Something Undone (2023) s01e06 Episode Script
Were She No Longer True
(banging)
Farid: Jo!
(banging)
Jo, it's me!
(banging)
(doorbell ringing)
(banging)
jo, can you let me in?!
Jo, I know you're in there;
I see the lights.
Come on, jo!
Jo!
Jo, I just wanna know
that you're okay, please.
Fuck.
Officer:
Sir?
Farid:
Is everything okay?
- Is she hurt?
- Officer tisdale: Sir?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is jo okay?
- Stay back.
- Is she all right?
- Hey, sir!
This is private property.
No, this is my
girlfriend's house.
I'm just checking in on her.
I'm going to have to ask you
to vacate the premises.
You're not listening to me,
okay? She might be in danger.
She's not--
Listen to me, okay?
Somebody threatened her.
Okay? She could be hurt.
Okay? She could be--
Look, I got to talk to her.
- (banging on door)
- she's fine, mr. Matar.
What?
Ms. Quarry called us.
She told us
that her ex-boyfriend
Was outside the home,
threatening her,
Trying to get inside.
Would that be you?
(police radio chattering)
This is ridiculous.
Okay? I'm not leaving
until I talk to her.
Jo! Jo, please
This is officer tisdale
requesting backup
At 116 mcarthur road.
Jo! Fuck!
Tisdale: I'm going to
give you one last chance.
Jo, come on, jo!
Jo, it's me!
- Tisdale: Leave now!
- Jo!
Jo, come out! Please!
Tisdale: Hey!
I fucking warned you.
(handcuffs clicking)
♪
(siren sounding in distance)
(traffic noises blaring)
Hey, it is
Wednesday, February 3rd.
My name is tom power.
My guest is farid matar,
who is the co-creator
And voice behind the hit
true crime podcast unsettled.
The first episode of
the second season, "briddus",
Debuts a week from today,
And it tells the story
of the chaffey murders,
Which took place in small-town
newfoundland in 1989.
Farid, thanks
for being here.
Thanks so much
for having me, tom.
I am very much not a fan
of true crime,
But I absolutely loved the first
season of your podcast.
Your storytelling is
beautiful, through soundscapes.
I couldn't stop listening.
Well, thank you.
That's so great to hear.
Um, my co-creator, jo, she does
all the foley work herself.
She's incredible.
You picked an
interesting story here,
The chaffey family - a couple
and their three children
Found brutally
murdered at their home.
What happens to you when you
deal with a story like that?
Uh, it was challenging.
It was, uh
Hard fieldwork,
that's for sure.
Yeah, newfoundland
winters are not easy.
You never really know
what you're gonna get.
No, no. Yeah, but I'm really
happy we pushed through.
It was an important story
I really wanted to tell.
Why?
Why the chaffeys?
Well, initially, we were
interested in this phenomenon
That was spreading
throughout canada in the '80s.
- Oh yeah, satanic panic.
- Yeah,
And how it had the power
to ignite the average,
Rational thinking
person's imagination
So vividly that they would start
to believe in the occult,
In the devil.
Tom: Yeah,
I actually remember this
From when I was
growing up in st. John's,
There were people
who really believed
The devil was at work.
Farid:
Yeah, yeah.
And so, ordinary people are
suddenly finding
These spiritual reasons
for these different occurrences
That are happening
all over canada.
You know, they're treating
each other suspiciously,
They're scared.
And what we wanted to know
was, was this particular murder
That ruined a once
prosperous little town
Really the product
of satanism?
Tom:
And?
And
(sighing)
I think,
at the end of the day,
This is a story of a man,
Matthew chaffey,
Who killed his entire family
and then himself.
And we were way
more intrigued by this than
Superstition
and fantasy.
What drives a man to
annihilate his entire world?
To go against the very nature of
his being,
And end his own life?
It's the more
important conversation.
You know, it may have been 1989,
but this is relevant now,
And it's imperative that we
continue this discussion.
Tom:
Of mental health?
Yeah.
Mental health ignored.
Tom: Well, farid,
thank you so much for coming in.
Farid matar
is the co-creator and voice
Of the hit
true crime podcast.
It's called unsettled.
Farid matar
was my guest in studio.
(sobbing)
♪
(house phone ringing)
Martha (recorded:)
you've reached martha quarry.
- Leave a message.
- (phone beeping)
(classical piano playing)
♪
(classical piano playing)
♪
(classical piano
continues playing)
(phone vibrating)
Hello?
Jo:
I'm sorry.
Jo?
I overreacted.
You were only
trying to help.
I fucked up.
Do you forgive me?
Jo, I
Jo:
I'm sorry.
I love you.
Farid:
I love you, too.
God, I miss you.
Oh my god, I miss you.
I have so much to tell you.
Farid:
How are you feeling?
