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Wild Cards - Season 3 - Episode 06: Return of the Corkscrew Killer
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00:00Previously on Wild Cards.
00:03Surprise!
00:04I wanted to meet the man for whom you gave up millions.
00:07Hi!
00:08Max, this is Jessica.
00:09Well, finally, I've heard so much about you.
00:12Where have you been for the past 15 years?
00:14On the run from Gideon Varga.
00:16Who's Gideon Varga?
00:18He's the devil himself.
00:35Hey, Jillian here.
00:36It's been 10 years since the Corkscrew Killer went on his rampage.
00:39Speaking of rampages,
00:42what's your name and are you rampaging for Corkscrew?
00:45Yo, what up?
00:47My name is Nixon.
00:48And I'm Casey Beaker,
00:49and we're hosting our annual Corkscrew Blowout tomorrow night,
00:52and it's going to be even bigger than last year.
00:5420 bucks at the door.
00:56We got DJs all night.
00:56It's going to be wild.
00:58Your parties always are.
01:00Now, if you had a serial killer nickname,
01:02what would it be?
01:03I don't know.
01:04I'm going to take a killer leap, though.
01:05Hey, I'll meet up with you.
01:11So, I've actually thought about this a lot.
01:13And if I was a killer,
01:15my name would be Hammerface.
01:17Because I'd have, like, a hammer on my head,
01:19and I'd, like, head bump you.
01:34Nice try, Nixon.
01:36Why'd you leave, bro?
01:38Jillian would talk to you all night.
01:41I see how she looks at you.
01:47Okay, you're getting a little close, bro.
02:00Hey.
02:02You're up early?
02:04I have very important words to do.
02:06How's, uh, Captain Kilt, or whatever his name is?
02:09You mean Sir Torvald the Untamed?
02:12Sure.
02:13I'll have you know that he is a brave Scottish warrior
02:16with a secret heart of gold
02:17and very limited access to shirts.
02:19Should I be jealous?
02:20Only if you can't ride a horse bareback
02:22while wielding an axe and nothing but a kilt.
02:25Don't judge.
02:26He also writes really beautiful poetry.
02:28Oh, well, then.
02:30I wonder how you'd look in a kilt.
02:32Well, you'll just have to keep wondering.
02:36Mark?
02:37What the hell's on your head?
02:38A tiny box arrived this morning.
02:39It's a present from Ricky.
02:41Care to explain?
02:42Yeah, Ricky's on a mission to find a hat
02:44that Mark will tolerate
02:44for more than four seconds.
02:46I'm shocked he hasn't ripped it to shreds, honestly.
02:48I think he likes it.
02:49Hey, buddy?
02:51I guess if people can change, so can cats.
02:54Now back to you in a kilt.
02:56Right.
02:57Hmm.
03:01Damn it.
03:03Hold that thought.
03:04It's work.
03:05I gotta go.
03:07So do I.
03:08I guess Sir Torvald will be fighting
03:10his shirtless duel without me.
03:15Bye, Mark.
03:18I never thought my usual nighttime jog
03:19would turn into a nightmare.
03:21The corkscrew killer had already claimed
03:22four victims in Primrose that week,
03:24and I was about to be his fifth.
03:27Spooky.
03:28I thought you don't like listening to true crime.
03:30I don't.
03:31This is from years ago,
03:32but since we've been called up to Primrose,
03:34I figured it might shed some light
03:35on what made the town so famous.
03:36Welcome to Primrose,
03:38the quaintest place to get stabbed by a corkscrew.
03:41This week's the 10-year anniversary
03:42of the corkscrew killing,
03:43so there's a festival going on in town
03:45to commemorate it.
03:46Ooh, is there a parade?
03:47What about a float?
03:48I don't know about a parade,
03:49but it's sort of the town's way
03:50of reclaiming the story.
03:52I think it's why the lone survivor
03:54of the killing started the podcast
03:55in the first place.
03:56If I got attacked by a crazy killer,
03:57I would do more than to start a podcast.
03:59I'm talking book series,
04:00big budget movie
04:02with collectible merchandise.
04:03Why not a theme park while you're at it?
04:05Ooh, now you're talking.
04:08Speaking of talking,
04:11about dinner the other night.
04:13Hey, don't worry about it.
04:16I know, it's just a little awkward
04:17to talk about the fact
04:18that my dead mother is alive again.
04:21I get it.
04:22And honestly, I'm just happy she is alive.
04:26Oh, hey, I looked into this Gideon Varga guy.
04:30You did?
04:31Yeah, you weren't kidding about him.
04:32Crimes from all over the world
04:33have been attributed to him.
04:35Murder, extortion, kidnapping, you name it.
04:38It's like he's a ghost.
04:39Nobody knows what he looks like.
