Brave Little State is a long-running show with a simple formula: Listeners ask questions about Vermont and we answer them. In this story, producer Burgess Brown tackles a peculiar question 鈥� a cry for help, really 鈥� from a listener named Elvira Dana:
鈥淎 human tooth (molar) is embedded in a retaining wall alongside East State Street in Montpelier. Help.鈥�
Burgess and Elvira slip on their gumshoes to crack this cold canine case wide open. And they enlist the entire town of Montpelier for help along the way. Librarians, historians and all manner of city officials lend a hand. In this excerpt from the first part of the episode, pedestrians, dentists and a taxidermist join the hunt.
