The Discovery | 3.10
Escaping DenverDecember 18, 2023x
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The Discovery | 3.10

If Noah’s suspicions are right, how will things change? Will he run or confront this new potential threat?

His future hangs on the balance, will he even survive long enough to make a choice?

CAST

Narrator – Mike Howorun

Noah – Brady Roberts

Sara – Greta Carew-Johns

Alan – Adam Koslick

CREW

Editing and Sound Design – Matthew Hall & Mike Howorun

Post Production Producer - Rob Johnston

Written/Directed – Mike Howorun

Produced by - Matthew Hall, Brady Roberts, Mike Howorun, Dila Velazquez

Created by Mike Howorun & Brady Roberts

Contact: escapingdenverpod@gmail.com

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[00:00:00] Escaping Denver,atch 3,episode 10,the discovery.

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[00:00:56] I'm sorry.

[00:00:57] I'm sorry.

[00:00:58] I'm sorry.

[00:00:59] I'm sorry.

[00:01:00] I'm powerful and mad.

[00:01:01] I'm powerful and mad.

[00:01:04] I'm powerful and mad.

[00:01:06] I'm powerful and mad.

[00:01:08] More powerful.

[00:01:11] than I thought it would be creating Broadway by Orbolthus

[00:01:14] The fact that you're not here being down the door

[00:01:17] That cause you doing it bosses

[00:01:21] The fact that you're not here banging down the door

[00:01:23] it doesn't help you in the case of your existence

[00:01:25] Him just getting it all off his chest and bypassing on the info feeling like he's being productive.

[00:01:30] I need that too.

[00:01:32] I had an ex who was so desperate to get me into therapy.

[00:01:36] He'd say, doesn't have to be me.

[00:01:38] But you need to talk to someone.

[00:01:40] Say it out loud and have it be heard.

[00:01:43] So I guess that's what you become, stranger.

[00:01:47] Therapist to the dregs of the Denver Deeb.

[00:01:50] And I guess now that includes me.

[00:01:56] I'm not a bad guy.

[00:01:58] I'm just like a guy, guy.

[00:02:01] Not a man's man, just like...

[00:02:04] Eh, am I trying to say?

[00:02:08] I'm flawed.

[00:02:10] Yes.

[00:02:11] I'm not a villain.

[00:02:13] I spent enough time serving my country for causes I wasn't allowed to question so I figured I should spend some time serving my wallet for yet another cause I wasn't allowed to question.

[00:02:22] You follow?

[00:02:23] The United States provided me with an incredible array of martial skills that are very difficult to monetize in the real world beyond being a mercenary.

[00:02:31] And as far as mercenary gigs go, I figured this was a chill one.

[00:02:35] Private security in an undisclosed facility, six month contract, enough money to buy a plot of land.

[00:02:41] I felt like a no-brainer.

[00:02:43] I wasn't expecting words like kill squads or secret cults.

[00:02:47] I promise.

[00:02:49] I thought I was going to play police for a bunch of science nerds.

[00:02:52] And that's what it was to start the police for nerds thing.

[00:02:55] An easy first three months checking into unauthorized access to restricted areas, patrolling the corridors, carrying a big gun.

[00:03:02] I was just a mascot for intimidation but then all of a sudden I have to dive head long into nightmare caverns chasing captives.

[00:03:09] Ugh!

[00:03:10] Mind blown!

[00:03:15] Creatures and reality checks

[00:03:17] and I built soldiers.

[00:03:19] All I wanted to do was go home.

[00:03:23] This wasn't what I signed up for.

[00:03:26] I was okay with being a guard at the monster factory, so long as I didn't have to be a monster.

[00:03:34] Ugh!

[00:03:38] I'm not a bad guy.

[00:03:40] Ugh!

[00:03:41] And well...

[00:03:43] Oh!

[00:03:45] As far as I'm aware, Alan is dead.

[00:03:49] This message was just mixed up in the batch as they always are and while I had a vague idea of where it would fit in chronologically, it just wasn't relevant yet.

[00:03:59] Really cool information but just not really part of Noah's journey which is currently the only thing I'm trying to untangle.

[00:04:08] The only reason I brought it back was because I wanted to highlight something Alan said.

[00:04:12] He said both lab-built soldiers and monster factory.

[00:04:17] Both statements that I think have new relevance now that we suspect that this might not be the real Sarah.

[00:04:22] It doesn't help us nail down whether she's a clone or a robot or something else but it does finally give us a bit of validation for our theory.

