WEBVTT 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:23.199 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. I have the lunch 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.780 all packed and I'm ready to take you on a picnic 00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:28.620 in the woods. There's a beautiful little glade 00:00:28.620 --> 00:00:31.820 deep in the forest. Birds singing. That wonderful 00:00:31.820 --> 00:00:34.719 clean aroma of fresh growth mixed with leaf mold 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.560 and last year's pine needles. The cool touch 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.200 of grass to your bare feet if you care to take 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.259 your shoes off. Doesn't sound very mysterious? 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:49.570 Doesn't frighten you? Well, stay with us. It 00:00:49.570 --> 00:00:54.469 will. Lou, I can't stand it, thinking about them 00:00:54.469 --> 00:00:58.070 two nice young folks out there, lost in the woods. 00:00:58.429 --> 00:01:01.549 I feel bad about it too, Sarah, but I don't know 00:01:01.549 --> 00:01:04.750 what I can do. It's raining cats and dogs out 00:01:04.750 --> 00:01:08.310 there, and it's turning down my code. Now we've 00:01:08.310 --> 00:01:10.890 got to do something. I called the sheriff over 00:01:10.890 --> 00:01:14.129 at Fenebeck. Sheriff Larkin? You think for one 00:01:14.129 --> 00:01:16.890 minute he's gonna go into them woods, looking 00:01:16.890 --> 00:01:19.530 for Ronnie and Peg? I'll get somebody else to 00:01:19.530 --> 00:01:23.489 go. No, surely the truth will do. Then I'd have 00:01:23.489 --> 00:01:25.409 to be out of his mind to go on them woods night 00:01:25.409 --> 00:01:28.349 like this. And the other time for that matter. 00:01:28.909 --> 00:01:32.069 Well, what are you going to do about it? You're 00:01:32.069 --> 00:01:35.829 going to just sit there? Eh? I reckon that's 00:01:35.829 --> 00:01:40.950 about all there is to do. One thing's sure, I 00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:53.430 aim to stay out of Dutchman's woods. Our mystery 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:56.890 drama, Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods, was written 00:01:56.890 --> 00:01:59.170 especially for the Mystery Theatre by Field and 00:01:59.170 --> 00:02:02.989 Farrington and stars Paul Hecht. I'll be back 00:02:02.989 --> 00:02:17.110 shortly with Act One. I think you'll agree there's 00:02:17.110 --> 00:02:19.590 nothing more delightful than that first day of 00:02:19.590 --> 00:02:22.949 vacation. You've shut off all your cares. Your 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:26.310 freedom is still new and exhilarating. Your inevitable 00:02:26.310 --> 00:02:29.210 return to workaday things is too far in the future 00:02:29.210 --> 00:02:32.870 to dampen your high spirits. Of course, vacations, 00:02:33.110 --> 00:02:36.430 like other pleasant seeming prospects, may take 00:02:36.430 --> 00:02:39.949 unpredictable turns. You just can't look more 00:02:39.949 --> 00:02:43.210 than a few seconds into the future without facing 00:02:43.210 --> 00:02:46.699 an uncertainty. Ronnie and Peg Andrews have driven 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:49.039 all day to get to their chosen vacation spot 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.919 in the Maine Northwoods. But are they tired? 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:55.259 How about down by the old mill stream? I think 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:56.900 I can even do a pretty good tenner on part of 00:02:56.900 --> 00:03:00.400 that one. Uh, down by the old mill... Oh, Ronnie, 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.020 I love you dearly, for better or worse, like 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:06.960 I told the man. But if you hit one more sour 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.659 note, I'm going to get out of this car and walk 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:11.199 the rest of the way. You know what your trouble 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.810 is, Peg? You got a tin ear. How far do you think 00:03:14.810 --> 00:03:17.030 we are from the inn? Can't be more than a few 00:03:17.030 --> 00:03:21.349 miles now. You tired? Not really. I don't know. 00:03:21.389 --> 00:03:23.990 We've been driving through this forest for miles. 00:03:25.050 --> 00:03:28.069 So it gives me the creeps. So dark and gloomy. 00:03:28.090 --> 00:03:30.650 The creeps? You're kidding. It's absolutely beautiful. 00:03:31.270 --> 00:03:37.349 In a way. I look so... I don't know. Brooding. 