00:32:43,892 --> 00:32:44,685
I can put on my reporter
hat while I'm there.

659
00:32:44,686 --> 00:32:45,963
See what I can find out.

660
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:47,171
- Okay.
- Good.

661
00:32:47,172 --> 00:32:48,862
'Cause we need to go
see Boyd Stauberg.

662
00:32:48,863 --> 00:32:51,278
- Yes. We need to find
out who really did this.

663
00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:53,661
And right now he is an
obstacle, or a suspect.

664
00:32:58,769 --> 00:33:01,461
Here are three, no
four different stories

665
00:33:01,462 --> 00:33:05,085
about Boyd Stauberg and his
strong arm business tactics.

666
00:33:05,086 --> 00:33:08,502
How he used the legal system
to push out a homeowner,

667
00:33:08,503 --> 00:33:10,954
an allegation of bribes
to the zoning board.

668
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:14,301
- When the word ruthless
is in the headline.

669
00:33:14,302 --> 00:33:16,234
- Look, I'm sorry, but
there's no way around it.

670
00:33:16,235 --> 00:33:17,442
Brett's got to submit
to an interview.

671
00:33:17,443 --> 00:33:19,099
- My son did not
kill Monica Swanson.

672
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:22,275
- Maybe not, but Brett had
a rough history with her.

673
00:33:22,276 --> 00:33:23,517
He was at the scene.

674
00:33:23,518 --> 00:33:24,449
He's got to answer
some questions.

675
00:33:24,450 --> 00:33:25,692
- You have someone in custody.

676
00:33:25,693 --> 00:33:27,487
- Because you went
crying to the mayor.

677
00:33:27,488 --> 00:33:30,800
Look, I know you're trying
to protect your kid Boyd,

678
00:33:30,801 --> 00:33:32,630
but don't worry I'm
not gonna railroad him

679
00:33:32,631 --> 00:33:33,907
into a false confession.

680
00:33:33,908 --> 00:33:35,633
I mean, frankly, I don't see him

681
00:33:35,634 --> 00:33:37,463
pulling off a crime
that complicated.

682
00:33:51,995 --> 00:33:53,237
- Hi, excuse me.

683
00:33:53,238 --> 00:33:54,721
- May I help you?

684
00:33:54,722 --> 00:33:56,619
- Yes. I'm Sally Allison
from the Lawrenceton Times,

685
00:33:56,620 --> 00:33:58,552
I'd like to talk to
Detective Reynolds please.

686
00:33:58,553 --> 00:33:59,795
- Sorry. He's not here.

687
00:33:59,796 --> 00:34:00,451
- Do you know when
he'll be back?

688
00:34:00,452 --> 00:34:01,935
- No idea.

689
00:34:01,936 --> 00:34:03,143
- Do you know if he's going
to have a press briefing

690
00:34:03,144 --> 00:34:04,420
about the murder that
happened last night.

691
00:34:04,421 --> 00:34:05,904
- You can sign up for
press briefing alerts.

692
00:34:05,905 --> 00:34:07,078
We send out texts with
details when we have them.

693
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:08,355
- Okay. How often is that?

694
00:34:08,356 --> 00:34:10,081
- Once a week usually. I
really have to be going.

695
00:34:10,082 --> 00:34:11,083
- Oh okay. But...

696
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:17,088
- Have they tried to talk
you into answering questions

697
00:34:17,089 --> 00:34:18,400
without a lawyer present?

698
00:34:18,401 --> 00:34:19,229
- No.

699
00:34:20,334 --> 00:34:22,887
It's like they locked me up,

700
00:34:22,888 --> 00:34:26,511
now they just keep walking
past me like I'm not even here.

701
00:34:26,512 --> 00:34:27,341
It's weird.

702
00:34:28,756 --> 00:34:30,826
- I think they know that
Phillip did not kill Monica.

703
00:34:30,827 --> 00:34:32,897
They're just using him
as a sacrificial lamb.

704
00:34:32,898 --> 00:34:34,485
- I know who can help.

705
00:34:34,486 --> 00:34:36,556
Ro and the rest of
the Real Murders Club

706
00:34:36,557 --> 00:34:37,764
members who are here.

707
00:34:37,765 --> 00:34:39,248
- What?

708
00:34:39,249 --> 00:34:40,732
If you had stayed away from
that group in the first place

709
00:34:40,733 --> 00:34:42,665
you wouldn't be in this mess.

710
00:34:42,666 --> 00:34:44,667
- I'm guessing you
don't like that idea.

711
00:34:44,668 --> 00:34:45,773
- No I don't.

712
00:34:46,774 --> 00:34:48,189
But I also know my daughter.

713
00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:52,848
- We sat at a table on the
right side of the stage

714
00:34:52,849 --> 00:34:55,782
and we got there just
before the show started.

715
00:34:55,783 --> 00:34:58,716
- Did you notice anyone
suspicious lurking around,

716
00:34:58,717 --> 00:35:01,098
looking impatient, waiting
for the show to start?

717
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,204
- No, no, nothing like that.

718
00:35:04,205 --> 00:35:05,723
The curtain rose and they
were just a few minutes

719
00:35:05,724 --> 00:35:08,208
into the play when
the lights went out.

720
00:35:08,209 --> 00:35:10,417
Everyone seemed to think
it was part of the show.

721
00:35:10,418 --> 00:35:12,109
- So you were both
sitting at the table

722
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:12,937
when the lights went off?

723
00:35:12,938 --> 00:35:14,353
- Yes, that's right.

724
00:35:18,978 --> 00:35:20,910
- Okay. Before we
start naming suspects

725
00:35:20,911 --> 00:35:23,534
I think we need to talk about
how this murder happened.

726
00:35:23,535 --> 00:35:25,225
- We know how it happened.

727
00:35:25,226 --> 00:35:27,296
Monica, knife, theater.

728
00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:29,126
- Yes. But was it planned?

729
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,334
Did someone turn the lights off

730
00:35:30,335 --> 00:35:32,232
in order to carry
out the killing?

731
00:35:32,233 --> 00:35:34,027
- Or did someone decide
to take advantage

732
00:35:34,028 --> 00:35:35,856
of a circuit breaker
being tripped?

733
00:35:35,857 --> 00:35:38,790
Do we know if the police found
prints on the breaker box?

734
00:35:38,791 --> 00:35:40,827
- Oh, Detective Reynolds
isn't saying anything

735
00:35:40,828 --> 00:35:42,069
about what they might have?

736
00:35:42,070 --> 00:35:43,519
- No, I think it
had to be planned.

737
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:44,727
First there's the knife.

738
00:35:44,728 --> 00:35:46,729
- Yes Ro, that knife
is a problem all right.

739
00:35:46,730 --> 00:35:48,421
Arthur, take a seat.

740
00:35:48,422 --> 00:35:50,941
- You all don't mind if
Lynn joins us do you?

741
00:35:52,598 --> 00:35:53,427
- Oh.

742
00:35:56,671 --> 00:35:59,018
- Lynn, we're
thrilled to have you.

743
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:02,642
On a temporary one-time
only basis I'm sure.

744
00:36:02,643 --> 00:36:03,471
- Exactly.

745
00:36:04,679 --> 00:36:06,093
- Detective Reynolds has
cut us out of the loop.

746
00:36:06,094 --> 00:36:07,302
We're not sure if that means

747
00:36:07,303 --> 00:36:09,062
he's compromised
by local politics.

748
00:36:09,063 --> 00:36:10,512
- Oh I think he may be.

749
00:36:10,513 --> 00:36:12,790
We overheard Reynolds
talking to Boyd Stauberg.

750
00:36:12,791 --> 00:36:15,551
And it was clear that Boyd
has influence with the mayor.

751
00:36:15,552 --> 00:36:17,829
- And how the investigation
is being conducted.

752
00:36:17,830 --> 00:36:20,384
- Well, maybe like, like
Sally said, just this once,

753
00:36:20,385 --> 00:36:22,040
it makes sense for us
all to work together.

754
00:36:22,041 --> 00:36:24,181
Especially since Phillip
was wrongly accused.

755
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,700
- We really appreciate
your insights Lynn.

756
00:36:26,701 --> 00:36:29,186
If the local police
are hindered in any way

757
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,359
from solving this crime.

758
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,880
You were discussing the knife.

759
00:36:33,881 --> 00:36:38,298
- Yes. There is no way that
someone could spur of the moment

760
00:36:38,299 --> 00:36:41,474
come up with a real knife
to replace the prop knife.

761
00:36:41,475 --> 00:36:44,580
- Let alone know the right
moment to shut down the lights,

762
00:36:44,581 --> 00:36:46,479
commit the crime and
then make the switch

763
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:47,963
that set up Phillip.

764
00:36:47,964 --> 00:36:50,172
- About that switch, if
Phillip had the prop knife,

765
00:36:50,173 --> 00:36:52,174
then got stuck holding
the real knife-

766
00:36:52,175 --> 00:36:53,279
- Then where'd
the prop knife go?

767
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,487
- Yeah.

768
00:36:54,488 --> 00:36:55,729
- Detective Reynolds
is interviewing

769
00:36:55,730 --> 00:36:56,799
everyone who was at
the theater that night

770
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,042
over at the station right now.

771
00:36:58,043 --> 00:37:00,700
- They searched everyone
on stage, cast, crew.

772
00:37:00,701 --> 00:37:02,046
They searched the
entire theater.

773
00:37:02,047 --> 00:37:04,290
- Brett Stauberg wasn't onstage.

774
00:37:04,291 --> 00:37:06,671
Of course he says he wasn't in
the theater when it happened.

775
00:37:06,672 --> 00:37:08,501
- Yeah. But does anybody
actually believe that?

776
00:37:08,502 --> 00:37:09,950
Did the police question him too?

777
00:37:09,951 --> 00:37:13,678
- Here we go, suspect
number one, Brett Stauberg.

778
00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:15,162
- Brett has a clear motive.

779
00:37:15,163 --> 00:37:16,716
He's a spurned ex.

780
00:37:16,717 --> 00:37:18,683
And he's seen that
play numerous times.

781
00:37:18,684 --> 00:37:20,755
He would know when
the right moment came.

782
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,276
Although he was genuinely
upset over Monica's death.

783
00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:27,968
- He could have been upset
with himself, overdoing it.

784
00:37:27,969 --> 00:37:31,006
- Or maybe he's upset because
he figured his father did it.

785
00:37:31,007 --> 00:37:33,457
That's the guy who's at the
top of my list, Boyd Stauberg.

786
00:37:33,458 --> 00:37:35,113
- Yeah. Boyd could
have grown tired

787
00:37:35,114 --> 00:37:37,633
trying to talk
Linda into selling.

788
00:37:37,634 --> 00:37:40,015
And we know that the
city already approved

789
00:37:40,016 --> 00:37:42,120
his proposed plans
to turn the theater

790
00:37:42,121 --> 00:37:44,019
into a luxury condo complex.

791
00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:45,263
- How do you know that?

792
00:37:46,229 --> 00:37:47,781
- Research skills.

793
00:37:47,782 --> 00:37:49,990
- Well, it could be that
sabotaging Linda's theater

794
00:37:49,991 --> 00:37:51,958
with the murder of the girl
who just dumped his kid

795
00:37:51,959 --> 00:37:53,753
checked several boxes for him.

796
00:37:53,754 --> 00:37:55,686
- But he wasn't at the theater.

