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00:13Excuse me.
00:16Can't you see we're busy, lady?
00:19I am a morality officer, and you are breaking the law.
00:23High Park closed to all at nightfall.
00:26Oh. Carousing in the park after sundown?
00:34Improper conduct in public in the length of that skirt.
00:40Oh, for Pete's sake.
01:01Who's there?
01:17Help. Someone, please.
01:20Miss Berger, are you all right?
01:22Does it look like I'm all right?
01:24No, not really.
01:25What on earth has happened?
01:27I was attacked.
01:28By who?
01:29Not by whom. By what?
01:31What?
01:31I wasn't attacked by a man. I was attacked by a beast.
01:52I was attacked by a man.
02:04high park when i felt the presence behind me i turned and saw it was enormous eyes wild and
02:13drooling like i was its dinner i ran but the beast pushed me down how did you manage to escape
02:19i hit and kicked with all my might i think you met the rabbit coyote miss cherry has been writing
02:26about rabbit does that mean do i have rabies that is highly unlikely unless of course you were bitten
02:36i don't think i was well you're not afraid of water so that's a good sign
02:41why would i be afraid of water hydrophobia is a symptom of the disease more specifically the
02:48fear of the pain of swallowing that does hurt you were likely screaming a great deal during the
03:01attack besides it's much too soon for hydrophobia to set in it's a symptom that occurs much later
03:08in the disease but i will take you to the hospital just to be certain perhaps they can take a
03:14look
03:14get that scratch on your cheek as well so i could still have rabies
03:29this burger wasn't bitten but the doctor vaccinated her just to be safe well that's a relief
03:34but since when did coyotes start attacking people i've been warning about the inevitability of it for
03:40weeks dog bites man that's right up your alley according to constable roberts miss cherry here
03:47has been covering the rabid coyote situation for the sentinel and still it took one of your own being
03:52affected for you to care a nuisance animal is not the constabulary's responsibility nor is it the
03:57responsibility of any city agency apparently but people are terrified of the beast i thought it had
04:02just been stalking small dogs stalking is just the beginning i've had numerous reports of it
04:07attacking dogs a woman's terrier was killed the other day i see thank you miss cherry can i tell my
04:15readers that the constabulary is on the case no you cannot now if you don't mind good day miss cherry
04:22so what's the plan they don't know i thought i would start by calling the humane society
04:28the do-gooders worrying about coats and drinking fountains for horses will be no use
04:32get yourself down to high park talk to anyone but miss cherry see what you can find out
04:45here are mrs newsome oh i think you and your husband will be very happy to new home
04:49oh he's he's not the door someone oh quickly now open the door open yeah there you are
04:56apartment 402 just up the stairs for no one told me there'd be stairs
05:05theorem cells drafts and devices crosby's curative creations has it all and always for a spiel
05:12and special today coyote repellent made fresh this morning guaranteed to protect one and all from
05:19the beast of high park just what exactly is this coyote repellent comprised of well it's a
05:26proprietary recipe i'm afraid but are you sure you will not be disappointed sir
05:34uh it's a wolf here i beg your pardon unappealing though it may be apex predator scent is the only
05:41thing guaranteed to repel a coyote oh seems like sound science not all traveling medicine shows are
05:49selling snake oil
05:55you're still depressed about the divorce
05:58i am not depressed about anything why else would you want to live near the park at a time like
06:04this
06:04the time like what do you read my papers i do i i i often do i've just been very
06:12busy with the move
06:14well you might want to get caught up learn something about protecting yourself against the beast
06:19the what
06:23here's a copy of the sentinel
06:26it'll tell you everything you need to know
06:28you ask me most trouble between humans and animals is on the biped not the quadruped
06:35you blame humans for the actions of a rabid coyote
06:39well rabbit or not coyotes and other creatures are being forced into contact with mankind how do you
06:45figure mr stanton well this building boom is how more homes for humans means fewer homes for animals
06:52the city's creeping in slow but sure you seen the pool they're building out at the north end
06:58me biggest in canada they say now if you ask me animals
07:03is that a gunshot sounds like we both know no animals out here shooting a gun
07:15you could have killed me i thought i was saving your life toronto constabulary what is going on here
07:21this maniac shot at me i shot at the coyote that's been terrorizing people that was my employer's german
