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1:16 First descriptions of the last archive include a corridor of the mind, shelves stuffed with proof Content
1:59 Lepore is describing the archive as if it is a physical space - items are cluttered, and some roll away under the shelf so she has to bend to pick them up Content
2:28 Primary goal: to uncover how we know what we know Content
3:26 Very vivid descriptions - Lucina's body is described as laying "pale and animal" against the grass Content
3:31 Lucina described as a kill, something hunted, a fox in a trap, a fish on a hook, a bird on a spit Content
4:34 Pointing to the stereotypes of so many murder mysteries Content
5:26 Using Lucina's case and other examples to ask the question "Who killed truth?" Content
6:60 Lepore describes the visceral physical reaction she has to discovering the photo of Lucina's corpse Content
7:28 Lepore is intent on describing Lucina as a silenced woman - she wants to make Lucina "speak" Content
9:10 Lepore imagines the way a reporter would have sounded - she instills her own understandings/perspective into the "investigation" Content
10:21 Lepore notes that the style of reporting used in the local newspaper resembles true crime fads of the time Content
12:01 "Historians are coroners too" - Lepore compares her investigation to an autopsy Content
13:59 Odd insistence of the poetry surrounding a "bill of mortality" - is Lepore doing the same type of romanticizing that she somewhat criticizes in true crime content? Content
18:04 Labeling a clue as a type of fact - are they always the same? Content
21:09 Assurance that we know something was said if it was written in the historical document - does this leave room for human error in recording what was said? Content
21:39 Why does Lepore choose to re-enact something that we don't technically have firsthand knowledge of (i.e., the letter)? Content
31:44 The assumption that the trial transcripts would be buried deep in the Vermont State Archives - upholding the idea of archives as buried treasure Content
33:50 The state archivist discusses the moment of discovery when you unearth something lost Content
36:08 Lepore making an observation about what could be printed - details of the murder were not obscene, but details about birth control were Content
38:30 Archivist describing Barre as being weighted with history Content
40:06 Poignant moment where Lepore visits the site where Lucina's corpse was discovered Content
40:24 Lepore discusses the fact that, for a long time, only men could serve on juries - only men could decide matters of fact Content
41:20 Women in Vermont were not allowed to jurors until 1943 Content
41:31 Lepore discusses Maude Wood Park - "like me, she couldn't stand the thought of silenced women" Content
42:17 Lepore repeatedly describes Lucina's corpse as "animal" Content
3:13 Harold Jackson discovers body, gasps, and runs to inform a policeman Reenactments
4:22 Crowd of people gathered around the dead body; prolonged scream Reenactments
9:28 Reporter's voice reading aloud what he is typing down about the case; note that Lepore is stating that this is how she imagines reporters talked Reenactments
13:06 A man's voice dramatically reading the options provided on a bill of mortality Reenactments
13:60 Medical examiner reading out options from cause of death list; reading in a much more monotone voice Reenactments
14:14 Dramatic voice returns for what Lepore would have chosen from the bill of mortality Reenactments
14:21 Monotone voice of medical examiner returns for Lucina's listed cause of death Reenactments
15:31 Introduction of James R. Wood, the outside detective hired to investigate Lucina's case Reenactments
16:42 Lepore first mentions James R. Wood's detective notebook; most of what his re-enacted voice says comes from the notebook itself Reenactments
18:54 James R. Wood's voice recounting some of the clues he wrote down in his notebook Reenactments
19:54 Any time Lepore wants to recall something from James R. Wood's notebook, "his" voice is used Reenactments
20:57 Lucina Broadwell's "voice" used to read out a portion of a letter that she wrote to Grace Grimes Reenactments
24:36 Re-creation of moments from James Wood's interrogation of George Long Reenactments
27:09 Recreation of moments from George Long's trial; specifically, George long being questioned and giving testimony Reenactments
27:26 The court calls James Wood to the stand to testify about his interrogation of Long Reenactments
28:23 James Wood is questioned by Long's lawyer about keeping Long for a four-day interrogation at the Barre Hotel Reenactments
30:01 Jury reading out their verdict Reenactments
34:48 Recreation of a portion of the interrogation between James Wood and George Long that could not be printed because it involves the use of birth control Reenactments
1:20 Faint sount of light footsteps in the background; sense that Lepore is walking somewhere Sound Effects
2:04 Footsteps are not only faint, but are creaking Sound Effects
2:34 Sound of a door opening as Lepore introduces 'the last archive' Sound Effects
6:29 Very faint sound of thunder in background? Sound Effects
6:49 Sound of camera flashbulb going off Sound Effects
10:31 Clacking typewriter keys Sound Effects
10:47 Rhythmic ticking sound - very likely the ticking of a clock Sound Effects
11:19 Hooves clopping Sound Effects
15:26 Phone ringing Sound Effects
16:23 Sounds of a train chugging Sound Effects
23:57 Sounds of footsteps in hotel room Sound Effects
24:56 Sounds of shuffling paper Sound Effects
25:22 Continued use of creaking foostep sounds Sound Effects
26:21 Very faint sounds of a crowded room? Sound Effects
26:32 Sounds of typewriters clacking and a gavel hitting Sound Effects
30:06 Gavel banging and sounds of murmured surprise from crowd Sound Effects
31:37 Clacking typewriter Sound Effects
31:58 Background sounds of driving to the Vermont State Archives Sound Effects
32:55 Creaking doors and shuffling - but unlike other sound effects, these are left-in background noises from Lepore's actual visit to the state archives Sound Effects

Episode 1 "The Clue of the Blue Bottle" at Apple Podcasts.

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