797
00:37:55,687 --> 00:37:56,928
- The guy's rich.

798
00:37:56,929 --> 00:37:58,344
He could've hired
someone in the cast.

799
00:37:58,345 --> 00:37:59,931
- Somebody who already
didn't like Monica-

800
00:37:59,932 --> 00:38:01,588
- Okay, stop.

801
00:38:01,589 --> 00:38:03,314
This is excruciating.

802
00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:07,076
The real issue here is that
we know nothing about Monica.

803
00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:08,871
We don't know who
was in her life,

804
00:38:08,872 --> 00:38:10,908
who she got along with, who
she didn't get along with.

805
00:38:10,909 --> 00:38:13,566
- Yes. But that would only
be the issue in connection

806
00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:16,465
with the people who are on
the stage, in that theater.

807
00:38:16,466 --> 00:38:18,087
- Then every member of that cast

808
00:38:18,088 --> 00:38:19,986
has to be put on
the suspect list.

809
00:38:19,987 --> 00:38:21,988
- Oh no, not Robert
Brown I hope.

810
00:38:21,989 --> 00:38:23,472
He's such a good writer.

811
00:38:23,473 --> 00:38:25,992
- Yes him and Linda Bennett too.

812
00:38:25,993 --> 00:38:27,476
She was there.

813
00:38:27,477 --> 00:38:28,684
- But does that make sense,

814
00:38:28,685 --> 00:38:30,962
for her to sabotage
her own theater?

815
00:38:30,963 --> 00:38:32,412
- Lynn's right.

816
00:38:32,413 --> 00:38:34,103
If we knew more about
Monica, then we'd know who

817
00:38:34,104 --> 00:38:36,036
would make sense to add
our list of suspects.

818
00:38:36,037 --> 00:38:37,694
If this was our case-
- Lillian?

819
00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:40,317
What is it?

820
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:43,286
- I think I might have another
name to add to your list.

821
00:38:44,425 --> 00:38:47,151
My friend Andrew, at
the theater last night

822
00:38:47,152 --> 00:38:48,877
he disappeared just before
the lights went out.

823
00:38:48,878 --> 00:38:52,951
And just now when the police
asked him about it, he lied.

824
00:39:10,209 --> 00:39:12,659
- Yes, I'm not from the
local police department,

825
00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:14,074
but I'm doing some foot work

826
00:39:14,075 --> 00:39:15,662
and it's come to my
attention that you-

827
00:39:15,663 --> 00:39:17,769
- That I lied, when
I gave my statement.

828
00:39:20,565 --> 00:39:22,566
I was afraid I wouldn't
get away with it.

829
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:24,741
- Hmm mm. Care to explain?

830
00:40:00,259 --> 00:40:02,468
- After all I've heard
about your Real Murders Club

831
00:40:02,469 --> 00:40:04,746
I guess I shouldn't be
surprised to see you here.

832
00:40:04,747 --> 00:40:06,403
- Well, I'm
surprised to see you.

833
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,887
Did you know Monica?

834
00:40:07,888 --> 00:40:11,822
- Me? No, but I am a true
crime writer after all.

835
00:40:11,823 --> 00:40:14,308
Don't often get a research
opportunity like this.

836
00:40:15,723 --> 00:40:18,656
Who knows, this case could be
the subject of my next book.

837
00:40:18,657 --> 00:40:20,969
- But shouldn't we both feel bad

838
00:40:20,970 --> 00:40:23,005
showing up at Monica's
mother's house.

839
00:40:23,006 --> 00:40:24,524
- Where else are we
going to find her friends

840
00:40:24,525 --> 00:40:26,077
and family all in one place.

841
00:40:26,078 --> 00:40:28,942
- But now's not the time to
ask them a lot of questions.

842
00:40:28,943 --> 00:40:30,634
- I haven't asked any.

843
00:40:30,635 --> 00:40:33,327
I just stand and listen to
what people say about her.

844
00:40:47,030 --> 00:40:49,238
- What is Boyd
Stauberg doing here?

845
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:50,689
- The plot thickens.

846
00:40:58,179 --> 00:41:00,180
- I'm sorry. Mr. Stauberg
is out at the moment

847
00:41:00,181 --> 00:41:02,529
and I don't expect him
back until this afternoon.

848
00:41:04,116 --> 00:41:05,670
- I guess we can come back.

849
00:41:09,397 --> 00:41:11,122
Do you see what I see?

850
00:41:11,123 --> 00:41:13,124
That's Monica Swanson.

851
00:41:13,125 --> 00:41:15,748
- Excuse me. When
was this photo taken?

852
00:41:15,749 --> 00:41:18,786
- Oh, that was at our company
retreat almost a year ago now.

853
00:41:19,925 --> 00:41:22,202
- The woman in the
photo, Monica Swanson.

854
00:41:22,203 --> 00:41:23,549
Why is she in the picture?

855
00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:25,102
- Was she Brett Stauberg's date?

856
00:41:25,103 --> 00:41:26,310
- That was before
they were dating.

857
00:41:26,311 --> 00:41:27,553
Monica used to work here.

858
00:41:27,554 --> 00:41:29,347
She was an intern
for Mr. Stauberg.

859
00:41:29,348 --> 00:41:32,281
The photo further down is
after they started dating.

860
00:41:32,282 --> 00:41:33,387
Excuse me.

861
00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:36,045
- I've got to talk to Linda.

862
00:41:44,191 --> 00:41:45,503
- That's Monica's mother.

863
00:41:46,780 --> 00:41:49,161
- I can't hear what he's
saying to her, can you?

864
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:02,760
- What are you doing here?

865
00:42:02,761 --> 00:42:04,003
I told you what
was inappropriate.

866
00:42:04,004 --> 00:42:04,659
- I just went back
to the theater.

867
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:05,729
- You did what?

868
00:42:05,730 --> 00:42:07,558
- I have to talk to her mom.

869
00:42:07,559 --> 00:42:08,939
Tell her how sorry I am now.

870
00:42:08,940 --> 00:42:10,043
- How's that going
to sound, hmm?

871
00:42:10,044 --> 00:42:11,769
Coming from the man she dumped,

872
00:42:11,770 --> 00:42:13,322
the man that many
people think killed her.

873
00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:14,841
- Who thinks that?

874
00:42:14,842 --> 00:42:15,877
You?

875
00:42:15,878 --> 00:42:16,912
You said you believed me.

876
00:42:16,913 --> 00:42:18,087
- Son, listen to me.

877
00:42:19,295 --> 00:42:21,193
I know you didn't do this.

878
00:42:22,401 --> 00:42:23,954
And if you hadn't gone
back there that night

879
00:42:23,955 --> 00:42:25,369
no one else would
think it either.

880
00:42:25,370 --> 00:42:26,544
- Monica asked me to go.

881
00:42:27,475 --> 00:42:28,441
I have to tell her mom that.

882
00:42:28,442 --> 00:42:29,270
- Brett.

883
00:42:36,415 --> 00:42:39,384
- Wow, did not expect to
hear all that did you?

884
00:42:41,213 --> 00:42:42,042
Robert?

885
00:42:47,806 --> 00:42:51,050
- Andrew, you gave me a start.

886
00:42:51,051 --> 00:42:52,672
- You told your
friends that I lied

887
00:42:52,673 --> 00:42:55,468
about not leaving the table
that night at the theater.

888
00:42:55,469 --> 00:42:57,194
- Well, they're not
really my friends

889
00:42:57,195 --> 00:42:59,162
and I haven't told
the police yet.

890
00:43:00,543 --> 00:43:02,682
- I can't tell you how
much I admire you for that.

891
00:43:02,683 --> 00:43:04,132
- You do?

892
00:43:04,133 --> 00:43:07,135
- Yeah. Well, you're a person
of true moral scruples.

893
00:43:07,136 --> 00:43:08,688
I'm obviously not.

894
00:43:08,689 --> 00:43:10,207
- You're not?

895
00:43:10,208 --> 00:43:11,761
- No, or I wouldn't have lied.

896
00:43:12,866 --> 00:43:14,281
I was so embarrassed.

897
00:43:15,972 --> 00:43:17,663
I get so nervous sometimes.

898
00:43:17,664 --> 00:43:21,252
And my heart races
and I get lightheaded.

899
00:43:21,253 --> 00:43:24,843
And that night I was just
so bowled over by you.

900
00:43:26,086 --> 00:43:28,121
At the play I thought
I could sneak away,

901
00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:31,608
do my deep breathing
exercises to calm down.

902
00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:33,989
- Goodness. Why didn't
you say something?

903
00:43:33,990 --> 00:43:35,370
- Why didn't I say something
to the police officer,

904
00:43:35,371 --> 00:43:38,132
it's 'cause, 'cause you
were next to me and I,

905
00:43:39,547 --> 00:43:41,515
Don't know. I didn't want
you to think I'm weak.

906
00:43:42,723 --> 00:43:44,379
But I didn't realize
I'd be putting you

907
00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:47,625
in such a such a moral quandary.

908
00:43:49,074 --> 00:43:52,283
I mean that it would cause
you to think that I'm...

909
00:43:52,284 --> 00:43:53,113
Anyway.

910
00:43:54,562 --> 00:43:55,633
Can you forgive me?

911
00:43:58,083 --> 00:43:58,877
- No.

912
00:44:02,536 --> 00:44:05,193
- The last time they saw
Linda, she said she was headed

913
00:44:05,194 --> 00:44:07,713
over to the theater to pick
up some files from the office.

914
00:44:07,714 --> 00:44:09,301
- Maybe we can catch her there.

915
00:44:14,168 --> 00:44:16,446
- Hey, that's Robert Brown.

916
00:44:22,314 --> 00:44:23,177
- It's unlocked.

917
00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:27,043
- Well then that must mean
Linda is already in there.

918
00:44:35,327 --> 00:44:36,156
- Where is he?

919
00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:39,124
- Back there?

920
00:44:41,748 --> 00:44:43,232
- I'll find the house lights.

921
00:45:01,250 --> 00:45:02,907
- Robert.

922
00:45:06,945 --> 00:45:09,327
- I have no idea how
that got into my coat.

923
00:45:13,676 --> 00:45:14,504
- Aah!

924
00:45:19,164 --> 00:45:20,509
- Ro!

925
00:45:20,510 --> 00:45:21,338
- Are you hurt?

926
00:45:21,339 --> 00:45:22,270
- No, no I'm fine.

927
00:45:22,271 --> 00:45:24,342
- I'm sorry. I was startled.

928
00:45:26,068 --> 00:45:27,000
I'm so sorry.

929
00:45:29,968 --> 00:45:32,453
- Linda no! Fingerprints.

930
00:45:34,559 --> 00:45:37,320
The prop knife fell
out of Robert's coat.

931
00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:48,572
- I swear on my royalties.

932
00:45:48,573 --> 00:45:50,816
I have no idea
where that came from

933
00:45:50,817 --> 00:45:52,334
or how it got into my coat.

934
00:45:52,335 --> 00:45:54,267
- And yet you almost killed
the person who saw it fall

935
00:45:54,268 --> 00:45:55,096
out of your coat.

936
00:45:55,097 --> 00:45:56,891
- That was an accident.

937
00:45:56,892 --> 00:45:59,756
I told you I was startled,
first by the noise I heard

938
00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:00,998
when I was grabbing my coat,

939
00:46:00,999 --> 00:46:03,035
then by the sound of the
door opening behind me.

940
00:46:03,036 --> 00:46:04,209
My adrenaline...

