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3. What do you guys want to know?
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4. The circumstances
surrounding the death of
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5. the woman born Maureen Ponderosa
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6. captivated South Philadelphia.
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7. She was discovered in an
alley with a broken neck.
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8. In 2013, Maureen had begun
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9. her transition to a cat.
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10. And in her cat form,
she went by the name Bastet
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11. to honor the Egyptian god of cats.
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12. The story quickly became
fodder for local media.
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13. So much for having nine lives.
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14. This cat did not land on her feet.
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15. She landed on her neck.
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16. Authorities soon focused
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17. on the suspicious nature of her death.
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18. My name is Lance Girard.
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19. I've been with the Philadelphia
Police Department for 24 years,
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20. 12 of which were with
the Homicide division.
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21. I've seen a lot of things.
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22. A man wants to turn
himself into a woman?
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23. Okay. Who am I to judge?
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24. But, really, a cat?
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25. What's next? A watermelon?
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26. First thing we wanted to establish is
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27. to whether the deceased
was acting strange.
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28. Not like "I'm turning myself
into a cat" strange.
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29. More like suicide strange.
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30. We learned that she was excited
about an upcoming surgery,
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31. a, uh, reverse nipplectomy.
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32. That's where they add more nipples.
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33. I guess...
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34. I don't know... she wanted more nipples.
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35. The thought of that just makes
me want to blow my lunch.
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36. Now, apparently,
the ex-husband was on the hook
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37. for this surgery due to
an alimony arrangement.
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38. He wasn't happy about it.
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39. That's when he became
our primary suspect.
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40. Was I irritated by this?
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41. Yeah, of course I was.
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42. I mean, it was
the most expensive procedure yet.
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43. You know, but I-I remained supportive
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44. and, uh, kept my cool.
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45. And I never threatened her in any way.
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46. Now, due to the nature of this call,
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47. we decided to bring
him in for questioning.
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48. And he cooperated.
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49. Said he wanted to clear his name.
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50. He answered every question.
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51. Even offered DNA samples.
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52. Although he did request
to draw his own blood,
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53. which is kind of strange.
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54. Mr. Reynolds was forthright.
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55. Charming, quite frankly.
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56. It wasn't until I reviewed
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57. the interrogation footage
later that I saw it.
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58. Something very unsettling.
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59. 24 years on the job,
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60. I'd never seen anything like it.
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61. Two hours.
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62. Never moved.
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63. Never blinked.
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64. Gives me goose bumps
just thinking about it.
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65. He had all the right answers,
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66. but my gut told me this guy was guilty.
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67. Of something.
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68. Did I kill Maureen? No.
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69. Am I glad she's dead? Sure.
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70. Maureen's family was
convinced of Dennis's guilt.
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71. Maureen?
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72. Maureen died three years ago.
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73. Dennis killed Bastet, all right?
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74. And let me tell you something.
He did us all a favor.
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75. You ever seen a grown woman
take a dump in a sandbox?
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76. Despite conjecture,
the question still remained:
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77. Was there anything
in Dennis Reynolds' past
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78. that would suggest
him capable of murder?
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79. Testing. Testing.
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80. Syphilis. Syphilis.
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81. That's... Well, yeah...
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82. Well, he kind of...
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83. snapped the neck, uh,
off a crow one time a little bit.
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84. But that... but that's not
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85. not normal right, you know?
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86. I mean, it was just like boys
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87. being boys. Yeah. That...
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88. Look, we had a totally
normal childhood, and...
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89. Look, Dennis wouldn't hurt a fly.
No way.
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90. Whatever Deandra says is BS.
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91. She's probably just covering for him
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92. because she's afraid he's gonna
snap her neck like that crow.
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93. He didn't just snap it.
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94. He broke the thing's head clean off.
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95. It was gruesome.
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96. I still have nightmares about it.
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97. And I'm old.
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98. She told you what?
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99. No, no, no, no. No, no.
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100. Look... that crow was injured,
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101. and I was simply putting
it out of its misery,
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102. while, yes, testing the tensile
strength of a crow's neck.
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103. Well, yes, there was another crow,
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104. but that's because I
simply couldn't believe
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105. that a crow's neck could be that weak.
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106. Well, yes, there was a third crow,
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107. and a fourth, if you must know,
but who likes crows?
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108. Look, if you can kill a crow,
you can kill a cat.
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109. Cat, cat, cat...
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110. That's why I started recording
all our conversations.