00:03:37.689 --> 00:03:40.289 Contrast. That's all. The sun's so bright, where 00:03:40.289 --> 00:03:42.169 it gets through to the road, it makes the woods 00:03:42.169 --> 00:03:45.360 seem dark. What are you doing? I just want to 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.520 show you. Ten steps into the woods and you'll 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:49.539 see there's nothing gloomy about it. It's just 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:52.479 the contrast. I don't want to go in there, Ronnie. 00:03:52.699 --> 00:03:56.560 Oh, well. Okay. We can come back another day. 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:00.500 Maybe tomorrow. It really is a beautiful forest. 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:05.979 We could bring a picnic lunch. Well, okay. Maybe 00:04:05.979 --> 00:04:17.060 it'll look better to me tomorrow. Oh, I love 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:20.139 it, Ronnie. I just love it. It really looks the 00:04:20.139 --> 00:04:22.819 way a cliffside inn ought to look. Even nicer 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:25.519 than Bill and Edna said. Isolated, that's for 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.860 sure. Now, you'd be Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, wouldn't 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:31.240 you? That's right. We have reservations. Good 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.139 thing you made him, too. He might just have closed 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:36.399 down. End of season for us. Are we the only guests? 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.300 Only ones. My name's Lou Griffin. I'm the proprietor. 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.199 Sarah? Coming. I was just putting up a fresh 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.819 pot of coffee. Figured we'd be wanting some. 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:49.319 Long trip and all. I thought I smelled coffee. 00:04:49.579 --> 00:04:52.120 Just what I need. Now, I hope you ain't disappointed 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.000 in the place, Miss Andrews. Disappointed? I adore 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.439 it. It's even nicer than Bill and Edna told us. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.459 Bill and Edna White. They were up here earlier 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:04.399 in the summer. White? Oh, yes. They're the couple 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.920 with the two young boys, huh? Ken and Eddie, 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:09.579 yes. Never did say two youngins could be in so 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:13.579 many different places at one time. I've been 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:15.759 thinking some about seeing if I can't get hold 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.480 of some hex -signs to keep young 'uns out next 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:21.079 season. I noticed the hex -signs outside and 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:24.519 even in here. Yeah? Anything we got plenty of, 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.680 it's hex -signs. Are they just for decoration 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.920 or do you really mean them to keep evil spirits 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.879 away? They're just for what you call color. And 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.959 it don't hurt to be on the safe side. What do 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:40.079 you mean? Maybe there's evil spirits, maybe there 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:42.779 ain't. Maybe they want to get in. Maybe they 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:46.279 don't. But I never heard of a hex sign doing 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:56.139 any harm. Morning, Mr. Griffin. Morning. Uh, 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.100 Sarah, you can put the eggs on now. Lou and Sarah, 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:01.699 what we like to be called. Friendlier that way. 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.399 Okay, we're Peg and Ronnie. I brought your coffee 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.759 out. Eggs won't be ready for a minute or so. 