THE HUNT: THE SUNNY BRENNER MURDER

Episode 1

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EPISODE 1

(FX:PODCAST INTRO THEME MUSIC PLAYS THEN FADES OUT.

NEWSCAST MUSIC PLAYS)

NEWSCASTER

The search continues today for missing teen who was last seen Friday night at a party with her friends...

(FX:NEWSCAST FADES)

LISA

The first anyone ever knew of my sister's disappearance outside of our small town was when the coverage of the search for her made the national news two days after she went missing. Her body was discovered three years later by some kids playing in the woods where they shouldn't have been.

(FX: PHONE RINGS. 911 OPPERATOR ANSWERS)

OPERATOR

911 what's your emergency?

KID

Hi...I think we found a skull.

(another kid in the background can be heard asking a question)

Are we going to be in trouble? Will you tell our parents? We're not really supposed to be here.

OPERATOR

Are you safe? Tell me where you are so I can send a unit.

KID

Yea we're ok. Umm...I don't think they can get their car in here. They're gonna need an ATV

(kid in the background)

OPERATOR

Can you describe some landmarks? What do you see?

KID

I have to go. I think it might be her...

(FX: PHONE IS DISCONNECTED AND LINE GOES DEAD)

LISA

Sunny Brenner was just 17 years old when she posted her last video on Snap Chat. One that's been shared now millions of times and plastered on many true-crime websites and blogs. If you have ventured onto Reddit, Tumblr, the dark web looking for a thrill or snuggled down in your bed at night with your favorite crime-based podcast, you've heard the audio or seen the video of Sunny, running through the trees, breathless and scared for her life. A young, wide-eyed girl with a tear-streaked face, fear propelling her exhausted and frantic limbs forward as she whimpered and sobbed, documenting her final moments. The eerie sound of a malevolent male voice calling out to her by name.

(FX: SOUND OF SNAP CHAT OPENING. GIRL BREATHING HEAVILY)

SUNNY

(whispering)

Please, please, please!

UNKNOWN MAN