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111. I suspected Frank was probably recording
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112. all of our conversations,
because of course he would.
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113. But let me tell you something,
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114. he was no fan of Maureen's, either.
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115. He was just trying to deflect attention,
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116. which is why I started recording
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117. all of our conversations as well.
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118. I could have worn a goddamn
IMAX camera around my neck
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119. and he wouldn't have noticed.
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120. The old bitch.
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121. And I caught him saying
some pretty troubling stuff.
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122. What are we watching here?
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123. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cats, cats.
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124. Is that me?
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125. Cats.
I'll tell you what to do with cats.
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126. Who shot this thing? Dennis?
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127. Here's what you do with cats.
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128. Back in the sweatshop in 'Nam,
we found a cat,
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129. we tossed it right in the soup.
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130. Those hungry bastards
ate cat soup every day.
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131. What's the worst thing
that could happen?
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132. Some little kid choke
on a hairball and die.
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133. So then you toss him in the soup.
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134. I was making money
hand over foot, literally.
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135. Somebody lost a hand or a foot,
I'd toss it in the soup.
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136. Well, that's all a lie.
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137. Uh, there was no soup.
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138. Nope.
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139. There's no sweatshop.
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140. Excuse me. I got to go to the can.
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141. Investigators
wanted to verify the timeline
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142. Dennis provided to authorities.
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143. Like I told the police, uh,
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144. Mac and I were watching a
movie back at the apartment,
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145. and then I went to the bar.
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146. That's true. We were watching
Operation Dumbo Drop.
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147. We were doing this amazing
thing that I came up with,
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148. where we watch an old movie,
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149. and then I turn the
volume down really low
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150. and we make wiseacre
remarks the entire time.
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151. Yeah, he didn't come up with it.
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152. It's just Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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153. - It's a spin on that.
- It's exactly that.
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154. - Well, there's no robots.
- So it's worse.
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155. Oh, come on, Dennis. It's funny.
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156. It-It's not funny.
It's not funny at all,
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157. because you can never
think of jokes on the fly.
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158. H-He, like, pauses the movie
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159. to try and think of
something funny to say,
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160. and then he never can
think of anything funny,
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161. so he ends up just saying a line
from Borat or Austin Powers.
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162. It's super annoying and played-out,
and it's not funny.
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163. Well, uh, like this. "Get in my belly."
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164. But you're never referring
to anything when you say it.
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165. "Yeah, baby. Get in my belly."
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166. Well, that's two different characters.
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167. - That's Mike Myers.
- It's not Mike Myers.
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168. It's... it's multiple characters
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169. that Mike Myers plays
in-in the same movie.
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170. Multiple characters in the same movie?
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171. What is he, a wizard?
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172. Look, it's funny, Dennis.
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173. It's not funny.
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174. Are we done with this? Can we be done?
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175. I'm tired of saying the same
things over and over again.
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176. Well, wait. Wh... hold...
Dennis, d-don't leave without me.
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177. I mean, dude, look, are you mad at me?
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178. Investigators
could find no discrepancies
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179. in the timeline.
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180. But then...
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181. a twist.
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182. He totally could have done it.
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183. Now, supposably,
Dennis didn't see Maureen that night,
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184. but remember that Maureen
was once Dennis's...
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185. "Wife. Very nice."
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186. That was Borat.
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187. It was Friday, payday.
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188. Maureen always came into Paddy's
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189. to pick up her alimony check, ASAP.
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190. To avoid confusion,
it should be pointed out
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191. that in a bizarre twist,
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192. Deandra Reynolds refused to
be a part of this documentary
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193. unless we allowed her to play Maureen
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194. in the reenactment.
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195. And Dennis always made a big show
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196. of getting her with the spray bottle.
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197. You know, because cats hate water.
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198. So, you see,
Dennis totally saw Maureen that night.
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199. Charlie was there.
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200. Why hasn't he spoken up?
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201. Probably because Dennis...
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202. intimidated him.
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203. Oh, I just thought it'd
be more dramatic if I...
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204. Oh, come on, come on. I didn't lie.
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205. I just left out some facts
that are insignificant.
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206. And-and intimidate Charlie?
Please. What am I gonna do?
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207. Call him on the phone and threaten him?
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208. No, I know.
But, I mean, if Mac's gonna do it,
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209. then, you know, I'm gonna do it.
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210. At this point in the interrogation,
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211. Christ, I was at a loss.
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212. Further inspection
of Dennis Reynolds' safe
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213. revealed a cache
of suspicious items.
