Full Transcript for Chapter 38: Love like a Hurricane (Rebroadcast with a Note)

00:06:05.319 it was starting to get chilly and Bourbon Street was calling, but one check 60 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:11.480 was still open and the owner wasn't in sight. The bartender turned to the 61 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:14.959 band, Hey, Bud, you see that taga You know, the one 62 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:18.920 six foot million blond hair. The band leader frowned, shook his head, 63 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:30.079 and walked to the elevator. Dan asshole skip paying fine, lucky drunk. 64 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:36.000 The curious bartender walked to the railing to see what the commotion was. A 65 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:42.319 man appeared to be passed out in the street. That wouldn't be terribly uncommon 66 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.120 in New Orleans, but there was a slight problem. That's the fucking parking 67 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:53.879 garage roof gud must have phone fo floors. Somebody called the front desk, 68 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:59.720 who notified police, and soon Detective Tom Morovitch Junior and his team roped off 69 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.959 this scene. Yep, he's a twenty nine s all right code first suicide. 70 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.920 It was a clean death. Other than twisted hips and a small pottle 71 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:15.800 of blood, not much damage was done. Hold on, well, it's 72 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:20.120 this. Detective Morovitch reached into the corpse's front pocket and retrieved an envelope and 73 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:25.879 set of dog tags. On the front of the envelope was a note police 74 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:33.720 size only. Huh, this is no accident. Wait is this a joke? 75 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:40.199 Guys talking about another corpse on North Ramp. This simple suicide was about 76 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:45.519 to take a turn into true crime legend. Welcome to the third season of 77 00:07:45.560 --> 00:08:15.319 Dead Time Stories. Zach Bowen was an awkward teenager, taller than all of 78 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:20.240 his classmates, with large feet and baby fat. His mom, Laurie smiled 79 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.279 from the kitchen as he trudged into their small home. There's my homecoming king. 80 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.800 Nope, didn't get it. I got nervous and made an ass out 81 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.720 of myself. He slumped into his seat and grabbed a cookie with a frown. 82 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:35.559 My grade shuck, and everyone knows I'm a clown. I should live 83 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.759 a dad for a while. I need to reset. Oh no, Zach, 84 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:43.639 your dad's a loser. He's not the role model you need. Laurie's 85 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.679 ex husband, Jack was often between jobs and rarely saw Zach or his brother 86 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:52.799 Jed. He divorced Laurie in nineteen ninety, but this didn't deter Zack from 87 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:58.639 moving in with him and living a nomadic life feet. Ultimately, Zach ended 88 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.159 up in New Orleans, and while school didn't work out for him, his 89 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:09.120 body finally did. Zach was no longer a teenager with baby fat. He 90 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.720 was a hunk, and bar managers knew that he could easily rope in customers. 91 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:18.000 Next thing Zach knew he was passing drinks to tourists through the go cup 92 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:22.480 windows enter Lana's shoepack. Hey y'all want a hanger Knight? Happy hour prices 93 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.320 rut in side? Oh, how much are you during happy hours, Zach 94 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.720 blushed as the woman waked. Three days later, the eighteen year old found 95 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.360 himself on a date with the twenty eight year old. Of course, at 96 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.840 the time, Lana didn't know Zach was barely legal. So you live in 97 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.639 here traveling, I'll learned rat quick how to be a stripper and nailed down 98 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:48.039 the peak seasons of topless bars across the country. You ever consider staying. 99 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.919 Lana looked into his big eyes and nervously brushed her hair back. Poor go, 100 00:09:54.080 --> 00:10:01.600 I don't know he's a thing. It would take several pleading phone calls, 101 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.879 but Laana eventually moved to New Orleans. When she found out how much 102 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.960 older she was than Zach, she started to have second thoughts. But then 103 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:16.840 ship she found out she was pregnant. Laana kept the news from Zach for 104 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:20.840 a while, afraid the young father would run, and it was a fair 105 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:28.679 fear to have because Zach was truly conflicted. Hello, hey, mom, 106 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.480 I'm going to cut to the chase. Remember that stripper, Well, she's 107 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.480 pregnant. I know it really messed things up after dropping out of school and 108 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.279 stuff, but I don't know what to do. I don't know what to 109 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.799 tell you, honey, either you stay and help her raise it or leave 110 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:48.600 now and forever wonder what became of it. I'll stay and pick up another 111 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:54.480 gig so she has money. I love your mom will be On July thirteenth, 112 00:10:54.559 --> 00:11:00.440 nineteen ninety seven, Jackson was born. Zach kept his promise and picked 113 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.039 up a job with benefits. He also made space for Lana and the baby 114 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:09.200 in his apartment, but wanted to do more. One night, as the 115 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.440 couple on wound, Zach turned to Laana and said, you want health insurance. 