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Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries

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18-year-old Brian Nysenfeld set off for college

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eager to pursue his dream of becoming an architect.

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Then he suddenly vanished.

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His boot was discovered several months later.

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What happened to Brian?

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It was a scene of one of the most infamous

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unsolved murders in U.S. history.

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Now many believe Lizzie Borden's house is haunted.

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Has a ghostly entity returned from the dead

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to tell us who committed the crime?

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A young woman takes off on a cross-country journey

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following in the footsteps of beat poet Jack Kerouac.

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Nine days later, her jeep is found destroyed

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in a remote mountain region

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and there was no sign of her anywhere.

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On a deserted stretch of highway in eastern Kentucky,

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a high-speed police chase suddenly turns into a violent shootout.

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This man is wanted for the attempted murder

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of a sheriff's deputy and authorities need your help

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to bring him to justice.

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Four mysteries that have no explanation.

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Perhaps they're our answers,

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but perhaps they're our only questions.

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Join me for this fascinating edition

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of Unsolved Mysteries.

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Every autumn, the ritual is the same.

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Parents breaking the ties at Bind,

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sending their sons and daughters off to college

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High hopes for their children are tempered

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by concern that they can cope on their own.

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The children are not afraid to go to school

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and to get a job.

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The children are not afraid to go to school

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and to get a job.

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The children are tempered by concern

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that they can cope on their own.

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In the fall of 1996,

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18-year-old Brian Nisenfeld

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left his New Jersey home

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for Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.

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He looked forward to earning a degree in architecture.

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As Brian had grown up,

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he rarely ventured outside the safe confines

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of his family circle.

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Yet he wrote in his high school yearbook

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that his dream was to make a difference in the world.

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Now, he was setting off in pursuit of that dream.

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During his second semester at Roger Williams University,

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Brian left his afternoon literature class.

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Then he inexplicably vanished.

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Six months later, on a serene Labor Day weekend,

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Lori Vales and her daughter Chelsea

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stroll on Hog Island Beach,

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just a few miles from the university.

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I noticed a shoe on the sand

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that was at the high tide line.

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It looks like somebody just walked out of their shoe.

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I just kind of poked the shoe with my stick,

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and it seemed hard.

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Something had been stuck inside the shoe.

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I realized there was a very shiny white,

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almost plastic-looking smooth surface

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and around it like a fleshy substance.

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that there was a foot inside the shoe.

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DNA tests determined the foot

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and a shin bone found close by

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were those of Brian Neisenfeld.

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Authorities found no other remains,

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but could only conclude that Brian was dead.

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When it was announced that the bones

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were possibly Brian's,

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it gave us some kind of relief

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knowing that he didn't just wander off.

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But to lose someone that you love so much

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It's a catastrophic event.

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It changes your life forever.

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You go on and you're never the same again.

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You're a piece of what you used to be.

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Brian Neisenfeld often sought solitude here,

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less than a mile from his campus dormitory.

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Intelligent and introspective,

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he had a passion for poetry.

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He was well-liked, yet had few close friends.

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From the day he vanished on February 6, 1997,

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no one could seem to agree what happened.

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Some believe he may have slipped and fell

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from his favorite shoe,

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some believe he may have slipped and fell

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from his favorite seaside haunt,

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drowning just offshore.

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and deliberately leaped from Mount Hope Bridge

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under cover of darkness.

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But the most disturbing possibility

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was that an unknown assailant killed Brian,

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then dumped his body in the cold Atlantic waters.

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What really happened to Brian Neisenfeld?

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Largely based on the fact that we have not

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uncovered any evidence whatsoever of foul play.

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We're inclined to believe this perhaps may have been a suicide.

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I don't think Brian would commit suicide.

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I don't think he did commit suicide.

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There's no evidence of that.

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But in my heart, my gut, I don't think that was the case.

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I believe Brian was murdered.

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To this day, I believe Brian was murdered.

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In a search for answers, investigators

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try to reconstruct Brian's brief term

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at Roger Williams University.

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From the beginning, his life there was a struggle.

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Brian's academic career in high school

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came very easily for him.

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This was much more of a challenge.

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he missed his family that he was so close to.

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until he actually went away.

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So I think Brian was homesick.

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He didn't do very well that four semester Brian.

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His grades kind of plummeted.

