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tonight on unsolved mysteries eighteen
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year old Brian Eisen fouled settle for
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college eager to pursue his dream of
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becoming an architect then he suddenly
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vanished his boot was discovered several
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months later what happened to Brian it
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was a scene of one of the most infamous
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unsolved murders in US history
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now many believe Lizzie Borden's house
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is haunted
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has a ghostly entity but turned from the
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dead to tell us who committed the crime
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a young woman takes off on a
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cross-country journey following in the
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footsteps of beat poet Jack Kerouac nine
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days later her Jeep is found destroyed
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in a remote mountain region and there
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was no sign of her anywhere
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on a deserted stretch of highway in
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Eastern Kentucky a high-speed police
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chase suddenly turns into a violent
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shootout this man is brought in for the
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attempted murder of a sheriff's deputy
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and authorities need your help to bring
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him to justice for mysteries that have
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no explanation
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perhaps our answers perhaps there are
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only questions join me for this
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fascinating edition unsolved mysteries
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every autumn the ritual is the same
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Paris breaking the ties at mind sending
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their sons and daughters off to college
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for the first time I hopes for their
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children are tempered by concern that
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they can cope on their own amen in the
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fall of 1996 18 year old Brian Eisen
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fell left his New Jersey home for Roger
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Williams University in Rhode Island he
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looked forward to earning a degree in
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architecture as Brian had grown up he
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rarely ventured outside the safe
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confines of his Family Circle yet he
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wrote in his high-school yearbook that
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his dream was to make a difference in
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the world now he was setting off in
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pursuit of that dream during his second
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semester at Roger Williams University
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Brian left his afternoon literature
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class then he inexplicably vanished
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six months later on a serene Labor Day
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weekend laurie veils and her daughter
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chelsea stroll on Hog Island beach just
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a few miles from the University I
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noticed a shoe on the sand that was at
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the high tide line and I just kind of
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poked the the shoe with my stick and it
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seemed hard like something had been
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stuck inside the shoe I realized there
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was like a white very shiny white almost
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plastic looking smooth surface and
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around it like a fleshy substance so I
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knew right at that point that there was
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a foot inside the shoe DNA test
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determined the foot and a shin bone
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found close by were those of Brian Eisen
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film authorities found no other remains
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but could only conclude that Brian was
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dead when it was announced that the
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bones were possibly Brian's it gave us
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some kind of relief knowing that he
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didn't just wander off but to lose
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someone that you love so much is very
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hard it's a catastrophic event it
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changes your life forever you know you
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go on and you're never the same again
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your piece of what you used to be
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brian isin felt often sought solitude
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here less than a mile from his campus
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dormitory intelligent and introspective
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he had a passion for poetry he was
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well-liked yet had few close friends
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from the day he vanished On February 6
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1997
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no one could seem to agree what happened
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some believe he may have slipped and
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fell from his favorite seaside haunt
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drowning just offshore others thought he
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might have been distraught and
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deliberately leaped from Mount Hope
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Bridge under cover of darkness but the
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most disturbing possibility was that an
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unknown assailant killed Brian then
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dumped his body in the cold Atlantic
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waters what really happened to Brian
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Eisen filled largely based on the fact
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that we have not uncovered any evidence
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whatsoever of foul play we're inclined
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to believe this this perhaps may have
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been a suicide
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I don't think Brian would commit suicide
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I don't think he did commit suicide
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there's no evidence of that there's
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never been any evidence of that it's all
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theory and an accident I guess it's
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possible but in my heart my gut I don't
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think that was the case I believe Brian
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was murdered to this day I believe Brian
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was murdered in a search for answers
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investigators try to reconstruct Brian's
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brief term at Roger Williams University
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from the beginning his life there was a
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struggle
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Brian's academic career in high school
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came very easily for him this was much
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more of a challenge and with it being
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his first time away from home he missed
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his family that he was so close to and I
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don't think he realized how much his
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family meant to him until he actually
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went away so I think Brian was homesick
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he didn't do very well that forced mr.