941
00:46:05,590 --> 00:46:07,487
I just backed into
the wrong spot.

942
00:46:07,488 --> 00:46:09,110
- I don't see why we
shouldn't give him

943
00:46:09,111 --> 00:46:11,181
the benefit of the doubt.

944
00:46:11,182 --> 00:46:12,803
- Thank you.

945
00:46:12,804 --> 00:46:15,357
Now I haven't seen
or touched this coat

946
00:46:15,358 --> 00:46:17,739
since before the
show the other night.

947
00:46:17,740 --> 00:46:19,499
I left it in behind
the fly system.

948
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:21,122
- Have you been back in
this theater before today.

949
00:46:21,123 --> 00:46:23,607
- No, I was trying
to avoid being here.

950
00:46:23,608 --> 00:46:26,713
I just wanted to get what I
needed for my office and leave.

951
00:46:26,714 --> 00:46:28,888
- If the coat was here
since the other night,

952
00:46:28,889 --> 00:46:31,304
it would come up in your crime
scene photos wouldn't it?

953
00:46:31,305 --> 00:46:32,650
- All right, what I want to know

954
00:46:32,651 --> 00:46:34,515
is why you came
looking for it now.

955
00:46:35,896 --> 00:46:38,070
- I heard the Stauberg boy
say he'd come by the theater.

956
00:46:38,071 --> 00:46:41,625
So I thought if he got in, I
could get it, get the coat.

957
00:46:41,626 --> 00:46:43,006
It's a $1,500 coat.

958
00:46:43,007 --> 00:46:44,421
- Back up.

959
00:46:44,422 --> 00:46:46,975
You're saying Brett
Stauberg came by here today.

960
00:46:46,976 --> 00:46:49,840
- Yes, that's what
he told his father.

961
00:46:49,841 --> 00:46:51,497
He was here.

962
00:46:51,498 --> 00:46:52,705
It could be, he was the one

963
00:46:52,706 --> 00:46:53,913
who slipped that
knife into my coat.

964
00:46:53,914 --> 00:46:55,466
- Coming by here and
actually coming inside

965
00:46:55,467 --> 00:46:56,985
are two different things.

966
00:46:56,986 --> 00:46:59,332
- No one was supposed to be
in here, including my staff.

967
00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:00,955
- That includes you too Linda.

968
00:47:00,956 --> 00:47:02,784
- Brett must've come
inside because the door

969
00:47:02,785 --> 00:47:04,544
to the theater was
open when I arrived.

970
00:47:04,545 --> 00:47:06,374
- Well, I don't see how.

971
00:47:06,375 --> 00:47:08,617
Unless well, Monica had a key,

972
00:47:08,618 --> 00:47:10,102
I mean maybe he
got ahold of hers.

973
00:47:10,103 --> 00:47:12,138
- Monica Swanson had
a key to this theater?

974
00:47:12,139 --> 00:47:14,382
- Yes, several of my regular
cast members had a copy.

975
00:47:14,383 --> 00:47:17,834
- So there are keys to this
place floating all over town.

976
00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:19,456
Great.

977
00:47:19,457 --> 00:47:20,560
Let's get this
dusted for prints.

978
00:47:20,561 --> 00:47:21,838
See what we come up with.

979
00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:24,047
In the meantime, you're
not to leave town

980
00:47:24,048 --> 00:47:25,324
until I give you the okay.

981
00:47:25,325 --> 00:47:26,602
- I'm not going anywhere.

982
00:47:29,087 --> 00:47:30,570
- Detective wait.

983
00:47:30,571 --> 00:47:32,883
I don't know how that prop
knife got in that coat

984
00:47:32,884 --> 00:47:35,334
but I do know that my cousin
Phillip didn't put it there.

985
00:47:35,335 --> 00:47:36,542
- Says who?

986
00:47:36,543 --> 00:47:38,233
- When would he
have had the chance?

987
00:47:38,234 --> 00:47:39,994
- We'll see how the
investigation plays out.

988
00:47:39,995 --> 00:47:42,030
- No, you can't
keep holding him.

989
00:47:42,031 --> 00:47:43,583
There are too many
other suspects

990
00:47:43,584 --> 00:47:47,208
and not just Robert, there's
Brett Stauberg, his father.

991
00:47:47,209 --> 00:47:48,934
You must know that
Monica worked for him.

992
00:47:48,935 --> 00:47:51,212
- Like I said, we'll
see how it plays out.

993
00:47:51,213 --> 00:47:52,041
Excuse me.

994
00:47:56,011 --> 00:47:57,459
- Ro! Ro! Hold on.

995
00:47:57,460 --> 00:47:58,461
We should call Lynn.

996
00:48:00,774 --> 00:48:01,568
- Okay.

997
00:48:02,983 --> 00:48:06,228
- I have to tell you again how
sorry I am to my clumsiness.

998
00:48:07,194 --> 00:48:08,644
I hope you can forgive me.

999
00:48:12,924 --> 00:48:15,030
- I don't trust that guy.

1000
00:48:16,686 --> 00:48:19,826
- Well, I knew Monica had been
an intern for Boyd Stauberg.

1001
00:48:19,827 --> 00:48:22,139
She told me it was a
miserable experience.

1002
00:48:22,140 --> 00:48:23,934
Said the only good
thing she got out of it

1003
00:48:23,935 --> 00:48:25,418
was meeting Brett.

1004
00:48:25,419 --> 00:48:27,938
Of course, that was before
she broke up with him.

1005
00:48:27,939 --> 00:48:30,354
- Did she say why she
ended things with Brett?

1006
00:48:30,355 --> 00:48:33,461
- Not really. We
weren't close that way.

1007
00:48:33,462 --> 00:48:35,187
But I heard them arguing once.

1008
00:48:35,188 --> 00:48:36,809
Brett wanted her to
go out for dinner

1009
00:48:36,810 --> 00:48:38,190
with him and his father.

1010
00:48:38,191 --> 00:48:39,743
She didn't want to go.

1011
00:48:39,744 --> 00:48:41,538
Said she couldn't even be
in the same room as Boyd.

1012
00:48:41,539 --> 00:48:43,574
- And what do you think of him?

1013
00:48:43,575 --> 00:48:46,750
- Boyd is not a good person.

1014
00:48:46,751 --> 00:48:48,925
Every building he's
put up is there

1015
00:48:48,926 --> 00:48:50,927
because he drove
someone out of business,

1016
00:48:50,928 --> 00:48:52,929
stole someone's dream

1017
00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:54,827
and now he's probably
going to get mine too.

1018
00:48:54,828 --> 00:48:57,002
- Why hire Monica when
you knew she interned

1019
00:48:57,003 --> 00:48:59,798
for someone working so hard
to put you out of business?

1020
00:49:00,903 --> 00:49:02,110
- You can't blame the rabbit

1021
00:49:02,111 --> 00:49:03,456
for wandering into
the wolf's den.

1022
00:49:03,457 --> 00:49:05,114
At least she managed to get out,

1023
00:49:06,460 --> 00:49:09,048
but I fear that might
be why she was killed.

1024
00:49:09,049 --> 00:49:10,808
Stauberg revenge.

1025
00:49:10,809 --> 00:49:12,224
Brett or Boyds, I don't know.

1026
00:49:12,225 --> 00:49:13,433
Maybe it's all the same.

1027
00:49:14,606 --> 00:49:16,159
I really have to
get back to work.

1028
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,160
Sorry.

1029
00:49:17,161 --> 00:49:17,989
- Linda.
- Yes.

1030
00:49:19,197 --> 00:49:21,060
- How well do you
know Robert Brown?

1031
00:49:21,061 --> 00:49:22,303
- Very well.

1032
00:49:22,304 --> 00:49:23,718
We've been friends
for a long time.

1033
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:25,685
- Has he attended
many of your plays.

1034
00:49:25,686 --> 00:49:27,480
- Yes. He's been to
the theater many times.

1035
00:49:27,481 --> 00:49:28,723
Why do you ask?

1036
00:49:28,724 --> 00:49:29,758
- Because I think he
may have intentionally

1037
00:49:29,759 --> 00:49:31,002
just tried to harm Ro.

1038
00:49:32,417 --> 00:49:35,212
- Hm, why would he do that?

1039
00:49:35,213 --> 00:49:36,974
- Let's let Linda
get back to work.

1040
00:49:43,842 --> 00:49:45,533
I am fine. Really.

1041
00:49:45,534 --> 00:49:47,569
- I know, that just scared me.

1042
00:49:47,570 --> 00:49:49,262
I really did not
want to lose you.

1043
00:49:57,132 --> 00:49:58,995
- The DA has agreed
to have Reynolds

1044
00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:00,237
give us regular updates.

1045
00:50:00,238 --> 00:50:01,687
- Thank goodness.

1046
00:50:01,688 --> 00:50:04,034
- And he agrees that the
case against Phillip is weak.

1047
00:50:04,035 --> 00:50:05,139
- They're going
to release Phillip

1048
00:50:05,140 --> 00:50:07,072
into your custody, Chief Smith.

1049
00:50:07,073 --> 00:50:09,005
- Finally reason prevails.

1050
00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:10,454
- That means you're
responsible for him

1051
00:50:10,455 --> 00:50:12,180
and for anything he might do.

1052
00:50:12,181 --> 00:50:13,112
- Sure.

1053
00:50:13,113 --> 00:50:14,665
- He's not going to do anything.

1054
00:50:14,666 --> 00:50:16,219
He never even did anything
wrong in the first place.

1055
00:50:16,220 --> 00:50:17,461
- As part of the agreement

1056
00:50:17,462 --> 00:50:18,980
Phillip is not to
leave the hotel

1057
00:50:18,981 --> 00:50:21,707
until Detective Reynolds is
satisfied he poses no threat.

1058
00:50:21,708 --> 00:50:23,847
- Fine. He's not going
to go anywhere, right?

1059
00:50:23,848 --> 00:50:24,642
- No.

1060
00:50:25,677 --> 00:50:27,265
Oh.

1061
00:50:31,166 --> 00:50:32,443
- Thank you, Mr. Watson.

1062
00:50:33,892 --> 00:50:34,721
Thank you.

1063
00:50:37,379 --> 00:50:38,242
- Oh, okay.

1064
00:50:40,623 --> 00:50:42,039
Yep. You're welcome.

1065
00:50:43,557 --> 00:50:45,075
Linda said that Monica
had only worked at the theater

1066
00:50:45,076 --> 00:50:46,835
for three months and
she wasn't friends

1067
00:50:46,836 --> 00:50:49,493
with anyone else in the
cast, but she was pretty sure

1068
00:50:49,494 --> 00:50:52,255
that it was Boyd or
Brett that killed Monica.

1069
00:50:52,256 --> 00:50:53,532
- Oh, I don't
think it was Brett.

1070
00:50:53,533 --> 00:50:55,189
He was heartbroken at
Monica's mother's house.

1071
00:50:55,190 --> 00:50:56,431
His father on the other hand.

1072
00:50:56,432 --> 00:50:57,984
- Is no one else
bothered by the fact

1073
00:50:57,985 --> 00:50:59,745
that Robert Brown had that
prop knife in his pocket

1074
00:50:59,746 --> 00:51:01,091
and he almost killed
Ro when she saw it.

1075
00:51:01,092 --> 00:51:02,610
- It was an accident I think.

1076
00:51:02,611 --> 00:51:06,027
- Well, I'm bothered, but
he didn't even know Monica.

