All language subtitles for The.Murders.S01E08.WEBRip.x264-ION10

♪

[calls]
Jada!

[bushes rustling]

Jada!

[twig snaps]

[footsteps]

Hello?

Is someone there?

[twig snaps]

Get off me!!!!

[screams]

[rain spattering]

♪

♪ Everything is fading...♪

♪ Everything is fading...♪

♪ Everything is fading...♪

♪ Everything is fading,
fading, fading...♪

Vanessa Burton went missing
in 1999 at 18 years of age.

Last seen walking her dog

in the same park her remains
were found.

Cause of death, blunt force
trauma to the head.

There's a depressed fracture
in the parietal bone.

There's no finger prints on
the gift box or cassette tape,

no gravesite found.

What did you find on the tape?

It contains 15 songs,
but there's a blank spot

of three minutes and 13 seconds
before the first track plays.

Room for another song.

3:13.

[gasps]

[snaps fingers]

Could be numerology.
Or a code.

Or an empty space.

That's the track list
on the cassette.

They range from "Shank Hill
Butcher" by the Decembrists

to "Frankie and Johnny"
by Lead Belly.

Her skeleton was presented
as a gift.

Someone's reaching out
to us.

The question is why.

And how does it relate
to the cassette tape?

Do they even make
those players anymore?

First things' first,

let's find out what we can
about the victim.

Who did this to our daughter?

We know very little
at this time.

How was she found?

Your daughter's remains
were found in a box

on a trail in Deer Lake Park.

That's where she disappeared.

She was found in a box.

With a cassette tape
including 15 songs.

Do you have any idea why a tape
of songs would be found

with your daughter's remains?

No.

I need you to take a look
at these titles.

See if anything stands out
to you.

I don't recognize these.

Can you please explain
what is going on here?

Well, we're trying
to determine that.

What can you tell me about
Vanessa's life before she died?

She was about to start college
on an athletic scholarship.

She was a competitive swimmer.

We had lost our son, Wynn,
Vanessa's twin,

a few years earlier.

Vanessa took it hard, stepped
away from the pool for a year.

What happened to Wynn?

He, um...

He drowned on a camping trip
at Campbell Lake.

He and Vanessa were there
with friends.

Losing our son
almost destroyed us.

And then our daughter...

Vanessa had survivor's guilt.

It was tough.

She was delivered in a box,
Frank.

I can't go through this again,
I can't do it.

We can bury her beside Wynn now, and give her a proper funeral.

It's okay sweetheart.

I can't go through this again,
I can't do it.

It's okay sweetheart.
It's okay.

Do you remember that audio file
I received a few weeks ago?

A sex recording from your,
um, "friend..."

He was insistent
that he didn't send it.

I received another anonymous
file a week later,

it had an obscure version
of the song

"In the Air Tonight," the lyrics
reference a drowning.

So?

Well, the victim's remains
arrive gift wrapped,

and then we learn her
twin brother drowned?

I can't ignore that.

The song wasn't on the cassette.

I think the killer reached out
to me.

You jump to conclusions.

You still have the audio file?

Have tech crime take
a look at it.

They did, and found nothing.

Well, there you go.

If he did reach out to you,
he will again.

Til then, let's start
with the yearbook.

♪

It's a Bill Evans trio.

Any chance you have a copy
of "Waltz for Debbie"?

Hmm, I'll bring one in for ya.

Yeah, that would be great.

Give me a week.

Thanks, Floyd.

Hmm-mm.

Hey, Floyd.

Kate.

How's your mom?

She's okay.

She must be stressed with the
election in a couple of days.

Should I call her?

Just say hello?

I'm sure she'd love that.

Have a look at this.

♪

Hmm, this is quite
the selection.

Anything stand out?

Mostly old murder ballads.

"Pretty Polly", "Frankie
and Johnny", "Tom Dooley",

mixed in with some
contemporary cuts.

They're all murder ballads?

Yup.

Evan Walker.

How could that be?

["Rise Up" plays]
♪♪

♪ And he pushed her
in deep water♪

♪ where he knew that
she would drown.♪

Evan Walker.