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briney
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his grades kind of plummeted
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investigators believe Brian's difficult
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transition to life on his own
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might have driven him to commit suicide
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with something more sinister may have
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led to his disappearance
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something that surfaced from the shadowy
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corners of his private life midnight
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January 30th 1997 today that you have to
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come up and get me just by the
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inflection of his voice I knew that he
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was the crisis mode I knew that he was
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scared and he said this kid is
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threatening me harassing me on the phone
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was threatening to get on campus it's
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written in to beat him up he said that
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he could get to him anytime he wanted
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and I thought if this kid can get on the
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campus then security has to know about
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it Brian
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campus security called the student
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advisor in Brian's dormitory the
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threatening calls Brian said were from a
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student he knew but was no longer
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attending the University what motivated
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the corner however Brian was either
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unable or unwilling to say okay but
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Brian now see more trouble than ever
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after he left his literature class on
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February 6th he was never seen alive
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again
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six days would pass however before his
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absence was deemed suspicious once
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notified by the University Brian's
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father instantly set out on the
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five-hour drive from New Jersey when I
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heard that that my son you know that
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Brian was missing for a week two things
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happened in my mind when I go through a
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state of disbelief and shock and the
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other thing is I got to find him
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I got to get involved I have to see what
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the hell happened
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of course Brian's room nothing's changed
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it's exactly the way we found it
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well still heresies it's the middle of
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the winter it looked like he stepped out
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to get a soda or go to dinner or
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something it looked like I should wait
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and he's gonna show up again but it was
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seven days it was a week since he
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disappeared so I knew he wasn't coming
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back to the room
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Brian's Paras believe the former student
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who allegedly Menace Brian over the
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phone may have carried out his threat
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investigators discovered his identity
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and learned that he and Brian had been
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close friends during his first semester
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reporter Jody Erickson wrote a series of
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articles about Brian's disappearance
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Brian being unsure of himself having
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some freshman jitters really seemed to
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gravitate toward this one student I
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dunno just from talking to Brian's
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parents and reading some of Brian's
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poetry that he did seem to be a young
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man who was questioning his sexuality
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and while I am not sure whether it was
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an overt homosexual relationship I do
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think that there were undertones of that
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whatever the nature of their friendship
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it abruptly ended for reasons known only
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to Brian and his friend certainly one of
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the theories that I've explored is that
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this former student was going to expose
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his relationship with Brian that there
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were certain things that Brian didn't
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want his parents to know didn't want his
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hometown to know and that his
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homosexuality could have been one of
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them was it possible that Brian was gay
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well I guess it's possible he would not
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say what soured their relationship he
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would not tell me anything in
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relationship to the relationship with
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the former student that Brian took his
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own life unable to face public exposure
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that he was gay or did his turbulent
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friendship lead to his murder the former
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student in my opinion had something to
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do with Brian's death he may not have
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been actual person to have done him in
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but I think he had something to do with
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Brian's death we were able to
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meet with that individual conduct a
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comprehensive interview of him and we
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are fully satisfied that that person had
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absolutely no responsibility in in the
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disappearance of Brian nice and felt
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more than four years have passed since
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Brian's disappearance for Brian's
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parents for years filled with pain and
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unanswered questions it's every parent's
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worst nightmare if it happened to us it
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could happen to you
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your child your daughter your son your
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nephew
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it could happen to you I know somebody
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knows something they're just afraid to
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talk and I don't know why but they are
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afraid to talk they're afraid to come
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forward somebody has to know something
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about Brian if you ever find yourself in
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Fall River Massachusetts you might
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consider staying in this quaint country
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inn or you might not the Lizzie Borden
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Bed and Breakfasts
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the scene of one of the most gruesome
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unsolved mysteries in US history is now
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open for business visitors can enjoy an
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informative chat about the sadistic
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murders about eating a breakfast of
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Johnny cakes and mutton broth the same
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meal Abbi and andrew borden ate on their
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final day
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guests can then linger in the parlor our