116 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:20.039 If we're married, I can give you insurance. Zach and Lawna tied 117 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.159 the

knot on October tenth, nineteen ninety eight, in Jackson Square, and 118 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.279 it wasn't a moment too soon either, as they found out right before the 119 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:31.120 wedding that they were expecting another child. Their daughter, Lily, was born 120 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:37.879 on June twelfth, nineteen ninety nine. Zach rubbed his eyes as he dropped 121 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:43.080 another utility bill. He had earned a ged, but knew he needed to 122 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.159 do something other than bartend Oh, what's on your mind, handsome? What 123 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.360 if I enlisted in the army, Think about a babe, I'd get better 124 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.120 benefits and it's not like there's a war or anything. It was settled, 125 00:11:54.360 --> 00:12:05.399 and soon Zach shipped out to Geese and Germany. Zach was placed in the 126 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:09.039 five hundred and twenty seventh and loved it. Being a musician, he often 127 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:15.600 played music for his comrades. Who Wars five hundred twenty seventh's being sent to 128 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:22.919 Kosovo effect of January tenth peacekeeping mission. Kosovo was dramatically different than Gieson. 129 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.960 Although Zach tried to keep spirits high, it was hard. While uncovering mass 130 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:35.759 graves in spring two thousand and one, Zach was on patrol when a curious 131 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:43.039 Albanian girl approached him. WHOA, hey there you hungry? Yeah, my 132 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.759 mom sent me this. Zach candid the little girl a candy bar and watched 133 00:12:46.759 --> 00:13:03.279 as she skipped off. A Serbian officer watched her too. Zach patrolled again 134 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:07.240 the next day. Ah shit, damn, boots are too small, he 135 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:11.879 winced as he took off the shoes. That's the worst case at Hammer too, 136 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.519 I've ever seen I'm sure all she worse than this. You've seen that 137 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.720 little girl today. She's always playing out here. The soldier went pale. 138 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:28.080 They didn't tell you some Albanian murdered her whole family. I guess she was 139 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:33.480 seen with an American. Oh, I mean she interacted with all of us. 140 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.480 Don't beat yourself up. Naturally. This messed with Zach and he grew 141 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:43.320 much more reserved. In May, the five hundred and twenty seventh returned to 142 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.919 Geeson, where Zach received hammer toe surgery. It was a welcomed gift when 143 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.919 they sent him back to New Orleans to recover. Bean Home gave Zach the 144 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.200 chance to convince Laana to file the transfer paperwork so the family could join him 145 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:01.120 in Geeson. Once his recovery was over, Laana, Jack and Lily joined 146 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:13.320 him in Germany. Good Morning America was in progressed in the East Coast and 147 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.200 the Midwest, but were joined by the entire network. Just to show you 148 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.200 some pictures at the foot of New York City. This is at the World 149 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:26.559 Trade Center. Obviously a major fire there and there has been some sort of 150 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.639 explosion. We don't fully know the details. There's one report, as yet 151 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:37.159 unconfirmed, that a plane has hit the World Trade Center. There is look. 152 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:43.200 God said, come look at this side of the building. Oh my 153 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:48.559 god, it looks like a second plane. It's just hit. When Zach 154 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:54.720 and Lana heard about the September eleventh attacks, they were terrified and confused. 