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:09.939 I brought you a cup too, Lou. Fine. As long as 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:12.120 these good folks don't mind me sitting down with 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.800 them. Oh, no, no. Please do. I'll be right out 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.899 with the rest. Already, but they... How are you 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:20.360 folks planning to spend the day? Well... Well, 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.300 we had a discussion about that, and I won. He 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:27.259 wants to take a hike into the woods. Dutchman's 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:30.980 Woods? Oh, is that what they're called? I wouldn't 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:34.120 go in there if I was you. You wouldn't? Folks 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.029 get lost in there. Been a lot of that. Oh, we 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:40.250 won't get lost. I have a very good sense of direction. 00:06:40.730 --> 00:06:43.850 But all the same, you take my advice. You stay 00:06:43.850 --> 00:06:48.470 out of Dutchman's woods. See, Ronnie? Oh, that's 00:06:48.470 --> 00:06:50.589 ridiculous. We can take care of ourselves. We're 00:06:50.589 --> 00:06:54.389 not gonna get lost. Nobody aims to a cause. Folks 00:06:54.389 --> 00:06:56.370 do it, though. Yeah, I was going to ask you if 00:06:56.370 --> 00:06:59.089 Mrs. Griffin, oh, Sarah, would be willing to 00:06:59.089 --> 00:07:01.269 put up a picnic lunch for us. Oh, she'll fix 00:07:01.269 --> 00:07:02.990 you up something for lunch. No trouble about 00:07:02.990 --> 00:07:07.139 that. Only thing is... We'll be very careful. 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:12.060 Well, I'll just go to talk to Sarah about the 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:16.459 lunch then. Thanks. But if I was you, I'd stay 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:24.339 out of Dutchman's Woods. Oh, Ronnie, I'm hungry 00:07:24.339 --> 00:07:27.959 and I'm tired. Some kind of bug bit me on the 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.839 arm. And I want a sandwich and then I want to 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.660 go home. This place gives me the creep I can't 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:36.860 understand you pay we've taken hikes in the woods 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:40.560 before You never acted like this. I know I don't 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.399 really understand it either There's just something 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:46.800 about this place Can't explain it any better 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.399 than that. Hey, hey look up ahead. Hey, there's 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.339 a clearing up there Sunlight. Oh, I didn't think 00:07:52.339 --> 00:07:54.160 I'd ever live to see it again. Oh, don't be a 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.300 nut Maybe it's a good place to stop for lunch. 00:07:56.540 --> 00:08:02.769 Come on Hey Hey, it's like a garden, isn't it? 00:08:03.209 --> 00:08:06.509 It's pretty, all right. Especially after all 00:08:06.509 --> 00:08:08.769 that glue. And if we can spread the cloth Sarah 00:08:08.769 --> 00:08:12.170 gave us on that flat rock, huh? All the comforts 00:08:12.170 --> 00:08:15.970 of home. And then after we eat, we go home, right 00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:17.949 back the way we came. Except that you're pointing 00:08:17.949 --> 00:08:20.410 in the wrong direction, Peg. I am not. We just 00:08:20.410 --> 00:08:22.490 came right out between those two bushes. Between 00:08:22.490 --> 00:08:26.569 those two bushes. All I can say is it's a good 00:08:26.569 --> 00:08:28.430 thing you married a man who can find his way 00:08:28.430 --> 00:08:32.629 around. Ronnie, I'm sure. I'm nearly just as 00:08:32.629 --> 00:08:34.169 sure as can be. Yeah, well, don't worry about 00:08:34.169 --> 00:08:36.370 a thing. They don't call me Ron the Pathfinder 00:08:36.370 --> 00:08:40.190 for nothing. Well, come on, let's eat. Okay, 00:08:40.909 --> 00:08:50.029 but I could have sworn. Lou Griffin, do you mean 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:53.289 to sit there and tell me you let them two wander 00:08:53.289 --> 00:08:56.509 off into Dutchman's woods? Wasn't a matter of 00:08:56.509 --> 00:08:59.950 letting them, sir. Dead set on it. They were 00:08:59.950 --> 00:09:02.710 he was in here. Oh if I'd known where them two 00:09:02.710 --> 00:09:05.190 was fixing to go I never would have put up that 00:09:05.190 --> 00:09:08.350 lunch for them. I tried to talk them out of it 00:09:08.350 --> 00:09:10.370 She didn't much want to go in the first place 00:09:10.370 --> 00:09:13.269 But he wouldn't budge an inch you could have 00:09:13.269 --> 00:09:16.149 told him the truth about that place and got nothing 00:09:16.149 --> 00:09:18.250 from her trouble But laughter telling a tale 00:09:18.250 --> 00:09:22.850 like that No, sir comes to talk about Dutchman's 00:09:22.850 --> 00:09:29.700 wards. I'm on my own business Ronnie, Ronnie, 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:31.879 will you stop and listen to me? Oh, all right. 