WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.299 Right now in downtown Portland, the temperature 00:00:02.299 --> 00:00:06.459 stands at 52 degrees. That's KOIN News to 8 -11. 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:30.629 I'm Bill Gerrity. Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:34.810 Marshall. If your nerves are steady enough, I'd 00:00:34.810 --> 00:00:38.130 like to be your guide into and through, we hope, 00:00:38.530 --> 00:00:40.990 a place and a time where things happen which 00:00:40.990 --> 00:00:44.689 we ordinarily think of as supernatural, where 00:00:44.689 --> 00:00:47.770 grisly events do not necessarily have their moment 00:00:47.770 --> 00:00:51.429 and go their way as time moves ahead but may 00:00:51.429 --> 00:00:56.450 stay and stay and still stay. The home we enter 00:00:56.450 --> 00:00:59.289 first is not the sinister place I'm talking about. 00:00:59.869 --> 00:01:02.670 It's a well -appointed apartment. Bright, cheerful, 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:06.750 normal in every way. Occupied by Ken Harris, 00:01:06.989 --> 00:01:09.849 who at this moment is reading a novel, and his 00:01:09.849 --> 00:01:12.530 wife Martha, who is working on a needlepoint 00:01:12.530 --> 00:01:16.810 project. Now who can that be at this time of 00:01:16.810 --> 00:01:20.269 night? Only one way to find out. Oh, couldn't 00:01:20.269 --> 00:01:22.629 have waited two more pages. I was about to find 00:01:22.629 --> 00:01:26.799 out we've done it. Oh, hello, Stu. Hey, come 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.180 on in. Let me take your coat. No, no, I can't 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:32.659 stay. I just wanted to let you know that I've 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:37.439 been out to the lake. Shadow Lake? What on earth 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.859 for? Well, the thing is, Ken, your cottage has 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:42.439 been broken into unless somebody you know is 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.859 out there. Well, no, nobody. But what makes you 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:49.569 think... I saw lights and... I saw a shadow move 00:01:49.569 --> 00:01:52.189 across the living room window. No question about 00:01:52.189 --> 00:01:55.430 it, Ken. There was somebody in your cottage. 00:02:04.030 --> 00:02:08.129 Our mystery drama, Return to Shadow Lake, was 00:02:08.129 --> 00:02:10.330 written especially for the Mystery Theater by 00:02:10.330 --> 00:02:14.229 Fielden Farrington and stars Nat Poland and Joan 00:02:14.229 --> 00:02:18.300 Lovejoy. I'll be back shortly. with Act One. 00:02:29.340 --> 00:02:31.580 When you come to think of it, there's something 00:02:31.580 --> 00:02:34.560 rather sad about a summer cottage in midwinter. 00:02:35.139 --> 00:02:39.039 Its purpose is negated. Its rooms, built to contain 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:42.199 the sounds of pleasure, are silent. Its meaning 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.919 has been stripped from it. It is empty. Or should 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.199 be. But according to Stu Ralston, the summer 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.539 cottage owned by Ken and Martha Harris out on 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:55.360 Shadow Lake is not empty. And whoever is in it 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.719 has no business there. You say you saw lights 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.800 in the windows, Stu? That's right. Well, but 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.419 all the utilities have been turned off for the 00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:05.379 winter. There's no electricity. But we left a 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:07.800 couple of hurricane lamps in the utility room, 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:09.780 Ken. Couldn't somebody have found those? It was 00:03:09.780 --> 00:03:12.879 a dim light. It could very well have been a lamp 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:17.800 or even a couple of candles. Did you notice if 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:19.800 there was a light in the utility room window, 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:24.960 Stu? No, I don't think there was. All I was aware 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:27.580 of was the light in the living room and the shadow 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:31.680 of a man walking past the front window or maybe 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.439 a woman. I couldn't be sure. Stu, what on earth 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.240 were you doing out there in the first place? 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:42.479 I just thought I'd drive out, you know. Looking 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.990 for Claudia. Did you actually think you'd find 00:03:45.990 --> 00:03:49.949 Claudia out there? No, no, of course not I Well, 00:03:49.969 --> 00:03:52.550 I I suppose that was in the back of my mind, 00:03:52.550 --> 00:03:56.770 but I didn't really expect to find her Our cottage 00:03:56.770 --> 00:04:00.169 was empty still Claudia has been missing since 00:04:00.169 --> 00:04:05.729 Well, it's almost a year now Do you think it's 00:04:05.729 --> 00:04:10.389 healthy to keep on this way? I haven't thought 00:04:10.389 --> 00:04:13.469 much about what's healthy and What isn't, Martha? 00:04:14.270 --> 00:04:17.029 The police have Claudia listed as a missing person. 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:20.610 Case closed. Well, that's all right for them. 00:04:20.769 --> 00:04:24.009 They went married to her. They didn't love her. 00:04:24.290 --> 00:04:29.490 I do. I can't just give her up that easily. But 00:04:29.490 --> 00:04:33.029 out at Shadow Lake in the middle of winter? She 00:04:33.029 --> 00:04:36.910 used to go there when she was upset about things. 00:04:37.110 --> 00:04:40.649 Even in the wintertime. She liked to be alone 00:04:40.649 --> 00:04:44.389 sometimes. Stu... I know it's a hard thing for 00:04:44.389 --> 00:04:48.129 you to believe, but don't you think it's likely 00:04:48.129 --> 00:04:51.810 that Claudia just took off on her own? She was 00:04:51.810 --> 00:04:54.310 always restless. Claudia might have left me, 00:04:54.529 --> 00:04:57.810 yes. But she would never have gone without telling 00:04:57.810 --> 00:05:01.829 me she was going. No, I wouldn't have thought 00:05:01.829 --> 00:05:05.970 so. So, what does that leave? She was abducted. 00:05:06.449 --> 00:05:11.360 Maybe killed. I don't know. If she could, I believe 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.540 she'd have got in touch with me by this time. 00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:17.639 I just... Well, I just wanted to let you know 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.420 about the cottage. How about a brandy, Stu? No. 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.639 No, no, thanks. I have to get back to my place. 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:29.500 Stu, don't let it just devour you this way. You're 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:34.000 very sweet to be concerned, Martha. I'll be all 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:40.850 right. Ken, will you come to bed? Are you going 00:05:40.850 --> 00:05:43.009 to spend the whole night roaming around worrying? 