This is exactly right.

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Listener discretion is advised. The wind blew against the doors of Auburn State Prison on January 25, 1856.

Sheets of ice covered the ground outside.

Edward Ruloff was now 37,

and the academic had spent a decade behind bars

for kidnapping his wife.

For 10 years, he remained silent about Harriet and their daughter Priscilla.

He never revealed a clue to anyone except journalist Hamilton Freeman.

Ham would listen to Edward's story and story. except journalist Hamilton Freeman.

Ham would listen to Edward's story and scribble on his notepad. He would note how the killer's eyes brightened when he talked about languages.

And how they darkened when Edward described how the scuts mistreated him.

But now he was set to walk free from prison and start over yet again.

He had spent 10 years immersed in research and writing.

He did some of his own law work while he was in two. I mean he played lawyers some of the time.

He was a horrible person, but he was very smart.

It's extremely smart.

And he believed that he had made a remarkable discovery in linguistics,

though he was still years away from being ready to share his idea with the world, he just needed more time.

Edward knew exactly where he wanted to be, a city full of incredible libraries

Manhattan. He planned to leave Auburn state prison in pristine physical health

and he vowed never to return to upstate New York again.

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