1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,480 Welcome to the world of Tales from Davidstown. 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,040 Episode five: Doubts. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:12,000 Originally released on Patreon on July 11th, 2023. 4 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:50,840 Jess: Right. 5 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,440 Camera, on. 6 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,280 Sound, on. 7 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:57,240 Okay. 8 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:59,840 Hi, guys. 9 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,080 This video is something a little different to what I normally talk about. 10 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,520 But bear with me. 11 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,600 I'm not going to mention names or places, 12 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,800 but I do want to talk about mental health 13 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,800 quite deeply here. 14 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,440 Especially as I... um... 15 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,360 a close friend of mine has been suffering a lot recently and... 16 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,400 And um... 17 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,240 And she thinks she's a fucking monster! 18 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:29,920 BOLLOCKS! 19 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,280 Come on. 20 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,280 Get it together. 21 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,440 Carl: Oh, hey Jess. 22 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,320 Hope you’re good. 23 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:43,720 Listen, I can't help but notice your posting has been a little slow of late, 24 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,680 so I just wanted to check in and make sure you're okay. 25 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,760 The agency can’t really manage your content... without content. 26 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,160 I know you like to drop the 27 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:58,560 special reports on us from time to time, so if it's one of those then great, that's amazing. 28 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,720 Just let me know the theme at least. 29 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,960 And I can get the freelancers making thumbnails, blah blah blah. 30 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,400 Thanks, Jess. You're the best. 31 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,280 Oh, what a knob. 32 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:10,440 Yeah, sure Carl. 33 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,520 Let me regale you about this bullshit. 34 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,680 Emily: Jess. It's me. 35 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,680 Look, I know, 36 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,160 I know that scared you yesterday, but 37 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,920 I really need to see you, okay? 38 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Because I found something. 39 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,680 I think I know what... 40 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,280 I think I know what I am. 41 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,520 Fine. 42 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,240 Let's get this over with. 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Emily. It's me. 44 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,360 I'm heading your way now. 45 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,120 Police officer: Alright Serg. 46 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,000 You asked to see the forensics report about that car up on the moors. 47 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,120 The one belonging to the Hargreaves girl? Hobbs: Pass it here. 48 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,240 Damn odd this one, isn't it? 49 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,600 Odd? Why odd? 50 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,880 Well, have a look. 51 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,280 Car’s internal damage. 52 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,840 Smashed door... glass fragments. 53 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,520 Upholstery slashed. 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,760 Just what we thought. 55 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,840 No. Look here, the additional notes about what they found. 56 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Lens cap? From a camera? 57 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,640 And no such camera was found on the scene. 58 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,720 But that's not the interesting part. Here. 59 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,840 Significant samples of... 60 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,920 human nail fragments 61 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,400 split vertically. 62 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,480 Like someone had pulled someone else's nails out. 63 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,280 All over the driver's seat and footwell. 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,680 Several samples of thick... 65 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,640 animal fur found in... 66 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,720 Oh, this can't be right. 67 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:47,840 Got ‘em to double check 68 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,960 it's all the same case I.D... 69 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,040 It's all correct. 70 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,600 Yeah. 71 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,560 Right. 72 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:57,800 Thanks for this. 73 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,880 I'll, I'll shout if I need anything else. 74 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Good work. 75 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Right. You are serg. 76 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,920 Fur likely to match for a large canine. 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Samples weren't able to reveal the exact breed. 78 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,320 What the hell? 79 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:16,640 It's me. 80 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,520 Get in contact with Doctor Paul Williams at the surgery 81 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,560 and ask him to call me directly. 82 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,640 It's about the Hargreaves girl. 83 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,880 What are you hiding? 84 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,320 **Packing noises** 85 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,480 Water... 86 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,360 Shirt. 87 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,440 Joggers. 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,960 Jess, did you get... 89 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,040 ...my message? 