1077
00:51:06,028 --> 00:51:08,892
What motive does Robert
Brown have to kill her?

1078
00:51:08,893 --> 00:51:09,963
- What motive indeed?

1079
00:51:12,379 --> 00:51:13,828
- Hi. I'm sorry.

1080
00:51:13,829 --> 00:51:14,829
I didn't...

1081
00:51:14,830 --> 00:51:16,038
I'm gonna go sit down.

1082
00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:17,936
- Ms. Teagarden.

1083
00:51:19,697 --> 00:51:20,938
I'm still feeling awfully bad

1084
00:51:20,939 --> 00:51:22,975
about what happened
at the theater.

1085
00:51:22,976 --> 00:51:25,081
- Yes. Well I'm still standing.

1086
00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:28,050
- I'm glad, but I'm
very shaken by it all.

1087
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:31,846
I'm completely unnerved being
in the thick of a murder case

1088
00:51:31,847 --> 00:51:33,642
rather than a detached observer.

1089
00:51:35,057 --> 00:51:37,093
It's difficult not to
get carried away by fear.

1090
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:38,611
- Oh, I feel for you.

1091
00:51:38,612 --> 00:51:40,165
- Thank you.

1092
00:51:40,166 --> 00:51:44,376
Maybe all this will shake
me out of my writer's block.

1093
00:51:44,377 --> 00:51:46,689
Get me back in the good
graces of my publisher.

1094
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:50,485
- Well, that's a noble goal.

1095
00:51:50,486 --> 00:51:51,453
- Enjoy your meal.

1096
00:51:54,663 --> 00:51:57,009
You are not going to chalk
up what happened today

1097
00:51:57,010 --> 00:51:58,598
as Robert being clumsy, are you?

1098
00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:02,601
- Sally can't see his motive
to commit murder, but I can.

1099
00:52:02,602 --> 00:52:04,292
- Well, you can't believe
that he's doing all this

1100
00:52:04,293 --> 00:52:06,225
just to get material
for a new book.

1101
00:52:06,226 --> 00:52:08,917
- No. But remember my talk.

1102
00:52:08,918 --> 00:52:11,161
I can believe he's
a classic narcissist

1103
00:52:11,162 --> 00:52:14,303
capable of committing
unspeakable crimes.

1104
00:52:36,049 --> 00:52:37,808
- Hey, where's Lynn and Arthur.

1105
00:52:37,809 --> 00:52:39,707
We need to talk
about next steps.

1106
00:52:39,708 --> 00:52:41,640
- Well, they went for a
walk to get some fresh air.

1107
00:52:41,641 --> 00:52:42,744
- Fresh air sounds wonderful.

1108
00:52:42,745 --> 00:52:44,090
What do you say Phillip.

1109
00:52:44,091 --> 00:52:46,127
- Lynn said I can't
leave the hotel,

1110
00:52:46,128 --> 00:52:49,648
that I have to stay parked
here so she knows where I am.

1111
00:52:49,649 --> 00:52:51,167
- Oh, it's a briefing alert.

1112
00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:52,961
Police are actually gonna
give a press briefing.

1113
00:52:52,962 --> 00:52:54,239
I will call you after.

1114
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:55,241
- Yeah. Okay.

1115
00:52:58,036 --> 00:53:00,037
- Hi Lillian. Bye Lillian.

1116
00:53:00,038 --> 00:53:00,798
- Bye.

1117
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:04,008
- Well she didn't
stop and talk to you.

1118
00:53:05,354 --> 00:53:07,424
Do your friends still
think that I'm the one who-

1119
00:53:07,425 --> 00:53:10,462
- Oh no, I explained it
was a misunderstanding.

1120
00:53:10,463 --> 00:53:11,912
Please. Don't worry about it.

1121
00:53:13,845 --> 00:53:15,087
- Since you're
stuck here Phillip,

1122
00:53:15,088 --> 00:53:16,709
why don't you keep an
eye on Robert Brown?

1123
00:53:16,710 --> 00:53:18,677
If he comes out of his room,
keep track of where he goes

1124
00:53:18,678 --> 00:53:19,505
and who he talks to you.

1125
00:53:19,506 --> 00:53:20,713
- Nick!

1126
00:53:20,714 --> 00:53:22,198
He can't afford to
get any more involved

1127
00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:23,889
than he already is.

1128
00:53:23,890 --> 00:53:25,580
- I don't want to sit
with the word "suspect"

1129
00:53:25,581 --> 00:53:27,306
hanging around my neck either.

1130
00:53:27,307 --> 00:53:28,618
I need to clear my name.

1131
00:53:28,619 --> 00:53:30,240
- It's not a bad idea, mother.

1132
00:53:30,241 --> 00:53:31,517
There's no risk in Phillip

1133
00:53:31,518 --> 00:53:33,416
sitting there with
a book observing.

1134
00:53:33,417 --> 00:53:35,521
- All right, well then I'm
going to be sitting right here

1135
00:53:35,522 --> 00:53:36,453
with my book too.

1136
00:53:36,454 --> 00:53:38,697
- What are you guys going to do?

1137
00:53:38,698 --> 00:53:40,112
- I think it's time
we take another trip

1138
00:53:40,113 --> 00:53:41,459
to Stauberg Development.

1139
00:53:42,633 --> 00:53:43,427
See ya.

1140
00:53:49,502 --> 00:53:52,538
- At this time,
we are processing various hairs and fibers

1141
00:53:52,539 --> 00:53:54,575
found on or near the victim.

1142
00:53:54,576 --> 00:53:57,750
But as the stage was full of
people contaminating the scene

1143
00:53:57,751 --> 00:53:59,959
we're not sure where
that will lead us.

1144
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:01,098
Yes.

1145
00:54:01,099 --> 00:54:02,341
- What about
particular suspects?

1146
00:54:02,342 --> 00:54:03,825
- No, we're not prepared
to discuss suspects yet.

1147
00:54:03,826 --> 00:54:05,689
I'm sorry that's all we have
time for at this moment.

1148
00:54:05,690 --> 00:54:07,622
We'll notify you as soon as
we have more information.

1149
00:54:07,623 --> 00:54:08,452
Thank you.

1150
00:54:09,901 --> 00:54:11,938
- But Detective Reynolds.
I have another question.

1151
00:54:15,873 --> 00:54:18,358
He didn't tell us anything
we didn't already know.

1152
00:54:21,050 --> 00:54:23,224
- Yes, sir. I'll let them know.

1153
00:54:23,225 --> 00:54:25,295
Mr. Stauberg had to go
down to the warehouse.

1154
00:54:25,296 --> 00:54:28,264
If you'd like to make an
appointment for another day.

1155
00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:31,854
- Well, do we really want
to keep coming back here?

1156
00:54:33,304 --> 00:54:35,132
- I mean, he's just going to
tell us that he hasn't seen

1157
00:54:35,133 --> 00:54:36,825
Monica since she
left the company.

1158
00:54:38,033 --> 00:54:40,414
I'm sure the police have
already asked you that,

1159
00:54:40,415 --> 00:54:43,417
if Monica has been back since
she left the intern position?

1160
00:54:43,418 --> 00:54:46,351
- Right, and the police
already know the answer

1161
00:54:46,352 --> 00:54:47,973
I'm sure they've asked a
bunch of people around here

1162
00:54:47,974 --> 00:54:49,043
the exact same question.

1163
00:54:49,044 --> 00:54:50,286
- Oh yeah.

1164
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:51,701
They'd compare answers,
make sure no one lied.

1165
00:54:51,702 --> 00:54:53,185
- I didn't lie.

1166
00:54:53,186 --> 00:54:57,051
I told them that she was here
last week, that she always

1167
00:54:57,052 --> 00:54:59,330
brings some cookies from
this bakery he likes.

1168
00:55:13,793 --> 00:55:16,035
- You're not enjoying your book?

1169
00:55:16,036 --> 00:55:20,420
- Jail was more
interesting than this.

1170
00:55:24,217 --> 00:55:26,046
There he is. Robert Brown.

1171
00:55:49,069 --> 00:55:50,518
He got some water.

1172
00:55:50,519 --> 00:55:51,348
That's it.

1173
00:55:52,418 --> 00:55:53,902
Now my battery's almost dead.

1174
00:55:54,765 --> 00:55:56,628
I'll have to go get my charger.

1175
00:55:56,629 --> 00:56:00,046
- Okay. Well I'll man your
post till you get back.

1176
00:56:08,088 --> 00:56:10,987
- Excuse me, Mr. Stauberg.

1177
00:56:10,988 --> 00:56:12,920
We need to talk to you
about Monica Swanson.

1178
00:56:12,921 --> 00:56:15,130
I was with her on stage
when she was killed.

1179
00:56:16,442 --> 00:56:17,683
- I've got business
to attend to,

1180
00:56:17,684 --> 00:56:19,133
but you're free to
make an appointment.

1181
00:56:19,134 --> 00:56:20,755
- No, this can't wait.

1182
00:56:20,756 --> 00:56:23,241
Now that we know Monica never
stopped working for you.

1183
00:56:26,969 --> 00:56:29,695
- Monica's internship
here ended six months ago.

1184
00:56:29,696 --> 00:56:33,319
- And yet she still showed
up here on a regular basis.

1185
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:35,632
Brought you cookies?

1186
00:56:35,633 --> 00:56:37,220
Sounds like someone
kissing up to the boss.

1187
00:56:37,221 --> 00:56:39,636
- She's dating my son,
wanted me to like her.

1188
00:56:39,637 --> 00:56:41,189
- And yet she was
working pretty hard

1189
00:56:41,190 --> 00:56:43,607
to convince Linda Bennett
that she didn't like you.

1190
00:56:45,056 --> 00:56:47,092
I think that you told her to
get a job with the theater

1191
00:56:47,093 --> 00:56:50,095
and encourage Linda
to sell to you.

1192
00:56:50,096 --> 00:56:52,408
- And I think you have a
very vivid imagination.

1193
00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:54,030
- Oh I do.

1194
00:56:54,031 --> 00:56:55,445
I do.

1195
00:56:55,446 --> 00:56:56,757
And I imagine that Monica
might've grown tired

1196
00:56:56,758 --> 00:56:58,275
of playing double agent,

1197
00:56:58,276 --> 00:57:01,486
you know, tired of the whole
Stauberg bag of dirty tricks.

1198
00:57:01,487 --> 00:57:03,419
- Maybe she was
threatening to tell people

1199
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:05,697
about your business practices.

1200
00:57:05,698 --> 00:57:08,148
Maybe the press,
maybe the police.

1201
00:57:11,117 --> 00:57:13,257
- You people are barking
up the wrong tree.

1202
00:57:15,086 --> 00:57:17,503
But be sure to tell
Detective Reynolds that one.

1203
00:57:18,676 --> 00:57:20,298
I bet he gets a laugh out of it.

1204
00:57:48,499 --> 00:57:51,225
- Phew, didn't realize
how much I needed that.

1205
00:57:51,226 --> 00:57:53,227
Maybe we should bring the
kids back here sometime.

1206
00:57:53,228 --> 00:57:55,920
- Yeah, or maybe we could
keep it just for us.

1207
00:57:57,163 --> 00:58:00,165
- Oh, there you are.
Phillip's missing.

1208
00:58:00,166 --> 00:58:01,546
- What? What do
you mean missing?