[00:04:33] I think we've gone far enough.

[00:04:35] We've gone as far as I can.

[00:04:37] I need to get the guys out of the wound or I'll heal around it.

[00:04:40] Mind giving me a head?

[00:04:42] Uh...

[00:04:43] Uh? What does it look like back there?

[00:04:46] Uh, just a hole for your shoulder?

[00:04:50] But not.

[00:04:51] Rouse or anything?

[00:04:52] No, it's really gross.

[00:04:57] Sorry.

[00:04:58] Yeah, you're helping me. Nothing to apologize for.

[00:05:03] Oh, y'all, you're still bleeding!

[00:05:05] Yeah, it hasn't been long enough to heal yet.

[00:05:07] I don't even think my collarbone is fixed to break.

[00:05:09] Your collarbone is broken?

[00:05:11] Yeah, and then some.

[00:05:13] The puncher's leg was as wide as my wrist.

[00:05:16] I'm surprised it didn't rip my arm off.

[00:05:19] Keep asking me a clean shirt in your belt.

[00:05:22] Why in my belt?

[00:05:24] Because my jumpsuit doesn't have one.

[00:05:27] What now?

[00:05:29] I'm gonna wrap it up and use the belt to keep pressure.

[00:05:32] Will that work?

[00:05:34] I don't know. Do you have another idea?

[00:05:37] Uh...

[00:05:39] Then let's just wrap it up.

[00:05:41] Ugh.

[00:05:43] It must hurt so much.

[00:05:45] Yeah, the wound less so...

[00:05:47] It's the burning that gets to me.

[00:05:50] Tells me everywhere in my body that I've been injured.

[00:05:52] Even if it's gone numb, the burn stays.

[00:05:56] Could be worse though.

[00:05:58] I mean, imagine the state of me

[00:06:00] if I didn't have the ability to heal.

[00:06:03] Yeah, but still.

[00:06:05] I mean, it's hard to believe you've lived through what you have.

[00:06:08] Given the rate of your healing.

[00:06:11] Yeah.

[00:06:13] But...

[00:06:14] Yeah, we of course had help.

[00:06:16] Makes it easier to spend time healing while on the run that way.

[00:06:19] Yep, a little too late.

[00:06:21] Oh, sorry.

[00:06:23] That work?

[00:06:25] Hey, I'm a new man.

[00:06:28] Well, given some time, I guess that'll be true.

[00:06:32] So, what next?

[00:06:33] I think I need rest.

[00:06:35] Uh... here?

[00:06:36] It says, good a place as any.

[00:06:39] We have this lovely little nook behind those larger pipes.

[00:06:43] See?

[00:06:44] Are you gonna be okay to crawl back there though?

[00:06:46] Yeah, I've crawled further in worse condition.

[00:06:49] Plus, looks like we can get deep enough back there

[00:06:52] that we've got a sight.

[00:06:55] Okay, fine.

[00:06:56] As long as you don't snore, nobody should hear us.

[00:06:58] Yeah, I don't snore.

[00:07:00] Good.

[00:07:01] Okay, you work on getting yourself tucked away.

[00:07:03] I'm gonna poke around the hallways to make sure we're not making camp in a stupid spot.

[00:07:07] Like a game trail?

[00:07:09] Yes.

[00:07:11] I'll be back.

[00:07:19] Right.

[00:07:21] Just making sure I'm still recording.

[00:07:25] Spot isn't so bad once you get under the pipe.

[00:07:28] It's about four feet high and about ten feet deep, so it's plenty of space.

[00:07:35] And the entrance is less than 18 inches, so nobody will find us unless they get down low.

[00:07:40] Or hear me snoring.

[00:07:42] Yeah, I know I snore.

[00:07:45] Anyone who says they don't know that they snore is a liar.

[00:07:49] Also, Sarah knows about my snoring, so another tick in the fraud column.

[00:07:56] I don't get it.

[00:07:58] She looks like Sarah sounds like her and mostly acts like her, but I don't know.

[00:08:03] Not the same.

[00:08:06] You know how there was that set of twins in your high school?

[00:08:09] Identical?

[00:08:11] And for whatever reason, one of them was the attractive one.

[00:08:14] Well, it's like they had this invisible quality that the other didn't have that tip the scales in their balance.

[00:08:20] That's what this Sarah has.

[00:08:22] But that invisible quality feels dangerous.

[00:08:26] It gives me that bad feeling in my stomach.

