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in their farm house in Kinnakee, Kansas.

The youngest child, Libby,

escaped the killer

through a window in her mother's room.

The oldest child, Benjamin,

never produced an alibi

and was extremely uncooperative

with the police.

Libby testified,

she saw Ben commit the murders.

Despite Libby's confused testimony,

and young age,

and despite a startling lack

of physical evidence,

Ben Day was convicted.

Based largely on rumors that he

was involved in Devil worship.

- You done?

- I think the general consensus

is that Runner Day, her father, did it.

I mean, he goes to Patty,

tries to bully her for money,

as usual gets nothing,

and he goes haywire.

- I mean, the guy was crazy, right?

- Right. I don't know...

Look, I didn't know him,

he left when I was, like, two.

- Where is he now?

- I don't know.

There was a blood stain

on Michelle's bed sheets.

Different blood type

than anyone in the family.

But since the sheets were from Goodwill,

prosecutor says that blood

could've come from anywhere.

Yeah, we were poor. A lot of our sh*t

came from Goodwill, okay?

Do you remember anything

out of the ordinary

- happening that day?

- Like what?

Like, how your mother reacted

to the Krissi Cates scandal.

- Who?

- Krissi Cates.

I don't know who that is.

- You mentioned her in your book.

- I didn't write that book.

- I didn't even read it.

- What about Trey Teepano?

What about Ben Day? You want to hear

what I have to say about him?

Please, this is the grossest

miscarriage of justice ever.

What is this woman's deal?

Magda here is very involved

in the effort to free your brother.

He's a wonderful man.

He draws, he writes poetry.

You should get to know him, Libby.

You really should. In three weeks,

that window is going to close.

- What?

- In order to solve this crime,

we need to compile new evidence and...

if you were inclined, you could recant your

testimony when we file for habeas corpus.

- But... time is of the essence.

- What are you talking about?

Oh, because of budget cuts,

they are consolidating departments

and disposing of evidence

from cases older than 10 years.

Which means, in three weeks' time,

Ben's file will be shredded.

You're just a few people who like

murder mysteries and true crimes...

- Libby. Ben is innocent and we're trying...

- He's never even filed for an appeal!

He's had reason enough

for eight appeals but he has lost hope.

Good.

- Please help...

- No. It's not a conspiracy theory.

- Hey, don't be like that!

- Get your hands off me!

At least stay and try and convince us.

I told you she wouldn't bother,

lazy little liar.

Yes, that's what you are

and what you've always been. A liar!

You don't know sh*t

about what happened that night.

None of you.

Run! Run!

No!

Libby! Libby!

Libby!

They're all dead!

"Once I was in art class

and met a boy named Ben.

"It was his heart I knew I would win.

"He has big blue eyes

and really nice skin.

"Are you 'in'?"

"It's Saturday and I'm thinking of you.

Guess who?"

Hey, do you know someone here?

Him.

Hey. Hey.

Hey, do you know this kid?

No, I don't hang out

with middle-schoolers.

- F*** off.

- Oh, little guy's pissed.

Okay, dude, what's up?

Do I know you or what?

I'm a friend of Trey's,

I come here all the time.

You liar. That crazy Indian

doesn't have any friends.

Is he even really Indian?

He looks Asian to me.

I think he's... what do they call it?

A mixed blood. He's like two different things.

So, like, his drunken granddad

raped a Chinese whore?

You better watch your mouth, Trey's

into some scary ass sh*t. Satanic sh*t.

Yeah, we get into some

pretty dark sh*t sometimes.

You're one of the guys

that killed the cows?

We have to. It's an order.

Bro, that's a weird order.

That was my hamburger.

Look at his face.

Sometimes things have to die.

We have to kill them.

Just like Jesus requires sacrifice,

so does Satan.

- Mom, is Ben in trouble?

- No, sweetie, Ben's fine.

- Are you sure?

- Michelle, what do you want?

- I heard rumors.

- What kind of rumors?

Mom, there's a car coming!

Who is it?

Morning.

Thank you.

Who's the little spy?

That's Libby.

She's got big blue eyes like her mom.

Where are your people

from originally? Ireland?

Germany. My maiden name was Krause.

There was another

German farmer near Ark City.

Last summer, his hopper went screwy

and dumped 4000 pounds of wheat on him.

Poor fellow drowned in it. He suffocated

before they could get to him.

- I know the story.

- His farm's going under.

He owed us... I mean,

the FHA a lot of money.

Why you working on a Saturday, Joseph?

Is something wrong?

They're going to foreclose.

- Why now?

- Prices aren't what they used to be.

A strong harvest is what brought those

prices down, that could change next year.

There's no way for you

to come out on top.

I could sell the animals,

I'll sell some of the machinery.

The animals aren't worth much.

You already sold most of the machinery.

There's got to be a way.

- Banks said they would back...

- Your bank's going under, too.

I'm sorry.

They're just trying to get rid of us.

I'm not sure who "they" are.

The only way to fix this is money.

I'm talking beg, borrow, steal.

Time for pride is over, Patty.

Libby? What you're about to tell us

is very, very important.

Did Ben kill your mom and your sisters?

You were in the house

when it happened, so tell us.

It was Ben, he killed them, right?

Listen, I've been thinking.

If I were to look into this case

some more, is that something your club

- would be able to finance?

- You changed your mind?

No, as far as I'm concerned

Ben is the killer, but...

I need money.

And I'm willing to offer your club

three weeks of my life in exchange.

- That doesn't sound very noble.

- Whatever.

No, wait. Libby. Libby.

Do you really have

no contact with Runner?

No.

It might be a good idea

to track him down.

Although, personally

I don't think Runner did it.

- What's your theory?

- I'm not quite ready to share that yet.

Come on! If Ben is so innocent,

why doesn't he try to get out?

Maybe you should go talk to him.

No. We start with other people first.

- What is it? Is it a money thing?

- I just don't like wasting my time, okay?

Okay. How about... $300?

Where do you get this money?

As treasurer, I have a certain amount

of discretionary funds.

This is the project

I choose to use them for.

What? What's so funny?

You're a noble embezzler.

That's what's funny.

- That makes you almost likable.

- Thanks.

- I need 500 more. An advance.

- Why?

'Cause I got to get my car

out of the shop.

It's been held hostage

for the last six months.

I'm going to need a car.

All right.

- You better play ball.

- Yeah, yeah, I will.

- Go see Ben. It all starts with him.

- No, it all ends with him. He killed them.

- I'm serious, Libby, go talk to him...

- Fine! I'll talk to him!

Just to prove you freaks wrong.

Make that fat b*tch Magda cry.

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