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Download the Amazon Music app today. On the morning of May 17, 2014, a detective furiously scribbled notes as she sat next to the hospital bed of a mortally injured 77-year-old woman.

This woman had been in a coma for the last 10 days,

and the detective had been desperately working to figure out who had tried to kill her.

And now that the woman had woken up, the detective was finally getting the chance she'd

been waiting for to ask her victim directly what happened. But right as the woman was about to

say something, she stopped.

Her eyes were wide with panic and she just told the detective that she was afraid.

She did have a lot to say and she wanted to say it to police, but she said she couldn't say it here, not at the hospital.

And then she looked around one more time and just told the detective she was still in danger.

But before we get into that story, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious

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Okay, let's get into today's story. Late in the afternoon on May 6th, 2014, 77-year-old Helene Pestor sat at her office desk in

Monaco with her beloved dog Bell at her feet and a phone pressed to her ear. On the other end was

one of Helene's many tenants, doing what they did best, which was complain.

This time, there was a problem with their water heater, and the plumber was late.

Helene listened patiently, because she was a landlord and that was her job.

But when her tenant was finished, Helene told them in a soft but firm voice that the plumber

would be there eventually, and they were not too important to wait.

Then she hung up.

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