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Lighthouse is a production of I Heart

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Radio and bamfor Productions. M

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M. This

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is Dr Albright. The data

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is August the time

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christ I don't even know what time it is. These

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are my final notes for patient three

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eight to file zero three two

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one to seven. It's

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been two weeks since I started my initial

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observations, and things have declined

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in that time. I've

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tried my best to remain impartial

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to the proceedings and only insert my professional

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opinion when needed. But this

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case is different than anything I've encountered

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before, leaving me with many,

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many sleepless nights. When

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I became a doctor, I took

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an oath, one that

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made me swear to help those in need.

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And I can't help but feel

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like I failed here, that

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that that we did something wrong, that this

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will be a stain on my soul for

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the rest of my life.

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Every time I closed my eyes, I can see

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her, I can hear her,

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her her screams or please for help.

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Did we make the right decision? I

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thought so at first, but now I don't

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know. God,

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Please forgive me for what we did to

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that poor girl. She

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was so young, And

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please God, never let

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me have to step foot in Lighthouse

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Ever Again Lighthouse

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Chapter six interview

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with parents Robert and Dorothy august

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Am is this is this

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really necessary? Doctor? We will need

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to have a full report along with my recommendation

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during observation before the hospital makes

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a decision based on what you described

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over the phone. It is a terrible ordeal

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which you were stuck in, and I want to make sure that I understand

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exactly what you and your family have gone through.

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I'm just not sure how any of this will help

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with our lease, anything

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to help our little girls. Fine,

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how did it begin? I don't know the exact

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moment, unfortunately, just that one

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day she was different, so

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unhappy, outbursts of anger, mostly

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more so than a normal child. Yes, we

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have two more boys, good boys.

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And did they ever Oh no, they

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never would like that. This is different.

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We thought maybe it was something

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that came with having a girl. We recommended her

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every time, but still she persisted,

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and then it got worse in

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what way? She got violent, which she has

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never done before. What did she

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do? She pushed her brother. Surely

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it's normal for her siblings to fight with each other

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through a wall a wall. Now

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the wall in question was in the spare

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bedroom, the one under renovation, so the

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integrity of it wasn't fully up to code.

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But for her to push him like

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that, she could have really hurt him.

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They were playing and they got out of hand

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and she just lost control.

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She pushed him and then jumped on top

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of him and scratched his face. Was he seriously

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injured, No, thankfully, just

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the scratches, nothing too deep. Are

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there other instances? She pushed

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a girl on the playground. The teacher

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said she watched it happen and said it was very

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unusual behavior for her. Said she

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usually saw the two girls giggling together, but

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now the other one just stays far away.

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She was suspended for two days.

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I hope you don't mind my saying, but she got the belt

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for that one. And at breakfast the other

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morning, she didn't like her eggs, so she threw

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her plate at the wall, shattered it into

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a million pieces. If I was an inch over

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to the left, it would have hit me in the head. What

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did she say about it? That's the thing. She

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doesn't remember it, any of it, throwing

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the plate, not just the plate, the

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school friend and the wall too. She

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claimed she doesn't remember a thing. No, I

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thought she was just saying that to avoid getting

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in trouble, but seeing the way she

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carried on about it, she was scared.

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She genuinely didn't know what she was

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getting in trouble. For that's what clute is

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in that something might be

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war. Don't

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you want to play with a doctor? Offer

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long saying

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things things that scare us,

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like it's nothing to be concerned with. But

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the content of what she is saying

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was disturbing, such as

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how she's going to drown her brother or

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stab another one with her sewing scissors.

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I don't think she means or even

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knows what she's saying. But we

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took the scissors away and started

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locking up any sharp utensils. I

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see anything else, well,

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there are the people orthy there's no point

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in hiding it, Roberts. It wasn't real.

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It was to her, and please, every

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bit helps. Every detail is important.

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That's the only way I can make a full assessment.

