WEBVTT 00:00:20.469 --> 00:00:25.149 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Most of us laugh 00:00:25.149 --> 00:00:28.690 off the existence of witches, today or ever, 00:00:29.449 --> 00:00:33.649 particularly today. Yet, even so casual a research 00:00:33.649 --> 00:00:36.509 source as the daily newspaper would provide us 00:00:36.509 --> 00:00:39.469 with knowledge that there are covens all over 00:00:39.469 --> 00:00:41.890 the country and the world, and that witchcraft 00:00:41.890 --> 00:00:45.609 is on the rise again. Of course, all of them, 00:00:45.689 --> 00:00:48.509 in their minds, are dedicated to good works. 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:51.859 as the following tale will illustrate. It does 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:54.920 seem terrible to refuse a sister witch's check, 00:00:55.299 --> 00:00:59.200 but we don't deal with banks, you see. Very wise, 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.780 Mrs. Warlock. Unfortunately, you and your husband 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:06.120 can manufacture the elixir by yourselves. May 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.799 I accept the main ingredient, Dr. Callios? Of 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:13.599 course. That cannot be made. We hope by tomorrow 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:17.340 to find a new source. A pity. I'm in the wrong 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:21.780 of medical specialty to help. Well, it was a 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:25.680 most fruitful and rewarding service. I'm sure 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:29.920 we all feel cleansed. And may Asmodeus shower 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:34.719 his grace upon you and Satan be with you. I pronounce 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:38.000 this covenant disbanded until it reconvenes the 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.659 next witch's Sabbath two weeks from this night. 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:53.980 Our mystery drama, The Witch's Almanac, was written 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:56.560 especially for the Mystery Theater by Ian Martin 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:01.060 and stars Virginia Payne and Robert Dryden. I'll 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:15.620 be back shortly with Act One. I have in my hand 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:19.199 a curious little book called The Witch's Almanac. 00:02:19.469 --> 00:02:22.669 I'm looking at a page which contains a recipe 00:02:22.669 --> 00:02:28.449 for a witch's broth. Rendered eye of newt. Pressed 00:02:28.449 --> 00:02:33.509 gall of goat. Extract of lizard's liver. Garnish 00:02:33.509 --> 00:02:37.229 with fur of bat and minced tail of a poisoned 00:02:37.229 --> 00:02:41.629 rat. Boil in alcohol and lace with the blood 00:02:41.629 --> 00:02:47.770 of one virgin. Ludicrous or horrifying. The date 00:02:47.770 --> 00:02:52.620 of the book. is 17th century but witches still 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:57.539 live believe it or not and are busy casting spells 00:02:57.539 --> 00:03:04.199 well that's the last of them and just on time 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:16.300 it's the witching hour there you are 23 24 and 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:20.580 all is silence 12 midnight on the nose. What 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:24.280 are you up to? Oh, just checking over tonight's 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.000 sales while I wait for the kettle to boil. We've 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.360 got to have our own special tubby before we go 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.580 to bed. Oh, I'd have made that. I always do. 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:34.780 All right, lovey. I got to get a particularly 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:38.020 good night's sleep tonight. Why, hon? It's going 00:03:38.020 --> 00:03:41.099 to be a real busy day tomorrow. Oh? Now we've 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:43.139 got most of the supplies in, and we've got to 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:45.759 start on a brand new batch of the elixir first 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:48.479 thing tomorrow. At least... get to preparing 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:51.620 the mash. It didn't land off his business tonight. 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:55.020 Britney cleaned us out. Was it that good? No, 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:57.379 we're going to be able to do to meet the demand. 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:01.300 Only one that's trouble me is that Connecticut 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:04.300 crowd. They're real backsliders. Oh, who needs 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:07.000 them? We get more and more from Staten Island 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.560 and New Jersey. Oh, it's the back fur, mother. 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:13.979 Connecticut's our best source for it. I sometimes 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:17.029 think I'm not a very good witch. You know, I've 00:04:17.029 --> 00:04:21.170 never really seen a bat that I remember. Well, 00:04:22.310 --> 00:04:24.509 I've often wondered if we couldn't substitute 00:04:24.509 --> 00:04:27.970 mice, but I don't know. No, no, no, no. You've 00:04:27.970 --> 00:04:30.149 got a good receipt. Don't make any changes. I 00:04:30.149 --> 00:04:32.689 learned that from my mother. Well, maybe so. 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:36.629 She was a fine witch in her own right. I'm proud 00:04:36.629 --> 00:04:39.209 of her and her heritage. Yeah, no more than I 00:04:39.209 --> 00:04:41.829 am. I'm yours. Yeah, there's the kettle. You 00:04:41.829 --> 00:04:44.389 get the potty made. I need a good rest. A lot 00:04:44.389 --> 00:04:47.779 of work tomorrow. I sure hope we find a nice 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:50.220 young border. Read me the ad again, darling. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:55.959 Eh? Eh, elderly couple in choice location Brooklyn 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.399 Heights wishes to replace last border who is 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.579 like a daughter. Oh, yes. Desire a nice young 00:05:02.579 --> 00:05:06.319 girl of quiet habits and religious persuasion. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.259 Denomination, no object. Lovely sunny room, full 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:13.639 kitchen privileges, right box 13, et cetera, 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.350 et cetera. Ah, here's your toddy. Oh. Which of 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:18.750 the answers did you like best? I don't know, 00:05:18.870 --> 00:05:21.870 it's hard to tell. We'll find out tomorrow. It's 00:05:21.870 --> 00:05:24.870 a pity we just can't come right out and ask the 00:05:24.870 --> 00:05:28.110 question directly. I just hope we don't make 00:05:28.110 --> 00:05:30.250 another awful mistake the way we did with the 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:34.250 Godfrey girl. I'd have sworn that she was as 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:38.689 untouched as a lily. Not only untouched, but 00:05:38.689 --> 00:05:41.430 what'd she finally have? Quadruplets, wasn't 00:05:41.430 --> 00:05:44.029 it? Triplets, actually. One of them died before 00:05:44.029 --> 00:06:02.850 it was born. What a racket. It's Sunday. It won't 00:06:02.850 --> 00:06:05.269 bother the neighbors. I waited till they got 00:06:05.269 --> 00:06:08.410 off the church. Oh, don't say words like that 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:11.089 in front of me. You know I don't like that kind 00:06:11.089 --> 00:06:13.949 of language. Oh, I'm sorry. Just slipped out. 00:06:14.550 --> 00:06:16.350 Well, that's what they call it. The way other 00:06:16.350 --> 00:06:18.389 people talk and think is their way of life, it 00:06:18.389 --> 00:06:20.910 doesn't affect us. Except in the business day, 00:06:20.910 --> 00:06:23.410 of course. That's what brought me out to the 00:06:23.410 --> 00:06:27.529 forge. It's about time for the, uh, uh, you know 00:06:27.529 --> 00:06:30.769 what to be arriving. Yeah, well, I'll just finish 00:06:30.769 --> 00:06:32.769 off this hand iron here and be right with you. 00:06:33.129 --> 00:06:35.509 Did you start up the still? There's no point 00:06:35.509 --> 00:06:39.069 till we get the wood. But the match is all ready 00:06:39.069 --> 00:06:41.930 for us to be happy. I suppose we don't find the 00:06:41.930 --> 00:06:45.449 right girl. No, we don't find her sooner or later. 00:06:46.970 --> 00:06:49.910 Why don't you get on back and maybe start some 00:06:49.910 --> 00:06:52.750 weeding out? You're the one with the eye for 00:06:52.750 --> 00:06:55.470 them. I got to finish these here hand irons and 00:06:55.470 --> 00:06:57.930 then I got two sets of fire tools and a weather 00:06:57.930 --> 00:07:01.490 vane I got to get out. The stable needs new horseshoes. 00:07:02.209 --> 00:07:04.370 Jangle the old bell there three times. If you 00:07:04.370 --> 00:07:06.149 think you have a live one, I'll come right over. 00:07:06.569 --> 00:07:09.790 You know I'd like to have you with me. Well, 00:07:09.930 --> 00:07:12.529 I'll tell you. Please give me till after midday 00:07:12.529 --> 00:07:18.449 math. I mean, till the midday services are over 00:07:18.449 --> 00:07:23.449 and I'll be over by one. Looks like the first 00:07:23.449 --> 00:07:32.160 of our hope for maidens has arrived. Won't you 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:36.699 just come right in, my dear? I'm Mrs. Warlock. 00:07:36.980 --> 00:07:40.459 And I'm Kathy Pryor. I hope I'm not late. Oh, 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:45.459 no. As you can hear, right on time. One o 'clock, 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.279 as we agreed on the phone. What a lovely old 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.019 clock. But doesn't it stop striking? Well, it's 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:54.240 very old. It was left to be by my father. How 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:57.660 strange. He has 24 numbers instead of just 12. 00:07:58.300 --> 00:08:01.839 Just like the Army. The Army? Well, my father 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.980 was a captain. He died in Vietnam. Oh, I'm so 00:08:04.980 --> 00:08:07.100 sorry. It was at the beginning of the war, I 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:11.939 mean. Oh, now I see. One o 'clock is 1 ,300 hours, 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:14.660 like Dad would say, just like your clock. Yes. 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:18.639 For 1 p .m., it strikes 13. How unusual. Now, 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.439 I'll show you the room. It's upstairs. And as 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.800 we go, you must tell me about yourself. You're 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:31.120 very young. Yes, I guess so. 18. Not so young 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:36.740 these days, but But well after father was killed 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:40.840 mother was oh Well, she wasn't very well. So 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:42.980 since I was the only child I had to take care 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:47.200 of her till she died recently I've lived a kind 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:52.059 of Sheltered life. It's that door over there 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:55.259 here in the city. Oh, no, I'm from a little town 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:57.620 in Ohio He wouldn't even know the name of it 00:08:58.059 --> 00:09:02.360 Do you have more family? No. I'm the last of 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:08.759 the priors. Oh, how lovely. And the sun streaming 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:14.039 in the window. All chintz. Dotted Swiss curtains. 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.080 Big four -poster bed, just like home. There, 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.580 there, Cathy. I'm just going to call you that. 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:26.779 Maybe you found a new home here. Oh, I just love 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:31.029 all of it. I just... What does your husband do? 00:09:31.289 --> 00:09:36.629 He's a forger. A what? I'm just teasing you. 00:09:36.909 --> 00:09:39.649 Although he really is, that's the name for it. 00:09:40.009 --> 00:09:43.090 Here, come to the window. You see our other building 00:09:43.090 --> 00:09:45.950 in the backyard? Yes, with the smoke coming out 00:09:45.950 --> 00:09:48.169 of the chimney? Oh, it won't bother you. We have 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:50.970 a fan that blows it off toward the river and 00:09:50.970 --> 00:09:54.970 away from the house. That's Jason Smithy. He's 00:09:54.970 --> 00:09:59.129 an iron worker. And still, occasionally, a blacksmith. 00:09:59.370 --> 00:10:02.549 How fascinating! Ah, there! There's my husband, 00:10:02.990 --> 00:10:06.350 Jason, coming now. Tell you what, dear, you look 00:10:06.350 --> 00:10:09.429 about, and I'll go down and bring him up to meet 00:10:09.429 --> 00:10:16.370 you. Pretty as a picture, and I'm certain quite 00:10:16.370 --> 00:10:20.600 perfect for our purpose. You sure she's a virgin? 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:22.840 Well, I can tell you one thing. None of the others 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:25.059 were. You could tell that at a glance. That's 00:10:25.059 --> 00:10:28.019 why I didn't ring the bell. Let's hope this one 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:33.019 does. Ring the bell, I mean. Of course, by tonight 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:35.799 I can tell for sure when I get a blood sample. 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.299 Any more coming? No, no. This was the last. Oh, 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:44.440 honeybee, weren't we lucky? You see, Satan smiles 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.600 on us. Come on, let's go upstairs and see if 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:54.860 we can't seal the pact. Oh, no, Mr. and Mrs. 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.899 Warlock. I do love it here. Especially being 00:10:57.899 --> 00:11:00.019 able to see a little of the water in the bridge. 