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Investigators believe Brian's difficult

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transition to life on his own

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might have driven him to commit suicide.

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But something more sinister may have led to his disappearance.

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Something that surfaced from the shadowy corners

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of his private life.

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Midnight, January 30, 1997.

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Hello, Dad.

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Dad, you have to come up here and get me.

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I knew that he was in a crisis mood.

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I knew that he was scared.

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And he said, this kid is threatening me.

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He's harassing me on the phone.

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threatening to beat him up.

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then security has to know about it.

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Hey, Brian.

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Campus security called a student advisor

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in Brian's dormitory.

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How you doing? Good.

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The threatening calls Brian said

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were from a student he knew

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but was no longer attending the university.

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You're OK.

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But Brian now seemed more troubled than ever.

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Brian, let's take a minute, please.

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I've talked to you.

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After he left his literature class on February 6th,

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he was never seen alive again.

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Six days would pass, however,

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before his absence was deemed suspicious.

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Bye-bye.

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Once notified by the university,

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Brian's father instantly set out

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on the five-hour drive from New Jersey.

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Well, I heard that my son, you know,

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that Brian was missing for a week.

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Two things happened in my mind.

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I got to get involved.

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I have to see what the hell happened.

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Of course, Brian threw him.

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Nothing's changed.

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It's exactly the way we found it.

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His gloves are still here.

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It's the middle of the winter.

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It looked like he stepped out to get a soda

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or go to dinner or something.

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It looked like I should wait, and he's going to show up again.

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so I knew he wasn't coming back to the room.

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Brian's parents believe the former student

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who allegedly menaced Brian over the phone

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may have carried out his threat.

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Investigators discovered his identity

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and learned that he and Brian had been close friends

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during his first semester.

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Reporter Jody Erickson wrote a series of articles

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about Brian's disappearance.

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Brian being unsure of himself, having some freshman jitters,

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really seemed to gravitate toward this one student.

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and reading some of Brian's poetry

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that he did seem to be a young man

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who was questioning his sexuality.

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homosexual relationship,

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Whatever the nature of their friendship, it abruptly ended.

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For reasons known only to Brian and his friend.

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is that this former student was going to expose

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his relationship with Brian.

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That there were certain things that Brian didn't want

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his parents to know, didn't want his hometown to know,

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and that his homosexuality could have been one of them.

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Was it possible that Brian was gay?

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He would not say what soured their relationship.

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He would not tell me anything in relationship

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to the relationship with the former student.

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Did Brian take his own life,

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unable to face public exposure that he was gay?

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Or did his turbulent friendship lead to his murder?

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The former student, in my opinion,

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had something to do with Brian's death.

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but I think he had something to do with Brian's death.

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We were able to meet with that individual,

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conduct a comprehensive interview of him,

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and we are fully satisfied that that person

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had absolutely no responsibility

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in the disappearance of Brian Nice and Feld.

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More than four years have passed since Brian's disappearance.

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For Brian's parents,

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four years filled with pain and unanswered questions.

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It's every parent's worst nightmare.

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If it happened to us,

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it can happen to you, your child,

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your daughter, your son, your nephew,

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it can happen to you.

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I know somebody knows something.

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They're just afraid to talk, and I don't know why,

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but they are afraid to talk, they're afraid to come forward.

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Somebody has to know something about Brian.

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If you ever find yourself in Fall River, Massachusetts,

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you might consider staying in this quaint country in,

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or you might not.

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The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast.

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Lizzie Borden took an accent game with Mother 40,

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but she got done, she gave it back,

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and Borden won.

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Good morning.

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Hi, Sue.

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Welcome to Lizzie Borden.

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The scene of one of the most gruesome,

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unsolved mysteries in U.S. history

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is now open for business.

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Visitors can enjoy an informative chat

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about the sadistic murders

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while eating a breakfast of Johnny Cakes and Mutton Broth,

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the same meal Abby and Andrew Borden ate on their final day.

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Guests can then linger in the parlor,

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or Andrew's head received 11 unexpected blows from an axe.

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And after a long day of sightseeing,

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you can drift off to sleep in the same bedroom

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where Abby Borden's pummeled body

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was discovered lifeless on the floor.

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Some of the guests do try to figure out, you know, who did it.

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Not surprisingly, most people do not sleep easily.

