Going Under

just hear about crimes, you solve them. Each episode will present you with a different case inspired by a true crime. You'll interrogate suspects, piece together evidence, and investigate the crime scene. You're the detective. This is your case. Can you solve it self? Presents going under I already told you what I know, and that's nothing. I mean, I don't know what happened to her, but yes, of course I knew Ruth.

We were both getting her PhDs in biology, both specializing in biotech, both fighting for top spot in the class ever since we started the program. It drove her crazy, but for me it was just you know, friendly competition. Okay, everyone, that's time pencils down. If you don't know the answer, you'll never get it. Let's place your quizzes in the basket on the way out. Have a good weekend, Meg Ruth, Yeah, can I grab you two for a second? Thank you God.

I hope it isn't so he's curving music end. Seriously, Meg, when have you ever gotten below the curve? It's not about that. It's about some snotty undergrad writing my coattails. Doesn't that bother you. I'm just focused on graduating and an undergrad's not going to stop me from getting a good placement. Did I hear placement? Because that's exactly what I wanted to speak to you guys about now. I know you're both focusing on bioprospecting for your thesis. Yeah,

both of us. And I mentioned this to EI Diagnostics and they were ecstatic. Well, you know, as excited as those guys get. That's exactly where they're focusing their cancer research right now, and they wanted us to place someone with that expertise. And I mentioned both of your names. Wow, thanks, professor Strand, that's great. Yeah, it's great. Did you say someone as a Yes, they only have room for one placement this year, So knock them dead with your THESS and best of luck to both of you. M hm.

Meg didn't even have any interest in bioprospecting until I started researching it. You know, it must suck just being so devoid of original ideas like that. But what I said to you was I miss you. Oh yeah, you too. So you're both gonna be fighting it up for this placement then, yeah, except I think I found my secret weapon. You know, Philip Wallace. It's a billionaire. Yeah, here, he's built his own submarine. No, but that sounds like the kind of toy those guys are into. Well, apparently it's

not just a toy. He wants to use it for deep sea exploration, to advance medical research, final prospecting, and knowing you, you've already called up his Company's spoken to two assistants and his personal secretary. Billionaire Phil agreed to meet with me next week. If I can talk him into bring me on his team, I could get firsthand experience on a dive. How would that look at my thesis? That's cool, Ruth, really, but can we just not talk about school for the rest of the night. We never

get to see each other. I just want to have some fun. Okay, Yeah, that's fine. Good Hey girl, ka Ca Hi Jake, are you hanging out? No? I just popped in to say hey to a friend. I've got to get to work. You want to walk me out? Yeah? Sure, I'll be back in a minute. God, what is Jake doing here? I thought you were breaking up with him? I am, I just I don't know. I'm I'm procrastinating that band aid off. But you are clogging your pores with his bad vibes. Like when it's done, you can

actually concentrate on your thesis. I know. I've just had it like a really stressful enough week as it is, and I'm finding out Meg and I are up for the same placements, keeping my anxiety like a steady eleven. Did you hear anything from that Wallace guy? Uh? Yeah, Actually he wants to meet me this weekend. But what's what? I don't know, second thoughts. Everything I read about this guy makes him sound like a cliche hedge fund asshole.

So you bite your tongue while he puffs his chest out and you get to do all sorts of cool science ship on his supervillain submarine. Okay, biting my tongue. I can do. I'm just worried about what else he'd be expecting from me. He's married, but there are stories. Okay, this is an easy one. Meet him, introduce him to me. I'll funk the horny billionaire playboy, and we'll all live happily ever after in his underwater layer. Okay, I gotta run.

Good luck with all the men in your life. My god, all right, thanks karaciaey Hey, oh hey, I don't mind me. I was just playing pool by myself. Come on, it's just Kara. It's not just Carra. I've been so crazy focused on school lately. Well, getting my thesis published just kind of a big fucking deal. Jake. Yeah, first, it's the thesis. Now it's this billionaire guy. Well, my thesis and Philip Wallace are currently connected in my career is Look,

I've just got to say this. Jacobus not interrupting anything, am I. No, Meg, we were just leaving. Come on, I thought we could shoot some pool, have some beers, Jake. I Uh, Ruth wants to go, so oh well, if Ruth wants to go, yes, Ruth wants to go. Buy Meg. This has been the worst two days in my life. I just I want to know what's going on Ruth. She's not just my girlfriend, she's family, she's my everything.