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:07.080 But... But what, my dear? Well, I... I'm sort 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:10.250 of embarrassed. See, I had no idea how expensive 00:11:10.250 --> 00:11:12.889 New York would be or how hard it would be to 00:11:12.889 --> 00:11:16.090 find a job. I have so little money left now. 00:11:17.230 --> 00:11:20.230 And you've been so sweet. I just hate to take 00:11:20.230 --> 00:11:23.450 advantage of you. Because the way things are, 00:11:23.450 --> 00:11:25.429 I'm not even sure I can afford to stay a whole 00:11:25.429 --> 00:11:29.409 month. What sort of work do you do, Miss Pia? 00:11:30.269 --> 00:11:33.549 Well, back home. Because I couldn't leave Mom 00:11:33.549 --> 00:11:35.610 alone too much, you see. I did part -time work 00:11:35.610 --> 00:11:38.450 for Mr. Jeffrey at his hardware store. See, we 00:11:38.450 --> 00:11:40.629 lived right over it. A lot of the typing and 00:11:40.629 --> 00:11:43.070 bookkeeping I could do at home with Mama. You 00:11:43.070 --> 00:11:46.549 can type and keep books? Oh, yes. Take dictation 00:11:46.549 --> 00:11:48.970 and file. You know, anything a secretary has 00:11:48.970 --> 00:11:51.669 to do. I took a secretarial course after I finished 00:11:51.669 --> 00:11:54.950 high school. Land sex, if you aren't the one. 00:11:56.330 --> 00:11:59.429 Didn't give you much chance to see much of the 00:11:59.429 --> 00:12:03.809 boys, did it? No. That's all right. I'm not ready 00:12:03.809 --> 00:12:05.409 to be married yet, and I wouldn't want to date 00:12:05.409 --> 00:12:09.629 too much till I am. Boys today take Well a lot 00:12:09.629 --> 00:12:12.889 too much for granted and I don't know how to 00:12:12.889 --> 00:12:17.230 Handle that I got free if I had a daughter I 00:12:17.230 --> 00:12:21.409 wanted No, sir, we're not gonna let you get away 00:12:21.409 --> 00:12:25.690 from us Tell you what make your proposition You 00:12:25.690 --> 00:12:28.450 be my secretary straighten out my accounts for 00:12:28.450 --> 00:12:31.429 a half a day in exchange for room and board here 00:12:31.429 --> 00:12:34.389 The rest of the days you can spend looking for 00:12:34.389 --> 00:12:37.580 a job in New York Mr. Warlock, that's too much. 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.240 I couldn't. Oh, of course you could, Cathy, dear. 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:44.059 We want you to. I only want one promise from 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:48.500 you in return. What's that? That till you find 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:53.600 that Mr. Wright, you keep on making this your 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.879 home. Oh, you're wonderful. Of course I want 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:01.519 to, but... No, no, no. That's the end of buts. 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:04.179 You're gonna come with me. We'll drive over to 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:06.639 New York to your hotel, pick up your stuff, and 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.440 by the time we get back, Monte here will have 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:11.019 a good home -cooked meal that'll not only melt 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:14.580 in your mouth, but tell you better than any words, 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:28.600 you found a new home! Oh! Oh, I don't know what 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.649 it is! Ever since we had coffee after dinner, 00:13:32.009 --> 00:13:35.210 I just can't keep my eyes open. Now, now, what 00:13:35.210 --> 00:13:38.629 you need is a good night's sleep. Good night 00:13:38.629 --> 00:13:43.090 now, dear. And sweet dreams. Good night, both 00:13:43.090 --> 00:13:47.090 of you. Your absolute love. I know I'm going 00:13:47.090 --> 00:13:59.669 to sleep like the dead. Is she asleep yet? I 00:13:59.669 --> 00:14:03.029 just peeped in. She's asleep, but tossing and 00:14:03.029 --> 00:14:06.950 turning and moaning a little. Oh, dear me. I 00:14:06.950 --> 00:14:09.090 suppose I didn't use quite enough of the sleeping 00:14:09.090 --> 00:14:12.210 draft. I didn't want to risk too much until I 00:14:12.210 --> 00:14:14.190 found out how well she tolerated it. Oh, yes, 00:14:14.309 --> 00:14:16.169 quite right, dear. You remember it did make the 00:14:16.169 --> 00:14:18.149 Elliott girl very sick. Yeah, that's what I was 00:14:18.149 --> 00:14:22.490 thinking of. Well, now, then I suppose we'll 00:14:22.490 --> 00:14:33.210 just have to use the gas. Will you walk into 00:14:33.210 --> 00:14:37.169 my parlor, said a spider to a fly? It's the prettiest 00:14:37.169 --> 00:14:41.470 little parlor that ever you did spy. Well, we 00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:44.330 all know what happened to the trusting fly. But 00:14:44.330 --> 00:14:48.629 Kathy, what is in store for her? I'll return 00:14:48.629 --> 00:15:03.110 shortly with act two. Jason and Sarah Warlock 00:15:03.110 --> 00:15:05.889 were born, brought up, and married in Brooklyn 00:15:05.889 --> 00:15:10.009 Heights, their home, a leftover gem in an overgrown 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:13.190 city, at the end of a quiet, dead -end street. 00:15:14.009 --> 00:15:17.549 No neighbors save small manufacturers and warehouses 00:15:17.549 --> 00:15:20.210 on the street, for the Warlock house was originally 00:15:20.210 --> 00:15:24.470 a stable, a quiet place for quiet people who 00:15:24.470 --> 00:15:32.480 lived a quiet life, unsuspected and unholy. Is 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.980 she all right? Fine. Silent asleep. Had better 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:40.019 close the window now. The gas is all gone. Yes, 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:44.019 Jason. It's closed. Put the rubber tourniquet 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:49.220 on her arm now. There. Not too tight. Why wouldn't 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:52.299 hurt her for the world? This is the only part 00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:55.779 I never feel quite right about. She won't feel 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:58.759 a thing. And think about what she's going to 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:03.120 do for so many of our finest. Our youth and strength 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:06.620 and vitality is going to spread among our people. 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:13.320 Hush, hush, little one. That's all. By tomorrow, 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:16.399 you'll never know what our cover owes you, and 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:20.580 we'll owe you in the vast unwinding of eternity. 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:28.340 Sleep well, pretty? Sarah? Yes, Jason? If she's 00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:32.120 all she seems to be, She may turn the key in 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:36.000 the door for all of us for everlasting life. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:44.620 Breakfast just about ready, Jason. How are the 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:48.399 tests? Where is our Vestal Virgin? Still asleep. 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:52.620 Then the tests were... As pure as any alchemist 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:56.059 can devise. I've already added what was needed 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:59.519 to the mash and started the distillery. This 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:02.960 will be the most powerful batch of pan -pharmacum 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.779 vitae I have ever concocted. You should raise 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:09.119 the price. Oh, hush, woman. This is the devil's 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:13.299 work. Would he or I seek to profit by it? Scrambled 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:16.079 or straight up? Scrambled this morning. There's 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:20.140 perhaps just a lacing of the elixir. I think 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:22.940 she's coming downstairs. Yeah, you're right. 