Good. Better, I think.
(sighing)
I mean, I feel sad
for what happened to her.
Farid:
Your mom?
And rose.
Who's rose?
Farid:
She's my grandmother, farid.
She's my mother's real mother.
I figured it all out.
She was raped and it
triggered her schizophrenia,
And then she got pregnant,
And my family
didn't know what to do,
So they just put her in
a room upstairs in the attic,
And I found it. And then, they
took her baby away
And they gave it to her sister,
and they replaced it
With a fucking doll,
and that baby
She was my mom.
And she was sick because
her parents were sick.
That guy,
that rapist was sick, too.
And my poor mom
spent her entire life
Not knowing why
this was happening to her,
And her family
could have helped her.
They could have
given her some sort of peace,
But instead they just--
they just rejected her,
They just called
her crazy.
My god, she was so alone,
farid, just like rose.
And they both
killed themselves
Because they were sick
and they had no one.
- Farid: Jesus
- I know.
How do you know
all this?
My mom told me.
And rose.
My mom left me those tapes.
She could hear rose, too.
Farid:
Jo
I heard rose
hang herself.
I can show you the mark.
Can I come there?
Jo: Yeah.
Yes, come. Oh my god.
I can show you
my mom's tapes,
Everything that she put
together, and the room--
My god, farid,
I can show you the room.
I think that this
could be our next season -
My family, their crime,
the secret.
What do you think?
Farid:
I will
Be there
in the morning, okay?
Jo:
No, don't be silly.
Just finish up in
newfoundland and then come.
Hello?
I'm not in newfoundland, jo.
I'm back.
No, you're not.
I just spoke to you.
Farid:
We haven't spoken in a month.
Wait.
What are you talking about?
(farid inhaling sharply,
sighing)
Farid?
Farid: I came to the house
two weeks ago.
I knocked on the door
for ages.
You wouldn't come out.
You-you called the cops on me.
Wait.
What are you doing?
Farid: You told them
I was your ex-boyfriend
And that you were
scared for your life.
They said, if I didn't leave,
that they'd arrest me.
Jo, I didn't know
what else to do.
Jo, you still there.
♪
Jo?
(sighing)
♪
(door squeaking)
(breathing unsteadily)
(banging)
No!
No!
(breathing heavily)
(light buzzing)
(breathing shakily)
(crying)
(stairs squeaking)
(light buzzing)
- (buzzing stops)
- (gasping)
(footsteps approaching)
(breathing)
Rose?
- (gasping)
- (light buzzing)
- (bulb smashing)
- (jo crying out)
(banging)
(baby crying)
- (banging)
- (baby crying)
(jo hyperventilating)
(banging, door knob jiggling)
(banging)
(tape recorder clicking)
Martha (recorded:)
rose?
Mom?
I'm ready.
They took me from you.
A mother should be
with her child.
A mother should be
with her child.
(sobbing)
I love you, jo.
Goodbye.
(tape recorder clicking)
(pills rattling)
(soft music playing)
far in the valley shade ♪
I met a quiet maid ♪
flower of the hazel glade ♪
eil-- ♪
(music stops)
(footsteps approaching)
(door creaking)
Jo?
Jo?
Jo?
(stairs squeaking)
Hey, jo?
Jo, you here?
Jo, it's me.
Jo!
Jo!
Jo:
It's poison
These pills
they want me to take.
Medicine?
Poison.
It's them. I know it.
They want the house.
I saw them last night
and the night before.
They wait in the woods,
watching.
(fast forwarding tape
and stopping)
It's slipping from me.
I've lost control.
I go and I come back
I'm scared.
It's starting
to sink in -
My mother's sadness.
She gave me it,
Her hurt.
I was born
with her inside me.
I was destined
to repeat.
(floor squeaking)
Jo:
I had no choice.
(tape recorder clicking)
(birds singing)
You're going
to be okay, jo.
when, like
the early rose ♪
(car door shutting)
eileen ♪
aroon ♪
beauty in childhood grows ♪
eileen ♪
aroon ♪
when like a diadem ♪
(door shutting)
We set out tonight,
together,
On this mission,
And whatever the outcome,
Whatever we may
or may not find,
I would like us all
to remember
The strength that
always walks with us,
Strength that derives
from our faith,
And strength that,
If we allow it,
May conquer
all our fears.
Hold fast
to your faith.
♪
"I will not doubt,
though all my ships at sea
"come drifting home with
broken masts and sails;
"I shall believe
the hand that never fails
"from seeming evil
worketh good for me"
Search party:
Beth?
- Man: Beth?
- Woman: Beth?
Search party:
Beth?
- Man: Beth?
- Women: Beth?
"And though I weep
"because those
sails are battered,
"still will I cry,
"while my dearest hopes
lie shattered,
"I trust in thee."
