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THE CLOCK ON THE WALL Gripping Introduction · The Timekeepers Dilemma

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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are some workplaces where the clock simply tells you when your shift begins and ends.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then there are workplaces where the clock becomes a witness, a witness to secrets, a witness to lies, a witness to the final moments of someone's life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tonight's story begins inside a manufacturing company where employees were expected to punch in at exactly 7am.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But one morning, an employee disappeared.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The strange part, the company's security system showed that he had never left the building.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And hanging on the wall was a clock that appeared to tell investigators exactly when everything happened.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the timekeeper's dilemma, true crime tales.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host, Duane T. And this is the clock on the wall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus Reed had worked at North Valley Manufacturing for almost eight years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He was dependable, quiet, and known for volunteering for over time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But during the final month of his employment, something changed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus became obsessed with the company's inventory records.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He told a coworker that thousands of dollars of equipment were disappearing from the warehouse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When his car worker asked who was responsible, Marcus simply said, somebody who knows exactly how the system works.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On the Thursday evening, Marcus stayed late.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 842 p.m., he sent his sister a text.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I found something.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll explain everything tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He never made it home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The following morning, Marcus's car was still in the parking lot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His phone was inside, his lunch was untouched, but Marcus was gone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Management initially assumed he had walked away voluntarily.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then investigators reviewed the security cameras.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 847 P. Young, Marcus entered the warehouse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 851, another employee entered.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 903, the camera showed the second employee leaving.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus never appeared again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There was only one problem.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The warehouse clock showed 927 PM when the second employee supposedly left.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That difference immediately caught investigators' attention.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The security system and the physical clock weren't synchronized.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Someone had deliberately changed the war clock.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: showing that equipment had been disappearing for months.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus had discovered the scheme.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The person responsible wasn't a random warehouse employee.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was someone with access to inventory records, security schedules, and employee time cards.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Someone who knew exactly how to manipulate time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Investigators reconstructed the evening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: an argument followed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Marcus was attacked and killed inside the warehouse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His body was concealed in a storage area schedule for shipment.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The altered clock had been part of an attempt to create confusion about the timeline, but the plan failed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The time car records, security
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and investigators removed the O-clock from the wall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For Marcus's sister, that clock represented something more than time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It represented the final lie, because sometimes the truth isn't hidden in what happened.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sometimes it's hidden in when it happened.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You've been listening to the timekeepers dilemma.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: True crime tales hosted by Duane T.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because the next story reminds us of something terrifying.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At work, passion can make people successful, but obsession can make them dangerous.