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I die. Talking

2:33

leave me alone Hello, huh?

2:36

Oh? Surely for the shit.

2:38

Oh, hi Sorry, what did

2:40

you say? I asked if

2:43

you were the new doctor

2:45

here. Yeah, I am I'm

2:47

John spacer Are you sheriff

2:50

Crowley? No It's just I've

2:52

been waiting here for almost

2:55

an hour on the phone.

2:57

They said get here ASAP

2:59

so I figured next time

3:01

We'll tell the victim to die

3:03

faster, so you don't have to

3:05

wait as long. I didn't mean

3:08

it like that. I meant that... Sorry.

3:10

I'm just here to let you

3:12

into the pathology lab. Go ahead

3:14

and sheriff will be bringing in

3:16

the body soon. The hospital

3:18

cafeteria is open 24 7,

3:20

in case you need a cup of coffee

3:22

or anything. Oh, do you know if they

3:24

have tea? I don't drink coffee. I

3:27

don't drink coffee. I drink coffee.

3:31

Off to a great start on

3:34

your first day. Phew. This

3:36

is a pretty big lab

3:38

for a small town. That's

3:41

two whole walls of cold

3:43

drawers. What is that, a

3:45

sink over there? Two

3:47

nicely cleaned exam tables

3:49

right in the center

3:52

here. Shit. You might be

3:54

out of your element

3:56

here, John. You can do

3:58

this. Fresh start. Dr. Spacer?

4:00

Oh, yeah, I'm here. Hey

4:03

there, Doc. I've got a

4:05

present for you. Who's the

4:07

victim? Nice to meet you

4:09

too. I'm Frank Rowley. Oh,

4:11

you're the sheriff. Oh, aren't

4:13

you a little young to

4:15

be a coroner? I was

4:17

not trying to... I'm a

4:19

forensic pathologist, actually. It's lower

4:22

on the totem pole. It's

4:24

late. I'm sure you're tired.

4:26

I know I am. So

4:28

let's say we just disregard

4:30

the sexism for a minute

4:32

and move on. I'd rather

4:34

enjoy the short time we

4:36

have together. Um, excuse me?

4:38

What's that supposed to mean?

4:41

Don't worry. I didn't mean

4:43

you'll end up like her

4:45

here. No, just mean you'll

4:47

cycle out eventually. Nobody sucks

4:49

around long in this job.

4:51

You said her? The victim

4:53

is a woman. Do you

4:55

have a case file? Bare

4:58

minimum. We just found her.

5:00

Um, this is essentially blank.

5:02

Female age 31. There isn't

5:04

even a name written down.

5:06

Did we have a wallet

5:08

or personal effects? Got our

5:10

purse, but we don't need

5:12

it. That is Maggie Lane.

5:14

Did you know her? Because

5:17

we're both women? Oh, what?

5:19

No, because it's such a

5:21

small townite. Relax, Doc stock.

5:23

I'm just messing with you.

5:25

Ah, you got me. Not

5:27

used to people joking about

5:29

murder. Yeah, well, after how

5:31

tense tonight's been, I needed

5:34

a laugh. What happened to

5:36

her exactly? Don't know. We've

5:38

got a missing husband and

5:40

child. Someone called this in

5:42

from their house phone. But

5:44

by the time we arrived,

5:46

all we found was Maggie.

5:48

How strange. My deputies are

5:50

looking for the husband now.

5:53

My bed is, he poisoned

5:55

her, took the kitten flood.

5:57

But that's what you're here

5:59

to confirm, Mr. Coroner. Oh,

6:01

forensic pathologists, remember? Yeah, yeah,

6:03

yeah. Just confirm for me

6:05

what I already know. Do

6:07

you hear that? Hear what?

6:09

Hello? Nothing. Just something in

6:12

the pipes, I guess. Hello?

6:14

I must be anxious just

6:16

to get to work. Whatever,

6:18

Doc. Don't go loopy on

6:20

us already. Took us long

6:22

enough to replace the last

6:24

one. I've really got to

6:26

scrub up. I'm leaving, I'm

6:29

leaving. Let's see what you

6:31

can do. Yeah, let's see

6:33

what I can do. Hello?