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She sees things, sees

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things in the house.

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Does she describe these things she sees? She

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sees people? Are they people

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she knows recognizes? Where

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in the house? Does she see them all over everywhere?

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Really? Has she described them? Who

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are they? Sometimes? We catch

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bits and pieces now and again. There's

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a little boy whom she describe in cold,

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whose teeth are always setting. There's also a

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young woman she sees the kitchen, and

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someone else she calls the boulder man bowler

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man. She claims she sees

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a man and he's always wearing

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a bowler hat. But none of that

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was real. She's just seeing things.

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Have either of you seen any of these people?

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Know? But every child has

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imaginary friends. What

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do you mean, yes, you've seen something

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that she has. Once when

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I was in the garden with her, we were

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planting some flowers when she suddenly looked

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up and pointed towards the tree line and asked

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if I could see him? See who

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the boulder man? I

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saw something. He was there,

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and then he just wasn't. I

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thought maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me,

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because it was like nothing was ever

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there at all. Why didn't you tell me this? Because

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I didn't think it mattered, just some shadows

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strick of the light, But then everything else started

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happening. Did you recognize him? No,

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I didn't get a good book. Jesus

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Christ Dorothy, he asked to know everything.

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I can't believe you never told me. Tell

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him about the photos. What photos, Dorothy?

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Tell him? Robert, alright, fine,

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I've taken some photos of the family altogether.

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I have my own equipment and I can develop

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them downstairs in the basement. Converted

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a side room into my photo lab. Now I

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could show you later and show

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you some of the photos. At first, I thought

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maybe it was just a blemish or miss

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firem camer What was in the

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photos? Her face? It

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seems to be covered by

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something by what It's

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like a shadow covering

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her face, hovering over her. And

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you've seen this in more than one photo, yes,

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all of them over the past few months.

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And your other two nothing

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nothing in their photos. No, have they seen

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anything. It would

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be helpful to speak to them as well, just in case.

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Yes, of course. What happened next?

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Well, after the wall incident

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with Robert Jr. August

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time is twelve p m. Robert,

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it's nice to meet you. Do you prefer Robert

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or Bob? Is fine, sir, Bob? It

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is then you have great manners. Bob.

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How old are you? I'm and

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how old were you when your sister was born? I

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was seven. That is quite an age difference

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between you, Yes, sir, and the

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oldest. So that means I look out for them,

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both your sister and your brother. You mean, yes,

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sir, Do you feel like you have to look out

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for them often? No, sir, just the normal

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kids stuff, making sure they don't get

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in trouble. Do you know why I'm here talking

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to you about,

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right it is? Tell me about

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your sister. I understand she

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harmed you not too long ago, just

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a few scratches, kids stuff. Your

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parents tell me she pushed

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you through a wall. Yeah, I was

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hoping they didn't tell you that part. Why

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is that she's only eight, a

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kid, and she bested me. I

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didn't want my friends to rag on me. I

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assure you your secret is safe with me. I

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just want to know about what happened and see

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if I can help make some recommendations for what's

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best for her. We were just messing around. She

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was being annoying, but I guess that's her

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job because she's my little sister. So I

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took her bear, her stuffed animal. Yes,

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sir, I took it into the other bedroom, that

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the one we're supposed to stay out of because

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they're rebuilding it and there's a lot of sharp obs x

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in there. And I pretended like I was going to

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drive a nail through it if she didn't stop, and

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she got upset. I assume I wasn't gonna actually

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heard it. Honest, I know she loves

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that teddy Bear. She takes it with her everywhere.

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I just wanted her to leave me be.

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Then what happened. She was crying

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and pleading with me, and then she just stopped.

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She got really still and just stared

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at me. But you

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promised not to tell again, you can trust

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me. Well, there was

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something wrong with her eyes. What do you

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mean? They just got all black

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and scary. And I thought I

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thought I heard someone whispering under

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her breath. No, it sounded

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like a bunch of other people

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were there, But but there wasn't.

