0:01

I don't believe in ghosts, but I

0:03

believe in haunted places. Should we tell

0:06

the one about that rocking chair? Be

0:08

careful in the telling. Rocking

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chair or settlement. A horror

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musical podcast. The

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White Vault. Goshuck.

1:16

Who are you? Jason,

1:21

who the fuck are you? Jason?

1:24

Yeah, Jason. And who

1:26

are you and what are you doing here? Ify,

1:30

you can put the wood down. I

1:33

don't think I will, actually. Not

1:35

until we know what we're dealing with. Would

1:37

someone tell me who you... Just

1:40

what the hell are you doing here? You

1:44

first. Damn. Just don't

1:46

hit me again, please. I'm

1:51

Jason. I saw the door head

1:53

moved. I came to check it out. I

1:56

didn't know there would be people in here. Or

1:58

that you would hit me with a damn table leg. What

2:02

are you doing out here? This place is

2:04

abandoned. It is. I'm out

2:07

here taking measurements and samples for an illuminology study

2:09

of abandoned quarry lakes. I

2:11

am, I am! Shit, put that leg down. You

2:14

don't know the others. What others? You're

2:16

the others. I've been here for days. I

2:20

think he's telling the truth, if he... Bye.

2:27

So what's

2:29

going on here? And who are you? Oh

2:32

shit. Great,

2:34

I'm heating. Sorry. We

2:37

thought you were... someone else.

2:40

Who? And why was the first reaction

2:42

that hit me? So Jason,

2:45

explain it again. You're here for

2:47

what then? I'm

2:50

an ecologist. I'm studying this small

2:52

lake formed by the Gulf Hawk quarry. Like

2:55

the fish? No. The

2:57

water table and the water runoff. There aren't any

2:59

fish in the lake actually, as it was man-made

3:01

and never populated with fish species. A

3:04

voracious vernal amphibian population though? Oh,

3:06

jeez, you cut me, dude. Sorry. We

3:09

only have a small kit of medical

3:11

equipment. But you've been here

3:13

for days. You must

3:15

have something. We need some. Please,

3:17

because leg is hurt. Do you have

3:19

painkillers? Wait, do you have a... hand?

3:22

You switch really quick from hitting me with a table leg to

3:25

ask me for a favor. But

3:28

it does look like you need it. Um, why

3:31

are you out here? Who are you? There it

3:33

is, a kid. He

3:36

is fat. Look, my question first. Who

3:38

are you? You break

3:40

in, jump me, hit me over

3:42

the head, and now you're not answering my questions?

3:45

Look, I'm still gonna let you use the medical kit. Damn.

3:49

If you're really not one of them, we need your

3:52

help. Who is them? And who are you? These

3:54

aren't hard questions. Everyone

3:56

calm down, Jason. I'm

4:01

sure we're all sorry that you got hurt. I

4:04

apologize for hitting you. Please

4:07

understand we were just trying to

4:09

protect ourselves. Okay? From

4:11

whom? There are two

4:14

men following us. Bad men. They're

4:17

trying to kidnap my sister and I. They already

4:19

did once. That's how we got here. Kidnappers? They're

4:22

not just kidnappers. They're...

4:27

They shot my friend. And

4:30

he? And

4:32

you? How'd you get here? Were

4:35

you kidnapped too? No.

4:38

My friend and I are... We're

4:42

nature photographers. I... Okay,

4:46

I'm not. I

4:48

get it. We

4:50

should head back to the church. Is

4:53

it safer there? Wait. Do you have a

4:55

phone? Something we can call the town with.

4:57

We need to call 911. Or do you have

4:59

a car? Can we leave? Do you have

5:02

a way out of here? Alright, wait. Slow down.

5:05

Yes, I have a satellite phone. But I don't

5:07

have a car or a vehicle. I was dropped

5:09

off with a bunch of supplies and I'll be

5:11

picked up in... seven days

5:13

by Snowmobile. Everything I do have

5:15

is back at the church, which includes some medical equipment

5:18

we could use to help wrap up your leg. Your

5:21

leg looks terrible. You need help getting over there? Yeah.