[00:08:28] Like when you look off a high edge or you're up next to speak in an event, like this nervous fear.

[00:08:36] I don't like it.

[00:08:40] I'm exhausted.

[00:08:42] My leg hasn't even finished healing and the hole in my shoulder just got made a hell of a lot bigger by the leg of an intelligent spider robot.

[00:08:51] I don't have the energy to play games like this.

[00:08:55] My body is on fire and I desperately want to find that stupid song so I can just heal my way through this faster.

[00:09:00] But no, I have to keep my mouth shut.

[00:09:03] Shit.

[00:09:06] No, it's me.

[00:09:09] Great.

[00:09:11] Come on in. I dragged in the bags.

[00:09:17] How are we looking out there?

[00:09:19] Looks like service tunnels in every direction.

[00:09:22] There's a doorway not far from here but it's locked or jammed or both.

[00:09:26] I couldn't get it open.

[00:09:28] Any signs to collective?

[00:09:30] Yeah, all around us.

[00:09:32] But did I see anyone? No.

[00:09:34] These tunnels are pretty dead.

[00:09:36] I can't hear water running through most of these pipes.

[00:09:40] I'm surprised there was a construction site down here given that it feels cut off from the rest of the facility.

[00:09:46] Good a place as any to hide something.

[00:09:49] You'd think they'd have complete control of even the dead levels.

[00:09:54] I mean, what purpose could they have for turning a blind eye?

[00:09:58] No idea.

[00:09:59] Maybe because they control the ways in and out it doesn't matter to them what happens inside.

[00:10:04] Well, it's working in our favor.

[00:10:07] And I'm sure these lower levels allow all kinds of security breaches.

[00:10:11] Yeah.

[00:10:13] And hopefully we find more like it.

[00:10:15] We need to get to a shaft.

[00:10:17] Well, most don't have ladders though.

[00:10:19] I heard.

[00:10:20] Yeah, but if we're lucky we can get a bar and we can get some more messages out.

[00:10:24] Oh right, yes.

[00:10:26] Sorry, it took me a minute.

[00:10:27] It just since I've lost my phone I haven't really thought about the messages.

[00:10:32] Have you been able to receive a message?

[00:10:35] Not as he had known.

[00:10:37] Shame.

[00:10:40] So what's this stupid song we need to find?

[00:10:44] Uh.

[00:10:46] She knows! Run, Noah!

[00:10:48] Fake Sarah is a clone or a robot or something like Andreas which means

[00:10:52] the collective has the ability to alter their personalities from the originals.

[00:10:57] And if my thinking is right and they can custom build the models then fake Sarah could be incredibly dangerous.

[00:11:04] Noah is far too injured and needs to heal.

[00:11:06] It is not his time to play with fire.

[00:11:10] Uh.

[00:11:12] Song?

[00:11:14] Yeah, to help you heal faster.

[00:11:17] Oh, oh yeah, that song!

[00:11:21] You heard that?

[00:11:22] Yeah, was I not supposed to?

[00:11:25] Oh, no, no, totally.

[00:11:26] Yeah, you can write.

[00:11:28] No, I have this like song I play in my head helps me center.

[00:11:35] You know, getting my zone.

[00:11:37] Figured that would help me to heal faster or whatever.

[00:11:42] Oh, like a song will do that?

[00:11:45] I mean, maybe.

[00:11:47] Couldn't hurt but of course we've been down here so long I can't remember the tune.

[00:11:52] But what's the song?

[00:11:54] Uh.

[00:11:56] Get that money.

[00:11:58] What?

[00:11:59] Get that money. It's a song by Owen Cham.

[00:12:02] Cham?

[00:12:04] I don't know how to pronounce it.

[00:12:06] Never heard of it.

[00:12:07] Damn!

[00:12:08] Oh, I don't worry, I'm sure I'll remember it.

[00:12:12] Okay, well we should get some rest.

[00:12:14] It's smart.

[00:12:15] And we can eat something after we wake up and come up with a new plan.

[00:12:19] Love that.

[00:12:20] And Noah?

[00:12:21] Yeah?

[00:12:22] You should probably stop recording to save your battery.

[00:12:26] Hear that?

[00:12:28] Wind!

[00:12:29] It means we're near another shaft or found a mysterious exit.

[00:12:31] Either way, that's a beautiful sound.

[00:12:34] Well, it's a good thing these tunnels are abandoned if you're gonna run around giving away our position.

[00:12:40] Giving away our position?

[00:12:41] Okay.

