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23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

Released Tuesday, 5th March 2024
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23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

23 - The Creeping Man - Part One

Tuesday, 5th March 2024
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1:43

guys. Enjoy the adventure. Welcome

1:53

you lot. This is the adventure

1:56

of the Creeping Man. This

1:58

is a three-parter. A triple. threat.

2:01

Brace for the F word also contains

2:03

nudity but this

2:05

is audio isn't it? So yeah

2:08

well if you're offended by that then there really is

2:10

no hope for you I'm afraid. Or

2:13

if we're miss podcast in

2:16

pals and why

2:20

John why ruin it at the end by

2:22

being weird. Balls

2:26

balls balls with

2:28

a triple letter score and a double word score

2:31

is 26. Not

2:33

bad hey for a five letter word. Seems

2:35

a bit much for the word balls. Yeah

2:37

well I know how

2:39

to scrabble buddy boy I dabble in scrabble

2:41

more than dabble mate in Afghanistan this is

2:43

basically all I did so yeah.

2:46

Lazy. What it's not lazy

2:48

it's downtime. Lazy with

2:50

double letter score. Oh no

2:53

double letter score on Z. 28. Not bad

2:57

for a four letter word sake.

3:02

Seen the email yesterday mm-hmm and

3:06

we don't think it's

3:08

worthy of an investigation. The investigation was correct

3:10

as far as I can see the

3:12

victim's mother not accepting that is lamentable

3:15

yes but doesn't stop it

3:17

from being true. Ooh lament 13. Excuse

3:19

me. What? That's cheating. No it's not.

3:21

It is. I put letters on the

3:24

board and I add up the points

3:26

that's not cheating. You stole the word

3:28

from me. Oh you invented the word

3:31

lament did you? Bastard. Hey boy

3:33

this is a friendly game of scrabble.

3:35

Bastard. Triple word score

3:38

30 points. Bastard.

3:41

My name

3:44

is Dr. John Watson. Once of the British Army Northumberland

3:50

Fusilier regiment. Now

3:53

a true crime podcaster based in

3:55

central London. I

3:57

Don't have much experience in criminology.

4:00

This is mostly a record of

4:02

how I met possibly the most

4:04

brilliant and the Tsar first and

4:06

I have ever and will ever

4:08

know. Join

4:10

me as I document the

4:12

adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He.

4:34

Then. I'm going underground friends. To.

4:39

Talk to struck shout out

4:41

the top separate let's go

4:43

to Williamson of Evans and

4:45

frightening as another Sherlock out

4:47

there to Andre in Mexico

4:49

old way to Newfoundland in

4:52

Canada for a sell sell

4:54

to minus. Either ten

4:56

miles is this You. Have

5:00

any. Ah, happy birthday to Hugo

5:02

the last week So to go

5:04

around know the sake of in

5:07

India a big hello to marry

5:09

him whole and their dog also

5:12

in Ramsgate in the summer. Oh

5:14

come University in Germany south out

5:16

the Adam in Japan say out

5:19

of interest to me he told

5:21

me to Emily Heaney shoutout to

5:24

Darcy Mouse: hello to Harm Lena

5:26

an author in Poland Hello to

5:28

Sunny and. Blue and of course

5:31

no no hi no idea from

5:33

Spain and a girlfriend Michelle from

5:35

Guatemala and hi Julia Hope, exams

5:38

and everything. On to suffering Know

5:40

that South out the juju in

5:42

Switzerland to Emily Broom had somebody

5:44

called old man has asked me

5:47

to try and say. that's

5:50

matter Tapper backed up by

5:52

the from class. left with

5:54

a spell. As

5:57

in a small ropes. More

6:02

has given us. Hosted on. Doors

6:06

and. Anyway,

6:08

how an island itself in

6:10

the rid of the mighty

6:12

Swindon Town I moved to

6:14

London Euston? Answer: Add a

6:17

train station to get the

6:19

train summons feel. Smug

6:22

full of meant that the town

6:24

in the north of England whereas

6:26

woman's field are you have butler's

6:28

would have to my knowledge patriarchy

6:30

when to get her. Anyway, I'm

6:33

off to watch my beloved oh

6:35

sorry that as going into politics

6:37

and scuse me make Yeah, thanks.

