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ICE-CREAM EPISODE 2ANNOUNCER: Please be advised, this show contains coarse language, signs of child abuse, and triggering situations. Listener discretion is advised. Previously on ICE-CREAM...{Dynamic music}*****FLASHBACK[Camera shutter sounding]JANET: Don't waste your film.ELGIN: Everything here is so empty.JANET: Welcome to Sedona, Arizona. Your gather should have moved to Tombstone, Arizona. That name is more fitting.*****BOBBY: One of the neighbors sons, Johnny…he-he went missing the other day. He's nine years old, around the same age as your brother. So keep the buddy system, okay?******MISTER HANDSOME: I got one Tiger Blood ice cream for our new visitor. I should probably let you in on the inside scoop, if you will. All the kids in the neighborhood and I have this secret: if you ever want free ice cream from me, all you gotta do is sing to me my favorite song in the entire world…*****ELGIN: Hey, can I ask you something? Do you know anything about an ice cream truck guy around here?BOBBY: He gave Dustin free ice cream.ELGIN: I I know. I just got some weird vibes from him. Plus the music from his truck sounded demonic.BOBBY: Was this before or after you hit your head?ELGIN: After, but does that matter?BOBBY: Yeah, you hit your head. Probably just playing games with you, buddy.ELGIN: It's 11:30 at night. Who the hell is getting ice cream at this? Why is this little girl by herself? [Elgin taking pictures]MISTER HANDSOME AND BRIANNA: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream…[Mister Handsome grabs Brianna, serving window closes]ELGIN: Holy shit, he just took that little girl.*****[Cooking sounds, mixing ingredients]ANNOUNCER: 911 podcasts presents ICE-CREAM, created by Adam Marciano and Adam Blanford, directed by Antonio Cordero.*****BOBBY’S KITCHEN, MORNING[Bobby imitating Darth Vader’s breathing. Footsteps. Clock ticking]BOBBY: Dustin…I am your father. Come with me, and we shall eat breakfast as father and son.[Bobby places a plate on the table]DUSTIN: What is this?BOBBY: What do you what do you mean, what is it? It's a Darth Vader pancake. You don't see that? Really? The mouth is right here. The eyes are here.DUSTIN: It looks like a blob, dad.BOBBY: Now I tried, okay? Hey, morning, sleepyhead. I'm making pancakes. You want a Luke Skywaaalaker one?ELGIN: No, thank you. I'm okay, dad.BOBBY: Really? Okay. You want some cereal? You want something else?ELGIN: No, I'm not really hungry.BOBBY Is everything okay? But hey, I could see that the cream I gave you last night, your skins already clearing up, nice. Hey, Elgin…What's wrong?{Eerie music}ELGIN: Do concussions cause you to see things that aren't there?BOBBY: I don't think so. Why?ELGIN: I think…I think I witnessed an abduction last night.BOBBY: An abduction. What do you mean an ‘abduction?’[Panicked knocking on the front door]BOBBY: Just hold on one second, okay?[Footsteps as Bobby approaches the door. Door opens, rain sounds outside]BOBBY: Hey what? What's wrong?MARTHA: Oh, my God. It’s Brianna, she’s gone.BOBBY: What do you mean she's gone?MARTHA: I put her to sleep last night around 9:00 PM, then this morning I went to wake her up and she was gone. I locked the front door. I do it every night before I go to sleep. I triple-checked, but this morning it was unlocked. Oh God. I-I don't know. She was sleepwalking or someone broke in through a window. All I know she's gone. She's only seven years old. Have you seen anything?BOBBY: Hang on. Elgin, hey, come here! I'm sure she's okay, Martha. We'll figure this out.ELGIN: Yes?BOBBY: Hey, this is Martha, our neighbor. What were you telling me back there about?MARTHA: Her name is Brianna. Small girl, short black hair.ELGIN: Did-was she wearing pink pajamas?MARTHA: Yes! Yes’ that here, oh my god! Did you see anything? Did you see her?ELGIN: I was getting ready for bed when I heard the ice cream truck at around 11:00 PM, I think. I thought it was weird that it would come out at that time