04:40Well, thankfully, he's dead,
04:41so we don't need to worry about him anymore.
04:46You didn't tell anybody about him, right?
04:48Of course not.
04:48I wouldn't tell a soul about any of this.
04:50I promise.
04:52Thanks.
04:52Well, she's your mom, Max.
04:54It's your story to tell.
05:00Wow.
05:01They really did throw a festival.
05:03Yeah, you know college kids.
05:04Any excuse for a keg party, right?
05:06Yeah.
05:10Thanks so much for coming down.
05:11Deputy Wade McMiller.
05:13Call me Wade.
05:14Detective Ellis,
05:15this is Special Consultant Max Mitchell.
05:17Lead the way.
05:17Follow me.
05:19Body was found earlier this morning.
05:21The victim's name is Casey Beaker.
05:23He's a student here at Primrose College.
05:25And no one's touched anything on the scene.
05:28I wanted you to see it first.
05:30Okay.
05:33Stabbing?
05:34Yeah.
05:35I haven't found a murder weapon.
05:36If I had to take a guess,
05:38I'd say it was a corkscrew.
05:39I'm sensing a theme here.
05:41Hey, look what's in his mouth.
05:42It's a cork.
05:43It's the corkscrew killer's calling card.
05:45We heard about it on the podcast.
05:47So the killer is back?
05:49No.
05:50No.
05:50He died 10 years ago.
05:52Oh yeah?
05:53Then who wrote this?
06:02Here.
06:03And I want the body taken downtown to forensics as well.
06:05Okay?
06:07Wade!
06:09I told you not to call them.
06:11Respectfully, Mayor,
06:12we do not have the same resources they do downtown.
06:14And I need the extra hands,
06:15especially since this is the second corkscrew killing this week.
06:19This is your second homicide this week?
06:21Way to bury the lead, Wade.
06:23It happened four days ago,
06:24and I was dealing with it myself
06:25because the mayor wanted to keep it quiet.
06:27Wants to keep it quiet.
06:29Clarissa Vaughn, Primrose Mayor.
06:31No offense,
06:32but if folks see cops poking around everywhere,
06:34they might get spooked and spend their dollars elsewhere.
06:36Shut it all down!
06:39Sharon Bailey, local headache.
06:42She manages the motel at the edge of town.
06:44Clarissa,
06:44I have been telling you for years,
06:46this has all gone too far.
06:48Sharon,
06:49Primrose is like Salem or Amityville.
06:51We've turned something dark into a positive.
06:53Positive?
06:55We've got a copycat killer on the loose.
06:57I hate to say it, Mayor,
06:59but Sharon's got a point.
07:00The first time this happened,
07:02Primrose PD tried to keep it quiet,
07:03and look how that turned out.
07:05Nothing gets shut down.
07:06These festivities are a second life for the local economy,
07:09and we are not going to jeopardize that.
07:11Isn't that what the mayor in Jaws said?
07:13Look, I agree with Wade.
07:14Public safety's got to be the top priority here.
07:17Of course it is.
07:17The safety of our citizens is my first priority,
07:20but if no one makes a living,
07:21there is no town.
07:22All I ask is that you keep a low profile.
07:26Sharon, let's walk it off.
07:28Two homicides in a week
07:30and a copycat killer on the loose?
07:31Wade,
07:33it gets time you tell us what you know.
07:35This is the first victim,
07:37Amy Myers.
07:38Four days ago,
07:39she was found outside the football field parking lot
07:41after a game,
07:42stabbed with a corkscrew,
07:43a cork in her mouth.
07:44Just like Casey Beaker.
07:45Exactly like the original corkscrew killer murders.
07:48I mean,
07:48I have all the old case files here.
07:50I was barely 20 at the time,
07:51but I remember like it was yesterday.
07:54And there he is,
07:55a corkscrew killer,
07:57a bunker.
07:59All right,
07:59campus bartender.
08:01The killings were about revenge for him.
08:02Yep.
08:03And Bunker was a character,
08:04you know,
08:05easy to make fun of,
08:06I guess.
08:06After a while,
08:07couldn't take it anymore,
08:08and he just
08:09snapped.
08:11Started killing the ones
08:12who were most cruel to him.
08:13See?
08:14That's why he always got a tip.
08:15There was four victims,
08:17and there was almost a fifth,
08:19Phineas Taylor,
08:20but he survived.
08:21Right.
08:21He's the one who started the podcast.
08:23Well,
08:24the cute nerdy ones in the movies
08:25always die first.
08:27Oh,
08:27he got lucky.
08:28If I remember correctly,
08:29he was only stabbed in the shoulder,
08:30right?
08:30And Phineas was kidnapped by Bunker
08:32jogging past the old Bailey factory.
08:33Managed to fight him off.
