Paranoia Tapes Page #4

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Yeah, my dad always

said if you wanna get rid

of a Beta max, either you tape over it,

or you smash it with a hammer.

So do you like have a

VCR to play all these?

Yeah, I have a Betamax

player upstairs actually.

Okay Mr. Betamaster.

What the hell is this piece of sh*t?

Well, no.

- That's

- Pretty old.

My camera, and that's

why I had to use yours.

Ah.

Yeah, it's a little

bit more unprofessional

if I want to document something,

I have to get a better camera.

Mine's smaller and grainy,

yours is bigger and slimmer.

I'm

sorry, what are we talking

about here?

The camera.

The camera?

You guys are both ridiculous.

Well, I have to say, Margie,

that your blue hair looks fabulous.

Yeah.

Okay, so, let's talk

about what's gonna happen.

So you're gonna pop these

little tapes in the VCR

and the grudge is gonna come out

and she's gonna get you.

Yeah, that's great Blair.

That's great.

Good, okay.

Well, um, I have one favor.

Okay.

- You're using my camera.

- Yeah?

- That's a favor.

- Great.

- This is my condition back.

- Okay.

You need to take this camera

and you need to put it up

when you are watching these VCR tapes

and the grudge comes out to get you,

'cause I wanna see that sh*t.

But it was

the ring, not the grudge.

And I think it's more like

he's hoping to find some clues,

to help understand what

happened to his dad

and who did what to 'im.

Pretty much, yeah.

Well, I'm still going with uh

the aliens.

Yeah, you're so smart

Blair, you blow my mind.

Yeah, you wish.

All right, I'm out.

Okay, I think I've got it.

Is it on?

So, I'm James Clinton

and I'm wanting to get to the bottom

of the Cottonwood Murders.

I'm 22, I'm a college student

and I'm studying mass communications.

And I've been assigned to do a documentary

on any given topic.

Well, the Cottonwood murders

have never been solved.

So I figured I would

find out more information

on this topic and present my theory

on who may have committed these murders.

Really?

Cameras this early?

Yeah, I figured

why not document everything

you do.

'Cause that's honestly a little creepy.

Don't worry I

have the bathrooms rigged

with security cameras also.

Tell everyone a little bit about yourself.

James no.

Okay, so Denise, tell

everyone who you are

and what you're doing

with this documentary.

Okay, so I'm Denise.

I'm a fellow filmmaker with James here.

And I'm assisting him on

his journey to discover

what really happened with

the Cottonwood murders

and why they never got the killer.

Isn't it funny that

after all these years,

they still haven't caught the killer?

Actually it's pretty common for police

to just overlook certain

clues and never determine

what actually happened.

Overlook clues, what do you mean?

Not necessarily overlook,

just they get excited

about something, they

miss something obvious

and not it's our job to

help them figure it out.

But we're gonna have problems with that.

What do you mean?

I mean we're not cops.

We can't just go interrogating

the police for information.

Why is that funny?

Because I already have

Officer Lamry on call to do

a video chat and discuss the murders.

Officer Lamry, who the hell's that?

He's the head detective

for the Cottonwood case.

We'll talk to him later.

But first we should do some research.

Let's go to the library.

So I just

press this red button?

Yep, but don't press it now,

you're already recording.

Yeah.

Okay, so we're on our way to

the library to do some research

on the Cottonwood murders.

Hang on, do you think they'll let us

bring the camera inside?

They f***ing better,

this is my final grade.

I've got to get this in.

Seriously slit a throat

if I don't finish this.

That's good.

That doesn't scare me in

any way, shape or form,

doing documentary on

serial killers, murders

and you talking about slitting throats,

that's not scary at all.

Dude, seriously?

Go ahead.

How's this gonna work?

I got this girl.

We gotta find a computer.

There we go, look, here's a computer.

Let's start.

Look, it says here that there's footage

of the killings happening.

It says that each of the victims became

paranoid in some way and

set up cameras in their room

because they were afraid

of someone coming in.

Yeah, tell me about it.

It also says here that

right after the killing,

the killer cut off the tape

before they revealed themselves.

That's pretty genius,

horrific at the same time.

This person knows what they're doing.

They're becoming famous

without any recognition.

Okay so we have the detective

coming up on video chat

right now and we are

gonna get some answers.

Okay, I've almost got it.

It says he's online.

And we're good to go.

Okay, connect with him.

Already on.

Dude, grab this

and film me talking to him.

I'm not a dude and

why can't I talk to him?

Just do it.

God...

Hey Detective.

I'm James and this is Denise.

Thank you for doing an interview with us.

It's my pleasure James.

But just so you know, I can't

give you a lot of information.

It's an ongoing investigation

and I don't wanna lose my job.

Completely understandable Detective.

Why don't you start by

just introducing yourself

and your role in the investigation?

Well, I'm Detective Mike Lamry... PD.

I've been on the force for 22 years,

and I've been on the Cottonwood case

for the past three years.

We have yet to find out any motive

or any persons of interest.

How is it that you haven't had a POI,

or person of interest in this case at all?

We honestly have no leads

other than the video tapes

that you heard about on the news.

Aside from showing how

the murders happened,

the tapes themselves

reveal almost nothing.

But they do reveal something?

Over the years, the killer

or killers are growing,

becoming more skillful.

It's as if they are learning

more with each kill.

Now, while this isn't entirely uncommon,

I find it disturbing and

smart at the same time.

Then there's the grow factor.

Grow factor?

Whoever's doing this, they're growing.

Not just in skill and proficiency,

but literally, physically growing.

In the early murders, forensic estimated

the killer's height to be 5'2",

but the last murder

put the killer at 5'6".

Are you saying that a young

teenager has been committing

these murders?

It would seem unlikely,

but the evidence points

in that direction.

But we have no real leads.

We can't question every high

school student in the county,

that just wouldn't be feasible.

Is there anything else you

can tell us about the murders?

Honestly James, I just

want you to be careful.

This is a touchy subject

and if somebody finds out

about your project it might piss some off.

Serial killers don't

think like normal people.

They kill without any regret.

Just be careful.

Okay, we will.

Thank you so much for your time.

My pleasure James.

Well, that was a little intense.

I have no clue.

Could be our age.

Okay, yes, this is a little

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