1209
00:58:01,547 --> 00:58:03,927
- He went to his room
to get his charger

1210
00:58:03,928 --> 00:58:05,170
and then just never came back.

1211
00:58:05,171 --> 00:58:06,136
And now he's not in his room.

1212
00:58:06,137 --> 00:58:07,586
He's not in the restaurant.

1213
00:58:07,587 --> 00:58:08,692
He's not in the lobby.

1214
00:58:09,831 --> 00:58:11,072
What if the person who's
trying to frame him

1215
00:58:11,073 --> 00:58:13,041
for Monica's murder
came looking for him.

1216
00:58:14,870 --> 00:58:18,597
- Mother. Why is Phillip
texting me not to be mad at him?

1217
00:58:18,598 --> 00:58:20,461
- Wait, you've heard from him.

1218
00:58:20,462 --> 00:58:21,531
He's okay?

1219
00:58:21,532 --> 00:58:22,877
- He texted her 30 seconds ago.

1220
00:58:22,878 --> 00:58:25,190
- Yeah. All he said
was "Don't be mad."

1221
00:58:25,191 --> 00:58:26,710
- Wait, he just texted again.

1222
00:58:28,470 --> 00:58:31,783
- "I've taken a taxi to meet
Brett Stauberg at his house."

1223
00:58:31,784 --> 00:58:33,405
- What! He left the hotel.

1224
00:58:33,406 --> 00:58:36,097
After I vouched for
him, I gave my word.

1225
00:58:36,098 --> 00:58:37,547
- All right. Let's just
try and catch up with him

1226
00:58:37,548 --> 00:58:38,997
and we'll bring him back okay?

1227
00:58:38,998 --> 00:58:40,688
- Mother, Nick and I
will stay here with you

1228
00:58:40,689 --> 00:58:42,103
and I will try to
get ahold of Phillip.

1229
00:58:42,104 --> 00:58:43,795
I'm sure he had a
very good reason.

1230
00:58:43,796 --> 00:58:46,177
- Oh, he better have
an amazing reason.

1231
00:58:47,938 --> 00:58:49,905
- Remind me to never
get her mad at me.

1232
00:59:05,403 --> 00:59:07,266
- Front door's wide open.

1233
00:59:07,267 --> 00:59:08,752
- That's not good.

1234
00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:12,721
- Really wish we
had our firearms.

1235
00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:19,970
- Hello? Phillip?

1236
00:59:20,936 --> 00:59:21,937
In here.

1237
00:59:27,287 --> 00:59:29,875
- Phillip, are you okay?

1238
00:59:29,876 --> 00:59:32,258
- I checked. He's dead.

1239
00:59:40,335 --> 00:59:42,232
- It's one of the
candlesticks from the stage.

1240
00:59:42,233 --> 00:59:44,235
Phillip, you need to step away.

1241
00:59:46,030 --> 00:59:46,859
- Come on.

1242
00:59:50,552 --> 00:59:52,449
- Detective.
- You need to slow down.

1243
00:59:52,450 --> 00:59:53,934
Look Phillip is a witness.

1244
00:59:53,935 --> 00:59:55,107
You heard what he said.

1245
00:59:55,108 --> 00:59:56,764
Brett Stauberg invited him here.

1246
00:59:56,765 --> 00:59:58,317
- Brett slipped a
note under my door.

1247
00:59:58,318 --> 00:59:59,767
He said he knew
who killed Monica.

1248
00:59:59,768 --> 01:00:01,527
And to meet him here
at this address.

1249
01:00:01,528 --> 01:00:03,702
Yes, he left the
hotel, but he had a good reason.

1250
01:00:03,703 --> 01:00:05,255
He saw Brett
running out of the house,

1251
01:00:05,256 --> 01:00:07,257
then went inside
and found Boyd dead.

1252
01:00:07,258 --> 01:00:08,224
- Enough.

1253
01:00:08,225 --> 01:00:09,777
I am not conducting my interview

1254
01:00:09,778 --> 01:00:11,572
with my suspect
in this driveway.

1255
01:00:11,573 --> 01:00:13,609
Now you need to leave,
go back to your hotel.

1256
01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:15,334
- There are security
cameras mounted everywhere.

1257
01:00:15,335 --> 01:00:16,922
It's not gonna be hard
to corroborate his story.

1258
01:00:16,923 --> 01:00:18,752
- If you say one
more word. Just one.

1259
01:00:18,753 --> 01:00:20,167
I'll have you in cuffs next

1260
01:00:20,168 --> 01:00:21,478
for interfering with
my investigation.

1261
01:00:21,479 --> 01:00:22,687
- We're not trying to interfere,

1262
01:00:22,688 --> 01:00:23,619
we're trying to explain
to you what happened.

1263
01:00:23,620 --> 01:00:24,758
- It's okay. It's okay.

1264
01:00:24,759 --> 01:00:26,035
We understand.

1265
01:00:26,036 --> 01:00:27,657
We will be available if
you have any questions.

1266
01:00:27,658 --> 01:00:29,141
Look we're going to call
the attorney Phillip.

1267
01:00:29,142 --> 01:00:30,143
It's gonna be okay.

1268
01:00:34,492 --> 01:00:36,217
- So you think Brett
killed his father

1269
01:00:36,218 --> 01:00:38,495
and is setting Phillip up
to take the fall again?

1270
01:00:38,496 --> 01:00:40,256
- We won't know
until Brett is found.

1271
01:00:40,257 --> 01:00:41,913
- I know the first
thing I need to find:

1272
01:00:41,914 --> 01:00:45,054
that note that Brett slipped
under Phillip's door.

1273
01:00:45,055 --> 01:00:47,125
- I never should have
let him out of my sight.

1274
01:00:47,126 --> 01:00:48,851
I knew he was so
determined to help us out.

1275
01:00:48,852 --> 01:00:50,784
- Well I think he was
making a noble effort.

1276
01:00:50,785 --> 01:00:52,440
- Noble yes, smart, no.

1277
01:00:52,441 --> 01:00:54,373
He never should've gone
to meet a murder suspect

1278
01:00:54,374 --> 01:00:55,858
all by himself.

1279
01:00:55,859 --> 01:00:58,550
- And who do you suppose
taught him moves like that?

1280
01:00:58,551 --> 01:01:00,657
- Phillip said he left
the note on the desk.

1281
01:01:06,076 --> 01:01:07,111
I don't see a note.

1282
01:01:08,112 --> 01:01:09,285
- Bed's made.

1283
01:01:09,286 --> 01:01:10,218
- Trash is empty.

1284
01:01:11,495 --> 01:01:13,669
- Housekeeping must
have just been here.

1285
01:01:13,670 --> 01:01:15,912
Excuse me. We need
to talk to you.

1286
01:01:15,913 --> 01:01:17,293
- We just want to
look in your trash.

1287
01:01:17,294 --> 01:01:19,605
- Is this the trash
from room 512 in here?

1288
01:01:19,606 --> 01:01:20,986
- No. You need to ask
the manager first.

1289
01:01:20,987 --> 01:01:22,437
- This is very important.

1290
01:01:25,820 --> 01:01:27,062
- Oh, what's this?

1291
01:01:28,512 --> 01:01:29,961
- No, you're gonna
get me into trouble!

1292
01:01:29,962 --> 01:01:32,170
- Yeah, but we just have to
find one little piece of paper.

1293
01:01:32,171 --> 01:01:34,483
- Stop! This is
against the rules.

1294
01:01:36,106 --> 01:01:36,969
- Aurora!

1295
01:01:40,835 --> 01:01:43,733
- Oh, I'm sorry.

1296
01:01:43,734 --> 01:01:44,941
I did not mean to upset you.

1297
01:01:44,942 --> 01:01:47,255
- Very, very, very sorry.

1298
01:01:50,810 --> 01:01:52,811
- So we'll take this note
to Detective Reynolds.

1299
01:01:52,812 --> 01:01:54,744
That'll prove that Phillip
was telling the truth.

1300
01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:56,712
- I'll call the lawyer and
tell him to meet us there.

1301
01:01:56,713 --> 01:01:59,576
- And hopefully we can convince
Reynolds to treat Phillip

1302
01:01:59,577 --> 01:02:00,888
as a witness and not a suspect.

1303
01:02:00,889 --> 01:02:02,510
- A very unlucky witness.

1304
01:02:02,511 --> 01:02:04,720
- Oh, we know the police
are looking for Brett.

1305
01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:06,722
- Oh, Oh, I completely
forgot to tell you.

1306
01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:08,689
So I grilled a reporter
at the press briefing

1307
01:02:08,690 --> 01:02:10,173
who knew Monica.

1308
01:02:10,174 --> 01:02:12,141
He told me that Brett used
to take her to this one

1309
01:02:12,142 --> 01:02:14,902
particular Stauberg
Development construction site.

1310
01:02:14,903 --> 01:02:16,524
They'd bring wine and food and-

1311
01:02:16,525 --> 01:02:17,733
- A construction site?

1312
01:02:17,734 --> 01:02:19,631
That's an interesting
place for a date.

1313
01:02:19,632 --> 01:02:21,598
- Apparently it was really
scenic and romantic.

1314
01:02:21,599 --> 01:02:22,979
- A romantic construction site?

1315
01:02:22,980 --> 01:02:24,809
- Well it's more like
somewhere he would go to hide.

1316
01:02:24,810 --> 01:02:27,121
- So how do we find a list of
Stauberg construction sites?

1317
01:02:27,122 --> 01:02:28,605
There's probably at
least a dozen of them.

1318
01:02:28,606 --> 01:02:30,193
- Well, they would've
had to file permits

1319
01:02:30,194 --> 01:02:31,643
with the city before
any construction

1320
01:02:31,644 --> 01:02:33,887
and the best place to
search the city's database-

1321
01:02:33,888 --> 01:02:35,371
- The library. I'll go.

1322
01:02:35,372 --> 01:02:37,476
I need a quiet place to
work on my story for Macon.

1323
01:02:37,477 --> 01:02:38,685
- Okay.
- Okay.

1324
01:02:40,515 --> 01:02:42,758
- Book Browse. Erudit.

1325
01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:44,864
Must be nice to have
a big city budget.

1326
01:02:48,178 --> 01:02:49,316
May I help you?

1327
01:02:49,317 --> 01:02:50,800
- Lillian?

1328
01:02:50,801 --> 01:02:53,872
Well, I hope he didn't quit our
library and take a job here.

1329
01:02:53,873 --> 01:02:57,186
- Oh, I'm simply watching
the reference desk for Andrew

1330
01:02:57,187 --> 01:02:59,291
while he takes books to a
patient too sick to come in.

1331
01:02:59,292 --> 01:03:01,259
- Oh, well, if I'm not mistaken

1332
01:03:01,260 --> 01:03:03,606
a non-employee behind the
desk is against the rules.

1333
01:03:03,607 --> 01:03:04,987
This new romance
of yours Lillian

1334
01:03:04,988 --> 01:03:07,438
has turned you into
quite the rebel.

1335
01:03:08,923 --> 01:03:10,924
Don't worry. I
won't tell a soul.

1336
01:03:10,925 --> 01:03:14,030
I just need to take a look
at the city permit database.

1337
01:03:14,031 --> 01:03:15,792
Do you think you
could help me out?

1338
01:03:17,932 --> 01:03:18,795
- Yes.

1339
01:03:27,631 --> 01:03:28,838
- Hey Ro.