that the music was so. Did you guys not hear anything? BOBBY: No.MARTHA: No.ELGIN: Well, from my bedroom window, I watched Brianna walk to the ice cream truck. She then started to sing the ice cream song to the guy in the truck, getting louder and louder each time and before she could finish the song, he grabbed her through the window and drove away.BOBBY: Why didn’t you wake me up? We could have called the police.ELGIN: It all happened so fast I thought maybe it was in my head playing games with me like-like you said. I-I'm sorry. MARTHA: Oh my god!ELGIN: I did manage to take a photo.BOBBY: You did?ELGIN: Yeah, I got at least one before the film ran out.BOBBY: Okay, I'm going to call the police. They’ll need the camera, Elgin. Everything is going to be fine. Martha? We'll find your daughter.MARTHA: Oh my God. Oh my god…*****POLICE STATION, SAME DAY{Slow, tense music}OFFICER WILSON: So you saw this happen around what time last night?ELGIN: Elevenish.WILSON: Okay.ELGIN: My brother Dustin and I saw him earlier that day. He was very nice, but something felt off.WILSON: Off? How so?ELGIN: I-Ican't put my finger on it, I just felt it.[Wilson writing notes]WILSON: You wouldn't by any chance remember any letters or numbers from the license plate of the truck, would you? ELGIN: No.WILSON: Can you describe to me what the ice cream man looked like?ELGIN: He’s tall, maybe 6 feet, jet black hair combed neatly to the side. His teeth are very white and straight.[More writing]WILSON: Okay, and what was he wearing?ELGIN: This very crisp white apron. Like an ice cream man, I guess.WILSON: Okay, any other facial features I should know about? Any scars, moles? Any facial hair? ELGIN: No, no facial hair. In fact…WILSON: What?ELGIN: His skin…it was like porcelain. WILSON: Porcelain?ELGIN: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like smooth as a doll. It it was like glass.[Knock at the interview room door]WILSON: Yep, come in.BENNETT: Officer Wilson. WILSON: Yes, Bennett?BENNETT: Yeah, we got Elgin’s film developed. Sorry kid, we got no pictures of an ice cream truck.ELGIN: That-that's impossible. I got the perfect shot.{Elgin flipping through photos]WILSON: What do you see, Elgin?ELGIN: It’s what I don't see. The ice cream truck, it was right there, but it's not in the photo. And Brianna is-was right here. She-she was right there.WISLON: What do you mean?ELGIN: It's an empty street!BENNETT: Mmmhmm.ELGIN: No, it was real. I swear, I got the perfect shot. Why is that-what the fuck Is going on?!BOBBY: Okay, I think we're done for today, officers. Thank you.ELGIN: Don't touch me, Dad.ELGIN: I swear I'm not lying. I know what I saw. I watched him take that little girl.WILSON: Hey, hey…everything is going to be okay, Elgin. We can take it from here. Thank you for coming in today. You've helped a lot with this investigation.[Elgin sighs]*****IN BOBBY’S CAR, SAME DAY[Car driving on the road]BOBBY: You wanna listen some tunes?[Static, turning the knob on the radio]BOBBY: Oh yeah, buddy. Hey look, it's our song. (singing) My Delorean! Come on, Elgin, lighten up, bud. ELGIN: There are two kids missing. I witnessed one of them get abducted. Woman just act like it didn't happen.BOBBY:Look, I-I get it, son I.ELGIN: Didn't. No, I don't really.BOBBY: Think you do. You witnessed a potential crime. Filed a police report, okay? What else can you do? It's in their hands. Besides, who knows? They probably just ran away. They'll be back eventually, man.ELGIN: Ran away? Brianna is seven!BOBBY: Hey kids fight with their parents. They get pissed and they run away for a while. Heck, I did when I was Dustin's age. Maybe even younger. My old man and I, we had this big fight. I'll never forget it. I was so pissed, I couldn't stand being in the same house with him, so I left for a few days. I stayed at a bunch of different friends. I even slept at a bus stop one night. But eventually I came home. (pause) Hey, do me a favor. Don't bring this case up at the cookout, huh?ELGIN: Why not?BOBBY: