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[ WOMAN SCREAMING ]
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Woman: I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
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[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
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THOSE SCREAMS STILL ECHO
THROUGH MY NIGHTMARES.
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[ MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
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AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.
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A LOT OF US
HEARD THOSE SCREAMS THAT NIGHT,
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AND A FEW SAW THE HORROR, TOO.
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THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF MURDERS
THAT YEAR IN THE CITY,
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BUT ONLY THIS ONE BECAME FAMOUS
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
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[ SOBBING ]
NOT BECAUSE OF THE VICTIM.
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NOT BECAUSE OF THE KILLER.
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BUT BECAUSE OF THE WITNESSES.
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BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE ME.
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YOU KNOW
THE KITTY GENOVESE CASE, RIGHT?
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[ TYPEWRITER CLACKING ]
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OF COURSE YOU DO.
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Man: 38 OF HER NEIGHBORS
WATCHED A WOMAN DIE.
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SHE RECOGNIZED ONE OF THEM
AND CALLED TO HIM FOR HELP
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WHILE SHE
WAS BEING STABBED TO DEATH.
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BUT HE NEVER ANSWERED HER.
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40 PERSONS HEARD HER SCREAM,
BUT NO ONE ACTED.
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PEOPLE UP THERE WERE SITTING
RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CRIME.
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WHEN IT WAS OVER,
THEY ALL WENT BACK TO BED.
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Woman: KITTY WAS THE GIRL
IN NEW YORK CITY
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WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH BY
A MANIAC IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE
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WHILE ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS
STOOD AROUND AND DID NOTHING.
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KITTY GENOVESE
REVEALED TO THE WORLD
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HOW APATHETIC
SOCIETY HAD BECOME.
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KITTY GENOVESE SHOWED US
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HOW LIVING IN CITIES
TURNED US INTO ANIMALS.
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KITTY GENOVESE
WAS A MODERN MARTYR.
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THAT'S THE KITTY GENOVESE CASE,
RIGHT?
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WRONG.
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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Pelonero:
AT 3:50 A.M. ON MARCH 13th,
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THE 102nd PRECINCT
RECEIVED A CALL
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FROM A MAN WHO SAYS
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THAT A WOMAN HAS BEEN ATTACKED
IN HIS HALLWAY.
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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TWO MINUTES LATER,
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PATROLMAN ARRIVES ON SCENE
AT A TUDOR-STYLE BUILDING.
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OH, IS AN AMBULANCE
COMING?
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HELP IS ON THE WAY.
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SHOULD BE HERE
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
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DO YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN?
CATHERINE GENOVESE.
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BUT SHE GOES BY "KITTY."
STAY WITH US, KITTY.
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KITTY'S CLOTHES
ARE CUT AND TORN.
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SHE HAS MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS
IN HER CHEST AND STOMACH,
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AND HER THROAT IS SLASHED.
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HOW DO YOU KNOW HER?
SHE LIVES ACROSS FROM ME.
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THE HALLWAY WAS
ABSOLUTELY DRENCHED IN BLOOD.
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HANG IN THERE, KITTY.
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IT'S A VERY SMALL,
CONFINED HALLWAY,
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AND A STAIRCASE THAT GOES UP
TO TWO MORE APARTMENTS.
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THIS WOMAN WAS TRAPPED.
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[ GASPING ]
BREATHE, KITTY.
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De May: IN 1964, YOU DIDN'T CALL
911. IT DID NOT EXIST.
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WHAT YOU DID WAS DIAL
THE POLICE PRECINCT DIRECTLY.
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Hellman:
SO IT WAS QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE THE AMBULANCE ARRIVES.
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Kitty: [ GASPING ]
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THEY TOLD US SHE DIED
ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.
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SHE NEVER WOKE UP.
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AND NOW OUR LITTLE BLOCK
IN QUEENS
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WAS THE SCENE OF A MURDER.
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[ FLASH BULB BURSTS ]
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Hellman: THERE WAS A TRAIL
OF BLOOD ON AUSTIN STREET.
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SO, THEY FIGURED OUT
THAT KITTY GENOVESE WAS ATTACKED
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FIRST IN FRONT
OF HER OWN APARTMENT BUILDING.
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SO, THERE ARE TWO ATTACKS.
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THE POLICE
TRIED TO KEEP US AWAY,
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BUT IT WAS ALL RIGHT THERE
FOR US TO SEE.
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AND AS IT GOT LATER
AND THE SUN CAME UP,
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IT WAS ALL THE MORE VIVID
AND HORRIBLE.
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Pelonero: THIS WAS DIRECTLY
ACROSS FROM A 10-STORY BUILDING,
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THE MOWBRAY APARTMENT HOUSE.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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Hellman: AND SO THERE POSSIBLY
COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE AUDIENCE
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LOOKING DOWN
AT WHERE SHE WAS ATTACKED.
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ALL RIGHT. YOU TAKE THE RIGHT.
TAKE THE LEFT.
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[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]
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[ DOOR HINGES CREAK ]
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CAN I HELP YOU?
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM...
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3:20. THAT'S WHEN I HEARD
THE FIRST SCREAM.
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Pelonero: THE POLICE
WERE ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE
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WHO TOLD THEM
THAT THEY HEARD THESE SCREAMS.
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AT FIRST
WE COULDN'T SEE HER.
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WE JUST HEARD
HER YELLING.
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Pelonero:
SAMUEL KOSHKIN AND HIS WIFE
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LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING
CALLED THE WEST VIRGINIA
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ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET
AS THE TUDOR BUILDING
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IN A CORNER APARTMENT.
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SAMUEL KOSHKIN
HEARD THE SCREAMS,
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AND HE HEARD THE WOMAN SAY
THAT SHE HAD BEEN STABBED.
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Sang:
YOU HEAR SCREAMS?
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[ French accent ]
UM...I GET UP, PEEK,
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AND LOOK THROUGH MY WINDOW
AND SAW A MAN BEATING A GIRL.
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Cook: ANDRE PICQ, A WOMAN
WHO LIVED IN THE MOWBRAY,
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SAW A MAN STANDING OVER A
WOMAN -- STANDING OVER KITTY --
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AND CLEARLY SOMETHING BAD
WAS OCCURRING.
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SHE DID REACH FOR THE TELEPHONE.
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Pelonero:
ROBERT MOZER AND HIS WIFE
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LIVED ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR
OF THE MOWBRAY APARTMENT HOUSE,
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DIRECTLY ACROSS
FROM WHERE KITTY WAS ATTACKED.
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Kitty:
STOP IT! STOP IT!
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[ THUD, SCREAMING ]
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I THOUGHT
MAYBE IT WAS A DOMESTIC SPAT.
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HEY! YOU LEAVE
THAT GIRL ALONE!
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NOW, YOU YELLED
FROM WHERE?
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FROM OUR APARTMENT,
UP THERE.
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OKAY. NOW,
YOU DIDN'T HEAR HER SCREAMING
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THAT SHE'D BEEN STABBED AT ALL?
NO. NO.
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WHAT DID SHE DO
AFTER THAT?
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Pelonero:
THE MOZERS REMAIN AT THE WINDOW,
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AND THEY WATCHED HER WALK BACK
DOWN THE STREET.
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Austin: SHE'S SLOWLY ZIG-ZAGGING
AND WALKING --
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THEY THINK SHE MIGHT BE DRUNK --
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AND SHE DISAPPEARS
BEHIND THE TUDOR BUILDING.
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YOU KNOW THIS WOMAN'S
BEING HURT.
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WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL
THE POLICE?
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WELL, I DID.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
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[ Ringing ]
ANDRE CALLS THE POLICE.
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102nd.
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Hello? 102nd.
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AS THE PHONE IS BEING PICKED UP,
SHE PANICS.
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I don't have time
for this.
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AND, TO HER GREAT SADNESS
AFTERWARD,
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PUT THE PHONE BACK DOWN.
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SO, WHAT DO YOU DO
AFTER THAT?
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I SAW A MAN
RUNNING TO HIS CAR.
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Pelonero: SAMUEL KOSHKIN SEES
A MAN RUN BACK TO A CAR,
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WHICH HE DESCRIBED
AS A WHITE COMPACT CAR...
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...AND HE BACKS OUT OF VIEW.
