Addison Timlin: Jami
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Jami : Grandma, do you remember anything about the murders?
Lillian : Oh dear God, barely. Just what I heard later. You know your great grandpa and your great grandma lived in this house when it happened. I remember my mama once said ti was like the town was being tested and no one knew why, even the grown ups were scared. He was the boogeyman they said, can't catch the boogeyman, can't kill the boogeyman, his father's the devil and his mother's a whore. Know before that summer, everybody would leave their doors unlocked, and after the summer, you saw a stranger, you wouldn't wave hello, you'd just cross the street.
Jami : What about when they made the movie?
Lillian : What about it?
Jami : Were people still afraid?
Lillian : Of the Phantom? No that faded, no one knew exactly who he was or what he did, just that he lived in this town ad attacked some teenagers on lover's lane. And then the movie brought it all back.
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Jami : I just don't understand why he thinks we deserve this;
Deputy Foster : Well, I'll tell you what, I wasn't born in Texarkana but I've been around long enough to know one thing: it's that just about everyone around here's got some kind of blood on their hands.
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Jami : People are saying the Phantom is back; that after 60-some years he's come back and we need to be ready. The Phantom is our dirty secret. Everyone knows some piece of the story but the whole truth has been all but buried. Most of the people alive back then are no longer with us, or they just don't want to remember. But everything comes back, the past is alive, all around us.
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Jami : It was crazy of me to think I could help the police, but I'm going to keep researching, keep writing, there are stories that need to be told, so...
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Jami : Just because he wanted to die doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't the Phantom, right?
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Jami : Mr. Pierce, I'm writing something about the Phantom, about his legacy in our town and...
Charles B. Pierce, Jr. : Well I can tell you who the killer is. Would that be interesting to you?
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Jami : This town, where I was born, where I grew up, is the only place I've ever known.
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Jami : I don't think we'll figure out who the Phantom is now unless we figure out who he was back then.
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Phantom : [voiceover narration as Jami reads the email he sent] They couldn't catch me 66 years ago and they never will. I come and go as I please, I kill when I please. You may think I'm a horrible sick murderer, but I'm not; I love my neighbors, I wish they would stop and let my soul rest in peace.
Jami : [reading the rest to the police] For you see I am the soul of Texarkana, I'm the reckoning foretold.
Paul Mason : Now look, I can understand how this can be upsetting, but it's also most likely a fake.
Jami : Well the Zodiac, he sent a manifesto to the press and...
Paul Mason : Yes, so did Son of Sam, and the Axeman of New Orleans, but to reporters, not teenagers.
Lone Wolf Morales : We all realize it could be a hoax, Deputy, but until it's 100% confirmed, we will take it AND this young lady seriously.
[to Jami]
Lone Wolf Morales : I want my entire team to hear what you have to say, if you think it's important, we think it's important.
