The Scream Murder, Episode 3: Hello Cassie

Hi, this is Connor McCarthy. Today we're. back with another episode of The Scream. Murder, a true teen horror story. Remember, if you can't wait for more, you can listen ahead to the entire. series right now at free when you. subscribe to 2020 True Crime Plus. Just. click the link in the description to. sign up. Terms apply. Now, here's the. next episode. In the midst of police investigating the. brutal murder of Cassie Stoddard, they.

come across a videotape [music] found. buried along with the knives and masks. Tory Adam and Brian Draper used in. Cassy's murder. >> Hello, Cassie. >> The teen killers tried to destroy the. tape and police are about to find out. why. >> You can hear a pin drop cuz nobody in. the room knows what we're about to see. >> We're going to be just like Scream. except in real life terms. This is episode 3 of The Scream Murder, a true teen horror story podcast.

>> My name is Pat Rogers and that's Conor. McCarthy. On our last episode, Brian. Draper had just led police to a shocking. video tape that he and Tory Adam had. made. We're going to go deep into that. tape on this episode and much more. But. I think it would be a good idea just to. go back and reset and show the beginning. of this tape, a clip that Brian had. made. um on September 22nd inside. Pocutello High School. >> It's a shot of the camera POV Brian.

holding it walking down the hallway. You. see a student off in the distance in a. row of lockers. As you get closer, you. realize it's Cassie. Look, it's Cassie. >> Hey, look. Hello, Cassie. I'm getting you on tape. Okay. >> Say hi, please. >> Okay. See you.

>> Wait, have you seen Tori? >> He's supposed to be in here at 7:30 and. it's 8:19. He's an hour late. You don't even care, dude. Okay. >> Cassie doesn't reply to Brian's. question. She just shrugs and half. smiles, moving on with her day. Imagine. detectives all in a single room watching. this for the first time, seeing Cassie.

living, breathing, alive, going to. school at her locker, changing out. books. Brian Draper spins around, >> almost taunting her. >> Yeah. >> Her friend. >> Her friend. >> Time stamp. September 22nd, 8:29 a.m. She will be murdered 10 hours later. >> And it's Brian Draper behind the camera. >> Yeah. >> The one who said he had nothing to do. with it. Tory did everything. >> So, they continue making this tape.

throughout the day. Here's another clip. from it. >> This is around 12 p.m. Uh, so assuming. this is lunchtime. They're still in. school. They are in the library. They've. set the camera on the table. They're. both talking to it. They're in a corner. almost whispering. >> A little hard to hear. >> cuz they don't want anyone else to hear. what their plan is. >> As long as we're patient, you know, and. we were patient, never getting paid off. cuz I missed them so long. So, we got. our plan all worked out now. So,

I'm sorry. Uh I'm sorry Cassie's family, but she had to be number one. We had a friend. and she's perfect. So, She's going to die. >> So, this is a different version of. Brian. >> Yeah. >> He's talking directly to Cassy's family. I'm sorry she has to die. We've chosen. our victim. We know she's going to be. home alone. >> Everything he said in his confession is.

>> right out the window. >> Right out the window. >> Yeah. >> Uh he is now appearing as the leader of. the pack. >> I don't know. It's been a lot of fun. Yeah. Okay, this is the plain meaning of the. tape. We know what happened. We know he. was there, at least [music] when it. happened, but is there still some. possibility that this is just part of. the big scare? >> Right. We know they're horror film box. >> Are they making some kind of found.

footage horror film that's popular at. this time? >> So, [music]. is Brian playing a part? Is this a. fantasy? And that, >> as he said in the confession, Tori went. after her. So, did Tori was he planning. something that Brian wasn't planning? >> Did it get out of hand? >> Now, this next [music] clip comes after. they left Cassie and Matt at the house. where Cassie was housesitting. Just to give it a little context, Brian.