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AND THEN
THE MAN CAME BACK...
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...BUT THIS TIME
WEARING A FEDORA.
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I'M CALLING THE POLICE.
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YOU CALLED THE POLICE?
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I TOLD HIM NOT TO.
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I THOUGHT FOR SURE AT LEAST 30
PEOPLE HAD CALLED BEFORE THEN.
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I'M GONNA GO OUT.
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I PUT MY COAT ON,
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AND I'M GONNA LOOK FOR THE CAR
TO GET THE LICENSE.
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BUT SHE
WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.
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I WAS SCARED
FOR HIS LIFE.
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I TOLD HIM
TO -- TO STAY OUT OF IT
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AND JUST WAIT
FOR THE POLICE.
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[ SIGHS ]
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Sang:
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE MAN?
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Cook: SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS,
IT'S A BLACK MAN.
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SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS,
IT'S A WHITE MAN.
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SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS,
IT'S TALLER OR SHORTER.
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THERE WERE A COUPLE
PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE A WOMAN,
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BUT EVERYONE HAD SAID THAT
THE ASSAILANT SEEMED TO BE
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A SLENDER PERSON
WEARING DARK PANTS.
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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THERE WERE A LOT OF US,
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BUT WHEN YOU GOT RIGHT DOWN TO
IT, WE HADN'T SEEN THAT MUCH --
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AT LEAST
NOT ENOUGH TO GET THE GUY.
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BUT EVERYBODY ON THE BLOCK KNEW
THAT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE
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WHO PROBABLY WERE IN A POSITION
TO KNOW MORE.
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SIR, HOW YOU DOING TODAY?
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De May:
JOSEPH FINK, WHO'S THE DOORMAN AT THE MOWBRAY APARTMENT HOUSE.
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AT ANY POINT, DID YOU SEE
OR HEAR A WOMAN SCREAMING?
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Kitty:
[ CRYING, SCREAMING ]
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De May:
MR. FINK WAS ON DUTY THAT NIGHT.
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Kitty: HE'S STABBING ME!
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I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
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HE REFUSED TO GIVE THEM
ANY INFORMATION.
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ALL RIGHT, BUDDY. LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE COMING WITH US.
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WELL, THE POLICE WEREN'T GONNA
PUT UP WITH THAT.
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SO THEY TOOK MR. FINK DOWN
TO THE STATION HOUSE.
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AND THE OTHER PERSON
WE ALL THOUGHT
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MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING MORE
WAS KARL ROSS.
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IT WAS HIS STAIRWELL
THAT KITTY WOUND UP IN.
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IT WAS KARL ROSS
WHO CALLED THE POLICE.
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Pelonero: THE DETECTIVE HAD
VERY STRONG SUSPICIONS
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THAT KARL ROSS HAD SEEN
AND HEARD MORE OF THE ATTACK
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THAN HE WAS LETTING ON.
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IT HAD BEEN JUST HOURS AGO THAT
THOSE SCREAMS HAD WOKEN ME UP,
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BUT IT SEEMED LIKE YEARS.
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WE ALL WENT OVER IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN,
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WHAT WE'D HEARD,
WHAT WE'D SEEN.
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IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
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HOW WERE ANY OF US TO KNOW
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THAT THE NIGHTMARE
WAS ONLY BEGINNING?
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Woman: KITTY GENOVESE, OUR
NEIGHBOR, OUR KITTY, WAS DEAD.
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MURDERED RIGHT OUTSIDE
OF OUR BUILDING.
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LOTS OF US HEARD A SHOUT,
ME INCLUDED,
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AND SOME SAW A SCUFFLE,
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BUT NONE OF US EVER IMAGINED
WE WERE HEARING A MURDER.
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AND, ALSO,
WHO WOULD WANT TO KILL KITTY?
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EVERYONE LOVED KITTY.
SHE WAS A DOLL.
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[ HAND CLAPS ]
* WA-OOH *
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Kitty: MY DREAM JOB
IN LIKE FIVE YEARS
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IS TO MAYBE OPEN UP A LITTLE
RESTAURANT, LA GATTINA,
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WITH MY DAD.
OH, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
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YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.
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IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF A DREAM.
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I LOVE THIS SONG. COME ON,
MIKEY. I NEED A DANCE PARTNER.
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Pelonero: SHE WAS A VERY, VERY
UPBEAT AND VIVACIOUS PERSON.
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[ Laughing ]
OH, YEAH.
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SHE WAS EXTREMELY WELL-READ.
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KNEW A LOT ABOUT HISTORY, KEPT
UP WITH THE NEWS AND POLITICS.
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Cook: SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY
IN BROOKLYN.
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Pelonero: KITTY TRIED
CONNECTICUT FOR A WHILE,
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BUT SHE REALLY PREFERRED
LIVING IN THE CITY.
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WELL, WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD,
IT WAS A TWO-FAMILY WALKUP,
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AND ONE DOOR WAS OUR FAMILY, AND
NEXT DOOR WAS KITTY'S APARTMENT.
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OH, THANK YOU, SOPHIE.
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HOW'S MIKEY?
[ SIGHS ]
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GETTING DRESSED, I HOPE.
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SHE WAS A VERY GENEROUS
AND NICE PERSON.
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I REMEMBER, I WOULD SHOVEL
THE SNOW DURING THE WINTER,
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AND SHE WOULD GIVE ME
LIKE FIVE BUCKS.
219
00:11:31,867 --> 00:11:33,833
BACK THEN,
THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
220
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SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MY MOM.
221
00:11:36,233 --> 00:11:38,333
SO, HOW ARE YOUR PARENTS?
THEY GOOD?
222
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YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
223
00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,867
OH.
224
00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,200
HEY, YOU READY FOR LIFTOFF,
PARTNER?
225
00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,400
YEAH.
YEAH?
226
00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,833
SHE USED TO DRIVE MYSELF
AND MY SISTER TO SCHOOL
227
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ONCE IN A WHILE.
228
00:11:48,367 --> 00:11:51,667
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD DAY, YOU TWO.
229
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BYE.
230
00:11:52,967 --> 00:11:54,733
Michael:
MY MOM REALLY DID LIKE HER.
231
00:11:54,733 --> 00:11:57,333
BUT SHE WAS A TOUGHIE.
MY MOM SAID THAT.
232
00:11:57,333 --> 00:12:00,900
SHE SAYS, "NOBODY GOT AWAY
WITH ANYTHING WITH KITTY."
233
00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:02,733
SHE COULD TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.
234
00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,167
Sang:
YOU SIT WHERE YOU SIT,
235
00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:15,600
AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE A THING?
236
00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,967
I SAW NOTHING.
237
00:12:20,133 --> 00:12:23,233
Pelonero: JOSEPH FINK INSISTS
THAT HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING
238
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BECAUSE HE WAS DOWN IN
THE BASEMENT ON A COFFEE BREAK.
239
00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:31,267
COME ON, FINK. JUST COME CLEAN.
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF.
240
00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:40,067
[ SIGHS ]
241
00:12:40,067 --> 00:12:42,600
YEAH, OKAY.
YES, I-I SAW IT.
242
00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,733
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
243
00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:48,767
Kitty: [ SCREAMS ]
244
00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:54,733
HELP! HE'S STABBING ME!
245
00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,967
[ CRYING, SCREAMING ]
246
00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:02,900
WHAT'D HE LOOK LIKE?
247
00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:06,633
UH, HE WAS --
HE WAS SLENDER.
248
00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:09,733
Pelonero: HE DESCRIBES HIM
AS A MAN WHO WAS ABOUT 5'8".
249
00:13:09,733 --> 00:13:12,500
Robert: YOU LEAVE
THAT GIRL ALONE!
250
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,900
Austin:
SAW THE KILLER GET UP AND RUN.
251
00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:17,500
[ CRYING ]
252
00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:20,067
AND HE SEES KITTY GET UP
AND WALK BACK
253
00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:22,667
TOWARDS THE END
OF THE TUDOR BUILDING.
254
00:13:27,333 --> 00:13:30,067
JOE FINK SAYS,
"WELL, EVERYTHING MUST BE FINE."
255
00:13:30,067 --> 00:13:32,800
AND NOW HE GOES DOWNSTAIRS,
AND NOW HE TAKES A NAP.