07:27shepherd the gunfire scared him off were either you or the dog injured this boar missed by a mile
07:33but if i don't find klaus he may as well shoot me stick around i'll be happy to oblige sir
07:40is that a
07:41threat call it what you want i'm not leaving this park until i take the beast down suit yourself you're
07:47coming with me thank you klaus it's only a matter of time before someone is killed either by the beast
07:56or
07:56by some idiot who trying to kill it himself this has to end you all right uh the chief constable
08:04and
08:04myself have formulated a plan we've divided the park into 16 equal segments two men per segment the
08:14first step is to clear everyone out of the park let's leave no stone unturned let's search every path
08:20look under every bush search up every tree we're certain that everyone is out we re-enter the park
08:27at dusk two men per segment we find and eliminate the coyote any questions well in that case what are
08:37waiting for let's get cracking chop chop thank you folks what's going on here that's a police matter
08:50has the beast finally claimed a human life thankfully no and we aim to ensure it never does
08:56i hope you're not going to kill it if it's the only way to restore public safety chain that thing's
09:04been good for business that beg your pardon my competitors are just afraid to invest in land near
09:09the park right now oh you're a developer bartholomew prescott prescott properties and the owner of two
09:16prime lots on parkside avenue got them for a steal perhaps you should try to not be so glib mr
09:22prescott
09:23this is a serious situation the beast has attacked one of my colleagues and that is awful but i won't
09:30apologize for building more apartments before city hall passes its terrible bylaw prohibiting them good
09:36day detective evacuation is complete ready on your words all right
10:22there in the clearing
10:25i guess we know what happened to klaus
10:28so it's not important you have a shot
10:32i can if i just
10:42it's not well no excess salivation poor coordination i think we've found our rabid coyote
11:05it's for the best
11:08i just saw this morning sentinel is it true did you kill the beast poor thing wasn't very beastly but
11:15yes i did thank you constable roberts
11:21and thank you detective murdoch for making the park safe again well i'm afraid we may not have done so
11:27just yet miss berger constable roberts with me please yes sir
11:43so much for reading the city of the beast
11:45so much for reading the city of the beast
11:59uh better this morning louise had me worried yesterday with all that talk of the beast of high park
12:04you're living near the park just across the street i'll have a house warming once i've unpacked
12:10you might want to hold off on that louise what are you doing here
12:14i'm here to get a comment from the chief constable about the woman mauled to death in the park
12:19i thought the rabid coyote had been killed it has been so it was another coyote that killed this woman
12:25i'm not saying that then what are you saying i'm not saying anything other than i don't want you
12:31telling your readers about this why would i do that the public deserves to know you could be inciting a
12:36panic for no good reason for all we know the poor woman was killed by the coyote that robert shot
12:42you'll give me an exclusive when you're ready to share the news louise that's blackmail nonsense
12:48it's tit for tat and the world runs on it so if you were to whisper anything about this before
12:55my
12:55say-so consider my lips sealed and my pen capped oh miss cherry i dream about that regularly
13:11oh perfect timing miss hart was about to deliver her report i hope it's good news depends on your
13:17perspective the victim wasn't killed by a coyote or any other animal what about the torn flesh and
13:24scratches might have been made by a coyote but it wasn't inflicted until after she was dead
13:28how do you know that for certain they didn't bruise or bleed if a coyote isn't responsible for this
13:35young woman's death then what is her carotid artery was slashed and very cleanly so
13:45that this laceration was made by a knife so then it was murder i have no doubt about it
13:50she was killed sometime late last night right thank you miss hart
13:59i thought the park had been evacuated i let the constables go after the rabid coyote was found
14:05so sometime after the young woman went back into the park and met a killer
14:11unfortunately yes have you identified her no henry's gone around visiting local dentists in the
14:18hopes of doing so now so she's so far gone to necessitate using dental records
14:23no sir but she did wear a retainer what it's a dental apparatus for aligning teeth if we can find
14:31the
14:31dentist who made it then it will be that much easier to identify her what about the bites what
14:37about them well the time of death means that they weren't inflicted by a rabid coyote