00:05:43.449 --> 00:05:46.050 Well, I'm disturbed about the cottage. I think 00:05:46.050 --> 00:05:49.290 I'll drive out there tomorrow. To Shadow Lake? 00:05:49.509 --> 00:05:53.209 Yeah. What in the world for? I want to see if 00:05:53.209 --> 00:05:55.870 any damage has been done. You know, just check 00:05:55.870 --> 00:06:00.230 up on things. I think it's silly. You haven't 00:06:00.230 --> 00:06:02.689 been feeling too well. And I don't think going 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:04.649 out there all upset would be any good for you. 00:06:04.649 --> 00:06:07.649 I'm all right. A drive into the country will 00:06:07.649 --> 00:06:10.560 do me good. Well, you don't have to go. Oh, I'll 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.279 go if you insist on going. Why, Grady Rather, 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:18.279 you didn't. Why? Well, what if they should still 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.259 be out there? I'll pick up a club and go for 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:38.389 them. Same as you. Oh, 7 .30. Ken? Ken? And wake 00:06:38.389 --> 00:06:42.810 up. What? Oh. Did you set the radio clock for 00:06:42.810 --> 00:06:47.509 7 .30? Yeah, I want to get an early start. Oh. 00:06:48.009 --> 00:06:50.930 Oh, I forgot. You still want to go out there, 00:06:50.990 --> 00:06:54.649 huh? The time is 7 .32 on a miserable Sunday 00:06:54.649 --> 00:06:56.750 morning. Heavy snow warnings are out throughout 00:06:56.750 --> 00:06:59.110 the area. Motorists are advised to stay off the 00:06:59.110 --> 00:07:01.529 highways if possible. An accumulation of five 00:07:01.529 --> 00:07:03.879 to eight inches of snow is predicted. The temperature 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.199 right now is 18 degrees and it won't get out 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:08.740 of the 20s all day. Cloudy and cold tomorrow 00:07:08.740 --> 00:07:11.100 with the strong possibility of continuing snow. 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.000 So if you're in bed, stay there. If you're not, 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:17.980 go on back. Well, so much for driving out to 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:21.360 Shadow Lake. I've driven in snow before. But 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:23.300 you're still not thinking about going, are you? 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:25.399 Can you hear what the man just said? Yeah, he 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.939 said it's snowing. Five to eight inches. It never 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:31.560 snows as much as they say it's going to. I've 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.120 got studded snow tires. Even got chains in the 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.259 trunk if I need them. Ken, why are you so determined? 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.740 It's way out of proportion. Can't you see that? 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:43.699 Well, I told you, you don't have to go. Well, 00:07:43.699 --> 00:07:45.939 actually, what you told me was you'd rather I 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:59.699 didn't go. No? I'll go. Ken, come on. Enough 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:02.480 is enough. Let's turn back. I can't even see 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.120 where we're going. That's all right, as long 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:13.560 as I can. Just be still and let me drive. All 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.620 right. We've managed to get as far as Gibbsville. 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.100 The last civilized outpost before the lake. Now 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:21.500 look at it, Ken. It's practically buried under 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:23.439 now and the snow's coming down harder than ever. 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.379 Will you be sensible for once in your life and 00:08:26.379 --> 00:08:30.550 let's turn around? I want to stop at Potts Grocery. 00:08:31.009 --> 00:08:32.990 Why, for heaven's sake? I want to pick up a few 00:08:32.990 --> 00:08:36.690 things. Is that the store? Doesn't look the same 00:08:36.690 --> 00:08:40.889 as in the summer. Nothing does. What do you want 00:08:40.889 --> 00:08:44.450 to buy, anyway? Well, if it's really going to 00:08:44.450 --> 00:08:46.490 keep on snowing like this, we might be stuck 00:08:46.490 --> 00:08:49.889 at the cottage overnight. Oh, Ken. Well, if it 00:08:49.889 --> 00:08:51.490 should, we should have to stay over. We'd better 00:08:51.490 --> 00:08:53.870 load up on food. Ken, I don't want to spend the 00:08:53.870 --> 00:08:55.870 night out there. We'll freeze. That's a summer 00:08:55.870 --> 00:08:58.210 cottage. We can't spend the night out there. 00:08:58.429 --> 00:09:01.429 Oh, we can. We've got the fireplace. It'll keep 00:09:01.429 --> 00:09:03.809 the living room comfortable enough. We have to 00:09:03.809 --> 00:09:05.830 sleep over. There are plenty of blankets. And 00:09:05.830 --> 00:09:07.570 what are you going to burn? The furniture? For 00:09:07.570 --> 00:09:09.870 heaven's sake, Martha. There's a good half -court 00:09:09.870 --> 00:09:14.210 of firewood in the utility room. There is? Funny, 00:09:14.250 --> 00:09:16.600 I never noticed it. How often do you go into 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:18.379 the utility room when we're out there in the 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.519 summertime? Well, it's the same. Come on, come 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.179 on. Let's get those groceries. The roads up ahead 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:25.159 aren't getting any better and we sit here arguing. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.220 You know, I still can't understand how I could 00:09:30.220 --> 00:09:33.559 spend the whole summer in that cottage and never 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.500 notice the light ahead of us. I guess you're 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:37.740 just not very observant. Been there since the 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:41.840 middle of last winter. Go ahead. Howdy, Mr. Harris. 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.279 Hi. That's surprised to see you folks out this 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:47.600 way, weather carrying on like it is. What can 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:50.600 I do for you? Well, we want a boxload of provisions, 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.600 just in case you have to stay overnight at the 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.860 cottage. Martha, you know what we'll need better 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:57.059 than I do. Well, just take one of those baskets, 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.399 Miss Harris, and help yourself to whatever catches 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:02.960 your fancy. 