256
00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,367
WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL
THE POLICE?
257
00:13:36,367 --> 00:13:37,833
Pelonero: FOR WHATEVER REASON,
258
00:13:37,833 --> 00:13:40,333
HE JUST DID NOT WANT TO GET
INVOLVED IN THIS CASE AT ALL.
259
00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:42,367
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
WE CAN CHARGE HIM WITH.
260
00:13:42,367 --> 00:13:44,833
Carroll: WHAT?
FOR BEING A SON OF A BITCH?
261
00:13:44,833 --> 00:13:46,867
WE'D HAVE TO BOOK
THE WHOLE CITY.
262
00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:48,233
THERE'S NO LAW IN THE BOOK
263
00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:50,800
SAYING THAT A CITIZEN MUST COME
TO THE AID OF ANOTHER.
264
00:14:01,067 --> 00:14:03,733
AND THEN THEY TALKED
TO KARL ROSS.
265
00:14:03,733 --> 00:14:05,800
NOW, HE WAS A PIECE OF WORK.
266
00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,600
WHAT TIME DID YOU HEAR
THE SCREAMS?
267
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,200
UH...WELL...
I'D -- I'D BEEN DRINKING.
268
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,100
SO I-I DON'T RECALL
HEARING ANYTHING.
269
00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:15,733
UH, NO.
NO, I-I-I DON'T.
270
00:14:15,733 --> 00:14:18,200
COME ON, KARL. SHE RAN RIGHT
UNDER YOUR WINDOW SCREAMING.
271
00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,867
YOU HEARD HER, DIDN'T YOU?
272
00:14:19,867 --> 00:14:21,367
I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT WAS KITTY OUT THERE.
273
00:14:21,367 --> 00:14:24,133
I SWEAR
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS HER.
274
00:14:24,133 --> 00:14:26,300
HIS STORY KEPT CHANGING.
275
00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,767
SO, YOU HEAR THE SCREAMS.
276
00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:31,067
WHAT DID YOU DO THEN?
277
00:14:33,067 --> 00:14:36,067
Kitty: [ SCREAMS ]
[ PANTING ]
278
00:14:41,767 --> 00:14:43,633
Kitty: HELP!
279
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,467
KARL, IT'S KITTY!
280
00:14:47,467 --> 00:14:49,600
KITTY?
281
00:14:53,533 --> 00:14:56,267
Cook:
KARL ROSS DITHERED.
282
00:14:56,267 --> 00:14:59,133
HE WAS AFRAID.
HE WAS DRUNK.
283
00:14:59,133 --> 00:15:01,967
HE SPENT PRECIOUS MINUTES
WONDERING WHAT TO DO.
284
00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:05,633
Kitty:
[ SOBS, SCREAMS ]
285
00:15:10,067 --> 00:15:13,167
Pelonero:
THEY ASK HIM, "WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL US RIGHT AWAY?"
286
00:15:13,167 --> 00:15:15,267
Karl:
I-I DON'T KNOW. I...
287
00:15:15,267 --> 00:15:18,467
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
I WAS SCARED.
288
00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,767
I'LL BET YOU KARL ROSS
REGRETTED SAYING THOSE WORDS
289
00:15:23,767 --> 00:15:25,700
THE MINUTE
THEY WERE OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
290
00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:28,700
AND IF HE DIDN'T,
HE SHOULD HAVE.
291
00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,100
LATER THAT DAY, DETECTIVES
CAME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
292
00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:41,333
TO TALK TO KITTY'S ROOMMATE,
MARY ANN.
293
00:15:41,333 --> 00:15:43,733
SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO GO
TO THE MORGUE
294
00:15:43,733 --> 00:15:46,100
TO IDENTIFY KITTY'S BODY,
POOR THING.
295
00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:48,667
THE DETECTIVES THOUGHT THAT,
BEING KITTY'S ROOMMATE AND ALL,
296
00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:51,867
SHE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING
THAT COULD HELP.
297
00:15:53,067 --> 00:15:55,933
WHERE WERE YOU
LAST NIGHT?
298
00:15:55,933 --> 00:15:59,433
I W-- I WAS OUT BOWLING
WITH SOME FRIENDS.
299
00:15:59,433 --> 00:16:02,300
BUT MARY ANN
KNEW THE LEAST OF ANYONE.
300
00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:05,667
SHE'D SLEPT
RIGHT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
301
00:16:05,667 --> 00:16:10,867
THE LAST TIME SHE SAW KITTY,
SHE WAS LEAVING FOR WORK.
302
00:16:12,067 --> 00:16:13,900
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
303
00:16:15,533 --> 00:16:18,100
HEY, KITTY. HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
304
00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:20,733
Pelonero: KITTY WAS WORKING AT
A PLACE CALLED EV's 11th HOUR,
305
00:16:20,733 --> 00:16:22,533
AND SHE WAS THE MANAGER THERE.
306
00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:24,567
SHE WAS EXTREMELY WELL-LIKED
THERE.
307
00:16:24,567 --> 00:16:25,600
COME ON.
YEP.
308
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,267
SOMEONE HAD
HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK,
309
00:16:27,267 --> 00:16:30,267
SHE KNEW HOW TO TELL SOMEONE
THAT THEY WERE CUT OFF.
310
00:16:30,267 --> 00:16:32,533
HI.
311
00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,600
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU,
IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
312
00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,433
OF COURSE.
ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP.
313
00:16:38,433 --> 00:16:40,500
WHAT EXACTLY DID MISS GENOVESE
HAVE PLANNED
314
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,067
THE NIGHT OF HER MURDER?
315
00:16:43,067 --> 00:16:44,367
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
316
00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:46,567
KITTY, YOUR DATE'S HERE.
317
00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:49,667
HEY, JACK.
318
00:16:49,667 --> 00:16:51,700
YOU ALMOST READY?
ONE MORE MINUTE.
319
00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:53,367
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
320
00:16:53,367 --> 00:16:55,600
Pelonero: ON THE NIGHT
OF THURSDAY, MARCH 12th,
321
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,133
KITTY HAD A DATE
WITH A MAN NAMED JACK TIMMINS,
322
00:16:58,133 --> 00:16:59,500
WHO WAS A PATRON AT EV's.
323
00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:02,067
AND THIS WAS A FIRST DATE
FOR THEM.
324
00:17:02,067 --> 00:17:03,067
THANK YOU.
GOOD NIGHT.
325
00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:05,633
TAKE CARE OF HER, NOW.
I WILL.
326
00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,133
THE POLICE GO
AND THEY PICK JACK TIMMINS UP
327
00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:18,433
AND THEY TAKE HIM TO THE
PRECINCT HOUSE FOR QUESTIONING.
328
00:17:18,433 --> 00:17:21,167
WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU
AND THE VICTIM DO?
329
00:17:21,167 --> 00:17:23,400
I PICKED KITTY UP
AROUND 6:00.
330
00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,767
AND THEY WERE GOING TO HIS
BROTHER'S HOUSE FOR DINNER.
331
00:17:25,767 --> 00:17:28,433
THEY LEAVE ABOUT 12:30.
332
00:17:28,433 --> 00:17:30,600
THEY STOPPED AT A BAR,
HAD A COUPLE DRINKS,
333
00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,133
AND THEN JACK TIMMINS
DROPPED KITTY OFF BACK AT EV's
334
00:17:33,133 --> 00:17:34,567
ABOUT 2:00 A.M.
335
00:17:34,567 --> 00:17:36,967
THEN, UH,
I HAD ANOTHER DATE, SO...
336
00:17:36,967 --> 00:17:40,267
POLICE QUESTIONED TIMMINS'
OTHER DATE,
337
00:17:40,267 --> 00:17:42,433
AND SHE VERIFIED THAT
HE HAD BEEN AT HER APARTMENT
338
00:17:42,433 --> 00:17:46,067
TILL ABOUT 4:45 A.M.,
AND THEN HE HAD GONE HOME.
339
00:17:46,067 --> 00:17:47,500
TWO DATES IN ONE NIGHT, HUH?
340
00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:50,500
GOT OURSELVES
A REAL ROMEO HERE.
341
00:17:52,433 --> 00:17:54,367
I DON'T THINK
YOU UNDERSTAND.