5:26

Why the church? That's why I

5:28

set up my base of operation. It's

5:30

not much, but the church is one of the buildings in

5:32

better condition. And it has a fireplace

5:34

that hasn't collapsed. It's pretty warm inside, is it?

5:38

Sometimes I come out to these buildings to pick up old

5:40

wood to burn. I just look for some interesting items left

5:42

behind. I hadn't taken anything from this

5:44

one though, since the door was locked. I

5:47

unlocked it. That's why

5:49

you can't see, because it looked different. We've

5:56

heard that a few times. What is that? All

5:58

the grinding noise? It's an ice that's set formed

6:01

on the lake. But this spins due to a

6:03

current, and the current is part of what I'm here to

6:05

study. But this makes that sound when

6:07

it comes to the contact with the rest of the ice

6:09

around it, and that's what grinds it down into a circular

6:11

shape. You'll see it when we walk past it,

6:13

if the visibility is good enough. This

6:16

is good and all, but your friend and I need the medical

6:18

kit, so if you don't mind, could you follow me? You'll

6:21

need to start a fire in here, but if you want to

6:23

bring some firewood to the church, that would be helpful. I'm

6:26

Adele, that's my sister, Mika. Hi,

6:28

Missy. And again, I'm

6:31

sorry about hurting you. It's

6:33

just a bit of light. Nothing too bad.

6:36

I'm more worried about Mika's leg. Me

6:38

too. I'll help you to the church,

6:40

okay? Then the others can bring some

6:42

firewood. You

6:44

ready? Yeah. Everyone,

6:48

please try to stay close. The weather's getting worse and

6:50

could turn terrible any minute. We're

6:53

right behind you. Are

7:00

you alone out here? Well,

7:03

yeah. That was kind of the point. I

7:06

really prefer working alone. It's just no one

7:08

else really wants to come out here in the middle of the winter. Thought

7:10

I'd found a pretty good place to work. So

7:13

imagine my surprise. Yeah, well,

7:15

you're right. It's not like

7:17

we want to be out here. But

7:19

we're lucky you're in here. We'll

7:24

take any luck we can get at this point. We'll

7:28

take any luck. Lisa.

7:51

Lisa, wake up. Please,

7:55

wake up. I know you're tired,

7:57

but there's a meeting we need to get to. She

8:01

will? What? What?

8:07

What time is it? It's about

8:09

nine. Arna is still asleep.

8:12

Good. She needs rest. So

8:15

do you. I can't

8:17

imagine that tears particularly grow. I

8:20

want to be here if she needs me. She can

8:23

always call you. I

8:25

know it's stressful, but technology, the

8:27

world, it's all spent working.

8:29

Mm-hmm. Doesn't feel like it.

8:33

Also, I spoke with a nurse on the way in. She

8:37

says that Arna spoke with a police officer

8:39

yesterday. She should be cleared for

8:41

discharge later today. Good.

8:46

I should serve to go home and rest. So

8:50

why are you here? To get you.

8:54

There's a meeting. Come with me. Of

8:56

course. We've

9:02

booked a room at the hotel next door. Sohra

9:04

and others are already there. Always.

9:08

Always. No

9:10

takers, witnesses, extra eyes. Mm.

9:16

We haven't spoken in a lot

9:18

of distance. Yes.

9:22

It's been a while. How

9:25

are we on the show? Lizzy,

9:27

he's been learning guitar. He used to get

9:29

on an electric one. That's where his

9:31

mother put her foot down. I can't say I blame

9:33

her. He's learning and

9:35

acoustic is nice. But on an electric

9:37

guitar with an amp, it

9:40

would drive you crazy. Maybe the

9:42

headphones? What

9:44

about Gunnar? So

9:47

energetic. He's being soccer.

