WEBVTT 00:03.187 --> 00:14.425 [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to Crooked Stories Theatre, where each week we bring you strange and quirky tales, stories with a small twist and odd setting, a unique character. 00:15.186 --> 00:21.697 [SPEAKER_01]: It could be a drama, a light horror, a sitcom, really any kind of story, as long as it's just a bit crooked. 00:24.041 --> 00:29.329 [SPEAKER_01]: Today we're excited to bring you part 5 of our 8-part supernatural western drama Devil's Do. 00:30.912 --> 00:33.117 [SPEAKER_04]: Previously on Devil's Do. 00:34.560 --> 00:49.832 [SPEAKER_01]: And now we present Devil's Do Episode 5, sins of the Father. 01:13.218 --> 01:16.422 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt stumbled back into the cabin, blood running down his right cheek. 01:16.782 --> 01:19.746 [SPEAKER_04]: He struggled to stay upright as a room spun wildly around him. 01:20.067 --> 01:24.532 [SPEAKER_04]: The ringing in his ears disorienting as it was at least gave him something to focus on. 01:24.933 --> 01:28.757 [SPEAKER_04]: If he could make it stop, then maybe... Help me bar the door! 01:29.218 --> 01:33.123 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon let forward to slam the door pose as Nathan pushed a trigger across the opening. 01:33.543 --> 01:37.268 [SPEAKER_04]: It wouldn't hold long, but it might by the one more pull of the trigger. 01:37.248 --> 01:37.989 [SPEAKER_02]: The shot! 01:38.569 --> 01:39.250 [SPEAKER_02]: Where'd it come from? 01:39.370 --> 01:39.831 [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know. 01:40.331 --> 01:41.613 [SPEAKER_02]: Someone's been following us. 01:41.973 --> 01:44.937 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon peek from a window hoping to catch a glimpse of the shooter. 01:46.298 --> 01:47.840 [SPEAKER_02]: We might be able to make it up to back. 01:48.220 --> 01:49.261 [SPEAKER_02]: Can't just go out the back. 01:49.281 --> 01:50.823 [SPEAKER_02]: We don't know how many of them there are. 01:51.163 --> 01:53.426 [SPEAKER_02]: How in the hell did you get tangled up with him? 01:53.726 --> 01:55.028 [SPEAKER_04]: The two men glanced at wall. 01:55.308 --> 01:56.770 [SPEAKER_04]: Now slumped against the far wall. 01:57.090 --> 01:57.931 [SPEAKER_04]: Head in his hands. 01:58.552 --> 01:59.853 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt ignored them. 01:59.873 --> 02:01.695 [SPEAKER_04]: He was busy fighting to regain his senses. 02:02.116 --> 02:02.917 [SPEAKER_04]: He wiped his cheek. 02:03.337 --> 02:05.179 [SPEAKER_04]: And stared at the blood on his hands. 02:08.281 --> 02:10.924 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt was naive back then, at least more so. 02:11.464 --> 02:15.389 [SPEAKER_04]: But that moment, some 35 years earlier, had changed him. 02:15.409 --> 02:18.792 [SPEAKER_04]: The incident of the wagon in pale blood. 02:18.812 --> 02:36.651 [SPEAKER_04]: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, 02:36.800 --> 02:44.752 [SPEAKER_04]: If the horse hadn't been startled, if his brother wasn't standing in that exact spot, if the wagon had been loaded in any other way. 02:45.473 --> 02:52.283 [SPEAKER_04]: If the break-hand failed, Nigel wouldn't have been there in front of Walt, held up only by the metal rod running through his gun. 02:52.683 --> 02:55.107 [SPEAKER_05]: I'm gonna try to pull y'all off, fight. 02:57.651 --> 03:00.715 [SPEAKER_07]: Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh. 03:01.623 --> 03:03.006 [SPEAKER_07]: He is so worried. 