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Hell of a way to go falling down the stairs.

Wife died on the floor in the back bedroom.

Horrible.

Sucks getting old.

When I go, it's going to be on my couch.

A bowl full of ice cream.

Maybe a little Keanu.

Matrix? No.

A walk in the clouds, of course.

Solid choice.

How about you?

Bust. Fast.

Bam.

You don't even know it's coming.

Okay.

Sorry I asked.

You want the husband or the wife?

Wife. All right.

Let's do this.

Hey, Margo.

Yeah? Remind me to order more thymol when we get back. We're almost out. Sure

thing.

Can't wait to go home and take a shower.

Me too.

Our tomb is popular.

Which one is this?

It's not that.

The guy.

I mean, liar.

Hey, Randy.

You got anything on those records my brother sent? The David Pearson stuff?

Nah, man. It's going to take a little time.

Can I give you any more context?

No. It's my brother for you. All right. I'm not calling about that anyway. I got

a job for you.

Okay, go ahead.

Owner of a company named BioZone wants to hire you. Out of Fort Wayne, Indiana?

What's BioZone?

Crime scene cleaners.

Her employee's missing.

Margo Webster, age 28.

Just sent you a picture.

Her boss is really worried.

How long has she been gone?

Since yesterday morning.

Not too long?

No, but the owner sounded a little more worried than the typical boss.

Plus, they're offering $10 ,000 for help.

Want to check it out? Yeah.

Send me the details. I'll get there as soon as I can.

Unattended death.

Drug labs, hoarders. Some guy takes a bat to his wife.

We clean it up.

Margo's been my right hand the last few years.

Just the two of us.

When did you first know she was missing?

8 a .m. yesterday.

Didn't show to clean up a triple homicide.

I called a bunch of times. No answer.

So I drove by her place, looked in the windows, saw her phone on the table, but

her car was gone. I knew something was off.

Contact the police?

Sure. But unless it's been 48 hours, they don't lift a damn finger.

So much for one hand washing the other.

Anyway, that led me to you.

Can I grab you a cup of coffee? Sure. Yeah.

So the last time you saw Margo, two days ago?

Yeah. At the end of our gig cleaning up the Hardin house.

An old couple died of natural causes.

Pretty basic job, you know.

We brought the van back.

She got in her car and left. That was it.

What do you think happened?

I'm not sure if it's anything.

But her phone was blowing up after the job.

Some guy?

Yeah, a new guy she was seeing, I think.

Did she get a name?

She wouldn't say.

Kept playing it off like it was no big deal yet. But you don't believe that?

No. They met online a few months ago in some chat room about the toy box killer.

Who does that?

It's weird, right?

Well, it depends.

Well, that's Margo for you.

And now, I wish I had gotten a name.

You think of anything else about that night? Anything at all?

Not that I know about.

She's kind of secretive about what she does after hours. Really?

Why is that? Why was she secretive?

Well, for most people, the job ends when they clock out.

but Margo really got into some of the jobs, if you know what I mean,

the Grizzly ones.

That's strokes for folks, as they say.

So you're saying you think her interests might have something to do with what's

going on here?

I don't know what to think, but something's really wrong, and I'm not

wait for the police.

So, please.

Yeah, okay, I'll help you, yeah.

Let me see what I can dig up, okay?

Yeah.

Randy, you get anything on Margo's phone?

A big negative, Capadre.

Dead. A lot of calls and texts from Ruth after she went missing, but otherwise

no calls or texts in the last 72 hours.

Doesn't make any sense.

That's exactly what I said.

Her boss said her phone was blowing up at the end of her shift.

Maybe she was using an app, getting push notifications?

Certainly possible.

Maybe she was exchanging some scandals. She didn't want anybody catching wind of

it. Maybe they were planning on meeting up. Can you look into that? Yeah, I will

do. Oh, in the meantime, good news for you.

Yeah, what's up?

I got a hit on Margo's car.

It's a silver 2010 Sonata.

The plate popped up on the city's list of vehicles to tow.

Vimy Nedra?

I already did. Thank you, Randy.

The document should be at the hotel when you arrive, and you are all set for

your client meeting tomorrow morning.