I don't know she was acting weird earlier, and I mean it's it's it's just been a really strange day for Ruth. Yep, thanks for the ride. Yeah, everything all right? Huh Listen, Jake, I've been meaning to talk to you about something. Yeah. I haven't needed to talk to you about something too. Just hold on a sack. Okay, hello, Tanner, Yes it is Ruth Philip. Oh, hi, Mr Wall Philip. Please if Phil would be even better? Right, Phil, thank you so much for calling. As I'm sure your secretary

explained to you, I'm really interested tonight. Tonight, I'm going on during amount an hour. You want to see who all this works? Ryan rich Dick playing submarine captain. Yeah, absolutely, good, good, good way. Don't you meet me down at the port. I'll pick you up. What did he say? Um? Driver? Sorry? Can we add to stop? Please? So where is this guy? Jake? You seriously don't have to be here. I'm not letting you get into a submarine alone with this guy. Wait? Wait,

are you saying that you'd rather not be here. No, it's just didn't we say that we had to have a talk. Yeah, yeah, we did, so let's add it. Ruth. I've been thinking it over and I think it's time. I want you to move in with me. Ruth, that's what you wanted to talk about? Yeah? Why what were you thinking? That we've been drifting apart for a long time and we should go our different lady? What you wanted to talk about? Jay? Ruth? Ah? Hi there? Uh Phil,

This is Jake, my boyfriend. Wow, nice to meet you both. Um, Come on a board. Plenty of room for everyone. She's Diesel Electric. The design is a mix of classic battle sub and modern comfort. So we've got our conning tower up here that's a classic and our luxury cabins down there that's for comfort. Ooh, it looks like you've got a mess hole down there. Classic and comfort. Our a chef is absolutely incredible. You know, Jake, why don't you hop in grab something to eat while Ruth and I

talk shop. Sarah Gay will make you anything you want. I guess I'll meet up with you guys later. Great write up this ladder. You know, after the war, they started moving control rooms into the center of the ship. So you don't really see Conning towers like this anymore. Wow. Yeah, it's pretty cramped up here. Yeah, that's why I like it. I could be at the top of my sub calling the shots from here all by myself if I want to be. So you're you're writing a thesis must be

bored out of your mind. Well, I like what I study. So someone is young and pretty as yourself, You should be out living, traveling, experiencing things. I stuck with your nose in a book. Shall we continue the tour? Absolutely? Uh? Right this way and this is my heaven. Wow, this looks more like a city condo. I have a seat on the couch. You you want something to drink? Uh? Maybe just a water? You know, I don't really drink that much myself, A bit of a lightweight really, So

what have we got? Sparkling or regular? Regular? Is fine? Thanks? There. So you're kind of going into the opposite direction of the billionaire space race. Literally, you know what, Let those guys fight for what's up there. I want what's down here. There's a whole world teeming with life and discoveries waiting to be had, like, for example, the cure for cancer. Yes, exactly. So you've heard that the study of deep sea sponges has shown some promise. Yeah, I have. That's what I want.

This sub forward for research, not just drinking Margarita's under the sea. I could use someone like you on my team. It would probably help you boring as thesis. How deep can we go on this? Unfortunately we're limited thet but I've got a two man explorer. We could go down as deep as you want. How about it? Now? What are you busy? What's that? Yeah, we've been having some glitches in the engine room lately. It's nothing serious. The power cuts as a precaution. Someone will get it back

up and running in a minute. I've got emergency landing till then. It's a good mood lighting, isn't it. Um, Maybe we should just go find Jake. I'm sure he's fine. Yeah, but it's um, it's really dark and I should probably go find him. Why don't we talk some more later? Sure, no problem, after you. I've never heard of miss Tanner until she started calling my office NonStop. She was very

adamant about meeting. Of course, I was skeptical. Honestly, I was surprised by her interest in the subject, but I'm always looking for smart people to work with. It kills me that something like this would happen on my sub but honestly, I couldn't venture I guess about what actually happened, other than to say she was having issues with that boyfriend of hers. Hey, I was kitchen is like the size of my apartment. Do you have a good time with Captain money Bags? Jake? Come on? Can you not

be weird about this? Oh, I'm being I heard there's a bowling alley in here somewhere. Maybe I'll go check it out. Finally they got the light bag on. Oh you must be rude, Hi sugar? Uh yes, sorry, she's always acting strange when we get below a thousand feet I want to sorry, I'm an Phillip's wife. Oh hi, uh wow it is It is so nice to meet you. Well, can I fix you a drink? Oh? I have a special margarite to recipe and the staff you're never get

it right? No, thank you, I'm all right. Thanks suit yourself. You know you're not the first young thing he's invited down here, and you won't be the last. Phillip's got his nasty little habit. Oh no, no, no I am. I'm just a student that's studying. Yeah, well we've been married only three years now, I'm wife number three, you know. But I know him. He tinkers away it whatever fascinates him. This year's the submarine, Next year, god knows what. But he always comes back to me and comes baarn the