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There are numerous reports that the Lizzie Borden

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bed and breakfast is haunted.

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I think the apparitions and all the activity

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that has been happening in the house

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is a possibility that the spirits are trying to communicate

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through myself, my staff, or my guests,

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of who really committed the murders

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so they can rest in peace, put the story to sleep,

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for once and for all.

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On August 4, 1892,

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wealthy businessman Andrew Borden and his wife,

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Abby, were brutally hacked to death in their home.

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Andrew's 32-year-old spinster daughter Lizzie

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was arrested for the double murder.

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Her trial, however, ended in an acquittal.

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And to this day, nobody knows who committed the savage crime.

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Nobody that is except for the victims themselves

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and the murderer, all of whom are long since dead.

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Or are they?

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In 1968, Martha McGinn moved into the Borden House,

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which had been purchased by her grandparents 43 years earlier.

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According to Martha, she soon became aware

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of an unsettling presence working in the shadows

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of the aging building.

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When I was about 16 years old,

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I was in my bedroom reading a book.

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And above my room, I could distinctly hear footsteps.

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And the sound of, like, marvels being played.

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And it almost sounded like little children's laughter.

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Shortly thereafter, Martha witnessed another strange phenomenon.

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This one far more disturbing than the last.

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I went up the stairway in the window

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at the end of the second floor card.

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I just began opening and slamming shut.

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It was just violently going up and down.

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I got the creepy crawlies that time.

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Martha became convinced that a ghost was prowling her home,

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tormenting her at every opportunity.

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But who? And why?

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The answer to that question may have come

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when Martha made the mistake of entering the basement alone.

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Here, legend holds, is where Lizzie hid the axe

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she used to butcher her stepmother and father.

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A shadow, sort of like a silhouette,

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floated maybe four inches above the floor.

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I could tell it was a woman.

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I could tell it was Victorian clothes.

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I just turned around and ran back up the stairs.

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That experience really did frighten me.

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That actually did make my hair stand on end.

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I didn't really want to tell anyone.

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I, you know, just didn't think they'd believe it.

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And I didn't want them to think I was crazy

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or figment of my imagination

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because I really did see this happening.

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Martha's own terrifying experiences were about to be confirmed.

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In 1994, she inherited the boredom house

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and decided to capitalize on his infamous reputation

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by turning it into a very unusual bed and breakfast.

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Using crime scene photos,

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Martha replicated the home's exact condition

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on the day of the murders.

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When we first opened, I had hired my staff.

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Most of them at the time did not believe in ghosts

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or apparitions or anything like that.

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And then odd things started happening to them.

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I arrived at work to start cleaning the house

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and, you know, making beds.

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I was on my last room, which was the guest room.

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And I had made the bed clean, dusted and everything.

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And then I turned around

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and there was the perfect impression of somebody laying on the bed.

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The indent in the pillow, in the bed.

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I looked at it for like a couple of seconds

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and then I booked it out of the room.

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I had to leave. I was just scared of me

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because I had never seen anything like that before in my life.

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Carrie was white as a ghost.

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Forgive the pun, but she was really pale, pale.

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And I couldn't get her back in, not even to get her paycheck.

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She would not come in the house.

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Over a century ago in this guest room,

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Abby Borden received 19 hacks to her face.

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Some are convinced that Abby is now trying to communicate with the living.

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Andrew Borden was killed in the downstairs parlor.

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His half-sitting, half-lying body slumped across the Victorian sofa.

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Here, employees report seeing a strange apparition.

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Perhaps Andrew vainly trying to seek human form.

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I was sitting in the parlor and on the phone

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and this strange feeling came over me, a very eerie feeling.

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Hi, Sally. It's Eleanor.

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When I looked up to the kitchen door,

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I saw what I thought was all this smoke coming out of the kitchen,

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like a foggy smoke.

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What the heck is that?

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There's smoke coming out of the kitchen.

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And I thought to myself, well, that's strange.

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There isn't anybody in the kitchen cooking.

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Why would all this smoke be coming out?

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No, no one was there.

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What the heck is it?

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The way it traveled, very slow, very slow,

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until it got to the sofa where Mr. Borden was hacked to death.

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And it just dissipated, very slowly it dissipated.

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I'm freaking out. This is too weird.

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I was alone in the house.

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So I know I saw something that was out of this world.