[00:12:42] Don't forget to check your six. Charlie could be anywhere.

[00:12:45] I'm not kidding. We're far from safe.

[00:12:48] But...wind.

[00:12:50] Yeah, but I'm all out of kites.

[00:12:52] Silver lining, Sarah.

[00:12:54] I'm well aware that every element of our current situation is well...

[00:12:58] far from ideal but if we wallow in it, it'll e-way at us.

[00:13:03] Like mental trench foot.

[00:13:06] Great visual.

[00:13:08] I'm serious. Let's stay as positive as we can.

[00:13:11] Sure, I'm still a bit of a mess but I'm heaps better than when we made camp yesterday and I'll be even better tomorrow.

[00:13:18] Things aren't as bad as they could be.

[00:13:20] Let's just move.

[00:13:23] We're the way haven't seen anything in a while.

[00:13:26] Well, this is a dead level of the facility.

[00:13:28] So was the floor with the stone hinge yet there it was.

[00:13:31] Full of life.

[00:13:32] I agree.

[00:13:34] That was unexpected.

[00:13:36] There's a lot of that going around down here.

[00:13:43] Any luck remembering the song?

[00:13:46] Get that money?

[00:13:47] No, I've given up on that.

[00:13:50] Good night's rested, wonders.

[00:13:53] Leading is stopped and all the scrapes and bruises are gone.

[00:13:56] I don't think I even need the song.

[00:13:58] With the food and gear you got us, I'll be back to tip top in no time so thank you.

[00:14:03] It was no problem.

[00:14:05] How did you end up getting all this gear?

[00:14:08] It's rated a storage room.

[00:14:10] It's awesome that they had all this gear in one spot.

[00:14:13] Yeah, I guess they had it ready for an away team.

[00:14:16] Lucky us.

[00:14:22] Speaking of luck, that was great you had that secret weapon.

[00:14:25] Yeah, definitely came in handy.

[00:14:28] And I can't remember how you got those three magnets?

[00:14:31] Only two actually.

[00:14:33] And I wasted the first one on shutting that fan in the vents.

[00:14:36] That's how I got away from punch at the first time.

[00:14:39] Right.

[00:14:40] And you found them?

[00:14:41] Yeah.

[00:14:42] Just laying around a lab.

[00:14:45] Lucky.

[00:14:46] Very.

[00:14:49] Sorry if you go.

[00:14:51] Are you?

[00:14:52] Yeah, no you go.

[00:14:53] So what?

[00:14:56] So after we get to the shaft and get a few messages out, we should probably start thinking of a plan.

[00:15:02] I thought up was the plan.

[00:15:04] It is.

[00:15:05] Obviously it is but just a question as to how.

[00:15:09] I guess the same way we always do it.

[00:15:12] Which is?

[00:15:13] We follow our gut.

[00:15:14] Our gut.

[00:15:15] Well it always knows the truth.

[00:15:17] Yes, so long as your truth is hunger.

[00:15:19] Nope, I'll follow my brain and my brain says we need a plan.

[00:15:23] Well then we send the messages out and head to that secret elevator that Norman told us about.

[00:15:28] Right.

[00:15:29] I almost forgot about that.

[00:15:31] We've been through a lot since he told us and I didn't believe it myself at first but

[00:15:36] everything else Norman told us has come true so why not the elevator?

[00:15:41] We're here.

[00:15:42] You're right.

[00:15:43] That we're here?

[00:15:45] No, that we've been through a lot.

[00:15:47] I mean I kind of remember where we met Norman.

[00:15:49] Yeah it makes sense.

[00:15:51] Trauma tends to warp memory.

[00:15:53] Exactly.

[00:15:55] I wouldn't sweat it.

[00:15:57] It's going to take a minute for these files to send and that's if I can even get a bar.

[00:16:00] But shouldn't I know?

[00:16:01] Like wouldn't that help trigger the memory?

[00:16:04] This Felicia mean anything to you?

[00:16:05] Felicia.

[00:16:06] Felicia.

[00:16:07] Felicia.

[00:16:08] No.

[00:16:09] Damn.

[00:16:11] Maybe sit on it a bit while I try to get a signal.

[00:16:14] I guess.

[00:16:16] I can always...

[00:16:18] Update.

[00:16:19] Got a bar.

[00:16:21] All the messages look to be sending or in the process of so thanks once again.

[00:16:26] We're, I guess, deeper than we ever have been in one of these shafts.