150 degrees below zero and cooking 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.279 over an open fire. Boy, this is going to be a 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:07.279 lot of fun. You better get some candles too, 00:10:07.419 --> 00:10:10.059 dear. The cottage, you're saying? Yeah, yeah. 00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:13.409 Stu Ralston was out here last night. He thinks 00:10:13.409 --> 00:10:15.769 our place was broken into. I thought I'd better 00:10:15.769 --> 00:10:18.210 just check it out. Now, you ain't seriously figuring 00:10:18.210 --> 00:10:20.769 on going all the way out to Shadow Lake in this 00:10:20.769 --> 00:10:23.529 kind of weather, are you, Mr. Harris? Yes, I 00:10:23.529 --> 00:10:26.090 thought we would. Ain't none of my affair, of 00:10:26.090 --> 00:10:28.090 course, but I sure wouldn't if it was me doing 00:10:28.090 --> 00:10:30.909 it. Not for love or money, I wouldn't. Oh, well, 00:10:30.909 --> 00:10:33.490 it won't be easy, I suppose, but I want to make 00:10:33.490 --> 00:10:35.549 sure nothing's been tampered with. Ain't gonna 00:10:35.549 --> 00:10:38.429 let up for a spell. You can count on that. Not 00:10:38.429 --> 00:10:40.090 that I'd think for a minute you're gonna make 00:10:40.090 --> 00:10:43.159 it out to Shadow Lake. You don't. Not for a minute. 00:10:43.620 --> 00:10:46.100 Not up that wagon track to the lake itself. Okay. 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:48.840 This ought to hold us. You want to add it up, 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.799 Mr. Potts? Sure thing. Got everything you need 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:55.440 now? I guess so, yes. All right, let's see. $1 00:10:55.440 --> 00:11:00.259 .76, $43... You ask me, I don't think we're going 00:11:00.259 --> 00:11:02.820 to need any of it. What did Mr. Potts say about 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:05.700 going out to the lake? Took a damn view. And 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:07.320 you are not going to pay any attention, I suppose. 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.820 You know something, Martha? You're really getting 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:14.740 a little tiresome about this. What? $12 .97, 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.320 it comes to folks. Seems like an almighty lot. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.580 We're used to it. Let's see, 10. Let's see if 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:26.960 I have free ones. Yeah, here you are. And here's 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:29.700 your three cents change. I thank you. Come on, 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.720 Martha. You take my advice, folks. You'll turn 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.100 right around and go back. Gonna be a mess up 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:40.149 there toward Shadow Lake. Please, Ken. He knows 00:11:40.149 --> 00:11:42.190 what he's talking about. He's a native. Come 00:11:42.190 --> 00:11:46.269 on, come on. We may not even be able to turn 00:11:46.269 --> 00:11:48.669 around if we go much further. I don't intend 00:11:48.669 --> 00:12:00.809 to turn around. Okay. You wouldn't listen to 00:12:00.809 --> 00:12:04.690 me or Lupaz. So now we're stuck. I'm sorry. Like 00:12:04.690 --> 00:12:14.179 a doomsday. I can rock us out of here. Is that 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:16.559 the turnoff to the cottage up ahead there? Yes, 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:19.500 there's the old oak with broken limbs. Are you 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:21.399 actually going to try to drive up that bloody 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:23.440 little lane to the cottage? Doesn't look good, 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:29.740 does it? No, no. I guess I better not try it. 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:34.860 Oh, thank goodness. Well, we've had a nice Sunday 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:37.679 morning drive. Now I just hope we can get back. 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:40.960 Listen, there's plenty of gas in the tank. Are 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.019 you where? Sit here. Keep the motor idling so 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:46.139 the heater works and you'll be perfectly comfortable. 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:49.600 I'm gonna walk back to the cottage. Oh, Lord 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.580 give me strength. I've got boots and fleece -lined 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:54.799 gloves and a warm coat and I've got a cap that 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.039 pulls down over my ears. Now why shouldn't I 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.740 walk? Snow up to his armpits and he wants to 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:01.860 know why I shouldn't walk. Oh, what is it, a 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:04.620 mile, mile and a quarter? If I can't walk that 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:08.340 far, snow or no snow, I'd better give up. Okay, 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:11.179 I'm coming with you. Are you out of your mind? 00:13:11.179 --> 00:13:14.080 Sure, we both are. Well, what are we sitting 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:24.399 here for? Let's get going. I can't, can I? I 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.840 just can't. I told you that before we started. 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:29.559 All right. Do you think you can make it back 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:33.460 to the car alone? What, what, you? Go ahead to 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:39.460 the cottage? Oh, thanks. I'll make it somehow. 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:50.159 Don't lie down, Anista. Don't you know better 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:53.799 than to lie down in snow now? I have to... I 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:57.659 can't... I'm so tired. Hang on your feet. Martha... 00:13:57.659 --> 00:14:01.399 Just a little... Don't lie down. If I can get 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:06.320 this box of groceries, blood, and this tree for... 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:10.799 There. Now, Martha, I told you not to lie down. 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:15.399 Just... All right, I can carry you if I have 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.759 to. I can't, Cam, we go back. It's further back 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:21.820 to the car now than it is to the cottage. You 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:27.000 can't. I can't carry you. We could, we could 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:30.200 rest a couple of minutes, couldn't we? No, no, 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:34.240 we stop now. We stop for one minute to rest now. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:46.159 We're dead. say it isn't a particularly unpleasant 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:49.940 way to die freezing to death there's no pain 00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:53.799 you simply drift off to sleep and that's all 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.679 there is to it seems to me the only people who 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:58.799 can tell you with any authenticity what it's 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.919 like to die no matter what way are the people 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.799 who have died and they don't come back to talk 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:08.139 about it do they I'll be back shortly with act 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:22.289 two Ken and Martha Harris would seem to be in 00:15:22.289 --> 00:15:26.090 enough trouble just as things are Martha has 00:15:26.090 --> 00:15:29.110 collapsed from exhaustion and exposure and Ken 00:15:29.110 --> 00:15:31.129 carrying her the rest of the way to the cottage 00:15:31.129 --> 00:15:34.529 is near exhaustion himself He plods through the 00:15:34.529 --> 00:15:38.710 nightmare of snow to another nightmare For what 00:15:38.710 --> 00:15:42.149 awaits him at the cottage if he makes it is far 00:15:42.149 --> 00:15:45.230 more terrifying than any accumulation of clean 00:15:45.230 --> 00:15:53.179 white snow I can see the cottage. Oh, Lord, don't, 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.840 Martha. Don't go to sleep. We're going to make 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:01.279 it. Don't let yourself sleep. Oh, we're here. 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:07.179 Look. Here are the steps. So heavy. Why should 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:13.740 she be so heavy? Martha! Oh, worst thing. Panic. 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:19.049 I'm tired. That's all. The keys, the keys. Do 00:16:19.049 --> 00:16:20.990 you think you could stand up for a minute while 00:16:20.990 --> 00:16:23.730 I just get into my pocket? I've got only these 00:16:23.730 --> 00:16:26.309 two hands and I haven't... Martha, could you 00:16:26.309 --> 00:16:30.169 just try to... Hey, hey, you are helping. Oh, 00:16:30.429 --> 00:16:36.330 Kevin, you're not. Okay, now, just... Oh, holy 00:16:36.330 --> 00:16:44.210 man. You hear me, Martha? Now, just, just as 00:16:44.210 --> 00:16:46.669 far as, just to the rocking chair, remember? 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:52.559 You always liked the rocking chair. Are we home? 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:55.960 We're in the cottage. We made it. Gonna be all 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:00.080 right. Fred, just take a little sleep. No, no, 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.620 not yet. I've got to start a fire. It'll warm 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:06.119 the room up. But until it does, I want you to 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:11.630 stay awake. Oh, poor Karen. I can't believe it's 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:14.009 such a hard time. If you just stay awake, everything 00:17:14.009 --> 00:17:25.750 will be all right. Just don't go to sleep. Okay, 00:17:26.269 --> 00:17:28.769 good fire going. You're wrapped up in blankets. 00:17:29.430 --> 00:17:32.470 Everything's gonna be all right. Oh, my feet 00:17:32.470 --> 00:17:35.049 are beginning to hurt like anything, Kim. Good 00:17:35.049 --> 00:17:38.009 sign. Means the circulation's coming back. I'm 00:17:38.009 --> 00:17:42.089 so tired. It's warm enough now, you're to take 00:17:42.089 --> 00:17:46.869 a nap. I've got to go out for a while. Out? Yeah, 00:17:46.869 --> 00:17:49.109 yeah, I'm all right. My feet don't even feel 00:17:49.109 --> 00:17:51.809 cold. I'm dressed for it better than you are. 00:17:52.309 --> 00:17:54.150 I've got to go back and get the box of groceries. 00:17:54.829 --> 00:17:57.529 Oh, Ken, can't you, can't we just forget the 00:17:57.529 --> 00:18:00.789 stupid groceries? I don't see how you can make 00:18:00.789 --> 00:18:02.730 it all by yourself back to where you left that 00:18:02.730 --> 00:18:05.569 card. I've got two. Three cans of tomato soup 00:18:05.569 --> 00:18:08.910 in the pantry, now that's all. Ken, does it, 00:18:08.910 --> 00:18:11.390 does it... look like somebody's been here not 00:18:11.390 --> 00:18:14.410 that i can tell so far i'll go over everything 00:18:14.410 --> 00:18:17.430 better when i get back i wish you wouldn't leave 00:18:17.430 --> 00:18:21.029 come on it's not all that far well the truth 00:18:21.029 --> 00:18:27.089 is i i'm scared scared well if somebody was in 00:18:27.089 --> 00:18:30.809 here last night what what if they came back in 00:18:30.809 --> 00:18:36.279 this kind of weather forget it I guess you're 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:38.819 right. Okay. Okay. Okay. I better get going. 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.220 I may be a while. It'll be pretty slow, especially 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:43.140 on the way back with that load of groceries. 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:46.160 Okay. I feel as though I could sleep for about 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:49.099 a week anyway. Good. You just sit there and fall 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:52.980 asleep. See you later. Ken, be careful. I'll 00:18:52.980 --> 00:19:29.630 be fine. What? Who? Ken? Ken! Ken, be quiet. 00:19:29.869 --> 00:19:31.950 Don't make any noise. What the hell are you doing 00:19:31.950 --> 00:19:35.170 wandering around without even any shoes on? What 00:19:35.170 --> 00:19:37.250 is it? What's the matter? Ken, there's somebody 00:19:37.250 --> 00:19:39.529 in the cottage right now, right this minute. 00:19:40.690 --> 00:19:43.710 What makes you think that? I heard them. Right 00:19:43.710 --> 00:19:46.349 after you left, a man and a woman. They were 00:19:46.349 --> 00:19:50.329 laughing. Not after I left? Yeah. I went to sleep. 00:19:50.950 --> 00:19:53.210 I couldn't have been more than a minute and they 00:19:53.210 --> 00:19:56.029 woke me up with their laughing. But you must 00:19:56.029 --> 00:19:59.329 have dreamed it. No. Absolutely not. I was not 00:19:59.329 --> 00:20:02.890 dreaming. The laughing woke me up and they... 00:20:03.210 --> 00:20:06.289 Kept on for a while. For a while after I was 00:20:06.289 --> 00:20:10.109 awake. Can I know I was awake? And then when 00:20:10.109 --> 00:20:13.430 I called out, they stopped. Did you look for 00:20:13.430 --> 00:20:17.190 them? No, I couldn't. I was scared. OK, I'll 00:20:17.190 --> 00:20:19.069 go check it out. Just let me get this carton 00:20:19.069 --> 00:20:21.769 out to the kitchen. It weighs a ton. I'll come 00:20:21.769 --> 00:20:23.829 with you while you look for them. All right. 00:20:24.130 --> 00:20:26.769 Feet still hurt? Some, but not as much as they 00:20:26.769 --> 00:20:30.089 did. I can walk all right. OK, OK. I want to 00:20:30.089 --> 00:20:32.859 check out on the utility room first. Well, you 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.579 were in there when you got the firewood, weren't 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:37.359 you? Oh, I'll look again. You just stay here, 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.700 just outside the door. No, I'm coming in with 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:41.920 you. Will you stop that just once? Will you do 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.640 as I say without giving me an argument? All right. 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.059 Just outside the door here. Just until I've had 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:52.779 a look around. I said all right. Nothing's been 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:57.119 disturbed in here. No, everything's normal in 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:59.430 the utility room, as far as I can tell. Well, 00:20:59.430 --> 00:21:01.930 what was all that stamping you were doing? Oh, 00:21:02.049 --> 00:21:05.410 just some snow I had left on my boots. Could 00:21:05.410 --> 00:21:07.450 you tell where the laughing was coming from? 00:21:07.650 --> 00:21:11.430 I mean, what direction? No, no, not really. It 00:21:11.430 --> 00:21:15.390 sounded like from... kind of all around. All 00:21:15.390 --> 00:21:18.390 around, okay. Let's check the bedroom. Actually, 00:21:18.490 --> 00:21:22.970 it was sort of odd. It seemed to come from farther 00:21:22.970 --> 00:21:27.509 away than in the house. Silly, of course, but... 