08:35Some oil spilled during the fight,
08:36and the whole building went up in flames.
08:38And the killer was burned to a crisp.
08:39Yeah.
08:41Nothing left but his gold teeth,
08:43a corkscrew,
08:44his mask,
08:45and evidence that the other murders
08:46were found in his apartment later.
08:48The corkscrew killer returns.
08:50If this is a copycat killer,
08:51we don't want any more bodies showing up.
08:53We'll need to talk to whoever knew
08:54the two recent victims.
08:55Let's get to work.
08:59Our annual corkscrew party
09:01was supposed to be tonight,
09:02but without Casey,
09:03I shut it all down.
09:05Can you walk me through
09:06what you remember from last night?
09:07Any little detail could help.
09:10Casey and me were partying,
09:11and then Casey had to go take a leak,
09:13and that was it.
09:15When he didn't come back,
09:16I just assumed he went to another party.
09:18He's got a lot of friends.
09:19You didn't think to go looking for him?
09:21I should have.
09:23Maybe then he'd still be alive.
09:25Maybe if I went,
09:25I'd be dead, too.
09:26Amy's my roommate.
09:28Was my roommate.
09:29Can't believe this happened.
09:31Does anything stick out
09:32about the last time you saw her?
09:33She was selling merch at the game.
09:35I was helping her.
09:36It was a regular night.
09:37We lost.
09:38I wanted to go home and take a shower,
09:40and Amy said she was right behind me.
09:42What kind of merch was she selling?
09:43We have corkscrew killer tees
09:45in three different sizes,
09:46and corkscrew killer hats,
09:51beer cozies,
09:52and corkscrews.
09:56It all just seems so wrong now.
09:58How much for that?
09:59You never know when wine o'clock's gonna hit.
10:01You can have it.
10:03Thanks.
10:05Definitely check out Burger Bonanza.
10:07They have a killer murder-themed menu
10:08all weekend long,
10:09bottomless corkscrew fries,
10:11and don't forget to subscribe
10:12if you want to stay up
10:12on all things happening around campus.
10:19So the corkscrew killer is back.
10:21What do you need to know?
10:22So much for keeping it quiet.
10:23It's impossible to keep CK News quiet around here.
10:26CK?
10:26The corkscrew killer.
10:28Oh, right.
10:28Anyways, um...
10:29I know you have questions for me.
10:31I never met Amy Meyers' RRL,
10:32but she seemed really sweet and photogenic,
10:33and I own three of her shirts.
10:35What about...
10:35Casey Beaker.
10:36I knew Casey, but not super well.
10:37He dated a second-tier friend for a few months,
10:39but he's kind of the party king of corkscrew week.
10:41His friend Nixon told me...
10:43Well, last night, how crazy is that?
10:45I interviewed Casey and Nix.
10:46Nix has been crushing on me forever.
10:47That was minutes before Casey was killed.
10:49Um, speaking of which, can I get the...
10:51The footage?
10:52I got it all ready for you.
10:53I'll airdrop it.
10:54I gotta run, though.
10:55There's a catch-up drinking contest happening in a quad,
10:57and bar videos get huge numbers.
10:59Got it.
11:01Thanks.
11:02It's too far in the background to see anything.
11:04But then the fact that the killer is maybe in a mask,
11:08so that narrows it down to 100 possible killers.
11:11So it could be anyone at this point.
11:13Okay, we need to go over the rules for surviving a serial killer,
11:16because in the movies, the prettiest one always dies first,
11:18and that is not going to be me.
11:20It's not a movie, Max.
11:21Oh, Alice, you innocent lamb.
11:24A cop always dies, too.
11:26Rule number one, we need to stick together.
11:28Never go anywhere alone.
11:30Speaking of, we should location share right now.
11:33How do you know my passcode?
11:35Oh, you're cute.
11:37Right?
11:38Rule number two, always check the back seat.
11:41Okay, we're good.
11:43And lastly, never go into any basements, cellars, or attics.
11:47Anywhere dark and confined is strictly off limits.
11:49Got it.
11:50Oh, and never answer the phone from an unknown number.
11:54Don't.
11:56This is Detective Ellis.
11:57It's Deputy Wade. I've got some info for you.
11:59Hey, Wade.
12:00How do we know it's Deputy Wade?
12:02Because it is Deputy Wade.
12:03What's the matter with you?
12:05Sorry, Wade.
12:06Just went through a tunnel.
12:07What's going on?
12:09Do you remember the surviving victim we talked about,
12:11Phineas Taylor, the podcaster?
12:13There's been a development.
12:14You need to get to his house, quick.
12:16Okay, we're on our way.
12:28Oh.
12:29Hi.
12:30Hi.
12:30Hi.
12:31What are you doing here?