6:35

All right, let me get

6:37

my mic set up for

6:39

dictation. Here we go. What's

6:41

happening? Don't this toy. Where

6:43

am I? It's Wednesday morning,

6:45

4.24 a.m. Dr. Jonathan Spacer

6:48

conducting post-mortem analysis. Case number

6:50

1328. 31-year-old female, 117 pounds,

6:52

5-foot, 3 inches tall. Hey

6:54

you, I have a name,

6:56

you know. Pronounced dead at

6:58

the scene approximately 3 a.m.

7:00

after a 911 call. Cause

7:02

of death, currently unknown. First

7:05

responders noted no signs of

7:07

pulsor breathing, but they did

7:09

note some marks on the

7:11

neck. Is this, is this

7:13

heaven? I'll be examining the

7:15

body for other notable external

7:17

markings before beginning surgery. Am

7:19

I, am I dead? Yes,

7:21

you're a ghost. Welcome to

7:24

the afterlife. Wow. If I

7:26

would have known, I never,

7:28

wait. You're a, if I

7:30

would have known, I never,

7:32

wait. You're alive. But you

7:34

can hear me how is

7:36

that important right now? I

7:38

guess not But, so, this

7:40

is what it's like to

7:43

die. This is not the

7:45

escape I was promised. Technically,

7:47

this is what happens after

7:49

you die. Well, who are

7:51

you? Where is everyone else?

7:53

I'm a doctor. My name's

7:55

John. It's just us in

7:57

the lab, and it's my

8:00

job to determine how and

8:02

why you were killed so

8:04

that we can put whoever

8:06

did this behind bars. It's

8:08

a little late for that.

8:10

It doesn't really matter who

8:12

killed us now, does it?

8:14

Have you done this before?

8:16

You don't seem freaked out

8:19

to see me. This is

8:21

a pretty standard post-mortem exam.

8:23

I've done dozens of these

8:25

on cadavers, but... But what?

8:27

You've never done it on

8:29

a real case? Holy shit.

8:31

Calm down. You're not the

8:33

first ghost I've seen, if

8:35

that's what you're wondering. And

8:38

I've done autopsies with ghosts

8:40

around before, just... there's always

8:42

been someone else with me,

8:44

so I've never been able

8:46

to talk to them about

8:48

the case. I'm kind of

8:50

figuring out what I need

8:52

to say to you as

8:55

we go. You don't need

8:57

to say anything to me.

8:59

Just write down that my

9:01

husband, Mark Lane, poisoned me

9:03

and Danny. It's unfortunate, but

9:05

I need some hard evidence.

9:07

We're dead. There's your evidence.

9:09

We? Is Danny your daughter?

9:11

Damn it, you don't know

9:14

anything. Sheriff French should have

9:16

just done this without you.

9:18

No, victim does not appear

9:20

to have any physical markings

9:22

on her body other than

9:24

her neck. I'm going to

9:26

check for signs of sexual

9:28

assault. You're going to what?

9:31

Just get someone else in

9:33

here to do this, kid.

9:35

Look! You're dead. I'm sorry

9:37

about that. And I'm sure

9:39

it is a lot to

9:41

take in right now, but

9:43

you need to either get

9:45

over it quickly or figure

9:47

out how to deal with

9:50

it yourself so that I'm...

9:52

can focus on this case.

9:54

You're an insensitive ass, you

9:56

know that? I'm trying to

9:58

help you, but I can't

10:00

answer your questions while trying

10:02

to examine your body. So

10:04

I suggest you let me

10:06

do my job before your

10:09

husband gets away with murder.

10:11

Gets away with murder? For

10:13

the record, if there are

10:15

no signs of sexual assault.

10:17

Whoa, you said Mark was

10:19

going to get away with

10:21

murder. What does that mean?

10:23

Hmm. Looking at the victim's

10:26

wrist, I've noted a slight

10:28

shadow or some sort of

10:30

indentation. Did you wear a

10:32

bracelet here? I used to.

10:34

It was a gift from

10:36

Mima. An old family heirloom.

10:38

That must have been some

10:40

large bracelet to make that

10:42

kind of outline. Hmm. Note.

10:45

Return to this later. If

10:47

the wrist still has an

10:49

indent from the bracelet, it

10:51

could be a sign of

10:53

a skin or bruising problem.