and Tori had gone over to the house with. Cassie and Matt on Friday night. They. had played around on a weight machine in. the basement. They had gotten something. to eat. They watched a movie. What Cassie and Matt didn't know is when. they were in that house, they were. casing [music] it. And this next clip. displays that. >> timestamp of 9:54 p.m. the night of. Cassie's murder. >> Brian says. we're here in his car. The time is 9:50,

September 22nd, 2006. Um, unfortunately we have the grueling. task of killing our two friends. and they are right in that house just. down the street. We just talked to them. We were there. for an hour. But. >> we checked out the whole house. We know. there's lots of doors there. There's. lots of places to hide. Um, I unlocked.

the back doors. It's all locked. Now we. just got to wait and um. yeah, we're we're really nervous right. now. You know, we're ready. >> It was like you said, was to case the. house, >> look for different ways, different. points of entry. How are we going to get. in? How are we going to get out? How are. they not going to be aware of what we're. really planning? The fact that they go out and they're. now documenting this plan, laying it.

out. This is where we were. This is what. we're doing right now. Here is the plan. And this is what's going to happen. There's one more piece that I want to. play from this section of the tape. >> We waited for this for a long time. >> A long time. Good. We'll stay tuned. >> So, it might have been a little hard to. hear. Brian said, "We've waited for this. for a long time. [music] Stay tuned. >> Stay tuned." As if he's making a. television show. We don't know if. they've been planning to murder Cassie. and then buttoning it with stay tuned as.

if they're talking to their future. audience. >> This is how you plot, execute, and. commit a murder. They leave, park the car nearby, and. sneak into the basement door that they. had unlocked when they were in the house. with Cassie and Matt. >> They heard Matt's mom come and pick Matt. up and leave. So now they know that. Cassie is alone in the house and this is. when they make their move. This next bit.

of tape we're going to play is uh it's. difficult [music]. to listen to and not just cuz it's a. little hard to hear. The content is it's. shocking. Um and this this piece we're. about to to play uh jumps ahead on the. tape 2 hours. 11:32. which is after um they've left Cassy's. house. >> Just killed Cassie. We just left her. house. This is not a joke. >> I stabbed her in the throw and I saw her.

lifeless body just disappear. Dude, I. just killed Cassie. That felt like it wasn't real. I mean, it went by so fast. >> Shut the up. We got to get our act. straight. >> It's okay. >> Okay. Well, let's buy movie tickets now. >> Okay. >> Come on. >> No. >> Goodbye. I mean, I've listened to this. too many times and every time um it's. sickening. It kind of makes the hair in. the back of your neck stand up. You can. hear Brian almost gleefully, not almost,

he's gleefully saying he's excited. I. just killed Cassie. I stabbed her in the. throat. In a few minutes, we're going to. contrast this tape with another bit of. tape that we have of Brian Draper. But. this is a a real shocking uh piece of. video that I I've just never seen. anything like this. >> I mean, I think we should describe it. Uh he's pointing the camera. They're in. the car. He's pointing the camera out of.

the windshield. He never turns the. camera to Tori who's driving. He never. turns the camera to himself. >> It's seemingly a black frame. >> They're two different energies in the. car. >> Yeah. Brian is you almost can like see. him shaking because the adrenaline is. rushing through. >> His voice is like rushing to get the. words out, >> but there's there's an elation to it. >> Tori is, you know, he says, you know, I'm shaking, but he's calmer. >> Play that part again.

>> Let's play this again. [music]. >> Just killed Cassie. We just left her. house. This is not a joke. I'm shaking. >> I stabbed her in the throat and I saw. her lifeless body just disappear. Dude, I just killed Cassie. Oh, that felt like it wasn't real. I. mean, it went by so fast. >> Shut the up. We got to get our act. straight. >> Tori's sounds like he has a plan or. something. >> Stick with the plan. And it's hard to. hear, but what Brian says before he hits.