12:32You didn't know she was going to be here?
12:33Did you know that we were going to be here?
12:34Do you live here?
12:35I have so many questions.
12:37No, I just knew there was a detective coming.
12:39But you live here.
12:40No, I don't live here.
12:42But why?
12:42Jess, what are you doing here?
12:44I got a tip about the homicides this morning,
12:46and I wanted to come interview Phineas.
12:47I did a story on him a few years ago.
12:49Well, isn't this cozy?
12:50Deputy Wade just called us down here.
12:51What's going on?
12:52The story just got bigger.
12:53Come in.
13:00Is the door locked?
13:01It's locked.
13:03I'm Detective Ellis.
13:04This is Max.
13:04Deputy Wade told us something happened here today.
13:07It's okay, Phineas.
13:07You can trust him.
13:09That.
13:09I found it on my front step this morning.
13:11What's in the box?
13:15Sorry.
13:16Um, what's in the box, though?
13:18Let's, uh, take a look, shall we?
13:25There's a note.
13:27Hmm.
13:28Time to finish the story.
13:30Love, a long-term fan.
13:48Have you seen anyone hanging around your house lately?
13:51No, um, nothing out of the ordinary.
13:52I always get prank calls this time of year
13:54because of the anniversary,
13:55but this isn't a prank.
13:56What makes you so sure?
13:57Because that's the same corkscrew
13:58that almost killed me 10 years ago.
14:00That's impossible.
14:02I mean, the original corkscrew
14:03would be in an evidence box
14:04and some long-term storage.
14:06No, no.
14:06Look, they have the same scratches on the handle.
14:09Okay, I'll tell you what.
14:09We'll have it sent downtown to forensics,
14:11and hopefully they can tell us where it came from.
14:13It came from whoever's doing the killings.
14:15They're telling me I'm next.
14:16Why?
14:18Because I'm the one who got away.
14:20Are you still actively podcasting about this killer?
14:23No, no.
14:24After Behind the Mask,
14:25I moved on to other serial killer stories.
14:27He's one of the top true crime podcasters.
14:29Okay, well, look, whoever did this
14:30knows where you live now,
14:31so it's not safe for you to be here, okay?
14:33Not until we know more.
14:34No.
14:35No, I'm sorry.
14:36I can't.
14:37Are you forgetting the fact
14:39that there's a serial killer on the loose?
14:41You'll never forget
14:41that someone did this to you.
14:43So what's the problem?
14:47I'm agoraphobic.
14:49I haven't stepped outside in years.
14:58I had no idea he was agoraphobic.
15:00He's never talked about it before.
15:02So what do we do?
15:02We can't just leave him here.
15:04I can remove him by force if necessary.
15:06No, he's already traumatized enough.
15:07Okay, we're trying to catch a killer here,
15:09and I need to take this to evidence.
15:10Okay, I'll stay here
15:12and try and convince him to leave.
15:14But he's a target.
15:15I'll get Deputy Wade to come down here
15:16and keep watch, okay?
15:17But then after that,
15:18I need to go to this long-term evidence logup.
15:20Oh, that's where I was headed to.
15:22That's perfect.
15:23You two remember the rules?
15:25Stick together.
15:26The rules?
15:27She's seen too many horror films.
15:28I've seen the right amount of horror films.
15:30Well, I'm down to carpool if you are.
15:35First time working together?
15:37I'm a journalist.
15:38We're not exactly working together.
15:39Okay, whatever you want to call it.
15:40Just don't get murdered, okay?
15:43Fine.
15:50I know history repeats itself,
15:52but for some reason,
15:53I thought that my history
15:55would be an exception to the rule.
15:57I can't believe this is happening again.
16:01Sorry, uh, helps me process.
16:04No, it's all good.
16:05But that recorder thing is portable, right?
16:09You can process from someplace else.
16:12I appreciate what you're trying to do, really,
16:14but I haven't made it past the front door in years.
16:17It's not something I talk about.
16:19We all have things from the past
16:21we'd rather not talk about.
16:23Although, looks like you talk about
16:26a lot of worse things.
16:28It's been a kind of therapy.
16:30I'm just trying to understand
16:31how a person could do such things.
16:33So why do you think?
16:36All serial killers have one thing in common.
16:39They love weaving a good story.
16:42They see themselves as the main character.
16:44Killing gives them a sense of control
16:46over the narrative.
16:47So why did they send you the corkscrew?
16:49My guess is a power play.
16:51I got away, so now they're making me part of their story.
16:54What about your story?
16:56If McKillor Crazy Pants is a main character,
16:59then so are you.
17:00It's not that simple.
17:01I mean, it kind of is.
17:03Look around.
17:05You literally narrate your whole life.