155 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.759 Lana's stomach churned when President Bush announced that America was going to war with a 156 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:03.960 and the five hundred and twenty seventh would be the first shipped out. It 157 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:07.480 was a long journey, but by the summer of two thousand and three, 158 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:15.039 Zach found himself in Saddam Hussein's abandoned palace. Zach wentz to see massage to 159 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:20.960 foot. Here's our guy, lucky bastard. You wouldn't believe the places I 160 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:24.200 got sand in today. Zach gave a weary smile as his friend Rachel Bosfeld 161 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:31.360 entered hammerto bag and over again. Yeah, so much for surgery. I'm 162 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.840 tired of being there back office, bitch. I want to get out there 163 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.279 with the rest of the gang. Well, those are the bricks, get 164 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:41.840 it. Got a letter for you. It looks like it's from your lady 165 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:48.759 friends, Zach. I've developed hepatitisy. I could be treated in Geyson, 166 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.000 but recovery will make it hard to take care of the kids. The road 167 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:56.120 Cross and my doctor have sent letters to your commanding officer encouraging him to discharge 168 00:15:56.120 --> 00:16:00.279 you. Please do what you can. I need you, Lana. Zach 169 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:06.000 stumbled outside and explained the situation to his superiors. Sorry, Bowen, but 170 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:08.320 the answer is no, we need you more than she does. Zach slumped 171 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:12.440 down and tried not to show his emotions, but jumped as a small hand 172 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:17.799 tapped his shoulder. When he opened his eyes, an Iraqi boy was staring 173 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.639 at him. What's this coca cola? The boy's family poked their heads out 174

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.039 of their store, and the wife motioned for Zach to drink. Thank you. 175 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.480 This happened repeatedly. In an exchange for the boy's kindness, Zach taught 176 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.360 him English. For the moment, it was a brief period of joy, 177 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:44.080 and then who was all stripped away? In late October, Rachel became the 178 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:48.799 victim of a mortar attack, and shortly after the Iraqi family who brought Zach 179 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:56.639 Zoda perished when their home was blown up. When Zach returned to Geese in 180 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:02.120 that November, he was a changed and it's all a joke. There aren't 181 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:06.480 weapons of mass destruction. Everything happens for a reason. Why the fuck was 182 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:08.559 I left behind? Why my friends were killed? If I wasn't needed, 183 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:14.240 then they should let me come take care of you. Zach found that his 184 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:18.160 passion for the army was gone and thought that his only way out was to 185 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.759 fail his PT tests. Oh, when you've been performing below the below average 186 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.759 percentile for nearly a year. Now, that is why we are giving you 187 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:33.519 a general discharge under honorable conditions. Then I don't get health benefits. Zach 188 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.440 felt himself tumbling downhill. Not only did he feel responsible for the loss of 189 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.279 close friends, but now his reason for joining the army was dashed away. 190 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:47.200 Too. Furious that Zach wouldn't give her a straightforward answer about the discharge, 191 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:53.480 Lana returned to New Orleans ahead of him. Zach joined her in December two 192 00:17:53.519 --> 00:18:00.279 thousand and four, and Lana didn't waste time telling him it's over. I'm 193 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.279 seeing someone new. Zach had a hard time wrapping his head around the fact 194 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:07.000 that Lana just didn't want to be with him anymore, and, in his 195 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:12.759 defense, the couple never even officially divorced. So Zach grew his hair out 196 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:19.440 then once again became a bartender. When Zach arrived late for his shift, 197 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:25.400 Addie Hall, the girl he was replacing, rolled her eyes. That fucking 198 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:30.119 time New gay let me make it up to you. I could buy you 199 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.640 a few shots tomorrow. Addie flopped her dirty rag down on the bar and 200 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.759 shrugged, I'll think about it. Zach took her spot behind the bar as 201 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:44.000 the second bartender chuckled, don't worry. She gives guys. She likes hale. 202 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:48.440