I just-I don't want the neighbors to talk, you know, small town gossip. Be good. So don't ask, don't tell, you know?ELGIN: You don't believe me, do you?BOBBY: What? Sure I do, man. I'm just saying you don't have proof anymore, so maybe we’ll just hold off on telling anyone until the police have a lead-ELGIN: Proof? What?BOBBY: All I'm saying is that you thought you took a picture of an ice cream truck, but it's not in the photo, is it? Do you think maybe that I don't know what you were you were you dreaming about taking a picture or…(bad Transylvanian accent)maybe it was a vampire ice cream truck? Oh, it's the. 4th of July the sun's out buddy. We're going to have a nice BBQ with the neighborhood. Eat, drink, play, watch some fireworks. Everything is groovy, baby. America[Music volume increasesBOBBY: Come on. No, nothing?*****BOBBY’S HOUSE, BACKYARD[Small crowd chatter outside, firework sounds]BOBBY: Hey, everyone. Hey, can I just get your attention for a moment guys, please? Thank you. I just want to say thanks for coming to my first annual 4th of July Backyard BBQ party. [Crowd cheers]BOBBY: All right. Yeah. Back in Colorado I was famous for these, so consider yourselves lucky I brought the party all the way to Sedona. [Crowd laughs, more firework sounds]BOBBY: Also, I’m very lucky- guys come over here for a second. I just want to say how lucky I feel. I have my two sons here, Dustin, came to hang out with their old man for the summer. Look, I-I know there's a, you know, some stuff going on in the community right now, but…you know, I really, I trust in our law enforcement to get to the bottom of it. Let's just raise our glasses to them and let's pray that these kids return home safe. Drink up, eat up and Happy 4th of July, y'all, let's rock'n'roll!****[Fireworks, people talking, eating chips]OLIVIA: You look like you're having fun.ELGIN: Oh yeah, a riot.OLIVIA: I'm Olivia. I live 3 Doors Down.ELGIN: Elgin, I live here…not here. I'm actually from Denver, I’m just-OLIVIA: Visiting? Yeah, your dad just said that.ELGIN: Yes, yes.OLIVIA: Well, I'm visiting from Ohio.ELGIN: Olivia from, Ohio. Has a ring to it. Okay, is it just me or like no one else in this whole neighborhood, that's our age. You're the first person who's like…fourteen?OLIVIA: Fifteen. Everyone here is like 10 and under or. 30 and over.ELGIN: Yeah, very sad.OLIVIA: The only reason I come here every summer is a visit my grandmother. She's alone, so I try to keep her company and I try to help her out as much as I can while I'm here.ELGIN: Oh dear, a good granddaughter, because I don't think I can last another moment here.OLIVIA: Come on, it's not that bad.[Ice cream truck pulling up outside, atonal music playing]DUSTIN: It's the ice cream. Last one there is right now.BOBBY: Hey all alright guys, ain't no pushing or shoving. I'm sure the ice cream man has enough for everybody.OLIVIA: Hey, what's wrong? (pause) God, I hate that.ELGIN: Hate what?OLIVIA: I wish Mister Handsome get those damn speakers fixed. The music just sounds so…ELGIN: Demonic. OLIVIA: Well, demonic isn't exactly the word I'd use. It's definitely creepy, though.ELGIN: Okay, good. You hear it too.OLIVIA: What do you mean? It's just a defect in the speakers or bad recording or something?ELGIN: God, I wish you were right. But there is something seriously fucked up with the ice cream truck and that creepy asshole driving it.OLIVIA: Mister Handsome. I mean, he's strange, but I don't think he's-ELGIN: Wait, Mister Handsome? That's his name?OLIVIA: Well, I don't know if that's his actual name. But everyone around here calls him that.ELGIN: Okay, well, he was creepy as hell when my brother and I met him. You meet Dustin sing for this ice cream cone. Then last night I saw Mister Handsome…I-I can't even say his name. I saw Mr Handsome outside my house, and I swear I saw grab Brianna, that little girl in our street who just went missing? I don't have any proof. Anyone believes me-BOBBY: (in the distance) Everyone got an ice cream? Anyone missing?ELGIN: Not even my own dad.BOBBY: (in distance) Anybody? No. All right.OLIVIA: I believe you. ELGIN: Really?OLIVIA: Yeah. I mean, it's the perfect cover to think about it. Our parents and teachers tell us we shouldn't talk to strangers, even when we all do it. One night a year, they check her Halloween candy for razor blades and stuff. No one questions the ice cream man. They just shove money in our hands and tell us to get a rocket pop for them.