9:50

Don't you like math with little things? It's

9:53

all right. I was never very good at

9:55

it. I love French Guillen.

9:59

Guillen, please. It's an abuses trip. You

10:02

already knew that. It's my top. He

10:06

was on a trip, but he's on the way back to

10:08

Iceland to help to take care of Gunnar and Sara while I'm

10:10

here. Anyone

10:12

here on my side? In

10:14

a way. Yes. Everyone. Everyone

10:17

wants to know how something could happen to him. What

10:20

could happen to you too? What could

10:23

happen to him? To their children. Or

10:25

even to me. Same

10:33

cousin. Same. Ah, these. Thank

10:36

you for

10:38

coming. Is there coffee? Take

10:42

a seat. Vigny, get her a coffee. Oh,

10:45

thanks. How is

10:48

Ardna this morning? Feeling

10:51

better, I hope. She was still asleep when I

10:53

left. The doctors and nurses said

10:55

she's doing well. And Thigwe spoke with the

10:57

nurse. They say she should be able

10:59

to be discharged later today. Is this true?

11:03

Yes. Then

11:05

on to some less cordial questions. This

11:07

is Ardna your daughter by birth. Is

11:12

this a joke? Of course Ardna is my

11:14

daughter. Sora, you were at a baby

11:16

shower and her first three birthdays. She's

11:20

my eldest daughter. I'm sorry. She's

11:24

my eldest daughter. I

11:26

know. I just... I had to ask. And

11:29

it doesn't matter what you say or what I

11:31

write down. We took a blood draw yesterday. The

11:34

sample is already home in Reykjavik. They will

11:37

test her DNA and empty DNA against those we have on

11:39

file for all true family. Of course you did. We

11:41

should have the results by tomorrow. Though

11:44

I'm sure Hilda will have the results and have made

11:46

her judgement before we see them. If

11:50

what I say holds so little meaning,

11:52

and if what I wish is not

11:54

even considered, then why am I here?

11:56

I could have stayed with

11:58

Ardna. I would have preferred it. Not

12:00

to have to deal with any of this. Vigny,

12:03

pour me a coffee too please. One sugar. These,

12:10

you are the daughter of a second daughter. You

12:12

had a choice. One I did not have. One

12:15

my sister didn't. One that held

12:17

that most certainly did not. We

12:20

are all tired. We are all

12:22

worried. We all want to help. Admah

12:25

is one of us. Thank

12:27

you. You

12:30

opted to leave yourself out of the family

12:32

business. The heavy work, let's say. But

12:35

you still have its benefits, do you not? You've

12:38

never been ill. Never been significantly

12:40

injured. You were blessed

12:43

with two daughters, you've... And the son. And

12:45

the son. All

12:47

easy births. You have a lovely

12:49

home, a loving husband, and

12:52

easy life. Until now. If

12:56

something has changed, if

12:58

Admah can get hurt, it means you

13:00

can. Sarah and Gunnar can.

13:03

My daughter's can. My son. Hulta?

13:05

Leaf? Riva? Something

13:08

is wrong. We can no

13:10

longer afford to have our true daughters

13:12

sitting on the sidelines. So

13:14

if this disrespects your attempt at a pep

13:17

talk... No. I

13:19

should not have to spur you to action. The

13:21

bandages on your daughter should do that easily enough.

13:25

You are a real bitch. Yes,

13:27

I know. A family trait. How

13:31

am I supposed to help? I

13:33

don't know. That's not something Hulta's told me yet.

13:36

So, what has he told you? Pick

13:39

me. Uh, yes. So,

13:41

we called in for updates earlier this

13:43

morning. Apparently there are

13:45

other issues arising. Always coincide with

13:47

the newer... negative

13:50

developments for the family. Negative?

13:53

Other family members are getting hurt. Who?

13:56

What's happened? Last

13:59

Week there were some... Small injuries

14:01

illnesses them this without

14:03

love. And. Ask

14:05

falls. To sell. Grandmother.