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Andrews head received 11 unexpected
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blows from an axe and after a long day
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of sightseeing you can drift off to
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sleep in the same bedroom where Abby
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Borden's pummelled body was discovered
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lifeless on the floor some of the guests
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do try to figure out you know who did it
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not surprisingly most people do not
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sleep easily there are numerous reports
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that the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast
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is haunted
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I think the apparitions and all the
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activity that has been happening in the
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house is a possibility that the spirits
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were trying to communicate through
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myself my staff or my guess of who
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really committed the murders so they can
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rest in peace put the story to sleep but
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once and for all on August 4th 1892
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wealthy businessman Andrew Borden and
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his wife Fabio brutally hacked to death
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in their home Andrews 32 year old
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spinster daughter Lizzie was arrested
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for the double murder her trial however
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ended an acquittal and to this day
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nobody knows who committed the savage
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crime nobody that is except for the
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victims themselves and the murderer all
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of whom are long since dead are are they
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in 1968 Martha McGann moved into the
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Borden house which had been purchased by
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her grandparents 43 years earlier
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according to Martha she soon became
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aware of an unsettling presence working
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in the shadows of the aging building
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when I was about 16 years old I was in
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my bedroom
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reading a book and above my room I could
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distinctly hear footsteps and the sound
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of like Marvel's being played and it
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almost sounded like little children's
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laughter shortly thereafter
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Martha witness another strange
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phenomenon this one far more disturbing
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than the last I went up the stairway in
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the window at the end of the second
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floor car duck just began opening and
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slamming shut it was just violently
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going up and down I got the creepy
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crawlies that time Martha became
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convinced that a ghost was prowling her
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home tormenting her at every opportunity
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but who and why
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the answer to that question may have
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come when Martha made the mistake of
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entering the basement alone here legend
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holds is where Lizzie hid the axe
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she used to butcher her stepmother and
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father a shadow sort of like a
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silhouette floated many four inches
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above the floor I could tell it was a
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woman I could tell it was Victorian
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clothes
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I just turned around and ran back up the
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stairs
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that experience really did frighten me
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that actually did make my hair stand on
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end I didn't really want to tell anyone
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I you know just didn't think they'd
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believe it and I didn't want them to
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think I was crazy or figment of my
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amendment my imagination because I
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really did see this happening
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Martha's own terrifying experiences were
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about to be confirmed in 1994 she
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inherited the Borden house and decided
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to capitalize on his infamous reputation
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by turning it into a very unusual
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bed-and-breakfast
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using crime-scene photos
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Martha replicated the homes exact
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condition on the day of the murders when
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we first opened I had hired my staff
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most of them at the time did not believe
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in ghosts or apparitions or anything
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like that and then odd things started
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happening to them
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I arrived at work to stop cleaning the
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house and you know making beds I was on
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my last room which was the guest room
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and I had made the bed clean adjusted
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and everything and then I turned around
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and there was the perfect impression of
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somebody laying on the bed they indent
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in the pillow in the bed I looked at it
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for like a couple of seconds and then I
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booked it out of the room I had to leave
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I I was just this scared me because I'd
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never seen anything like that before in
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my life
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Carrie was white as a ghost forgive the
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pun but she was really pale and I
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couldn't get her back in not even to get
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her paycheck she would not come in the
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house over a century ago in this guest
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room Abby Borden received 19 hacks to
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her face summer convinced that Abby is
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now trying to communicate with the
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living Andrew Borden was killed in the
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downstairs parlor his half sitting half
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lying body slumped across the Victorian
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sofa
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here employees report seeing a strange
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apparition perhaps Andrew vainly trying
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to seek human form I was sitting in the
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Paulo and on the phone and this strange
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feeling came over me a very eerie
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feeling hi Sally
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it's Eleanor when I looked up to the
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kitchen door I saw what I thought was
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all this smoke coming out of a kitchen
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like a foggy smoke
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there's smoke coming out of the kitchen
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and I thought to myself well that's
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strange there isn't anybody in the
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kitchen cooking why would all the smoke
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be coming out no no one was there is it
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the way it traveled very slow very slow
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until it got to the sofa where mr.