90 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,880 Where have you been? 91 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,400 Jess: Why are you doing this to me? 92 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:54,520 Doing what? 93 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:55,720 This! 94 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,240 All of this. 95 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,720 What is this?? 96 00:04:58,720 --> 00:04:59,640 Jess, I... 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,200 After everything I've helped you with. 98 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,320 Your ex 99 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,320 and all that trauma. Escaping Bradford.... 100 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,880 And now all of this nonsense about monsters? 101 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,080 I'm not making this up. It's all true. 102 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,240 The photographs?? 103 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,320 Do you think I don't know what Photoshop is Emily? 104 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,800 I know what fake looks like. 105 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:22,840 I see day in, day out. 106 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,160 I don't know why you're doing this. 107 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,600 You need help Em. 108 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,640 Real help. 109 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,320 There's an answer for all of whatever THIS is. 110 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,440 That's what I'm doing. 111 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,440 Finding answers. 112 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,600 Nothing else was adding up until I went to the Whispering Pages and- 113 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,280 Oh, tell me you didn't. What? 114 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,560 Please tell me you've not been talking to that crazy woman. 115 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,560 Who, Mei? 116 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,120 Oh, Christ. 117 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,520 You have been, haven't you? 118 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:57,960 Listen to me. 119 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,480 You need to stay away from that woman. 120 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,560 She's been helping me! With what? 121 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:04,880 This book? 122 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,280 This is what I've been talking about. 123 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,360 What I've been trying to tell you. 124 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,000 It's not just simply a monster. 125 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:13,760 It's a- 126 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,760 Werewolf. 127 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:16,760 Yes. 128 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,080 I think... 129 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,200 that's what I am. Now. 130 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:23,720 A... 131 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,440 Christ, I can't even say it. 132 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,840 Look, I know how all of this looks. 133 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:35,760 Okay? Emily, there are no such things as monsters 134 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,360 or werewolves or... or whatever Mei’s been telling you about. 135 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:43,800 It's all here in this diary. 136 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,680 Just because someone has written a book about something does not make it fact, Emily. 137 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,640 It's a diary from the fucking 1700s and- 138 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,040 I don't care when it's fucking from. 139 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,160 Can't you hear how insane this all is? 140 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,960 I... I'm not insane. 141 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,320 I know. 142 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,400 I know what I am. 143 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,120 I don't know what this is, Emily. 144 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,480 But I'm going to get to the bottom of it. 145 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,120 And if I find out that you're trying to make a fool out of me... 146 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Why would I do that? I don't know! 147 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,960 Don't you get it? 148 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,440 None of this makes any fucking sense. 149 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,000 Werewolves and cars. 150 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,960 Smashed doors and German diaries. 151 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,160 It’s the best lead I have. 152 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,680 I'm sorry you're going through this, okay? 153 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,760 It's that fucking woman and her... books! 154 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,760 She's seen you coming in a mile off and put these insane ideas into your head. 155 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,000 And I swear, 156 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:46,680 I swear, 157 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,240 I am going to sort all of this out. 158 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,240 You need to believe me. 159 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,600 Please. 160 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,560 Please believe me. 161 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,720 I need your help, Jess. 162 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:58,640 Come on. 163 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,840 You know me. 164 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,200 I would never lie to you. 165 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,760 And that's what scares me the most. 166 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,760 That you actually believe all of 167 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,440 this. 168 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,520 I want you to wait here. 169 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,360 I'll be back in an hour or so. 170 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,600 Jess, I can’t. 171 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:19,320 I need to- 172 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,840 Emily, for fuck's sake. 173 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,240 Please, 174 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,480 just wait 175 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,680 here, and I will be back, and we will fix this. 176 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,960 Okay? 177 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,360 **Jess exits through the front door** 178 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,800 I'm sorry. 179 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,880 I... I can’t. 180 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,320 Water... 181 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,920 Shirt. 182 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,320 Jogg- **cries** 183 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,360 Fuck. 184 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,200 Joggers. 