Speaker 1: A list of content warnings for this episode are listed
in the episode description. Listener discretion is advised. The Collection
of Moira Graves, Episode three, The note by Maretta mons,
I just love autumn, Kiki, the smells, the food, the weather.
When else can you celebrate harvesting food that will sustain
you through the winter and also put a twelve foot
skeleton by your front door just because you feel like it.
Speaker 2: Ehoa be down.
Speaker 3: You're so paranoid.
Speaker 4: What is she going to do? Arrest me? I'm just
saying I don't care. If the boys really wanted the cookies.
Nancy is their mom, and she said you couldn't have them.
That's that.
Speaker 3: Next you'll tell me I can't give them candy whenever
they sneak over to our house. I swear Nancy knows
and doesn't really mind.
Speaker 4: You've been giving them candy.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 4: Well, hello, their neighbors.
Speaker 1: What a beautiful day for stroll?
Speaker 4: Oh look, the.
Speaker 3: Gothic lady is waiting at us. Hello gothic lady.
Speaker 4: Oh my god, you can't talk about people like that.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, it's quite all right.
Speaker 1: I do consider myself a bit of a goth It
looks like you ladies stopped by a Clancy's shop this morning.
Speaker 4: You know it the best bakery for miles and miles.
Speaker 3: Today we got muffins. Would you like one?
Speaker 6: Why?
Speaker 1: Thank you for offering. But I can just pop over
whenever I'm in the mood. I'm Moira.
Speaker 4: By the way, I'm Rhoda and this is Penelope. We
live over there with the birdhouses. Oh do you ever
go birding?
Speaker 1: I don't actually, but say hello to my friend Kiki
over there. She's the magpie above your heads.
Speaker 3: Well will you look at that?
Speaker 4: Hello, Kiki? So what brings you to the neighborhood?
Speaker 7: Moira?
Speaker 1: My collection? I'm an antiques appraiser and I have acquired
quite a few pieces of my own over the years.
I needed a nice, quiet place with enough space to
hold it all.
Speaker 3: Do you like antiques like them? We are antiques, honey,
he's right.
Speaker 1: Well then do you like stories?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 3: Yes, we love stories.
Speaker 1: I have one in mind. I think the two of
you will enjoy one moment.
Speaker 3: What a beautiful bird she is?
Speaker 4: Hello, geeky, I wonder if Moira has trained her to
do any tricks. Corvids are so intelligent.
Speaker 1: I've got it now, I realize this piece of paper
isn't an antique exactly, but it has a story that
goes much deeper than the words written on it. Wait,
you two, don't scare easily, do you. This isn't an
entirely nice story.
Speaker 4: Osh, It would take more than a ghost story to
scare me.
Speaker 3: Me too, as as long as it isn't too scary.
Speaker 1: All right, Have a seat, ladies.
Speaker 3: Oh is this a musical number?
Speaker 4: Hush now.
Speaker 1: As much as I love fall, summer has its own
kind of magic, especially for the young. The main subjects
of our story, Sophie and Hannah, were well on their
way to being grown up, but not quite there yet.
Do you remember that age when you still felt wild
and untamed inside? But being treated like a child was
the greatest insult to me? It was when I first
felt like I was defining who I am as a person,
like something was physically solidifying in my core. Big unexpected
changes can seem especially difficult at this age, and for
these lifelong friends that felt especially true. This summer night
would challenge who these girls thought they were. It would
test their strength, their friendship, and their animal instincts.
Speaker 8: Tragedy strikes the community as another young person has gone missing.
After weeks with no strong leads, Officials are saying there
seems to be evidence of an animal attack around the
suspected abduction sites. The presence of paw, prince and fur
point to some kind of wild dogs in the area.
No experts say it would be highly unusual for animals
to behave so presently. Out of an abundance of caution,
officials urged the public to be aware of their surroundings,
stay out of promote areas at night, and above all,
avoid approaching strange animals. If you have important information regarding
any of these cases, please call a dedicated tipline.
Speaker 1: If won't.
Speaker 7: You run him all sit quiet.
Speaker 5: God, you're so paranoid, I mean, considering all the people
that have gone missing lately.
Speaker 9: Yes, I'm a little paranoid about going out.
Speaker 4: Into the woods at night.
Speaker 9: It's creepy out here.
Speaker 4: Oh come on, We've been sneaking out into the woods
behind your house since we were little. We'll be fine.
I swear your parents know and.
Speaker 9: Don't care, not anymore.