1340
01:03:28,839 --> 01:03:30,736
Hi. Yeah, this is taking
longer than I thought.

1341
01:03:30,737 --> 01:03:31,979
It seems that this database

1342
01:03:31,980 --> 01:03:34,361
is only searchable
by permit number.

1343
01:03:34,362 --> 01:03:36,501
- How many have
you found so far?

1344
01:03:36,502 --> 01:03:37,951
Five.

1345
01:03:37,952 --> 01:03:40,160
- Well, what kind of information
does it give for each site?

1346
01:03:40,161 --> 01:03:42,300
- Well, there's a lot
of technical stuff.

1347
01:03:42,301 --> 01:03:45,130
- Does it give any kind of
description for the development?

1348
01:03:45,131 --> 01:03:46,374
- Let me see.

1349
01:03:47,789 --> 01:03:49,341
Yes. Yes.

1350
01:03:49,342 --> 01:03:54,347
I have an office building, a
shopping mall, wedding venue.

1351
01:03:56,867 --> 01:03:58,868
- Wait. A wedding venue?

1352
01:03:58,869 --> 01:04:01,077
That's romantic and scenic.

1353
01:04:01,078 --> 01:04:02,320
Do you remember
the picture we saw

1354
01:04:02,321 --> 01:04:04,701
of Monica and Brett at
the Stauberg office.

1355
01:04:04,702 --> 01:04:06,186
- The one where it looks
like they're standing

1356
01:04:06,187 --> 01:04:07,394
in front of some kind of
chapel that's being built.

1357
01:04:07,395 --> 01:04:09,189
- Yeah. The scenery was gorgeous

1358
01:04:09,190 --> 01:04:11,570
and there was a sign
in the background.

1359
01:04:11,571 --> 01:04:14,263
It was something terrace.

1360
01:04:14,264 --> 01:04:15,712
- Woodlands Terrace.

1361
01:04:15,713 --> 01:04:16,644
Yes, that's it.

1362
01:04:16,645 --> 01:04:17,853
- Yeah. I've got it right here.

1363
01:04:17,854 --> 01:04:19,647
It was completed
about a month ago.

1364
01:04:19,648 --> 01:04:22,236
- Okay. Send me that address
as soon as you can, Sally.

1365
01:04:22,237 --> 01:04:23,066
- You got it.

1366
01:04:27,449 --> 01:04:28,725
- And there's Phillip
getting out of the taxi.

1367
01:04:28,726 --> 01:04:29,934
Just like he said he did.

1368
01:04:29,935 --> 01:04:31,832
I think someone intent
on committing murder

1369
01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:33,835
isn't going to arrive
in a taxi, do you?

1370
01:04:35,147 --> 01:04:37,563
- And there's Brett
Stauberg leaving in a hurry.

1371
01:04:47,745 --> 01:04:50,230
- Oh Phillip, if only you
wouldn't go in the house.

1372
01:04:50,231 --> 01:04:52,370
- Seems this video along
with the note found

1373
01:04:52,371 --> 01:04:54,648
in Phillip's room
corroborates his story.

1374
01:04:54,649 --> 01:04:56,098
- To the letter.

1375
01:04:56,099 --> 01:04:58,307
- Yes. And his prints were
not on the candlestick

1376
01:04:58,308 --> 01:04:59,756
used to kill the victim.

1377
01:04:59,757 --> 01:05:01,758
- So you can let him go?

1378
01:05:01,759 --> 01:05:03,968
- Well, I can't hold him for
the murder of Boyd Stauberg

1379
01:05:03,969 --> 01:05:05,693
but that doesn't mean
I should let him go.

1380
01:05:05,694 --> 01:05:06,625
- Come on.

1381
01:05:06,626 --> 01:05:08,110
- It's for his own protection.

1382
01:05:08,111 --> 01:05:09,490
Look, we got a killer out
there who likes leaving

1383
01:05:09,491 --> 01:05:11,078
Phillip behind to
take the blame.

1384
01:05:11,079 --> 01:05:13,011
I think we should
look into why that is.

1385
01:05:13,012 --> 01:05:16,463
And since I can't trust Phillip
to stay put in the hotel,

1386
01:05:16,464 --> 01:05:18,775
I'd like to keep him
here a little longer.

1387
01:05:18,776 --> 01:05:20,191
- Can we fight that decision?

1388
01:05:20,192 --> 01:05:21,123
- We can.

1389
01:05:21,124 --> 01:05:22,055
- But he's hoping you won't.

1390
01:05:22,056 --> 01:05:24,022
- He'll at least be safe here.

1391
01:05:24,023 --> 01:05:26,094
I'll call it a processing delay.

1392
01:05:34,758 --> 01:05:36,311
I knew someone would find me.

1393
01:05:37,416 --> 01:05:38,899
Did you call the cops?

1394
01:05:38,900 --> 01:05:40,314
- Yes, but we were hoping
that you would tell us

1395
01:05:40,315 --> 01:05:42,454
what happened to your father.

1396
01:05:42,455 --> 01:05:43,456
- Karma, I guess.

1397
01:05:44,354 --> 01:05:45,492
Did you kill him Brett?

1398
01:05:45,493 --> 01:05:48,358
- What? No.

1399
01:05:49,946 --> 01:05:52,500
He was lying there
dead when I got home.

1400
01:05:54,951 --> 01:05:56,228
I thought he'd be at work.

1401
01:05:57,712 --> 01:05:59,990
- Why did you ask Phillip
of all people to meet you?

1402
01:06:01,267 --> 01:06:03,476
- He has no idea what
it's like living here.

1403
01:06:04,995 --> 01:06:08,516
My dad, everyone's
afraid to go against him.

1404
01:06:09,793 --> 01:06:12,313
Monica thought that this
Phillip guy was okay.

1405
01:06:13,797 --> 01:06:16,281
Seems dumb now to think
that he would be able

1406
01:06:16,282 --> 01:06:18,353
to help me figure out
what to do about...

1407
01:06:22,150 --> 01:06:24,876
My dad was so mad at me

1408
01:06:24,877 --> 01:06:27,672
for going back to the
theater that night.

1409
01:06:27,673 --> 01:06:29,950
I knew that meant that he
was probably the one who-

1410
01:06:29,951 --> 01:06:32,849
- You believe your
father had Monica killed.

1411
01:06:32,850 --> 01:06:34,300
- I don't want to believe it.

1412
01:06:36,406 --> 01:06:40,478
But he told Monica, he gave
her this big job at the company

1413
01:06:40,479 --> 01:06:42,999
if she could get Linda to sell.

1414
01:06:44,345 --> 01:06:46,932
And then she started
to like Linda

1415
01:06:46,933 --> 01:06:49,867
and suddenly she got all mad
at my dad for pushing her.

1416
01:06:51,007 --> 01:06:52,594
That's why she broke up with me.

1417
01:06:53,492 --> 01:06:54,803
She lumped me in with him.

1418
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,707
I think she threatened my dad.

1419
01:07:02,742 --> 01:07:04,019
Like said, she'd go to the cops

1420
01:07:04,020 --> 01:07:06,022
if he didn't leave her alone.

1421
01:07:07,471 --> 01:07:10,646
And my dad, he doesn't let
that type of stuff slide.

1422
01:07:10,647 --> 01:07:13,200
- Who do you think he
got to do it Brett?

1423
01:07:13,201 --> 01:07:15,133
- There was this
guy, an accountant.

1424
01:07:15,134 --> 01:07:16,272
He cooked people's books.

1425
01:07:16,273 --> 01:07:18,240
He was in prison for awhile.

1426
01:07:18,241 --> 01:07:21,105
My dad helped him when he
got out, he gave him money.

1427
01:07:21,106 --> 01:07:24,005
He made him respectable
in exchange for favors,

1428
01:07:25,110 --> 01:07:28,353
accounting usually,
but sometimes...

1429
01:07:28,354 --> 01:07:29,183
- Sometimes what?

1430
01:07:30,287 --> 01:07:31,839
- I don't know.

1431
01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:33,393
You'd never suspect this guy.

1432
01:07:33,394 --> 01:07:35,153
He, he seemed like
a straight arrow.

1433
01:07:35,154 --> 01:07:37,362
He got a new name, a new job.

1434
01:07:37,363 --> 01:07:38,812
- What's his name?

1435
01:07:38,813 --> 01:07:40,918
- Now? Andrew something.

1436
01:07:42,023 --> 01:07:43,645
He works at-
- At the library.

1437
01:08:05,667 --> 01:08:07,359
- Your friend's
been here a while.

1438
01:08:08,498 --> 01:08:09,981
- Oh, I wouldn't
call Sally a friend.

1439
01:08:09,982 --> 01:08:11,156
More of an acquaintance.

1440
01:08:12,329 --> 01:08:14,089
- She's searching for
construction permits

1441
01:08:14,090 --> 01:08:15,332
for Stauberg Development.

1442
01:08:16,644 --> 01:08:18,162
What would she be doing that?

1443
01:08:18,163 --> 01:08:21,717
- Oh, probably something to do
with that horrid murder case.

1444
01:08:21,718 --> 01:08:23,270
She and her friends
are never happy

1445
01:08:23,271 --> 01:08:25,101
unless they're
neck deep in muck.

1446
01:08:29,933 --> 01:08:31,348
Andrew you're acting nervous.

1447
01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:40,598
- Would you mind keeping an eye
on the desk a little longer?

1448
01:08:40,599 --> 01:08:42,289
- I'm not sure that
I'm comfortable

1449
01:08:42,290 --> 01:08:44,050
breaking the rules again.

1450
01:08:52,300 --> 01:08:55,164
- Andrew's last name
isn't Wakefield.

1451
01:08:55,165 --> 01:08:56,924
He was in prison for six years

1452
01:08:56,925 --> 01:08:58,961
for various white
collar crimes related

1453
01:08:58,962 --> 01:09:00,791
to his former career
as an accountant.

1454
01:09:02,138 --> 01:09:04,242
- His cellmate once
worked with Boyd Stauberg

1455
01:09:04,243 --> 01:09:05,417
and introduced them.

1456
01:09:06,935 --> 01:09:09,351
- And the police believe
Andrew killed that young woman

1457
01:09:09,352 --> 01:09:11,008
for this Boyd person

1458
01:09:12,148 --> 01:09:13,631
while I sat at the
table waiting for him.

1459
01:09:13,632 --> 01:09:15,529
- They believe that his
date with you was a cover

1460
01:09:15,530 --> 01:09:17,082
for being at the theater, yes.

1461
01:09:17,083 --> 01:09:19,257
- It seems he used you again
to cover the reference desk

1462
01:09:19,258 --> 01:09:20,879
while he went to kill Boyd.

1463
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:23,262
He was clocked in the
whole time. Perfect alibi.

1464
01:09:24,746 --> 01:09:26,575
- And the police believe he
committed this other murder?

1465
01:09:26,576 --> 01:09:29,164
- Well, they're still piecing
together their evidence.

1466
01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:31,166
Although his fingerprints
aren't on the murder weapon

1467
01:09:31,167 --> 01:09:32,822
and the security
camera at the back

1468
01:09:32,823 --> 01:09:35,998
of the Stauberg residence
had been disabled.

1469
01:09:35,999 --> 01:09:38,173
- But Brett said that's
one of the favors

1470
01:09:38,174 --> 01:09:40,071
Andrew would do for Boyd.