6:40

To a global business. If you have

6:42

come to London and and please do

6:44

them having a sign and everything to

6:47

do we decide to the please please

6:49

please stand on the right to discuss.

6:53

Mansfield Town. the Swindon town

6:55

of Mansfield is in good

6:57

shape. the cost that much

6:59

like Stockport and them Wrexham

7:01

who just getting what what

7:04

kind of and and Swindon

7:06

in some such bad shape

7:08

sometimes okay or yeah. and.

7:12

whose no concern of in the group does

7:14

first. Girl

7:23

ah. Yeah,

7:25

I beg of. Murder.

7:31

Sherlock that's a dead rats slain

7:33

in this very park. In.

7:36

Broad Daylight. What Brutus iniquity

7:38

was this city visit on

7:40

its inhabitants next? What. It's.

7:43

A dead. Rests.

7:46

Peaceful me know no actually

7:48

he he he looks like

7:51

I'll assessing the fuck am.

7:54

I remember was a Dead rats.

7:56

It's a Dead Rats for God's

7:58

sake. Is everything alright? Smoke? Lovely

8:02

to see you. What? What Am I wearing?

8:04

A foothold shot that's too small. Voyager? I

8:06

got it when I was twenty nine, but

8:08

that? that's not. Where did I tell you

8:11

I was going this morning out yet? Yes,

8:13

Yeah, there was more to it than that.

8:15

No, wasn't that. Who. This

8:17

is a real head scratcher. Watson

8:19

I do like a mystery. Oh.

8:22

I was going to watch the football.

8:24

Yes, I spent eighty four quid on

8:26

a ticket to Mansfield. Have been forty

8:28

quid on a seat in the way

8:30

and and now the train has gone.

8:32

I will make the game and I'm

8:35

staring at a Dead Rats in Kensington

8:37

Gardens. Actually, it's Princess Diana's Memorial garden

8:39

with Mr at a memorial Garden says

8:41

interest as he seems to be of

8:43

similar importance. Why didn't you go to

8:45

the football? You told me to come

8:47

here. It is convenient for inconvenient. Well,

8:50

this is terribly inconvenient for you. Isn't

8:52

it? Ah, okay right. Yep and next

8:54

time maybe as if you could specify

8:56

that is the is terribly inconvenient for

8:59

me so I don't need to actually

9:01

attend the rats. The Rural this is

9:03

New Funeral was. This is an investigation.

9:09

Just am just as account

9:11

point in us despite Devil's

9:13

advocate here. let's not, Let's

9:15

just not our victim. Let's

9:18

call him. Receive killed

9:20

almost a most peculiar

9:23

appearance an albino raft.

9:26

Unique. One of the

9:28

kind. And now they're more. the

9:31

events was the it's two thousand and

9:33

twenty four no one needs to be

9:35

saying says he scuffles out from the

9:37

headroom the north side so most likely

9:39

come from palace green room mostly embassies

9:41

house we the diplomat is he said

9:43

to the rear of the properties approve

9:46

daughter's tariffs why the rear of nearest

9:48

course he doesn't want to draw attention

9:50

to himself but more importantly he wants

9:52

access to refuse disposal it's tuesday palace

9:54

gardens terrorists have there been collected this

9:56

morning so it's most likely that rescue

9:58

was making his way the waste when

10:00

he was accosted. Mugg'd. Poor guy.

10:03

Wondered why I didn't see a wallet or phone on him? He darfs. Across

10:06

the road and into the hedgerow here he

10:08

scuffles out and makes his way across the

10:10

paving slabs as the assailant tracks him. Here,

10:13

look, the impression's on the moose. A

10:15

cad. Rat-Fue unknowingly heads towards

10:17

the memorial fountain, finding himself teetering on

10:20

the precipice here. He pivots away from

10:22

the water's edge, scurries back towards the

10:24

shrubbery, and in there

10:26

he hides. Way during that

10:28

he can conceal himself and escape the

10:31

tyranny he cannot rent. He

10:33

must hide. The cat feigns disinterest and withdraws

10:35

to the hedgerow. Also Rat-Fue

10:37

believes. He exits his shrub

10:39

and is stunned by a paw crashing into

10:42

his back, forcing him down into the slabs

10:44

with all five kilograms of his foe pushing

10:46

down on him. They both know if Rat-Fue

10:48

can turn around and bite his aggressor the

10:50

attack would be called off. But

10:52

there's no time. Two feline

10:54

incisors plunge into his spinal

10:57

column here and here, puncturing

10:59

vital vessels breaking his neck,

11:02

severing the spine. It's

11:04

over. Hmm, there's another train at

11:06

120. Yeah,

11:09

I mean, I'd miss Kehl. Wouldn't be there until

11:11

like 25 minutes in.