14:42perhaps there are other coyotes in the park well even though the rabid coyote was killed
14:48the public is still primed to be terrified of them thanks to miss bloody cherry you're worried the
14:53remaining creatures will be targeted i know they will and the last thing we need is an idiot running
14:58around the park shooting off a rifle right what do you suggest well the rest of the coyotes are put
15:05down officially i won't do it i won't take a life any life unnecessarily this is a matter of public
15:13safety i i disagree the remaining coyotes in the park have done nothing to indicate they're a danger
15:18that's not the point sir there may be another way give me one good reason why i shouldn't fire you
15:23on the spot for insolence he's the best marksman we have at this station house for a start and he's
15:29the only constable that i would trust with this at the moment what is it it's a non-lethal sedation
15:35device that i've been working on now you're missing the point murdoch lethal is the point it doesn't
15:41have to be this fires darts that are loaded with a powerful tranquilizer that will render the targets
15:50unconscious but not dead not dead exactly if this works as i intend we can sedate the remaining coyotes
16:01so that they can be moved out at least until all the panic dies down let me have a look
16:07at this
16:07oh careful that's i know how to handle weapons sir sir it's
16:15henry law oh oh sir i don't i don't feel i don't feel good that's got a bloody head trigger
16:23that all right
16:26higgins higgins wake up i'm afraid it's not that simple sir
16:31how long does this sedation thing last well it depends on the target's
16:35body weight in this case i would estimate three to four hours bloody hell three to four hours
16:43let's get him in choice office put him on the sofa very good idea have one of the constables
16:48help you where are you going to identify our victim
16:53roberts
17:05is everything all right miss berger
17:08i've been cleared to work so you don't have rabies not yet what do you mean what if i'm attacked
17:16again you've bred this morning sentinel don't have to worry about rabid coyotes anymore who knows how
17:22many more of those beasts are in there have you seen any before the other night no but right because
17:28coyotes like to keep their distance as long as that's true you have nothing to be afraid of
17:32if that's true then why are you still carrying around a gun
17:37actually it's a non-lethal sedation device it's a mouthful but still it's a weapon
17:44would you feel better if we patrolled together you would thank you constable roberts
17:50of course
17:58i told her she didn't even need the thing
18:05her teeth were perfect but you know how young women can be
18:11how long had adriana fodor been your patient dr lobota
18:17she wasn't simply my patient she was my protege in the dental arts
18:25where you worked together the last three years yes can't believe that she's gone
18:33and killed by a damn coyote was it unusual for miss fodor to be in the park no not at
18:43all
18:44the poor girl moved house just to get closer to the place she took walks there
18:52most every day even though she knew there was a rabid coyote about
18:58well she said that her friend willie told her there's no need to be concerned willie
19:05you mean mr stanton the groundskeeper
19:08i couldn't say i never met the man thank goodness why do you say that because if i had
19:16i would have choice words for him though not that any moment and excuse me detective
19:35what on earth
19:40what are you doing
19:42i guess the same thing walking to a stranger's home this isn't your home it's mine
19:48i'm afraid you're mistaken i've already paid deposit in first month's rent on this unit
19:52as did i i have a receipt to prove it as do i
19:59well we can't very well both live here indeed so which is why i put your things out in the
20:04hall
20:11so
20:11we're so lucky to have a forest in the middle of the city
20:15i'd have said the same thing two days ago high park used to be a kind of sanctuary for me
20:20it will be again i don't think it will be that's my own fault how so
20:29promise you won't tell detective murdoch or anyone else i promise i wasn't attacked near the park i was
20:38attacked in the park all right don't you see i was breaking the law the park is off limits after
20:47dark but it had been such a long day and i i couldn't resist and that doesn't make what happened
20:53your fault of course it does if i had just followed the rules none of this would have happened
21:02what is it do you hear something just listen
21:14cardinal
21:17what was that you were saying about a sanctuary what are you two up to
21:21but trolling same as usual you don't have to lie to me constable i know but the dead woman
21:27is that right yes so you might as well tell me what exactly is going on here
21:32and why you have that gun actually it's a non-lethal sedation device that doesn't answer my question