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:25.839 Put some more eggs on for her. She may feel the 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:27.519 need of a little extra protein this morning. 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:33.279 I'll serve the juice. Good morning, Cathy. Sleep 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:37.420 well? Oh, yes, Mr. Warlock. Except for... For 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:40.509 what, dear? It's silly. Somewhere in the middle 00:17:40.509 --> 00:17:42.230 of the night I thought I felt a pain in my arm 00:17:42.230 --> 00:17:44.490 as if something had bitten me. Oh, let me see. 00:17:45.869 --> 00:17:49.849 Oh, yes. There is a little bit of a mark there. 00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:52.890 There's nothing to worry about. Sometimes the 00:17:52.890 --> 00:17:56.289 wind blows a jersey mosquito away. I'll fix that 00:17:56.289 --> 00:17:58.630 in no time. Oh, please don't worry, Mr. Warlock. 00:17:58.829 --> 00:18:01.410 No, no, no, no. I want your stay here to be a 00:18:01.410 --> 00:18:06.549 completely happy one. And please, not Mr. Warlock. 00:18:06.910 --> 00:18:11.829 Can't we make it to, say... Uncle Jason and Aunt 00:18:11.829 --> 00:18:16.329 Sarah. I mean, we really feel, Mother and I, 00:18:16.529 --> 00:18:19.789 that we're virtually blood relations already. 00:18:20.690 --> 00:18:24.369 Of course, if you want. No, no, only if you want. 00:18:24.930 --> 00:18:27.710 Of course I do. You're both the sweetest people 00:18:27.710 --> 00:18:32.400 I know. Uncle Jason. And Aunt Sarah. Ah, now 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.640 that's settled, Kathy. And how do you like your 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.759 eggs? Oh, just any way that you want. Any other 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.740 morning, but today is special. Then can I have 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:44.319 them fried and once over lightly? How about some 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.380 orange juice? I'd love it. But let me tend to 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:48.920 myself. I know you're busy already this morning, 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:51.960 Uncle Jason. Why? Well, I see from my window 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.680 that the chimney is smoking away. What wonderful 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.920 thing are you creating this morning? Uh... Oh! 00:18:58.170 --> 00:19:01.369 Just some horseshoes for a stable near Prospect 00:19:01.369 --> 00:19:03.869 Park. Well, don't let me keep you. My child, 00:19:04.349 --> 00:19:06.609 I just came in to have breakfast myself. We'll 00:19:06.609 --> 00:19:09.509 all have it together. Good. Then right after 00:19:09.509 --> 00:19:11.190 breakfast, I'll come over to the Forge and start 00:19:11.190 --> 00:19:13.369 helping get things in order. Oh, no, no, no. 00:19:14.710 --> 00:19:17.710 But you see, I think that this morning I'm so 00:19:17.710 --> 00:19:23.230 busy with the Forge and so on. Why don't you 00:19:23.230 --> 00:19:26.250 take today off and... Go over to New York and 00:19:26.250 --> 00:19:28.410 start hunting for that job you hope to find. 00:19:28.549 --> 00:19:31.349 But I promised I'd get you straightened up. Oh. 00:19:32.009 --> 00:19:34.789 Oh my goodness, I forgot. Forgot what, dear? 00:19:35.650 --> 00:19:38.130 In all the excitement, I forgot I have a luncheon 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:41.730 appointment and I can't cancel it. About a job? 00:19:42.089 --> 00:19:45.650 Oh, no. It's just an old, old friend of my mother's. 00:19:45.910 --> 00:19:48.329 You know, I wrote him after she died to tell 00:19:48.329 --> 00:19:50.509 him. Just like I wrote all the people in her 00:19:50.509 --> 00:19:52.750 address book. And then when I came to New York, 00:19:52.869 --> 00:19:54.470 I called him at his office, but he was out of 00:19:54.470 --> 00:19:56.730 town. I suppose his secretary must have given 00:19:56.730 --> 00:19:58.730 him the message, because she called me back with 00:19:58.730 --> 00:20:01.549 a lunch invitation for today. You want to cancel 00:20:01.549 --> 00:20:04.890 it? I can't. His office is closed on Mondays. 00:20:05.789 --> 00:20:08.009 So I have no way of reaching him, and I'd hate 00:20:08.009 --> 00:20:11.849 to put the old gentleman out. An old gentleman? 00:20:11.990 --> 00:20:14.289 Well, he's... I mean, he was once a beau of my 00:20:14.289 --> 00:20:16.650 mother's. And then when she married Dad, he moved 00:20:16.650 --> 00:20:19.009 to New York. He was quite old even then, I guess. 00:20:19.190 --> 00:20:22.470 Oh, well, then it's all settled. You can whisk 00:20:22.470 --> 00:20:25.789 off to New York in the subway, Kathy. And I'll 00:20:25.789 --> 00:20:28.130 get after this old reprobate here to get his 00:20:28.130 --> 00:20:30.569 papers together so you can put them in order. 00:20:31.910 --> 00:20:34.730 Meanwhile, I'm going to have Jason put up a screen 00:20:34.730 --> 00:20:37.650 on your window just in case any of those mosquitoes 00:20:37.650 --> 00:20:40.210 come your way again. Oh, I don't want to be a 00:20:40.210 --> 00:20:45.500 bother. Bother? My dear little girl. You don't 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:55.000 know how happy we are to have you with us. Yes, 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:58.779 mademoiselle? May I help you? Yes, I'm having 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:01.819 lunch with a Mr. Patrick Trent. I don't know 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:05.480 if he's here yet. No, not yet. But let me take 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:09.759 you to his table. This way, mademoiselle. A chair 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.559 for the lady. Oh, thank you. Pardon, mademoiselle. 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:17.519 Mr. Trent just arrived. That's Mr. Trent? Yes. 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:26.079 Excuse me? Miss Breyer? Yes. Mr. Patrick Trent? 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.579 Junior. I guess not that anymore. My father died 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:33.319 in Florida four days ago. I just came back from 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:37.880 his funeral. I'm so sorry. What can I say? Please 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:43.660 don't. Mind if I sit? Of course not. Dad was... 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:45.960 he knew it was coming. Not so soon, of course. 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:50.500 And he, well, wasn't all that young. But he was 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:53.099 meticulous about everything. And he told me he 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:55.640 had this appointment with you. So, I'm trying 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.839 to fulfill all his promises and round things 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:01.420 off. Can I order us a drink before lunch? Oh, 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.339 I... I don't know. I mean, I'm not a drinker. 