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00:00Where the hell is everyone?
00:14Jenny?
00:15Anyone?
00:16I've got him.
00:17He's here.
00:18I know you're in here.
00:38It's over.
00:39Come on.
00:40Out you come.
00:41Come on.
00:42Coward.
00:43Finished.
01:14Oh, you...
01:15After all this time?
01:16You were so close.
01:17I'm sorry.
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02:16I'm just saying, it's probably going to get a bit messy that's all.
02:20Paul.
02:21You're 55.
02:22I can still party like a 20-year-old, right?
02:24Yeah.
02:25What?
02:26What was that?
02:28I'm just saying, you know what those guys are like?
02:30It's going to get a bit wild.
02:31Yeah.
02:32How is Toby's angina these days?
02:34Just because you're not invited...
02:35I've got a date and a hot bath and a bottle of wine, so I'm counting on you not coming home too early.
02:40You know, there's going to be curry and karaoke.
02:43Do not come home early.
02:46Dead man walking.
02:48Stop it, Frank.
02:50He's not bursting into tears all the time, is he?
02:52He is being a very brave little soldier, I'll have you know.
02:54Hello.
02:55I'm standing here.
02:56I'm fine, actually.
02:58He does look a wee bit peaky.
03:00Well, he would do.
03:01It's the end of the world for him today, isn't it?
03:10I don't know.
03:38Hi, I just want to say a quick goodbye to the guy, sir.
03:41I won't be a minute.
03:45Oh, shit, Hugh, is it today?
03:47Yeah, yeah, it is.
03:48Oh, mate.
03:50Sorry, I've completely forgotten.
03:53How's Alice coping with the idea of having you home every day?
03:57Well, she's booked double time at work, so.
04:01Yeah, she's very cool, your wife.
04:04Anyway, mate, listen, good luck.
04:06And I'm sorry you're leaving with unfinished business.
04:10Oh, still you?
04:12Yeah.
04:13And, uh, yeah.
04:17Right, so.
04:22Sorry, listen, everyone, I just wanted to say,
04:27I've always wanted to be a cop, ever since I was a kid.
04:32My dad was one.
04:33And he was a giant to me.
04:36So it's been my life's dream, so.
04:47Anyway, just good luck to all of you.
04:50And just let you know that I'll be over the road
04:53having a farewell pint.
04:54So if you feel like popping in for a quick one or two or 10,
05:02then I'll, yeah, I'll be there.
05:05OK.
05:06Right.
05:32Gav?
05:36Sorry about them.
05:40It's a stressful case.
05:41Oh, it's no worries.
05:43Buy you a drink?
05:45Yeah.
05:46Yeah, why not?
05:50Oh, um, I've, uh, got you a present.
05:54I mean, it's nothing, really.
05:55But.
05:56Oh.
06:02God, they're awful, aren't they?
06:03Yeah.
06:04Yeah.
06:05Yeah, I just, I don't know what old men like.
06:07I just thought, you know, I should mark the occasion.
06:08I mean, we're quite a team for a bit.
06:11Yeah, yeah, um, we were.
06:13I mean, thank you.
06:15But I don't wear cufflinks.
06:17Yeah, well, you're welcome.
06:18It should be us.
06:23This isn't.
06:24Isn't what?
06:25This isn't one of those, oh, let's just
06:27pretend to ignore him all day.
06:29And then I'm going to open that door.
06:30And they're all going to be there.
06:31And I'm going to have to do my sort of, oh, you guys,
06:33sort of face, isn't it?
06:34No, Dov.
06:36Really?
06:46Let's get the beers in, eh?
07:02Hmm.
07:21Oh, yeah, sorry.
07:22It's just that, you know, the freezer door doesn't close,
07:24does it?
07:25So we're never going to get anyone in.
07:26I thought I'd get on with it.
07:27It's 7 AM.
07:28Well, it's got to be done at some time, hasn't it?
07:32Morning, Professor.
07:32Morning, Captain.