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Borden was hacked to death and it just
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dissipated very slowly it dissipated I'm
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freaking this is too weird I was alone
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in the house so I know I saw something
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that was so out of this world it wasn't
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from this world that's for sure what's
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going on in the house today
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in terms of things that people are
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experiencing and seeing and hearing
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certainly has a lot to do with the fact
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that a violent emotional act went on
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here also because it's an unsolved
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mysteries means it's definitely here to
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stay
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also and ghost hunter Catherine Rams
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--lens believes that Andrew and Abby
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Borden are trying to tell us who killed
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them so far unsuccessfully hoping to
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document the paranormal activity at the
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Borden house Catherine and the house
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employee headed to the basement armed
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with a voice-activated recorder we went
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down there and it's very dark and I just
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simply said is anybody here and we could
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see that the recorder was activated that
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we could hear nothing it was absolute
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silence and it was clear something was
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being recorded
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so I decided instead of asking any more
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questions I would just see what we had
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gotten we shot up the steps yes we put
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sting down there with that whatever it
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was a noise from the dead or static
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electricity no one knows for sure
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Katherine ramzan feels that recording is
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a first solid evidence that Abby and
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Andrew Borden are ready to share the
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chilling circumstances of their bloody
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end as for Lizzie following her
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acquittal she use her inheritance to buy
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a mansion and a fashionable district of
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Fall River her final years were spent in
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seclusion ostracized by the surrounding
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community
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she died in 1927 at the age of 67 but
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those who work and live at 92 second
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Street believe it Lizzie has returned
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home they claim that Lizzie Abby and
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Andrew still walked these halls and
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haunt these rooms chained forever to
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this place by the horrific events of
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over a century ago and some speculate
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that maybe just maybe one of them will
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tell us what really happened on August
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4th 1892
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two joggers in Mount Baker National
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Forest in Washington State notice a
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piece of clothing dangling from a tree
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branch honey there's a shirt or
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something up there that's weird
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see anyone around no someone crashed
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down there
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a jeep has punched over a steep
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embankment inside the car are a passport
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money and clothing but there is no sign
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of anyone nor any indication that
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someone has been injured when you find
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there police traced the Jeep to 23 year
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old college student Leo Roberts who left
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her home in Raleigh North Carolina nine
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days earlier without telling anybody
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where she was going
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I found out that her car had been found
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here she is the whole opposite side of
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the country haven't heard from her in
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nine days and her car shows up with no
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sign of Leah so needless to say I was
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really really worried
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the discovery of Lea Roberts Jeep has
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only deepened the mystery surrounding
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her disappearance there are a few clues
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authorities cannot even say for certain