185 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,560 Mei: I'm sorry, but we're closing. 186 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,120 Oh, it's you. 187 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,720 Jess: You bitch. 188 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,720 Always a pleasure to see you, Miss Wilder. 189 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,000 What do you want? 190 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,520 Emily Hargreaves. 191 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,600 Hargreaves? 192 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:18,680 Should I know this person? 193 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,000 You know exactly who I'm talking about. 194 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Mei Ling. What about her? 195 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,800 Stay the fuck away from her. 196 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,480 If memory serves, she was the one who came to me. 197 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,520 I don't care. 198 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,960 She has been through enough pain and torment 199 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,360 for people like you to be putting ideas into her head. 200 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,880 You talk about her as if she has no true self. 201 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,360 Like she has no idea of who or what she is. 202 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,520 What she is 203 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,800 is a broken young woman who needs to get her life back on track. 204 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,160 And I have spent far too many days, weeks, 205 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,240 even making sure she has a chance. 206 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,960 And I'll be damned if I'm going to let anyone ruin everything. 207 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,000 Jess, I think you and I both know 208 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:09,560 I am not the one trying to ruin anything. 209 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:11,920 My name 210 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 is Miss Wilder. 211 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,800 Jess, you want to know something? 212 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,520 I find your steadfastness actually very admirable. 213 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,640 I don't care what you think. 214 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,440 No, of course you don't. 215 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,920 But still, you should hear it. 216 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,920 And you should also hear that I, too, 217 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 am steadfast to those who need help. 218 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,640 I am only going to say this one more time. 219 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,240 Stay away 220 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,440 from my friend. 221 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,280 And I will tell you this only once. 222 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:53,280 Your friend will need all the help she can get. 223 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,200 What? Why? 224 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,400 Because she thinks she's a werewolf? 225 00:10:58,480 --> 00:10:59,880 She told you this? 226 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:01,680 Of course she fucking told me. 227 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,080 You gave her some damn book that she- Diary. 228 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Oh, fuck you. Diary... 229 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:07,840 Telling her as much. 230 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,480 There hasn't been any person or book to tell her anything. 231 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,760 She has come to this conclusion on her own. 232 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,560 I suspect what she wants. 233 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,440 What she needs right now is someone to help her 234 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,320 get through these thoughts and feelings. 235 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:23,920 Someone like you? 236 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,240 Someone, perhaps 237 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,800 like the sort of person who looks out for those in need of a home. 238 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,480 An ally who would seek to rescue her from something... 239 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,960 Someone, monstrous. 240 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,240 She told you about her ex? 241 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,600 No. You just did. 242 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,680 But the fact remains, she needs help. 243 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,360 Not simply just anger and sadness. 244 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,240 Maybe you should consider this. 245 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,640 Instead of marching into a little bookstore and screaming your head off. 246 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,600 You listen to me. 247 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:01,040 That girl is sick, and I am going to help her. 248 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,240 Actually help her, not give her ideas that she's a... 249 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:07,080 Fuck me. 250 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,840 I can't even believe I'm saying this. 251 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,320 A werewolf! 252 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,400 Then go and help her. 253 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,200 But be careful. 254 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,960 You might find that in the end, 255 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,040 it's you that needs help. 256 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:26,080 You better pray 257 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,120 we don't need to speak ever again. 258 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,960 I'm not the praying kind. 259 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,880 *Chinese* 260 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,400 Enough of this. 261 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,880 **Phone beep** 262 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:48,920 Philippa. 263 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:50,120 It's me. 264 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,000 Get the video camera ready for me, will you? 265 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,680 I'll swing by the office for it soon. 266 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:56,880 Great. 267 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,760 Thanks. 268 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,840 You can't argue against video evidence, Em. 269 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,280 Thank you for listening 270 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,320 to this episode of Tales from Davidstown. 271 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:14,000 We hope you enjoyed your visit. 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