07:34Oh, could you not brush your teeth
07:36before you broke our freezer?
07:39Well, I told you it'd be a big one last night, didn't I?
07:41And anyway, I'm not breaking it.
07:44I'm fixing it.
07:46Day one of retirement going exactly to plan.
08:01Hi.
08:20I don't think it's anywhere close to what I've dreamed.
08:31So sweet so wrong
09:01I
09:31I
09:43Guys welcome to episode 4 of my podcast listing the top 10 greatest cock-ups by the police in the last 20 years
09:50Today, I'm going to tell you all about the ripped and stalker and the man who failed to catch him take a bow detective inspector
09:57Hugh Miller
10:01So
10:04You cook a lot you cycle a lot you shop a lot not a care in the world
10:09Sounds great. Yeah. Yeah it is
10:12How long before you blow your brains out give it about two weeks?
10:22Yeah, all right, oh
10:25Boom look at that
10:28There we go
10:32You
10:39It's good, I'm just it's just a bit harder than I expected that's why I'm
10:43Should never have taken early retirement. I mean, I only did that because my painting and matured I
10:52Just got so much more to give yeah, but you you know, you're free no
10:58Yeah
11:00Yeah, do you think there is a single person that lives their lives without regret well, this is different though, isn't it?
11:07It's a useless emotion and you
11:10Know it better than anyone
11:13Why can't I let it go then
11:16because
11:18You care more than most
11:20Because you're a good man
11:22And because you know, I'm gonna beat you at golf
11:25Oh, yeah, and you're coming over all pathetic just to put me off my game. I point asking you anything
11:30Isn't it
12:01You
12:13Right
12:30I
12:49Frank Frank, it's you I should return to your cloth
13:01Hmm
13:06Frank
13:30You
14:01I
14:06Know you never can tell but if you were to ask me which of us would have a heart attack
14:12It's the fittest man. I've ever met
14:15with the dirtiest laugh
14:17I
14:24Do you know her? Yeah. Yeah. She's an old friend. She doesn't seem very friendly
14:33You go back to school, sorry, I have to get to this PTA meeting it's just terrible, isn't it?
14:38So
14:40Jenny's just turned up what for a heart attack. Yeah, that's not weird. Isn't it?
14:45Try not to get involved
14:48Yeah, I know but if Jenny arrives Jenny's not retired
14:51remember
14:53Okay, see you later girls bye see you Alice
15:09Hi, how are you? I'm fine. Oh, that's nice. Can I come in? Yeah, of course Jen in you go. Thanks so much
15:18Yeah, um, I thought you might help me with the thing I just done
15:22Can't get my head round. Well about Frank. What did you find? No, no, no, not him
15:27No, um, I've got a problem with a load of data that was downloaded onto a flash drive at the station
15:33Someone copied all the files on the Ripton stalker case
15:38You know anything about that?