*****AFTER THE PARTY, THAT EVENING[Water running, dishes[ELGIN: Alright, picked up all the garbage and washed the patio table.BOBBY: Thanks for helping me clean up. I just had to get Dustin to bed there. So… I-I saw you talking with Olivia over there. Rawr.[Bobby putting away dishes]ELGIN: God dad, stop.BOBBY: Oh, what? Just observing, that's all.ELGIN: There's nothing to observe. She's cool.BOBBY: Right.ELGIN: Well, we talked about our mutual disdain for the ice cream truck guy.BOBBY: Still on that, huh? I met him today. He was very nice, goes by Mr Handsome and I'd say is bullshit, except he is ungodly, you know…um…handsome. Said he just moved here with his wife not too long ago from Rhode Island, gave all the kids free ice cream, and guess what? No one went missing.ELGIN: Did he make them sing for the ice cream?BOBBY: Yeah, how’d you know?ELGIN: Because he made Dustin do it for his ice cream the other day, he probably gets off to it.BOBBY: Oh Elgin, come on, that's enough.ELGIN: It's the same song he made Brianna sing at the top of her lungs. Right before the sick bastard grabbed Brianna-BOBBY: Oh, hey, language.ELGIN: You know, it's funny. I'm supposed to tell an adult when I see something, trusting them to do something about it, when in reality the only person that really believes me is a 15-year old girl that lives right across the fucking street!BOBBY: ENOUGH![Dish breaking]BOBBY: God, Elgin. What has gotten into you? Mister Handsome is not out to get you or anybody else. For the last time, you told the police what you saw. They're investigating. Until then, I don't want to hear another word about it. You understood? Understood?ELGIN: Understood, dad. *****LATER THAT NIGHT[Door closes, footsteps to the bed]ELGIN: Fucking acne.[Elgin opens face cream, applies it to his face, gets in bed][Ice cream truck music]ELGIN: No…{Mysterious music}[Elgin throws off covers, opens drawers]ELGIN: No, no, no, no. Got you this time, you bastard. [Setting up camera] Fuck, no more film left![Blinds open. Front door opens]ELGIN: Dustin?MISTER HANDSOME: (in distance) Hi, Dustin. Are you back for more Tiger Blood?ELGIN: Dustin? DUSTIN: (in distance) Yes, Mister Handsome…ELGIN: Dustin! Hey Dustin!MISTER HANDSOME: You know what to do, Dustin.MISTER HANDSOME AND DUSTIN: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream…ELGIN: No, no, no, no, no. Dad![Elgin runs, opens bedroom door opening]ELGIN: Dad, wake up.! It's Dustin. He’s got Dustin! [Front door opens, Elgin runs outside]ELGIN: Dustin? Dustin!!!*****ANNOUNCER: ICE-CREAM stars Adam Murciano as Mister Handsome, Hunter Dillon as Elgin Foster, Eric Hicks as Bobby Foster, Princess Davis as Olivia. Guest Starring Billy Christos Jr. as Dustin Foster, Lauren Jackson as Officer Wilson, Gelsea Mae as Martha. Additional Performances By: Brock Morgan & Raj Paul Created & Written by: Adam Murciano & Adam Blanford Directed By: Antonio Cordero Music By: Timecop1985, Primo, The Alien, Josh Dally, Brandon Moeller, Ava Low, Keosz Marten, Moses Cryo Chamber. Sound Design & Dialogue Editing By: Adam Murciano Recorded By: Andrew Conroy at Flash Recording, Vancouver B.C. Cover Artwork By: Jordy Clarke Graphic Artwork By: Trey Tremble Special Thanks To: Caroline Young and Annie Huang at The Characters Talent Agency. Additional Special Thanks To: Jessica Huang ICE-CREAM is Executively Produced by Adam Murciano for 911 Podcasts. This has been an ACTRA/UBCP Production. For more on ICE-CREAM, follow us on social media! 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