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It was just us. What were they saying?

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I don't know. It was hard to make out, but

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it was real scary.

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And Madeline moved her head like she was

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listening to anything.

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To you. No, but

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she tilted her eyes back

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to me and gave me a really

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creepy smile. Right before

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she jumped on me. I thought she pushed

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you, well, sort of, but she

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jumped with such force that it pushed us

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both backward. I toppled over some lumber

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and went straight through the wall into the hallway,

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and she attacked you again. She did. She

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began to scratch my face and just started

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laughing. I put my hands up to protect myself

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and tried to get her off me, but she was just so strong.

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I couldn't believe it. It

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was like she was in a trance or something, and

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I kept yelling for help until my dad

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came and pulled her off me. She

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started crying. She just snapped out

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of the days and didn't remember anything. I

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see, But you were unharmed.

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A few cuts and bruises and scratches.

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Is this the first time she's lashed out at you

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like this, yes, sir. I mean

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she's been acting strangely since we moved in

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a few months ago, but nothing like this. Strangely

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how your parents said that sometimes

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she sees people, yes, sir, but

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she talks to them too. I

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catch her sometimes I'll walk past

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her room she's having a lively

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conversation within air, or

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into the kitchen and she's setting the table talking

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with someone. But any time I've

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asked her about it, she just says it was nothing,

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and there's nothing there, No nothing,

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but I can hear the whispers sometimes

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too. Talking

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at

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nine twelve am, Patient three

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two files zero three to one

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to seven, Interview five. How

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are you today, Madeleine goreat

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how are you? I'm doing well. Do

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you wake my picture? It's very nice?

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Did you just draw it? I did you

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know what it is? It looks like the lighthouse,

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but from a long time ago. I see the

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light is on. No, that's

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from last night. Last night I

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sat growing again, Madeleine,

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you know that's not true. The lighthouse hasn't

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been operational in years. You don't

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have to pretend with me, Madeleine.

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It's been a few days since you and I first

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started speaking, But today I want

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to talk to you about the incident from last night. Do

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you remember the day before

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the day it was? But do

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you remember what happened during

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dinner time at the table? I

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don't remember what we have for dinner. Your

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mother invited me to stay for dinner so I

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can observe you all as a family. I

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sat across from you, and you sat in between

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your brothers. I remember bread, Yes,

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there was fresh bread in the basket. Your mother made

13:56

it. But do you remember what happened with the

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bread. Your

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mother did not want you to spoil your dinner and

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told you that you couldn't have any more. And

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then and then I didn't

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have any more, no, Madeleine. And

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then your brother took the basket away, and

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you took your knife and you cut him. I

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cut him, Yes, you cut him

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right across his palm. Do you remember

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a little Why did you do that?

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I don't know. Did somebody tell

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you to do that, Madeleine?

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You can tell me. He said it wouldn't hurt

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him. Who said? He said that

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it was only for pretend, and it was

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to convince them mommy to give me what I want. Who

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told you this, Madeleine? He said, I can't

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come play in the dark with them until I do these

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things that I keep doing them, but I don't

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remember. Calm down, it's

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all right. He

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doesn't like you. He wants

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you to go away. He wants you to stop asking

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me questions, Madeleine, listened

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to me. Whomever is telling you this, they

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are not real. Do you understand?

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It's your subconscious mind and

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sometimes it does not have your best intentions

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at heart. He is real.

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They are real. They are my friend, Madeleine.

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Madeleine, what are you doing? He said, you

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have to go away. Now, what's that noise?

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He said, you are interfering. Please

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sit down. He wants me to come play

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with him. And if I don't make you go

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away, I will never be able to

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Madeleine stop this now, Madeline

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stop. Lighthouse

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will return after these messages

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and now back to Lighthouse.

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It is now August.