17:08I mean, the way I see it,
17:09you can either sit around and be corkscrewed,
17:12or you can take control and write your own story.
17:16The question is,
17:17what does Phineas want to do next?
17:27Okay, either that's a really long Yelp review
17:29or you've started writing your story already.
17:31Mind your business, Sergeant Snoopy.
17:34You know, you never did mention
17:35where your tip came from, Ms. Warren.
17:37Well, you didn't mention your case either.
17:39I'm serious, Jess.
17:41This isn't some ride-along, okay?
17:43If you're sitting on information
17:44that could compromise this investigation,
17:45you need to know it.
17:47Okay.
17:48What is this really about?
17:50Look, I just think that we have
17:53competing priorities.
17:58I will always be real with you
17:59about the personal stuff.
18:00But professionally, that stays separate.
18:04For example, if I have a source,
18:05I am going to protect them.
18:07That is not negotiable.
18:09Okay.
18:12Understood.
18:15There's going to be things
18:15that I can't tell you either.
18:18Okay.
18:25I know that you've been burned before,
18:26and I would never do that to you.
18:29At work or at home.
18:31I hope that you know that.
18:35That's all I needed to hear.
18:39Besides, if I really wanted
18:40to get something out of you,
18:41I think it would be very easy.
18:43Oh, really?
18:43Really.
18:44How would you do that exactly?
18:46Tell you.
18:48Get ready.
18:50Oh.
18:51Oh.
18:53Okay.
18:54Okay.
19:20Talk it out.
19:24What do you want?
19:28Um.
19:30What do I want?
19:32I want to not be afraid anymore.
19:36I want to feel in control of my life again.
19:39I didn't choose how I got here,
19:40but I want to choose what happens next.
19:43Well, looks like you got your next podcast.
19:47And it looks like you're officially part of my story.
19:53Nothing will happen to us if we stay together.
19:57It's one of the rules.
19:58Mm-hmm.
19:59Ready?
20:00Ready?
20:07Yeah.
20:07Oh.
20:08You can do this.
20:11Ready?
20:13Yeah.
20:13Three.
20:14Two.
20:18No.
20:20Oh.
20:21Huh.
20:27So, the original corkscrew evidence
20:28was inventoryed and sealed three years ago.
20:31The killer's mask, his notebooks,
20:32his gold teeth, it's all here.
20:34Here we are.
20:35Box 116.
20:36And you use this table.
20:37Just leave it when you're done.
20:39I'll put it back.
20:39Okay.
20:40Thanks.
20:51There's nothing in here but rocks.
20:53What?
20:58The evidence is gone.
21:07How does something like this even happen?
21:09The seal on the box wasn't even tampered with.
21:11I don't know what to tell you.
21:12No one has touched this
21:13since it was deposited here three years ago.
21:15The sheriff assigned to the original case
21:17signed off on it.
21:17And who was that?
21:18Let me see.
21:20Here he is.
21:24Stuart McMillor.
21:26Any relation to Deputy Wade McMillor?
21:28Oh, you could say that.
21:30He's Wade's father.
21:35Hey.
21:36Hi.
21:37You're doing great.
21:38Thanks.
21:39I couldn't do this without you.
21:41No, this is all you, boss.
21:44Whoa.
21:45Why are you going this way?
21:48I'm so sorry, Phineas.
21:50Highway 47's closed.
21:52I had to take this road.
21:53What's wrong?
21:54This is the Bailey factory road.
21:56Corkscrew killer died.
21:58And where I almost did.
22:00Okay.
22:01Can I just breathe?
22:03You can do this.
22:09We're driving past the old factory
22:11where it all happened.
22:12I haven't seen it in ten years.
22:14Last time I was here,
22:16I was helpless,
22:16fighting for my life.
22:18You're doing great.
22:19But I wasn't the only victim.
22:21Wade,
22:23I still think about your dad.
22:25He saw the fire
22:26and helped drag me out.
22:28He was a good sheriff.
22:29He didn't deserve the hate
22:30that he got.
22:31Your dad was sheriff
22:32at the time?
22:34Yeah, Pops was never the same
22:35after that case.
22:36The whole town blamed him
22:38for not catching the killer.
22:40It tore him apart.
22:41And he started drinking after that.
22:43Too much.
22:45Lost the house.
22:47Lost his job.
22:48But he still couldn't let it go.
23:07So,
23:09it's happening again, is it?
23:12You come out here
23:13to remind a drunk old sheriff
23:14how badly he failed?
23:16No, sir.
23:17Not at all.
23:18We went back
23:18to the old original evidence today.
23:21No, you were the last person
23:22to handle that.
23:22Is that right?
23:23Mm-hmm.
23:24Now, you haven't accessed
23:26the evidence since then, right?
23:28And why would I?
23:30I have nightmares about it enough.
