WEBVTT 00:00.111 --> 00:08.337 [SPEAKER_00]: The timekeepers dilemma, true crime tales, workplace crime, passion, and running out of time. 00:09.658 --> 00:12.741 [SPEAKER_00]: There are some workplaces where everyone knows everyone. 00:13.681 --> 00:21.667 [SPEAKER_00]: They know who comes in early, who stays late, who takes long lunches, and who always seems to know something they shouldn't. 00:22.368 --> 00:26.451 [SPEAKER_00]: But at the West Bridge manufacturing plant, there was one employee, 00:26.862 --> 00:31.966 [SPEAKER_00]: who knew something that could cause somebody their freedom, his name was Marcus Reed. 00:32.667 --> 00:36.329 [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus had worked the overnight shift for almost 11 years. 00:37.470 --> 00:42.775 [SPEAKER_00]: He was dependable, quiet, and rarely involved himself in workplace drama. 00:43.875 --> 00:49.740 [SPEAKER_00]: Until one night, Marcus discovered something hidden inside the company's timekeeping system. 00:50.821 --> 00:52.903 [SPEAKER_00]: And by the time he realized what he'd 00:53.898 --> 00:58.060 [SPEAKER_00]: Someone had already decided he had to be silenced. 00:58.860 --> 01:00.140 [SPEAKER_00]: This is the last shift. 01:00.981 --> 01:05.942 [SPEAKER_00]: It was 1147 PM on a Thursday when Marcus noticed something strange. 01:06.723 --> 01:15.466 [SPEAKER_00]: He was finishing his normal security inspection when he saw an employee badge registered inside a restricted storage area. 01:16.646 --> 01:19.307 [SPEAKER_00]: The employee wasn't supposed to be working that night. 01:23.262 --> 01:27.604 [SPEAKER_00]: The badge belonged to Daniel Cross, the company's warehouse supervisor. 01:28.765 --> 01:33.747 [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus didn't think much of it at first, maybe Daniel had forgotten to clock out. 01:34.648 --> 01:36.308 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe there was a computer error. 01:37.349 --> 01:39.270 [SPEAKER_00]: But then Marcus noticed something else. 01:40.710 --> 01:43.112 [SPEAKER_00]: Three inventory records had been altered. 01:44.072 --> 01:49.695 [SPEAKER_00]: Thousands of dollars of electronic equipment had disappeared from the company's records. 01:53.147 --> 01:57.190 [SPEAKER_00]: He put the paperwork inside his locker, and he made one mistake. 01:58.071 --> 02:05.376 [SPEAKER_00]: He told someone that someone was Elana, a coworker, he secretly been seeing for several months. 02:06.777 --> 02:08.758 [SPEAKER_00]: Their relationship had started quietly. 02:10.079 --> 02:18.065 [SPEAKER_00]: Coffee before work, long conversations, after their shifts, plans for a future neither of them had told anyone about. 02:19.346 --> 02:20.547 [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus trusted Elana. 02:21.790 --> 02:27.494 [SPEAKER_00]: and Elena told Marcus he needed to be careful because Daniel Cross had a reputation. 02:28.655 --> 02:31.036 [SPEAKER_00]: People who challenged Daniel didn't last long. 02:32.257 --> 02:36.700 [SPEAKER_00]: The following night Marcus arrived for work and discovered that his locker had been opened. 02:37.401 --> 02:38.502 [SPEAKER_00]: The report was gone. 02:39.262 --> 02:40.843 [SPEAKER_00]: He immediately called Elena. 02:41.424 --> 02:42.224 [SPEAKER_00]: She didn't answer. 02:42.945 --> 02:43.705 [SPEAKER_00]: He called again. 02:44.346 --> 02:44.706 [SPEAKER_00]: Nothing. 02:45.566 --> 02:48.528 [SPEAKER_00]: At two 18 AM Marcus sent her a text. 02:51.322 --> 02:52.982 [SPEAKER_00]: It was the last message he ever sent. 02:53.843 --> 02:59.904 [SPEAKER_00]: At 305 AM, a supervisor found Marcus unconscious inside the maintenance corridor. 03:00.905 --> 03:03.285 [SPEAKER_00]: There had been an apparent accident. 03:04.186 --> 03:06.166 [SPEAKER_00]: A heavy piece of equipment had fallen. 03:07.226 --> 03:09.747 [SPEAKER_00]: At first, everyone believed it was exactly that. 03:10.747 --> 03:11.428 [SPEAKER_00]: An accident. 03:12.608 --> 03:15.549 [SPEAKER_00]: But investigators noticed something unusual. 03:21.359 --> 03:24.101 [SPEAKER_00]: and the machine had been shut down before the incident. 03:24.962 --> 03:26.323 [SPEAKER_00]: Someone had restarted it. 03:27.584 --> 03:33.629 [SPEAKER_00]: The investigation quickly turned toward Daniel Cross, but Daniel had an alibi. 03:34.770 --> 03:37.472 [SPEAKER_00]: He claimed he had left the plant at midnight. 03:38.673 --> 03:40.715 [SPEAKER_00]: Security footage appeared to confirm it. 03:41.775 --> 03:44.698 [SPEAKER_00]: Then investigators discovered the footage had been edited. 03:45.639 --> 03:48.161 [SPEAKER_00]: The missing 17 minutes were the most important 03:52.521 --> 03:55.402 [SPEAKER_00]: During those 17 minutes, someone entered the building. 03:56.942 --> 03:59.242 [SPEAKER_00]: Someone wearing Marcus's old security jacket. 04:00.823 --> 04:03.203 [SPEAKER_00]: And someone used Elena's employee badge. 04:04.844 --> 04:09.044 [SPEAKER_00]: Investigators eventually discovered that Elena had been pressured into helping Daniel. 04:09.965 --> 04:13.345 [SPEAKER_00]: Daniel had discovered the relationship between Elena and Marcus. 04:14.245 --> 04:21.607 [SPEAKER_00]: He threatened to expose Elena's involvement in the inventory scheme unless she helped him retrieve the evidence Marcus had collected. 04:22.592 --> 04:26.153 [SPEAKER_00]: but Elaina didn't know Daniel intended to confront Marcus. 04:26.814 --> 04:29.155 [SPEAKER_00]: She believed he only wanted the paperwork. 04:30.175 --> 04:33.136 [SPEAKER_00]: After Marcus was attacked, Elaina finally broke. 04:34.097 --> 04:38.458 [SPEAKER_00]: She gave investigators the location of the original inventory records. 04:39.479 --> 04:42.360 [SPEAKER_00]: Those records connected Daniel two months of theft. 04:43.160 --> 04:44.241 [SPEAKER_00]: Daniel was arrested. 04:45.141 --> 04:49.563 [SPEAKER_00]: Elaina cooperated with investigators and Marcus survived. 04:50.250 --> 04:52.631 [SPEAKER_00]: but spent months recovering from his injuries. 04:53.732 --> 04:55.833 [SPEAKER_00]: The most chilling discovery came later. 04:56.914 --> 05:01.217 [SPEAKER_00]: Investigators found a message Daniel had typed, but never sent. 05:02.117 --> 05:07.501 [SPEAKER_00]: It read, after tonight, there won't be anything left to find. 05:08.781 --> 05:14.645 [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus had been running out of time, but the clock stopped just before the truth disappeared.