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:29.900 You know, it had to be in the house. There could 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.839 be a skating party from Gibbsville or somewhere. 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:34.900 The lake must be frozen over. It came from inside 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:37.640 the cottage. Well, you can see there's nobody 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:39.980 in the bedroom. Where would it have come from? 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.779 You were in the living room. There's nobody in 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.660 the kitchen, the utility room, or the bedroom. 00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:47.019 Now, that's all the rooms we have, Martha. I 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:58.089 didn't dream it. Do you want another hot dog, 00:21:58.250 --> 00:22:02.450 Ken? Good Lord, no. I've had three. Not to mention 00:22:02.450 --> 00:22:05.150 about a pound of French fries and two -thirds 00:22:05.150 --> 00:22:08.509 of that big can of baked peas. For a lady who 00:22:08.509 --> 00:22:10.789 doesn't know how to cook over an open fire, you 00:22:10.789 --> 00:22:14.130 whip up a pretty solid meal. I'm glad you enjoyed 00:22:14.130 --> 00:22:19.049 it. It would be kind of cozy, wouldn't it? With 00:22:19.049 --> 00:22:22.390 only the lamp and the firelight. Except that... 00:22:22.390 --> 00:22:25.960 Except that what? I didn't dream that, Laughing 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:29.460 Ken. There was someone in here. You want to know 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:34.480 what I think? I think you and Stu were both dreaming 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:37.759 about last night and about today. Now, I've been 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:40.720 over this place with a fine -tooth comb. There 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.420 couldn't have been anybody in here. No locks 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:45.160 were broken. There's not so much as a chair out 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.019 of place. Everything is exactly the way we left 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:52.299 it last fall. Well, I don't know about Stu. I 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:55.269 didn't dream it. There's nobody but us in the 00:22:55.269 --> 00:22:58.250 house now. At least we know that. And I've got 00:22:58.250 --> 00:23:02.089 a full belly. And the fire makes the room nice 00:23:02.089 --> 00:23:08.309 and cozy. You know, Ken... I'm worried about 00:23:08.309 --> 00:23:13.250 Stu. He's so... He seems so lost without Claudia. 00:23:13.970 --> 00:23:18.789 Yeah. I feel sorry for him, too. But he's not 00:23:18.789 --> 00:23:21.190 the first guy whose wife walked out on him. No, 00:23:21.190 --> 00:23:24.859 that's just it. He can't believe she did. I mean, 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:27.599 he can't believe she would, without at least 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:30.779 telling him she was going. Yeah, well, she didn't 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:33.759 tell him, did she? What more proof does he want? 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.700 You've got to just backwards from his thinking. 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:41.099 He thinks her not telling him is proof that something 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:44.880 happened to her. Yeah, yeah. He also sees people 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:47.660 in other people's cottages. Hey, I just had an 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:51.109 idea. We left the Scrabble board out here, didn't 00:23:51.109 --> 00:23:52.950 we? We were up all up on the shelf in the bedroom 00:23:52.950 --> 00:23:56.130 closet. How about a game of Scrabble? Hmm. I 00:23:56.130 --> 00:24:00.990 don't know. I... Oh. Okay. If I can keep my mind 00:24:00.990 --> 00:24:02.930 on it. Give me a chance to beat you for once. 00:24:03.309 --> 00:24:07.309 I'll go get it. And Martha. Hmm? If you say you 00:24:07.309 --> 00:24:09.430 want to come with me, so help me out clobber 00:24:09.430 --> 00:24:13.109 you. Okay. I'll sit right here. I won't budge. 00:24:13.250 --> 00:24:15.910 I'm pretty sure I left it in there up on the 00:24:15.910 --> 00:24:18.309 closet shelf. I won't be a second. Don't hurry. 00:24:18.589 --> 00:24:23.190 I won't be going anywhere. It's no good, I tell 00:24:23.190 --> 00:24:27.549 you. I can't do it. What did you say, Ken? I 00:24:27.549 --> 00:24:31.690 didn't say anything. Can't do it. Or won't do 00:24:31.690 --> 00:24:34.829 it. All right, won't, if you like it better that 00:24:34.829 --> 00:24:39.309 way. We'll see about that. Ken! Ken! What's the 00:24:39.309 --> 00:24:40.950 matter? What happened? Ken, I heard them again. 00:24:41.549 --> 00:24:43.109 They were talking this time. Didn't you hear 00:24:43.109 --> 00:24:46.519 them? I didn't hear a sound. You mean the people 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:48.660 you thought you heard laughing before? I did 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:51.000 hear them, but they were talking this time. He 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:53.940 said he couldn't do something, and... Ken, where 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:57.500 are they? Well, I... I'm afraid they're just 00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:01.299 in your head, Martha. Oh, no, you don't! Just 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:03.039 because you didn't hear them, you're not gonna 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:05.000 make me out to be off my rocker. Come on, come 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:07.640 on, Martha. You're nervous, you're upset, and 00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:11.200 who wouldn't be? So am I. Okay, let's play one 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:14.049 game of Scrabble and get to bed. I piled enough 00:25:14.049 --> 00:25:15.930 blankets on that bed to smother us, never mind 00:25:15.930 --> 00:25:23.349 keep us warm. All right. But I heard them. They've 00:25:23.349 --> 00:25:35.930 got to be here somewhere. Ken? Ken, wake up. 00:25:36.190 --> 00:25:41.680 Ken. Come on, will you wake up? What? What is 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.779 it, Martha? Look. At what? Can't you see it, 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:48.579 the flickering? The fireplace in the living room 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:52.279 is burning. Oh. Well, it's probably just part 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:54.880 of a log that wasn't all the way burned up. Smoldered 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.859 for a while and then caught again. Go to sleep, 00:25:58.099 --> 00:26:01.319 Martha. No, that's a fire, a whole fire. We couldn't 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.640 see an ember or something from clear back here. 