342
00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:58,200
KITTY DIDN'T LIKE MEN.
343
00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:09,467
Hellman: OF COURSE,
WE'RE TALKING THE MID-'60s,
344
00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:14,067
AND KITTY AND MARY ANN
WERE CLOSETED.
345
00:18:14,067 --> 00:18:17,067
WHAT IS THAT?
346
00:18:17,067 --> 00:18:18,467
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
347
00:18:18,467 --> 00:18:21,833
Pelonero: KITTY LOVED FOLK
MUSIC. SHE LOVED COFFEE HOUSES.
348
00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:25,200
IN 1963, SHE MEETS
MARY ANN ZIELONKO IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.
349
00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,367
THEY HIT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY.
350
00:18:27,367 --> 00:18:29,600
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
MM-HMM.
351
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,400
OH, MY GOSH.
352
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,233
YOU GOT IT SIGNED?!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
353
00:18:34,233 --> 00:18:35,367
MM-HMM.
OH.
354
00:18:35,367 --> 00:18:38,067
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
355
00:18:38,067 --> 00:18:42,667
MARY ANN CALLS HERSELF SOMEWHAT
RESERVED, BASHFUL, AN AGNOSTIC,
356
00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:47,500
WHILE KITTY WAS MORE EBULLIENT,
AND VERY CATHOLIC AT THE TIME.
357
00:18:48,967 --> 00:18:53,633
[ INTRO TO DAVE VAN RONK'S "HE
WAS A FRIEND OF MINE" PLAYS ]
358
00:18:53,633 --> 00:19:01,333
* HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
359
00:19:01,333 --> 00:19:03,800
THEY WERE SOON LOVERS
360
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,133
AND FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE
TOGETHER THERE IN KEW GARDENS.
361
00:19:08,133 --> 00:19:12,267
MY MOTHER KNEW
THAT THEY WERE LESBIANS.
362
00:19:12,267 --> 00:19:16,433
AND MY MOTHER NEVER MENTIONED
TO HER THAT SHE KNEW.
363
00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:19,100
THEY BOTH RESPECTED EACH OTHER.
364
00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:27,167
* HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
365
00:19:27,167 --> 00:19:29,833
AND WHEN THE POLICE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THIS,
366
00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:33,267
THEY HAD A FEW MORE QUESTIONS
FOR MARY ANN.
367
00:19:37,367 --> 00:19:42,767
IT SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT
TWO WOMEN ARE SHARING ONE BED.
368
00:19:42,767 --> 00:19:44,533
WELL, THAT'S ALL WE
COULD AFFORD.
369
00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:46,467
LOOK, I DON'T SEE
WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
370
00:19:46,467 --> 00:19:49,267
THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT THERE
WAS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON
371
00:19:49,267 --> 00:19:50,933
THAT YOU'RE
NOT TELLING ME ABOUT.
372
00:19:50,933 --> 00:19:54,567
NOTHING WAS GOING ON.
REALLY?
373
00:19:54,567 --> 00:19:56,633
'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORS ARE
ALL SAYING THAT YOU AND KITTY
374
00:19:56,633 --> 00:19:58,133
WERE A LOT MORE
THAN JUST ROOMMATES.
375
00:19:58,133 --> 00:20:01,300
OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE'S
JUST TRYING TO CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE.
376
00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,167
YOU'RE GONNA FIND YOURSELF
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE IF YOU KEEP LYING TO US.
377
00:20:06,233 --> 00:20:08,167
DID YOU HAVE
A LESBIAN RELATIONSHIP
378
00:20:08,167 --> 00:20:09,967
WITH KITTY GENOVESE?
379
00:20:11,133 --> 00:20:13,233
DID YOU?
380
00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:15,733
MM-HMM.
381
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:26,100
THE DETECTIVES INTERROGATED
MARY ANN ZIELONKO FOR SIX HOURS.
382
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,633
Pelonero: IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL
AT THIS TIME
383
00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:30,633
FOR POLICE TO HARASS
HOMOSEXUALS.
384
00:20:30,633 --> 00:20:32,767
THIS IS NOT
THE NYPD's FINEST HOUR.
385
00:20:32,767 --> 00:20:37,067
MARY ANN LEFT,
LIKE, A WEEK LATER.
386
00:20:37,067 --> 00:20:39,867
IT WAS A SAD THING.
387
00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:45,867
NEXT.
388
00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:48,433
NEXT.
389
00:20:48,433 --> 00:20:50,500
THERE WERE A LOT OF WITNESSES,
390
00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,500
BUT ALL THE POLICE REALLY KNEW
391
00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:55,367
WAS THAT THE KILLER WAS
A SLENDER MAN WEARING A FEDORA
392
00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:58,033
WHO WAS BRAZEN ENOUGH
TO COME BACK FOR KITTY
393
00:20:58,033 --> 00:20:59,867
EVEN AFTER HE WAS SPOTTED ONCE.
394
00:21:01,933 --> 00:21:04,067
IT WAS STRANGE ALL RIGHT,
395
00:21:04,067 --> 00:21:06,767
BUT IT WASN'T ANY WAY
TO CATCH SOMEONE.
396
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:10,367
WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
397
00:21:10,367 --> 00:21:12,400
Austin:
DOING WHAT GOOD DETECTIVES DO,
398
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,367
THEY FIND OUT WHO WOULD BE
IN THE AREA
399
00:21:15,367 --> 00:21:17,500
BETWEEN 3:00 A.M.
AND 4:00 A.M...
400
00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:20,533
SO, SIR, FOR THE RECORD,
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
401
00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:22,267
EDWARD FIESLER.
402
00:21:22,267 --> 00:21:23,767
...AND THEY MANAGED TO FIND
A MILKMAN.
403
00:21:23,767 --> 00:21:27,667
DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE ANYBODY
OUT AT THAT HOUR?
404
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,100
Hellman: AS HE'S CARRYING
HIS MILK TO THIS DOOR...
405
00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:39,500
...A YOUNG GUY
PASSES RIGHT BY HIM.
406
00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,800
WELL,
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM?
407
00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:49,233
YEAH, I KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
408
00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:53,300
ALL RIGHT, EDWARD,
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US?
409
00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:57,133
Austin:
THE MILKMAN SAYS HE'S GOT A FEDORA, HE'S GOT A TRENCH COAT,
410
00:21:57,133 --> 00:22:02,167
HE'S ABOUT 5'8",
MAYBE 140 POUNDS.
411
00:22:02,167 --> 00:22:06,133
AND HE'S
A LIGHT-SKINNED BLACK MAN.
412
00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:10,533
YEAH, THAT'S HIM.
413
00:22:10,533 --> 00:22:13,500
BUT AS GOOD
AS THIS DESCRIPTION WAS,
414
00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,300
IT COULD HAVE MATCHED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
415
00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:17,933
THIS WAS NEW YORK CITY,
AFTER ALL.
416
00:22:17,933 --> 00:22:20,733
Austin: THE DETECTIVES
WERE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
417
00:22:20,733 --> 00:22:22,467
UNTIL THIS GUY
SLIPPED UP SOMEHOW.
418
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,233
LIKE I SAID BEFORE,
YOU PROBABLY THINK YOU KNOW
419
00:22:27,233 --> 00:22:30,833
ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT
THE KITTY GENOVESE MURDER.
420
00:22:30,833 --> 00:22:33,633
HEARD IT DOZENS OF TIMES,
RIGHT?
421
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:43,667
BUT I GOT NEWS FOR YOU --
YOU DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT.
422
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,700
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
423
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:57,467
Woman: KITTY GENOVESE
HAD BEEN STABBED TO DEATH
424
00:22:57,467 --> 00:23:00,200
OUTSIDE HER APARTMENT
IN QUEENS,
425
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,667
AND THE MANIAC WHO KILLED HER
HAD GOTTEN AWAY.
426
00:23:02,667 --> 00:23:04,733
IT REALLY WASN'T
THAT SURPRISING.
427
00:23:04,733 --> 00:23:07,500
THE SAD TRUTH WAS
LOTS OF MURDERS WENT UNSOLVED
428
00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:08,867
IN NEW YORK EVERY YEAR.
429
00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:13,667
WHAT WAS SURPRISING
WAS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
430
00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:19,567
Austin: FIVE DAYS LATER.