stop is, "Okay, let's go get our movie. tickets. >> Go get our movie tickets. >> There's the alibi. There's the plan, which they don't do. >> They don't do. We talked about that in. an earlier episode. We should just, you. know, catch everybody up again. Is that. the alibi was after we left Cassie and. Matt, we went to see a movie called. Pulse. And when questioned about the. movie, Brian didn't know anything about. it. He clearly didn't go to the movie, but you hear him hear say, "Let's go buy. tickets. We got to go buy our movie. tickets now.". So, you know, his contention and his.

confession that, you know, this was all. uh this is all going to be just to scare. her. don't make any sense. Now, >> it's 11:45 p.m. >> The movie is over at that point. So, it's not it's almost as if they needed. to, and I don't want to try to help them. with their alibi, but it's almost they. should have when they left, go buy the. movie tickets. Someone sees you there. and then come back. One thing I don't. want to belabor this piece of tape and. Brian's section of it, but I think it's. helpful to listen to it and um.

understand it in context of the other. bits of Brian tape that we have. So, let's just play this one more time. And. I know it's unpleasant as a. understatement, but let's listen to it. >> I stabbed her in the throat and I saw. her lifeless body just disappear. Dude, I just killed Cassie. I stabbed her. I saw I I not Tori. >> Yeah. But now we have to put that next. to what he's told police.

>> in his interrogation. In the first. version of Brian Draper is I wouldn't. say he's calm, but at least in the. beginning, he's making sense. He's got a. story. He's um trying [music] to wrigle. out of this. >> He didn't look like he was sweating. bullets when he was sitting in that. chair. Wait, not the first time for the. detectives to come into the room. He's. absent-mindedly drumming. He's sitting. there. He's He checks his wallet at one. point. Looks at his cash. Why he needs. to do that? That's Fidgety Brian, though. >> Play a little bit of that, too.

>> What would you say is your favorite. movie of all. >> of all time? My favorite movie would. have to be. there's lots of choices. Um, to be honest, I would have to say. Halloween. My favorite movie. >> He's trying to snowball these. detectives. Yeah, >> he's got his He's sitting at the table. He's got his hands. >> folded. He's looking at Detective John. Gansky. He's answering his questions. >> Seemingly normal.

>> You know, the body language is not. saying this is someone that had that. memory of the murder in his head as he's. talking to two homicide detectives. >> Then we go to his confession, right? >> And that's version number two [music]. >> of Brian Draper. sobbing out of control, you know, riddled with remorse and guilt. and it just got out of hand. It wasn't. my fault. It was Tori that did. everything. >> So I walked closer and he was really. scouting and I was. going.

he said, "Dude, I killed her. I killed. him." Like, "What are you talking about, man?". >> Now we have version number three of. Brian Draper. >> I'm sorry. Uh, I'm sorry, Cassie's. family, but she may be number one, >> who when you see on that tape seems like. a determined killer. The three Brian. Drapers. Obviously, Brian is arrested. and charged with Cassie's murder. And. the police,

the investigators, John Gansky, Andy. Thomas, all of them, they have all this. information. They have this tape. They. have Brian's story. They have the the. aftermath of Cassy's murder on tape. They haven't even talked to Tori yet. >> Yeah. >> So, this is all going in to their first. on camera interview with Tori Adam. They. have all this in their pocket. >> Mhm. And as far as we know, the Adam. checks knew nothing about this. They. didn't know Brian was arrested. They.

didn't know he was he confessed. They. don't know about the Black Rock Canyon. evidence that was collected. And they. don't know about the tape. and I wanted. to hear what Shannon, Tori's [music]. mother, had to say about that and this. is what she told me. >> We go into the police station [music]. and the police saying right away we're. questioning him so [music] he needs to. answer these questions. I got definitely. got worried during that point. [music]. It's the first time Tori's really. allowed to speak about it or that Tori.

spoke about [music] it because at home. for those three days, my whole thing was. [music] he's grieving the loss of his. friend. All of these emotional reactions. is the loss of his friend. This is a. terrible thing that happened. Um, you. know, but ne never crossed my mind and. [music] I think I can speak for my. husband. never crossed his mind. There's. just no way Tori was not that kind of. person. >> So Tori Adam arrives at the police.