best to give. Yeah that um that that bracelet is really something? Are those charms? Gold? Are you serious? The fourteen carrots? Honey? Look there's the even one from my little Sugar. I wouldn't touch her. Sorry, um okay, well is uh is Phil around? We were just talking before? Oh yeah, this place is so big it's easy for people to get austin. But don't worry. I'm sure he

will find you. You know. I think Jake and I need to get going, so maybe i'll go look for Phil and yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course you go look for feel that. They say animals have a sixth sense, you know. Take my little Sugar for instance. She can sniff out bullshit from a mile away. I wonder the girl ran off. She's seen the look on her face when she realized how was his wife? I know what she was up to, Believe me, Bandy looking for you. Could you not call her that? Please? She wants to

go home. I hope there's not trouble in Paradise surface just as as soon as I can fix this. I can't believe you're doing this again. I talked to her, Philip. She is a child. She is a grown adult trying to write a paper. I was that what this sobby is just some underwater midlife crisis to lor young girls. Damn it. And I don't have time for your ship. I don't want another way, your little horse hanging around. Okay, you pushed me for the last time. Do you hear me?

Everybody fucking hears you? Anne? Why so? I mean I barely talked to the girl. She was whatever kind of bland, impossibly young. I could be her mother. Treat me like it too. I mean, she was like writ at and all self involved. You know, phil probably brought her over just to wind me up. Is he saying? You know, he's always bringing some young any to upset me, to see how far he could push me? Oh? Is it hot in here? I need I need to break. Look.

All of my interactions with miss Tanner were strictly platonic. Hell, she barely wanted to talk to me after my wife scared her off. I brought this up to the surface. We said our goodbyes, and she was the one who decided to come back down the next day. That's it, Hey, babe, I've been looking all over for you. I called you like a hundred times yesterday. Hey care Yeah, sorry, no signal underwater? Underwater you shush? Cretan. Wait, sweet, you went on that guy sub yep with his wife and Jake

whooff is right. Made even more awkward by the fact that phil really quickly invited me to go to the bottom of the ocean with him on a mini sub. My creeper sense is tangling online too. Anyway, I guess that's a dead end. Now Jake is on his way to meet me, so I have that conversation to look forward to. Yikes, good luck with all that. I've got to run. But call me if you need me. Okay, Yeah? Thanks? Care? Is that him? Is that hello? Ruth? Hi? Philip? What's

going on? Look? I just wanted to say, I hope my wife didn't offend you. It has nothing to do with you, you know what I mean? Really, it's fine. And then I hope I didn't put you off by suggesting we go down and the explore together. No, I appreciate you offering. I just thought it help with your paper. But I'm actually taking a fellow student of yours down on the sub tonight. Oh yeah, some one name Meg.

Enterprising young lady I managed to get hold of my private email, told me all about the papers she's writing. Crazy quintion. That's right, that is a crazy coincidence. Anyway, rude, here, you're welcome to come to if you're if you're not doing anything. Um, you know you can't about. You didn't have to come. I just had that breakup conversation hanging over my head while you're underwater with poor Man zelon Musk. All right, everybody just watch a step. I wasn't expecting

it to be so big. Ruth, Ruth, what are you doing here? Well, Phil invited me. Well, you're both writing the same kind of little paper there, right, this will be great. Come on, everybody aboard you conniving. Oh you'll want to talk, okay, Yeah, I overheard her talking about Phil at the bar. It's not like I copied her paper looked over her shoulder during an exam. I was just genuinely interested in amateur naval vessels. He's Diesel Electric. The designs and mix of classic battle sub and modern

comfort great another one. You know what, Mega, I'll take you up to the tower. I'm gonna go ahead and start our dive. Hey, Jake, sorry about all this. Yeah, whatever, come on, don't be like that. I didn't mean for it to come out the way that it did. Yesterday. You broke up with me out of the blue. It wasn't out of the blue. We've been growing apart. There's a bullshit for a while now. The only reason that we've been growing apart is because you spend all your

time working on your stupid thesis. Oh my career is stupid. Now, you know what, there's a gym in here. I'm I'm gonna go and see if have a punging bag because I feel like hitting something right now. Yeah, I was heartbroken. I thought she was committed to me, to us. Of course it made me upset. But what what was I ever violent? No? Why would you even think that I didn't. I'd never heard anyone, and that stupid campus citation does

