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or the fainthearted.
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Now that you stand warned,
we can proceed with our story.
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It is the story of Ezra Cobb:
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murderer, graverobber,
necrophiliac perhaps...
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or, as you may remember him from
those stories of long ago...
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the butcher of Woodside.
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When Ez was 10,
his father died.
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For the next 15 years...
:02:37
Ez and his mother worked
the farm by themselves...
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growing more dependent on each
other with the passage of time.
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Then Amanda Cobb suffered
a paralyzing stroke...
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which crippled her body
from the waist down...
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and left her bedridden.
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Ez brought her downstairs...
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sealing off the upstairs room
so he could be closer to her.
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For 12 years,
he slept outside her door...
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waiting on her, feeding her...
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bathing her, reading to her,
comforting her.
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To his neighbors,
he was a devoted son.
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But that devotion masked
a growing psychosis...
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which came to the surface
when his mother died.
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Mama?
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Brought you some soup, Mama.
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It's good and hot today.
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Ez?
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Take my hand.
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Are you holding my hand?
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Yes.
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I can't feel you.
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Cold. Must be... drafts.