Mm -hmm.

Okay, will do.

Okay, have a good night, Rainey.

Rainey, keep being busy, huh?

She's in Houston trying to land a big client.

Deep pockets.

Yeah. I can't imagine anyone saying no to her in person.

I hear that.

What are you working on?

At the moment, a case for Coulter is missing crime scene cleaner.

No way.

What happened?

Don't know.

Cleaned a few dead bodies and then poof, disappeared.

Weird. Not that I think it's connected.

But she happened to be a true crime buff.

Oh, it's connected.

What you seek is seeking you.

Did you just come up with that?

No. No, it's for me.

It's just rando left over from this poetry class I took freshman year.

It's supposed to be about good things, but I think it works both ways, you

Well, that's dope.

But in this case, I'm hoping it's not true.

Because it looks like she was into some pretty heinous crimes.

Tell me more.

Yeah? Thanks.

I mean, the true crime subreddit is a classic, but it's kind of over now.

come on. Give me a break.

All these fake accounts and fake names. It's going to take me a minute to track

down where she's posting.

Well, try CrimeCon, CrimeHQ, WebSleuths,

Murderpedia, too. That's a good one.

Damn.

You made for this one, huh?

What can I say?

Everybody's got a gift.

He canceled?

Really? Okay, yeah, just give me five minutes.

I'm gonna go check and call the other number he gave.

What's up, T?

You, uh, found my girl's car?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is where she was taken. I found a phone in the car.

It's not the one you've been searching.

Ah, baby girl's got a backup phone. I wonder why.

Maybe her other phone was issued by work? Let's find out together.

Hot on, Coulter.

Registered and paid for by BioZone.

So I'm guessing she ditched this at home after work? Right. So this must be the

phone that Ruth said was blown up.

Margo had a second phone for privacy.

Can you tether into this thing?

Oh, yeah.

Easy peasy.

Seeing what I'm seeing?

Lots of text.

Okay, this last text from Margo is pretty interesting.

Meet at the usual spot. Got something big for you.

Here's a tease.

Hmm. A series of photos here she was trying to send, but looks like the file

too big.

Gotta love those budget data plans.

All right. Where you thinking this usual spot is?

Well, there's a restaurant across the street.

Pretty good place to meet up.

You figure out who she was texting?

I'm searching now.

Okay. Coming back as a burner phone.

Yeah, nothing on her socials about any new guy. I mean... Oh, hold up. Got an

ID? Nope.

But the burner phone she was texting is pinging 20 miles away from you right

now. I just sent you the pin.

Thank you.

Hey, you can't be here. Get back. I was hired to find a missing woman. I said

get back. I just need to know if that's Margo Webster. That's all. I'm not going

to tell you again.

Okay. Yeah, sorry.

Thank you.

Hey, what's up, man?

Since you played, I need you to run it. See where it's registered.

Okay, yeah, I got you.

The, uh, Woodpanel Buick station wagon.

This links our missing girl?

It's at the scene of a crime. I dialed the number, the guy got spooked, and I

lost him.

Okay, got an address.

Sending now.

Where is she?

Margot Webster.

Start talking. Is that her?

No. No, no. These are 911 recordings, man. It's white noise.

Okay? I'm just gonna... What'd you do to her?

Nothing. I didn't do anything. I'm trying to find her.

Okay. All right.

You Gunther Decker?

Becker.

And you were texting her?

Yeah, listen, um... Yeah, I called you to that crime scene. Yeah, yeah, look, I

heard the call come over the scanner, and I just needed to know if it was

That's it.

Why'd you run?

Well, I thought you were a cop. I don't like cops, and they don't like me. Why'd

you have a camera?

Because I take photos of crime scenes.

It's sort of my job.

Who do you work for?

I don't work for anybody here. That's the point. I used to work as a stringer

for the local paper, but I felt that I could do better on my own. I am a

freelance enthusiast. You photograph other people's pain. That's what you do,

right? Okay, big guy. I understand the judgment. I do. But I provide a service.

The truth is very ugly, but it's out there, and I document it, and people pay

for that.

Don't do that.

Put that down.

Put it down.

Okay.