♪
♪
Child: I love you, mommy.
Farid: Jo!
(banging)
Jo, it's me!
(banging)
(doorbell ringing)
(banging)
jo, can you let me in?!
Jo, I know you're in there;
I see the lights.
Come on, jo!
Jo!
Jo, I just wanna know
that you're okay, please.
Fuck.
Officer:
Sir?
Farid:
Is everything okay?
- Is she hurt?
- Officer tisdale: Sir?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is jo okay?
- Stay back.
- Is she all right?
- Hey, sir!
This is private property.
No, this is my
girlfriend's house.
I'm just checking in on her.
I'm going to have to ask you
to vacate the premises.
You're not listening to me,
okay? She might be in danger.
She's not--
Listen to me, okay?
Somebody threatened her.
Okay? She could be hurt.
Okay? She could be--
Look, I got to talk to her.
- (banging on door)
- she's fine, mr. Matar.
What?
Ms. Quarry called us.
She told us
that her ex-boyfriend
Was outside the home,
threatening her,
Trying to get inside.
Would that be you?
(police radio chattering)
This is ridiculous.
Okay? I'm not leaving
until I talk to her.
Jo! Jo, please
This is officer tisdale
requesting backup
At 116 mcarthur road.
Jo! Fuck!
Tisdale: I'm going to
give you one last chance.
Jo, come on, jo!
Jo, it's me!
- Tisdale: Leave now!
- Jo!
Jo, come out! Please!
Tisdale: Hey!
I fucking warned you.
(handcuffs clicking)
♪
(siren sounding in distance)
(traffic noises blaring)
Hey, it is
Wednesday, February 3rd.
My name is tom power.
My guest is farid matar,
who is the co-creator
And voice behind the hit
true crime podcast unsettled.
The first episode of
the second season, "briddus",
Debuts a week from today,
And it tells the story
of the chaffey murders,
Which took place in small-town
newfoundland in 1989.
Farid, thanks
for being here.
Thanks so much
for having me, tom.
I am very much not a fan
of true crime,
But I absolutely loved the first
season of your podcast.
Your storytelling is
beautiful, through soundscapes.
I couldn't stop listening.
Well, thank you.
That's so great to hear.
Um, my co-creator, jo, she does
all the foley work herself.
She's incredible.
You picked an
interesting story here,
The chaffey family - a couple
and their three children
Found brutally
murdered at their home.
What happens to you when you
deal with a story like that?
Uh, it was challenging.
It was, uh
Hard fieldwork,
that's for sure.
Yeah, newfoundland
winters are not easy.
You never really know
what you're gonna get.
No, no. Yeah, but I'm really
happy we pushed through.
It was an important story
I really wanted to tell.
Why?
Why the chaffeys?
Well, initially, we were
interested in this phenomenon
That was spreading
throughout canada in the '80s.
- Oh yeah, satanic panic.
- Yeah,
And how it had the power
to ignite the average,
Rational thinking
person's imagination
So vividly that they would start
to believe in the occult,
In the devil.
Tom: Yeah,
I actually remember this
From when I was
growing up in st. John's,
There were people
who really believed
The devil was at work.
Farid:
Yeah, yeah.
And so, ordinary people are
suddenly finding
These spiritual reasons
for these different occurrences
That are happening
all over canada.
You know, they're treating
each other suspiciously,
They're scared.
And what we wanted to know
was, was this particular murder
That ruined a once
prosperous little town
Really the product
of satanism?
Tom:
And?
And
(sighing)
I think,
at the end of the day,
This is a story of a man,
Matthew chaffey,
Who killed his entire family
and then himself.
And we were way
more intrigued by this than
Superstition
and fantasy.
What drives a man to
annihilate his entire world?
To go against the very nature of
his being,
And end his own life?
It's the more
important conversation.
You know, it may have been 1989,
but this is relevant now,
And it's imperative that we
continue this discussion.
Tom:
Of mental health?
Yeah.
Mental health ignored.
Tom: Well, farid,
thank you so much for coming in.
Farid matar
is the co-creator and voice
Of the hit
true crime podcast.
It's called unsettled.
Farid matar
was my guest in studio.
(sobbing)
♪
(house phone ringing)
Martha (recorded:)
you've reached martha quarry.
- Leave a message.
- (phone beeping)
(classical piano playing)
♪
(classical piano playing)
♪
(classical piano
continues playing)
(phone vibrating)
Hello?
Jo:
I'm sorry.
Jo?
I overreacted.
You were only
trying to help.
I fucked up.
Do you forgive me?
Jo, I
Jo:
I'm sorry.
I love you.
Farid:
I love you, too.
God, I miss you.
Oh my god, I miss you.
I have so much to tell you.
Farid:
How are you feeling?
Good. Better, I think.