03:03.607 --> 03:05.611 [SPEAKER_07]: I can't just leave you hanging here. 03:06.232 --> 03:08.036 [SPEAKER_07]: It could be hours. 03:09.398 --> 03:09.599 [SPEAKER_07]: Please. 03:11.523 --> 03:12.304 [SPEAKER_07]: You got to. 03:12.344 --> 03:13.446 [SPEAKER_05]: What are you asking? 03:15.290 --> 03:16.392 [SPEAKER_07]: Take care of her. 03:17.635 --> 03:21.302 [SPEAKER_07]: My daughter, Rachel's a sweet girl. 03:21.957 --> 03:42.919 [SPEAKER_07]: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no 03:44.401 --> 03:45.203 [SPEAKER_04]: I swear it. 03:46.165 --> 03:53.139 [SPEAKER_04]: With that, Walt drew his pistol and held it to Nigel's head. 03:53.159 --> 03:53.540 [SPEAKER_04]: You know. 03:54.041 --> 03:54.361 [SPEAKER_04]: Ha ha. 03:55.504 --> 04:01.195 [SPEAKER_07]: Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh 04:08.296 --> 04:11.300 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt hadn't seen the little girl staring at him from behind the wagon. 04:11.880 --> 04:14.023 [SPEAKER_04]: He scooped her up, hurried away from the site. 04:14.623 --> 04:18.668 [SPEAKER_04]: He couldn't erase what she'd seen, but staying around wasn't going to help. 04:20.330 --> 04:23.674 [SPEAKER_04]: It was several years later when he found himself in the poker game. 04:24.155 --> 04:26.958 [SPEAKER_04]: He didn't plan for it to change his life, or hers. 04:27.579 --> 04:35.468 [SPEAKER_04]: But after that night, nothing would ever be the same. 04:35.937 --> 04:36.678 [SPEAKER_06]: I'll take one. 04:36.698 --> 04:40.465 [SPEAKER_04]: The men rarely mention the accident, though it forever hung in the air. 04:41.106 --> 04:46.295 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon, always ready to lend a hand, had been a good friend in Nigel, and now, to all. 04:46.776 --> 04:48.519 [SPEAKER_05]: I sure do appreciate the invite. 04:49.280 --> 05:01.641 [SPEAKER_05]: Few things in life better than the home cook meal, I mean, anything beats saloons, rougher, campfire beans, but, yes sir, your wife cooked up a good one tonight. 05:02.836 --> 05:08.831 [SPEAKER_04]: When the rest of the house had finally fallen asleep, Solomon had suggested if you rounds a poker to cap the evening. 05:09.553 --> 05:11.318 [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, one for me also. 05:11.679 --> 05:13.243 [SPEAKER_04]: Now the night was winding down. 05:13.784 --> 05:16.491 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon motioned a Rachel, asleep in the corner. 05:16.741 --> 05:23.052 [SPEAKER_06]: So, Walt, it's been a year now, you uh, are you gonna settle down any time soon or what? 05:24.033 --> 05:26.958 [SPEAKER_06]: It just, it don't seem right taking that poor girl all over the place. 05:27.940 --> 05:32.768 [SPEAKER_05]: The fellow shooting blanks telling me what I'm doing wrong. 05:33.309 --> 05:33.990 [SPEAKER_05]: What the hell? 05:34.651 --> 05:36.274 [SPEAKER_06]: They don't need to get personal like that. 05:36.695 --> 05:37.396 [SPEAKER_06]: I'll raise. 05:38.318 --> 05:38.658 [SPEAKER_06]: Call. 05:40.682 --> 05:41.483 [SPEAKER_06]: Damn. 05:41.581 --> 05:42.462 [SPEAKER_05]: Not my night. 05:43.243 --> 05:44.384 [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I'm sorry. 05:44.744 --> 05:47.627 [SPEAKER_05]: Look, trust me, you don't want to kid anyway. 05:48.227 --> 05:49.729 [SPEAKER_06]: Well, I'll tell you that to my wife. 05:49.949 --> 05:51.691 [SPEAKER_06]: I swear she's fixing to leave me. 05:53.112 --> 05:55.174 [SPEAKER_06]: Don't think a kid will change that. 05:55.855 --> 05:56.475 [SPEAKER_06]: Probably truth. 