Speaker 5: My mom has been watching the news all summer, and
if she hurt us, she would freak out.
Speaker 9: Now, even her dad say he wants to get me
a taser.
Speaker 4: Wait, actually, that would be so cool. Do you think
we could test it out on Ethan and his friends?
Speaker 5: You want that to be your good bye gift to
your brother before he goes away to college. Probably if
I get it before he leaves. How much time do
I have?
Speaker 4: I don't remember, but maybe a few weeks.
Speaker 9: Maybe not. Oh did you ask if you could have
his room?
Speaker 4: No, Dad said, The youngest doesn't get to have the
basement all to herself, so I have to stay in
my little closet. I guess.
Speaker 5: Speaking of Ethan and his friends, are they all headed
off to college or.
Speaker 4: I don't know, but they've been talking about Noah acting
really weird after graduation, distant, and then he just ghosted everyone.
No socials, no texts, nothing, Oh.
Speaker 5: My god, do they think he went missing too?
Speaker 4: Nah? He mentioned he was thinking of moving to college
early so he could get a lay of the land
and have an advantage when everyone else started up some
social strategy nonsense. I don't know. I don't know why
my brother's friends with him or was I.
Speaker 5: Guess ditching friends like that is crazy.
Speaker 4: Do you one to talk miss private school? Hey, it's
not like I had a choice, but you are ditching
me to hang out with rich kids.
Speaker 5: I didn't ask to transfer, it's just because I got
that scholarship.
Speaker 4: Just just tell your parents you'll skip until they switch
you back.
Speaker 3: Stop.
Speaker 5: You know I can't do that. It's gonna be bad
enough going to a school where I don't know a
single person. You don't need to make it worse.
Speaker 8: No.
Speaker 4: Sorry, You'll be okay though. You're smart and pretty and awesome,
so you'll make friends right away, especially once softball season starts,
and we'll still hang out all the time outside of school. Right,
of course we will good. Anyways, speaking of how smart
and pretty and awesome you are, did you have a
chance to read my note?
Speaker 7: Yeah, and.
Speaker 5: Sophie, you're my best friend and I don't want to
risk changing that.
Speaker 4: Oh, we can still be best friends. We would just
also be girlfriends.
Speaker 5: But you know I'm straight, well down. You had to
know I wouldn't say yes. But wait, I don't want
to hurt your feelings. I love you, but as a friend.
Speaker 4: WHOA, I guess you're deeper in the closet that I thought.
Speaker 1: Don't be like that, Like what you're.
Speaker 5: Being so unfair? You asked me to be your girlfriend.
And I don't want to. I can't help that. I've
been trying all day to think of a way to
tell you no without hurting your feelings.
Speaker 4: Don't worry about my feelings. I'm fine. But maybe if
you weren't sending me mixed signals, I wouldn't have even.
Speaker 9: Asked what do you mean mixed signals?
Speaker 4: I don't know off the top of my head. A
flirting telling me a look cute?
Speaker 5: No, so I can only tell you nice things if
I have a secret gay crush on you?
Speaker 4: Or how about inviting me to sleep in your bed
the same day I gave you a note asking you
to be my girlfriend. We needed to talk, and we
have been.
Speaker 9: Having sleepovers since we were six.
Speaker 4: Okay, you know I'm straight. It's fine. Just just pretend
I never gave you that stupid note. How am I
supposed to do that?
Speaker 9: I wish you never did.
Speaker 4: I don't want to stop beating friends.
Speaker 9: What do we do now?
Speaker 4: How should I know? Obviously terrible making decisions?
Speaker 9: Maybe we should head back? Holy shit?
Speaker 5: What is that? Oh?
Speaker 4: Come on, Hannah's one dog probably just got out of
their yard.
Speaker 9: What are you doing?
Speaker 4: Relax? I'm just gonna scare it away, or do you
suddenly think I'm into hitting puppies with sticks? Just be careful.
Speaker 9: That's not a puppy.
Speaker 4: How do you know? I can't even see it with
all this underbrush. Go Ah away, get out of here.
Don't get too close. No, duh, sounds like it's between
us and the house. Maybe we should try to loop around.
Speaker 9: How if it tries to follow us?
Speaker 4: Hey, did you bring any snacks? We could leave them
in a pile as a distraction.
Speaker 9: I don't have anything, you know. Can you see it?
I don't hear it anymore?
Speaker 4: No, I didn't see it either before, though.
Speaker 9: Maybe it's gone.