23:32And now,
23:33my son's got to deal with it
23:35all over again.
23:37Oh.
23:39You know, my dad was a cop, too.
23:41Was he proud of you?
23:43He passed
23:44before I could make detective.
23:47It's too bad.
23:49Sometimes I think
23:49the only reason Wade joined the Force
23:51was to make me happy.
23:52But my happiest moments
23:55are when we'd spend hours
23:56out there hunting, camping,
23:59talking.
23:59But that was before
24:00any of that stuff happened.
24:02And now the nightmares come back.
24:04And if you don't catch him,
24:07he's going to keep killing.
24:12Deputy Wade,
24:13I'll have you know
24:14I had to cancel paying
24:15customers' reservations
24:16for these rooms.
24:17I appreciate it, Sharon.
24:22Well, look who decided
24:23to finally come down
24:25and show his face.
24:26I didn't want any of this
24:27to happen.
24:28You have to know that.
24:29Don't!
24:29I don't want to hear it.
24:32Sheesh.
24:33Customer service at this motel
24:35is seriously lacking.
24:37These years later,
24:38and Sharon still resents me.
24:39Why?
24:40The factory belonged
24:41to Sharon's family,
24:43and they lost everything
24:43in that fire.
24:44They couldn't afford to rebuild.
24:46The motel manager
24:47is a big step down for her.
24:49And when my podcast took off
24:50and people started
24:51the Corkscrew Killer Festival,
24:53it was just more salt
24:54than the wound.
24:55So that's why
24:56she's such a Grinch.
24:57Are we sure it's safe here?
24:59The room's under a fake name.
25:01Nobody knows you're here.
25:03And I will be parked out front
25:05all night.
25:06Thanks.
25:09Ready?
25:13You okay?
25:14Yeah, I'll feel better
25:15behind a locked door.
25:17Hey, do your, um,
25:18serial killer survival rules
25:19say anything about motels?
25:21Don't watch any videotapes
25:22you might find.
25:23Oh, if the owner's obsessed
25:24with taxidermy,
25:25get out of there quick.
25:26And don't touch
25:27the couch cushions.
25:28That's not a rule.
25:29They're just gross.
25:31Gotcha.
25:32Nate.
25:33Okay.
25:37I believe McMillard
25:38when he says
25:38he sent the evidence away.
25:39You could tell
25:40he was tormented by it.
25:42I feel for him, you know?
25:44I know what that's like
25:45to carry around
25:45all that unresolved trauma.
25:48I don't really pull you under
25:49if you let it.
25:51I'm telling you
25:52if I didn't solve
25:52Daniel's murder,
25:54that could have easily been me.
25:56I don't believe that.
25:59I don't think you ever
26:00would have given up.
26:02You didn't know me back then.
26:06I know you now.
26:16Forensics.
26:17It was the original corkscrew.
26:19The blood traces
26:19matched the old victims
26:20and the new ones.
26:22So the copycat killer
26:23did send it.
26:24Which means they had to have
26:25access to the evidence box.
26:26I don't like what I'm thinking
26:27right now.
26:29Look,
26:29the hunting shed
26:30is a good place
26:31for hiding stolen evidence.
26:35Let's go with water.
26:44Grape soda.
26:46I guess that'll do.
26:48I guess that'll do.
27:17Well, it's not a good sign.
27:25It doesn't look like anybody's been here lately.
27:58These packages are all addressed to P.O. boxes all over the world.
28:02And unless Stu has a side hustle working for FedEx...
28:09It's an official evidence bag.
28:13These are the corkscrew killers, Goldteeth.
28:15This is all the original corkscrew evidence.
28:17I read about this.
28:18People make big money off of these crime souvenirs.
28:21A lock of Charles Manson's hair went for a quarter mil on the dark web.
28:25Okay, but Jess is living in a trailer.
28:27Doesn't exactly scream big money.
28:34Sunflower seeds.
28:36Deputy Wade was always snagging on sunflower seeds.
28:39Oh, he either sold the corkscrew to the killer or...
28:48Come on.
28:50Max!
28:51Phineas!
28:52Open up!
28:54Max?
28:55Oh, thank God.
28:56What time is it?
28:57Lock the door and stay inside.
29:00What's going on?
29:00And don't open it for anyone except for me or Ellis.
29:03Or the pizza I just ordered because I don't want it to get cold.
29:05Yeah.
29:05Okay.
29:13Well, that's not good.
29:21Okay, well, maybe he's getting a drink.
29:24Or maybe he's quenching his thirst for his next kill.
29:30Oh, jeez, what's the rules for this?
29:36Yes.
29:38I knew this would come in handy.
29:53Well, this really hurts his chances of being the killer.
29:56Yeah, that woman looks a lot like the other two victims.
