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Can I open the doctor's padlocked garbage container?
1 of 15: Only with a key.
2 of 15: The doctor keeps his keyring on a hook near the door down in his basement morgue. Unfortunately, he also keeps an eye on you when you're down there.
3 of 15: You need to arrange a distraction for him so that he'll leave you alone briefly in the morgue.
4 of 15: It's the same distraction that you have to arrange in order to look through Henry's things, so see the question on that to find out how to do it.
5 of 15: Samuel cannot take the key, since the doctor will notice if it's missing. If only there were another key....
6 of 15: Once you have the place to yourself, you need to figure out how to make a duplicate of the key.
7 of 15: How are key duplicates sneakily made in most stories and movies?
8 of 15: First, you need to make a good impression of the key using some malleable substance. Search the mortuary for something you can use.
9 of 15: Dr. Hermann has a desk in the back of the room (far right side of the screen). Check it out.
10 of 15: You can get a chunk of imprint plastic from one of the drawers in the desk. Use it on the keyring to get a usable key impression.
11 of 15: Once you've done that and searched Henry's things, you can leave and go find someone to make an actual key for you.
12 of 15: Some people will do almost anything for a buck.
13 of 15: Try the guys in the Willow Creek pub.
14 of 15: Once again, the ever-handy Mark is the man to speak to about it, and Harry is the one to refer you to him. Ask Mark to make you a key from the impression, and he'll agree to do so.
15 of 15: Come back later and ask Harry about Mark to get the key. This will work after you get the strange object that Henry had pawned in Murray's pawn shop. (You may also have to leave Willow Creek and then return to it, and may have to get the photos from Dr. Hermann, too.)