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.839 I wouldn't know what to order. Well, why not 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:09.839 leave that to me? I'll take it easy. But we really 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:12.680 ought to celebrate, or at least me. You know, 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:17.160 in a period of absolute despair, suddenly you 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:19.539 were there, one bright shining light through 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:30.170 the murk. In the lowest period of my life, I 00:22:30.170 --> 00:22:32.150 walk into my father's favorite restaurant, and 00:22:32.150 --> 00:22:35.490 instead of a nice, aging old lady, I find you. 00:22:35.970 --> 00:22:38.769 Well, I was looking for a nice, kindly old father 00:22:38.769 --> 00:22:41.529 figure. I can't bill the bill. Well, that's all 00:22:41.529 --> 00:22:44.490 right. I found another one. Who? Oh, that isn't 00:22:44.490 --> 00:22:47.990 important for the moment. I feel a little woozy. 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:59.829 Shouldn't we order something to eat? Sarah, what 00:22:59.829 --> 00:23:02.829 are you doing here? You scared me. How's our 00:23:02.829 --> 00:23:07.950 life force coming? Never better. Forge still 00:23:07.950 --> 00:23:10.650 burning outside? Oh, yes. Have to watch that. 00:23:11.049 --> 00:23:14.109 It's our excuse for this other and more important 00:23:14.109 --> 00:23:17.450 work of ours. Oh, of course, Father dear. You 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:19.170 know I don't like you coming through the secret 00:23:19.170 --> 00:23:22.630 door by daytime. What is it? I've had quite a 00:23:22.630 --> 00:23:26.089 few calls. The Bronx, Queens, and Mascot can 00:23:26.089 --> 00:23:29.569 recycle bottles for us if we pick them up. Oh, 00:23:29.690 --> 00:23:32.309 and you better stop by Mrs. Fernglass right here 00:23:32.309 --> 00:23:35.130 in Columbia Heights. Fine. I can leave this cooking 00:23:35.130 --> 00:23:37.250 for the rest of the day and take the panel truck 00:23:37.250 --> 00:23:41.369 to pick them up. We need them. Did our little 00:23:41.369 --> 00:23:45.150 pigeon and our Cathy come back? No, not yet. 00:23:45.650 --> 00:23:50.009 Why? Are you worried? No, not worried. Concerned. 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:54.359 purest blood we ever had. Oh, I wouldn't want 00:23:54.359 --> 00:24:04.900 to lose her for any reason whatsoever. So now 00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:07.240 you've seen the lady herself, the Statue of Liberty. 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:11.579 Feel any more unfettered and free? I guess I 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:14.059 would if I didn't feel so guilty. What do you 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:17.569 have to feel guilty about? Well... I should have 00:24:17.569 --> 00:24:20.130 been looking for a job. You told me you kind 00:24:20.130 --> 00:24:23.970 of have one. Oh, that's just part time. And also, 00:24:24.150 --> 00:24:29.450 I... Yeah? Oh, I feel a little woozy from whatever 00:24:29.450 --> 00:24:32.670 you talked me into drinking before lunch. A daiquiri? 00:24:33.390 --> 00:24:37.150 Well, we just had a bottle of beer. You know, 00:24:37.150 --> 00:24:40.509 I think I'm a little half seasick. Oh, couldn't 00:24:40.509 --> 00:24:43.450 be. We're just coming into the slip. So it has 00:24:43.450 --> 00:24:54.250 to be nothing. Or all. What did you mean there 00:24:54.250 --> 00:24:57.410 on the boat? Or all? Oh, it's just a feeling 00:24:57.410 --> 00:25:01.009 I have about us. Come on, let's get the subway 00:25:01.009 --> 00:25:03.170 for Brooklyn. You don't have to take me home, 00:25:03.289 --> 00:25:06.049 I can manage. I know, but I have to go to work. 00:25:06.289 --> 00:25:08.609 I'm not a lawyer like my dad, just a reporter. 00:25:08.890 --> 00:25:11.809 Lowly police precinct duty at that. Come on, 00:25:11.970 --> 00:25:13.650 we both have to get off at the same station. 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:16.059 Uh, Clark Street, right? Well, that's my stop. 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:19.339 But for you? Before I get there, I get your phone 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:22.059 number and address, I hope. For future reference. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:31.640 Then I go to work. Hey, Pat. What do you say, 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:34.380 boy? How's the world treating you? Oh, great, 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:37.119 Sergeant. I just met a girl. Do they make them 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:40.339 anymore? I thought they threw away the old mold 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:43.359 when they created Mez. You better believe this 00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:45.960 one is no mess. She's missed all the way, Jim. 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.259 Well, she sure seems to have made a hit with 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:50.680 you. You're a bullseye. I'm kind of late, sir, 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.740 so before I have my editor on my tail, what's 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.720 new on the blubber? Well, you didn't miss a thing. 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:57.720 Just the usual. Woman receiving obscene phone 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.420 calls, three minor muggings. Nobody hurt, thank 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:03.099 heavens. An old booze hound over did it and kicked 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:05.559 off from alcohol poisoning. All the run -of -the 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:08.380 -mill stuff, not worth a slugger type. Oh, uh, 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.319 just one, uh... Social note, you might say. What's 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:14.880 that, Sarge? I'm not a sergeant anymore, buddy. 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.779 You're talking to a lieutenant. Hey, Jim, that's 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:21.200 great. Now we got to find you a headline case 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:30.420 to bust wide open. Is that the last case? Yeah. 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:34.599 It's not even half full. Did you go by Mrs. Spanglass? 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:39.579 Right on by. Hmm? There were cops and an ambulance 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:42.559 there. Well, the neighbors told me they found 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:46.420 her dead. Oh, the poor old thing. She must not 00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:50.519 have been taking the elixir. Well, the devil 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:56.460 take it. He must have wanted her home. I wish 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:58.839 I'd gotten the bottles first, or we'd get an 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:01.599 awful load. It's a shame how careless people 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:05.720 are. So are we. What? You left the door open 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.700 and Kathy's caught us. I hope I'm not butting 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:11.059 in. There was no one in the house, so I... Oh, 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.799 oh, that's all right, Cathy. No secrets here. 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.779 I didn't realize you had a room behind the forge. 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.680 Oh, what lovely old bottles. What are they for? 