431
00:23:19,567 --> 00:23:22,900
WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITY --
JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS.
432
00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:25,267
THIS ONE GUY SEES
433
00:23:25,267 --> 00:23:27,433
WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A BURGLARY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
434
00:23:27,433 --> 00:23:29,300
HEY, THERE.
UH...
435
00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,300
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
IN THE BANNISTERS' HOUSE?
436
00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:36,233
HEY. IT'S OKAY.
I'M...JUST HELPING THEM MOVE.
437
00:23:38,367 --> 00:23:40,867
Pelonero:
THIS DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT TO HIM.
438
00:23:40,867 --> 00:23:43,267
SO HE CONSULTED
ANOTHER NEIGHBOR,
439
00:23:43,267 --> 00:23:45,067
AND HE SAID, "DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THEM MOVING?"
440
00:23:45,067 --> 00:23:46,600
AND HE SAID, "NO, I'M SURE
THEY'RE NOT MOVING."
441
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,933
THEY WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED.
442
00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:51,533
IF THIS MAN WAS A BURGLAR,
443
00:23:51,533 --> 00:23:53,567
WHY DIDN'T HE TAKE OFF
AS SOON AS HE WAS CONFRONTED?
444
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,300
Austin:
THEY GET THE BRAINY IDEA
445
00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:05,667
TO PLAY AROUND INSIDE HIS CAR
AND CALL THE POLICE.
446
00:24:07,267 --> 00:24:09,733
NOW THE GUY COMES OUT
OF THE HOUSE.
447
00:24:09,733 --> 00:24:11,933
[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]
448
00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:13,933
CAR DOESN'T GO.
449
00:24:19,967 --> 00:24:21,567
De May:
HE DIDN'T PANIC.
450
00:24:21,567 --> 00:24:26,200
HE SIMPLY GOT OUT OF THE CAR
AND STARTED WALKING.
451
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,633
TWO POLICE OFFICERS COME,
AND THEY ARREST HIM.
452
00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:33,700
HIS NAME IS WINSTON MOSELEY.
HE'S 29 YEARS OLD.
453
00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:37,067
THEY TAKE MR. MOSELEY TO SEE
DETECTIVE JOHN TARTAGLIA.
454
00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:52,400
[ LIGHTER CLICKS ]
455
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,067
YOU DON'T MIND IF I SMOKE,
DO YOU?
456
00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:03,967
NO.
457
00:25:03,967 --> 00:25:06,733
Austin: HE WAS A SECOND-GRADE
DETECTIVE, WORLD WAR II VET.
458
00:25:06,733 --> 00:25:08,067
A VERY, VERY BRIGHT GUY.
459
00:25:08,067 --> 00:25:10,067
SO, LET ME
GET THIS STRAIGHT --
460
00:25:10,067 --> 00:25:12,933
YOU WERE BURGLARIZING
THAT HOME IN EAST ELMHURST.
461
00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:18,733
YEAH, I GUESS SO.
462
00:25:28,867 --> 00:25:30,600
WHERE YOU FROM?
463
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,367
I'M FROM
SOUTH OZONE PARK.
464
00:25:32,367 --> 00:25:34,267
YOU MARRIED?
YEAH, I AM.
465
00:25:34,267 --> 00:25:36,600
SO, WHERE DO YOU WORK?
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
466
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,700
RAYGRAM CORPORATION.
467
00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:43,200
Pelonero: DETECTIVE TARTAGLIA'S
REALLY PERPLEXED BY THIS MAN.
468
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,067
HE'S MARRIED, HE HAS A FAMILY,
HE OWNS A HOUSE, HAS A GOOD JOB.
469
00:25:47,067 --> 00:25:49,367
Pelonero: HE HAD
NO PRIOR ARREST RECORD.
470
00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:50,867
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS MAN
471
00:25:50,867 --> 00:25:53,333
IS ABOUT THE LAST PERSON IN THE
WORLD WHO SHOULD BE A BURGLAR.
472
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:56,667
HAVE YOU COMMITTED
ANY OTHER BURGLARIES?
473
00:25:56,667 --> 00:25:58,467
YES, I HAVE.
474
00:25:58,467 --> 00:26:01,200
OH, YEAH?
HOW MANY?
475
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:05,067
30 TO 40.
476
00:26:06,367 --> 00:26:10,100
Pelonero: THERE WAS SOMETHING
VERY EERIE ABOUT HIS DEMEANOR.
477
00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:13,500
SO THIS IMMEDIATELY GETS
THE DETECTIVE THINKING,
478
00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,300
"I WONDER WHAT ELSE
HE COULD HAVE DONE."
479
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:16,967
WINSTON,
WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME?
480
00:26:16,967 --> 00:26:20,167
SO HE KEEPS HIM TALKING...
481
00:26:20,167 --> 00:26:22,300
IT'S GONNA BE
A LONG NIGHT.
482
00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:26,267
...AND THEY EVENTUALLY START
TALKING ABOUT ASSAULTS.
483
00:26:27,867 --> 00:26:29,433
Tartaglia:
JANUARY 31st.
484
00:26:29,433 --> 00:26:31,867
YOU PUT A SCREWDRIVER UP
TO A WOMAN'S NECK,
485
00:26:31,867 --> 00:26:33,800
YOU FORCE HER
INTO A VACANT LOT,
486
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,633
AND YOU MADE HER SUCK YOU.
487
00:26:35,633 --> 00:26:37,133
DIDN'T YOU?
488
00:26:37,133 --> 00:26:39,533
THEN ON FEBRUARY 15th,
489
00:26:39,533 --> 00:26:43,433
YOU SNUCK INTO A WOMAN'S BEDROOM
AND YOU TRIED TO RAPE HER.
490
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,800
I DIDN'T DO
ANY OF THAT STUFF.
491
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,300
SURE ABOUT THAT?
492
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:53,500
'CAUSE I'LL BRING THOSE WOMEN
DOWN HERE,
493
00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:56,500
AND THEY'RE GONNA IDENTIFY YOU
FASTER THAN YOU CAN BLINK.
494
00:27:03,067 --> 00:27:04,533
YES, I DID THAT.
495
00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:08,367
MOSELEY WAS JUST ON A ROLL,
CONFESSING.
496
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:14,833
Austin:
WHAT THEY WERE WEARING, WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE, WHAT HE DID.
497
00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:17,667
HE'S FESSING UP TO EVERYTHING
IN A VERY CRUEL DEMEANOR.
498
00:27:17,667 --> 00:27:20,733
THAT'S EVERYTHING NOW.
499
00:27:20,733 --> 00:27:22,267
IT REALLY IS.
500
00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:27,900
Pelonero: TARTAGLIA REMEMBERS
THAT MOSELEY WAS CAPTURED
501
00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:31,467
DRIVING A WHITE COMPACT CAR,
A CHEVY CORVAIR.
502
00:27:31,467 --> 00:27:33,233
[ TYPEWRITER CLACKING ]
503
00:27:33,233 --> 00:27:37,633
AND HE THINKS OF THE MURDER
OF KITTY GENOVESE.
504
00:27:40,633 --> 00:27:42,667
AND THE STORY GOES
505
00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:44,967
THAT DETECTIVE TARTAGLIA
PLAYED A HUNCH.
506
00:27:44,967 --> 00:27:47,333
IT'S THE STRANGEST
THING.
507
00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:49,667
HE CALLED THE DETECTIVES
FROM KEW GARDENS,
508
00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:52,567
THE ONES WORKING
ON KITTY'S CASE.
509
00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:54,633
Carroll:
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
510
00:27:54,633 --> 00:27:56,500
I HAVE THIS GUY DOWNSTAIRS
RIGHT NOW.
511
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,267
YOU'RE JOKING.
LET'S GO.
512
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:10,433
WINSTON,
THIS IS DETECTIVE SANG
513
00:28:10,433 --> 00:28:11,933
AND DETECTIVE CARROLL
WITH HOMICIDE.
514
00:28:15,333 --> 00:28:18,467
Sang:
WHAT ARE THOSE CUTS ON YOUR HAND? WHERE'D YOU GET THEM?
515
00:28:18,467 --> 00:28:20,200
THIS?
516
00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:23,533
I-I-I SCRATCHED THEM
WORKING AROUND THE HOUSE.