It's her tiss to see whether you can handle her or not. Zach 203 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.839 looked out the window and couldn't help but grin as the blonde leapt onto her 204 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.599 bike. She caught him staring and sneered as she rode off. I hope 205 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:00.680 you're an asshole at it on a date? Asshole? It's not the Addie 206 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:04.880 liked jerks, She just seemed to get stuck with them and found herself in 207 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:10.640 a never ending cycle of abuse. As a child, she was sexually abused 208 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:15.759 and had her first uti before thirteen. For all this darkness, Addie tried 209 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:22.480 to create a light with her fiery personality. No shit, the drunks really 210 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.799 thought your mannequin was pukin? Sure did. Some guy even massaged her back 211 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.000 until his wife showed up. Why do you have a mannequin? Anyway? 212 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.799 I liked to show, but I really don't want to be a poet and 213 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.440 a dancer. I get it when I picked up a drumstick, I needed 214 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.880 to be in a band. Zach gently took ADDIE's hand in his and smiled. 215 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:47.400 For perhaps the first time in a while, Addie felt safe with Zach 216 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:52.640 holding her. Okay, there's my friend caps over here. This is my 217 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:56.240 boyfriend, Zach, Zach. This is Capriccio. Debellis nice to meet you, 218 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:00.559 man. ADDIE's talking not stop about you? So what are we drinking 219 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:06.160 a night? Capriccio became a fast friend for Zach. Perhaps two thousand and 220 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:08.400 five is going to be the year for his life to finally turn around. 221 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:12.039 Wait a second, can you turn that TV up? The bartender shrugged and 222 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:15.720 grabbed the remote as Ray Nagan, who was New Orleans mayor at the time, 223 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:21.759 stepped behind a podium. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the real deal. 224 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:25.599 If you have been asleep for a minute, there is a major, 225 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:33.119 major hurricane that has New Orleans and Louisiana in its sights. Saturday the beginnings 226 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:36.960 of a math exodus from New Orleans. And while these folks are getting out 227 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.759 of town early, many of their neighbors to the east and along the Gulf 228 00:20:40.799 --> 00:21:00.480 Coast haven't made up their minds. They're still hoping Katrina will turn I don't 229 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:04.640 need to share how devastating Hurricane Katrina was. While most of the city evacuated, 230 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:10.160 several French Quarter residents chose to stay behind since their homes were spared. 231 00:21:11.119

--> 00:21:15.400 Zach and Daddy were two of these residents. Despite the fact that Lana opened 232 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:18.960 her doors for them, Addie had no desire to stay with her and Zach 233 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:25.599 didn't want to leave his new girlfriend. Wow, how much damage other than 234 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:30.559 a few down tree looms? Sure it is pretty am When was the last 235 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:34.039 time you saw the French Quarter deserted? To some, they would be ominous 236 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:37.759 to see a town devoid of life. For Zach and Addy, it was 237 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:42.039 about to become a glorious camping trip. At the time, they had no 238 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:47.400 idea that over eighty percent of the city was underwater, or that more than 239 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:52.519 eighteen hundred people had died, And while more than twelve thousand residents found themselves 240 00:21:52.559 --> 00:22:00.119 trapped in the superdome, Zach and Addie were building a utopia. Glad we 241 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.440 got the street cleared. Now we have room for the barbecue. Whoa easy, 242 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:10.519 Bessy y'all. Hey, swirl, can you join the party? I 243 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.200 brought beer, and as these neighborhood cookouts became quite common, Katrina was a 244 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:22.200 prime example of a natural disaster bringing people closer together. I think everybody went 245 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.920 home. Zach, should we take everything? And sad? Zach turned to 246 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:37.440 Addie and smiled, You look sexy in the moonlight. Nobody was around to 247 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.480 care if the couple had sex in the middle of the street, so if 248 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:47.079 the feeling was right, Zach and Addie would go for it. Wow, 249 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:52.039 Zach, look at that. Addie pointed up to the heavens. I've never 250 00:22:52.119 --> 00:23:00.279 seen so many stars. It's beautiful. It wasn't all fun and games, 251 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.200 of course, without any type of law enforcement, it soon became every person 252 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:15.599 for themselves. When supplies ran out, Addie and Zach would borrow some from 253 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:21.000 stores. Since you never knew who or what you'd encounter, it was always 254 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:25.160 best to travel in numbers. Wait there and watch the box. Addie crept 255 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:30.880 through the aisle, grabbing any canned good or beer left when suddenly, quite 256 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:38.000 Sweetie, your trust passon. That'll cost you. It's been a while since 257 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:51.640 oh tasted pussy, and you ain't getting to today go sick startled, Zach 258 