10:55

You think the fact that

10:57

I've got an indent on

10:59

my wrist is important? I

11:02

think every detail can be

11:04

important. And now what are

11:06

you doing? I'm drawing blood

11:08

for a toxicology report. Why

11:10

are you wasting time? My

11:12

husband killed us all! That's

11:14

the important detail! Well, as

11:16

soon as this report is

11:18

done, we'll figure out what

11:21

type of poison it was.

11:23

That's not what I meant.

11:25

Another note. There are small

11:27

tracings. They look like red

11:29

marks on the upper torso,

11:31

leading to the victim's neck.

11:33

No signs of a struggle,

11:35

though. Maggie. My name is

11:37

Maggie. There seems to be

11:40

no damage to the epidermis

11:42

around the neck. These red

11:44

bumps are more consistent with

11:46

an allergic reaction rash. I'll

11:48

need to check the victim's

11:50

throat. You're treating me like

11:52

I don't even exist? What

11:54

I have to say could

11:57

help you. You're right. I'm...

11:59

I apologize. Did you know

12:01

Sheriff Crowley well? What? You

12:03

called her Fran. And then

12:05

you got mad at me

12:07

when I didn't know who

12:09

Danny was? I'm assuming that

12:11

you saw the sheriff in

12:13

here a minute ago. I'm

12:16

deducing that means you two

12:18

were all... on a first

12:20

name basis. Yeah, Danny, went

12:22

to kindergarten with friend's son,

12:24

Josh, you know, years ago,

12:26

before. Before what? It's not

12:28

my place. I'm going to

12:30

have to cut open your

12:33

throat to examine the inside.

12:35

You may want to look

12:37

away. Fine. Talk to me

12:39

then. Um, I don't know

12:41

what to say. What is

12:43

Danny like? Oh, she was

12:45

a wonderful little kid. Always

12:47

so happy about everything. She

12:49

loved pigs and cows. I'd

12:52

always catch her at the

12:54

neighbor's pens after school. She

12:56

said she wanted to be

12:58

a farmer when she grew

13:00

up. And now? You'll miss

13:02

her, I'm sure. Your kids

13:04

are the light of your

13:06

life. You do anything. to

13:08

keep them safe. You think

13:11

you weren't able to keep

13:13

Danny safe? No one could

13:15

have. This world, it's no

13:17

place to raise kids. She

13:19

was being bullied in school

13:21

and there wasn't a damn

13:23

thing I could do about

13:25

it. Mark lost his job

13:28

and we were going to

13:30

lose our home too. We

13:32

had no options. So you

13:34

don't blame Mark. Of course

13:36

I do. Mark was a

13:38

bastard. We yeah, we had

13:40

Danny right out of high

13:42

school when he was cruel

13:44

from the moment I got

13:47

pregnant He took out all

13:49

his frustrations on me He

13:51

beat me and drank all

13:53

day and night I tried

13:55

to keep Danny away from

13:57

it, but I couldn't I

13:59

I couldn't let her go

14:01

on in this terrible world.

14:04

to grow up and be

14:06

abused by her husband? Have

14:08

the world's shit on her?

14:10

It's a fucking unavoidable cycle

14:12

that's not worth living through.

14:14

Death is the only thing

14:16

that breaks the cycle. I

14:18

didn't notice any bruising or

14:20

indications of past beatings during

14:23

my initial exam. Are you

14:25

saying I'm lying? No, no,

14:27

no, not at all. But

14:29

I wasn't looking for the

14:31

signs. I might have missed

14:33

something that only an extra

14:35

I could see. Can you

14:37

tell me what happened tonight

14:39

before you ended up here?

14:42

You care what I have

14:44

to say now? You asked

14:46

me to talk to you.

14:48

I'm perfectly fine just taking

14:50

notes as I operate. Fine.

14:52

I, um... See, I came

14:54

home and... Mark had made

14:56

dinner for us... Which was

14:59

surprising. You don't seem so

15:01

sure. Oh, I don't know.

15:03

Maybe the details are just

15:05

fuzzy because I'm dead. Did

15:07

he ever think of that?

15:09

Maybe. Continue. If you want

15:11

to. I came home and

15:13

Mark had dinner on the

15:15

table. I didn't know at

15:18

the time when it was,

15:20

but we ate. And we...

15:22

talked like a real family

15:24

for once. He seemed happy.