517
00:28:23,533 --> 00:28:25,333
I SCRATCHED THEM
WORKING AROUND THE HOUSE.
518
00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:27,367
NO, THAT'S NOT
WHAT HAPPENED.
519
00:28:27,367 --> 00:28:29,067
YOU GOT THOSE
FROM KITTY GENOVESE
520
00:28:29,067 --> 00:28:31,733
WHEN YOU WERE STABBING HER
IN THE THROAT.
521
00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:40,867
DID YOU KILL
KITTY GENOVESE?
522
00:28:52,433 --> 00:28:55,200
Sang: DID YOU KILL
KITTY GENOVESE?
523
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,533
OKAY.
524
00:29:02,067 --> 00:29:03,400
I KILLED HER.
525
00:29:06,233 --> 00:29:10,467
ALMOST WITH A SHRUG, AS THOUGH
HE WERE ADMITTING TO JAYWALKING,
526
00:29:10,467 --> 00:29:12,700
HE SAID, "YEAH, I KILLED HER."
527
00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:16,867
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
START FROM THE BEGINNING.
528
00:29:18,933 --> 00:29:24,433
I CAME HOME
AROUND 9:00 P.M.
529
00:29:24,433 --> 00:29:27,400
FED MY DOG.
530
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:32,067
MY WIFE WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFT,
SO I-I KISSED HER GOODBYE.
531
00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:38,367
AND THEN I GOT THE IDEA
TO GO FIND A GIRL TO KILL.
532
00:29:40,067 --> 00:29:43,633
SO I GOT IN MY CAR,
AND I WENT LOOKING FOR ONE.
533
00:29:50,167 --> 00:29:52,367
HE WAS OUT HUNTING FOR HOURS.
534
00:29:56,067 --> 00:30:00,567
HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO
MURDER AND RAPE, IN THAT ORDER.
535
00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:10,967
HE WAS CLOSE TO GIVING IT UP
FOR THAT NIGHT
536
00:30:10,967 --> 00:30:13,367
WHEN HE FOUND KITTY GENOVESE.
537
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,233
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
538
00:30:32,567 --> 00:30:34,067
Pelonero: SHE SEES HIM.
539
00:30:37,833 --> 00:30:41,200
AND, AS HE DESCRIBED IT,
SHE WAS FRIGHTENED RIGHT AWAY.
540
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,667
Kitty: [ SCREAMING ]
541
00:30:56,733 --> 00:30:59,267
[ KNIFE PLUNGES ]
542
00:30:59,267 --> 00:31:01,167
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
543
00:31:01,167 --> 00:31:06,067
Cook: HE ATTACKS HER AND STABS
HER MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE BACK,
544
00:31:06,067 --> 00:31:09,633
DEEPLY ENOUGH
TO PUNCTURE ONE OF HER LUNGS.
545
00:31:09,633 --> 00:31:12,067
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
546
00:31:12,067 --> 00:31:14,367
[ THUDDING ]
547
00:31:14,367 --> 00:31:17,400
JOSEPH FINK
SEES THE FIRST ATTACK.
548
00:31:19,467 --> 00:31:22,267
Cook: ROBERT MOZER
LIFTS HIS WINDOW AND YELLS...
549
00:31:22,267 --> 00:31:25,433
HEY! YOU LEAVE
THAT GIRL ALONE!
550
00:31:27,367 --> 00:31:30,100
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
551
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:32,300
Pelonero:
SO, HE RUNS BACK TO HIS CAR,
552
00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:35,067
HE BACKS IT DOWN THE STREET,
AND HE WAITS.
553
00:31:36,867 --> 00:31:38,067
THEN...
554
00:31:43,433 --> 00:31:46,367
...I SAW THE GIRL GET UP.
555
00:31:46,367 --> 00:31:52,200
SO I WAITED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES
FOR THE LIGHTS TO TURN ON.
556
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,467
YOU DIDN'T WONDER IF ANYONE
WAS GONNA CALL THE COPS?
557
00:31:55,467 --> 00:31:57,133
OH, I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T.
558
00:31:57,133 --> 00:31:59,633
PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT STUFF
LATE AT NIGHT.
559
00:31:59,633 --> 00:32:04,233
THEY -- THEY JUST GO BACK
TO SLEEP.
560
00:32:04,233 --> 00:32:06,233
Kitty: [ SOBBING ]
561
00:32:06,233 --> 00:32:09,800
Cook:
SHE'S NOT FATALLY INJURED, BUT SHE DOES HAVE A PUNCTURED LUNG.
562
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,633
SHE CAN'T MAKE AS MUCH NOISE
AS SHE WAS ABLE TO BEFORE.
563
00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:15,067
SHE'S STAGGERING
AROUND THE CORNER...
564
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,400
...WHERE SHE
IS NO LONGER VISIBLE
565
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,667
TO ALL THE PEOPLE
LOOKING OUT THEIR WINDOWS.
566
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,933
[ SOBBING CONTINUES ]
567
00:32:24,933 --> 00:32:27,067
[ DOOR HANDLE RATTLES ]
568
00:32:32,167 --> 00:32:36,100
AT THAT POINT, HE TAKES OFF
THE STOCKING CAP HE WAS WEARING
569
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,533
AND PUTS ON A FEDORA.
570
00:32:38,533 --> 00:32:40,200
HE WANTED TO FINISH THE JOB.
571
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:45,067
KITTY GETS
TO 8262 AUSTIN STREET.
572
00:32:45,067 --> 00:32:48,367
[ Sobbing ]
PLEASE, KARL!
573
00:32:48,367 --> 00:32:52,233
KARL, IT'S KITTY!
I'VE BEEN STABBED!
574
00:32:52,233 --> 00:32:55,733
Pelonero:
AND SHE KNOWS KARL ROSS LIVES UP THE TOP OF THE STAIRS,
575
00:32:55,733 --> 00:32:57,067
AND SHE'S CALLING TO HIM.
576
00:32:57,067 --> 00:32:59,900
[ SOBBING ]
577
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,433
[ THUD ]
578
00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:04,133
[ DOOR OPENS ]
579
00:33:04,133 --> 00:33:07,133
[ SCREAMS ]
OH, GOD! HELP!
580
00:33:07,133 --> 00:33:09,833
Cook: AND THEN
THE MONSTER APPEARS AGAIN.
581
00:33:09,833 --> 00:33:13,267
NO! NO! KARL!
582
00:33:13,267 --> 00:33:17,067
Pelonero:
AND HE POUNCES DOWN ON HER, AND HE STABS HER FIRST IN THE THROAT
583
00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:18,400
TO STOP HER FROM SCREAMING.
584
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,200
THEN HE STABS HER
SEVERAL MORE TIMES.
585
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,733
[ SCREAMING CONTINUES ]
586
00:33:23,733 --> 00:33:25,733
AND HE PROCEEDS TO RAPE KITTY.
587
00:33:25,733 --> 00:33:28,067
[ KNIFE PLUNGING ]
Kitty: [ SOBBING ]
588
00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:41,833
Sang: AND NO ONE SAW YOU
IN THE VESTIBULE WITH HER?
589
00:33:41,833 --> 00:33:44,767
THAT LITTLE MAN WHO LIVED UP
ON TO OF THE STAIRS DID.
590
00:33:49,567 --> 00:33:52,100
[ DOOR OPENS, HINGES CREAK ]
I HEARD THE DOOR OPEN.
591
00:33:56,433 --> 00:33:58,300
I LOOKED UP AT HIM.
592
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,700
[ GASPS ]
593
00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:02,933
HE SHUT THE DOOR
REAL QUICK.
594
00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:13,133
[ MUFFLED SOBBING ]
595
00:34:18,167 --> 00:34:20,700
I WASN'T WORRIED.
HE WASN'T GONNA DO NOTHING.
596
00:34:26,667 --> 00:34:29,200
SIX DAYS
AFTER KITTY WAS MURDERED,
597
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:33,300
THE NYPD HAD FOUND HER KILLER
AND GOTTEN A FULL CONFESSION.
598
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:34,567
PRETTY FAST, RIGHT?
599
00:34:34,567 --> 00:34:36,967
AT THIS POINT,
THE STORY HADN'T GONE MUCH
600
00:34:36,967 --> 00:34:38,467
BEYOND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
IN QUEENS.