station with his [music] parents and um. just a a moment about Tori. He's. probably a head shorter than Brian. He's, you know, just a regularlooking. 16-year-old kid. >> He's dressed in a in a t-shirt, jeans, and Converse Chuck Tes like. >> every other high school student during. that time. and we're investigating a. homicide. Yes. >> That uh that Cassie um Stoddard was was. was murdered. You've known Cassie for.

about how long? >> From 10th grade. >> Okay. So, you've known her for for a. little while. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um so, what is your relationship. with Cassie? >> Friends. >> All right. Fair enough. Um so, [clears throat] uh so you arrived there. What. what happens when you get there? She. Cassie and Matt gave us a tour of the. entire house. >> So what they want to do is hear his. story knowing what the real story is. So.

he starts off and let's play this clip. He almost immediately has a departure. from what Brian had said. If you. remember, Brian had said, "We left the. house and we went to go see a movie, Pulse." Here's what Tori said. And then. we went back upstairs. and Matt [clears throat] Brian kept. saying he had to go because it was uh we. just had he said he was going to call. his mom. >> Mhm. >> And so we left planning to go. We we.

knew the movie started at 10, but we. never got around to going to that. >> Yeah. So that's where he veers away from. [music] Brian Draper story. There's a theory that the detectives. believe uh that the night of Brian. Draper's interview and he ended with I. did not kill my friend and I will gladly. take a polygraph test. He goes home. Detective John Gansky theorized that.

after he got home at some point he snuck. out that night and they met at a local. gas station down the street from the. Draper's house. >> Brian gave it up early as you recalling. Okay, we're lying. We're lying about the. movie because we pressed him. Then he. rescripted the story to say, "Okay, we. were burglarizing cars." So, I think. after that interview, he communicated. with Tori, said, "By the way, the. story's changing. You got to This is the. story you got to tell. >> They're not buying the movie.

>> They're not buying the movie." I ended. the movie. >> I ended it with [music] we were breaking. into cars. We were checking doors and we. need to stick with that. So they already. know the movie theory is BS. >> So this is after Brian's first interview. before he had come in to take the. polygraph but had confessed. So he had. ended on just tell him we're breaking. into cars. >> And that is the last time Tory Adamek. ever spoke to Brian Draper on the. outside. He has no idea that the next. day Brian confesses, takes him to that.

where the the evidence was buried and. then he's quickly arrested and he is in. jail. Tori has no idea any of this has. happened. >> So, it's 9:30. You guys decide you're. going to leave. >> Yeah. We backed up and we took the same. route we got to get in and we just. parked right before the road off to. getting him out and we waited there for. about. >> we were scoping the neighborhood because. we were planning to go through cars.

Now, the detectives in the room, they. wanted to see how far he was willing to. go with lying to them. >> When When you say go through cars, what. do you mean? >> Oh, see the ones that are open. We don't. go through any with alarms or that are. locked. We just walk by, push the. handle, and if it's open, we get in it. and steal the gas money or change. >> So, So, have you done that before? >> Uh, once a year. end in ninth grade.

>> He's elaborating on the lie. And. detectives always like to see how far. someone be willing to go. Here's what. John Gansky said. >> Tori seems confident. He seems like he. he's maybe rehearsed the story a bit so. he feels comfortable with it [music] and. he feels like maybe we're buying it. He. he has no idea that Brian's been. arrested. He doesn't know what we know. at the time. So at this point he's just. he's he's sticking with the story. >> And a lot of times people in Tory Adam's.

position say the more detail I offer, the more believable this lie is going to. be. >> Embroidery. >> Embroidery. Yeah. >> Yeah. But it's also the more detail you. give on a lie, the harder it is to. remember. >> And you know who does remember are the. guys interrogating you. They're noticing. everything. So if you get locked into a. story and you give a detail and they ask. you to go through a story again and that. details out, you know, that's something. for them, another thread to pull on. >> What's different about Tori's interview?