11:14

Ah, bollocks. It's

11:16

probably not worth it. I mean, that's even if the

11:19

train runs perfectly, which it won't. Yeah.

11:23

So what were you saying? Come with me, Watson. Follow.

11:26

Yeah. Yeah.

11:28

Yeah, I love the fact they call it a fast train. But

11:31

I've still got a change at Stoke and Nottingham. You

11:33

know, I'm the one running through the stations. Yeah, I

11:35

decide if it's bloody fast or not. This way. The

11:38

street will be over here, I bet. I mean, I'm not

11:40

saying we would have won today. Yeah. But

11:43

I didn't see us getting beat. You know, injuries

11:45

have cleared up. Form isn't god-awful like it was

11:47

at the start of the season. And there, Watson.

11:51

There he is. Look at him

11:53

staring down at us from his

11:56

grand Georgian townhouse. Get

11:58

down here and atone. your sin

12:00

you feline bastard. Licking

12:03

his paws like they aren't dripping with

12:05

the blood of the innocent.

12:07

Oh don't we? Where

12:09

are we? Palace garden terrace.

12:12

Why? Because we're confronting the

12:14

white rat killer. Up there. Good

12:16

eventche tight lay Watson. Up where?

12:19

Sorry? There. Top floor

12:21

window. The cat?

12:24

We shall wait. In the park. And

12:27

it is us, Watson, who shall

12:29

pounce. No, we won't do

12:31

that. We won't do any of that. We're

12:33

going to go for lunch. Perhaps we should

12:35

picnic in the memorial gardens. Right, okay. Two

12:37

things. First, people don't really like it

12:39

when you stuff your face next to memorials of the deceased.

12:42

Second, I'm not going to eat my lunch next to

12:44

a dead rat. Can

12:49

we stop talking about it? I'm making a point.

12:52

Yeah, you're always making a point. When are you

12:54

not making a point? Most of

12:56

the meals you have consumed in London would be

12:58

within reasonably close distance to a dead rat. Yeah,

13:00

okay, okay, yeah, I get it. I get it.

13:02

I just don't want to look at... Raffu. Raffu.

13:05

God rest him while I eat.

13:13

What are you thinking? Before you start, I'm

13:16

asking about the food. What are you

13:18

thinking? I rather like the look

13:20

of a cannon jeep. Oof,

13:23

a bit pricey. Ooh, yay,

13:25

new patron. Well, there you

13:27

go. Cannon jeep it is. They're

13:30

not paying for you to eat prawn

13:32

dumplings. Hello, can I get you any

13:34

drinks or anything to start? Yes, a

13:36

drink, yes, definitely. He says,

13:39

not having looked at the drinks

13:41

menu. Er, singer, this guy, please.

13:44

Large or medium? Well,

13:46

my day is ruined, so I'll

13:48

go large. And you served? What

13:50

do you do? Oh my God. He

13:52

just mowed. He bowed to the

13:54

Thai waiter. Yes, hello. I

13:58

would like the... The

14:00

Cola. And Can

14:02

M G thank you. I'll be

14:04

that would you do? You.

14:08

What? You bowed as so

14:11

did he. Don't bow one

14:13

of. It's

14:15

very nice that you didn't Okay,

14:17

it's It's very considerate that he

14:20

can come across as a little

14:22

insincere era to the people who

14:24

maybe don't know how it just

14:26

can hit us. You know, I

14:29

didn't have it is this is to crappy thing about

14:32

cultural. And in imbalances

14:34

homes their cultural and bolland. so I

14:36

don't make the rules that I barely.