601
00:34:38,467 --> 00:34:41,900
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS ONE
OF HUNDREDS OF MURDERS
602
00:34:41,900 --> 00:34:44,667
IN NEW YORK CITY THAT YEAR.
603
00:34:55,467 --> 00:34:59,333
SO, WHY WAS IT
THAT EIGHT MORE DAYS PASSED
604
00:34:59,333 --> 00:35:01,267
AND THEN KITTY GENOVESE'S NAME
605
00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:03,633
IS ON THE LIPS
OF THE ENTIRE CITY?
606
00:35:03,633 --> 00:35:05,567
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
607
00:35:05,567 --> 00:35:10,500
WELL, THAT'S THE PART OF THE
STORY THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD.
608
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:13,067
CHIEF.
ROSENTHAL.
609
00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:15,067
HOW ARE YOU?
DOING WELL. YOURSELF?
610
00:35:15,067 --> 00:35:16,467
GOOD, GOOD.
611
00:35:16,467 --> 00:35:17,900
AND IT ALL BEGAN
612
00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:22,700
WITH A QUIET MEETING
BETWEEN TWO VERY POWERFUL MEN.
613
00:35:27,567 --> 00:35:31,400
Woman:
KITTY GENOVESE WAS MURDERED,
614
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,233
AND HER KILLER WAS CAUGHT
SIX DAYS LATER.
615
00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:36,800
AND NEW YORK CITY
HARDLY NOTICED.
616
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,400
BUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT,
617
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:46,133
SHE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS MURDER
VICTIM IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
618
00:35:46,133 --> 00:35:48,200
10 DAYS AFTER THE MURDER,
619
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,367
THE METROPOLITAN EDITOR
OF THE NEW YORK TIMES,
620
00:35:51,367 --> 00:35:53,267
ABE ROSENTHAL, GOES TO LUNCH
621
00:35:53,267 --> 00:35:55,767
WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
622
00:35:55,767 --> 00:35:56,767
MICHAEL MURPHY.
623
00:35:56,767 --> 00:35:58,067
ROSENTHAL BEGINS TO ASK
624
00:35:58,067 --> 00:36:00,833
ABOUT ANOTHER MURDER CASE
THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN...
625
00:36:00,833 --> 00:36:03,433
I WAS WONDERING WHAT
YOU COULD TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
626
00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:06,067
...AND
THE POLICE COMMISSIONER
627
00:36:06,067 --> 00:36:08,467
WASN'T READY
TO TALK ABOUT THAT CASE.
628
00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:10,267
TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT,
HE SAID,
629
00:36:10,267 --> 00:36:12,767
"BOY, WE HAD A DOOZY OF A CASE
OUT IN QUEENS."
630
00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:16,433
38 WITNESSES
WATCHED A GIRL GET KILLED...
631
00:36:16,433 --> 00:36:19,100
AND NOBODY
TRIED TO SAVE HER.
632
00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:23,067
ROSENTHAL FELT THE HACKLES
ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK RISE UP.
633
00:36:23,067 --> 00:36:24,700
HE KNEW INSTANTLY
634
00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:29,067
THAT THIS WAS A STORY
THAT HE WANTED TO PLAY UP.
635
00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:34,133
Man: HER NEIGHBORS
WATCHED A WOMAN DIE.
636
00:36:34,133 --> 00:36:37,267
SHE RECOGNIZED ONE OF THEM
AND CALLED TO HIM FOR HELP
637
00:36:37,267 --> 00:36:39,167
WHILE SHE WAS BEING STABBED
TO DEATH.
638
00:36:39,167 --> 00:36:40,633
BUT NO ONE ACTED.
639
00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:44,133
Pelonero:
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1964,
640
00:36:44,133 --> 00:36:47,200
THE NEW YORK TIMES PRINTED
A STORY ON THEIR FRONT PAGE.
641
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,833
De May:
AND THE HEADLINE READ,
642
00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:51,767
"37 WHO SAW MURDER
DID NOT CALL THE POLICE."
643
00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:54,633
Woman: THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 38,
BUT EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES
644
00:36:54,633 --> 00:36:58,767
HAD TO ADMIT THAT KARL ROSS HAD
CALLED THE POLICE...EVENTUALLY.
645
00:36:58,767 --> 00:37:00,733
Pelonero: IT SAID
"FOR MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR,
646
00:37:00,733 --> 00:37:03,200
"38 RESPECTABLE, LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS WATCHED
647
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,233
"AS A WOMAN WAS STALKED
AND STABBED
648
00:37:05,233 --> 00:37:06,533
ON THE STREET WHERE SHE LIVED."
649
00:37:06,533 --> 00:37:09,067
IMMEDIATELY, IT WAS PICKED UP
BY OTHER NEWSPAPERS,
650
00:37:09,067 --> 00:37:10,400
AND IT WENT AROUND THE WORLD.
651
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,933
LIFE MAGAZINE SENT A REPORTER.
652
00:37:12,933 --> 00:37:16,567
MIKE WALLACE DID A RADIO SPECIAL
CALLED "THE APATHETIC AMERICAN."
653
00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,167
THE IMAGE THAT WAS PORTRAYED,
654
00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:21,167
BOTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND
OF KEW GARDENS IN PARTICULAR,
655
00:37:21,167 --> 00:37:22,933
WERE PEOPLE HAD BECOME
SO HARDENED
656
00:37:22,933 --> 00:37:24,667
THAT THEY
WERE NO LONGER AFFECTED
657
00:37:24,667 --> 00:37:26,833
BY ORDINARY HUMAN SUFFERING.
658
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:34,367
BUT IT WAS WRONG.
IT WASN'T THE WHOLE STORY.
659
00:37:35,433 --> 00:37:39,067
38 RESPECTABLE, LAW-ABIDING
PEOPLE DID NOT WATCH
660
00:37:39,067 --> 00:37:42,200
A WOMAN BE STALKED AND STABBED
FOR 30 MINUTES.
661
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,400
Pelonero:
GANSBERG WROTE THAT THERE WERE THREE ATTACKS UPON KITTY.
662
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:47,300
Hellman:
THERE WERE TWO ATTACKS.
663
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:50,633
BUT THE REALLY TROUBLING THING,
FROM AN ACCURACY POINT OF VIEW,
664
00:37:50,633 --> 00:37:52,267
IS THE 38 WITNESSES.
665
00:37:52,267 --> 00:37:54,333
EXACTLY WHAT IS A WITNESS?
666
00:37:54,333 --> 00:37:57,533
IS IT SOMEBODY
WHO ACTUALLY SAW THE ATTACK?
667
00:37:57,533 --> 00:37:59,467
Cook:
MANY OF THE "EAR WITNESSES,"
668
00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:01,667
THEY GOT UP AND LOOKED
OUT THE WINDOW.
669
00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:03,333
BY THAT TIME,
THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE.
670
00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:08,400
AND THERE IS THE FALSE
SPECIFICITY OF THE NUMBER 38.
671
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,967
NO ONE HAS KNOWN PRECISELY WHERE
IT CAME FROM FOR HALF A CENTURY.
672
00:38:11,967 --> 00:38:13,733
I BELIEVE I FOUND THE DOCUMENT.
673
00:38:25,767 --> 00:38:31,067
IT IS A COLLECTION
OF THE INITIAL INTERVIEWS.
674
00:38:31,067 --> 00:38:32,967
THERE ARE 38 ENTRIES,
675
00:38:32,967 --> 00:38:36,067
AND I BELIEVE
THAT SOME HARRIED CIVIL SERVANT
676
00:38:36,067 --> 00:38:38,633
GAVE THAT NUMBER
TO COMMISSIONER MURPHY,
677
00:38:38,633 --> 00:38:39,900
WHO GAVE IT TO THE TIMES,
678
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:42,967
AND IT ENTERS AMERICAN HISTORY
FROM THERE.
679
00:38:44,633 --> 00:38:46,167
Kitty: HELP ME!
680
00:38:46,167 --> 00:38:47,633
THE STORY MADE IT SOUND
681
00:38:47,633 --> 00:38:50,100
AS IF WE ALL STOOD AROUND
WATCHING KITTY GET KILLED,
682
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:53,700
LIKE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US
ON A STAGE UNDER A SPOTLIGHT
683
00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:57,067
AND WE TURNED OUR BACKS,
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT WAS.