14:08

She saw last night. She's doing

14:10

fine. She's in the hospital with a

14:12

hairline fracture. To

14:15

to soda. Cease

14:17

to be the head of the family. I

14:20

know. And.

14:23

What other kinds of issues has his the

14:25

kids to divulge. Recently.

14:27

As Citigroup surveys sent overseas disappears with

14:29

snow contact from the local family indicating

14:31

a choice to act against the surveyor

14:33

there's a raid was of families but

14:35

he was loyal. Additionally family was the

14:38

glass openly formed all have families that

14:40

are company has also been sent to

14:42

go surveyors. Though. They did

14:44

not choose to report any losses if they

14:46

have had any weights. I've been

14:48

ill informed than this for years by

14:50

choice, so you need to be a

14:53

bit more open via We. And why

14:55

are they sending out surveyors. I

14:58

don't understand. I'll take a guess the

15:00

we're not talking about oil or natural

15:02

gas service. Us

15:04

all the known and monitored site

15:06

had reading is within studying for

15:08

decades now. Some of these readings

15:10

include specific radiation and magnetic such

15:13

relations and in the last decade

15:15

of say we've been able to

15:17

pinpoint other locations across the globe,

15:19

setting new and similar readings as

15:21

such with and sending out surveys

15:23

we've only sent to say sorry

15:25

including the one that disappeared. So

15:29

it's spreading to more places. This

15:32

can't be coincidence. Because

15:34

those never reaches of it. But.

15:36

Her calling us all in warrants polis.

15:39

Something's. Wrong. There's no denying

15:42

it now. Okay,

16:02

so you and Adele were in a trailer in the

16:04

woods and you broke out, which is how you got

16:07

hurt. And then you found Ippie and

16:09

Jean's camp and took some other gear. And then

16:11

you ran into Ippie later. And then you heard

16:13

one of the kidnappers ask, shoot Ippie's

16:15

hurt and there's Jean over the

16:17

radio. Yeah. And

16:19

then after that, you started west toward the border and

16:22

you ran into Gossok on the way. That's

16:24

about it. How

16:26

many hours ago was that? I mean, if

16:28

you had to guess, how long until you think the kidnappers

16:31

make it this far? Well,

16:33

they're not hurt, so they

16:35

should move faster than us. But

16:37

we don't think they're any good at tracking. And

16:40

we tried to hide our footsteps. But

16:42

it's been impossible for us to pass without a trace

16:44

in this snow. Why,

16:47

there's a snowfall in the upholst cover at Moore.

16:50

So they might not even come here at all. At

16:52

least that would be the best case scenario. Gossok.

16:57

Yeah,

17:02

we saw the sign on the way in, but that's

17:05

about it. All right,

17:07

so, Gossok was a prairie town back in the 1800s.

17:10

But before that, it had been a hunting and trapping town.

17:13

The lake is not an old natural lake, but the men

17:15

make quarry hall for when they were taking out granite. But

17:18

the monument was so deep, it was looking to follow

17:20

a vein of valuable colored granite as the prairies started

17:22

to flood. At

17:25

first, the town was going to be abandoned just for that. But

17:28

the water in the prairie lake was found to be perfect for

17:30

ice harvesting. The

17:32

water was particularly clear, and the old railway that

17:34

had previously picked up the prairie granite just started

17:36

picking up ice. Then in the

17:39

1940s and 50s, people started using refrigerators and

17:41

the whole industry died. But the whole

17:43

bunch of old ice harvesting towns all over the world.

17:45

In Canada? Yeah. So

17:49

when the ice industry dried up, most people packed up

17:51

and left. The few that

17:53

remained suffered an outbreak of tuberculosis, which relocated some families

17:56

to larger towns like Bangor or Portland, medipated.

18:00

After that, Dothawk just... died.