When they go into [music] the room, both. Tori's parents are in the room with him. Another set of parents that let's just. get through this. Our son didn't do. anything. >> There's no way he could have done this. >> Are we almost done? >> We We honestly are. >> Okay. So then cuz our son has to be. picked up in like what if we finish? Could we finish in like 10 minutes? >> Well, these games probably over. >> At one point during the interview, Tori's mother, Shannon, had to leave to.

pick up, >> right? She had something to do. Yeah. >> To pick up their third child, their. youngest son. So, it's just Tori with. his father in the room. >> Here's what John Gansky said. There was an interruption during this. period of time where his his mother had. to leave the interview, had to go pick. up another child and it it quite frankly. kind of ruined our momentum a little. bit. And at that point in time, you. know, we just basically told confronted.

him, just let Tori know that I don't. believe you. >> You know, I'm not here to insult her or. anything, but we don't believe your. story and we don't believe your story. and I don't think your dad believes your. story about going through the cars. It's. It's a tough one and I don't believe it. Especially because I know it's not true. We got you going back into Cassy's house. cuz Tori, you know where we're going. with this. >> Yeah. >> You know what we have? >> They had so much. Yeah. >> Why are we going to listen to this story. from this kid? They put the clamp down.

on him pretty quickly. [music]. >> You know, we just basically told and I. think now's the time to come clean. And. you could tell that the wheels were. turning when you looked into his eyes. and you could see him that he's. thinking, "Do they really know what they know?". And [music] I truly believe he was. getting ready to confess. And then he played the card of saying, [music] "I think I think I need to talk. to my attorney.". >> He doesn't seem to be intimidated in the.

situation that he is in. No. I mean, or. the fact that his classmate had been. murdered and even when they turn the. heat on him, he doesn't seem to. fluctuate. >> No, >> this is the the key part of his. interview. Listen to this. >> We know the details. We've got the knife. that he used. We've got the masks that. he used. We've got the vide tape. We.

We've got There's a table in there that. he buried. Okay. Try to catch on fire. Oh, that's. >> You know, you know what I'm talking. about. I don't need to tell you that. >> This is right, Tori. And what they're. saying is true. So, >> that was the voice of uh Tori's father. who had been in the room with him. Is. this true? And Tori says, "Yes.". >> Quietly says yes. And a soft nod. >> That's as far as he went to his. involvement in this case. And then the. interview shut down. >> Yeah.

>> In an earlier episode, we discussed the. case of Nory Jones, a murder victim in. Pocutello, Idaho. And we said at the. time, remember that name, Nory Jones, because it's going to figure into this. case. And this is how Nory Jones was. murdered 2 years almost to the day that. Cassie was murdered. She was stabbed in. basically the same way, almost the same. number of of wounds. It was like a a. blitz attack. uh she was home alone like Cassie. So. there are very uh eerie similarities.

between these two murders and it was. unsolved of course at the time of. Cassie's murder. Once they got on to Tori and this is why. we asked you to remember this name Nory. Jones. Once they got on to Tori, they. realized that his house at the time. where he was living at the time of the. Nory Jones murder was very close to Nory. Jones house. >> The proximity of the Adam checks that.

just sort of fell into detectives laps. when they saw that. Of course, all of. them had to pause [music] and say, >> "Is this a possibility? Could it be a. possibility?". >> Nothing is too outlandish from what we. know right now. What they've done. look. at the tape, look at the masks, look at. the knives, and look at the murder they. committed. >> So, there was some initial speculation, suspicion that Tori, who at that time. would have been 14, this was 2 years. before Cassie, had actually possibly.

murdered Nory Jones. That was not the. case. The true killer, a guy named Brad. Comper, was caught, tried, convicted, and also sentenced to life in prison. without a without parole. So that's, you. know, Jory had absolutely nothing to do. that with that, but police at the time. had to at least consider it as. >> I talked to Detective John Gansky about. that and he said, "Welcome to. investigating a crime. Sometimes these. things happen that send you down these. roads that are ending end up to be. meaningless, but these overlaps and.

these coincidences, you have to look. into them." Uh, and that just happens. And this was just a bizarre set of. circumstances. of the timing, the unsolved, the. victimology. >> But for now, both Tori and Brian are. [music] arrested and charged with. Cassie's murder. And they're in the same. county jail. >> I get into [music] the police station. and they had handcuffed Tori and. arrested him while I was gone. And they. tell us, "Brian's confessed. [music].