21:38miss cherry i don't know what to tell you all we're doing is
21:43uh aren't you going to ask me about my attack miss cherry well i have been curious
21:50it was simply awful let me tell you miss cherry the way that i feared for my life was not
21:56like
21:57anything i've ever experienced
22:02do you think it could be the murder weapon
22:05certainly sharp enough to have killed miss fodor
22:08and you say it was just laying in the grass yes on the ground not too far from the ground
22:13keepers cabin
22:14mr stanton
22:17sir he's the groundskeeper and apparently miss fodor was quite friendly with him
22:24come to think of it he was whittling with a knife about this size when i spoke with him the
22:29other day
22:31so he's likely to kill him it's one way to find out
22:49i'm so sorry mrs newsome miss newsome yes of course it's my brains hard to keep things in there sometimes
22:58now how is it that two tenants came to rent the same apartment what no that's not what's happening
23:05it's uh no no no no it's my mistake i assure you um ah yes here you are newsome
23:19apartment 204. i gave you the wrong key yesterday well that's quite a big mistake yes i have a form
23:27of the
23:28number of blindness i swap things in my mind sometimes
23:37here is the correct key you can of course move in immediately
23:44toronto constabulary you're in here mr stanton show yourself
24:14the bites and scratches were made post-mortem cause of death was a severed carotid artery just like the
24:20first victim time of death given the rigor and body temperature i'd say right around the same time
24:26miss fodor was killed yes miss fedora's body was discovered just a few hundred meters from here
24:33you think the groundskeeper killed her and then himself i don't believe so no so who did and how did
24:40they
24:40get their hands on mr stanton's knife both excellent questions but i'm more interested in this
24:50to my eyes deceive me this hard or is this shape of bite mark unusual for a coyote it's more
24:59than unusual
24:59detective it's impossible unless unless unless it was made by a human
25:12i don't know why i keep expecting miss cherry to keep a word have a look at that
25:18yes at least she hasn't learned the identities of the victims or that there is a murderer on the loose
25:24is a murderous coyote any better well sir it does provide us cover to investigate without alerting
25:29the killer but what good is that if we have no idea who the killer is i believe i have
25:34made some headway
25:35in that direction or at least i've found a way to find the killer what do a set of dentures
25:42have to
25:42do with all this miss hart has confirmed that the bite marks on miss fodor's body were indeed human
25:49but the teeth marks themselves were not human go on these belonged to our second victim willie stanton
25:59they are made of filed down coyote teeth so you think the killer used these to make it look like
26:05a coyote killed the poor sod not quite i believe he had a similar set made but then did not
26:11file down
26:12the coyote teeth so actually yes didn't you say that the first victim had a connection to a dentist
26:20i certainly did you make dentures do you not dr lobota i do why did you make this set
26:33certainly not how can you be sure
26:36now for starters the craftsmanship it's very amateurish and i wouldn't even know what to source
26:42animal teeth you use alternate materials porcelain like most professions
26:55doctor please tell me more about your relationship with adriana fodor
27:02she was a fine student and a nice girl did you have feelings for her
27:13why are you asking about this humor me
27:18had i hoped that one day we might
27:24yes but she made it perfectly clear that she was only interested in me as a teacher
27:29and how did that make you feel detective i've had quite enough of this i insist you tell me what
27:38is going on adriana fodor was murdered as was willie stanton the groundskeeper
27:44about the coyote their deaths were made to look like animal attacks using a set of dentures not unlike
27:53what do you think please
28:00no no you you don't think that detective it wasn't me i did not kill adriana not anyone else for
28:07that matter
28:08no no but if someone did my money would be on bartholomew prescott the developer
28:17yes they were an item don't ask me why i mean he treated her awfully when did you last see
28:24the two
28:24of them together well he picked her up from work the day that she died
28:31miss berger
28:34constable roberts i was hoping to run into you i wanted to thank you for your help distracting miss
28:39i could tell you didn't want her to see whatever you found i hope it's helped with the case uh
28:44yes
28:45and no but detective murdoch gets to the bottom of things shall we patrol together again i've been
28:52reassigned to the war you don't seem happy about that oh no no it's fine um i'm grateful for the
29:01job