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It wasn't from this world, that's for sure.

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What's going on in the house today,

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in terms of things that people are experiencing

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and seeing and hearing,

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certainly has a lot to do with the fact

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that a violent, emotional act went on here.

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Also because it's an unsolved mystery,

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it means it's definitely here to stay.

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Author and ghost hunter Catherine Ramsland

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believes that Andrew and Abby Borden

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are trying to tell us who killed them,

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so far unsuccessfully.

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Hoping to document the paranormal activity

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at the Borden house,

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Catherine and a house employee

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headed to the basement armed with a voice-activated recorder.

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We went down there.

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It was very dark.

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And I just simply said,

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Is anybody here?

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And we could see that the recorder was activated,

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that we could hear nothing.

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It was absolute silence.

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And yet it was clear something was being recorded.

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So I decided instead of asking any more questions,

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I would just see what we had gotten.

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Is there anyone here with us?

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We shot up the steps.

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I guess we weren't staying down there with that,

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whatever it was.

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A noise from the dead?

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Or static electricity?

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No one knows for sure.

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Catherine Ramsland feels the recording

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as a first solid evidence that Abby and Andrew Borden

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are ready to share the chilling circumstances

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of their bloody end.

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As for Lizzie,

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following her acquittal, she used her inheritance

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to buy a mansion in a fashionable district of Fall River.

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Her final years were spent in seclusion,

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ostracized by the surrounding community.

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She died in 1927 at the age of 67.

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But those who work and live at 92 Second Street

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believe that Lizzie has returned home.

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They claim that Lizzie, Abby and Andrew

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still walk these halls and haunt these rooms.

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Chained forever to this place

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by the horrific events of over a century ago.

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And some speculate that maybe, just maybe,

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one of them will tell us what really happened

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on August 4, 1892.

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MUSIC

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MUSIC

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Two joggers in Mount Baker National Forest

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in Washington State notice a piece

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of clothing dangling from a tree branch.

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Honey, there's a shirt or something up there.

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That's weird.

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See anyone around?

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No.

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Someone crashed down there.

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A jeep has plunged over a steep embankment.

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Inside the car are a passport, money, and clothing.

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But there is no sign of anyone, nor any indication

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that someone has been injured.

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It's a young girl.

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Mark, what you find?

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There she is.

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Police traced the jeep to 23-year-old Collie student

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Leah Roberts, who left her home in Raleigh, North Carolina

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nine days earlier without telling anybody

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where she was going.

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I found out that her car had been found.

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Here she is, the whole opposite side of the country.

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Haven't heard from her in nine days.

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And her car shows up with no sign of Leah.

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So needless to say, I was really, really worried.

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The discovery of Leah Roberts jeep

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has only deepened the mystery surrounding her disappearance.

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There are a few clues.

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Authorities cannot even say for certain if Leah

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was in her car when it crashed.

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Only one thing is certain.

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Leah Roberts embarked on a cross-country journey

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of self-discovery.

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Her friends and family are still waiting

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for her to come home.

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Leah is just a very awesome person.

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Everybody that meets her likes her, very personable, great

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smile.

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But she was kind of private also, definitely.

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Very sweet and nice, but it took a while to get to know her.

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When Leah Roberts was in her early 20s,

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she experienced a series of tragedies

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that would forever influence her outlook on life.

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First, her mother died unexpectedly.

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Then Leah was in a near fatal car accident.

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And finally, after a long illness, her father passed away.

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I think that all of those things together

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had the cumulative effect of making Leah even more

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introspective and probably more aware that although she didn't

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00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,680
know what she wanted to do, I think she was unhappy

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that she wasn't achieving it.

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Leah found solace in the writings of Jack Kerouac.

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The famous beat generation poet often

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00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,520
wrote about the free-spirited road trips

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he took during the 1950s.

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Leah was especially enamored by the Dharma Bums,

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a story that encourages the reader

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to leave behind the materialism of modern life.

487
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,880
Part of that book takes place at a fire lookout

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on Desolation Peak near Mount Baker in Washington state.

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From the last conversation that we had,

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we were talking about Dharma Bums.

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When Kerouac talks about being alone on Desolation Peak.

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And about how Kerouac was up on Desolation Peak,

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just taking in all the beauty around him.

494
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So are you inspired to go to Desolation Peak now?