We have a videotape. they're going to be arraigned tomorrow. And I remember them telling me, he's. going to be looking at [music] something. like a 20-year prison sentence. And I remember thinking, he's 16. I want to take a minute to talk about. the families. There are actually three. families that were impacted by the. actions of Brian Draper and Tory Adamek. Obviously, Cassy's family is devastated.

Um the cruelty that was inflicted on. that family is just unimaginable. But. there are two other families and [music]. we thought it was important to talk to. the drapers and the Adam checks. directly. Um [music] these are two. families whose lives are also changed. forever in a very different way because. of [music] the actions of Bryant and. Tori. I talked to Shannon Adam, Tori's. mother, and I talked to Pam [music] and. Carrie Draper. And when Carrie talked.

about walking away after his son had. been arrested, it's like his previous. life just vaporized. It didn't exist. anymore. What do you do? I mean, your. your greatest fear as a parent is. something's going to happen to your. child. But your second greatest fear is. your child does something to someone. else. And that's where the Drapers were. And that's where the Adam checks were. The Drapers lived in a very nice house. sort of on the edge of Pocutello. Carrie. rose up through corporate America. He.

traveled a lot, something that he now. regrets. Um, and his motive was, "The. more I work, the more money I make, the. more cars in the garage, the bigger the. house, the more toys for my son and my. daughter, his 13-year-old at the time.". And then suddenly. everything fell apart. It's before and. after. What we talked about early on was. [snorts] what happens. You're living. your life and suddenly there's a knock. on the door. You open it and it's two.

homicide detectives who want to talk to. your 16-year-old son. Brian had a little. sister. She was friends with a lot of. people. Everybody knew each other. And I. asked Harry about that. How do you break. the news to your daughter that her older. brother is not coming home and he did. something terrible? And this is what he. had to say about that. She was 13, three. years younger than Brian. We drove up. into our driveway and the house was.

flooded with police all over the house, all over the yard. So at that moment, I had no choice and. told her [music] your brother was. involved in Cassie's murder. And she freaked out. It was the [music]. scariest thing. [snorts] I'll never forget it. No. She. just kept saying, "No, no, no, no, no.".

And just flailing. She didn't want to. think about it. She didn't want to. realize it. She didn't want She just. wanted to go away. It [music] devastated her. It took her childhood. He was 13. >> You know, there's a hole here in in. [music]. this podcast, and that is Cassie's. family. Um, I spoke to Anna at length. early on and interviewed her. Um, and.

she is not here in this uh podcast. because she died and she was more or. less the best advocate for Cassie, for. the family. she was her spokesperson and. um obviously she she couldn't be a part. of this and that's why there seems to be. if there is a hole here that is it but I. think if um she could respond to that. she would say you know um her sympa. sympathy would be limited for the.

drapers and the Adam checks [music]. as deeply sorrowful as Carrie is here. >> there is no comparison he said that it. took his daughter's childhood But well, it also took Cassie's future and I think. that's, you know, kind of what we should. remember. >> The news of Brian and Tori's arrest like. just pulverized Pocutello. I mean, that. a 16-year-old girl is murdered by two. 16-year-old classmates who were her.

friends. He was friends with her. boyfriend, friends with Cassie. It was. it was a total shock to everyone. But. what was interesting when we talked to. several of the students uh former. students uh they started to piece. together the memories of where they were. over that weekend to that Monday morning. and Miranda uh fellow classmate of Brian. and Tori's remembers both Brian and Tori. were at school that day and this is what. she had to say.