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if Lea was in her car when it crashed
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only one thing is certain
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Lea Roberts embarked on a cross-country
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journey of self-discovery her friends
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and family are still waiting for her to
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come home
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Lea is you know just a very awesome
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person everybody that meets her likes
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are very personable great smile but um
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you know she was kind of private also
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definitely like very sweet and nice but
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it took a while to get to know her when
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Lea Roberts was in her early 20s she
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experienced a series of tragedies that
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would forever influence her outlook on
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life first her mother died unexpectedly
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then Lea was in a near-fatal car
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accident and finally after a long
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illness her father passed away I think
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that all of those things together had
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the cumulative effect of making Lea even
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more introspective
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and probably more aware that although
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she didn't know what she wanted to do I
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think she was unhappy that she wasn't
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achieving it Lea found solace on the
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writings of Jack Kerouac the famous Beat
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Generation poet often wrote about the
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free-spirited road trips he took during
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the 1950's
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leah was especially enamored by the
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Dharma bums a story that encourages the
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reader to leave behind the materialism
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of modern life part of that book takes
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place at a fire lookout on desolation
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peak near Mount Baker in Washington
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State from the last conversation that we
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had we were talking about Dharma bombs
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when Kerouac talks about you know being
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alone on desolation peak and and about
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how the Kerouac was up on desolation
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peak just taking in all the beauty
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around him I'd love to go to desolation
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peak she was talking about wanting to go
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up on desolation Peak and how that she
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really wanted to go off by herself and
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figure a lot of things out and figure
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out what kind of person she wanted to be
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because she really didn't know anymore
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just three months before she would
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graduate from college with a degree in
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Spanish
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it appears that Lia Roberts secretly
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decided to turn her dream into a reality
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Lia packed up most of her cherished
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belongings and her cat Bea then took off
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for desolation Peak 3,000 miles across
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the country the way we first heard that
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she had left was it had been a period of
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like four days where we hadn't seen her
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and we began to worry and we called
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people family called friends know what I
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heard from her
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Lia's family and friends filed a
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missing-persons report and check bank
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records for any activity on her account
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Lea had made several cash withdrawals
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tracing a route towards the west coast
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it took her only three days to make it
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to Oregon the day after we filed the
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missing-persons report I went over to
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Leah's house just to kind of check
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through things see if I could find any
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clue or whatnot you know just something
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to give me an answer amid the clutter on
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Leah's dresser Kara discovered a cryptic
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note this is to cover bills while I'm
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gone remember everyone is together in
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thoughts and prayers and time passes
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quickly have faith in me yourself
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everyone last night said I'm not
00:28:20