15:41Well, I'm retired Jenny. Yeah, I'm glad you were that
15:44Because someone that stole confidential information from the police could get themselves into a lot of trouble if they didn't delete it all immediately
15:52So, what did they think the paramedics are oh, it's nothing it's a OD
15:59An overdose
16:01Well Frank, he didn't have to eat. Yeah. Well, maybe you didn't know him so well. No, I knew yeah
16:07I thought I knew you
16:09But here you are
16:11Lying to my face
16:37I
16:52Don't have all right. Hi. Yeah. Yeah. What are you up to? Oh
16:58Yeah, nothing much fine, oh good. Oh good. I was worried for a minute you doing something silly like snooping around Frank house
17:08Are you
17:28Don't say a word. All right. I know I know just don't yeah, right
17:38The Ripton stalker watched his victims for weeks before he acted there's a theory got inside their houses and watched them while they slept
17:47He'd mess with their minds move things around their homes drive them crazy
17:50And it was only then when they were really falling apart that he'd kill them
17:55So give detective inspector Hugh Miller a little credit the things he's seen would give us all nightmares
18:02By all accounts Hugh became totally obsessed with catching him every day for months
18:07He would appear at press conferences saying how close he was
18:11but as time went by the bodies just kept piling up and Miller just looked more and more stressed a
18:17Year into the case Hugh suddenly announces that he's done it. He's caught him
18:22Only for his prime suspect Declan Reed to be totally innocent
18:26Meanwhile each time the killer committed his heinous crimes, he would send Hugh another letter
18:32Each one ending with the same sign-off
18:35Catch you later detective
18:38Miller was demoted from the case and the Ripton stalker was never found
18:49I
18:51Still can't believe it. It's just the worst
18:54It's not your little something on prime the other day, I can't have you moping around the house anymore
18:59Do you your backside's wearing out the sofa? I do please beg your pardon
19:10Thank you go and enjoy your round you deserve it that's an order captain
19:16Bye
19:18I
19:48I
20:18Oh
20:48Oh
21:07Hey
21:09new neighbor
21:11That's me Patrick Liz
21:14Oh
21:17It's all on your own are you oh
21:19Take no time
21:21No, mrs. Patrick doubt
21:24Just me
21:25I'm enough. I
21:28Could give you a hand
21:30No, I don't want you getting all dirty. I don't mind. I
21:36Like getting hot and sweaty me too
21:39Just not over some boxes
21:42I'm gonna enjoy having you around
21:49My god, he's so bad runs a repair shop so it knows what to do with his hand
21:59And he is 100% single so hi hi sorry hi this yeah
22:04Yeah, just lusting after the new neighbor already. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we'll be lovers by the end of the week
22:11No, I'm serious. Come on. I need an affair to save my marriage explain that to me
22:16Steve's lost all interest. I seriously last week. I I came down completely naked
22:23Sat next to him didn't look up once
22:28Half an hour
22:32Frozen
22:34Stairs got in the bath and
22:42All right
22:48There you are
22:53It's Patrick I've just moved in opposite Oh
22:57Hugh right. Yeah
23:00Yeah, Stephen Paul sent me said it was boot club at yours. You'd need rescue. Oh, yeah. God bless you all off to the pub
23:08It's really good to meet you and you
23:11Settling in well, I can't find the cattle and all my trousers have disappeared
23:17So there's real money in fixing junk old clocks
23:21More than you'd imagine
23:22And I get to pick my own hours shit. I should do that
23:26Well, I'll keep chasing the next deal always hustling for work. This guy's got a sort of
23:30Especially compared to you pal. You hate your job. I don't hate it. I just know what I'm doing
23:41Actually, actually the only guys got assorted issue. No, we're tied at 55 50 sodding fire
23:47I don't think every time and there's anything to brag about really. Are you joking? You literally get to play golf all day
23:52It's weird. I don't think I'm really ready
23:55Yeah, I get that but you're still smarter than all of us
24:01Hey, why don't you do that thing for Patrick? Oh, yeah, you'll love this go on
24:06Come on
24:08It's brilliant
24:10Okay, okay, right
24:11From the doorway going left. There is a 20-something guy in a gray jumper with his redheaded girlfriend
24:18He's drinking a pint of bitter. She's drinking gin and tonic in the next table
24:22There's three lads all wearing jeans and white trainers. They're drinking pints of stout and I'll put the boy you've got
24:29two young women ones
24:31brunette ones of blonde and
24:32They're drinking diet cokes, but they're topping them up with the rum for me
24:36A
24:38Table table next to the bar. You've got a
24:40board 30-something