18:03

Even the railways in this area shut down. Lots of

18:05

towns in northern Maine that used to have railway access

18:07

still don't do this day. There's just

18:09

no industry to support it. Ah. Anyways,

18:12

lots of old quarry towns means there are many

18:15

other man-made lakes and ponds. And

18:17

that's what I'm here to look at. Has

18:19

the man-made quarry really deep enough to be called

18:21

the lake? The lake's needed to

18:24

go deeper than the photo lake's own. Uh,

18:26

the photo lake's own? But yeah, you're right.

18:28

It's not deep enough, so luminologically it's a

18:31

pond, but it was named Galsawk Lake, so

18:33

we won't change it. Oh,

18:35

and you heard the ice disk. So I

18:37

explained there's a current spinning to this, which

18:39

ponds usually don't have. The theory there, we

18:41

think, is that the lake has a connection

18:43

to the underground water system, inflow and outflow,

18:46

somewhere that creates a constant flow of water.

18:49

Uh, sorry. Don't

18:51

be sorry. I'm sorry for talking so

18:53

much. But we're nearly there. There's a

18:55

church. I'm not far now. Don't

18:57

be sorry. I need some help. I

19:03

understand that you're hurt. Me too,

19:05

a bit. But could you give me just

19:07

a moment to clean up? I,

19:09

like I said, I thought I was out

19:11

here alone. Yes, please. Actually, I need

19:14

to get a rock out of my other boots. Okay,

19:18

uh, Adele, could you hold up your sister? Why

19:20

go inside real quick? Yeah, of course.

19:27

Oh, no. What

19:44

was that? The baddest are broke.

19:47

Help me up. You okay? Is

19:50

any of this okay? Okay.

19:58

Mm. I

20:00

thought inside save for the way oh cook

20:02

is up with me. see it and worry

20:04

I do have a hunting rifle. Wiki

20:08

news has. Written

20:11

on Arsenal from the kidnapping. When

20:14

they get here at least now they are

20:16

the only ones that come. First

20:26

and then I'll try to relax

20:29

syncing. We were so close already

20:31

the still is really coming down

20:33

hard now. We.

20:35

Found Goshawk right on time. It's.

20:38

Exceedingly lucky that you were. Here to

20:41

send a how would say nothing about

20:43

this whole situation. Is lucky. Yeah.

20:49

Nevermind. A But ah

20:51

with the snow this hard it is that

20:53

a their sound you the not. I

20:56

also have food. not brave food, but

20:58

food. And of course I'm willing to

21:00

share. Medical

21:05

Kids. Are yeah sorry I'm

21:08

from somewhere. Or

21:13

right. Ah, so we'll deal with a

21:16

smaller injuries first. Then we'll focus on

21:18

the leg. I see my hair is

21:20

hop fleet move. Move up. There's a

21:22

bathroom over there, no water. but if

21:24

you want to go in there insane

21:26

so we can see your legs, probably

21:29

better than us trying to work around

21:31

the torn seen such as you waste.