Murdered the audiologist.

And now serving a life sentence.

Married his crime to the song
"Long Black Veil",

hung a man because it was
in the lyrics?

He sent a version of the song
to the victim's phone.

Guess what the runtime
of it is?

Three minutes, 13 seconds.

The amount of blank space
on the tape.

Our killer is referencing
Walker's murder.

We never publicly shared
the details of that case.

Exactly.

Whoever created the cassette
knows Evan.

You're reaching again.

I know one way to find out.

I'm gonna talk to Chen.

All the tracks on the cassette
are murder ballads except one.

It's a song called "Standing"
by Jonny Hetherington.

He's the lead singer
of a local band,

Art of Dying.

Art of Dying.

Uplifting music, I'm sure.

They're hard rock,
his solo LP isn't.

The song is about the unmasking
of secrets and redemption.

What if the killer showing signs
of remorse?

The gift, the song.

Why not just turn yourself in?

Good question.

He's playing a game.

He's playing a game.

[buzzer]

Wow.

I've been expecting you.

Vanessa Burton.

You found her body.

Did you kill her?

Why should I help you?

Hmm?

Tell me about the significance
of the music.

A recording of Stagger Lee.

Killed a man for stealing
his hat.

Hardly seems a motive
for murder.

Reason enough for him.

What am I supposed to do
with this,

hang it on my wall?

Give me something I can use,
you get a turntable.

[laughs]

You must be pretty desperate
to bargain with me.

I mean, the LP's
an inspired choice.

But... I'm gonna need a lot more

if you're want to catch
your serial killer.

I didn't say I was looking
for a serial killer.

I wanna visit my mother.

I understand she's dying
of cancer.

My sympathies.

Getting you a pass is above
my pay grade.

She doesn't have much time.

I need a gesture in good faith.

Check out the stereophonic.

What is that?

Guard!

That's it?

I just gave you everything.

Tech Crimes traced Evan's
online name in the Stereophonic

Music forum,
he goes by Sonic.

We searched his message history,

and found correspondence
between Sonic and Hollis Brown.

Hollis Brown is a character
in a Bob Dylan song

about a man who shoots his wife
and kids and kills himself.

What ever happened to
the good old country song

where a guy loses his dog?

I bet Hollis is the dude.

What else do they talk about?

They were matching murder songs
to crime stories in the news.

Hollis is definitely local,
and references concerts

in the area dating back
two decades.

Evan was in Montreal
20 years ago,

so it's unlikely
he's Vanessa's killer.

And you think Hollis is.

I mean, Evan mentioned
a serial killer

without me saying anything.

Then he gives us this?

I don't trust him.

Hollis is using a proxy server
to mask his internet activity.

We can't locate him.

He could be anywhere.

We think each of the songs
on the cassette

links to a distinctive murder,

just as the blank space on the
tape references Evan Walker's.

Lyrics from each
of the 15 songs.

Okay, all right,
let's divvy them up,

see if we can match their
stories to known cold cases.

["Pretty Polly" plays]
♪♪

♪ Oh Polly, Pretty Polly,♪

♪ don't you take this unkind♪

♪

♪ Polly, Pretty Polly,♪

♪ don't take me unkind♪

♪ Let me sit beside you,
say what's on my mind♪

♪

♪ Well, my mind is me marry
and never shall we part♪

♪

♪ She knelt down before me,
pleading for her life♪

The song "Pretty Polly"
is about a young woman

lured to the forest and killed.

It's a good reference
for Vanessa Burton.

I've got an unsolved murder
from Halifax, 2009.

A priest goes missing.

Was said to have
fathered a child of one
of his parishioners.

Similar story to the song
"Carolina Drama"

by the Raconteurs.

Cold case, Eugene,
Oregon. 2001.

Husband disappears after a long
history of abusing his wife,

wife is a prime suspect,
but there's no body.

Dixie Chicks,
"Goodbye Earl"?

We've linked 15 songs to 40
unsolved murders across Canada

and the US over two decades.

We need to find a pattern,
to narrow it down.

Evan Walker was right.

He gave us everything.

Except the killer's name.

It's not enough.