15:26

I was happy. And then

15:28

I started to have trouble

15:30

breathing. An allergic reaction? That's

15:32

what it felt like. It

15:34

was just like, it's she

15:37

at first. Then it felt

15:39

like someone was putting their

15:41

hands around my neck, slowly

15:43

choking me of air and

15:45

I panicked and I hit

15:47

the ground hard and... I'm

15:49

seeing red rashes, tightened muscles,

15:51

and a closed airway on

15:54

the inside of your throat.

15:56

It's definitely consistent with anaphylaxis.

15:58

never forget that feeling of

16:00

just sitting at the table

16:02

across from him. I was

16:04

so happy to look at

16:06

him and watch him eat

16:08

and I squeezed Danny's hand

16:10

as she ate dinner too

16:13

and then I saw it.

16:15

The look of fear in

16:17

her face. My little baby

16:19

saw me hit the floor

16:21

and I tried to just...

16:23

Hold on to her as

16:25

it happened and It had

16:27

to happen that way and

16:30

then I was at peace

16:32

Finally damn I'm sure they'll

16:34

catch Mark and find Annie

16:36

safe. I wouldn't worry what

16:38

the police haven't been able

16:40

to locate them yet What

16:42

do you mean? They were

16:44

in the room with me

16:46

wait when you died yes

16:49

We're all deathly allergic to

16:51

shellfish and they ate the

16:53

food just like I did.

16:55

Maybe more. Are you telling

16:57

me you could taste shellfish

16:59

in the dish? What? No,

17:01

I'm just assuming that's what

17:03

it was, but you're telling

17:05

me that Danny and Mark

17:08

are still alive? Actually, now

17:10

that you mentioned it, I

17:12

don't know that for sure.

17:14

Sheriff Crowley said there was

17:16

a 911 call placed from

17:18

your home. Your husband's car

17:20

was missing from the driveway

17:22

and I guess the police

17:25

were assuming that they were

17:27

on the run. Hold on

17:29

just a moment. They're... Oh

17:31

God, they're alive? That is

17:33

impossible. I... Where are you

17:35

going? I'm actually done with

17:37

the surgery. I think I've

17:39

found all the information that

17:41

I can glean from your

17:44

body, other than a stomach

17:46

pump, but you just told

17:48

me what I'll find. Shellfish.

17:50

or at least something that's

17:52

cooked with it that won't

17:54

be detectable. And that sound

17:56

was the toxicology report finishing

17:58

up. This

18:01

was supposed to be

18:04

our escape. According to

18:06

this, you've got a

18:09

ton of codeine painkiller

18:11

in your system. And

18:13

trace amounts of closetine,

18:16

haloparidol, loracidone? Those medications

18:18

are antidepressants and an

18:21

antipsychotic? Interesting. But the

18:23

amounts show inconsistent or

18:25

not recent usage. Why

18:28

would you have that

18:30

much pain killer in

18:32

your system unless? That's

18:35

not possible. They shouldn't

18:37

be alive. I saw

18:40

their faces. Danny was

18:42

so afraid she couldn't

18:44

breathe either. And Mark,

18:47

I know, is allergic

18:49

to shellfish. They shouldn't

18:52

be alive. And I

18:54

shouldn't be the only

18:56

one dead. Hi,

19:01

I'm trying to read Sheriff

19:03

Fran Crowley. This is John

19:05

Spacer. I'm the new forensic

19:08

pathologist. Yeah, the new corner.

19:10

If you could ask her

19:12

to... Oh, she's still at

19:15

the hospital. Could you radio

19:17

for her to come down

19:19

to the pathology lab? Yes,

19:21

as soon as possible, please.

19:24

Thank you. Sheriff Crowley is

19:26

on her way down. Please

19:28

tell her that Mark. poisoned

19:31

us and if they do

19:33

find him he did it.

19:35

I will if that's really

19:37

what happened. Of course it's

19:40

what happened. Why wouldn't it

19:42

be? What did you have

19:44

for dinner? What? Why? The

19:47

devil is in the details

19:49

and right now there are

19:51

a few that aren't adding

19:54

up. Screw you. You don't

19:56

know. Anything. You thought they

19:58

were both dead. Screw

20:01

you! Screw you! You also

20:03

immediately went to shellfish as the

20:05

ingredient. How did you know

20:07

that? It shouldn't be... I should

20:10

be dead. Tell me something.