suicidal I'm the opposite remember jack
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kerouac say that kind of right there is
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an allusion to Kerouac and that might be
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part of her trip five days later Leah's
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Jeep was discovered in Mount Baker
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National Forest
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100 miles from desolation peak but leah
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was nowhere to be found
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there were several alarming and
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contradictory aspects to the crash scene
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authorities estimate that the car was
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traveling at 40 miles per hour when it
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plunged over the embankment in all
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likelihood the driver would have been
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seriously injured well with the speed
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that the vehicle was traveling and the
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amount of damage to the vehicle you
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would anticipate some type of injury to
00:29:12
the person inside if there was no injury
00:29:15
to the person inside at least some type
00:29:16
of evidence to indicate contact damage
00:29:19
that the person had been inside the
00:29:21
vehicle but none of those signs were
00:29:24
evident
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look at this there was also no blood
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inside the Jeepers in the surrounding
00:29:31
area investigators were forced to
00:29:33
consider whether the car was unoccupied
00:29:35
when I went over the hill but that
00:29:38
scenario also turned out to be
00:29:40
problematic there's nothing to indicate
00:29:43
the wheel was tied and that was pushed
00:29:45
off the road and we couldn't find any
00:29:47
marks on the back they indicate anybody
00:29:49
had pushed it to where it was if you had
00:29:53
somebody driving the vehicle and they
00:29:54
jumped out you could have taken your
00:29:56
life into your own hands trying to jump
00:29:58
out of the vehicle at that speed police
00:30:02
now had strong evidence has supported
00:30:04
two opposite conclusions someone had to
00:30:07
be driving the Jeep when it crashed and
00:30:09
no one could have driven over the
00:30:10
embankment without leaving behind signs
00:30:13
of an injury to make matters even more
00:30:16
confusing blanka's had been placed in
00:30:19
the vehicles shattered windows it
00:30:21
appeared that someone had used the car
00:30:23
as a shelter after the accident you guys
00:30:26
seen anything give us a call on the
00:30:27
radio a search of the surrounding area
00:30:30
was immediately undertaken we brought in
00:30:34
dogs who brought in search and rescue
00:30:37
and did a complete grid search up and
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down the road and they weren't able to
00:30:42
find any indication that aimed I had
00:30:44
left that vehicle the Jeep was taken to
00:30:49
a police garage and further examined it
00:30:52
was full of Lea's personal belongings a
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large amount of cash
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an empty cat carrier on a diamond ring
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and Lea's mother's diamond engagement
00:31:00
ring as long as I've known Lea she has
00:31:04
worn her mother's engagement ring and it
00:31:06
was her most prized possession and when
00:31:09
we discovered that the ring had been
00:31:10
found in the car it was definitely for
00:31:14
me it was kind of a bad sign
00:31:19
what happened to Lia Roberts was she
00:31:22
even in her Jeep on it crushed if she
00:31:26
was why was there no sign of her being
00:31:28
hurt and finally why would she leave
00:31:32
behind everything that she cared most
00:31:34
about in this world perhaps Lia did
00:31:39
accidentally drive off the road but
00:31:41
survived relatively unscathed
00:31:43
she then would have been stranded in one
00:31:45
of the most remote wilderness regions in
00:31:47
the country Lia may have presented an
00:31:50
irresistible target for a killer you
00:31:54
can't rule out foul play when you don't
00:31:56
see somebody for over a year but there's
00:32:00
no evidence to indicate that that has
00:32:02
happened we did process the vehicle for
00:32:05
you know your typical evidence hairs and
00:32:08
fibers and blood and nothing you know
00:32:11
nothing to indicate that that's happened
00:32:14
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or maybe the lack of blood at the crash
00:32:19
site indicates that Lee has suffered an
00:32:21
internal injury conceivably a
00:32:24
debilitating head injury could she now
00:32:27
be walking the streets with no memory of
00:32:29
who she is or where she came from there
00:32:34
is a third possibility deadlier roberts
00:32:37
inspired by her favorite author Jack
00:32:39
Kerouac leave her former life behind and
00:32:43
one final dramatic gesture I can
00:32:46
understand Lee is needing to get away
00:32:48
and find some peace within herself but
00:32:53
considering the loss that our families
00:32:56
experienced it's difficult for me to
00:32:59
think that that she would leave us open
00:33:03
for another loss like this it's
00:33:06
difficult to imagine her wanting to
00:33:08
distance herself from her family for as
00:33:10
long as she has but of course you don't
00:33:13
want to imagine the negative things that
00:33:15
could have happened you don't ever know
00:33:18
what someone's thinking in their head no
00:33:20
matter what they tell you you still
00:33:21
don't know not 100% you never know
00:33:24
that's why none of this makes sense to
00:33:27
anybody it's so out of character for her
00:33:30
in some ways and then in some ways it's
00:33:32
not
00:33:39
one week after lia robbers jeep was
00:33:42
found an anonymous tipster called
00:33:44
investigators and reported that his wife
00:33:46
had just seen lee at a gas station 30
00:33:49
miles from seattle Lee appeared confused
00:33:52
and disoriented but before authorities
00:33:54
could obtain further information from
00:33:56
the witness he panicked and hung up the
00:33:58
phone the police are now asking for your
00:34:02
help
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Lea Roberts is 5 feet 6 weighs 130
00:34:10
pounds and has sandy blond hair she has
00:34:12
a beauty mark on her right upper lip and
00:34:14
a surgical scar on her right hip
00:34:24
rural Kentucky a kind of homespun place
00:34:27
for most folks are downright neighborly
00:34:30
on a quiet Sunday evening in October
00:34:33
Bell County sheriff's deputy Scott elder
00:34:35
was taking a break during a routine