14:38

Understand them but just know that

14:40

what I'm saying is accurate and

14:43

I wish the world work that

14:45

way but I'm not entirely sure

14:47

it does. The world is cruel

14:49

death at times in some places

14:52

more than others who do you

14:54

think is owners? sorry the cat

14:56

I have no I do via

14:58

time seen on a Coca Cola

15:00

team is on it's way have

15:03

to decide it on your me

15:05

and said couple more minutes is

15:07

okay sorry no problem. He

15:11

seemed emaciated. That fucker said to

15:13

me, not him. The cat still

15:15

on the cap though he is.

15:18

He seems emaciated. Why didn't he

15:20

just eat rescue. Multiple reasons domestic

15:22

cats wouldn't attempt on a cleaner

15:24

creature that load a rat. The

15:27

cat will be aware of the

15:29

parasites. Yep, got. yep, yep, yep.

15:31

that's yourself. the parasites and racked

15:34

up chats and out. Curtains closed

15:36

and closed for some time. bleached.

15:38

By the summer sun so close

15:40

to them. I'm. okay

15:45

i'll bite the bart get i

15:47

will have a nibble on this

15:49

little morsel of think you are

15:51

offering please do you're telling me

15:54

one of those houses of kensington

15:56

gardens had a cat in the

15:58

window can't look ruff emaciated.

16:00

Right, yes. So, malnourished

16:03

and what? The curtains hadn't been

16:05

opened for months? Correct. Was it

16:07

a residence? You know, it could

16:10

be an embassy or offices or

16:12

government. Residence. Weird. A

16:14

much used bike was locked outside.

16:16

It wasn't sheltered during the severe winter

16:18

weather. The lock was rusted. So,

16:21

bike suddenly stopped being used. There was

16:23

a car, a tesla, flat tyre, nearside

16:25

front. I don't know what that means

16:28

when people say that. Is that passenger

16:30

side or driver side? Passenger.

16:32

Gotcha. So, car, you'd say

16:35

neglected as well? I would indeed say

16:38

that. Obvious signs of

16:40

neglect. But, as our

16:42

friend Raffiou pointed out, bins

16:44

still being filled and

16:46

collected. Very weird. Very

16:49

weird. Who do we think lives there?

16:51

Socially progressive. Eulogically sensitive.

16:53

Electric car? Check. Bike?

16:56

Check. An aptitude for

16:58

innovation. Outgoing. Likes or

17:00

liked to host? Expand on that.

17:03

Here. Google street view

17:05

of the property. Yeah. The imagery

17:07

is assembled from a number of

17:09

photos collected. If I move here.

17:11

Ooh. And in the driveway.

17:14

Blood out. License plate is. But

17:16

the company logo is not. Aqua

17:19

Cadabra. So, aquarium

17:22

supplies? I think that says. Yep.

17:24

We look them up. Fairly small

17:26

firm. Not a particularly large team. Not

17:29

based in London either. So, why are they

17:31

here in their van? Well, if

17:33

you take the owner of the company here,

17:36

Phil Grant. What? Phil and

17:38

Grant from East End, the

17:40

Mitchell, it doesn't matter. Pop that into

17:43

any search engine. Phil Grant CEO, Aqua

17:45

Cadabra. Here's his LinkedIn.

17:49

Blah blah. And here

17:51

we go. Oh, that's the house. Could

17:55

not be more proud of the

17:57

team following our first freshwater pool

17:59

installation. The phosphate filter,

18:01

low-salt hydrolysis pump and check valves

18:04

assembled off-site due to their sheer size and

18:06

complexity fitted today. You get the idea. I

18:10

mean, sort of. It's

18:12

a natural pool, Watson. Subterranean, I'd say.

18:15

Google satellite images show a hefty

18:17

structural glass unit extension. Into

18:19

the back garden. Problem with glass

18:22

extensions, of course. Heat?

18:25

Well, yes. The other problem

18:27

is we can see inside. Large

18:29

dining table, multiple seating pods outside,

18:31

along with fire pit bar and

18:34

various lounging areas. So,

18:37

we have a paradox. Somebody

18:41

lives there, still accumulating rubbish,

18:43

food waste, recycling. But

18:45

it also seems abandoned. Bike neglected, expensive

18:47

car left on the drive, curtains never

18:50

opened, cat not being fed. Sociable

18:53

and outgoing, big fancy communal

18:55

area, but equally reclusive

18:58

and sheltered. Yes, quite

19:00

intriguing. We

19:03

could pull on this thread a little more, Watson.