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I'd love to go to Desolation Peak.

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She was talking about wanting to go up on Desolation Peak

497
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,720
and how she really wanted to go off by herself

498
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,760
and figure a lot of things out and figure out

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00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,520
what kind of person she wanted to be

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00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,960
because she really didn't know anymore.

501
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Just three months before she would graduate from college

502
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,440
with a degree in Spanish, it appears that Leah Roberts

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00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,280
secretly decided to turn her dream into a reality.

504
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,560
Leah packed up most of her cherished belongings

505
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in her cat bee, then took off for Desolation Peak,

506
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3,000 miles across the country.

507
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The way we first heard that she had left

508
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,880
was it had been a period of like four days

509
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where we hadn't seen her and we began to worry.

510
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,800
And we called people, family, called friends,

511
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,760
knowing I heard from her.

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00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,280
Leah's family and friends filed a missing persons report

513
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,040
and checked bank records for any activity on her account.

514
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,080
Leah had made several cash withdrawals tracing

515
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,320
a route towards the West Coast.

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00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:38,440
It took her only three days to make it to Oregon.

517
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,240
The day after we filed the missing persons report,

518
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,080
I went over to Leah's house just to kind of check through

519
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:50,520
things, see if I could find any clue or whatnot,

520
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,200
just something to give me an answer.

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00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,360
Amid the clutter on Leah's dresser,

522
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:05,440
Kara discovered a cryptic note.

523
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,920
This is to cover bills while I'm gone.

524
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,520
Remember, everyone is together in thoughts and prayers.

525
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,560
And time passes quickly.

526
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,920
Have faith in me, yourself, everyone.

527
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,400
Remember Jack Kerouac.

528
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,920
Leah's night said, I'm not suicidal.

529
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,040
I'm the opposite.

530
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,120
Remember Jack Kerouac.

531
00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:30,040
Say that kind of right there is an illusion to Kerouac.

532
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,600
And that that might be part of her trip.

533
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,920
Five days later, Leah's jeep was discovered in Mount Baker

534
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,080
National Forest, 100 miles from Desolation Peak.

535
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,160
But Leah was nowhere to be found.

536
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,760
There were several alarming and contradictory aspects

537
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,640
to the crash scene.

538
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,560
Authorities estimate that the car was traveling at 40 miles

539
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,480
per hour when it plunged over the embankment.

540
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,640
In all likelihood, the driver would

541
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,920
have been seriously injured.

542
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,680
Well, with the speed that the vehicle was traveling

543
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,240
and the amount of damage to the vehicle,

544
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,240
you would anticipate some type of injury to the person inside.

545
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,000
If there was no injury to the person inside,

546
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,840
at least some type of evidence to indicate contact damage

547
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,880
that the person had been inside the vehicle.

548
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,200
But none of those signs were evident.

549
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,320
Oh, man, look at this.

550
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,240
There was also no blood inside the jeep

551
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,440
or in the surrounding area.

552
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,280
Investigators were forced to consider

553
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,080
whether the car was unoccupied when it went over the hill.

554
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:42,600
But that scenario also turned out to be problematic.

555
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,000
There's nothing to indicate the wheel was tied

556
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,760
and that it was pushed off the road.

557
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,600
We couldn't find any marks on the back that indicated

558
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,040
anybody had pushed it to where it was.

559
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,920
If you had somebody driving the vehicle and they jumped out,

560
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,040
you'd have taken your life into your own hands

561
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,320
trying to jump out of the vehicle at that speed.

562
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,360
I'll run the plates.

563
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,120
All right.

564
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,320
Police now had strong evidence that supported

565
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,600
two opposite conclusions.

566
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,480
Someone had to be driving the jeep when it crashed,

567
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,800
and no one could have driven over the embankment

568
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,600
without leaving behind signs of an injury.

569
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,960
To make matters even more confusing,

570
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,720
blankets had been placed in the vehicle's shattered windows.

571
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,520
It appeared that someone had used the car as a shelter

572
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,560
after the accident.

573
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:27,160
You guys see anything?

574
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,360
Give us a call on the radio.

575
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:34,280
A search of the surrounding area was immediately undertaken.

576
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,240
We brought in dogs.

577
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,800
We brought in search and rescue and did a complete grid

578
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,000
search up and down the road.