Anybody else here I should know about? No. No. Get over here. Come on. Okay.

What's your name?

It's Edward Fong, but you can call me Eddie, please.

Okay.

The hell is this place?

Yeah, well, I collect crime scene memorabilia.

Oh, don't.

Looks more like you sell it. Well, it's all legal.

There are a lot of fellow enthusiasts out there. Sometimes we just trade.

Okay. Let me guess, you provide a service as well.

There is a demand.

I'm sure.

So what's the deal?

Margot, she gives you evidence?

No, no, no, no. It's not like that.

The three of us, we met online and through crime subreddit, and we just

we try to solve certain cases.

They grab us, okay?

How do you know Margot?

Her boss hired me to find her. Now I need to know.

Did she meet up with you two nights ago?

No. Well, she was supposed to, but she didn't show, so we stayed at her

apartment. We went to her work.

Something bad must have happened. I've been having premonitions about this.

Eddie, please. He doesn't care.

Gunther doesn't believe in my premonitions.

Margot was trying to send you these before your meetup.

Nothing? No, I don't recognize it, but Margot always documents her crime

Obsessively, when she thinks she's onto something.

Yeah, or she would have sent these because I do forensic photo analysis.

Based on the time stamp, these are from her last job, the Harden house.

Ring a bell?

Margot thought the circumstances around that one were strange.

Yeah, listen, so I could do image enhancement on the photos, but it would

me some time.

I don't have time. All right, I'm going to head to the house.

Figure out what she's into.

We're coming with you. Work alone.

Wait, wait, wait.

We get that this is your thing, but we've been up for two days looking for

Margot, and nobody knows her better than we do.

I mean, I can tell you why she took certain photos, and nobody knows crime's

same timelines like Eddie.

He's also an entomologist.

Self -taught.

All right, guys, come on. Let's go.

Okay.

Want me to tell you what happened here?

A little bit, yeah.

So, Nancy Harden was wheelchair -bound with dementia, and her husband, Mort,

that is his walker right there, he was her caretaker, and he took a really

spill down these stairs, cracked his head open, dead spill.

And Nancy died three days later. She starved to death.

A neighbor found their bodies a week later, but I actually clocked it at

and a half days based on the varying stages of blow flies in the photos she

took.

This is a case you were investigating.

We were going to start, so when one of us flagged a suspicious death, three of

us agreed we do a deep dive.

Sometimes we get lucky and Margo gets called in to clean the scene.

We're living on the first floor.

Yeah, you know, hard to get up with a walker.

Hey, um, this mark here, is that from the fault?

Could be, yeah.

I'm going to use Mark's chair.

See what's on the rise of the stairs?

That's not from somebody going down. That's from somebody being dragged up.

Okay, so Margo suspects the Hards are murdered.

She takes pictures of the crime scene, right? And then she just vanishes.

Guys, who else knows about your group? No one.

You post online about it?

Yes, but very carefully. We don't use real names, masked IPs, the works.

So maybe the killer suspected you were onto him.

And all they had to do was figure out your real identities.

Huh.

Well, that's weird, isn't it?

Yeah, will you?

There's food in here. There's no mold on it, right?

Can't be more than a couple weeks old.

Based on the larvae in here, this was eaten around the time that Nancy Harden

died.

So somebody was here the whole time?

Your friend Margo was right.

Harding's were murdered.

So the killer sat here, waited for his moment.

Well, wouldn't it be easier to just kill them and leave?

Yeah, I don't think it's about what was easier.

The killer dragged Mort to the top of the stairs just so he could push him

He comes in here and watches Nancy die over the course of

several days.

But the guy we're looking for is thorough, well -prepared, and has a very

specific kink.

Okay, why go after Margo, though?

Maybe it has something to do with that.

Angel links?

Oh, uh, I feel like I've seen those before.

Where? I don't remember.

But we have a bunch of files we're downloading to build our own crime

Okay. There we go.

That's, uh, look, angel wings, drawn and set.

Yeah, what case is that?

This is the Applebombs.

A mother and daughter in Whitley County. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Uh, daughter was disabled, and her mother was a crackhead. So Margo must

realized these cases were connected.