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:24.059 Oh, they, uh, uh, did that just decorative? Yes, 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:28.680 yes, yes. For windows and bottle glass door panels. 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.500 What a wonderful idea. What's that thing that's 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.960 bubbling away there? Oh, that, uh... Well, that 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.960 makes the grout easy. You know, the cement that 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.839 holds the bottles together after they're cut. 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:44.380 Well, how do you cut them? That's my secret. 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:48.259 Now is your day and your luncheon. Now, now, 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:51.700 Jason, that's Kathy's secret. I was just interested, 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.059 that's all. Then why shouldn't you know? I'm 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:56.000 dying to tell you about it. Why don't you go 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.980 in the house and freshen up for dinner? We'll 00:27:57.980 --> 00:28:01.500 be having it soon. And you can tell us all about 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:04.720 it then. All right. But someday soon, I want 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:09.799 to watch you making one of those windows. You 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:13.420 think Kathy suspected anything? I doubt it. I 00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:17.240 hope not. I hope not, too. But if she does, she'll 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:20.859 have to go. Just like Bear Blyton. You know that, 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:25.339 dear. I know. Satan's work must be done. And 00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:32.349 nothing or no one can stand in the way. Double, 00:28:33.150 --> 00:28:36.950 double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron 00:28:36.950 --> 00:28:40.569 bubble. The ingredients are gathered and the 00:28:40.569 --> 00:28:44.630 witch's broth is fermenting. Pan -pharmacon -vitai. 00:28:45.289 --> 00:28:48.369 The elixir of life. They all believe they must 00:28:48.369 --> 00:28:52.130 drink. Has Cathy learned too much to be safe? 00:28:52.710 --> 00:28:55.990 And who is there to protect her if she has? I'll 00:28:55.990 --> 00:29:10.609 return shortly with Act 3. There is nothing more 00:29:10.609 --> 00:29:14.589 inexplicable than an obsession. Otherwise charming 00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:16.970 and sensible people can do the most outlandish 00:29:16.970 --> 00:29:19.450 things in the name of some irrational belief. 00:29:20.230 --> 00:29:22.990 And the terrible danger of witchcraft is that 00:29:22.990 --> 00:29:27.009 it is a hidden belief, secret and unknown. In 00:29:27.009 --> 00:29:29.869 their wildest dreams, no one who knew that dear 00:29:29.869 --> 00:29:32.349 old couple the warlocks could have suspected 00:29:32.349 --> 00:29:36.049 the havoc they are capable of. Least of all Cathy. 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:38.900 as she prattles away about her day in town with 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:42.059 her newfound aunt and uncle. Now, you're sure 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:44.359 you won't have some more cherry cobbler, Kathy? 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.259 Oh, no, thanks. It was yummy, but I couldn't 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:48.640 hold another thing. Tell me, dear, are you going 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:51.680 to see this young man of yours again? I don't 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:54.460 know. He... He did take my address and phone 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.920 number before he went to the police station. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:00.500 The police station? Yes. He's a reporter for 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:05.240 the Brooklyn Journal. Oh. I would be a little 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:08.519 careful of those reporters. They're a wild lot, 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:12.059 they say. Oh, not Pat. He's very kind and quiet 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:15.900 and thoughtful. Still, ones who work the police 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:17.880 speed get pretty hardened by the things they 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:20.640 see. I'd be very careful about a young fellow 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:24.200 like that. Why, you two dears, you're protecting 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.819 me like I was your own flesh and blood. Ah, so 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:40.059 you are. Now we got you. Hello? Couldn't wait 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.279 to show off your new office, other than what 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:44.480 you had to call me? Forget it, Pat. This is strictly 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:47.519 business. I have a story for you. I'd like you 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.480 to get it on the front page of tomorrow's paper. 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.500 Oh, brother Jim, you're not asking much. I don't 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:54.859 think I can beat the deadline. Let me talk first. 00:30:56.220 --> 00:31:00.240 Ever see anything like this? No. Old fashioned 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:06.180 bottle. Strange shape. Read the label. Pan -pharmacon 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:08.880 -vitae. What's that supposed to mean? Well, you 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.180 got the college education, Pat. You tell me. 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:14.640 Well, it's, uh, it's a Kabbali cook. I mean, 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:18.559 it's part half -baked Greek, half -Latin. Roughly, 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:21.319 oh, I guess you'd say all the medicine of life. 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:24.259 Or like maybe, um, all the drugs you need to 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:26.700 sustain life. What is it? Some kind of patent 00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:29.779 medicine? Unlicensed. I sent the rest of the 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.619 bottles to Food and Drug to have them analyzed. 00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:34.859 But meantime, all I need is my nose to tell me 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:39.460 what it's mostly made of. Smell it. Phew, smoke. 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:42.480 Right, Jim? Loaded with wood or alcohol, I guess. 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:46.680 Alcohol, anyways. Where'd you get this? Remember 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:49.000 I mentioned earlier today some old boozehound, 00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:51.980 G 'Nachtor, from alcohol poisoning? No, not particularly. 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:54.660 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess. Well, she was 00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:57.460 poisoned all right. But she wasn't any boozehound. 