19:06

Or you could go off to your football

19:08

match. Up to you,

19:10

I suppose. Well, as we've established, I can't

19:12

go off to the football match, actually. An

19:19

intriguing adventure within our

19:21

grasp. Are

19:23

we ready, gentlemen? Yes, Watson.

19:26

Are we ready? Oh, we're ready.

19:31

Bring it on. Bang!

19:33

Ad break. Sorry, yeah,

19:35

I just wanted to say that for a dramatic bit

19:37

before the adverts. It'll be like, bring it on, then,

19:39

bosh, piano, violins, you know. Great

19:42

stuff, because this is how you produce high

19:44

quality audio drama, mate. Just order. Er, yeah,

19:46

yeah. Could I get the

19:48

King Prawn... I

20:00

can't do the minty shower wash anymore

20:02

mate. Christly

20:05

crotch feels radioactive. What is this?

20:09

Football scores. Get

20:11

it off. It's

20:14

captivating. What's happening now? There's

20:17

been a goal at Hulker Street Stadium in Barrow. What

20:20

happens if there's a goal at Hulker Street Stadium in

20:22

Barrow? We go to a bloke

20:24

freezing his arse off in Cumbria and he'll tell us

20:26

if Barrow has scored or if Colchester has scored. It's

20:29

a goal for Barrow. There you go.

20:33

Are we pleased with that? A

20:35

goal for Barrow. Not

20:37

bothered really. But if they win they go above

20:39

MK Don. Is that good? Oh

20:41

yes, very very good. Sorry

20:44

I'm just... I

20:46

was watching that. Sorry,

20:48

I just kind of remind myself in the

20:50

shower. It was 9 Palace Garden Terrace. Correct.

20:53

Right, and what do we say again? Cat,

20:56

curtains, car, bike. Oh God,

20:59

sorry. Let me just adjust the towel.

21:01

Ah, for sake. Your microphone is flashing.

21:04

Ah, right. Yeah, that'll be battery. Er, I've

21:06

got new ones. Do you know what? I'm

21:09

gonna go get dressed. What's

21:13

an acceptable length of time to wear jeans for before

21:15

washing them, do you reckon? I can easily go a

21:17

week, you know. You're disgusting. Yeah,

21:20

yep, yep. It's

21:22

not like I'm saying underwear and socks here. Ah, Jesus! Ah,

21:27

Jesus fucking Christ! What

21:30

are you doing? There is someone

21:32

in my bed. Did you bring someone home with you

21:34

last night? Maybe you forgot. Maybe

21:36

I forgot. I'm

21:39

not LL Cool J Sherlock, I would remember.

21:41

It would be a pretty bloody

21:43

seismic event in my life, to be

21:45

honest. Christ, they're getting out. Not a

21:48

volume for a little guy. Are you finishing the shower, John? Wiggins! What

21:52

the fuck? What are you doing? I

21:55

have an app. Good

21:58

God. What is it? Turn

22:00

that off. Wiggins, I... You

22:03

can't just sleep in my bed. I've just washed those

22:05

sheets. What are you getting at, Watson? No,

22:08

I... Is it because I sleep on the street, Chan? Is that

22:10

it? No, no, no, no. Absolutely not. That's not what I was

22:12

saying at all. So you don't mind? No. No.

22:16

Not one bit. It's nice to sleep in a bed after

22:18

a bus shelter, you know. Yeah,

22:20

I bet. Yeah, yeah. You are welcome. Matey, mate.

22:23

And it's a chance to wash the smell of drunk. Piss

22:25

off myself as well. Of course, yeah. No. Let me

22:27

just grab those bedsheets, actually. Gonna put a wash on.

22:29

Anyone need anything in the drum? These and these, please,

22:31

John Boy. Oh,

22:35

lovely. Yep. Kelvin Klein. Yeah, you

22:37

don't see them around much, do you? Must be his

22:39

brother. Oh, and the... And

22:42

the socks. Yeah, lovely. Just

22:45

gonna pop these in there. You're

22:51

using far too much detergent. Believe me, I am not using

22:53

enough. And

22:55

great. You're naked. Right. Do

22:57

you want to jump in the shower, please, Wiggins? Wiggy?