I remember Brian being behind me in. astronomy class that Monday morning and. he was jittery. He was anxious. He was. shaking my chair. You know, he there. were baskets underneath of the desks at. school and everybody put their feet on. there and then it I don't know if it was. anxiety just bouncing. I remember it. pretty significantly and then the day. after um he wasn't there. So, I thought it was suspicious. I really.

did at the time, but I didn't say. anything. Like, why all of a sudden is. this person not here? You know, >> they went to school that Monday morning. They were sitting there as people were. talking about, people are grieving. People are in shock. >> The killer was in the classroom. I mean, it's right out of a Hollywood movie. >> You know what what were they thinking? what was going on in their heads as. they're watching the reaction to the. news of the murder and also the. investigation that's coming into the. high school. >> You know, you you just said, you know,

it's sort of like something out of a. horror movie, like a teen horror movie. where the killers are in the school. In. a lot of ways, it was they made a movie. about it and they also referenced a very. popular horror movie franchise, Scream. >> You want to die? The day before Cassy's murder, September. 21st, 8:38 p.m., Brian and Tori were. driving around Pocutello that night.

Brian has the camera [music] and this is. what they say. >> We're not okay. They were sick. psychopaths who might get pleasure of. killing other people. >> That sounds good, baby. >> We're going to go down in history. We're. going to be just like Scream except real. life terms. We're going to be merged, baby. >> Brian says it's going to be just like. Scream except in real life terms. >> Just like Scream. Let's do 60 seconds on. what Scream is and how the horror film.

element continues to weave itself into. this case. Uh Scream came out in. December of 1996. Cassie was killed in. September of 2006. 10-year anniversary. of this of this movie. On the surface, it's a it's a slasher movie, but there. was a flip with Scream that it it was. meta before anyone knew what meta was. It was self-aware of the uh tropes, >> yet it followed the tropes. And. throughout the movie, one by one, knife.

wielding mass killer preying on high. school students. Um Brian and Tori were. obsessed with this movie. The opening scene of Scream is one of. the most iconic, I mean I would say. movie moments in film history. [music]. Uh, it's Drew Barrymore. She's home. alone and she's stalked and murdered by. a masked killer. Her name in that movie. was Casey. >> Casey. Cassie. [music].

>> Casey. Cassie. Two letters off. We don't. know if that had anything to do with it. If it was just a coincidence. >> Yeah. The other component is this. On. the tape, there is a little clip of Brian playing. the drums. It's September 22nd, the day. of Cassy's murder. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. He's. getting it out of his energy. He gets. up. He has the camera probably stationed. on his dresser. Grabs the camera to turn. it off. And just as he hits stop, the.

camera passes his television. What's on. the opening scene of Scream? You see. Drew Barrymore Casey on the phone. It's. almost like his hype song. He is. preparing for murder. Drums the movie. And there's one other thing that I want. to point out. Slasher movies in general are these. masked voiceless killers. Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees. Spoiler alert. In Scream.

it's not one killer. It's two killers. >> Billy and Stew. >> Billy and Stew. Not these ghouls, Billy. and Stew, the the teen heartthrob and. the class clown. It was almost as if. they saw a reality in these two. characters as opposed to I want to be. just like Jason Vorhees. I'm going to. wear a hockey mask and walk around with. machete. I think that's that's. noteworthy that this movie had a. profound influence, but in no way is it.

the reason why they did it. It was. almost as if it was a a guide book to. how to get away with a murder. >> Obviously, these kids were obsessed with. horror movies. It seems as if they were. making their own. And like any hit. horror movie, there's [music] always a. sequel. And in this case, that holds. true. Brian and Tori were planning a. sequel. Cassie was their first victim, but she was not to be their last. And. we're going to get into that in the next. episode.

We're going to go snoop around over. there and try to see if she's home alone. or not. And if she's home alone, splat. She dead. People will die. in 10 fill them one by one. [music].