00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:00.519 When we followed up on the story, we found she 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.170 was a Mrs. Fernglas, local librarian, very well 00:32:04.170 --> 00:32:06.990 respected, but very quiet and kept very much 00:32:06.990 --> 00:32:10.450 to herself. We found a whole case of this book, 00:32:11.089 --> 00:32:15.349 most of the bottles empty. Some lousy con talked 00:32:15.349 --> 00:32:18.609 an old lady afraid of dying into buying her own 00:32:18.609 --> 00:32:22.890 death, and I won him. How do I help? First of 00:32:22.890 --> 00:32:25.289 all, get me a story in the papers so anyone else 00:32:25.289 --> 00:32:27.789 who has this stuff doesn't also knock themselves 00:32:27.789 --> 00:32:30.990 off. Build it up so maybe we can get someone 00:32:30.990 --> 00:32:34.789 who bought it. to tell why, how, and where. There's 00:32:34.789 --> 00:32:37.210 no instruction on this label. It's homemade. 00:32:38.109 --> 00:32:41.170 Now whoever makes or sells this stuff is a ghoul. 00:32:45.650 --> 00:32:48.730 Paper comes here? Just brought it in. Here you 00:32:48.730 --> 00:32:53.529 are, dearie. Thank you, sweetheart. Bye, God. 00:32:53.730 --> 00:32:56.069 Jason, you're swearing. Never mind that. Come 00:32:56.069 --> 00:32:57.980 out to the forge with me. You're getting breakfast 00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:00.519 and can't say I'll be there. Come on. Yes, but 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:02.700 Jason, I never heard you. Don't talk. Just follow 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:07.720 me. Morning, Aunt Sarah. Uncle Jason. They're 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:12.779 gone. Uncle Jason? Must be out in the forge. 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:19.119 Maybe it's for me. Hello? Can he? Yes. Pat? Drew 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.440 Blue. Oh, I thought you weren't going to call 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.500 me when you... Well, when you didn't call last 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:26.759 night. I'm sorry. I got tied up with a... Well, 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.900 big story. Forget that for the moment. When do 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:32.440 I see you again? Tonight? Yes. Matter of fact, 00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:35.279 how'd you like to come and meet these two gorgeous 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:38.099 old people who are taking such good care of you? 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.740 No wonder the police ripped Mrs. Fernglas' yesterday. 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:48.000 Oh, poor old thing. If she had only been taking 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:52.039 the panfarmacons. She took too much. You know, 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:56.190 I always warn everyone against that. Now this 00:33:56.190 --> 00:33:59.869 witch hunt is on. I may have to get rid of all 00:33:59.869 --> 00:34:02.410 the bottles I filled. But why, dear? We're not 00:34:02.410 --> 00:34:04.829 doing any wrong. Yeah, we know that, but the 00:34:04.829 --> 00:34:08.289 rest of them, they, outside the unbelievers, 00:34:08.650 --> 00:34:11.349 they want to persecute us. But how can they find 00:34:11.349 --> 00:34:14.010 us? Nobody in the Coven will come forward. No, 00:34:14.070 --> 00:34:17.469 but Kathy might. It's a chance we can't afford 00:34:17.469 --> 00:34:22.900 to take. She's got to disappear. Oh. Oh, do we 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.539 have to, Jason, darling? She doesn't have to 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.960 see the paper. It's on every newsstand with that 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:29.960 big headline. How can she miss it? Well, we just 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:34.900 have to keep her home. It's dangerous. I'd have 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.679 to be sure there was some way she'd never get 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:45.219 wind of this story. What are you doing here, 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:49.539 Jason? I had to come, Dr. Callius. I have a problem. 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:52.659 I can't hit you in today. I'm whooped solidly. 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:56.559 Not a psychiatric problem. This affects you directly 00:34:56.559 --> 00:35:00.000 as High Priest of the Coven. There's somebody 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:08.519 I'm afraid will have to be removed. I don't see 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:10.760 how it could... how it could happen so suddenly. 00:35:11.389 --> 00:35:15.250 Hit me right after breakfast. No, no dear. Just 00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:19.329 let me make you comfortable in bed. I want to 00:35:19.329 --> 00:35:23.409 see a doctor. Baby, Jason has gone to see about 00:35:23.409 --> 00:35:26.949 one for you right now. You just try to drink 00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:30.489 this nice medicine I made for you. It'll settle 00:35:30.489 --> 00:35:38.010 your stomach. Alright Jason, that will do the 00:35:38.010 --> 00:35:42.539 job alright. Just inject it in the vein. If you 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:45.179 feel it has to be done. I don't want to hurt 00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:49.539 the poor child. Besides, she was such a perfect 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:53.059 subject. But we must protect the Covenant all 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:58.000 the time. Aye, Astaroth, yes. But how can you 00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:01.599 dispose of the... The body? Oh, for a smithy 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.780 that doesn't present any problems. Or a witch. 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:09.400 Isn't cremation... What we all want afterwards? 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:19.639 Jason? Yeah, it's me. Where's the girl? Upstairs, 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:22.679 sound asleep. I gave her something in this glass 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:25.199 as well as the small dose of arsenic. When the 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:27.360 young man calls, we'll tell him she suddenly 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.500 left. And if he doesn't believe us? What can 00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:32.920 he do? We open no doors and he can't break his 00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:36.829 way in. And as soon as it's dark... I'll do what 00:36:36.829 --> 00:36:39.849 has to be done and by midnight there'll be nothing 00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:43.530 left of our poor little girl but ashes. Oh dear, 00:36:43.929 --> 00:36:52.750 oh dear, dear. Pat Trance speaking. Who? Oh yeah, 00:36:52.809 --> 00:36:59.449 put her on. Hi Cathy. What? The story? Look, 00:36:59.449 --> 00:37:03.769 I told you I... All right. It was just an old 00:37:03.769 --> 00:37:05.920 lady who was buying some kind of... phony patent 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.880 medicine that killed her. It was loaded with 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:12.340 alcohol and... Huh? What shape was the bottle? 