24:43And on the phones of course and he's drinking bitter and she's on her fourth fogger which in itself tells us a story
24:52You're right you you're wasted in retirement, oh, I think anyone can do with a bit of practice now you're unique
24:58I think she burnt an estate for witchcraft
25:00You worry he'll discover your secrets. I haven't gone here. We've all got them
25:05No, so it's Stephen a ripped and that's me. Holy Martyr tortured for his good deeds by insanely demanding and attention-seeking wife
25:13Well, she's a bit forward mate, it's never-ending
25:17Last week. She came downstairs buck naked just to get a reaction. I had to pretend I didn't notice
25:23One drink up my round
25:29This is me evening gents, I know you're not Stevie. Yeah
25:35Yeah, yeah, we're lucky to have such good neighbors
25:41And I meant it when I said you are wasted in retirement
25:46You need a new challenge
25:49No
25:51Okay for a bit, you know, I suppose I I probably should slow down and shouldn't I yeah
25:59really
26:02Okay, well
26:05This was fun. Yeah. Yeah, it was wasn't it? Yeah. I mean we should we should do it again
26:11All right
26:13Catch you later
26:20Catch you later
26:28Catch you later detective
26:35You
26:52Catch you
26:56You're so close catch you later detective
27:06You
27:21Morning oh
27:25Yeah, yeah hi
27:27You were very quiet when you got in last night
27:31I'm gonna go for a ride
27:35I
27:46Was gonna talk out here, yeah
27:50Okay. Well, um, listen, the first thing is I just want to say sorry about last time
27:53I just don't want you to have to worry about all that kind of stuff
27:57Good. Thank you. I appreciate you popping by just another thing
28:02Um
28:03You know, my neighbor Frank, you know, you told me that it was suspected OD
28:08Yeah, that's why I look like I had it. So it would be post-mortem report. What did that find?
28:14You're not a relative
28:16Yeah, but my friend my friend would never have killed himself like that. There's just no way
28:20We both know plenty of people who seem perfectly happy and then went and taught themselves
28:23Yeah, but there's something wrong with that report unless I see it then I won't know what that is
28:27Could you find it for me? No, because that's not being treated as suspicious. Are you suspicious?
28:34Sorry, sorry, it is suspicious
28:38Just dying in that way
28:43Just look at that report it does not add up just come on Jenny you can go now
28:51Okay, sorry. I'm just just a bit. Well, you can't do this coming in here. It's just me
28:58isn't it
29:00If you really got rid of that flash drive just look at that report
29:07Suicide
29:09You
29:26You're a bit too quiet
29:28All right
29:29You missing Frank?
29:32me too
29:33That Patrick guy seems nice enough though. Yeah. Yeah
29:37Oh
29:39You'll be okay, you know, you got me what more do you need?
29:46I
29:51Love this song
29:58I know it must feel odd like you've just been cut loose
30:03But I'm here with you all the way
30:07Yeah, wherever we drift
30:12Wherever the tide takes us
30:17When the time it says just just go away, it's Vietnam Thailand just miles away from you
30:26Just disappear
30:32I mean, there's nothing stopping us now
30:36I
31:06I
31:11This is this is a great idea and I don't even know if you play that do you fancy around a golf?
31:18I'm really shitty golf. Why do I not believe you?
31:37You
31:40Where were you living before
31:42It's on the outskirts of town
31:45You you've just moved in so quickly. I mean house was barely on the market wasn't it? You love your questions, don't you?
31:52Well, once a copper
31:55When did you move to Ripton right if we are playing 20 questions and I should get it done, all right
32:01Uh, why did you move into our street I like the neighborhood and how no it's my turn
32:09What's the most important thing in the world to you
32:13Alice my wife
32:18Have you ever been married no, why did you ask me to play golf with you today?
32:21I just wanted to get to know you. I mean it seems to me, you know a lot about me already
32:24Why would you think that I'd like to touch am I wrong?
32:28No
32:32No, you're not
32:35I'm not being honest with you. I
32:39Googled you I read all about that terrible case. I am so sorry you
32:46Must be awful living with that
32:49Not knowing where he is who he is what he's doing
32:55And I would drive me crazy
32:58What's your question?
33:00Got you over it yet. I
33:04Got out for years ago, really my turn. Why do you care?
33:16I guess we're the same you and me
33:22Just wanting to get to know each other
33:29You
33:51Actually now milk woman
33:53Well, it's finally happened
33:56First time this guy hasn't been up a six in what 30 years
34:01Yeah, well, I didn't didn't sleep very well
34:04What are you doing? You shouldn't you be at work? It's Saturday
34:08Silly man, you're so retired
34:11Do you want a coffee?