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It has been a few days since what happened,

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and I

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I still don't know how to explain it. What

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I saw was just not

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possible. I think

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my time in this house has somehow affected

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my judgment and and clouded my medical

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training because I saw I

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saw something in that room with us.

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Something was there whispering into her

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ear. I can still hardly believe

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it, and my mind refuses to even consider

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the possibilities or ramifications

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of what that means. I have avoided

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seeing her the past few days, but I'm

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due back in a few hours to speak with the middle

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child, who you

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may be holding the key to answer some of those

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what are you doing? You're off of me? Out

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of it? Stop crazy.

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If the floorboard creaking didn't wait me up, I'd

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be dead. She would have stabbed me right

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in the heart, Hubert, please calm down.

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Don't tell me to calm down. Did you see

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what she did? She tried to kill

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me. I thought you said the sharp utensils were locked

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up. It was a pair of pruning shears.

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Can you believe it? She tried to murder

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me. Stop at Dorothy, just stop

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it with her, with our little

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girl, all right, you have to do

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something about this. There is something inside

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of her. That thing is not my Madeleine.

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You hear me, it's not. I don't know what it is,

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but it's not her If you don't do

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something to help her soon, so help me with

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them. That's all I want money. You don't

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know what you're saying as me. I hate

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you, he says, you're not my

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real family. There, Madeline,

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do you know what you tried to do last night? Yes?

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And I would do it and get it and get it and

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get to get away from you. Let me go door

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for you again. As she is sitting in with my interview

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with Henry. Yes, sorry, Henry

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and your twelve. It's okay, Henry,

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you can talk to him. Yes, what

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can you tell me about your sister? She's

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my best friend. They are very close. You

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love your sister, I can tell. I want you

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to know that I'm trying to help her. All

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of us are. Do you understand that? Yes?

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Does your sister tell you about her friends,

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the ones she sees they live in the house

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with us. Have you seen them as well? Go

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on? Now? Sometimes do they talk

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to you also? I don't want

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them to. They scare me. It's okay.

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Sometimes the unknown is scary even

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to me. Does she tell you what they

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say to her sometimes? And what

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does she tell you? One of them

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tells her to do bad things, bad things

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to you, to your family. I

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don't know just And

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does she do them sometimes?

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Like with your hand the other night and

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with what she did to your father last night?

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I guess how is your hand? By the way,

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it's going to scar, but it's getting better. I

19:05

help them change the bandages twice a day. Does

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it hurt? I'm sorry to hear

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that. I'm sure we'll stop soon enough, though,

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Henry, do you know why she does

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these things? Why they tell her to do them?

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I don't know why they tell her, but

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I know why she does them. Why because

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she wants to go live with them? And

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do you know where the dark is? Do

19:28

you want to live with them in the dark.

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I'm glad to hear that, Henry. You want

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to help your sister, don't you? Yes, good,

19:36

because we need your help to help out Madeline.

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Okay, Abigail. Her name

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is Abigail. Her middle name is Abigail.

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For some reason, Henry and Madeline have a game

19:45

where they call each other by their names.

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She calls him Michael and he calls her Abigail.

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They've been doing it for years, one of those things

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siblings do. I suppose is she going

19:55

to be okay? You're not going to take her

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away? Are you well? Henry? Growing

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boy? So I'm sure you understand how serious

20:02

this is your sister is. She's

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not well okay, and her outbursts

20:07

keep getting worse and worse, and we're afraid

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she's going to hurt someone, even herself. Considering

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what happened last night, I may need to recommend

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she go away for a bit, but only

20:17

so we can figure out how to treat her. Do you

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understand I'm going

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to ask you something that is very important though,

20:23

Okay, okay, is there

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something that we're missing, something that

20:28

maybe we don't know or haven't heard,

20:30

that can possibly help us. I don't

20:32

think, So take a moment to think about it, okay,

20:34

if anything comes to mind. Well, I

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heard her say once that you love mom.