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:56.119 hopped on his bike and peddled as fast as he could. What happened back 259 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:59.960 there? It sounded like you screamed, It's nothing, I'm fun Sensing her 260 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:07.920 hostility, Zach ended the conversation. All right, everyone say get back. 261 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.720 It took six days for officers to show, and when they finally patrolled the 262 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:17.319 quarter, Addie ensured her apartment was safe because she'd flashed the officers before long, 263 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.519 a steady flow of cops passed outside of her home. Oh no, 264 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.559 what's that noise? When Zach looked out the window one morning, he saw 265 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:32.119 army officers patrolling the streets in an attempt to help any holdouts. One officer 266 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:36.119 looked up and waved, but Zach couldn't wave back, right, little girl. 267 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:40.400 Seeing members of the army on his own street made him nauseous. It 268 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:48.880 reminded him of what he saw us, his failure in Iraq. My New 269 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:53.119 Orleans family. Guess the powers back. Ladies and gentlemen, It is safe 270 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:59.119 to return to your homes. Shit, I don't want him back here. 271 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:04.400 The mping trip was over on September nineteenth, two thousand and five. Residents 272 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:12.559 returned to the devastated city. Hello, Oh, so I guess you did 273 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:17.319 survive the storm. I saw the news article about you and that girl and 274 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.559 thought for sure it wasn't my Zach. Oh no, no, no, 275 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.720 my Zach would have called and checked if me and his kids needed money. 276 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:26.519 The kids, okay, I want to see them, But no, sir, 277 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:30.640 you don't get to see them when it's convenient for you. I'll meet 278 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:37.720 you at the corner bar and we'll discuss it. Zach showed up as promised. 279 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:41.759 Addie doesn't want to see you. I don't want to be her friend, 280 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:44.880 but if you want to split custody of the kids, I need to 281 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:49.240 meet her. On, Zach, I'm mad at you for me, Naddy, 282 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:53.720 don't we both moved on. I'm mad because you abandoned your kids in 283 00:25:53.880 --> 00:26:02.480 crisis. I'll send money and get Addie to come out. Like road Rangel 284 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:06.440 in traffic from way to nine. How the meeting go? Lana wants you 285 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:11.319 to meet the kids. ADDIE's eyes lit up last Really, Oh, what 286 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.799 says are they? I'll go to Walmart. I'm getting something nass for them 287 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:18.799 to wear. This would be fun process. Zach was pleasantly surprised because he 288 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:25.160 had expected the exact opposite reaction, but when they met up with Lanna Jackson 289 00:26:25.200 -->

00:26:29.440 and Lily, Addie refused to interact with them, and when the kids came 290 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:33.200 over, forget about it. Zach had to get a hotel room for him 291 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:37.440 and the children. Zach was starting to realize the romance of Hurricane Katrina was 292 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:45.640 over and Addie wasn't as sweet as he thought she was. By the start 293 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:49.279 of two thousand and six, Addie and Zach found themselves with new jobs. 294 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:55.880 Addie picked up another bartending gag and Zach delivered groceries on his bike from Matassas. 295 00:26:56.680 --> 00:27:00.079 Both made decent tips, but this extra money tempted at them with drugs 296 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.960 and booze. Did you grab an eight ball from Squirrel? Yeah? Look, 297 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:07.039 shit still owes as the rent money we gave him. Did you act 298 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.839 like a bitch? Fuck you? Yeah, screamed at him, and I'll 299 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:18.160 do it again. Who cares. Zach and ADDIE's friends began noticing a vicious 300 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:22.480 cycle with their relationship. The couple would fight, Addie would kick Zach out, 301 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.640 both would fall into a depression, and within a few days they'd be 302 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:30.839 back together again. When it became so commonplace that they'd break up, then 303 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:37.039 reconcile within a few hours. Friends worried the constant fights might have been why 304 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:41.880 Zach started turning to other means of satisfaction. Got your favorite beer tag him? 305 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:48.799 So what does Zach Bowen want with a real estate mogul like me? 306 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:53.000 I don't know. I mean, I'm not like gay, but you know 307 00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:59.079 I'm a little by Yeah, I mean I've had a few guys sucked me 308 00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:02.839 off