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:17.559 Well, it was old -fashioned, sort of octagonal 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:23.599 and... What? Look, honey, I'm at work. I can't 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:29.639 just walk out and... No. No, wait a minute, Kathy. 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:38.000 Wait a minute! Kathy? Kathy? Are you crazy or 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:48.760 something? Kathy's still asleep? Yes. I'd better 00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:57.000 answer that. Hello? Oh, yes, Mr. Dredd. Oh, well, 00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:59.900 I'm sorry to tell you this, but Kathy walked 00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:04.320 out on us this morning. No, no, no, she's gone. 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:09.440 No forwarding address. Well, I'm sorry. I really 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:13.380 don't want to discuss it. She left without paying 00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:21.340 her rent. Jim, you've got to help me. You say 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.719 you went to the house and no one asked. Yeah, 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:26.300 but I am sure someone was there. Jim, this kid's 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:29.099 in danger. Well, what can I do, Pat? I can't 00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:31.320 enter a search without a warrant. So how do we 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:34.639 get one? I don't know. Wait a minute. You want 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:36.599 to square out a complaint against Kathy Pryor? 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:39.340 For what? Stealing your wallet will do. Oh hey, 00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:47.780 if that will get us in, you got it! Open up! 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.900 This is the police. Open up or we're coming in! 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:55.260 Oh dear me, what is it? I'm looking for Kathy 00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:58.340 Pryor. Charge robbery. Well, she's not here. 00:38:58.340 --> 00:39:00.900 She left. I have a search warrant here. Open 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:03.739 up and I'll decide for myself. Police! Help! 00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:06.199 Help! Okay, that does it. Open up and you want 00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:13.679 me to kick the door in. It was all just too much. 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:18.360 I never get sick, or sleep that heavy. I couldn't 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:21.219 face that last drink, so I poured it down the 00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:24.519 sink. And just lay there, pretending to be asleep. 00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:28.019 Lying there, a lot of little funny things started 00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:32.639 to add up. And then, when I heard what they planned... 00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:35.900 Hey, take it easy, Kathy. You're okay from here 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:39.300 in. I thought they were so sweet. But they're 00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:43.500 ghouls. Absolute ghouls. You're right, Miss Breyer. 00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:45.940 But they don't think so. They think they're right. 00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:49.039 But don't worry. We have enough on them and the 00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:51.000 doctor to put them away for a long time. They 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:53.679 confessed? We bought down a bit on the old man 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.019 and the old lady came to his defense like a tiger. 00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:58.820 She blurted enough of it out for us to get the 00:39:58.820 --> 00:40:01.860 rest. But what's the matter with them? They're 00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.960 witches, Miss Breyer. And in their world, that 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:07.920 means they're good. That's the way they feel 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:18.500 I tell you how I feel to hell with them To which 00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:22.360 I can only add from ghoulies and ghosties and 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.320 long -legged beasties and things that go bump 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:30.539 in the night good Lord deliver us as He did Kathy 00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:44.489 Pryor I'll be back shortly Sarah and Jason were 00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:47.710 put away for life. And all existing bottles of 00:40:47.710 --> 00:40:50.630 pan -pharmacon vitae were located and destroyed. 00:40:51.050 --> 00:40:54.969 And the coven dispersed. Incidentally, the analysis 00:40:54.969 --> 00:40:58.070 by the FDA confirmed a small quantity of blood 00:40:58.070 --> 00:41:02.489 in each bottle. Human blood. And of course, alcohol. 00:41:03.289 --> 00:41:06.909 Other ingredients defied analysis. Kathy, who 00:41:06.909 --> 00:41:09.670 married Pat, sleeps deeper but more tranquilly 00:41:09.670 --> 00:41:13.010 these nights. The coven was broken up. but it's 00:41:13.010 --> 00:41:17.429 only one of many. And witches are still abroad. 00:41:18.550 --> 00:41:22.449 Always be on your guard. Our cast included Virginia 00:41:22.449 --> 00:41:25.170 Payne, Robert Dryden, Jada Rowland, Marshall 00:41:25.170 --> 00:41:28.230 Borden, and Dan Ako. The entire production was 00:41:28.230 --> 00:41:34.550 under the direction of Hyman Brown. And now, 00:41:34.750 --> 00:41:39.389 a preview of our next tale. Jack! What? Drink 00:41:39.389 --> 00:41:46.639 this. Oh, Jack. I... I don't blame you. Oh, it 00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:50.099 was gruesome, horrible. I've never seen anything 00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:53.420 like it if I really did see it. You saw it, we 00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:56.860 both saw it. An executioner, a headsman, a black 00:41:56.860 --> 00:42:00.300 hood, black doublet and hose and the axe gleaming 00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:04.440 silver and the moonlight with blood, ruby red 00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.480 dripping from it. And coming straight toward 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:11.019 us down that corridor out there. Oh, what happened 00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:14.480 after I fainted? He vanished. Vanished? Maybe 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.840 he just slipped away into the shadows. I heard 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:18.579 you give a little moan. I turned to see you passing 00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:20.440 out. I grabbed you so you wouldn't fall. When 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:23.300 I turned back, seconds later, he was gone. The 00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:27.559 jacket. Was it a ghost, do you think? This is 00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:30.059 E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:33.219 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:42:33.219 --> 00:43:12.809 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams. This 00:43:12.809 --> 00:43:15.610 is K -O -Y -N in Portland. It's 12 midnight.