(sighing)
I mean, I feel sad
for what happened to her.
Farid:
Your mom?
And rose.
Who's rose?
Farid:
She's my grandmother, farid.
She's my mother's real mother.
I figured it all out.
She was raped and it
triggered her schizophrenia,
And then she got pregnant,
And my family
didn't know what to do,
So they just put her in
a room upstairs in the attic,
And I found it. And then, they
took her baby away
And they gave it to her sister,
and they replaced it
With a fucking doll,
and that baby
She was my mom.
And she was sick because
her parents were sick.
That guy,
that rapist was sick, too.
And my poor mom
spent her entire life
Not knowing why
this was happening to her,
And her family
could have helped her.
They could have
given her some sort of peace,
But instead they just--
they just rejected her,
They just called
her crazy.
My god, she was so alone,
farid, just like rose.
And they both
killed themselves
Because they were sick
and they had no one.
- Farid: Jesus
- I know.
How do you know
all this?
My mom told me.
And rose.
My mom left me those tapes.
She could hear rose, too.
Farid:
Jo
I heard rose
hang herself.
I can show you the mark.
Can I come there?
Jo: Yeah.
Yes, come. Oh my god.
I can show you
my mom's tapes,
Everything that she put
together, and the room--
My god, farid,
I can show you the room.
I think that this
could be our next season -
My family, their crime,
the secret.
What do you think?
Farid:
I will
Be there
in the morning, okay?
Jo:
No, don't be silly.
Just finish up in
newfoundland and then come.
Hello?
I'm not in newfoundland, jo.
I'm back.
No, you're not.
I just spoke to you.
Farid:
We haven't spoken in a month.
Wait.
What are you talking about?
(farid inhaling sharply,
sighing)
Farid?
Farid: I came to the house
two weeks ago.
I knocked on the door
for ages.
You wouldn't come out.
You-you called the cops on me.
Wait.
What are you doing?
Farid: You told them
I was your ex-boyfriend
And that you were
scared for your life.
They said, if I didn't leave,
that they'd arrest me.
Jo, I didn't know
what else to do.
Jo, you still there.
♪
Jo?
(sighing)
♪
(door squeaking)
(breathing unsteadily)
(banging)
No!
No!
(breathing heavily)
(light buzzing)
(breathing shakily)
(crying)
(stairs squeaking)
(light buzzing)
- (buzzing stops)
- (gasping)
(footsteps approaching)
(breathing)
Rose?
- (gasping)
- (light buzzing)
- (bulb smashing)
- (jo crying out)
(banging)
(baby crying)
- (banging)
- (baby crying)
(jo hyperventilating)
(banging, door knob jiggling)
(banging)
(tape recorder clicking)
Martha (recorded:)
rose?
Mom?
I'm ready.
They took me from you.
A mother should be
with her child.
A mother should be
with her child.
(sobbing)
I love you, jo.
Goodbye.
(tape recorder clicking)
(pills rattling)
(soft music playing)
far in the valley shade ♪
I met a quiet maid ♪
flower of the hazel glade ♪
eil-- ♪
(music stops)
(footsteps approaching)
(door creaking)
Jo?
Jo?
Jo?
(stairs squeaking)
Hey, jo?
Jo, you here?
Jo, it's me.
Jo!
Jo!
Jo:
It's poison
These pills
they want me to take.
Medicine?
Poison.
It's them. I know it.
They want the house.
I saw them last night
and the night before.
They wait in the woods,
watching.
(fast forwarding tape
and stopping)
It's slipping from me.
I've lost control.
I go and I come back
I'm scared.
It's starting
to sink in -
My mother's sadness.
She gave me it,
Her hurt.
I was born
with her inside me.
I was destined
to repeat.
(floor squeaking)
Jo:
I had no choice.
(tape recorder clicking)
(birds singing)
You're going
to be okay, jo.
when, like
the early rose ♪
(car door shutting)
eileen ♪
aroon ♪
beauty in childhood grows ♪
eileen ♪
aroon ♪
when like a diadem ♪
(door shutting)
We set out tonight,
together,
On this mission,
And whatever the outcome,
Whatever we may
or may not find,
I would like us all
to remember
The strength that
always walks with us,
Strength that derives
from our faith,
And strength that,
If we allow it,
May conquer
all our fears.
Hold fast
to your faith.
♪
"I will not doubt,
though all my ships at sea
"come drifting home with
broken masts and sails;
"I shall believe
the hand that never fails
"from seeming evil
worketh good for me"
Search party:
Beth?
- Man: Beth?
- Woman: Beth?
Search party:
Beth?
- Man: Beth?
- Women: Beth?
"And though I weep
"because those
sails are battered,
"still will I cry,
"while my dearest hopes
lie shattered,
"I trust in thee."
♪
♪
Child: I love you, mommy.