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[Tresbien]

GB8889 if you look at other photos in the galleries of the anonymous hosting site, all of them have that same kind of sequence as the leathery jpeg does. So I'm pretty sure it's just their naming convention.

While the prison city may be central to the overall narrative, I think there's more to the story of the people within it to be told, perhaps one man's story in particular.

[GB8889]

Ahhhhhh.

[Tresbien]

Well...if your mind still needs something to do, we haven't identified the source of the photo or the music track accompanying it. And we didn't identify the house/building in the previous video either (these things gnaw at me!).

[GB8889]

Mostly correct. We haven't identified the doll, whale, or man in the same video. For my part I sifted through about 52 pages of Google trying to find that whale picture and failing miserably. Though I do believe it's a humpback whale. if that helps anyone.

Also, I think the screen caps most people have been taking are of the low quality movies that automatically load on you tube. Every one of Songwraith's videos since the ARG restarted also have a high quality version. I have no idea if the house has any more identifying features in the high quality version but it seems much clearer than in the caps people have put up.

Just throwing that out there in case there's some fresh eyes that didn't already notice that. I'm sure most of you did anyway.

[johnnyrotten]

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[johnnyrotten]

Hrm?

[Tresbien]

Welcome Johnnyrotten. I agree with the track you're on, but I've never felt certain that the hanged bride is the same person as the witch of Monaco. I asked for clarification of the punctuation but never got it.

For the child twice murdered, you may be right, and I want to think about that a bit more. I thought the reference was to the Who wants to live forever video in which songwraith said, "They hung her with my child inside of her. I saved the little girl, but the townspeople drowned her, too." I interpreted that to mean the child was meant to be killed by the hanging of her mother, but she survived and was killed again by drowning.

Edited to correct video title.

[johnnyrotten]

Possible...

[Tresbien]

That's how I have it transcribed in my own notes:
"It is time to know your cast of players: The founder, a man of eternal sorrow; the hanged bride, a witch of Monaco; the pride, the child twice murdered; the jurors -- time may prove their innocence; the prison city, a possessive woman dressed as the town." This last phrase particularly throws me off and makes me unsure of the meaning of everything else.

While the above is probably what was intended and how most everyone reads it, I think it's also possible that the cast of players is: the founder, a man of eternal sorrow, the hanged bride, a witch of Monaco, the pride, the child twice murdered, the jurors (time may prove their innocence), the prison city, a possessive woman dressed as the town. I figure it'll become clear as we move forward.

[Psysop]

[johnnyrotten]

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[Tresbien]

Thanks so much Psysop and nice work! What caught my attention in your link is the photo's date of 01 January 1920. I appreciate having the time and location (Boston) nailed down.

[Psysop]

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[Tresbien]

I don't know Psysop. It doesn't sound like the same melody to me, but you're definitely on the right track with the speakeasy genre.