29:01i didn't say you worried it's just the ward can be so overwhelming
29:08city really being assigned to the park was a nice respite for me even with the coyotes having a friend
29:16with a non-lethal sedation device helps if the city is so overwhelming why become a morality officer
29:23to help make it less so for others
29:31yes i met adriana after work tuesday what of it you may well be the last person to have seen
29:39her
29:39alive what are you adriana's dead
29:45the woman killed by that coyote it was her
29:50i've been telling her to stay away from the park for weeks
29:54until what time were you with miss fedora on tuesday
30:00just long enough for her to tell me she didn't want to see me anymore no she ended things
30:06said she need to focus on her studies obviously she didn't feel she needed to give up her precious
30:11walks with that wild man stanton and where did you go after the two of you parted ways i went
30:19back to my
30:19office to review designs for my next building can anyone corroborate this no
30:27why are you asking this mr prescott you told me that
30:32this rabid coyote had been good for business very
30:37and just how far would you be willing to go to keep business booming i don't know if i need
30:43it i suppose
30:51what's going on here you're under arrest on the suspicion of the murders of adriana fodor and willie stanton
31:03uh excuse me sir oh we're just finishing up another five minutes oh no i'm not ticketing you
31:10then what do you want uh some help actually there are some crates very important to the constabulary that need
31:16moving
31:17i ain't doing any free work today copper i already done double than what i expect you and me both
31:22my friend i mean the constabulary we're given the keys to the wrong apartment well that's nothing
31:29our client just found out his apartment had been rented by someone else now we gotta cart everything
31:33down three floors and back out again three floors is a lot i only have to go up and down
31:39one flight
31:41well have a good day
31:47constable roberts how goes the morning's patrol
31:50uh uneventful i haven't caught a glimpse of the coyote and your interview with lobota
31:55fruitful i've arrested adriana fedor's former beau bartholomew prescott on suspicion of murder
32:04so the case is closed not quite although mr prescott does have strong motive i i don't think he would
32:10stoop to wearing coyote teeth and wandering around did you say coyote teeth and murder have you been
32:16following me a journalist does what she has to do to get the scoop and this is the scoop of
32:20the year
32:21no the decade miss cherry if you print a word of this i will have you arrested if you do
32:27that then
32:27i'll never tell you what i know about adriana fedor's final movements you saw her on the day she died
32:33and
32:33you didn't disclose that well i i didn't know the relevance but now that i know she's been murdered
32:40tell us what you know or what you'll throw me in jail
32:46fine she was with parker crosby that man selling coyote repellent outside the park yes and it seemed
32:52rather heated if you asked me
32:58oh detective nice to see you again how can i help you
33:01you can start by telling me what you and adriana fodor argued about two nights ago
33:08oh we call it an argument or more of a discussion tell me do your curative creations extend to
33:15dentistry mr crosby well sometimes why do you ask let's have a look inside this wagon oh i i i
33:24don't
33:24think that's necessary detective i'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have keys please
33:29but you see the thing is detective i uh
33:40oh i tailbone i'm sure you have a salve that can take care of any bruising
33:56apple juice
34:01is this why you wouldn't let me into the back of the wagon
34:05i thought you were gonna arrest me for selling a false product i swear i was only swapping it out
34:10until i my next batch of wolf here and arrived next week do you make dentures or not not but
34:16i need
34:17a sec that's what miss fodor and i were talking about the other day you're a patient of dr lobota's
34:23i
34:24i couldn't afford the sort he made but miss fodor she found me here after my appointment and said
34:29she'd help help how said she'd been learning how to make them herself she made a set for a friend
34:35using coyote teeth and offered to do the same for me where is that set now i have no idea
34:42that's why i
34:43was upset i was supposed to go to her apartment for my final fitting last tuesday night when she
34:49canceled last morning what happened all she said was there was trouble at a new apartment
34:57i'll be needing that address
35:04miss newsome
35:07hello
35:09are you here to help henry help henry oh sir
35:16i could very much use your help
35:19uh i was told that this apartment belonged to adriana fodor the young lady that was killed in high
35:25park i think you're mistaken there's a lot of that going around sir you got lucky only having to move