Speaker 5: Maybe do you think we can make it to the
ice fishing house if we ran?
Speaker 9: I don't hear it anymore.
Speaker 4: That's not too far. But I don't think we should run.
That'll make it want to chase us. Grab some rocks
or sticks, just in case it comes back. Okay, let's go.
You lead the way, and I'll watch behind us in
case it comes back.
Speaker 6: Well, what we have here is that Noah, Hannah and
Ethan's sister Sophie.
Speaker 4: What are you doing out here?
Speaker 2: I'm just out for a late night stroll.
Speaker 6: You two are awfully jumpy. What brings you ladies out
to the woods so late at night alone?
Speaker 4: Weird? We're also out for a late night stroll for
no reason. Let's keep going.
Speaker 9: There's a wild dog or something in the woods.
Speaker 5: It was growling and barking at us.
Speaker 6: Oh really, I haven't heard anything.
Speaker 9: It was back there. You should come with in case
it's following us.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm not really worried about some dog.
Speaker 5: We should probably stick together, though, it'd be more afraid
of three people than one or two.
Speaker 4: Come on, We're headed to the ice fishing house.
Speaker 6: Go ahead, I'll be fine.
Speaker 4: Okay, good luck.
Speaker 5: I guess guys we should stay in a grease that
he's fine, let's go. Well, maybe we should stay with Noah.
Speaker 3: Then what and stay.
Speaker 4: Exposed out here. We could start walking towards home. It
might be safer.
Speaker 6: Maybe, if you're feeling so brave without me, Sophie, you
should just go to the ice house by yourself.
Speaker 4: No, that is not a good idea. We aren't some
little babies that need your protection. Noah, Hannah, he said,
he'll be fine. We'll be fine. Let's just get to
the ice house and wait until the sun comes up,
like we said. But what's your deal? Why do you
want to hang out with him so badly?
Speaker 9: This isn't a hangout.
Speaker 4: Did you forget about the aggressive dog? I don't have
time for this. You can come with me if you want,
but I'm going come. So we had a plan. Do
you're the one changing everything, Sophie. Wait, she can be
such a I'm.
Speaker 6: Sure she'll be fine. Listen. Huh Still no gross or barking.
Maybe the dog was after a little bunny rabbit hiding
near your something.
Speaker 5: Maybe I'm not funny.
Speaker 6: Sorry, seems so tense. I was just playing ha ha.
Speaker 5: Can we at least follow her at a distance to
make sure she's safe?
Speaker 6: Okay, if you want.
Speaker 8: So?
Speaker 5: Besides eating on a walk? Why are you out here?
I heard you were leaving town early for college.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I told people that because I just wanted to be
left alone this summer. Some of the people I used
to call friends weren't the kind of people I really
want to stay friends with outside of high school.
Speaker 9: You know, I guess. But even your parents said you've left.
Speaker 6: Yeah, we aren't super close. I've been living on my own.
Are you glad I stuck around?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad I ran into you tonight.
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, why?
Speaker 6: I always thought you seem pretty cool, and I got
the impression that maybe you had a little bit of
a crush on me.
Speaker 9: Oh god, where did you hear that?
Speaker 6: Just something I observed. I have a hard time keeping
my eyes off you.
Speaker 9: I mean, I think you're cute and everything.
Speaker 4: But did you hear it?
Speaker 9: It's the dog.
Speaker 10: Don't worry.
Speaker 2: Okay, it sounds like it's just a grumpy little puppy
dog or something. Maybe he thinks you have food.
Speaker 9: What if it already got Sophie.
Speaker 6: She couldn't have gone too far. We would have heard
if she was attacked.
Speaker 9: We should have stayed with her.
Speaker 2: I told you she's fine, okay. And this little guy
is all bark and no bite. Stop being such a baby.
Speaker 4: Has breebies.
Speaker 7: Ship?
Speaker 6: Maybe it does.
Speaker 9: Should we make a run for it?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 6: No, it could easily outrun us.
Speaker 9: What did we do?
Speaker 6: Hey, here you go, boy, have a treat?
Speaker 2: Come on nowhere?
Speaker 7: Okay, pliers, hooks, lures?
Speaker 4: Oh, come on, there's gotta be a fellinife in here somewhere, Sophie.
Speaker 9: Sophie, are you in there?
Speaker 4: Hannah? Where's Noah?
Speaker 5: I don't know, but the dog showed up, and he
pushed me down so he could get away.
Speaker 4: He what, but w wait, how are you not hurt?