Damn. Yeah, that must be it. Any others?

Um...

Well, we could always... No, no, don't. Midwest Sleuths Forum. It's an older

regional database run by a guy, Eddie Despises. He stole a sample of Jeffrey

Dahmer's hair from me. Yeah, he did, and you need to get over it.

Margo needs us.

Yeah, come on, let's check it out.

Excuse me.

Okay, just one moment.

Uh, see, that's interesting.

Harry and Marie Rafferty, it's a couple that died at home in 2018.

He had ALS.

She was his caregiver.

So all the victims are either patients or caregivers. The killer must have

them, right? Or at least run into them.

Yeah, but how do we find out where?

I got an idea.

Okay, so you want me to cross -reference a bunch of dead people. I need to know

where somebody might have seen them.

Try hospitals, maybe rehab centers.

All right, let me, uh, give me a sec.

Give me something. Come on.

Uh -oh.

Yeah? Uh -huh. Come on.

Yes. All right.

So it looks like you're recently and not so recently deceased. We're all clients

at the Voorhees Physical Therapy Center. And just a couple miles away. Thank

you, Randy. All right. I'm going to check out this clinic they're all

to. Okay.

We're going to keep digging, see if we can find any other associated victims.

Sorry. All patient information is confidential.

I just need to know who the Hardens and the Applebombs might have been working

with.

A woman's life is at stake.

I appreciate your situation, but I can't help you. We could lose our license.

Okay, I understand. Thank you.

I see a question.

Who are they two here?

Former patients.

They died in a house fire a couple months back. It's very tragic.

Siblings.

One was the caretaker for the other?

That's right. One of them was paralyzed.

Who made this flyer? Do you know? One of our aides, Francis.

He really goes the extra mile for patients here.

Francis. Okay.

Thank you.

Hmm. Two sugars for you, Mom.

And, uh, you know what? Let's do two sugars for you.

There. Not all the milk, but Mom always says it tastes curdled.

I won't tell anyone about you. I really don't even know anything.

Oh, come on. Don't sell yourself short.

You're smart.

Too smart. Please. I didn't see anything.

Although this will go better if you don't lie to me.

Smart girls who lie.

All sorts of bad things could happen.

Long, bad things.

I've been watching you, you know.

I know things about you.

Personal things.

But the reason I have you is because of your posts online about the

apple bombs.

How did you know that was me?

Well, it wasn't hard to figure out. I mean, you left a digital footprint,

about your job.

The point is you saw details that no one else did.

Details about.

My work. So I just had to figure out who you were.

Get to know you.

And, uh, well, here we are.

If you think about it, we like the same things.

No. It's just a hobby.

No. It's more than that.

Do you remember what I said about lying?

You wanted attention.

Didn't you?

Yeah. Started posting about the Hardens.

Clever things about how they died.

So I just had to follow you and see you work.

You were there when I was cleaning the house.

I was so close to you, I could smell you.

You saw my drive.

And that's when I knew what I had to do.

Killed that poor couple.

So what?

You could get off on their pain and suffering?

Yeah, I saved them from all that.

Oh, I know what you're thinking.

I won't stop you. Go ahead.

Scream for help.

But I am gonna have to burn him alive right in front of you.

Now, did you want Margo?

No.

Damn, man. Angel wings are down there, too?

Yeah, they're here.

I called the police. They're on their way. This body's been here for decades.

That's gruesome.

Any sign of Margo?

No.

This is definitely where he was holding her.

I got his laptop now. Can I tether you in?

Yeah, man. Go for it.

All right, I'm in.

He's definitely been following her latest online activity.

Maybe he snatched her up because she found out what he was doing.

Hi.

I just sent you something.

Patterns are never random.

Killer always has a why.

Thanks for the assist.

Yeah, I'm still here.

Okay, yeah, gotcha. I will send him the nicest gift basket there is.

No fruit, no alcohol.

Copy that.

Renie's new hire?

Yeah, that's Mel.

How's it going?

She's great.

She just sent me a list of dual caregivers and patient deaths in the

They're all ruled as natural or accidental.

Wow, man.

It's been a lot of these over the last 25 years.