579
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,360
But they weren't able to find any indication

580
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,240
that anybody had left that vehicle.

581
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,000
I mean, there's not even any blood anywhere on the steering

582
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,280
car.

583
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,320
The jeep was taken to a police garage

584
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,240
and further examined.

585
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,200
It was phone of Leah's personal belongings,

586
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,000
a large amount of cash, an empty cat carrier,

587
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,240
and Leah's mother's diamond engagement ring.

588
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,000
As long as I've known Leah, she has worn her mother's engagement

589
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:06,720
ring.

590
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,720
It was her most prized possession.

591
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,800
And when we discovered that the ring had been found in the car,

592
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:20,360
it was definitely, for me, it was kind of a bad sign.

593
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,720
What happened to Leah Roberts?

594
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,880
Was she even in her jeep when it crashed?

595
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,160
If she was, why was there no sign of her being hurt?

596
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,480
And finally, why would she leave behind everything

597
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,720
that she cared most about in this world?

598
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,200
Perhaps Leah did accidentally drive off the road

599
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,200
but survived relatively unscathed.

600
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,680
She then would have been stranded in one of the most remote

601
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,520
wilderness regions in the country.

602
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:54,920
Leah may have presented an irresistible target for a killer.

603
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,560
You can't rule out foul play when you don't see somebody

604
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,080
for over a year.

605
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:03,440
But there's no evidence to indicate that that has happened.

606
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:08,040
We did process the vehicle for your typical evidence,

607
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,200
hairs and fibers and blood and nothing.

608
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,760
Nothing to indicate that that's happened.

609
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:19,880
Or maybe the lack of blood at the crash site

610
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:24,480
indicates that Leah suffered an internal injury, conceivably

611
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,000
a debilitating head injury.

612
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,800
Could she now be walking the streets

613
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,080
with no memory of who she is or where she came from?

614
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,080
There is a third possibility.

615
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,040
Did Leah Roberts, inspired by her favorite author, Jack

616
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,000
Kerouac, leave her former life behind

617
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,880
in one final dramatic gesture?

618
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,800
I can understand Leah's needing to get away

619
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:53,080
and find some peace within herself.

620
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,960
But considering the loss that our families experience,

621
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:03,560
it's difficult for me to think that she would leave us open

622
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,240
for another loss like this.

623
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,160
It's difficult to imagine her wanting to distance herself

624
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,840
from her family for as long as she has.

625
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,640
But of course, you don't want to imagine the negative things

626
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,480
that could have happened.

627
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,200
You don't ever know what someone's thinking in their head.

628
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,120
No matter what they tell you, you still don't know.

629
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,040
Not 100% you never know.

630
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,840
That's why none of this makes sense to anybody.

631
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,640
It's so out of character for her in some ways

632
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,840
and then in some ways it's not.

633
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,040
One week after Leah Roberts' jeep was found,

634
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,160
an anonymous tipster called investigators

635
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,440
and reported that his wife had just seen Leah at a gas station

636
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,800
30 miles from Seattle.

637
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,760
Leah appeared confused and disoriented.

638
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,360
But before authorities could obtain further information

639
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,000
from the witness, he panicked and hung up the phone.

640
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,160
The police are now asking for your help.

641
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,560
Leah Roberts is 5 feet 6, weighs 130 pounds,

642
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,600
and has sandy blonde hair.

643
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,000
She has a beauty mark on her right upper lip

644
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,160
and a surgical scar on her right hip.

645
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,320
rural Kentucky, a kind of homespun place

646
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,160
for most folks who are downright neighborly.

647
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:28,960
On a quiet Sunday morning, Leah was

648
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,960
taking a break during a routine patrol.

649
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,720
The pickup truck suddenly sped by with both tail lights out.

650
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:41,640
Deputy Elder had no idea who was behind the wheel

651
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,240
or that all hell was about to break loose.

652
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,000
When I came up behind him, he was driving fine.

653
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,720
The only thing that I directed my attention to

654
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:52,200
was the no-tail lights.

655
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,200
I was in the car, and I was in the car.

656
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,200
I was in the car, and I was in the car.

657
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,760
The only thing that I directed my attention to

658
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,280
was the no-tail lights.

659
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,840
I caught up with it, and it was a camouflage truck,

660
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,800
Kentucky militia on the back.