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:07.059 What are you doing? I'm going in there to see 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:09.839 what's going on. A fire like that just doesn't 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:12.279 build itself out of ashes. Somebody built it. 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:22.079 Don't you want to catch them? All right. Now, 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:24.180 don't talk. We'll just sneak up to the living 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:26.119 room door and see what's going on, okay? Okay, 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:31.180 okay. Did you hear something? Not a damn thing. 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:35.819 Don't talk anymore. Just let me get a look through 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:49.720 the door and... you see she's come back it's 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:55.740 Claudia it's Claudia I don't think so Martha 00:26:55.740 --> 00:27:12.240 I don't think they can hear us it can't be that 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:24.160 man looks like you But it can't be. Apparently 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:37.119 it can be, Martha. Ken Harris stands beside his 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:42.079 wife, watching a scene in which he, he, Ken Harris, 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:45.119 sits in front of the fireplace talking to Claudia 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.730 Ralston. That adds up to two Ken Harris's in 00:27:48.730 --> 00:27:52.930 the same house at the same time impossible well 00:27:52.930 --> 00:27:58.130 very unlikely Except that there it is and Claudia 00:27:58.130 --> 00:28:04.650 a long absent Claudia We'll find out when I return 00:28:04.650 --> 00:28:19.480 shortly with act three It is held by some that 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:22.980 events of great dramatic impact may leave their 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:25.920 imprint so deeply stamped upon the scene of their 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:29.779 occurrence that it is never totally erased. Not 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:32.700 by the absence of the participants, nor by the 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:36.539 passage of time. Perhaps this is what we're witnessing 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.660 here in the living room of the Harris's summer 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:41.900 cottage. Perhaps something is about to happen 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:45.640 which has happened before and left its indelible 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:52.599 mark. on Shadow Lake. How could it be you? You're 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.099 standing right here beside me and yet you're 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:56.799 sitting there in the living room talking to Claudia. 00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:04.799 I don't see how it could be. It's something beyond 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:08.279 our understanding. They're not really here, Martha. 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:12.740 I mean, not really in this place at this time. 00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:17.140 I don't understand it either. I just, I just 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:19.119 want to get away from him. She's talking again. 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:23.279 It isn't easy for me either, Kim. Not one bit 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:26.319 easier than it is for you. I told you in the 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.960 beginning, weekends are out. I hate lying to 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:32.619 Martha, you know that. So we steal a weekday 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:35.880 when we can. We come out here and have a cold, 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.099 miserable afternoon, and a short evening together, 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:41.359 and then go back to the city and wait for our 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:44.519 next chance to sneak away. We said in the beginning, 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:47.680 and you agreed that... I know what we said in 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:50.299 the beginning. Can't stand this hole in the corner 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:52.839 business much longer. That was all it was ever 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:56.420 meant to be. We should never let it start. Well, 00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:01.279 we did let it start. You can't undo that. And 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:05.319 now it's not enough. It's too much. I think we 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:08.019 have to stop now. It's going much further than 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:13.559 we meant it to. They... they just... faded away. 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:20.220 They're gone. They were never here, Martha. They 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:25.480 weren't real. And the fire is dead. And everything 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:31.460 is just gone. It was, I don't know, some kind 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:35.079 of illusion. We imagined it. It was something 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:40.000 that happened before, wasn't it? Something that 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:45.549 actually happened. You and... Claudia out here 00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:48.309 together Martha if you just which weekend was 00:30:48.309 --> 00:30:51.750 it Ken? The time you had to go to Chicago to 00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:54.750 close that deal with Whoever it was that time 00:30:54.750 --> 00:30:57.289 that's enough We're gonna get dressed and get 00:30:57.289 --> 00:30:58.890 the hell out of this place before it drives us 00:30:58.890 --> 00:31:03.490 both nuts now We're no No, we're not we're staying 00:31:03.490 --> 00:31:06.789 right here, but Martha. I'm scared But I have 00:31:06.789 --> 00:31:10.710 a feeling they'll be back And I'm staying till 00:31:10.710 --> 00:31:17.170 the end All right. If you want to see the end, 00:31:17.369 --> 00:31:22.049 we'll stay. You'll be sorry, but we'll stay. 00:31:30.329 --> 00:31:33.190 Operator. Hi, Mabel. This is Lou Potts. Hello, 00:31:33.329 --> 00:31:35.970 Lou. What in the world are you doing out this 00:31:35.970 --> 00:31:38.910 time of night? Oh, inventory. Have to do it sooner 00:31:38.910 --> 00:31:41.349 or later, and I wasn't anxious to leave the store 00:31:41.349 --> 00:31:43.650 in this kind of weather. Ah, ain't it awful. 00:31:45.429 --> 00:31:48.890 Yep, still snowing. What can I do for you? Do 00:31:48.890 --> 00:31:51.390 you happen to know, is the sheriff still in his 00:31:51.390 --> 00:31:54.170 office, or did he close up and go home? In his 00:31:54.170 --> 00:31:57.190 office five, ten minutes ago. Why? Want me to 00:31:57.190 --> 00:32:00.490 ring him? No, I just thought if it turns out 00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:02.869 he's still in his office, maybe I'd stop by and 00:32:02.869 --> 00:32:04.990 say hello. Some kind of trouble going on, Lou? 00:32:05.789 --> 00:32:08.130 Wouldn't you know it before I did if there was? 