30:00Nice try.
30:02It's our killer.
30:03He's taunting us.
30:05Hey, maybe it's a woman.
30:06Keep an open mind.
30:08Give this to Frenzis.
30:11Ugh.
30:11My pizza is definitely cold by now.
30:14Not that I have much of an appetite.
30:16We need to tell Wade's dad.
30:18I should stay with Phineas.
30:20Okay.
30:21You get Phineas down to the station and I'll go talk to Stu.
30:24Okay.
30:26Look, I am so sorry, Stu.
30:30What was Wade mixed up in?
30:31It seems like Wade was selling the old corkscrew killer evidence.
30:35Do you have any idea why he would have done that?
30:38God, my fool of a son would...
30:41Look, this is all my fault.
30:43Yeah, what do you mean?
30:44I got behind in my trailer payments and he said he'd take care of it.
30:51I never asked him where he got the money.
30:54My son, he's gone.
30:57This killer, he's taken the only thing I had left.
31:16Wade's fingerprints are all over the old evidence, but obviously we know he's not the killer.
31:21Now, if the killer is a true copycat, then there's two more victims to come and we can't have that
31:26happen.
31:26Phineas, you said serial killers like stories, so what's the story here?
31:30In the original killing spree, the victims are random, so there must be a pattern to these murders.
31:36Wait a minute. Wade was selling the evidence from the original corkscrew killer.
31:40And our first victim, Amy Myers, was selling killer-themed merch.
31:43And Casey Beaker was selling tickets to a corkscrew-themed party.
31:47And the killer threatened him. Somebody made a podcast about the original corkscrew killer.
31:51So all the victims are profiting off the original story.
31:53Exactly. That's why the killer's doing the copycat thing. He's mad they're all making money off the story.
31:58God.
31:59So none of this would have happened if it weren't from my podcast.
32:03Hey, Cole.
32:06Excuse me, guys.
32:09Don't blame yourself. But when this is all over, I would think about rebranding your podcast as something that won't
32:14kill you.
32:15Like antiques. Or whales.
32:19What are you still doing here? Thought you went home to get some rest.
32:21No chance of that. I learned something that you need to hear.
32:24You know how Wade's dark web history was impossible to trace?
32:28Yeah. I got my cyber team on it.
32:30Well, you can call them off. I got in touch with a source who's familiar with dark web transactions of
32:34this nature.
32:35Who?
32:36You know I can't tell you that.
32:38Okay, fine. What did your source say?
32:40I told them what we were looking for and they'd heard about it.
32:42Apparently, there was a bidding war for the corkscrew. They did more digging for me.
32:46They know who won.
32:50Sharon the Grinch Bailey.
32:53Jessica's source traced the corkscrew sale to a P.O. box a few hours away.
32:56A bit more digging revealed who the box was registered to.
32:59It's in Sharon Bailey's name.
33:01Don't worry. We double checked it on our end.
33:03Okay, so she bought the corkscrew.
33:06Do you think she's a cop cat killer?
33:08All the victims profited off the original story.
33:10And Sharon hated that.
33:12She hated all the parties and she especially hated Phineas' podcast.
33:16Well, the motive's definitely there.
33:18And as the motel owner, she was nowhere to be found after Deputy Wade was killed.
33:23So, it's not exactly a good look.
33:25I think it's her.
33:26Right.
33:27I'll call backup to drive over there with you.
33:30Bring her in before she catches wind of anything.
33:33Usually, journalists don't make it in building this far.
33:36But thank you.
33:37Anytime.
33:39Let's get you home, Phineas.
33:40Post up a uni outside his place until Sharon's brought in.
33:43Yes, sir.
33:45I feel sick to my stomach.
33:47I can't believe it's Sharon.
33:49She could have killed us last night.
33:50I know.
33:51But it's over now, Phineas.
33:53We're on our way to arrest her right now.
33:55You're safe to go home, I promise.
33:58All of you.
34:00Yeah.
34:00Do we know who's driving me home?
34:02I'm gonna drive you home myself.
34:05Hm.
34:08So, right along?
34:11Yeah.
34:13Sharon Bailey was stuck in the past as much as I had been.
34:16If I needed any more proof, it was time to move on and rewrite my story.
34:20This was it.
34:21One thing I have learned is that you can't do anything alone.
34:24If it wasn't for Detective Max, I would still be stuck in my house.
34:29She helped me take that first step.
34:33Aw, thanks for calling me detective.
34:35I meant what I said before.
34:37I couldn't have done it without you.
34:39And, um, I think I'm ready to take that next step.
34:43Ooh, what's that?
34:45Skydiving?
34:46Ziplining?
34:47Maybe we can ride the louche.
34:50I was thinking of something else.
35:08We're here.
35:10The old Bailey factory.