and things aren't working with Addie. So but look, no one in 309 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:06.279 the quarter knows the shot of my show say no more. I can keep 310 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:11.480 a secret. As fate has it, Zach's boyfriend shared the same drug dealer 311 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:17.160 as him, Squirrel. When Squirrel found out about Zach's sexuality, he promised 312 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:21.720 he'd keep his secret. But somewhere or another, Addie found out and was 313 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:27.240 furious. Addie grabbed hold of Zach's phone one day and meticulously went through every 314 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:34.000 female's number. Hey babe, just want to ton't let you know? You 315 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:41.160 might want to go to the doctor. I'm gay and got aids L O 316 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:48.000 L. She then deleted their numbers from his phone. It's a lay more. 317 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.319 You're gonna pay me back for the toilet I had to hire a plumber 318 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.279 for because if not, I ain't paying rent, then I'll be a victim. 319 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:02.759 You who was that your boyfriend? I told you that was temporary? 320 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:07.240 Is that an eviction notice? Yep? Fucking landlords retaliating for the toilet. 321 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:11.359 This is great. We're gonna have a fresh start in a new apartment. 322 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:18.440 We'll start hunting tomorrow. Luck was on their side. On October two, 323 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.480 they stumbled upon a one bedroom apartment on Rampart Street, directly above the Voodoo 324 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:27.000 Temple. The landlord, Leo Watermeyer, showed them around, and being in 325 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:32.319 a tight situation, they took it. There was no lease because in post 326 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.400 Katrina New Orleans, anyone with enough money to put down a deposit in first 327 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:41.880 month's rent was seen as trustworthy. Little did Leo know the drama he had 328 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:49.680 just walked into. Come in, I need a lease in money? Is 329 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:53.680 there any particular reason? I just need it? Okay? Seeing the fire 330 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:57.559 in her eyes, Leo quickly drew up a six month lease on yellow legal 331 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:06.519 pad paper, and no more than five minutes later, Leo waltermin Yo, 332 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.960 it's Zach, dude. Did you just sign a six month lease with Addie? 333 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.359 Yes, sir, Damn, she's gonna toss me out. I'm about 334 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:18.079 to be homeless. Man, you gotta come over and fix this. Leo 335 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.759 rushed over and found Zach and Addie arguing in the stairwell. Leo, I 336 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:26.920 have to be on this lease alone. I caught this piece of shit cheating 337 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:30.279 on me with a man WHOA What you do in the bedroom is none of 338 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:34.599 my business. Look, young man, her name is on the lease and 339 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:38.640 she handed me the deposit. You'll have to work this out with her. 340 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:44.240 Leo left, and Zach took the day to think his life over. As 341 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.839 he sat on the couch, he shook his head. You're a failure, 342 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:51.640 Zack Bowen. You were kicked out of the military, abandon your kids, 343 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:55.480 and now you're homeless because of a coked out bitch. Why the hell are 344 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:59.599 you still here? You in one of those dark moods because of that little 345 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:04.400 girl you got killed in Iraq. We don't know what caused Zach to snap, 346 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:10.240 but something inside of him finally collapsed. You fucking crackhead. You screw 347 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:15.400 me out of a home. According

to note Zach left in ADDIE's journal at 348 00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.559 about one in the morning on October fifth, two thousand and six. He 349 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:30.000 strangled her to death, which takes us back to the beginning as Detective Morovich 350 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:34.920 read over Zach's suicide. Note this is not accidental. I had to take 351 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:42.079 my own one to play for the one I took. If you sent a 352 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:51.319 patrol card at eight twenty six North Rampart, we're here about Addie. There's 353 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:56.920 no woman here. ADDIE's one of my newest tenants. I can take you 354 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:00.200 to her home if you'd like. You'll find the dismember corpse of my girlfriend 355 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:05.720 Addie in the oven, on the stove, and in the fridge, along 356 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.119 with full documentation on the both of us, and a full sign confession for 357 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:14.759 myself. The keys in my right front pocket are for the gates. Call 358 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:19.799 Leo Watermeyer to let you in. Zach bowing. He left the air conditioning 359 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:24.480 on sixty. It's like a meat locker in here, and no smell. 