05:58.417 --> 05:58.517 [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah. 05:58.537 --> 06:01.300 [SPEAKER_06]: Still, I think it'd be nice, you know? 06:02.141 --> 06:02.701 [SPEAKER_06]: I have a kid. 06:03.322 --> 06:05.564 [SPEAKER_04]: Last hand, you're going to deal or what? 06:06.245 --> 06:07.626 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon sat back in his chair. 06:08.086 --> 06:09.748 [SPEAKER_04]: I thought sweeping over it. 06:09.965 --> 06:13.970 [SPEAKER_06]: You know what, I'll play you for what? 06:14.430 --> 06:16.853 [SPEAKER_06]: What kind of a hair-brained idea? 06:16.873 --> 06:19.877 [SPEAKER_06]: So it's not yours, Walt, you don't even want her. 06:19.897 --> 06:22.440 [SPEAKER_06]: You basically just said, so I made a promise. 06:22.480 --> 06:27.046 [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, I know, I was, I heard what you said, that you'd see to her care, right? 06:27.827 --> 06:33.233 [SPEAKER_06]: And what better way than to give her a family, a bed, and some real food in her belly? 06:33.534 --> 06:34.695 [SPEAKER_06]: Solomon dealt the cards. 06:35.176 --> 06:37.879 [SPEAKER_06]: Carefully said he needs, 06:38.770 --> 06:40.576 [SPEAKER_06]: Every girl needs a mom. 06:42.523 --> 06:43.025 [SPEAKER_06]: One hand. 06:44.148 --> 06:45.453 [SPEAKER_06]: I win, I take the girl. 06:46.536 --> 06:47.620 [SPEAKER_06]: She'll have a good home one. 06:48.222 --> 06:49.928 [SPEAKER_06]: My wife and I will see that. 06:50.313 --> 06:52.918 [SPEAKER_06]: I lose, don't you dare all for money. 06:53.038 --> 06:54.401 [SPEAKER_06]: My farm, Walt. 06:55.242 --> 06:56.064 [SPEAKER_06]: You settled down. 06:56.404 --> 06:57.426 [SPEAKER_06]: Give the girl a home. 06:58.188 --> 06:58.929 [SPEAKER_06]: She deserves it. 06:59.590 --> 07:00.692 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt looked at the little girl. 07:01.534 --> 07:05.742 [SPEAKER_04]: He turned back to the table, picked up the cards, and acceptance of the deal. 07:05.762 --> 07:09.869 [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, doubt, we'll be judged by this moment. 07:09.889 --> 07:11.292 [SPEAKER_05]: I've already been judged. 07:13.246 --> 07:18.251 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt's stared at the cards in his hand, a pair of jacks, pair of eights, and a three. 07:19.156 --> 07:20.623 [SPEAKER_04]: He tossed the three on the table. 07:22.848 --> 07:23.529 [SPEAKER_04]: I'll take two. 07:24.270 --> 07:27.696 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon sawst a fresh card to Walt, and dealt himself two cards. 07:28.397 --> 07:31.963 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt peaked at his card, another jack, a full house. 07:32.604 --> 07:35.628 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt stared at his hand, frozen by his luck. 07:35.648 --> 07:37.431 [SPEAKER_04]: Call, you oughta show first. 07:37.872 --> 07:38.573 [SPEAKER_04]: Call. 07:39.194 --> 07:40.897 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon dropped his hand on the table. 07:41.177 --> 07:41.999 [SPEAKER_04]: Two pair. 07:42.019 --> 07:42.820 [SPEAKER_04]: Queens and Tans. 07:43.441 --> 07:44.523 [SPEAKER_04]: Not enough, Walt knew. 07:44.583 --> 07:46.285 [SPEAKER_04]: He had the hand. 07:46.806 --> 07:49.210 [SPEAKER_04]: All he had to do was drop it onto the table. 07:50.168 --> 07:53.773 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt swept his hand into Solomon's and quickly shuffled it into the deck. 07:54.534 --> 07:55.696 [SPEAKER_04]: Mm, you best treat her right. 