684
00:38:57,067 --> 00:39:00,400
Cook:
IN 1964, YOU'RE NOT CALLING 911.
685
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,300
YOU'RE CALLING AND GETTING
SOME DESK SERGEANT,
686
00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,100
AND YOU MAY WELL BE INVITED
TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
687
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:06,967
SERGEANT: I don't have time
for this.
688
00:39:06,967 --> 00:39:08,367
THE 911 EMERGENCY-PHONE SYSTEM
689
00:39:08,367 --> 00:39:11,600
GREW FROM THE OUTCRY
OVER KITTY'S MURDER.
690
00:39:14,133 --> 00:39:16,100
AND THEN THERE WERE PEOPLE
LIKE THE KOSHKINS.
691
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:17,367
THEY WANTED TO HELP
692
00:39:17,367 --> 00:39:19,600
BUT THOUGHT SURELY SOMEONE ELSE
ALREADY DID.
693
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,267
I'M CALLING THE POLICE.
694
00:39:21,267 --> 00:39:24,767
De May:
IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING, A NUMBER OF SPECIALISTS BEGAN STUDIES
695
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:26,367
TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY
696
00:39:26,367 --> 00:39:28,300
WOULD CAUSE BYSTANDERS
TO FAIL TO INTERVENE.
697
00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,300
AND THE THEORIES THAT DEVELOPED
FROM THOSE STUDIES
698
00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:33,867
CAME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE BYSTANDER EFFECT,
699
00:39:33,867 --> 00:39:35,833
ALSO KNOWN
AS THE GENOVESE SYNDROME.
700
00:39:35,833 --> 00:39:39,533
THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT
WHEN A PERSON IS IN PERIL,
701
00:39:39,533 --> 00:39:42,400
THE LESS CHANCE THAT PERSON HAS
OF BEING HELPED.
702
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,967
De May: THE IDEA IS THAT
"SOMEONE WILL CALL THE POLICE.
703
00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,200
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ME."
704
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,733
AND PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY
TO THINK
705
00:39:48,733 --> 00:39:50,400
THAT IF NO ONE ELSE IS HELPING,
706
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,767
MAYBE THE PERSON
REALLY DOESN'T NEED HELP.
707
00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:58,067
SO, IT'S MUCH MORE
ABOUT SOCIAL INHIBITION
708
00:39:58,067 --> 00:39:59,367
THAN IT IS ABOUT APATHY.
709
00:40:00,967 --> 00:40:03,833
IT WAS THE DESPICABLE BEHAVIOR
OF TWO MEN
710
00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:05,500
THAT WE ALL GOT BLAMED FOR.
711
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:09,367
AND EVEN THEN, IF YOU LOOK
AT IT FROM ANOTHER ANGLE,
712
00:40:09,367 --> 00:40:13,167
KARL ROSS' BEHAVIOR
MADE A KIND OF SENSE.
713
00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:14,833
IT'S LIKELY
THAT KARL ROSS WAS GAY.
714
00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:17,067
THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE
A REASON
715
00:40:17,067 --> 00:40:18,967
NOT TO WANT TO CALL THE POLICE.
716
00:40:18,967 --> 00:40:21,667
Austin: THE POLICE HARASSED
THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY.
717
00:40:21,667 --> 00:40:22,867
Kitty: [ SOBBING ]
718
00:40:22,867 --> 00:40:24,800
SO HE'S AFRAID
TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
719
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,267
[ SOBBING, SCREAMING ]
720
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,767
AND THE REAL INSULT
TO ALL OF US
721
00:40:34,767 --> 00:40:38,300
WAS THE ONE PERSON
THE PAPER DIDN'T MENTION.
722
00:40:42,133 --> 00:40:45,533
THE PHONE RINGS,
AND IT WAS A NEIGHBOR.
723
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:58,000
MY MOM STARTED TO RUN PAST ME
SAYING THAT KITTY WAS BLEEDING.
724
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,767
SOPHIE FARRAR,
WHO IS ALL OF 4'11" TALL --
725
00:41:01,767 --> 00:41:04,333
FOR ALL SHE KNOWS,
THERE IS A MURDER IN PROGRESS
726
00:41:04,333 --> 00:41:06,233
AND SHE'S RUNNING
STRAIGHT TO IT.
727
00:41:06,233 --> 00:41:09,967
HER HUSBAND IS STILL TRYING TO
GET HIS PANTS ON AND FOLLOW HER.
728
00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:11,267
SHE DIDN'T HESITATE.
729
00:41:11,267 --> 00:41:14,700
OH, MY GOD.
KITTY, WHAT HAPPENED? KITTY?
730
00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:16,767
[ SOBBING ]
IT'S -- IT'S SOPHIE. I'M HERE.
731
00:41:16,767 --> 00:41:20,367
WHEN SOPHIE FARRAR LEANS DOWN
AND PUTS HER ARMS AROUND KITTY,
732
00:41:20,367 --> 00:41:22,700
KITTY, IN HER LAST MOMENTS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
733
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:25,933
IS WAVING HER HANDS,
STILL TRYING TO FIGHT HER OFF.
734
00:41:25,933 --> 00:41:29,567
Sophie: KARL! KARL!
735
00:41:29,567 --> 00:41:33,067
[ Sobbing ]
KARL, ARE YOU UP THERE?
736
00:41:33,067 --> 00:41:34,200
CALL THE POLICE!
737
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,233
SOPHIE?
738
00:41:36,233 --> 00:41:39,733
De May: SHE ORDERED KARL ROSS
TO CALL THE POLICE.
739
00:41:41,367 --> 00:41:43,400
AND THAT WAS
WHAT FINALLY MADE HIM DO SO.
740
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:48,167
I'M HERE. SOPHIE'S HERE.
SOPHIE'S HERE. IT'S OKAY.
741
00:41:48,167 --> 00:41:52,333
Michael: MY MOM WAS CRADLING HER
UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED.
742
00:41:54,333 --> 00:41:56,367
[ SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE ]
743
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,900
[ INTRO TO DAVE VAN RONK'S "HE
WAS A FRIEND OF MINE" PLAYS ]
744
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:06,100
Cook: KITTY GENOVESE FITS
THE ROLE AS URBAN MARTYR.
745
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:09,933
THAT SOMEHOW TEACHES SOCIETY
A LESSON ABOUT APATHY --
746
00:42:09,933 --> 00:42:11,700
LET'S NOT BE APATHETIC.
747
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:13,933
I DON'T BELIEVE
748
00:42:13,933 --> 00:42:17,467
THAT KITTY GENOVESE
HAS TO BE SYMBOLIC OF SOMETHING.
749
00:42:17,467 --> 00:42:20,633
I DON'T THINK SHE DIED TO TEACH
THE REST OF US A LESSON.
750
00:42:20,633 --> 00:42:24,167
APATHY DID NOT KILL
KITTY GENOVESE.
751
00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:29,300
A MONSTER NAMED WINSTON MOSELEY
KILLED KITTY GENOVESE.
752
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:34,533
* HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
753
00:42:34,533 --> 00:42:36,367
KITTY BECAME FAMOUS FOR BEING
754
00:42:36,367 --> 00:42:39,100
THE WOMAN WHOSE CALLOUS
NEIGHBORS WATCHED HER DIE --
755
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:44,200
A WOMAN NO ONE CARED ABOUT,
NOT EVEN IN HER DARKEST HOUR.
756
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,700
BUT KITTY WAS MORE THAN THAT.
757
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:49,833
SHE WAS AS FULL
OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
758
00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:51,233
AS ANY WOMAN.
759
00:42:51,233 --> 00:42:53,833
SHE LOVED AND WAS LOVED,
760
00:42:53,833 --> 00:42:56,933
AND SHE DESERVES BETTER
FROM US NOW.
761
00:42:56,933 --> 00:43:02,300
* ...WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
762
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,600
* WHEN I HEAR HIS NAME *
763
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:10,367
* YOU KNOW,
I JUST CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING *
764
00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:17,167
* HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
765
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:28,067
* HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE *
766
00:43:28,117 --> 00:43:32,667
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