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Probert's Madeline. She's

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gone. What do you mean gone? She's not here.

20:45

I was watching her, honest, But then one

20:47

minute she was there and the next she was

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gone. With your father, I don't

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know where did you see her last? Well,

20:53

we were in the study and she was reading,

20:55

and then she was gone. Man, Then

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h m

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hmmm. Lighthouse

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will return after a word from our sponsors.

21:26

And now lighthouse continues

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August, still no sign

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of the girl. Her disappearance has

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taken a toll on her mother, and while there is still

21:45

tension in the household, it's of a different kind.

21:48

No longer does the threat of bodily harm at

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her hands hang over them, but the thought of their little

21:52

girl gone missing and not returning has replaced

21:55

it. Robert the father, has secluded

21:57

himself from the rest of the family, it seems,

21:59

and has been coping with the bottle.

22:02

The two boys, while upset as well,

22:04

are doing all they can. A

22:06

few times they've helped me comb over every

22:08

inch of the house and its grounds to look for her. But

22:11

a last and no avail. The police

22:13

think that it was an intruder, but the family,

22:16

well, hm, it's

22:19

been four days. That's a

22:21

long time to be missing, and I'm beginning

22:23

to

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do any more. I

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don't know where she can be, and I'm afraid

22:34

that she's gone, gone forever. I

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understand, and I am very sorry.

22:39

In my experience, these cases can go either

22:41

way, but often the patient gets nervous at the thought

22:44

of being taken away and tries to avoid

22:46

the inevitable. But she's just a little

22:48

girl. I understand that, Mrs Hollis,

22:50

But children are very resilient. You've

22:53

seen what has been going on. Tell

22:55

me what you think. I don't think it's appropriate

22:57

for me, please, doctor. In my

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professional opinion, I think

23:02

that's personal.

23:06

I I think this is a very unique

23:08

case, unlike anything I've

23:10

ever seen before. And to be honest,

23:13

I'm unsure if modern medicine is what's needed

23:15

here. There seems to be something

23:17

else at play here. She's

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not our little girl, Dorothy,

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Mr Hollis, tell her what you really think,

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doctor. Don't bullshit me,

23:27

because I know you see it too. Mr

23:30

Hollis. You're drunk. I think you should perhaps

23:32

lay down and get some rest. But don't you

23:34

understand the two of you. You

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saw what she did, what she was

23:39

doing, what she tried to do.

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She's gone, Dorothy, that that

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thing is not our daughter. What

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you're saying, oh, I know, I know.

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No amount of doctors. We're going to fix

23:52

what was in her, whatever it is was.

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Don't worry. I did

23:59

did what Mr Hollis

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Robert, do you know something about Madeline's

24:04

whereabouts? Did you not hear what I said?

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That ain't Madeleine? Where is Roberts?

24:09

So care of it, Dorothy. It's

24:12

the care of the thing and

24:14

made sure it'll never hurt this family

24:16

again. What did you do? Robert? Where

24:19

is the girl? He's gone away?

24:22

Where is she in the dark

24:24

room? Oh god, Robert, it's

24:27

soule A, Dorothy, She's gone,

24:30

She's gone. What did you do to

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her? You monster? I'm a monster.

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I am. Something

24:38

was inside her, something it

24:41

was telling her to kill the family. I

24:43

had no choice. I had to stop

24:46

it. What did

24:48

you do? I knew I

24:50

had to stop it. I mean, christ

24:52

you know what she's tried to do to me? So

24:56

I planned it to end it. She

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loves that god to and Teddy bear of hers,

25:01

so I was gonna take it and

25:03

lure her into the basement with

25:06

it in my workspace, the

25:08

dark room, and when she was in there,

25:10

all alone, defenseless, so

25:12

is I'm gonna kill her.

