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Bear Brook

Emelia's Thing

Bear Brook

NHPR

True Crime

4.815.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A young police officer unexpectedly finds herself back in New Hampshire, and she’s not the same person she was when she left. Something happened to her – to all of us. But for Officer Emelia Campbell, this thing still lives in her brain and her body. This is her story of survival.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Jason Moon. I've got a news story for you. This one told in a single episode.

0:07.0

I worked on it with my partner on the document team, Lauren Chulgin. You know Lauren from our series, 13th Step, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

0:17.0

Well, a few months ago, Lauren stumbled onto a really special, really want to give anything away. So that's all I'm going to tell you.

0:28.0

So here it is from the document team at New Hampshire Public Radio, Emilia's Thing. and I know it look cute and there's like two horses over here.

0:44.0

I'm sitting in the front seat of Officer Amelia Campbell's police cruiser.

0:48.0

We're on a tour of her typical patrol route in Northumberland, New Hampshire.

0:52.0

She showed me her preferred speed trap speed. patrol route in Northumberland, New Hampshire.

0:53.0

She showed me her preferred speed trap spots, the scene of a hit and run from last week, but this, a farm,

1:00.3

this is the hotspot.

1:01.8

Suddenly two horses jump up on their hind legs

1:04.4

and start kind of swatting at each other.

1:06.5

Oh, hoo, break it up guys.

1:09.4

Don't make me come over there.

1:12.2

Life as a cop in a rural town can be slow. Amelia's got a good

1:16.6

sense of humor about it, but this job can also drive her a little nuts. She

1:21.5

says 90% of the calls they get in Northumberland are what

1:24.9

Amelia describes as non-police matters. Case in point, a call comes in. It's a

1:31.0

message from police dispatch.

1:33.0

Amelia looks down at a computer screen that sits between us and starts reading.

1:37.0

Yeah.

1:38.0

So something like, we have no water and we're on the town water system.

1:42.0

Basically, someone's water isn't working.

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