20:12

The indent on your wrist? That

20:14

was from wearing a medical

20:16

alert bracelet, wasn't it? Why did

20:18

you take it off? What did

20:21

you find, Doc? I need

20:23

answers now. There's a shit storm

20:25

upstairs. Sheriff, uh, here, uh,

20:27

come, come see. Fran, Fran. Mark

20:30

killed me. He, he, he

20:32

tried to kill all of us,

20:34

but... What? Why are you

20:36

making me look at this? She...

20:39

She can't hear me, can't she?

20:41

Fran? Fran! Fran! I assumed

20:43

you'd want to know what I

20:45

found. Not like that. Fuck.

20:47

Just tell me. The cause of

20:50

death was anaphylaxis, after ingesting

20:52

something she was allergic to. Shelfish.

20:54

What? That was my guess? How

20:57

did you... That's all you

20:59

have for me? I found that

21:01

out already. No. No! Wait.

21:03

How? We found Maggie's husband and

21:05

her daughter. They're upstairs in

21:07

the ER right now. You found

21:10

them? You found Danny? Yeah.

21:12

And I was hoping you had

21:14

more answers for me. It's not

21:17

looking good. They are going

21:19

to die. What happened? Denny pulled

21:21

up to the ER entrance

21:23

with her dad in the passenger

21:25

seat before we even arrived.

21:27

She drove here? Yeah, 11 years

21:30

old. Can you believe it? Apparently

21:32

she knew her parents were

21:34

having a reaction and tried to

21:37

find their happy pens. When

21:39

she couldn't, Mark hobbled out to

21:41

his car with her and

21:43

Maggie, well, Maggie was already unresponsive.

21:45

Danny told the intake nurse,

21:47

her dad was having an attack.

21:50

They gave him some steroids and

21:52

he's doing fine. Holy crap!

21:54

This was our chance! Yeah, problem

21:57

is, a couple minutes later,

21:59

Danny collapsed. She was

22:01

having a reaction too. I

22:03

don't know. Neither do the

22:05

doctors up there. I was

22:07

just with her. She's not

22:09

responding to steroids. It's too

22:11

late. If she's not responding

22:13

to steroids, that means... Wait

22:15

a second. What? If I'm

22:17

remembering biology correctly, which I

22:19

am, allergies aren't always passed

22:21

down genetically. So? Maggie has

22:23

a massive amount of codeine

22:25

in her system. Danny never

22:27

ate fish before. If she

22:29

was the one who tried

22:32

to kill the family, maybe

22:34

she gave Danny Codine as

22:36

well as a way to

22:38

mercifully numb the pain. You're

22:40

thinking Maggie did it? Oh,

22:42

what was the extension of

22:44

the ER again? Ah. Hey,

22:46

this is Dr. Spacer in

22:48

the pathology lab. You have

22:50

a patient, a young girl

22:52

named Danny Lane, who isn't

22:54

responding to steroids, right? I'm

22:56

pretty certain she's suffering from

22:58

some overdose of Codine and

23:00

other medications. Run a urine

23:02

or a blood test to

23:04

confirm, but she's gonna need

23:06

her stomach pumped pumped immediately.

23:08

Yeah, actually, send the test

23:10

down and I can run

23:12

it for you. Thanks. She

23:14

wasn't supposed to suffer. Neither

23:16

of us were... But, Mark...

23:18

How the hell can you

23:20

prove any of this? I...

23:22

I can't, really. Then how

23:24

do you know? And how

23:26

did you know their daughter's

23:29

name was Danny earlier? Oh,

23:31

um... It's just something I

23:33

heard around town. I put

23:35

two and two together and

23:37

you know, I guess word

23:39

travels fast around here. Rumors

23:41

aren't going to cut it

23:43

here. I'm going back upstairs

23:45

to see if we can

23:47

question Mark. He's conscious, but

23:49

at this point it's his

23:51

word against against a dead

23:53

woman. I hope he does

23:55

get blamed for it. He

23:57

took this away from all

23:59

of us. That's it. Sheriff,

24:01

wait. What now? The purse.

24:03

What did you say you

24:05

found in it? I didn't.

24:07

But we found it in

24:09

Maggie's car. Still parked at

24:11

the house. Why? It wasn't

24:13

in the home. No. We

24:15

were all supposed to be

24:17

at peace. Look. Holy shit,

24:19

are those? Epi pens. Three

24:21

of them. And I bet

24:23

they're labeled for prescription too.