360 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.599 He did a good job cleaning up the blood. Oh God. When the 361 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:34.720 detectives turned on the kitchen light, they were greeted by two pots, just 362 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.720 like Zach had said. What the hell is that? Morevich that my friend 363 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:45.759 is a set of hands and feet. This front pot appears to be ahead. 364 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:51.279 We'll send it to the corner. Make sure to Zach had cut off 365 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:55.039 ADDIE's hair and charred the body so badly that it would take some time to 366 00:32:55.079 --> 00:33:00.799 confirm it was truly hers. Should we do what that note said? The 367 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:05.400 officer pointed up to the ominous black letters spray painted above the stove. Look 368 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:10.519 in the oven, all right? Then? Here are her arms and legs, 369 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:16.480 and and is that seasoning? There's potatoes next to the stove. Maybe 370 00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:21.000 he had a nice meal of her. Excuse me, I need some mayo. 371 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:25.640 Detective Morovich went outside to gather his thoughts. He would later say it 372 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.000 was one of the worst crime scenes he had ever entered. It's a mess 373 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:37.880 in there, beer cans and cigarettes everywhere. Gee, Zach, what did 374 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:49.720 you do? When Zach awoke the morning after the murder, he felt like 375 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:54.960 shit. Addie, get up, well, you gotta work. According to 376 00:33:55.000 --> 00:34:00.359 his journal, Zach had sex with the corpse. I can't come firm or 377 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:04.960 deny if this happened, as some officers told newspapers and autopsy showed it was 378 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:08.400 a lie. Well, others said in documentaries that it was true. I'll 379 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:13.840 let you choose to believe what you want. Zach eventually put on sunglasses and 380 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:22.960 mounted his bike for his shift at Matassa's. Hey man, whoa, someone 381 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:30.079 had a long night? Everything okay? Nah, caps Addie left me moved 382 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:37.280 back to Durham. That sounds like Eddie. When Zach got back to the 383 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:40.840 apartment, he stared at the corpse. It took him four days to figure 384 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:45.159 out what to do with Addie. He had the weekend off work. But 385 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.440 shit, hey Lana, Hey, Zach, did you forget you had the 386 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:54.880 kids this weekend? Yeah? Listen, I'm gonna give you six hundred bucks 387 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.199 for the child here, and I'm gonna need the weekend to get and get 388 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.320 our new apartment set up for them. Can we switch weekends? Well, 389 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:07.440 that's fine, but is Addie really okay with them coming? Addie? Oh? 390 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:09.039 Yeah, yeah, yeah, she won't. She won't mind having them 391 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:14.559 here. Great, we'll see you next weekend. Zach worked tirelessly throughout the 392 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:20.519 night. He placed Addie inside the bathtub and then hacked her up. His 393 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.239 goal was to remove the flesh from the bone, which is why he placed 394 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:29.239 her in the oven. Oh. When the smell became overwhelming, he turned 395 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:34.480 the oven off and blasted the ac. That Monday, he went to Matassa's 396 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:44.920 for his final shift. When he came back and saw ADDIE's rotting corpse, 397 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:50.960 shock finally took over and he decided to take his own life. But before 398 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:53.719 he did, he wrote everything he had done in ADDIE's journal, which is 399 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:59.679 why investigators were able to sew thoroughly piece the night together. Zach also had 400 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:04.440 fifteen hundred bucks so decided to spend it on drugs, alcohol, and strippers. 401 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:12.679 On Wednesday, October eleventh, nearly a week after murdering Addie, Capriccio 402 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.920 called Zach, Hey, Caps, what's up? Hey man heard you haven't 403 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:22.159 been working a few days. You're good. You're the only one that's checked 404 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:28.400 enimy Caps. That means a lot. I'm gonna come buy Matasses in a 405 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:37.440 few hours. Let's go out and party. Zach picked Capriccio up and took 406 00:36:37.519 -->