It chased after him instead?
Speaker 7: I think.
Speaker 10: I don't know.
Speaker 4: I just I got up and started running. Oh, you
were right.
Speaker 9: I should have just come with you. I'm sorry.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well it's fine. Sorry too, especially about the note.
Speaker 7: I was being.
Speaker 4: Stupid, don't You're not stupid, Hannah. Come on, I knew
you really didn't like me like that. I just I
pictured you reading my note and suddenly realizing you had
a crush on me for a long time.
Speaker 5: That definitely would have been easier. I was so scared
you wouldn't be my friend if I was honest, I
even thought about pretending to be gay.
Speaker 4: Well that doesn't seem great.
Speaker 5: Nope, right now it seems better than getting crushes on
guys like Noah.
Speaker 4: You really? Why didn't you ever tell me?
Speaker 9: Because he's your brother's friend.
Speaker 4: I don't know, I'm obviously an idiot. Well, I would
never use you as a decoy.
Speaker 9: I'll keep that in mind. So are we okay?
Speaker 4: I think so good? Did you hear that?
Speaker 2: Hey, Sophie, let me in. That dog could be here
any minute.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I hope he bites you right between the legs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, come on, this isn't funny. Let me in. The
dog attacked Hannah. I barely got away.
Speaker 5: Go away, noah, Yeah, we aren't letting you in.
Speaker 6: Hannah.
Speaker 9: You're here, No thanks to you.
Speaker 4: Leave us alone.
Speaker 2: Open the door.
Speaker 4: Grab something for protection, just in case.
Speaker 1: I've got the needlenose players.
Speaker 5: I'll take a fishing pole, I guess.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, take the one with the nasty hook on it.
Speaker 2: If I knew that Mutt was gonna leave you alone,
I wouldn't have bothered running off. We could have had
a lot of fun. Hannah, What was your plan after
you got here? By the way, was a dog going
to just disappear when the sun came up? Would your
family come running to the rescue because they would just
magically know where you are. My guess is nobody knows
you're out here. I bet I have all night to
do you what I've been doing all the others all
summer long. And since you're both here, we're gonna have
twice as much fun.
Speaker 9: What is he talking about?
Speaker 4: Does he mean the missing people?
Speaker 2: I've seen that dog around before. I can believe my luck.
When the authorities started saying he was why people were missing.
If he's gonna keep getting in the way, though, I
might have to put him down. You know what, I
just realized I never tried the magic words.
Speaker 6: Can I come in.
Speaker 2: Pretty please with a cherry on top?
Speaker 4: He's gonna tip us over?
Speaker 2: Look at that it worked. Let's play girls, he's coming
through the floor.
Speaker 10: No, go away, A god, you hooked me in my face.
Oh I'm gonna take.
Speaker 2: My time with you, little brat.
Speaker 10: Please gotcha?
Speaker 7: Let her go?
Speaker 2: Stop?
Speaker 10: Oh, let's go.
Speaker 4: We can still get out of the door. Please right outside.
Speaker 10: We can't stay here. Come on, okay, don't move, she's dead.
Speaker 4: Let her go.
Speaker 7: Grow up?
Speaker 10: What you're gonna hit me with his stick?
Speaker 6: And then what you really have?
Speaker 5: What it takes to kill me?
Speaker 2: Or maybe you think I'll just give up and walk
on home to mommy like you?
Speaker 10: Yeah, you kids are so stupid.
Speaker 6: None of you ever think.
Speaker 9: Is the dog protecting us from him?
Speaker 4: That's what it looks like. I think he wants to play.
Speaker 9: I remember run Noah.
Speaker 6: Nice doggy sick boy?
Speaker 4: Oh my god, did his head hit that rock? He's
not moving?
Speaker 2: Mu?
Speaker 9: Should we do?
Speaker 4: I guess we should see if he's still alive.
Speaker 9: I don't want to touch him to check his pulse.
It looks like he's breathing.
Speaker 4: It's too bad. We should probably get back and contact
the police before he wakes up or whatever. Oh but you, Oh,
I want to give you so many treats.
Speaker 2: Who do it?
Speaker 4: A hell hound?
Speaker 7: You wore?
Speaker 4: Yeah, you wore old.
Speaker 5: Maybe we still don't touch the dog, though, I guess
the dog is going to stay there.
Speaker 4: I am so full of adrenaline. I just want to
talk your ear off the whole way back. But uh,
it seems really lame to chit chat when someone literally
just tried to kill us.