24:25

Yep. Mark Lane, Danny Lane,

24:28

and Maggie. And a bottle

24:30

of codeine also prescribed to

24:32

Maggie. Circumstantial evidence. How do

24:34

you know she didn't just

24:36

leave them in there normally?

24:38

You... Forgive me, but it

24:40

sounds like you don't want

24:42

her to be guilty. Guilty?

24:44

Calm it down, new kid.

24:46

Guilty or innocent isn't for

24:48

either of us to decide.

24:50

All I want is enough

24:52

evidence for a judge. It

24:54

doesn't matter anymore. Damn. Don't

24:56

worry, Doc. You might have

24:58

just said a little girl

25:00

tonight. And all before, sonna.

25:02

That's a pretty good first

25:04

day. Hey, Sheriff Crowley. Is...

25:06

Are they all going to

25:08

be like this? Like what?

25:10

This ambiguous. I mean, it's

25:12

my job to find the

25:14

evidence that we can put

25:16

it together, but what if

25:18

we can't ever know for

25:20

certain? Kid, I'm not your

25:22

shrink. I'm not your mentor

25:24

either. Figure that shit out

25:27

on your own. But... You

25:29

shouldn't be surprised around here.

25:31

Why not? They really didn't

25:33

tell you when you accepted

25:35

the job, huh? Tell me

25:37

what? We've got the nation's

25:39

highest rate of unsolved deaths.

25:41

Not for a lack of

25:43

trying either. Seems everyone here

25:45

dies in a weird way.

25:47

And that, well, starts to

25:49

get to people. And that's

25:51

why no one wanted this

25:53

job. Welcome to Springfield, Doc.

25:55

Enjoy your stay while it

25:57

lasts. Was

26:00

it supposed to be like this?

26:02

Why did you do it? We

26:05

were promised salvation. I was lied

26:07

to. You kept saying I should

26:09

trust you and listen to you,

26:11

but you lied to me too.

26:14

You tricked me. The worst part

26:16

of all of this. This whole

26:18

exam. This whole back and forth?

26:21

Just to solve an attempted murder

26:23

by a woman who can't ever

26:25

be proven guilty? How is that

26:28

fair? Even if you and I

26:30

know the truth, the outcome is

26:32

the only thing that matters here.

26:35

What are you doing? And what

26:37

is that box for? Huh. When

26:39

I was looking through your purse,

26:42

I saw your license. You had

26:44

a heart on the back, which

26:46

meant you're an organ donor. Stay

26:49

away from my body! If all

26:51

that codeine damaged Danny's heart or

26:53

her liver, she'll need a new

26:56

one. Don't touch me. And even

26:58

if she's not a match, your

27:00

death will save someone else. That

27:03

might be the only positive thing

27:05

to come out of all of

27:07

this. I'll haunt you, I swear.

27:09

Note. Victim, Maggie Lane, shows undeniable

27:12

evidence to the cause of death

27:14

being suffocation and anaphylactic shock due

27:16

to allergic reaction. Thankfully, we'll be

27:19

able to harvest some usable organs

27:21

for potential transplant. She may save

27:23

her own daughter's life. You

27:27

can do this,

27:29

John. No! I

27:31

can do this.

27:44

This is Vince De Johnny creator of

27:47

How I Died in the Voice of

27:49

Dr. John Spacer. I just wanted to

27:51

pop in real quick and say a

27:53

personal thank you for listening to our

27:56

show. It's been a huge undertaking going

27:58

through about five separate rewrites, multiple recastings,

28:00

and a ton of time to perfect

28:02

it. And we couldn't be more proud

28:04

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28:07

in working with the show. It means

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the absolute world to us that you

28:11

personally took the time to listen and

28:13

hopefully enjoy it. Now before I spend

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an hour saying thank you, let me

28:18

get into the credits. How I Died

28:20

is an audio media original production co-starring

28:22

Vince De Johnny as John Spacer and

28:24

Shana Wearing as Sheriff Fran Crowley. This

28:27

episode featured amazing guest performances by Melissa

28:29

Sheldon as Maggie Lane and Mike Lynch

28:31

as the grumpy deputy. Audio editing and

28:33

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