21:35

A dell me to go with her. The

21:37

waters queen was still gonna be called the

21:39

she clean off. Most importantly, Clean

21:41

anyone's you have. I have some anti bacterial

21:44

spray but it works best when the areas

21:46

already been clean. Make

21:49

sense. The. Senate's

21:53

lead. Me to

21:55

have to deal with my like first

21:57

that you can. So. To

21:59

it. up first you'll feel better what

22:03

about the phone you

22:06

have a satellite phone right yeah

22:10

it's um

22:13

it's right again sorry for the

22:16

best it's uh

22:19

I'll find it it's here somewhere you

22:22

can all get some sleep it's gonna be noon soon

22:25

but yeah I slept last night and

22:28

it looks like you all didn't I

22:30

know we need it but what

22:33

if they show up while we're sleeping we

22:35

need to stay alert if they

22:38

show up and no one else is awake by then

22:40

I'll wake you all up and I

22:42

have the hunting rifle I just huh

22:46

what I'll

22:49

be right back if I

22:51

need to brace my leg I'd prefer to do it

22:53

before I sleep Adele

22:56

a little help please thank you

22:58

for everything already but

23:08

you need to be careful these

23:11

guys they're

23:13

not joking around say Jean

23:17

and I were just trying to help just

23:20

like you we had nothing to

23:22

do with this otherwise they

23:27

killed him they're

23:30

not going to just ask

23:32

nicely if or when

23:35

they get here I if

23:38

I see anything anything that could be human

23:41

I'll wake everyone up and

23:43

I'll look for the

23:46

satellite phone go get

23:48

some that was

23:50

an animal that if he

23:52

that I

23:54

don't think that was an animal not this

23:57

time if he I'm sorry Did

24:00

that sound like Sheen? Not at

24:02

all. That's F. You sure? Yeah,

24:05

mostly. I

24:08

bit him back in Canada. I

24:10

bit his hand hard. And he

24:12

screamed. It sounded kinda like that.

24:16

Do you think it was for? People's

24:18

voices even chow. They

24:20

don't carry fur. Left that one a forest.

24:23

So... How far? Maybe

24:26

a hundred meters. That

24:29

was a gunshot. Here,

24:33

take the monoculars and look out that window. I'm

24:37

gonna load the rifle. No clean up. I'm

24:41

gonna die. Mika,

24:43

Adele, please stay inside. Ify,

24:46

can you come out there with me? I... Yeah,

24:49

I will. What are they shooting at? There's

24:53

links, aggressive moves, territorial fissures.

24:58

There, look, Adele, go back

25:01

to the bathroom and lock the door. No, it won't.

25:04

Which one is that? That's

25:06

not it. That's... I

25:09

think his name is Lewis. Did

25:11

they both have a gun? No,

25:13

just us. I don't see a

25:16

gun or another person. Jason,

25:20

bring the rifle and come with me. Mika,

25:22

stay here with your sister. Are you sure?

25:24

You're hurt and they're after you, not us.

25:26

So stay inside and protect your sister. That's

25:28

your only job. Lock up after us and

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find something you can use as a weapon

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if they get in. Got it? Jason,

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ready? Yeah. Louis!

25:44

Over there! We gotta

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go! We gotta go! I didn't stop! Don't

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shoot me! I ain't got a gun! Good.

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Stop! You...

25:58

Fuck! Please! I

26:00

am! Stop! He's fucking with me, baby. He

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said he's unarmed. So was he. Jason,

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let go of me. I...I...I

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did... I

26:13

can't kill him. What?

26:16

We'll do better. Stop.

26:20

What? Easy. Why?

26:24

Let go. Let go. He

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deserves it. Worse. Just

26:29

give him a moment. Let him talk.

26:32

What about the fucking guy? Exactly

26:34

like the top of me.

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Use the rifle. We need the top.

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Listen. Listen. Something

26:43

told you. That's killing him.

26:46

Ripped him right up into the trees. The

26:51

White Vault. Voss Hawk. Written

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and created by K. Stance. Co-created,

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produced and directed by Tramis Vengraaf.

26:59

With script editing by W. K. Stance. Associate

27:01

Producer, Shion Francois. Edited with sound design, music

27:03

and mixing by Dane Leonardson. And

27:07

Executive Producers, Carol Vengraaf, Michael

27:09

Viegas, Dennis Greenhill and A.J.

27:11

Punkin. Starring Lauren

27:13

Tucker, Hildur Magnusfelter,

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Marcy Edwards, Denise Haffyard, Dane Leonardson,

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it's Mae Whitman, and I play Frankie in

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the new Realm Podcast, The Sisters. The

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Sisters. is about a museum curator

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of medical oddities who investigates the

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origins of a mutated skeleton with

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two layers of bones. Seven

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ribs are completely fused.

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And you have no idea where this

28:15

came from? No, she was sent here anonymously. Not

28:18

she. They, maybe?

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Wait. I've never seen anything like this. Soon,

28:25

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28:27

that connects her present with

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one family's tragic past in

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hauntingly dangerous ways. My

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28:36

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