290 - A Solution
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Cecil Palmer investigates the murder of angel Marcus Vanston, uncovering that God killed him out of jealousy over rival worship. The truth reveals divine intervention, not human crime.
Key takeaways
- God murdered Marcus Vanston to eliminate competition
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Welcome to Night Vale. Listeners, what a situation we find ourselves in as a community. Who could have seen it coming? After a year of investigating the murders of Marcus Vanston and Jaylen Rutherford, we had the solution. Who could have seen it coming? After a year of investigating the murders of Marcus Vanston and Jaylin Rutherford, we had the solution. ghost accomplice who locked the room from the inside, thus providing the locked room part of the locked room mystery. As for Jaylin, he was murdered by Harrison Kipp and replaced by a double Jaylin who is now in jail awaiting trial for his doubles crimes. So far, simple murder mystery stuff, like you'd read in any Nicholas Sparks novel. But then, Dana called me with a frankly confusing message. She told me that we got the murder all wrong, that she had discovered new information that turned everything on its head. I rushed down to the jail to meet her, but by the time I got there, she had vanished, and no one knew where she went. What if she was right? What if there was more to this murder than we understood? And what if she had been silenced so she couldn't tell us the truth of the situation? the Jayland who is in jail knows nothing as he is from a different version of our universe. One where Marcus Vanston was still murdered but in a normal way on the street instead of in a weird way in a locked room. In the absence of Dana I have no choice but to take the mantle of the investigation into my own hands. After all, I am a journalist. And what is a journalist? Don't worry Dana. I will not disappoint you. I will find out who the real murderer is and I will find where you have been taken or my name is not Cecil Palmer, which it is. This is Dana Cardinal reporting. I know who is responsible for this murder and I must go confront them directly. I carefully search every inch of the floor. There must be something here and sure enough under a carpet in the corner There's a trapdoor painted a rich purple It is unlocked. It opens with a loud groan Inside there is a staircase. I take the staircase And from then on, the stairs become wide, decorated on the railings with gold, hung with ornate lamps. I keep going. 1,000 steps. 2,000. The stairs become simple again. Clay. There is no light now. I pull out the flashlight I had thought to bring. I brought no weather supplies. matter where I'm going. I continue to descend. If we were wrong about the conclusion, then we must start over from the beginning, because we have no idea where in the course of