661
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,560
I had no idea what that was.

662
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,440
I just didn't know.

663
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,840
That's when I made the traffic stop.

664
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:14,720
Good evening, sir.

665
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:15,360
Good evening.

666
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,480
I'm Deputy Elder with the Bell County Sheriff's Office.

667
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,040
Hey, Deputy Elder.

668
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,240
The reason I stopped you is your tail lights are out.

669
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:25,040
At first, Deputy Elder saw no reason for concern.

670
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,680
The drivers seemed friendly enough,

671
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,000
and he agreed to take care of the problem right away.

672
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,840
I'll just go down the road here and get that fixed.

673
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,320
Thank you for telling me about that.

674
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,920
But then everything changed.

675
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,520
However, I do need to see your driver's license

676
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:37,680
to make sure it's valid.

677
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,160
No, you don't need to see my license.

678
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:39,920
Yes, sir, I do.

679
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,120
The reason you don't need to see this,

680
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,080
because I'm a member of the Kentucky State Militia.

681
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,040
He started getting very agitated.

682
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,880
He started turning real red.

683
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,160
He was started yelling.

684
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,360
And in fact, I get my powers derived from

685
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:51,560
the concentration of static weapons.

686
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,960
That's when I caught the glimpse of a pistol

687
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,080
magazine to the window.

688
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:55,720
Yes, I have weapons in the vehicle.

689
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:56,720
Sir, for my safety.

690
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:57,720
Do you have any weapons in your vehicle?

691
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:58,720
Sir, put your hands, put your hands.

692
00:35:58,720 --> 00:35:59,720
Put your hands.

693
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:00,720
Put your hands where I can see it.

694
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:01,720
I don't think it's in my hands anywhere.

695
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,720
Sir, put your hands where I can see it.

696
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,920
I kept screaming at him, step out of the truck,

697
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,200
step out of the truck.

698
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,560
And then that's when he threw it in drive, and he took off.

699
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,400
I just couldn't believe this was going on.

700
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,400
It's a Sunday.

701
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,480
It's supposed to be dead shift, you know?

702
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,600
Not anymore.

703
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,880
Careening along Route 25, the two vehicles were locked

704
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,840
in a dangerous high-speed cat and mouse game,

705
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,160
when the prey suddenly became the predator.

706
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,000
He turned, a U-turn, and came back at the cruiser.

707
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,800
When he stops, I back my cruiser up.

708
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,640
I swerved and missed him.

709
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,520
And he whipped it back around.

710
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,080
And he was chasing me at that point in time.

711
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,720
And I was on the radio, and I was telling him,

712
00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,240
this person said he's chasing me.

713
00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:00,840
Give me some backup now!

714
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,640
And I said, I don't know what he's trying to do.

715
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,200
I said, this guy's crazy, but he's chasing me.

716
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,720
It was a bizarre scene that quickly

717
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:13,000
shifted from dangerous to depty, with a deputy now under siege.

718
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,960
Hey, man, I need backup now!

719
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:15,960
He's shooting at me!

720
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:23,000
Then, with bullets flying in his life on the line,

721
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,960
deputy elder turned the tables again.

722
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,000
Moments later, he was bearing down on the truck,

723
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,240
and the driver suddenly slammed on his brakes

724
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:39,320
and jumped from the vehicle.

725
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:42,880
Come on!

726
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,040
Come on, you're on your way!

727
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,880
Get your hands up!

728
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,800
Get your hands up now!

729
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,080
Don't you mess with me, boy!

730
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,080
According to police, a wild shooting spree ensued.

731
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,240
The enraged gunman unloaded more than 30 rounds

732
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:00,680
and peeled off down the highway.

733
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,600
Deputy elder fired back, but the truck

734
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:11,280
was a moving target and quickly disappeared into the night.

735
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:12,640
I was shaking.

736
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:17,520
I didn't know whether to cry or scream, get mad.

737
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,480
I didn't know what to do.

738
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,160
I just didn't know what to think, what the hell happened.

739
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,280
Deputy elder was still in shock the next morning

740
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,720
when at least part of the puzzle fell into place.

741
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,320
Authorities discovered the gunman's vehicle

742
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,000
abandoned in the backwoods.

743
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,160
They identified the owner as 55-year-old Stephen Howard

744
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:40,800
Anderson.