07:55.896 --> 08:01.465 [SPEAKER_06]: I won't really, oh, man, whoo, okay. 08:02.927 --> 08:04.449 [SPEAKER_06]: I mean, I don't know Walt. 08:04.469 --> 08:07.313 [SPEAKER_06]: I mean, there's no way we can actually do that. 08:07.454 --> 08:08.495 [SPEAKER_06]: Lots you didn't mean it. 08:08.876 --> 08:12.381 [SPEAKER_06]: Well, when you said you'd take her, I thought a bet's a bet. 08:12.521 --> 08:14.744 [SPEAKER_06]: No, of course, I meant it. 08:15.185 --> 08:19.872 [SPEAKER_06]: Yes, Walt picked up the sleeping girl, gently shook her awake. 08:20.932 --> 08:23.775 [SPEAKER_04]: Listen, you're going to be staying here now, all right? 08:24.596 --> 08:26.698 [SPEAKER_04]: She nodded as Walt searched her eyes. 08:27.459 --> 08:31.743 [SPEAKER_04]: He could see fear, of course, but he also thought he saw something else. 08:32.424 --> 08:32.844 [SPEAKER_04]: Relief. 08:33.665 --> 08:36.208 [SPEAKER_04]: But then maybe he was just seeing what he wanted. 08:36.528 --> 08:37.549 [SPEAKER_04]: You'll be okay. 08:37.569 --> 08:39.772 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt grabbed his hat and headed for the door. 08:40.412 --> 08:40.933 [SPEAKER_05]: He turned. 08:41.593 --> 08:43.195 [SPEAKER_05]: Promise me you'll take care of her. 08:43.816 --> 08:46.378 [SPEAKER_05]: Not for me, from my brother. 08:46.398 --> 08:46.939 [SPEAKER_06]: I will. 08:46.919 --> 08:56.119 [SPEAKER_06]: I will and my wife is she's gonna be so happy with that wall headed out. 09:00.807 --> 09:04.052 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt's head hung low as he rode alongside a calm lake. 09:04.773 --> 09:08.017 [SPEAKER_04]: He held back tears as he thought about the promise he had made to his brother. 09:08.618 --> 09:16.730 [SPEAKER_04]: To Rachel really, but he had been no father, no matter how hard he tried, and he could never be the mother that the younger will really need it. 09:17.992 --> 09:21.176 [SPEAKER_04]: He shook the thoughts off for what they were, justification. 09:21.717 --> 09:25.262 [SPEAKER_04]: No matter how he wanted to spin it, it was failure. 09:25.327 --> 09:26.989 [SPEAKER_04]: He dismounted, stared at the lake. 09:27.690 --> 09:30.074 [SPEAKER_04]: Slowly, he slid the pistol from a toaster. 09:30.835 --> 09:32.277 [SPEAKER_04]: He put the barrel in his mouth. 09:33.459 --> 09:35.001 [SPEAKER_04]: It was cold against his tongue. 09:37.084 --> 09:43.734 [SPEAKER_04]: He could taste the oil from an afternoon cleaning, smell the gunpowder from shots past as a mix with a scent of leather from the holster. 09:44.315 --> 09:45.036 [SPEAKER_04]: All he had to do was pull a trigger. 09:45.056 --> 09:50.203 [SPEAKER_04]: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 09:51.162 --> 09:55.187 [SPEAKER_04]: While he heard the voice, as it rose up inside him, he felt the darkness around it. 09:55.628 --> 10:19.077 [SPEAKER_04]: Give it to me, O-O-B-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A- 10:20.508 --> 10:21.991 [SPEAKER_04]: cow. 10:22.011 --> 10:22.592 [SPEAKER_04]: No more. 10:22.952 --> 10:26.659 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt emptied the bullets from the pistol cylinder and dropped them into his pocket. 10:27.380 --> 10:29.243 [SPEAKER_04]: He had come too close, he thought. 10:30.425 --> 10:35.654 [SPEAKER_04]: He had considered tossing the gun into the lake, but in his line of work, the gun was a necessity. 10:36.095 --> 10:37.077 [SPEAKER_04]: He couldn't go without. 10:37.618 --> 10:45.351 [SPEAKER_04]: Still, if he ever had thoughts of killing again, even himself, he wanted at least one step between the thought and the 10:48.402 --> 10:50.847 [SPEAKER_04]: From a distance, Walt watched Rachel grow. 10:51.548 --> 10:54.013 [SPEAKER_04]: He tracked the good times and the bad. 10:54.033 --> 10:57.060 [SPEAKER_04]: Often visiting Solomon to keep him on the straightest path possible. 