Drill down on this Hollis Brown,
find me a real person,

not a pseudonym.

We have dozens of cold cases
across the continent

that connect to these songs,

in jurisdictions that couldn't
close them.

You haven't closed them,
either.

What you have is circumstantial.

We need more on the killer.

Kate's developed Evan Walker
as a source.

Let's give him what he wants,
see what else he can turn over.

His mother is dying of cancer.

He's desperate to see her.

Do you realize the kind
of favours

I'd have to pull to get this guy
a day pass?

If it helps us catch
a serial killer?

Who is out there running free.

Walker gave us our lead.

He's a convict.

He's a convicted murderer.

Walker will say anything
to see his mother.

No.

I'm not putting myself on
the line with what you've got.

So we got the info on Hollis
Brown through Walker's tip.

I don't understand
why he needs more.

All we have is a pseudonym,
a list of songs,

and some cold cases that
can possibly relate to it.

Exactly why we need Walker.

Why is the killer revealing
himself to us now?

The murder ballads,

connecting music to crimes,
the 15 songs, the gifts.

He obviously has an agenda.

It's only a matter of time
before he acts on it.

Word is, you had one of the
highest scores at the academy.

So, who is it?

If I knew that, we wouldn't
be standing here.

Enlighten me.

What are they teaching in
Serial Killer 101 these days?

Well, Serial Killers are usually
men with personality disorders

stemming from childhood abuse
or neglect.

They often have violent
role models.

They're often reclusive
or antisocial,

though they're capable
of holding down a job.

What can you specifically
tell me about this killer?

He's meticulous.

He'd have to be.

He's evaded capture
for 20 years.

Obsessed with music.

He researches his victims,
knowing their pain intimately

before he murders them.

See, Evan kills
for the thrill of it,

but there's a lot more to it
than that for Hollis Brown.

For him, it's personal.

He has a connection
to his victims.

Yes.

So, he'd have a connection
to Vanessa Burton.

Yes.

See, this guy's a predator,

and would stalk his victims
before killing them.

Predatory animals kill
to satisfy a need.

This guy needs to kill.

Evan is inspired to connect
the song to someone

and kill them.

For the thrill of it.

Or Hollis Brown lured Evan
into killing.

Evading capture
for all these years,

why correspond with us now?

For what reason?

[phone notification]

What is it?

I think it's him.

Well, serial killers
are usually men.

With personality disorders

stemming from childhood abuse
or neglect.

They often have violent
role models.

He's listening.

They're often reclusive
or antisocial,

or they're capable of holding
down a job.

What can you specifically
tell me about this killer?

He's meticulous.

He'd have to be.

He's evaded capture
for 20 years.

Whoever's accessing your phone
won't get much anymore.

If anyone needs to reach you,
present company excluded,

they can go through
the police switchboard.

They'll patch the call through.

Okay.

How do we know our phones
haven't been compromised too?

If you start receiving
audio files, let me know.

Kate, Nolan, in my office.

How long have you known about
these texts?

I alerted Tech Crimes
a few weeks ago,

but they found nothing.

A few weeks ago?

And you knew about this?

And neither of you thought
to come to me?

Your personal safety's
in question.

You're off the case.

What?!

This is not a debate.

Kate has more insight
into this investigation

than anyone you'd replace
her with,

and the killer singled her out,
which makes her our best
resource.

Okay.

Make this easy on me.

You tell me exactly how you're
going to conduct

an investigation and not wind up
like the 15 people

who died before you.

Nolan works it with me.

24/7, where I go, he goes.

You good with that?

Yep.

All right.

You're with Kate, day and night,
no exceptions,

and there's a surveillance team
on your watch.

Thank you.

There's one more thing.

[sighs]

Go on.

We give Evan Walker
that day pass.

[sighs]

And by we, you mean me.

[siren]

Tell us about your relationship
to Hollis Brown.

I wanna see my mom first.

We pulled a lot of strings
to get you here.

You'll answer
our questions first.

Not until I see her.

Well, this was a waste of time.
Let's go.

Fine by me.

Wait, wait, wait.
Hold on, hold on.

All right.