Speaker 5: Someone should really write instructions for what to do in
situations like this.
Speaker 4: I think that's just therapy. You were soon. We're brave tonight.
Speaker 9: Though.
Speaker 4: By the way, I cannot believe you were gonna hit
up with that stick me. You actually stabbed you with plyers. Yeah,
oh that felt good, But you should have run away
and saved yourself.
Speaker 9: Shut up. You're my best friend. I couldn't leave you
like that.
Speaker 4: Speaking of leaving me about the note.
Speaker 9: Really, don't worry about that.
Speaker 4: Just just hear me out. I don't think I ever
thought you were gonna say yes to being my girlfriend.
Speaker 9: Then why did you ask?
Speaker 4: I asked me because I'm scared. Look, you're gonna go
to this new school with new people, and you are amazing,
so you'll have new friends. And I know we say
we're gonna hang out, but I'm worried I'm gonna get
left behind. Maybe on some level, I thought if I
gave you this note, you'd either be my girlfriend again
probably would never happen, or I could be mad at
you instead of missing you.
Speaker 5: I'm sorry, I'm not going to let that happen. Okay,
come on, let's go.
Speaker 8: The community can begin to heal now that the mystery
of the recent disappearances has been solved. A local man
has been arrested after two teenagers were able to identify
him as their attacker following an incident last night. They
claim he confessed to being responsible for multiple people who
have gone missing the summer. The man had suffered injuries
due to a fall, but officials are reporting he's expected
to make a full recovery before standing trial. In the meantime,
deputies are following up on the lead and hope to
have more answers for the morning families soon.
Speaker 4: Those poor girls, I'd call him a disgusting animal, but
that's an insult to animals.
Speaker 1: With items like this piece of paper. Following up on
the story can be tricky. I was able to find
information about Noah by looking up the details of the crimes,
but I don't find him to be all that interesting,
and unfortunately the authorities were too late to help any
of his other victims. Mysteriously, there was no mention of
the dog in any of the follow up reports. The
news never even publicly commented on the misleading evidence after
that night.
Speaker 4: Maybe the girls didn't mention the dog so nobody would
go looking for it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, like they were protecting it.
Speaker 1: Possibly. As for Sophie and Hannah, they made it home
safely and called the tip line for the case. It
turns out there was a reward being offered, so they
used it to pay for Sophie to switch schools. Along
with Hannah. They stayed together all through high school. I
found their names listed in the school's graduation announcement.
Speaker 4: Oh, I like that. You know, my closest friends were
always the ones that were there for me through my
most difficult struggles.
Speaker 3: Ah, that reminds me of a story, Rhoda. Do you
remember when we were first moving in together and those
awful people came by and we didn't have a dog
like those girls, and we had to pull out.
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, but that was a long time ago, and
that's a long story. Let's leave miss moiratur her decorating.
I'm struggling to not eat all these muffins. Oh, you're right,
I'll save that story for another time.
Speaker 1: I look forward to hearing it.
Speaker 4: Say you should join us the next time we go
out birding.
Speaker 3: It's so much fun. We tried to see who can
spot the most birds.
Speaker 1: Oh is there a total? Or do you start over?
Each time?
Speaker 4: She keeps track of who finds the most birds. I
just enjoy myself.
Speaker 3: I've told you, raising the stakes makes it even better.
How about you? Keiky interested it's a date?
Speaker 4: Then okay, let's go.
Speaker 3: Goodbye Moira, We'll be in touch now. Hold on, Rhoda,
don't leave me. I would never come on.
Speaker 1: Thanks again for the story, have a lovely day, and
thank you for indulging me. The note was written by
Moretta mos starring Elisa Petrie as Moira Graves, Lindsay Fawn
as Rhoda, and Moretta Mose as penelbe featuring Lindsay Faughn
as Sophie, Alyssa Hood as Hannah, Tyler Hurchuck as Noah,
and Jamie Lewis as News Anchor. Directed by Jonathan Harden,
Assistant directors d Henry Hanson, Lindsay Fawn and Alisa Peatrie.
Casting by Jonathan Harden, Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Harden.
The head writer for the Collection of Moyra Graves is
Jada Mendoza. Theme song by Jordan Horben, Episode art by
Alssa Esteban, Production coordination by Elissa Petrie. Story development by
Alissa Esteban. The Collection of Moira Graves is produced.
Speaker 11: By Marita Mose and Lindsay Faughn, and the executive producer
of the Collection of Moira Graves is Alisa Peatrie. If
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