23:00

You's wanted an awesome shoot, didn't you? We

23:02

wish to know about Nine Palace Garden Terrace by

23:04

Kensington Gardens. Ha ha.

23:06

We bet you do. How about we

23:08

hear about it when you've got some clothes on?

23:11

You're going down a rabbit hole now, boys. Force

23:14

things forced. The

23:16

house belongs to Professor Arson

23:22

Presbury. Really? Yeah. The

23:25

self-help guru. Self-help? Yeah,

23:28

certainly good at helping himself to allow the

23:30

cash, that's for sure. He's everything, everywhere, all

23:32

the time. Lectures and Imperial,

23:34

motivational speeches, theatre

23:36

shows, TED Talks. Tell you

23:38

what, I've only heard 10% of his YouTube downloads. You

23:41

could afford new jeans. Right, OK,

23:43

that was a private conversation between me and Sherlock.

23:45

So Professor Presbury lives at the house. Then

23:48

why is it falling into neglect? He's rather

23:50

elderly, is he not? Doesn't look it.

23:53

Look at he's 76. Looks

23:55

far to six houses. half

24:00

the time. But that's

24:02

not the mystery. What's the

24:04

mystery? Well we spend a bit of

24:06

time around Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens,

24:08

especially after dark. Presbury's cat

24:11

can be seen lurking around there from time

24:13

to time. He likes it

24:15

in the memorial garden. Yeah, yeah we witnessed some

24:17

of his handiwork. Charlotte wants to lock him up

24:19

for a life sentence. Or

24:21

nine. Nine? Life

24:24

sentence? Because, yeah, ok carry on. We'd

24:26

feed him once in a while. Laggedy

24:28

little skin and bone tings toward him. One

24:32

night in November I'm sat there in the memorial garden with

24:34

a couple of buddies of mine. We're

24:37

chatting sheets, stargazing or whatever. One

24:40

of the kids with those sort of sutters, I think he was, goes

24:43

all quiet like. We try to

24:45

get some size out of him. Poor lad. He's been

24:47

in care his whole life. And now he's

24:49

got himself out and onto the street. He goes

24:51

green lads I tell ya. Every

24:53

other corner slides off his face. I

24:56

ask him what's up and he says he's

24:58

hallucinating or some nonsense. Maybe

25:00

he's taking something, maybe the cold's getting to him.

25:02

Who knows, right? A couple

25:05

of the fellas keep on chatting. Anyways,

25:08

I followed the eyes of this kid. See

25:10

what he's staring at like? And

25:12

I see. I look

25:14

up to the top floor of

25:17

your house, right? Number nine. Palace

25:20

garden terrace. What?

25:23

What did you see? The

25:25

creeping man. This

25:29

is so stupid. This

25:33

is how I roll, buddy. You don't

25:35

like a stakeout, then you're bouncing with the

25:37

wrong partner, Capiche. Stop talking like that. What

25:40

are you doing? Your idiot podcaster

25:42

has hired a car to do

25:44

a... what's it called? It's called

25:47

a stakeout. This is what detectives do, mate.

25:50

He's spent £300 on some

25:52

puny smart car to... Wait, gimme

25:55

that. Don't tell them it's a

25:57

smart car. This is cool.

25:59

Bloody... Noire stuff, yes, staking out

26:01

the house, in a car, got my

26:03

black coffee... Hm! Mmm!

26:07

Shit, that's hot! Ugh, my lip!

26:09

Owie, owie, owie, owie, owie, owie, owie, owie! This

26:11

is a waste of time... Oh, why did they

26:13

make it that hot!? Why didn't you just get

26:16

the hot chocolate like you wanted?! Will you shut...

26:18

Stop ruining it, mate! Ruining what? I'm a listener,

26:20

right? Yeah, I'm hearing my two favourite detectives staking

26:22

out the joint... What? Shh shh

26:24

shh, they're drinking black coffee, they're night owls,

26:27

you know, they're, they're stalking inconspicuously in the

26:29

Dark London strip, and then you go, oh,

26:31

they're in a smart car, and he wanted hot chocolate,

26:33

cause black coffee gives him a bad tummy, stomach! I

26:36

never mentioned the bow thing. Just, please, can we

26:38

return to the stakeout, would that be alright? How

26:44

do I part of this thing, pay by the phone, it's like

26:46

nine hours! There's a blister on

26:48

your lip. Yeah, it's really sore, really,

26:51

really sore. What

26:53

else happens in a stake out? We...