I met Hollis about
three years ago.

We share a mutual appreciation
of music.

Murder ballads.

This is someone with
an in-depth knowledge.

About a year ago
our correspondence,

he noted a recent murder that
bared resemblance to a song.

So, we started looking for
others, comparing stories.

It was a game, until one day,
it became apparent

that Hollis knew details of
a murder outside of what was
reported in the news.

How long ago was that?

About two years.

In what city?

Toronto.

What did Hollis think
of your handiwork,

murdering someone to the song
"Long Black Veil"?

I haven't heard
from him since.

All right.

We'll talk after your visit.

[pounding on door]

City heads to the polls
tomorrow?

Finally.

Are you ready to be
the mayor's daughter?

She's gonna win,
trust me.

And it's gonna be a lot
easier for you

to get dinner reservations.

Easy.

This is for you.

Where'd you get that?

Hollis.

He left it with my mother
yesterday.

This Hollis dude
is confident.

He must have known about
our visit to Walker, right?

Or he listened in on us.

Why would he give us a silver
whistle on a string?

With a skull on it?

I don't know, he's alerting us?

There's something I keep
coming back to.

The tape that was left
in the gift box

was labeled in felt marker.

That case we had last month
with the rapper?

I remember inside
the recording studio,

everything on the console
was labeled and marked

in felt marker.

It's like an industry standard,
right?

He's in the business.

I mean, even what's written
on the label, "dub master."

That's pro lingo, right?

Yeah, yeah, I mean it makes
perfect sense.

Kate, you're amazing.

[knocking at door]

Hey.

You've got to be kidding me?!

Leah, Leah, come on.
Come on, stop!

I guess we're even now, huh?

It's, it's my partner.

Kate.

Well, that's ironic.

What's going on?

There's a threat on her life.

Doesn't that make it dangerous
for you too, then?

I'm not worried about me.

What are you doing here?

It can wait.

Come on, come on.

You're here.

What is it?

I got a job offer.

In New York.

I was hoping you wouldn't
get it.

Thanks.

I don't want you to leave.

It's a chance to start over,
for both of us.

If you come with me.

Is that what you want?

It's never been about you,
Nolan.

I mean, it's your job.

You're always working,
you're never home,

I might as well live alone.

Nolan sprung for coffees.

You owe me.

Figured as much.

What's all this?

I've mapped the locations
of our 40 cold cases

over the last two decades.

Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Kingston, Ontario.

Eugene, Oregon.

I'm trying to find some sort
of pattern.

In order to hit this
many cities,

our killer must have a reason
to move around.

What if our guy's
in the music business?

Musician.

Or one of the road crew.

It makes sense.

There have to be towns that
are regular tour stops.

Could eliminate a lot of places.

Okay, well, let's contact
the musician's unions,

and cross reference touring
artists with their crews.

There can't be that many
who have worked on the road

for two decades.

I know an old roadie myself.

Of course you do.

It's customary to thank
your crew in the liner notes.

Could be looking for a manager,
a sound guy, a driver.

Several circuits
that bands travel,

except tours
in small towns.

Ah.

There we go.

This is the Art of Dying's
last road crew.

[phone rings]

Jameson.

Yeah, how long have
they been union members?

Got it, thanks Meg.

Meg spoke to the local
union rep,

and found three names
that fit our profile.

Decker Simpson, Burt Cogburn,
and Robert Henkin.

All local guys who toured
the road for decades.

He's a sound engineer.

Robert Henkin.

You know this guy?

Yeah, he comes in often.

What's he listen to?

Rob's got eclectic tastes.

He was in just the other day.

Ordered up a copy
of Bill Evans Trio.

"Waltz for Debbie".

What do you know
about this guy, Floyd?

Worked the road
for a long time.

He may have bought a murder
ballad in the past,

but Robert's a quiet guy, Kate.

I don't think I'd make him
for a serial killer.

Robert's the orphan of Tracey
and Jorgen Henkin.

When he was 10 years old,

he witnessed his father
kill his mother,

then turn the gun on himself
in a murder-suicide.

It's a similar story to the one
told in Bob Dylan's song,

"Hollis Brown".