1471
01:09:40,072 --> 01:09:41,797
He'd arrange for
former prison buddies

1472
01:09:41,798 --> 01:09:44,318
to do things like
disable CCTV cameras.

1473
01:09:46,285 --> 01:09:49,045
- You're telling me I aided
and abetted a cold-blooded

1474
01:09:49,046 --> 01:09:51,704
killer, but I just can't
believe that of him.

1475
01:09:52,912 --> 01:09:55,983
I can't believe he
would take another life.

1476
01:09:55,984 --> 01:09:57,331
- I'm so sorry, Lillian.

1477
01:10:06,029 --> 01:10:09,411
- So it turned out to be
the mild-mannered librarian

1478
01:10:09,412 --> 01:10:11,034
no one would have suspected huh?

1479
01:10:12,138 --> 01:10:13,761
Not exactly a
riveting character.

1480
01:10:15,832 --> 01:10:18,214
Maybe he has an interesting
background to mine.

1481
01:10:32,158 --> 01:10:33,643
- All checked out.

1482
01:10:36,335 --> 01:10:37,853
Oh, and don't be surprised

1483
01:10:37,854 --> 01:10:40,960
if the next time you invite
me on a trip I say, no.

1484
01:10:42,099 --> 01:10:44,791
- Well, since the
conference got canceled

1485
01:10:44,792 --> 01:10:47,207
I have to come back next year.

1486
01:10:47,208 --> 01:10:50,003
- Oh, at least I've time
to talk to you out of it.

1487
01:10:50,004 --> 01:10:51,176
We'll see you in Lawrenceton.

1488
01:10:51,177 --> 01:10:52,834
- Bye guys.
- Drive safe you two.

1489
01:10:59,841 --> 01:11:01,395
- What are you thinking?

1490
01:11:02,706 --> 01:11:06,261
- About Lillian. Just
feel so bad for her.

1491
01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:08,677
- Yeah. It'll take her
some time to trust again.

1492
01:11:08,678 --> 01:11:09,954
- I don't know.

1493
01:11:09,955 --> 01:11:12,474
She's always so sure
of our own opinions

1494
01:11:12,475 --> 01:11:13,820
which is why it's bugging me

1495
01:11:13,821 --> 01:11:17,099
that she's so certain
Andrew can't be guilty.

1496
01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:20,240
- Hi Ro, Nick, have
you guys seen Robert?

1497
01:11:20,241 --> 01:11:21,898
- He was here a
little while ago.

1498
01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:25,280
- I was packing up my
boxes from the convention

1499
01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:27,730
for next year and
I came across this.

1500
01:11:27,731 --> 01:11:30,215
It's a manuscript. I'm
sure it belongs to him.

1501
01:11:30,216 --> 01:11:32,148
- Well, why don't you just
leave it at the front desk?

1502
01:11:32,149 --> 01:11:33,909
Good idea.

1503
01:11:33,910 --> 01:11:35,566
I should head back to my office.

1504
01:11:35,567 --> 01:11:38,223
I've got hundreds of
online orders to process.

1505
01:11:38,224 --> 01:11:40,260
It turns out having
a real murder happen

1506
01:11:40,261 --> 01:11:42,538
in a mystery theater
is good for sales.

1507
01:11:42,539 --> 01:11:45,472
- Well never underestimate
the lure of true crime.

1508
01:11:45,473 --> 01:11:46,716
- Preaching to the choir.

1509
01:11:47,613 --> 01:11:48,407
Oh!

1510
01:11:50,167 --> 01:11:52,617
Of course. Right when
I'm in such a hurry.

1511
01:11:52,618 --> 01:11:55,102
- Oh Linda, it's okay.
We're not in a rush.

1512
01:11:55,103 --> 01:11:56,483
I will drop this
at the front desk.

1513
01:11:56,484 --> 01:11:58,590
- You are saving me again.

1514
01:12:00,074 --> 01:12:01,764
Look forward to seeing you
at the conference next year.

1515
01:12:01,765 --> 01:12:03,904
And I'm guessing we're
going to have a lot

1516
01:12:03,905 --> 01:12:05,148
more people attending.

1517
01:12:15,676 --> 01:12:18,022
- Aurora Teagarden are you
reading a writer's manuscript

1518
01:12:18,023 --> 01:12:18,954
without his permission?

1519
01:12:18,955 --> 01:12:20,611
- Mm hmm.

1520
01:12:20,612 --> 01:12:21,475
- So what is it?

1521
01:12:22,648 --> 01:12:24,409
Is it a draft of
Robert's new book.

1522
01:12:25,755 --> 01:12:28,343
- I need to get this
to Lynn and Arthur.

1523
01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:29,896
And I also need my computer.

1524
01:12:29,897 --> 01:12:32,175
I need to do some digging
into Robert Brown's past.

1525
01:12:46,051 --> 01:12:48,121
- I just want to go on record

1526
01:12:48,122 --> 01:12:50,951
that what you're planning
is not a good idea.

1527
01:12:50,952 --> 01:12:53,644
- Nick, remember what you said
in your talk at Real Murders.

1528
01:12:53,645 --> 01:12:56,716
Narcissists who kill have
the need to tell someone

1529
01:12:56,717 --> 01:12:57,820
how smart they are.

1530
01:12:57,821 --> 01:12:59,926
- But it doesn't need to be you.

1531
01:12:59,927 --> 01:13:01,341
It could be me.

1532
01:13:01,342 --> 01:13:03,793
You know how often my
students confess things to me.

1533
01:13:05,208 --> 01:13:08,383
- All right, here I
am. Let's hear it.

1534
01:13:08,384 --> 01:13:11,144
- Aurora received a manuscript
box from Linda Bennett

1535
01:13:11,145 --> 01:13:13,388
who said she'd found
it here at the resort.

1536
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:15,493
She assumed it belonged
to Robert Brown.

1537
01:13:15,494 --> 01:13:16,770
- Robert Brown?

1538
01:13:16,771 --> 01:13:18,496
- It's the story about
a murder of an actress

1539
01:13:18,497 --> 01:13:19,946
who's stabbed to death

1540
01:13:19,947 --> 01:13:22,017
in the middle of performing
at a mystery theater.

1541
01:13:22,018 --> 01:13:24,399
After the lights
unexpectedly go out,

1542
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:27,263
with a knife that's
picked up by another actor

1543
01:13:27,264 --> 01:13:28,920
who ends up getting the blame.

1544
01:13:28,921 --> 01:13:31,095
- Then a real estate
developer gets bludgeoned

1545
01:13:31,096 --> 01:13:32,372
to death in his own home.

1546
01:13:32,373 --> 01:13:33,511
- So Brown has been writing

1547
01:13:33,512 --> 01:13:34,478
about everything
that's been happening.

1548
01:13:34,479 --> 01:13:36,203
- This is 400 pages long.

1549
01:13:36,204 --> 01:13:37,412
There's no way it was written

1550
01:13:37,413 --> 01:13:38,758
in the few days
since the murders.

1551
01:13:38,759 --> 01:13:40,173
- Which means these
killings were planned

1552
01:13:40,174 --> 01:13:41,657
for weeks before they
were carried out.

1553
01:13:41,658 --> 01:13:44,833
- This manuscript is a blueprint
for premeditated murder.

1554
01:13:44,834 --> 01:13:46,006
- So how does the story end?

1555
01:13:46,007 --> 01:13:47,699
- It doesn't. It's unfinished.

1556
01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:52,944
- We found a set of fingerprints

1557
01:13:52,945 --> 01:13:56,189
on the candlestick that was
used to kill Boyd Stauberg.

1558
01:13:56,190 --> 01:13:58,225
They match the set of prints
that we found the other day.

1559
01:13:58,226 --> 01:14:00,365
- Let me guess Robert Brown.

1560
01:14:00,366 --> 01:14:01,746
- So that's it then.

1561
01:14:01,747 --> 01:14:03,161
- Here's the thing.

1562
01:14:03,162 --> 01:14:05,370
I don't think Robert
Brown is guilty.

1563
01:14:05,371 --> 01:14:06,855
- What?

1564
01:14:06,856 --> 01:14:08,581
- But I think I know who did
kill Monica and Boyd Stauberg.

1565
01:14:08,582 --> 01:14:11,238
I just don't have proof,
which is why I need you

1566
01:14:11,239 --> 01:14:13,966
to put a wire on me so I can
get the killer to confess.

1567
01:14:21,802 --> 01:14:23,597
Are you sure you
can't see anything?

1568
01:14:25,012 --> 01:14:27,532
- No. I'd never guess
you wearing a microphone.

1569
01:14:29,499 --> 01:14:31,121
I don't see why I can't do this.

1570
01:14:32,053 --> 01:14:33,709
- Because you're
not a librarian.

1571
01:14:33,710 --> 01:14:36,230
You don't speak the language
of books and authors.

1572
01:14:39,026 --> 01:14:41,476
- I'll be listening
the entire time.

1573
01:14:41,477 --> 01:14:44,618
If it all goes south, you
can count on me. Okay?

1574
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:17,788
- Hi Aurora.

1575
01:15:17,789 --> 01:15:18,720
- Linda.

1576
01:15:18,721 --> 01:15:19,962
Thank you for meeting with me.

1577
01:15:19,963 --> 01:15:21,826
- I was happy to. What
can I help you with?

1578
01:15:21,827 --> 01:15:24,347
- I need to talk
to you, about this.

1579
01:15:25,555 --> 01:15:26,936
- Okay sure. Come on in.

1580
01:15:35,185 --> 01:15:38,843
I didn't think I was going to
see you again until next year.

1581
01:15:38,844 --> 01:15:40,086
Well I didn't feel right leaving

1582
01:15:40,087 --> 01:15:42,365
until I knew what to do
with this manuscript.

1583
01:15:43,539 --> 01:15:45,125
I've made us
some tea. Let's sit.

1584
01:15:45,126 --> 01:15:46,886
Thank you.

1585
01:15:46,887 --> 01:15:48,094
I thought you
were gonna leave that

1586
01:15:48,095 --> 01:15:50,028
at the front desk for
Robert to pick up.

1587
01:15:51,477 --> 01:15:55,447
- I was, until I realized
that Robert didn't write it.

1588
01:15:57,656 --> 01:15:59,451
- Oh, I just assumed.

1589
01:16:00,763 --> 01:16:03,178
I found it in the main
ballroom where Robert

1590
01:16:03,179 --> 01:16:05,975
had all his materials sent
for his keynote speech.

1591
01:16:07,804 --> 01:16:09,667
- Did you read it?
The manuscript?

1592
01:16:09,668 --> 01:16:12,843
- No. I just glanced in the box.

1593
01:16:12,844 --> 01:16:13,810
Did you read it?

1594
01:16:14,811 --> 01:16:16,053
- Well, it was hard not to

1595
01:16:16,054 --> 01:16:17,694
after you dropped it
right in front of me.

1596
01:16:19,022 --> 01:16:22,163
- I felt bad about leaving you
and Nick to pick it all up.

1597
01:16:24,131 --> 01:16:25,510
Cream and sugar.

1598
01:16:25,511 --> 01:16:26,582
No, thank you.

1599
01:16:29,619 --> 01:16:33,588
- So, why do you think
it isn't Roberts?

1600
01:16:33,589 --> 01:16:35,417
- For one it's fiction.

1601
01:16:35,418 --> 01:16:38,351
Robert writes
nonfiction, true crime.