25:15

Just wrap my hands around

25:17

her throat and squeeze,

25:20

squeeze until she couldn't breathe

25:22

anymore, until she stopped moving.

25:26

It's tried, my god,

25:29

I tried. But as I was doing it,

25:31

I looked to do her eyes and

25:34

I saw her, I

25:37

saw her,

25:41

my little girl. I

25:44

just I couldn't let

25:47

her go, and she she dropped to

25:49

the floor, and I hoped, I

25:52

hoped she would get up, but

25:55

she who's already too

25:57

far gone too It

25:59

is okay. They

26:01

couldn't finish when it's start, and

26:04

they couldn't fix right had already done.

26:06

So I left or there.

26:09

I closed the door, locked

26:11

her in its just let nates are run. It's

26:13

course you you

26:17

killed her. I've protected

26:20

my family September

26:30

three time is

26:34

it doesn't matter. This is

26:36

the final entry about patient three to file

26:39

zero three to one to five seven.

26:42

It's been less than a week since, but I've tried

26:44

to block the events of that evening out of my head.

26:47

It's it's difficult for me

26:49

to come to terms with it, but I feel as

26:51

if I can finally put into words onto

26:54

this recording, and perhaps getting

26:56

it off my chest will be of some relief, one

26:59

final act of retribution. Perhaps.

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After Robert admitted his transgression

27:07

and Dorothy discovered the body

27:09

of their young daughter in the dark room,

27:11

I along with Robert, joined her.

27:14

Seeing her there, her small body

27:17

broken, clutching to her beloved teddy

27:19

bear, nearly broke me, but I

27:22

held it together as best I could, as Dorothy

27:24

was breaking down enough for everyone. This

27:28

poor child, who

27:30

knows how long she suffered lying there

27:32

in the dark, anguishing over the end before

27:34

death took her. How

27:37

How could this child, this poor

27:39

sweet child, be a vessel for such

27:43

evil? Because

27:45

that is what happened in Lighthouse. It

27:48

harbors an evil something I cannot

27:50

explain with medical science, something that defies

27:52

all explanation. Robert,

27:55

for all his faults, was I

27:58

hate to say this, but he was right. Madeleine

28:02

was just going to get worse, keep

28:04

having outbursts until eventually she

28:06

would have killed someone, maybe

28:09

even me. Though

28:11

he may have taken it too far, It

28:13

was too late, the deed

28:15

was already done. But now there was the issue of what

28:17

to do with her, her her

28:20

body. So Robert and

28:23

I, God help us,

28:26

we decided to take matters into our own

28:28

hands. The girl was already

28:31

reported, were searching

28:33

for her everywhere, but to invite them into

28:35

the home again, to let them see

28:37

this terrible tragedy, it

28:40

would have been too much for Dorothy to bear. So

28:44

we we buried her there

28:47

in the basement, in the dark

28:50

room, forever, sealing her in

28:52

the place where she took her final agonizing

28:54

breath. As

28:57

we dug deeper and deeper, I felt every

28:59

bone in my body crying out against

29:01

my actions, going against every oath

29:04

I swore to uphold. But

29:07

this needed to be done. Whatever

29:11

had taken hold of her, whatever still remained,

29:13

it needed to be buried forever,

29:16

never to be let loose again. We

29:19

hoped to God that the whole was deep enough, close

29:21

to the bowels of hell, from where would never return.

29:25

And as the last patch of dirt was returned

29:27

to its place, I realized that in a strange

29:29

way, Madeline

29:32

did get her wish.

29:35

She was finally living amongst her friends

29:38

in the darkness. I

29:40

am so sorry, so

29:43

very sorry for what I have done. Ah

29:47

I cannot live with this immense

29:49

guilt, and I hope that we have made the

29:51

right choice. Please forgive

29:54

me and my soul for my actions. This

29:58

is Dr Malcolm Albright MHM, and

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this is my final entry. I'm

30:05

sorry,

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m H

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31:10

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