"Hollis Brown" is the online
name of Robert Henkin.

He and Walker corresponded
for years.

Turns out Robert is
a sound engineer,

he's worked with touring live
bands for over two decades.

Okay, that all seems to track,
but...

How is this guy connected
to Vanessa Burton?

Robert Henkin was working
at Campbell Lake

at the time of Vanessa's
brother's drowning.

We have our connection,
then.

He also has a gun charge
as a minor.

They found a 38
in his locker.

He ticks every box.

Where are Nolan and Kate?

We think the whistle might be
a nod to Vanessa's swimming.

She was a competitive swimmer.

The insignia on the whistle
is the team logo

of Vanessa's high school
swim team.

Nolan and Kate
are following it up now.

Good work.

[dripping water echoes]

Is that what I think it is?

I don't like the look of this.

["God for A Day" by
Jonny Hetherington] ♪♪

♪ Say a little prayer ♪

♪ for everybody else ♪

♪ from from your
own private hell.♪

♪ I know about your hurt♪

♪ I know about your past♪

♪ Why you almost
never laugh ♪

[phone rings]

♪ We're all gettin' something
from someone ♪

[phone continues to ring]

♪ What about you?♪

♪ What about you...♪

[phone continues to ring]

Hello?

Hello?

Hello, Kate.

Hi, Robert.

Do you like the song?

Not what I'd expect from you.

Well, they all can't be murder
ballads, can they?

We should meet in person.

We should.

We do have a lot to talk about, Kate.

Name the place.

All in good time.

What is it that you want?

I think the better question,
Kate, is,

what is it that you want?

Do you prefer to be called
Robert or Hollis?

Rob-

Did you know that sound travels
four times faster underwater?

Kate?

I did not know that.

You're drowning, Kate.

But I am gonna save you.

Soon.

He's stalking you.

The song is about redemption
and holding people accountable.

I think it may be specific
to me.

He said he wants to save me.

Should I be worried about
your safety, Kate?

No.

I've been issued a new phone
and a computer,

and I'm under surveillance.

You're concerned this person
knows about the coverup

of your gun being stolen
and consequently the death

of your partner,
Mike Huntley.

Do you know why you came back
to counselling

after you tried to stop?

To talk to someone I can trust.

Yes.

Most times, that's what people
are looking for,

just someone who sees them
for who they really are.

The killer thinks
I understand him.

Maybe you do.

Coffee?

Yes.

Thanks.

What do you got?

Robert Henkin's life was spared
in his parents' murder-suicide,

he's lived with guilt and grief
ever since.

Vanessa Burton stood
on the shore

and watched as her
brother drowned,

she was consumed with guilt for
several years after his death.

Jeff Donnelan killed his
best friend in a car accident.

I can only imagine the guilt
he suffered.

Robert thinks he's doing
his victims a favour.

An angel of mercy.

[laughs]

See that?

What's that?

Land deed.

Robert's father owned
the factory

where his parents'
murder-suicide happened.

Henkin Gems.

Yeah, they process rocks
and minerals.

It was in the case file.

The company became Robert's
after his father died.

Factory's been vacant
for 30 years.

Guess what forensics found

in that silver whistle
he left for us?

Polished stone.

What if he's been inside
the factory?

♪

["Pumped Up Kicks"]
♪♪

♪ Robert's got a quick hand♪

♪ He'll look around
the room,♪

♪ he won't tell you
his plan♪

♪ He's got a rolled
cigarette,♪

♪ hanging out his mouth
he's a cowboy kid♪

♪ Yeah found a six-shooter
gun♪

♪ In his dad's
closet hidden♪

♪ oh in a box of
fun things,♪

♪ I don't even
know what♪

♪ But he's coming
for you,♪

♪ yeah he's coming
for you♪

♪ All the other kids with
the pumped up kicks ♪

♪ You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun ♪

[tape recording of Kate]
Obsessed with music, he
researches his victims,

[echoing]
researches his victims,
victims, victims, victims...

knowing their pain intimately
before he murders them.

[garbled electronic noises]

...knowing their pain intimately before he murders them.