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.460 What are you doing out on a night like this, 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:20.619 for feet's sake? Got something bothering me. 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:23.720 The ice is cold out there. Happens every winter, 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.819 seems like. How come you're still around this 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:28.599 late at night? Waiting for folks like you to 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:32.119 show up. Got something bothering them. What is 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:34.900 it you got on your mind? Well, you remember the 00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:37.420 Harrises? Got a summer place up there by the 00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:42.539 lake? Harris, Harris. Oh, sure, sure. Pretty 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.599 little thing she is. Well, they stopped in at 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:46.759 the store this afternoon and filled up with a 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.880 box of provisions to take out to the cottage 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:51.839 with them. Today? I told them I'd neared in so 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:55.180 many words they was damn fools. I've been watching 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:57.940 all day, waiting for them to come, and I ain't 00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:00.400 seen them. I would have too if they drove past. 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:03.740 I must be stuck up there. Yeah, I guess there's 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:06.880 nothing for it, but I'd go on up there and see 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:15.640 or try to. They're coming back. I knew they would. 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.759 We shouldn't be here. We should have gone away. 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:23.920 Be quiet. You want us to stop seeing each other? 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:26.660 You've had your fun and now you're ready to go 00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:29.900 back to Mars, is that it? We agreed in the very 00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:31.759 beginning that it would have to end this way, 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.700 Claudia. I may have agreed to that at the start, 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:38.619 or seemed to. But I won't have it that way now. 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.920 I don't really see that you have much choice. 00:33:48.490 --> 00:33:50.930 This was never more than just a... Just a little 00:33:50.930 --> 00:33:55.569 thing. Is that what you mean? A little fun. Something 00:33:55.569 --> 00:33:59.089 you could toss aside whenever you got tired of 00:33:59.089 --> 00:34:01.849 it. Claudia, we both agreed. Oh, you and we both 00:34:01.849 --> 00:34:05.009 agreed. I don't give a damn what I agreed to. 00:34:07.049 --> 00:34:12.369 All right. What do you want from me? I want you 00:34:12.369 --> 00:34:16.230 to tell Martha tomorrow that you want a divorce. 00:34:17.090 --> 00:34:22.949 That simple enough. She asks you why. Tell her. 00:34:23.789 --> 00:34:27.349 I won't do any such thing. You know that, Claudia. 00:34:28.389 --> 00:34:32.570 Do you want to bet? I won't. All right then. 00:34:34.409 --> 00:34:38.110 I'll tell her myself. Her and Stu both. Let them 00:34:38.110 --> 00:34:41.230 do the divorcing. And don't you think they won't? 00:34:42.210 --> 00:34:45.849 I only hope Stu doesn't blow your brains out. 00:34:47.130 --> 00:34:50.039 You're not going to do that, Claudia. Do you 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:56.400 think you can stop me? Yes, I think I can. You're 00:34:56.400 --> 00:35:02.440 not a very nice person, really. Yes, I'm quite 00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:06.179 sure I can stop you. They've faded away again. 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:12.340 Just faded away, as if there were nothing but 00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:16.900 air. Less than air, Martha. There's nothing at 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:22.539 all. I remember you. Okay, you've seen the end 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:25.940 of it. Now will you come away with me? Oh, no. 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:28.840 That wasn't the end of anything, Ken, and you 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:31.739 know it. Martha, I told her I love you. You heard 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:36.360 me tell her that. Oh, yes, sure. After you... 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:38.559 After you and she had... Martha, don't. Please 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:45.300 don't. Don't what? Cry? Not for a million dollars. 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:48.860 I want us to leave this place now. You go if 00:35:48.860 --> 00:36:01.559 you like. I'm staying for the end. Well, they 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.719 must have made it as far as the turnoff anyway. 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:06.860 I ain't seen hiding her hair in the car. Oh, 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:10.219 there it is. Yep, up ahead there. That heap of 00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:14.159 snow? Yeah, must be. Stop just this side of turnoff 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:16.500 to the lake. I sure hope they had enough gas 00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:18.860 to keep the heater going. Else they're frozen 00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:24.139 to death by now. Don't look like there's anybody 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:27.519 in the car, Lou. I guess I'll just have to walk 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:30.039 on up there myself. You're as crazy as they are, 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:35.019 Hal. Yeah, you sit here and stay warm, Lou. I 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:38.480 got snowshoes in the trunk. Son of a gun. Now 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.199 who'd think of snowshoes? And I'd like this or 00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:44.909 Sheriff would. Don't know why I didn't open a 00:36:44.909 --> 00:36:47.610 grocery store instead of running for sheriff. 00:36:51.849 --> 00:36:57.489 It's weird. The way they just materialize. It 00:36:57.489 --> 00:37:00.710 isn't real. Why are you looking at me like that, 00:37:01.010 --> 00:37:06.409 Tim? If you have anything silly in mind, you 00:37:06.409 --> 00:37:11.269 can just forget it. Silly. Just don't. Look at 00:37:11.269 --> 00:37:16.469 me that way. What way, Claudia? As if you could... 00:37:16.469 --> 00:37:21.710 almost as if you could... could kill me. I wouldn't, 00:37:21.710 --> 00:37:25.989 of course. If there were any other way. But there 00:37:25.989 --> 00:37:30.469 isn't. Come on, Ken. You're... you're kidding. 