00:34:37
patrol pickup truck suddenly spent by
00:34:40
with both tail lights up deputy elder
00:34:46
had no idea he was behind the wheel or
00:34:48
that all hell was about to break loose
00:34:52
when I came up behind he was driving
00:34:54
fine the only thing that I've directed
00:34:56
my team to was and I'll tell lies I
00:34:59
caught up with it it was a camouflage
00:35:01
truck Kentucky militia on the bag I had
00:35:04
no idea what that was I just didn't know
00:35:07
that's when I made the traffic stop good
00:35:13
evening sir evening I'm deputy elder
00:35:15
with the Bell County Sheriff's Office
00:35:17
hey deputy elder reason I stopped is
00:35:19
your taillights are on that first deputy
00:35:21
elder saw no reason for concern the
00:35:24
drivers seemed friendly enough and he
00:35:26
agreed to take care of the problem right
00:35:28
away and get that fixed thank you for
00:35:31
telling me about that sir but then
00:35:32
everything change
00:35:34
however I do need to see your driver's
00:35:35
license to make sure it's balanced no
00:35:37
you don't need to see my license sir I
00:35:39
do and the reason you don't need to see
00:35:40
this because I'm a member of the
00:35:41
Kentucky state militia he started
00:35:43
getting very agitated started turning
00:35:45
real red he was started yelling that's
00:35:50
when I caught the glimpse of a pistol
00:35:52
magazine to the window I kept screaming
00:36:03
at him step out of the truck step out of
00:36:05
the truck and that's when he threw it in
00:36:07
drive and he took off
00:36:09
I just couldn't believe this was going
00:36:14
on you know it's a Sunday supposed to be
00:36:16
dead shift you know not anymore
00:36:22
careening along Route 25 the two
00:36:24
vehicles were locked in a dangerous
00:36:26
high-speed cat-and-mouse game when the
00:36:29
prey suddenly became the predatory he
00:36:33
turned a u-turn and came back at the
00:36:35
cruiser
00:36:39
when he stops I'm back my crews rub
00:36:44
the swerved missed him and he whipped it
00:36:47
back around
00:36:49
he was chasing me at that point in time
00:36:55
and I was on the radio and I was telling
00:36:57
this budget said he's chasing me and I
00:37:01
don't know what he's trying to do I said
00:37:02
this guy's crazy but he's chasing me it
00:37:06
was a bizarre scene that quickly shifted
00:37:08
from dangerous to deadly with a deputy
00:37:11
now under siege then with bullets flying
00:37:21
in his life on the line
00:37:22
deputy elder turned the tables again
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moments later he was bearing down on the
00:37:35
truck and the driver suddenly slammed on
00:37:37
his brakes and jumped from the vehicle
00:37:49
according to police a wild shooting
00:37:52
spree ensued the enraged gunman unloaded
00:37:57
more than 30 rounds and peeled off down
00:38:00
the highway
00:38:02
deputy elder fired back but the truck
00:38:05
was a moving target and quickly
00:38:07
disappeared into the night I was shaking
00:38:11
I didn't know whether to cry or scream
00:38:15
get mad you know I didn't know what to
00:38:18
do I just didn't know what to think you
00:38:20
know what the hell happened
00:38:24
deputy Elder was still in shock the next
00:38:26
morning when at least part of the puzzle
00:38:28
fell into place
00:38:31
authorities discovered the gunman's
00:38:33
vehicle abandoned in the backwoods they
00:38:37
identified the owner as 55 year old
00:38:39
Steven Howard Anderson in the back of
00:38:43
Anderson's truck
00:38:44
sheriff's deputies claimed they found
00:38:45
enough weapons and ammo to equip a small
00:38:48
army there were six pipe violently found
00:38:51
in the cab of the vehicle
00:38:52
there was a semi-automatic rifle over
00:38:54
nine thousand rounds of ammunition of
00:38:57
various calibers found in the back of
00:39:00
the vehicle in a camper and the result
00:39:02
their survival gear and clothing and
00:39:04
some food as well given the mindset that
00:39:07
we believe Steven Anderson has when you
00:39:09
see that type of weaponry it poses a
00:39:11
serious threat to property and people
00:39:16
further investigation revealed Steven
00:39:18
Anderson apparently did have ties with
00:39:20
the civilian paramilitary group known as
00:39:22
a Kentucky state militia an organization
00:39:25
not sanctioned by any government body is
00:39:28
stated mission to protect and defend the
00:39:30
US Constitution from all enemies foreign
00:39:32
and domestic
00:39:33
but according to law enforcement
00:39:35
officials some members can be fanatical
00:39:38
and dangerous
00:39:41
even when compared to the group's
00:39:43
extreme element Stephen Anderson was
00:39:46
considered a loose cannon in fact a
00:39:49
short time before the shoot up with
00:39:50
deputy elder Anderson had been booted
00:39:53
out of the militia
00:39:56
stabler dismissal for conduct unbecoming
00:39:58
his agenda would be to do the second
00:40:02
revolution now in our opinion it's not
00:40:06
time legislative process and Kentucky
00:40:09
still works when that system ceased to
00:40:13
function then it's time for a revolution
00:40:19
what Steven Anderson poison launched his
00:40:21
own private war authorities were anxious
00:40:25
to find out after obtaining a search
00:40:29
warrant they uncovered another huge
00:40:31
cache of weapons and explosives on
00:40:33
Anderson's property more pipe bombs
00:40:37
grenades machine guns and approximately
00:40:40
12,000 rounds of ammunition Aegis also
00:40:45
found a low-powered ham radio
00:40:47
transmitter allegedly used by Anderson
00:40:50
to broadcast hate-filled vendetta's
00:40:51
against the establishment in fact just
00:40:58
five days before the shootout with
00:41:00
deputy Anderson acted out an eerily
00:41:03
similar scenario to the actual encounter
00:41:30
- deputy elder Anderson's chilling words
00:41:33
were shocking and scary I had no idea
00:41:37
that he had done that you know there's
00:41:40
no doubt in my mind now that he had at
00:41:42
plan good evening sir
00:41:43
evening any police officer that come in
00:41:45
contact with him that's what was gonna
00:41:47
happen there was gonna be a shootout no
00:41:52
matter what Stephen Anderson is still on
00:41:56
the run and authorities need your help
00:41:58
to bring him to justice it's quite
00:42:01
possible that when Steven Anderson
00:42:03
abandoned his vehicle he may have hid in
00:42:05
the woods for a period of time and
00:42:06
either sought out or received help from
00:42:09
people in the area Stephen Anderson is
00:42:12
wanted by the Kentucky State Police for
00:42:14
the attempted murder of deputy Scott
00:42:15
elder he is also wanted by the ATF the
00:42:20
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
00:42:22
for violation of federal Xplosive laws
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stories without endings stories a defier
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imagination stories were you may have
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that one vital clue
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next time on unsolved mysteries
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