not count. I got drunk in a frat party and I pushed over a by cop on my way home. But I would never ever hurt Ruth. Now did I need to put an art gallery in a submarine? I don't know, but I figured this way, I have it if I need it. Ruth, Hey, everything okay with you? And uh every great great? Hey make I was telling Ruth, I have this explore mini sub You can really go deep in it. You want to go for a dive? Oh? Um, well, Ruth would come to right. All right, it's a two

person supped tight squeeze as it is. Well, you know, I think I want to check out some of these paintings for a bit. Oh sure, I'll leave you too to it. I thought you would have gone. What are you implying that I'd sleep with some rich asshole just to get that placement? Oh? I didn't say. That's so typical of you. Ruth was a little miss perfect. She was always judging me. Ruth was smarter than me, okay,

and I don't want her for that. But what I couldn't stand was that she never missed an opportunity to remind me, Oh, welcome home, darling. Drinking again? What else am I supposed to do? Down here? Shall I make you one. I'll pass. Thank you, come on doctor's orders day. You brought a backup, lousy in case the other one breaks down. They're only interested in the science and trust me. Oh of course, dear, I'm only tasting here a pay sovereign.

Thank you. You know I love you, right mm hmm, I love you too, sweetie to us cheers, look, I already told you and made me a margarita. She makes them strong. I don't drink that often, so I ended up falling asleep. When I woke up, everyone was screaming and Ruth was dead. Hello, hello, my suddenly the only person on the sublane. Anybody are you serious? Awesome? Power again? There must be oh h um, hello, uh, this is Ruth Tanner in the conning tower. Is anybody in the

engine room? We're on emergency power here and I there we go, Oh hello, is uh someone there? Oh? Hey, what's going on? The lights? Cut out? And wait? What are you doing? Is that a knife? Wait? Stop, get off me. You've reached the end of the investigation. It's time to decide who you think Ruth's killer is. Here are your suspects, her jilted boyfriend Jake. We've been growing apart bullshit for a while now there The reason that we've been growing apart is because you spend all your

time working on your stupid thesis. Her rival classmate Meg, Ruth was smarter than me, okay, and I don't fault her for that, But what it couldn't stand was that she never missed an opportunity to remind me the billionaire Philip. Damn it, I don't have time for your ship. Everybody fucking hears you, or Philip's jealous wife an Hey, tankers away. It would ever fascinate see you. This year's the submarine, Next year, god knows what, but he always comes back

to me. We'll be back with the answer after a word from our sponsor. Now it's time to find out who killed Ruth. Ruth's killer was Philip's wife Anne. She was fed up with Philip constantly flirting with younger girls. He's always bringing some young antenny to upset me, to see how far he could push me, and she became convinced he was cheating on her with Ruth. I can't believe you're doing this again. I talked to her, Philip.

She is a child, knowing that Philip is a self proclaimed lightweight, she made him an extra strong Margarita shall make you one O thank you come on doctor's orders. So he brought a backup Lousy in case the other one breaks down. With Philip out of the way, and tracked Ruth down and killed her. Oh hello, If someone there and there would have been no way to tell that Anne was behind Ruth's murder if not for a gift from Philip that that bracelet is really something? Are

those charms? Gold? Are you serious? Their fourteen carets? Honey? The telltale jangle of Anne's charm bracelet could be heard during the struggle, revealing her as Ruth's killer. This episode was inspired by a true crime that took place in late two thousand seventeen, when a right journalist was tasked with interviewing an entrepreneur that had access to his own submarine. The entrepreneur invited the young woman onto his submarine, where she was ultimately killed on board and her remains left

out to see. Ruth was played by Ava de Luca, Verly, Jake by David Hack, Kara by Katie McClellan, Philip by Joe San Filippo, Anne by Cat Bayleiss, Professor stand by Patrick Kavanaugh, meg by Natalia del Reego. His episode was written and directed by Jennifer Helen Coates. Executive produced by Walt Palmer and Corey Serge. Produced, recorded and mixed by Salt Audio. Recorded at Bang Zoom Studios, Edited by Zach Jurich for Salt Audio. Sound designed by Zach Pino for

Salt Audio. Original music and score by Noah Gersh and Jamie Scheffman at Salt Audio. Casting by Romy Stepman, Casting Assistant Daisy Laura. Production coordinated by Liz Lamy. Next time on Solve, a bank robbery comes to a bloody end. We're now receiving confirmation that among the two dead at the attempted Crown Trust bank heist is Eddie Doyle, lead of the Doyle Gang of bank robbers who have been terrorizing citizens across the Northeast. Frank, Yeah, I can't believe it,

But did someone tip off the cops? Tell me how the bank manager gets the coach to the fucking vault road. Listen, The alarms didn't make a difference. The cops were already there. Okay, okay, somebody called the coups and it had to be someone in this room Tune in next week to find out