1602
01:16:38,352 --> 01:16:42,631
- Hmm. Well, he did tell me
that he was having a hard time

1603
01:16:42,632 --> 01:16:44,772
finding the right case
to write about next.

1604
01:16:45,739 --> 01:16:47,947
Terrible case of writer's block.

1605
01:16:47,948 --> 01:16:50,709
Maybe he decided to
try a hand at mystery.

1606
01:16:52,193 --> 01:16:55,024
- How'd you know, it was a
mystery if you didn't read it?

1607
01:16:56,715 --> 01:16:59,442
- What else would
Robert write about?

1608
01:17:00,961 --> 01:17:02,271
- She's doing a good job.

1609
01:17:02,272 --> 01:17:04,515
- You called Robert
a dear friend.

1610
01:17:04,516 --> 01:17:06,759
He must have been if he confided

1611
01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:08,864
his writing troubles to you.

1612
01:17:08,865 --> 01:17:10,073
- We go pretty far back.

1613
01:17:11,523 --> 01:17:13,801
- At least a decade right?
In fact, when you dated.

1614
01:17:14,699 --> 01:17:16,182
Oh, I'm a librarian.

1615
01:17:16,183 --> 01:17:18,841
I know how to do an image
search through archived files.

1616
01:17:20,325 --> 01:17:22,947
And something tells me that
while you may be friends now

1617
01:17:22,948 --> 01:17:26,123
your romantic relationship
didn't end well.

1618
01:17:26,124 --> 01:17:28,573
Only a bitter breakup would
make you try to pass off

1619
01:17:28,574 --> 01:17:30,299
that manuscript as Robert's

1620
01:17:30,300 --> 01:17:31,923
and try to frame him for murder.

1621
01:17:33,096 --> 01:17:34,925
- I don't know what
you're talking about.

1622
01:17:34,926 --> 01:17:37,513
If it's not Robert's,
it's someone else's.

1623
01:17:37,514 --> 01:17:39,999
Three other writers were going
to speak at the conference.

1624
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:41,448
- I'm a librarian.

1625
01:17:41,449 --> 01:17:43,209
Do you know how many
times I've helped students

1626
01:17:43,210 --> 01:17:45,694
run their assignments
through grammar software?

1627
01:17:45,695 --> 01:17:49,249
I can use that same software
to compare grammar and syntax

1628
01:17:49,250 --> 01:17:52,356
to match the author of a
paragraph, a page, a book.

1629
01:17:52,357 --> 01:17:57,362
And the writer of this is
the same writer as this,

1630
01:17:58,570 --> 01:18:00,847
"A Very Foul Play"
by Linda Bennett.

1631
01:18:00,848 --> 01:18:02,090
You dropped that manuscript

1632
01:18:02,091 --> 01:18:03,886
in front of the
wrong person, Linda.

1633
01:18:10,237 --> 01:18:12,170
- That wasn't the plan.

1634
01:18:13,378 --> 01:18:16,035
I was going to leave
it in Robert's room

1635
01:18:16,036 --> 01:18:17,658
so that the maids could find it.

1636
01:18:19,177 --> 01:18:22,317
But then you had to
hunt down Brett Stauberg

1637
01:18:22,318 --> 01:18:25,009
and he had to point
to the wrong person.

1638
01:18:25,010 --> 01:18:28,668
Andrew Wakefield is not the
one I wanted to bring down.

1639
01:18:28,669 --> 01:18:31,776
So, I had to accelerate my plan.

1640
01:18:33,156 --> 01:18:36,158
I picked the person
most likely to be nosy

1641
01:18:36,159 --> 01:18:38,506
and want to read
that manuscript.

1642
01:18:39,818 --> 01:18:41,717
I see I've underestimated you.

1643
01:18:43,753 --> 01:18:46,030
You've also underestimated me.

1644
01:18:46,031 --> 01:18:47,031
- We have to get
her out of there.

1645
01:18:47,032 --> 01:18:48,032
- I'll take the stage entrance.

1646
01:18:48,033 --> 01:18:49,655
- We'll take the front.

1647
01:18:54,143 --> 01:18:58,698
- You came in here to confront
me, knowing I used the match

1648
01:18:58,699 --> 01:19:01,529
to this candlestick
to kill Boyd Stauberg.

1649
01:19:02,841 --> 01:19:05,740
- That's how you got
Robert's prints on it.

1650
01:19:05,741 --> 01:19:07,569
You had him carry
those candlesticks

1651
01:19:07,570 --> 01:19:09,191
up here during rehearsal.

1652
01:19:09,192 --> 01:19:10,021
- That's right.

1653
01:19:11,160 --> 01:19:13,749
You see, I don't let
anyone stand in my way.

1654
01:19:15,647 --> 01:19:20,651
Not Monica Swanson
with her hidden agenda.

1655
01:19:20,652 --> 01:19:24,275
Always undermining me,
trying to get me to sell.

1656
01:19:24,276 --> 01:19:26,588
Not an entitled bully
like Boyd Stauberg

1657
01:19:26,589 --> 01:19:29,316
who was trying to rob me of
this theater and my legacy.

1658
01:19:30,213 --> 01:19:33,976
And certainly not Robert Brown,

1659
01:19:35,322 --> 01:19:37,357
who, the minute
he tasted success,

1660
01:19:37,358 --> 01:19:40,776
he just dumped me like
yesterday's garbage.

1661
01:19:43,468 --> 01:19:46,920
Not you Aurora Teagarden.

1662
01:19:49,612 --> 01:19:50,612
- Linda locked it
after they went in.

1663
01:19:50,613 --> 01:19:52,442
- Luckily I got a key.

1664
01:19:53,858 --> 01:19:57,067
- You are not
going to undo weeks

1665
01:19:57,068 --> 01:20:02,038
of planning and effort and risk.

1666
01:20:05,421 --> 01:20:06,249
- Ro!

1667
01:20:07,733 --> 01:20:09,251
- Back here.

1668
01:20:09,252 --> 01:20:12,082
I'm wearing a wire Linda, the
police have heard everything.

1669
01:20:12,083 --> 01:20:13,670
- Then I've got nothing to lose.

1670
01:20:18,296 --> 01:20:19,606
- Ro!

1671
01:20:19,607 --> 01:20:20,436
- Up here!

1672
01:20:35,313 --> 01:20:36,486
- Right there.

1673
01:20:41,250 --> 01:20:42,215
- I don't have a clean shot.

1674
01:20:42,216 --> 01:20:43,459
- You need to get up there.

1675
01:20:52,192 --> 01:20:54,228
- There's nowhere to run.

1676
01:20:55,781 --> 01:20:56,575
Ah!

1677
01:21:00,027 --> 01:21:01,339
Ah!

1678
01:21:05,826 --> 01:21:08,001
- Ro! Ro! I got her. I got her.

1679
01:21:10,486 --> 01:21:11,314
- You okay?

1680
01:21:34,682 --> 01:21:35,683
- There they are!

1681
01:21:37,133 --> 01:21:41,826
- Oh thank goodness
you're all right.

1682
01:21:41,827 --> 01:21:45,175
Oh, what were you thinking?

1683
01:21:45,176 --> 01:21:47,763
Wearing a wire to
confront a killer.

1684
01:21:47,764 --> 01:21:49,351
- You promised you
wouldn't tell my mother.

1685
01:21:49,352 --> 01:21:50,628
- I didn't.

1686
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:52,389
I told Sally thinking
she could come back here

1687
01:21:52,390 --> 01:21:53,597
and help me talk you out of it.

1688
01:21:53,598 --> 01:21:55,150
- Well, and I told Aida

1689
01:21:55,151 --> 01:21:56,911
because you didn't expect
me to worry all by myself.

1690
01:21:56,912 --> 01:21:58,602
- Well as you can see I'm fine.

1691
01:21:58,603 --> 01:21:59,534
- Yeah you are.

1692
01:21:59,535 --> 01:22:00,846
I wasn't worried.

1693
01:22:01,744 --> 01:22:03,434
Well, not that much.

1694
01:22:03,435 --> 01:22:05,057
I knew you'd get what
the police needed.

1695
01:22:05,058 --> 01:22:08,612
- Yeah, she got that and then
some, she was incredible.

1696
01:22:08,613 --> 01:22:13,203
- I have to say Ro, that
was some helpful work.

1697
01:22:13,204 --> 01:22:14,583
- Thank you, Lynn.

1698
01:22:14,584 --> 01:22:16,102
And I have to say,

1699
01:22:16,103 --> 01:22:19,002
you'd make a great member
of the Real Murders Club.

1700
01:22:19,003 --> 01:22:21,314
- Yes, she would. But she won't.

1701
01:22:21,315 --> 01:22:22,246
- Oh no.

1702
01:22:22,247 --> 01:22:23,420
This out of town adventure

1703
01:22:23,421 --> 01:22:25,422
doesn't change
anything back home.

1704
01:22:25,423 --> 01:22:27,803
I expect all of you club people

1705
01:22:27,804 --> 01:22:30,116
to stay out of police business.

1706
01:22:30,117 --> 01:22:31,325
Understood?
- Yep.

1707
01:22:32,740 --> 01:22:35,019
- Had to tear myself away
from my computer to thank you.

1708
01:22:36,537 --> 01:22:39,125
I was told it's your
sharp eye that saved me

1709
01:22:39,126 --> 01:22:41,541
from taking the fall for
Linda Bennet's crimes.

1710
01:22:41,542 --> 01:22:43,751
- Never giving up on
the truth is important.

1711
01:22:44,925 --> 01:22:48,065
- So is truth and
accuracy in writing.

1712
01:22:48,066 --> 01:22:50,619
In fact, I was wondering
if the good detectives here

1713
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:53,622
might have a few minutes to
give me the law enforcement view

1714
01:22:53,623 --> 01:22:57,143
of the case, which will be
the subject of my next book.

1715
01:22:57,144 --> 01:22:59,904
- Oh, sure yeah, we can do that.

1716
01:22:59,905 --> 01:23:00,665
Lynn?

1717
01:23:02,046 --> 01:23:02,908
- Why not?

1718
01:23:07,361 --> 01:23:09,604
- I wonder what's going
to happen to Andrew.

1719
01:23:09,605 --> 01:23:10,777
I'm sure he's in
pretty hot water

1720
01:23:10,778 --> 01:23:12,227
over what he did for Boyd.

1721
01:23:12,228 --> 01:23:14,747
- Oh yeah, the police will
definitely be questioning him

1722
01:23:14,748 --> 01:23:17,060
especially after
what Brett said.

1723
01:23:17,061 --> 01:23:18,302
At least I can tell Lillian

1724
01:23:18,303 --> 01:23:20,512
that Andrew wasn't the
killer when we get home.

1725
01:23:21,962 --> 01:23:25,448
- That sounds so nice. Can
we all finally go home?

1726
01:23:26,932 --> 01:23:30,798
- I just have one last thing
I'd really like to do first.

1727
01:23:35,389 --> 01:23:36,218
- Okay.

1728
01:23:44,226 --> 01:23:46,159
- Why did you wanna
bring me back here?

1729
01:23:47,850 --> 01:23:49,921
Wait, you're not about to-
- Not yet.

1730
01:23:51,095 --> 01:23:54,097
But I would like you to
take in the surroundings

1731
01:23:54,098 --> 01:23:56,272
just to get used to the idea.

1732
01:23:58,688 --> 01:24:00,380
So what do you think?

1733
01:24:04,211 --> 01:24:08,388
- Oh, I could definitely
get used to the idea.