35:31floors is this not the apartment that you initially rented no there was a mix-up of keys at least
35:39you
35:40got to stay in the building some poor sap lost out on his apartment entirely yes it's terrible it is
35:47and it could explain the situation that miss fodor was in i'd like to speak with the superintendent
35:53i'll join you yeah i'll just uh get more crates
36:03hello
36:07well shall we wait
36:11and while we do
36:17adriana fodor
36:20these must be her things
36:23i don't see the dentures that she was working on mr crosby i i am several steps behind here
36:31could you please bring me up to speed oh
36:35i mean uh can i help you detective william murdoch toronto constabulary i'm investigating the
36:42death of adriana fodor yes i believe these are her things they are i am i've begun cleaning
36:51out her apartment poor thing mauled to death by coyotes what apartment did she reside in
37:00uh 204. but that's my apartment
37:08i gave you a room with a view your deposit was for a unit facing away from the park but
37:13you said
37:14yesterday mr pascoe that you had always intended for me to be in 204. did i
37:23i'm so terribly sorry i uh um my mind is so scrambled these days because you're running some sort of
37:30rental scam aren't you
37:36i uh yes i i may have taken more deposits than there were apartments and you killed adriana fodor when
37:45she found out as much what no no i never had any trouble with miss photo mr pascoe you gave
37:52me
37:52the keys to her apartment before the news of the deaths in high park was broken the names of the
37:57victims have never been published you now you must be mistaken how could i have known unless um unless
38:08you're a murderer
38:17henry why didn't you stop him i can't see over the crates put those down let's go
38:34mr pascoe stop
38:38all right henry follow him in i'll cut around and see if i can stop him at the other end
38:43of the park
39:06i'll cut around and see if i can stop him at the other end of the park
39:07mr pascoe
39:17bloody rock
39:33mr pascoe stop
39:42seemed only fair i got a chance to try it sir after being shot with it henry
39:52i heard your dark gun proved to be useful it did indeed the superintendent admitted to it all
39:59then did he once he regained consciousness yes i can see why he killed miss photo but why the
40:04groundskeeper necessity she fled to his cabin after confronting mr pascoe and the horrible dentures
40:11an afterthought they just happened to be amongst miss four doors things lucky for him that she had
40:16yet to file down the coyote teeth or unlucky for her well that's another case closed me old mucker
40:23you deserve a night off are you going to miss newstrom's housewarming party i am um how did she
40:29convince mr prescott to let her stay in the building if mr pascoe stole her deposit i had a word
40:36with a
40:36friend down at city council about that bylaw that prescott's worried about expect more apartment blocks on
40:41major streets i have no issue with them as long as they don't infringe on any more parkland
40:50you detain me and then you give my exclusive to the gazette i had absolutely nothing to do with
40:55the latter you that mystery is called tit for tat and the world runs on it how dare you twist
41:02my words
41:03doesn't feel very nice does it maybe now you've learned your lesson well yes if the lesson is that
41:09please about we get you a drink i'm sorry feeling overwhelmed pardon me by the party i mean thought
41:20you might be taking respite by looking at the park like you said the other day why would i need
41:26respite
41:26from a party i don't know i thought maybe well you thought wrong i'm watching a pair of lawless
41:34boys gambling right out in the open i think they're playing knuckleballs sounds filthy i intend to put a
41:43stop to it i'll come with you thank you for all your help this week henry i know it was
41:51a lot oh it was
41:52hell i don't know if my back will ever be the same i don't know how i can ever repay
41:57you but here
41:58it's a token of my appreciation
42:03well i suppose it's a start
42:07miss newsome a house warming gift you didn't have to do that it's an automatic bread toaster
42:15automatic yes i designed it myself the mechanism allows for the bread to be toasted to perfection
42:22uh before releasing it but do be careful the release mechanism is somewhat enthusiastic understood
42:31thank you
42:36so how have you been faring settling into a smaller space you mean among other things
42:48have you spoken to him once or twice seems to be adjusting well to life in st john's
42:59i'm happy to hear it as was i
43:05well i must be off thank you for the invitation thank you for coming this place feels more like
43:21home already
43:22afi you must tell me where you got that laugh it's lovely which one oh that was my grandmother's
43:30ladies oh no whiskey oh no no no no one take no one splash go on
43:55you
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