34:14No, I think I'll go get changed. I'm in the way. No, no, of course you're not. Of course you're not look at this you yes
34:22next weekend
34:24Hopefully we'll get the whole street together
34:26Yeah, I've talked to Liz. She's very keen. Oh, but she is
34:30All the decorating should be done by then. I can't wait to see what you've done with the place
34:35Yeah, me too. Great
34:38It's a date
34:54Oh
35:07Yeah, so glad you're here
35:25Yeah
35:29See you've got most of the street
35:32Even Susan Barnes. Look there. She is doesn't normally go anywhere
35:37How does it do that? I have to play host
35:40See you in a bit. Yeah
35:54I
36:04Get another bottle of this out the fridge and just keep Liz's glass full if I go over there, honestly
36:10I don't think I'd make it back with my trousers on
36:24I
36:54I
37:24I
37:44Was just I
37:47Don't believe you know Alice. I just happen to know no doing this here. What's wrong?
37:52We will go home right this minute and you can explain it to me. They're not yeah
38:19What is the matter with you
38:23Being a bit nervous, there's no I just get out of shape about it. No, what is it?
38:34I've missed all right for you. Isn't it? I mean you you go to work stop lying. What is going on Alice? Nothing is going on
38:49Okay, okay
38:52I
38:54Think I know that I I know for certain
39:00And I swear to you Alice
39:02The Patrick is the Ripton stalker
39:09Now he's been waiting for an opportunity all these years and now that I'm retired
39:13He's coming to get me. Oh my god, and he called out to me on the first night that we met and
39:19When I heard it it was it was like I was back there's like a back in the warehouse
39:24What did he say? And it's it's definitely him. I recognize his voice. What did he say?
39:30Catch you later
39:33But everybody says yeah, not in the way he said it he was taunting me I
39:39Thought we were past this it's him
39:42Because he said catch you later
39:44See if it's not just music as Liz said that when he bought the house he bought it without a viewing
39:48I mean that is not normal. Is it is it and then this this Frank's dad?
39:54Which the police are dealing with yeah, but they they just lazy. Oh my god. You're doing it again
40:02All the same things but he's him Alice Hugh
40:08You had a nervous breakdown
40:11Our daughter barely speaks to us and you nearly crushed our marriage and you want to do that to us again
40:18Alice this is major promise me that you wouldn't drag me back into that madness again
40:25We won't survive if you do
40:28Do you not remember what you were like?
40:32Obsessing
40:34Not sleeping
40:35Imagining clues that didn't exist. No, no, this is wrong. You're just chasing shadows
40:43Because your life is suddenly empty
40:46And you're looking to fill it and you go back down that road
40:52You're gonna jump off the cliff I know you are and I'm not gonna jump with you not this time
41:05Oh
41:12My god
41:18Alice I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'll do better. I'll try I try I will I promise
41:35I
41:58Have it downstairs said you wanted this post-mortem report. Oh, yeah
42:02It's some random it's just a suicide I think yeah lives on the same road as Hugh Miller
42:09Miller
42:11caught a speech he gave
42:14Whole room was just cringing
42:19Doesn't make any sense. You just you're begging him like stop talking. It's got be a needle. I just I
42:26Wanted him to disappear stop making a fool of himself, you know
42:31I
43:01I
43:03I
43:05I
43:07I
43:09I
43:30Rest I'm sorry. I've not been
43:32Dead if it wasn't for you. You stopped him. I didn't get away
43:36Ruth is Patrick Patrick. This is Ruth. Do you think it's him? Hi dad. Okay, is that you that is my daughter?
43:43Did you see Ruth today? I just need to know
43:50Not one come on dad, I mean you are slowly heading towards the exit you love your games
43:56So so do you I love you. So stop this while you still can you live for the hunt?
44:05You
44:30You