I think our guy's been busy.

Yeah, it looks that way, man.

From the look of things, Francis didn't leave too long ago.

I gotta assume that Margo's still alive because he's been feeding her. Why is he

keeping her alive?

I don't know. It's a good question.

You're hurting me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, but I just really need you to understand what it is I do.

You think you're some angel of mercy.

That's why you draw wings.

Go on.

That's how you justify your actions. No!

I don't have to justify anything, especially to you.

I watched my mother take care of my disabled brother.

Sacrificing her own health and happiness for nothing.

He was never going to get better.

They were alive, but they weren't living.

So you decided for them.

I was there.

I saw what to do.

Mother was so busy caring for him, making him tea, reading him books.

She barely knows me.

Do you even know what true aim is?

Of course you don't.

But I can show you.

Get in there.

Okay, bro, check me out. Just found out that Francis grew up with a single mom

and a brother who had cerebral palsy. But both his mother and his brother just

happened to vanish 25 years ago, okay?

No credit card use, no doctor's visits.

So those are the bodies that I found in the basement.

So he kills them, he keeps them there, and sets up the theme like some sort of

fixed tableau.

Hey, Margo's friends turn up any new leads?

She's using Margo to get to Gunther and Eddie.

That's why he's keeping her alive.

It's gotta be, right?

Okay, well at least you know where they're headed. You got backup, right?

Colton? I can't call the police in right now.

Francis feels the pressure is going to kill Margo.

Look, I don't love this, man.

No.

No choice.

All right, man, just... Look, I'm on standby if you need me, all right?

Why are we here?

Well, because you couldn't just keep your little discoveries to yourself.

You don't understand how important my work is, Margo.

But how could you?

You're just a cleaning person.

A simple maid for the dead.

What are you going to do?

I think you already know that.

I'm going to take care of the mess you made.

You're taking me to meet your friends.

But my friends don't know anything about you.

I've heard every lie under the sun.

Especially when death is right there.

That's what we do.

We lie and cheat right to the end.

Seems we have nothing to do with this.

You know, we'll see about that.

And when I'm done, you can clean up the scene.

I get to watch you work.

Again.

I try not to make it too messy.

Come on.

Come on, pick up.

You got to get out of there. He's coming for you and Gunther.

Leave now.

Don't hang up. Help is on the way.

Man, I'm looking for more connections, but I'm coming up empty.

This is why we need Margo.

She's a magician with the stuff.

I'm going to tell her you said that.

Margo, you're all right.

It's okay. I'm Colter. Your boss hired me to find you. Are you okay?

Yeah. Where's Francis?

You have to stop him. He's going to kill them.

He's going to kill them, Gunther and Eddie.

Okay. Here, call 911.

Let him go, Francis.

Let him go.

You're just in time to watch.

Oh, just because Margo had you pegged?

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah? Well, yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you, Mr. Shaw. You're very welcome. Thank you. Hey, you.

You should take the week.

No. No way.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Come. Yeah.

We'll be right back.

I can't believe she cared enough to hire you.

I think you mean an awful lot to her.

You were worried about Jeff. No, no, he was worried and I wasn't worried because

I know you know how to take care of yourself.

I don't know how to thank you. I think we should be thanking you.

You're the one who found the trail, right?

Three -bagged serial killer.

So much for armchair detective.

You know, you're pretty good at this, and we could use a fourth in our crew. I

don't know. I think you three got it handled.

Oh, by the way, I had to tell the police about your little museum in here. But I

told you all that was legal.

They didn't take anything, did they? No, didn't take anything.

Told them you were fans of the genre.

So, what's next for you?

Let's go where the job takes me.

Just putting it out there, but...

We're always available for consultation.

Yeah?

Might take you up on that.

Be good to each other, okay?

Okay. All right.

Sick.

Hey,

Randy. Hey, I'm glad everything worked out.

Even though you didn't have any backup.

Yeah. Everything all right?

I'll let you decide.

You know, the records that Russell sent over?

The David Pearson stuff?

Find anything?

Yeah. Maybe.

Wheels inside of wheels. But I think I got something that you might want to

check out.

Yeah, I'm listening.

Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.