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214. Awesome.
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215. So while Mr. Kelly's statements
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216. were clearly unreliable and
would need to be thrown out,
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217. another breakthrough came:
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218. autopsy results came back from the lab.
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219. Um...
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220. Look, is getting groomed
like a cat by your ex weird?
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221. Yep.
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222. Is it illegal?
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223. I wish.
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224. The investigation was at a crossroads.
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225. Then another massive break.
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226. Dennis has an answer for everything.
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227. Well, answer me this:
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228. Where's the collar?
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229. Cats have collars.
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230. Maureen's body
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231. didn't have a collar on it.
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232. Killers keep trophies.
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233. Alls I'm saying,
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234. find the collar, find the killer.
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235. This is not the first time
the collar came up.
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236. Dee Reynolds had, oddly,
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237. made the collar an issue during filming.
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238. Hey. Stop!
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239. Stop! Stop with the squirting!
Stop! Cool it!
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240. We said one spray and then my line.
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241. I... It was in my contract
that we talked...
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242. I put one squirt in there for...
on purpose.
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243. And this collar!
I... Th-There's something wrong
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244. with the collar. It's driving me nuts.
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245. It... is an actual flea collar?
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246. You son of a bitch.
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247. I-I really think the water activated
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248. some kind of, like, chemical agent.
My-my neck's burning.
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249. Was the flea collar
actually burning her,
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250. as she claimed?
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251. Are you serious?
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252. Yes, asshole! It was burning my skin!
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253. You want to zoom in on this?
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254. Hard to say.
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255. But maybe there was another
reason she removed it.
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256. Whatever Deandra says is BS.
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257. She's probably just covering
for him because she's afraid
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258. he's gonna snap her neck like that crow.
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didn't want to wear the collar
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260. in order to cover for her brother
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261. and to establish that Maureen
never wore a collar at all.
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262. We then discovered something
in this piece of footage
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263. that blew the doors
wide open on this case.
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264. Was I a person of interest?
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265. Yeah.
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266. I am an interesting person.
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267. But at the end of the day, you know,
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268. I'm just some guy with a crazy ex-wife
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269. who fell off of a roof
pretending to be a cat.
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270. That's the end of it.
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271. All my stories checked out.
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272. I was cleared. Case closed.
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273. Find the collar, find the killer.
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274. Find the collar, find the killer.
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275. 'cause a dog is who I am now!
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277. Find the collar...
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278. "Very nice."
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279. Find the collar, find the killer.
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280. Guys, this was an open-and-shut
case that was shut months ago.
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281. And Maureen never wore a collar.
You guys put that there.
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282. Well, yeah,
we needed a big twist at the end
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283. to show that you're guilty.
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284. But I'm-I'm not guilty.
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285. What about the security
footage of Maureen's death?
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286. I mean, it shows her
prancing around on the roof
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287. like an asshole,
and then she just falls off.
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288. People don't want to see that,
because it's hard evidence,
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289. - you know what I mean?
- Yeah.
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290. Like, it's better to
actually sit on that footage
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291. until, like, maybe episode ten,
and then let people
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292. decide then if you're guilty or not.
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293. Ten episo...
You're gonna do ten episodes of this?
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294. Yeah, but then even then
we would keep it vague.
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295. I mean, 'cause that's entertainment,
you know?
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296. Someone gets murdered,
and then you make a show.
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297. But you never give any actual answers,
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298. - because that's what people love.
- No.
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299. You drag it out. You rake it
all over the victim's family.
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300. It's sort of like eating
a bag of chips, you know?
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301. It's never gonna actually make you full,
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302. and at the end you're sick,
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303. but you want to go back for more.
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304. You want more chips.
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305. - Murder is chips.
- Okay,
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what you guys are talking about,
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307. but I'm gonna find these tapes,
and I'm gonna destroy them.
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308. Well, we have backups, so it...
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309. - Yeah.
- Oh, you know what?
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310. That could make a good episode,
where he's destroying...
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311. Let's think about that, right?
He's destroying the tapes...
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312. You know what,
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313. that would be
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314. "very nice."
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315. Is that Borat?
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316. Yes! See?
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317. He gets it. He's laughing.
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318. - Yeah, 'cause I know he was doing an impression.
- He's laughing.
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319. Okay, wait, uh, let me...
let me think of another one.
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320. Let me think of another one.
"I'll be back."
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321. Oh... Who is that?
Who is that?
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