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Frankenstein

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Episode 3 Victor

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Frankenstein's brother is murdered and

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a suspect is on trial.

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Hello, I'm scientist

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Victor Frankenstein. Well,

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I used to be a scientist, but

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I came to hate everything about

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my job.

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I

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was back in the town where I was

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born, Geneva, after

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six years at university in Germany.

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I

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was brought back by bad news

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in my father's letter. I

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found him and my sweet

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Elizabeth very upset. My

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young brother William had been killed.

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How? By whom?

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The police were there too. We're

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doing everything we can to find who killed your son,

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Mr. Alphonse Frankenstein. Thank you,

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detective. Miss Elizabeth, we're

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sorry about what happened to the boy. We know

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you're very close to the family. Yes. The

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marks of the killer's fingers that we found

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on the boy's neck were still fresh. The

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boy's

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was in the woods. That's horrible!

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Calm down my dear Elizabeth. Sir,

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we've been having a family day out.

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My son William disappeared.

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Very unfortunate Mr. Frankenstein, but

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we've just arrested a suspect. A

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suspect? Who killed my boy? Well,

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we found a valuable locket with the boy's

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mother's picture in the pocket of one of

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the nanny's dresses. Justine! It's

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not possible! I'm sorry Miss

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Elizabeth, Justine hasn't explained yet

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how it got there. Was it stolen? But

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I know she's innocent! Elizabeth

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my dear,

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I want to believe that she's innocent, but

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what about the locket?

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Everyone believes Justine is guilty. I

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don't. She loved William very

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much.

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Yes, everyone

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believed Justine had killed

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William. Everyone except

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Elizabeth and I. Why?

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Because I knew who the murderer

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was. On my

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journey back to Geneva, I

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saw a very large figure run

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over the hills and disappear. It

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was the creature! It

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was the murderer. And now,

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what would happen to poor Justine? She

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went to trial.

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Justine,

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you were out the whole night in which the child

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was killed, weren't you? I've

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already told the police and everybody

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else. I paid a visit

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to my aunt Ian the village. On

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my way back, I heard people

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talking about a boy who went missing. It

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was William. I spent hours

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looking for him.

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A woman from the market saw

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you.

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near the place where the child's body was found.

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What were you doing there?

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I didn't know I was near the place.

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The woman asked you what you were doing there. She said

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you sounded confused. Yes.

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I was tired and worried about William.

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You went back to the Frankenstein family home

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in the morning and asked to be told any news

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about the boy. Yes. I

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just told you I was worried about

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him. Maybe you

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felt guilty. When shown

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the body you started to scream. Yes.

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It was horrible. Horrible. And

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you stayed in your bed for several days. That's

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when someone found this. The boy's locket

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with a picture of his mother. Yes. This.

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Very locket in your dress pocket.

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How do you explain that?

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I... I... I

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can't explain.

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Poor Justine. But

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I knew the monster had done something

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to make her look guilty.

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Our family was very rich

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and powerful. The crime

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was shocking. They

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had to find someone to blame quickly.

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For

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the murder of the child, William

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Frankenstein, on May the 7th,

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I sentenced Justin

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Moritz

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to death.

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Justin was innocent. But

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she was executed anyway.

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I

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felt that I was guilty of two

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deaths. Because I

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had created it.

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the monster!

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I couldn't eat, I couldn't

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sleep, so I

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decided to take long

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walks in the mountains. That's

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when I had an unexpected meeting.

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I'm going to tell you all about it next

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