♪ He's coming for you,
yeah, he's coming for you.♪

♪ All the other kids with
the pumped up kicks ♪

♪ You'd better run, ♪

♪ better run,
outrun my gun ♪

♪ All the other kids with
the pumped up kicks ♪

♪ You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet ♪

♪ All the other kids
with the pumped up kicks ♪

♪ You'd better run, ♪

♪ better run,
outrun my gun ♪

[tape recording of Kate]
The reason he died.

He researches his victims

[garbled electronic noises]

Researches his victims

Obsessed with music.

Kate, do you copy?

Kate, do you copy?

♪ ...outrun my gun♪

♪ All the other kids
with the pumped up kicks♪

♪ You'd better run, better run,
faster than my bullet♪

♪ All the other kids
with the pumped up kicks♪

♪ You'd better run,
better run, out run my gun♪

[sound of gunshot]

[tape recording of Kate] Well, that's a relief, to have someone to confide in.

But it doesn't absolve me.

I made a mistake my first week in homicide.

My partner wanted to protect me and try to cover it up.

And that's why we were at the
apartment the night he died.

All because of my mistake.

I got him killed.

I'm the reason he died.

[tape rewinding]
I'm the reason he died.

[tape rewinding]
I'm the reason he died.

All because of my mistake.

All because of my mistake.

I'm the reason he died.

All because of my mistake.

I'm the reason he died.

All because of my mistake.

I'm the reason he died.

I got him killed.
I got him killed.

[tape recording of newscaster] Police mourn the death.

Police mourn the death of celebrated homicide detective,

Michael Huntley.

After shots were fired
last night at 200-

Kate!

You turn that off,
this cop dies.

I've already killed one today.

Please.

Just do what he says.

He already killed my partner.

Yeah.

Come on, Kate.

Move.

Come on.

That's right, Kate.
Come on.

There she comes.

Hey there, Kate.

Good girl.

How about you drop that gun?

Drop it.

Put it down.

Drop it.

Oh, come on Kate?

You remember
Michael Huntley, Kate?

Don't make that
same mistake twice.

There you go.

Now, put that big heavy gun
down on the floor. Yeah.

Good girl.

Now kick it over to me.

Kick it.

Now here's the thing, Kate.

I've been looking forward
to this moment for so long.

Just you and me, alone.

Have you?

[gun firing]

[grunts]

Oh Kate, you're gonna love
what I have on my playlist.

What do you want?

I want the same thing
you want, Kate?

You know, remember, we wanna
be free from pain.

I can help you with your pain,
Robert.

Yes, I know.

I know, cause we're
kindred spirits, Kate.

I'm gonna help you,
you're gonna help me.

We're gonna save each other.

Hey, you know, I knew
you were special

the moment that you put
Walker behind bars.

You were the only one
in all those years.

Only one that could connect
a murder and song.

You see, everyone wants to
hear their tragedies in a song.

Now, do you think someone's

going to write a song
for us, Kate?

'Cause that would be...

Come on.

Is that what you want?

To be immortalized in a song?

I already told you
what I wanted.

You don't ever listen, Kate.

Please.

Please don't do this.

There's nothing to fear,
Kate.

[gun fires]

[breathing heavily]

Chen removed
your police detail.

Which means, you don't have
to look at my mug 24/7.

Nice work on the case.

Thanks.

You're going to fit in here,
Kate.

I just talked to Leah.

How'd that go?

She wants to give us
another chance.

That's what you wanted,
right?

She got a job offer in New York.

Means I'd have to leave.

I thought you should have these.

You removed them
from evidence?

It's not evidence.

The secret's yours.

[sighs]

[distant police sirens]

[champagne cork pops]

[cheering]

Congrats Mom,
you're the Mayor.

Thank you honey for being
so supportive.

Of course.

And as much as I dislike
you being in homicide,

I've seen firsthand how lucky
the city is

to have an officer like you.

Your father would be
so proud.

You said something to me
a few days ago,

and I'm not sure I responded
to it well.

What was that?

You said you wanted to focus
on the things that matter,

including our relationship.

I'd like to make that effort,
too.

[sighs]