00:36:40.599 him to the strip club, but he didn't have any fun. Zach was 407 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:45.000 blocked out by the time they got together, and all Capriccio could think about 408 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:49.559 was being home with his new girlfriend. Listen, man, this has been 409 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:53.480 fun, but I would early shift tomorrow. Thank I'll call it in that 410 00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:59.599 alright, I don't, but listen, Cap, I gotta tell you some 411 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:07.039 So listen, harn, I'm not who everybody thinks I am. I have 412 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:12.000 a persona that I present. You mean that you present a certain persona when 413 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:16.440 you're bartending, and that's how you get your customers to come back. Yeah, 414 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:30.440 like that. The last time Zach saal Capriccio was when he bartended a 415 00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:36.280 party for him. Shortly after this encounter, after finalizing his suicide note, 416 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:42.639 Zach lit a cigarette and burned himself twenty eight times, one scar for every 417 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:45.960 miserable year that I've been on this earth. After drowning his sorrows at the 418 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:52.000 Omni Royal or Leans rooftop bar, Zach walked up to the viewing platform. 419 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:57.159 Security cameras showed him walking to the ledge again and again before he finally tossed 420 00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:07.400 himself over at eight thirty pm. Zach and ADDIE's friends were devastated by the 421 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:12.719 news, though some weren't entirely surprised. Capriccio had had a bad feeling in 422 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.480 his gut after Zach told him. Addie returned to her hometown. Lana had 423 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:22.480 mixed feelings. Part of her was angry at Zach for murdering someone and leaving 424 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.440 her and the kids behind, and the other part was happy because it showed 425 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:30.400 he felt remorse for his actions. New Orleanans were also stunned, and it 426 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:35.079 didn't take long for them to include the story of Zach and Addie on their 427 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:38.519 ghost tours. The couple lived above a voodoo temple, after all, it 428 00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:44.239 was too good of a coincidence not to include in their stories. I'll make 429 00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:49.519 my opinion very blunt on this one. Saying that Zach killed Addie because he 430 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:54.639 was under a demonic voodoo spell is absolute horseshit and completely disrespectful. Voodoo, 431 00:38:54.639 --> 00:39:00.559 after all, is about healing. Zach suffered from PTSD and depression. Remember 432 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:04.320 when he served in the army, not one but two children were murdered, 433 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:08.840 presumably because they interacted with him. He saw this and nearly everything else he 434 00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:14.519 did as a failure, and ADDIE's abusive behavior pushed him over the edge. 435 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:17.559 It doesn't make what he did right, but to me, it's the only 436 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:30.239 explanation for what happened. Love Like a Hurricane was written, narrated, and 437 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:36.440 edited by me Skyler Fastonel, and produced by Daniel Jones. Voice talent today 438 00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:40.760 was provided by Walker Barnes, Taylor Shirty Tamra Perry, Jordan Catcher, Alan 439 00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:46.760 Anthony Morion, Maissippistne, Jeremy Staple, Matt McNelly, and Daniel Jones. 440 00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:53.159 Our Gorge's new theme song was written and performed by Tracy Zailes. Our recording 441 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:59.559 engineer was Chelsea Bray. Thank you for joining us on our third season premiere 442 00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:02.880 on the fifteenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I don't think I have to tell 443 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:08.119 anybody that Hurricane Katrina was not the only hurricane to ever unleash it's devastation on 444 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:13.039 America. If you've been listening to the news, you probably already know that 445 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:16.960 Hurricane Laura recently made landfall, and so a percentage of proceeds from this episode 446 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:22.280 we'll go to the victims of Hurricane Laura. If you enjoyed listening to this 447 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.280 story, let me know by leaving a rating, review, or both on 448 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:30.159 your favorite podcasting app. It helps us out more than you can imagine. 449 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:35.320 You can also tell your friends and give us a follow on Instagram, Facebook, 450 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:38.159 Twitter, or our new YouTube page to learn more about the story of 451 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:43.239 Zach and Addie and the cast members that brought it to life. The links 452 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:46.960 to those pages are in the episode description. Dead Time Stories is now a 453 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:52.400 weekly podcast, so we'll be back in just seven days with a story that 454 00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:57.360 will make you avoid cemeteries more than you probably already do. Until then, 455 00:40:57.719 --> 00:41:00.559 stay safe out there. I don't want you to become the next chapter's topic. 456 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:02.719 On the original Dead Time Stories