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