35:13This is where my life ended.
35:14And I can't be scared of it anymore.
35:18Yes, 100%, but right now, spooky abandoned building, that's definitely a rule.
35:23I know.
35:23But I have to do this.
35:25I was terrified of going outside yesterday, but you showed me it was just a step.
35:29And this is just the building.
35:32You've helped me come so far.
35:34It's the last thing I have to do to be free.
35:37Okay, I'm gonna text Ellis and see if Sharon's in custody.
35:41Okay, copy that.
35:44Okay, so Sharon's not at the motel and the two officers I sent to her door say she's not
35:48there either.
35:49That's not good.
35:50No.
35:51Well, can you text Max and just tell her to be on red alert?
35:58Damn it, my messages aren't going through.
36:00Maybe we should turn back.
36:03Phineas?
36:06Phineas, let's stick together please.
36:14If this were a horror movie, everyone would be screaming at me to not go in there.
36:21And yet, here I am.
36:37Phineas?
36:51Rule number five.
36:52Always charge your damn phone.
37:21Okay.
37:37hinaus.
37:39Phineas?
37:41Oh, Sharon?
38:03Hi Max, glad you're awake. I didn't want you to miss this. What's going on? I'm rewriting
38:16my story. Remember? No, I didn't plan to include you in the story at first, but you just wouldn't
38:22shut up with your, um, be the main character crap. It was so on the nose. I just, I just
38:27had to include you. Lucky me. So was it all a lie? Your agoraphobia? No, no, no. I, I, I
38:36was
38:37agoraphobic. I spent years too afraid to leave my house. Pathetic, helpless victim. But as
38:45I did my podcast, I learned everything about serial killers, how their minds worked. I
38:52began to admire their ability to take control of their lives. See, they have no fear. The
39:00world fears them. And I realized that was my answer. That was how I could stop being the
39:04victim instead of the prey. I became the predator. But what's with the copycatch shtick? Sequels
39:11are never as good. Why not do something original? What better way to rewrite my whole story than
39:15to flip the entire script? Bring back the corkscrew killings and this time I'll be the main character.
39:21Yeah, because everyone loves a main character who's killed a bunch of people. Am I missing
39:25something? No, don't be thick, detective. Sharon Bailey is the killer. Sharon Bailey, the
39:33town grump, murders those profiting after family tragedy. Which brings us here to our final
39:41chapter. Sharon Bailey kidnaps the nosy detective at the side of the street and brings her back
39:47to her lair. And I have to conquer my deepest fears to go in after her to... to save my
39:55one true love. Your one true what? It was love at first sight, solidified by a night of passion.
40:02At the motel, it is the perfect B3. Okay, I'm sorry. A night with me is at least a story
40:07material. No, but I valiantly try fighting Sharon off. She stabs me in the arm, wounding me just
40:13enough to finish you off. When did Sharon stab you? I'll be the hero who overcame so much in the
40:26name of love. It's the perfect story. And this time I get to write it. Okay, well, here's a crazy
40:33pitch. What if nobody else gets stabbed? Wouldn't that be fun? Sorry. Rewrites are over. Police!
40:40Drop the weapon! Jessica! No! Max, stay back. One little slip, that's all it'll take. I'm gonna say it again.
40:52Let her go. Don't come near me. You see? It's over, Phineas. No, this isn't how my story
41:01she wants to end. You're right. He doesn't have to end like this. Just let her go. Don't tell
41:06me what to do.
41:15This is okay.
41:33Stop! What is it? Give me your knife. What? Why? In horror films, you gotta kill the villain
41:38like three times. We gotta make sure he's dead. Hand it over. No, what's the matter with you? Keep going,
41:43guys. I'd keep a close eye on that thing if I were you.
41:50Well, you were right about the location sharing thing. I'll give you that. We wouldn't have found
41:54you otherwise. See? My rules save lives. Although I didn't really listen to them. I ended up in a
42:00dark building with the killer. Well, he had us all fooled. Look, I'm just happy you're both safe,
42:05okay? Oh, the mayor just got here. I need a quote from my story. Hey, thanks for saving my butt.
42:14Anytime. You would have done the same. She charged a killer. Didn't even think twice. But she's right.
42:22You would have done the same. And hey, thank you for making this easy. You know, me and Jessica.
42:31She's smart, hot, cool. Swings a bat like Shohei Otani. What's not to like?
42:38Okay, well, I don't know about you, but I just got my appetite back. If you like some day-old
42:43motel pizza,
42:43because I got a lot of it. I'm good. I'll buy you a fresh slice. How about that? You've earned
42:48it.
42:58Here we go.
43:07Oh, my God. It actually worked. Ricky, you are a genius.
43:40Oh, my God.
43:43Oh, my God.
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