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As a heads up, this episode includes depictions of self-harmed. Please see the show notes for more

info. November, 1961. In Southern Florida, 44-year-old Julian Harvey sits alone before a panel of

officers. They're from the United States Coast Guard, and the investigators with their

starched blue uniforms and perfect posture are as unforgiving as the room. Concrete walls,

linoleum floors, even the metal chair on which Harvey sits offers little relief.

Before him, nothing but blank faces and terse directives. There are five of them,

five Coast Guard officers in the panel. After a moment, one of them speaks.

They're going to need to hear one more time, just to be sure they have all the details right.

Five ballpoint pens click in unison. They're ready. It's Julian Harvey's turn to speak, and he

stammeres, not because he's nervous, but because of a lifelong condition. As many of his ex-wives might

attest, the stammer is often the only sign that Harvey is, in fact, mortal. His square jaw,

tough to blonde hair, his muscles straining the fibers of his cotton shirt. It makes him look like

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