00:37:30.489 --> 00:37:32.269 I won't have you telling Martha about you and 00:37:32.269 --> 00:37:35.429 me. I won't put her through a thing like that. 00:37:36.489 --> 00:37:38.530 If I have to kill you to prevent it, by then... 00:37:38.530 --> 00:37:46.219 Okay. Then... I didn't realize you felt so strongly 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:49.219 about it. We'll just forget the whole thing, 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:53.099 okay? Well, don't just sit there shaking your 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:56.400 head at me. I won't say a word to Martha or to 00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:00.360 Stu either. About us, Ken, I promise you. I don't 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:03.960 believe you. But that's just the point, Ken. 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:07.400 I'm telling you, you can believe me. I promise. 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.539 A moment ago, you said you don't give a damn 00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:13.579 what you promised. That was just... No, it was 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:17.800 just talk. Oh, Ken, you've got to believe me. 00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:25.000 I can't. But if you don't... Oh, no, no, Ken. 00:38:25.679 --> 00:39:07.900 Please, please. There's only one hope. That was 00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:12.500 the weekend she disappeared. You killed her. 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:21.019 Yes. I couldn't figure anything else to do. But... 00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:24.579 Oh, God. A murderer. Martha, don't say that. 00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:31.539 A delterer and murderer. What did you do with 00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:38.840 her? What did you do with... with her body? I 00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:42.179 tore some boards off the floor of the utility 00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:47.739 room and buried her under there. The utility 00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:53.239 room? You mean she's under there now? Under that 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:59.059 floor right this minute? Yes. All last summer. 00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:04.039 Every weekend. All last summer we were out here 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:07.260 laughing and having fun and she... I wasn't having... 00:40:07.389 --> 00:40:16.570 Much fun. So, what do we do now? I'll go to the 00:40:16.570 --> 00:40:20.590 sheriff's office and give myself up. You intend 00:40:20.590 --> 00:40:27.690 to confess? What else is there to do? I'm glad 00:40:27.690 --> 00:40:34.409 it's over. I... I don't think I can walk to the 00:40:34.409 --> 00:40:43.329 car. We can make it. There's nobody else who 00:40:43.329 --> 00:40:48.170 knows about this, is there? Just me. Nobody else 00:40:48.170 --> 00:40:52.949 even suspects. It doesn't matter. I told you 00:40:52.949 --> 00:40:56.949 I'm going to give myself up. I know what you 00:40:56.949 --> 00:41:05.829 told me. It would be so easy. What would be easy? 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:11.599 carry me part of the way far enough so I can't 00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:16.079 get back and then just leave me in the snow to 00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:21.039 die the way you I'd have done yesterday Martha 00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:26.280 you're a murderer you killed Claudia to save 00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:29.820 yourself why not me I wouldn't Martha you know 00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:38.920 I wouldn't There's only one way to find out for 00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:51.000 sure, isn't there? Let's go. Ken Harris does 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:53.820 not know that the sheriff is making his way toward 00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:57.820 the cottage, but the going is slow. It will be 00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:01.199 some time before the two meet. If Ken chooses 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:04.519 to leave his wife to die of exposure, he can 00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:09.170 do it and get away with it. But will he? You 00:42:09.170 --> 00:42:12.130 may have it either way you want it, or can believe 00:42:12.130 --> 00:42:16.269 it. Whatever you decide, I'll be back in a few 00:42:16.269 --> 00:42:31.309 minutes. A murderer, a reluctant murderer, granted, 00:42:32.130 --> 00:42:35.039 has either been exposed for what he is... or 00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:37.360 has been prodded to the brink of a further and 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:40.519 even more despicable crime. And the force that 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:43.760 brought him to this fight was supernatural. According 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:45.900 to our present standards of what is and what 00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:50.099 is not natural, could it be that there is a department 00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:52.900 of criminal investigation operating on a level 00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:56.920 not yet recognized by our very exact sciences? 00:42:58.300 --> 00:43:01.519 Our cast included Joan Lovejoy, Nat Poland, Joan 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:05.420 Rory, Bob Caliban, and Robert Maxwell. The entire 00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:07.840 production was under the direction of Hyman Brown. 00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:19.659 And now a preview of our next tale. Lord, will 00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:29.800 the old goat never die? The bishop is dead. He 00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:33.960 asked for you at the last. Did you hear me, Carl? 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:39.039 Of course I did. And now, by heaven, you're going 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:43.320 to hear me. Asked for me, did he? A slavering 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:46.840 old hypocrite. He could no more stand the sight 00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.139 of me than I of him. But now he's gone and there's 00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:52.920 nothing to stop me. His state is mine! The money 00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:56.719 is mine! Now I can rock the rafters, the seven 00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:59.219 deadly sins, the Ten Commandments. I'm going 00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:00.840 to commit all the first and I'll break all the 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:06.079 second. Oh, I'm gonna cut such a swath that devil 00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:08.960 himself will envy me. Radio Mystery Theater was 00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:11.619 sponsored in part by Uncle Ben's Long Grain and 00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:15.559 Wild Rice and Buick Motor Division. This is E 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:18.219 .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our Mystery 00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:22.159 Theater for another adventure in the macabre. 00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:36.250 Until next time, pleasant dreams. 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