10:57.721 --> 11:00.847 [SPEAKER_04]: He saw Rachel pick Solomon up when her stepmother died. 11:00.867 --> 11:05.196 [SPEAKER_04]: A free farming accident ending that phase of Rachel's life in an instant. 11:06.408 --> 11:11.797 [SPEAKER_04]: He saw her battle Solomon's demons, the violence, the alcohol, the self-doubt. 11:12.478 --> 11:24.317 [SPEAKER_04]: He watched her grow in strength when she finally stood up to Solomon, while could see the power dynamic shift, with every bit of growth for Rachel, Walt's Prime, also grew. 11:24.338 --> 11:30.728 [SPEAKER_04]: So it hit particularly hard when Solomon visited Walt that day, 18 years ago, he's 11:32.210 --> 11:32.550 [SPEAKER_06]: What? 11:32.931 --> 11:33.832 [SPEAKER_06]: That can't be! 11:33.872 --> 11:34.934 [SPEAKER_06]: How? 11:35.294 --> 11:36.235 [SPEAKER_06]: Soundbirth won't. 11:37.557 --> 11:38.318 [SPEAKER_06]: He was soundbirth. 11:38.719 --> 11:41.402 [SPEAKER_04]: And... Well, the baby? 11:42.323 --> 11:43.465 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon shook his head. 11:44.907 --> 11:45.427 [SPEAKER_06]: I'm sorry. 11:48.972 --> 11:49.573 [SPEAKER_06]: I'm sorry. 11:51.575 --> 11:52.817 [SPEAKER_04]: There was nothing I could do. 11:53.202 --> 12:01.977 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt could know was all a lie, a dramatic reaction to Solomon's changing status with his daughter, a fight to retain what little control he had left. 12:02.739 --> 12:05.443 [SPEAKER_04]: With the new baby, Rachel had been asking questions. 12:06.125 --> 12:07.787 [SPEAKER_04]: Solomon wasn't about to share. 12:08.348 --> 12:10.432 [SPEAKER_04]: He had his own secrets to protect. 12:11.073 --> 12:13.017 [SPEAKER_06]: I'm bad bad buried in the nond. 12:15.601 --> 12:16.763 [SPEAKER_06]: I think your brother would all like. 12:17.671 --> 12:19.594 [SPEAKER_04]: Walt never visited his brother's grave. 12:20.155 --> 12:22.097 [SPEAKER_04]: It was all too overwhelming. 12:22.117 --> 12:24.341 [SPEAKER_04]: It was a fact that Solomon hoped to leverage. 12:24.921 --> 12:28.086 [SPEAKER_04]: He counted on Walt's pain keeping him far, far away. 12:28.827 --> 12:31.150 [SPEAKER_04]: And for 18 years, the plan worked. 12:32.312 --> 12:34.235 [SPEAKER_04]: Until Walt met the boy. 12:35.356 --> 12:36.458 [SPEAKER_04]: You following me? 12:36.478 --> 12:36.538 [SPEAKER_04]: No. 12:37.700 --> 12:41.485 [SPEAKER_03]: Well, yes. 12:42.393 --> 12:47.921 [SPEAKER_03]: It's just that I hear you're the best, and I was really hoping to ride with you to learn how to operate. 12:47.981 --> 12:57.775 [SPEAKER_05]: Next time on Devil's Death. 12:57.795 --> 12:59.017 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm going for the doctor. 12:59.577 --> 13:00.138 [SPEAKER_05]: You should stay. 13:00.198 --> 13:01.901 [SPEAKER_08]: Hold her hand. 13:03.243 --> 13:04.705 [SPEAKER_03]: Please, clear the way. 13:04.745 --> 13:05.245 [SPEAKER_08]: Move! 13:06.307 --> 13:09.652 [SPEAKER_08]: She's gone, Nathan. 13:09.672 --> 13:11.995 [SPEAKER_08]: And how did a world repay her? 13:12.565 --> 13:22.508 [SPEAKER_08]: With a cold hot hand, a dark cabin, and barely, she deserved better. 13:22.528 --> 13:24.051 [SPEAKER_03]: Hey, wait, wait, wait, what do you know it? 13:24.071 --> 13:25.635 [SPEAKER_03]: She would be alive if not for him. 13:25.655 --> 13:27.699 [SPEAKER_03]: I want to know why. 13:28.942 --> 13:31.047 [SPEAKER_01]: Episode 6, Sunrise.