[00:16:31] I guess we've been through a lot of things.

[00:16:33] We're, I guess, deeper than we ever have been in one of these shafts.

[00:16:38] It's either nighttime outside or we're so deep we can't see the top.

[00:16:41] Oh both.

[00:16:42] Or both.

[00:16:43] It's really hard to gauge the time and day when your phone's time is wrong and you can't even agree on what year it is.

[00:16:48] Why wouldn't we agree on the year?

[00:16:51] Oh. This is news to you too.

[00:16:54] I'm confused what year do you think it is.

[00:16:57] It's starting to dawn on you now isn't it?

[00:17:00] Like it's hard to place what life was like before heading underground.

[00:17:05] I don't know what you're talking about.

[00:17:06] I just figured you'd have been in the loop but by the look on your face I'm guessing not.

[00:17:11] Which makes sense only the original Sarah would truly know the year.

[00:17:15] Why would...

[00:17:17] What are you saying Noah?

[00:17:20] I'm saying we cut the crap Sarah and talk about who you actually are.

[00:17:24] What are you talking about?

[00:17:25] Really?

[00:17:27] I assure you the other Sarah was a better actress.

[00:17:31] Who are you?

[00:17:33] Noah this isn't funny.

[00:17:35] Couldn't agree more.

[00:17:36] Now who are you?

[00:17:38] Put the gun down and we can talk.

[00:17:39] Who?

[00:17:40] Or...

[00:17:41] You.

[00:17:42] I'm Sarah.

[00:17:45] You sticking with that answer?

[00:17:48] How long have you known?

[00:17:50] Since he couldn't mend my shoulder.

[00:17:53] The real Sarah would have wrapped it up all neat like a package.

[00:17:56] You want to let me explain myself?

[00:17:59] Who are you?

[00:18:01] You real a robot what?

[00:18:03] I'm real flesh and blood and not a robot as far as I'm aware.

[00:18:07] And I'm Harper.

[00:18:09] Sarah is my middle name.

[00:18:11] Well...

[00:18:13] Harper...

[00:18:15] I can't help but wonder what the fuck you're doing here.

[00:18:18] You first.

[00:18:19] Why wouldn't we agree on the year?

[00:18:21] I have the gun.

[00:18:23] Who are you?

[00:18:24] It's 2021 isn't it?

[00:18:26] Cute you think so.

[00:18:27] Yours lost is me.

[00:18:29] Now again, for the last time who are you?

[00:18:34] Okay okay I'm the real Sarah and your friend is my clone for a lack of a better word.

[00:18:39] But Sarah and I are very different.

[00:18:42] Oh yeah yeah I got that.

[00:18:44] I'm my own unique person with my own thoughts, feelings, memories. She is the replica.

[00:18:49] Why are you telling me this?

[00:18:51] So you realize you're aiming your gun at a person.

[00:18:53] Just a person stuck in this mess like you.

[00:18:56] I don't want this.

[00:18:58] I didn't enjoy being told that I have to hunt down a version of myself.

[00:19:02] So when I found you without her, I thought I had my way out.

[00:19:06] How can I possibly believe you?

[00:19:08] I've had ample opportunity to kill you right.

[00:19:11] I clearly don't want to.

[00:19:14] I may have been sent here too but that's not what I want.

[00:19:17] I want out, like you.

[00:19:19] You'll forgive me if I think you're full of shit.

[00:19:21] Wouldn't Sarah have known if she was a clone?

[00:19:24] Not if it's done right.

[00:19:26] So how do you know you're not one?

[00:19:29] How do you know you're not?

[00:19:30] Because nobody would make me on purpose.

[00:19:33] They're her better molds from which to make soldiers.

[00:19:36] What about lab rats?

[00:19:38] Fair.

[00:19:40] I definitely have a victim vibe but I'm still the one with the gun.

[00:19:44] You're not going to kill me Noah, you're reasonable.

[00:19:47] Just put the gun down and we can chat.

[00:19:48] We seem to be drawn right with guns so far, so why don't we just stay course?

[00:19:52] Because at a certain point it starts to get embarrassing.

[00:19:55] Yeah well I'm not so concerned with your feelings right now.

[00:19:57] I'm talking about embarrassing for you.

[00:20:00] I mean what are you going to do with an empty gun?

[00:20:05] You're bluffing.

[00:20:07] Check for yourself.

[00:20:08] You think a double agent is dumb enough to leave a loaded gun with her target?

[00:20:12] Click the button on the side.