745
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,480
In the back of Anderson's truck,

746
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,440
sheriff's deputies claim they found enough weapons and ammo

747
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,200
to equip a small army.

748
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,280
There were six pipe pounds.

749
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,120
They found in the cab of the vehicle.

750
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,400
There was a semi-automatic rifle, over 9,000 rounds

751
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,200
of ammunition of various calibers found

752
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,920
in the back of the vehicle in a camper.

753
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,160
And there was other survival gear and clothing

754
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,280
and some food as well.

755
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,520
Given the mindset that we believe Stephen Anderson has,

756
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,960
when you see that type of weaponry,

757
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,680
it poses a serious threat to property and people.

758
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,320
Further investigation revealed that Stephen Anderson

759
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,080
apparently did have ties with a civilian paramilitary group

760
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,720
known as a Kentucky State Militia,

761
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,280
an organization not sanctioned by any government body.

762
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,600
It stated mission to protect and defend the US Constitution

763
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,560
from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

764
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,760
But according to law enforcement officials,

765
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,120
some members can be fanatical and dangerous.

766
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,000
Even when compared to the group's extreme element,

767
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,560
Stephen Anderson was considered a loose cannon.

768
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,000
In fact, a short time before the shootout with deputy Elder,

769
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,600
Anderson had been booted out of the militia.

770
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,880
Steve was dispensable for conduct on becoming.

771
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:05,360
His agenda would be to do the Second Revolution now.

772
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,000
In our opinion, it's not time.

773
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,400
The legislative process in Kentucky still works.

774
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,320
When that system ceased to function,

775
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,800
then it's time for a revolution.

776
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,440
Do you have any weapons in the vehicle?

777
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,120
Yes, I have weapons in the vehicle.

778
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:24,720
When Stephen Anderson poised to launch his own private war,

779
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:28,200
authorities were anxious to find out.

780
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,040
After obtaining a search warrant,

781
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,040
they uncovered another huge cache of weapons and explosives

782
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:33,960
on Anderson's property.

783
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,800
More pipe bomb, grenades, machine guns,

784
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,560
and approximately 12,000 rounds of ammunition.

785
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,320
Agents also found a low-powered ham radio transmitter,

786
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,400
allegedly used by Anderson to broadcast

787
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,960
hate-filled vendettas against the establishment.

788
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,840
I can see it now.

789
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,040
Joe Patri is driving down the road.

790
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,600
In fact, just five days before the shootout with deputy Elder,

791
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,360
Anderson acted out an eerily serious attack

792
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:06,200
on Anderson, and Anderson acted out an eerily similar scenario

793
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:07,960
to the actual encounter.

794
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,080
Well, Mr. Patri, I need to see your National ID card now

795
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,040
and get you to step out of the vehicle.

796
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,320
But sir, that violates the Constitution.

797
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:17,840
I don't care about no Constitution.

798
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,280
I said give me your National ID card.

799
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,480
Well, OK, buddy.

800
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,800
I'll give you my National ID card.

801
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:24,800
Scan this.

802
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,280
Have a nice day, officer.

803
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:37,440
Anderson's chilling words were shocking and scary.

804
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,800
I had no idea that he had done that, you know?

805
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,760
There's no doubt in my mind now that he had that planned.

806
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:43,680
Good evening, sir.

807
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:44,600
Good evening.

808
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,240
Any police officer that come in contact with him,

809
00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:50,680
that's what was going to happen.

810
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:54,680
There was going to be a shootout, no matter what.

811
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,040
Steven Anderson is still on the run,

812
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:01,160
and authorities need your help to bring him to justice.

813
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,760
It's quite possible that when Steven Anderson abandoned

814
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,800
his vehicle, he may have hidden the woods

815
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,080
for a period of time and either sought out or received help

816
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,680
from people in the area.

817
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,360
Steven Anderson is wanted by the Kentucky State Police

818
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,480
for the attempted murder of Deputy Scott Elder.

819
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,160
He is also wanted by the ATF, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

820
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,600
and Firearms, for violation of federal explosive laws.

821
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:32,520
OK, then.

822
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,080
Stories without endings.

823
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,840
Stories of defying imagination.

824
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:55,760
Stories were you may have that one vital clue.

825
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,120
Next time on Unsolved Mysteries.