26:55

it... uh, well... nothing.

27:00

Nothing until we see something? Nothing.

27:03

Yeah, yeah, it's about being patient and

27:05

not losing focus, it's about diligence, yeah?

27:08

Ask yourself what you need in life. Not

27:11

what you want. What you need. Because

27:15

it won't be what society tells us.

27:18

It won't be a car, a house.

27:21

It won't even be more followers. It

27:26

will all be driven by our

27:28

inner human. Our inner

27:30

primates. And as

27:32

soon as you can tune into

27:34

that frequency, and cut out the

27:36

description. As you

27:38

can return... Oh, never offside, no. Oh.

27:41

A colleague of mine once put in... Oh,

27:43

hey, I... You can build out your brain. Your

27:46

mind. Oh. How

27:49

long was I out? How long was I

27:51

out? That... yeah, I... uh...

27:55

What time is it? Nine... Twenty-six.

27:57

Nine. What

28:00

are you watching? Live stream of

28:03

our friend Professor Presbury. I wish

28:06

I was friends with awesome Presbury Blimey. Why

28:08

is that? Well, I

28:10

could find out his secret. What secret does

28:13

he have? Oh come

28:15

on. 76 years old that guy, look at him. He

28:18

looks like Brad Pitt's sexy uncle. But

28:20

plus, he can fundamentally rewire people's brains,

28:22

did you know that? How so? Did

28:25

you see him on this morning with that deaf

28:27

Nazi? Did I see him on this morning with

28:29

that deaf Nazi? Have

28:32

you heard yourself? Honestly mate, this Nazi,

28:34

on this morning, deaf as a post,

28:36

awesome Presbury literally talks to him for

28:38

like, I don't know, two minutes. He

28:40

talks to the deaf man? Yeah,

28:42

because subconsciously parts of his brain can hear,

28:44

they reckon. I'm calling the general medical council

28:47

to get you struck off. Look, he talks

28:49

to him on this morning, holding his hand

28:51

the whole time, doing these little hypnotic

28:53

taps on his wrist. Guess what? What?

28:56

Bloke can hear again. Watson. I'm

28:58

telling you Sherlock, that's what happened. And

29:01

what happened to his political views? Hmm?

29:05

You said he was a Nazi. Well,

29:07

I think he went Lib Dem in the end, rewired

29:09

his brain. And you believe

29:11

all that, do you? I mean,

29:14

look, there's a lot of crap out there in this

29:16

field, yeah? And you know, yes, this morning was a

29:18

bit of a stunt, but he is genuinely amazing. Sorry,

29:22

I know you don't like to hear

29:24

that, but Imperial College Professor, inventor, guru,

29:26

I was going to take his supplements.

29:29

Feed him my inner primate and all that. Sell

29:38

out crowd. Indeed. Where

29:44

is that? Thomas with Apollo. Jesus,

29:47

that looks 3,000, 3 and a half. It's

29:52

quite literally printed into our theater. You tell him

29:54

what, 70 quid a ticket? What's

29:56

that then, if he sells that out? So that's 238. £3,000

30:00

for 3,400 seats. Wow.

30:04

He's there again tomorrow night. I

30:07

would be, if I was collecting that much

30:09

a night. You think, right? He's

30:11

kind of a super brand, really. Stop. What?

30:14

Look. The top

30:16

floor. Wiggins was right.

30:20

Better not be a cat. Oh my...

30:24

Um... Uh,

30:26

that is... That

30:29

is terrifying. So

30:31

the top floor there, the room with the

30:34

closed curtains, the whole floor has lights

30:36

on. Um... In

30:39

the next room, there's,

30:41

uh... a man.

30:45

I think. He's

30:47

shuffling, almost floating.

30:50

Um... Jesus,

30:53

he's exactly like Wiggins said.

30:56

He's skeletal, hunched over, moving,

30:58

um... moving

31:01

like a zombie. I, um... Oh,

31:06

I don't know what else to say. Who

31:10

is that? The Creeping

31:12

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31:20

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