[00:20:15] So you were bluffing.

[00:20:18] No, I was lying.

[00:20:20] Now it's just you and me.

[00:20:22] You won't risk knocking me down the shaft.

[00:20:24] No, I'm going to throw you down.

[00:20:27] You asked too many questions.

[00:20:28] Like you said, had ample opportunity to kill me, you need something from me, something I know.

[00:20:34] And whoever is holding your leash wants me alive.

[00:20:40] Your clever Noah.

[00:20:42] You're right.

[00:20:43] I do need you alive for now.

[00:20:45] You know what, I don't plan on coming willingly.

[00:20:47] I was hoping you'd say that.

[00:20:49] And you're going to do what?

[00:20:51] Kick my ass.

[00:20:53] You don't have Sarah's strength.

[00:20:55] Or her empathy.

[00:21:04] No.

[00:21:06] Where are you?

[00:21:11] That's the last message.

[00:21:13] And I'm not so optimistic there will be more.

[00:21:17] I mean, how could there be?

[00:21:20] I had hoped that the real Sarah are Sarah.

[00:21:24] I had hoped that she could still be alive.

[00:21:26] But now, I mean would the collective send down Harper if they thought Sarah was still poking around?

[00:21:32] Or would they only send her if they knew she was dead?

[00:21:36] We haven't heard from her since the onboarding and anything could have happened to her.

[00:21:40] So what now?

[00:21:42] Does their journey end here in defeat?

[00:21:45] Sarah lost Noah taken?

[00:21:52] Not like this.

[00:21:54] The collective doesn't just get to sweep this under the rug because we don't have the resources to kick open the doors of the facility.

[00:22:01] I get it, I'm not Rambo or Sarah Connor.

[00:22:04] Not tough. But like Noah, I can be clever.

[00:22:07] Creative, resourceful.

[00:22:10] I think I just need help.

[00:22:12] There has to be other ways into the facility and someone out there knows exactly where and how.

[00:22:18] Please shoot me an email to escapeing Denver pod at gmail.com

[00:22:23] And maybe in this window of radio silence we can be productive.

[00:22:26] We can't...

[00:22:29] We can't...

[00:22:30] Sorry, just...

[00:22:32] Got a message.

[00:22:33] Got a message.

[00:22:35] Got a Noah message, I knew it! Never count Noah out!

[00:22:39] He heals, he feels and he reels. This might be the end of this batch of messages.

[00:22:44] But at least we can listen to this one together.

[00:22:55] Okay. Now stranger, as I'm sure you've been on the edge of your seat, I wanted to let you continue on with this story.

[00:23:03] Say hello Noah.

[00:23:06] He's in one of his moods.

[00:23:08] I can't see the voice messages he's already sent to you so I can't know for certain what either of you know.

[00:23:15] But I'll find out. That's my purpose.

[00:23:18] This information that Noah seems to be willing to take to the grave.

[00:23:23] Who's been helping you?

[00:23:25] Where did you get the magnets?

[00:23:28] How did you cause the explosions in the lab and the cloning facility?

[00:23:34] I'm magic.

[00:23:41] Gag him again.

[00:23:45] Now, I won't let Noah take his secrets to the grave.

[00:23:50] Can't.

[00:23:52] But how am I going to do this? Easy.

[00:23:57] I'm going to keep him from the grave.

[00:24:03] What's the matter Noah?

[00:24:08] The song helping to center you so we can heal faster.

[00:24:14] Oh, you do heal fast with this song.

[00:24:17] Too fast though. We can't have that.

[00:24:22] And stranger or should I say Spencer?

[00:24:27] That's right.

[00:24:29] I know you.

[00:24:30] I know you.

[00:24:32] In the time we've had Noah, we've also squeezed in a little research and you've been poking the wrong bear podcaster.

[00:24:41] But tell you what to keep things fair.

[00:24:44] They'll give you a head start.

[00:24:46] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

[00:25:04] Just because you've escaped doesn't mean you're free.

[00:25:08] Escaping Denver will return.

[00:25:16] For most of us, crime is something we see on the news.

[00:25:23] We never think it could happen to us until it does.

[00:25:28] Loved ones are gone and for the survivors, the scars will never heal.

[00:25:33] I'm Nancy Hicks, a senior crime reporter for Global News.

[00:25:36] And on this season of Crime Beat, I'll take you inside some of the most serious crime stories I've covered.

[00:25:41] Season 6 of Crime Beat is available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and all podcast platforms.