The Dead House

Inpatient Session Recording #78 [Ref: Johnson-Inp-0033]

Thursday, 23 December 2004, 3:14 PM

Claydon Youth Psychiatric Facility, Somerset

Dr. Annabeth Lansing (AL) and Carly Luanne Johnson (CJ)

(AL): I want to address what you spoke about at the end of our session last Friday. You said you felt like you had murdered Carly. Why?



(CJ): I’m not sure how I feel anymore. I thought… I thought I felt like that because by—by accepting your help… I accept that she’s gone. And that was hard for me.



(AL): And do you accept it?



(CJ): I… don’t know.



(AL): To have any hope of recovery, you must accept it. The first step is accepting that you are Carly. You are Carly Luanne Johnson. So let’s try to say it. Say it with me… I am Carly. You can do it. [Pause] Please try.



(CJ): I…



(AL): You can do it.

[Sharp intake of breath]

What is it, Carly? What’s happened?

[Shuffling]

Vocalize, Carly. Come on.

[Heavy breathing]



(CJ): I… I suddenly, um, realized that this will be my first Christmas without her. It was alarming for a moment… to think it. But… I—I’m better now.



(AL): Carly, what is it?

[Pause]



(CJ): I am Carly.



(AL): Excellent! Again.



(CJ): I am Carly.



(AL): [Laughs] No need to cry, Carly. This is wonderful work, and I am so proud of you! Now, again.



(CJ): [Crying] I am Carly.



(AL): Again.



(CJ): I… am… Carly. [Sobbing]



(AL): This is excellent, Carly. You’re doing well. Now, I’m going to give you an assignment. I’d like you to write down everything you can remember about the night your parents died. Not what I told you, but what you yourself remember. Then I’d like you to attend the Friday group session and read it aloud to everyone.



(CJ): Okay.



(AL): You’re very brave. I’m so pleased with your progress, Carly. Maybe, if you keep it up, you can return to Elmbridge by the New Year.

[Chair scrapes]



(CJ): Thank you.



[End of tape]





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The following outgoing phone call was recorded on 23 December 2004, 41 days before the incident:

[Three rings]

[Muffled noises] “Who is this? [Sigh] You know what time it is, dickface?”

[Heavy breathing] “Naida! Naida, it’s Kait!”

“Kaitie—you called. Thank God.”

“You were right—I have to get out of here.”

“What happened?”

“I was in a session today, and I saw something—I don’t know—something wrong with her face. She isn’t who she says she is!”

[Silence]

“Kaitie, are you alone?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Hang up.”

“But why? What is it?”

“I can hear someone breathing on the line.”

[Click]

[Line dead]





No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

—Dante Alighieri





A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,

And a word that shall echo forevermore!

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow





God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

—William Shakespeare





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135 days after the incident


Criminal Investigation Department, Portishead Headquarters

Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Portishead, Bristol

Friday, 17 June 2005, 15:34 PM

AUDIO INTERVIEW #2, PART 2: Detective Chief Inspector Floyd Homes (FH) and Scott Fromley (SF)

(FH): And that’s all, huh? You’re telling me that’s all you know about what happened to Juliet?



(SF): Yes.



(FH): I see. And what about the night of the fire? Do you also know nothing of that?



(SF): I can’t remember exactly. I don’t know!



(FH): Several people are dead, two are missing, and one is permanently crippled… and you don’t know?



(SF): I wasn’t there at the end—I never saw anything. All I know is that it happened. I don’t know anything else.



(FH): And Carly Johnson? How well did you know her, huh? Maybe you’d better rethink that answer, lad, because Naida’s talking.



(SF): You asshole—



(FH): Watch your mouth. You’re facing some serious charges, Scott. If I were you, I’d answer my questions honestly. [Pause] Carly Johnson. Were you intimate with her?



(SF): What the hell is that supposed to mean?



(FH): Did you and Carly Johnson have sex?



(SF): I want to speak to my father.



(FH): Answer the question! Did you and Carly Johnson have sex?



(SF): No—



(FH): But you wanted to. Maybe you suggested something of that nature to Carly herself. Maybe you forced her into it—



(SF): No! I told you, no! I was with Naida, that didn’t change—



(FH): Something triggered her, and you’re the only one left!

[Loud bang]

[Heavy breathing]

[Pause]

[Softer] Scott, I need to know how it all went down. You’re the only one who knows.

[Silence]

See, I think you know more than you’re telling me. Why, I don’t know. You’ve got no one to protect and everything to lose. So tell me what happened that night!



[End of tape]





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