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:34.820 Ronnie, the underbrush wasn't this thick before. 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.500 It didn't come this way. Well, I have to admit 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:40.600 I don't remember it being quite this overgrown 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.600 before. But I know we're going in the right direction. 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:47.620 I'm very sure of that now, Peg. You're not sure 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:52.519 at all, are you, Ronnie? Well, maybe I am just 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.460 a little disoriented. Lost, I think, would be 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:57.669 the word. All right, I'm lost. You like it better 00:09:57.669 --> 00:10:00.769 that way? It's not as if we were lost in an African 00:10:00.769 --> 00:10:03.250 jungle or something with wilderness for miles 00:10:03.250 --> 00:10:06.450 around. We're in a tame woods in Maine. There's 00:10:06.450 --> 00:10:09.009 no cause to panic. I'm not panicking, Ronnie. 00:10:09.070 --> 00:10:13.149 I just... Let's go back, shall we? See if we 00:10:13.149 --> 00:10:15.389 can find the clearing where we had lunch. All 00:10:15.389 --> 00:10:21.190 right. Ronnie, I think it's over this way. I'm 00:10:21.190 --> 00:10:23.289 sure we weren't coming from that direction before. 00:10:23.309 --> 00:10:34.620 All right! All right! I've got to stop and catch 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:37.980 my breath, Ronnie. We can't be far from the crane 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:40.519 now, can we? Well, I wouldn't think so. I believe 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.940 we passed that row and tree over there when we 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:46.419 came this way before. That's west, Ronnie, right 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:50.019 into the sun. Where? Is it so? Don't you think 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:52.600 we ought to keep walking east? I mean, the road 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.000 is east of here. We know that. It doesn't really 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.000 matter where we come out on the road, does it? 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:02.759 As long as we do come out. Oh, okay. Well, you... 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:15.139 Do you feel rested now? Oh, enough. That you, 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:18.399 Lou? It's me. Oh, did you see anything of them? 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.519 Seen their car park there alongside the woods. 00:11:22.299 --> 00:11:24.559 They're lost all right. Well, why didn't you 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.230 keep on looking? Did you go into the woods? Oh, 00:11:28.350 --> 00:11:30.610 a few steps here and there. Not very far, eh? 00:11:30.769 --> 00:11:33.090 Well, land sakes, how do you expect to find somebody 00:11:33.090 --> 00:11:35.230 that's lost in the woods if you don't go into 00:11:35.230 --> 00:11:37.789 the woods? Well, do you think he was aiming to 00:11:37.789 --> 00:11:39.529 get rid of me or something? The way you keep 00:11:39.529 --> 00:11:41.830 trying to run me off into them woods. Well, them 00:11:41.830 --> 00:11:50.289 young folks is our responsibility, Lou. Honey. 00:11:50.930 --> 00:11:53.470 Is it late enough to start getting dark? No, 00:11:53.529 --> 00:11:56.409 not yet. It's not quite five yet. Then why is 00:11:56.409 --> 00:12:01.029 it getting dark? Maybe it's going to rain, Peg. 00:12:01.210 --> 00:12:03.610 Oh, Lord, that's all we need. The worst of it 00:12:03.610 --> 00:12:06.509 is, without the sun to guide us, we can't be 00:12:06.509 --> 00:12:08.870 sure we're still going east. It's getting cold, 00:12:09.210 --> 00:12:14.830 too. Yeah. Ronnie? Yeah. I'm scared. Don't be 00:12:14.830 --> 00:12:17.470 frightened, Peg. There's really no reason to 00:12:17.470 --> 00:12:21.250 be. Sure, we're lost. It's going to be inconvenient 00:12:21.250 --> 00:12:23.610 as hell. If it starts raining, we're going to 00:12:23.610 --> 00:12:25.389 get drenched and be damned uncomfortable, but 00:12:25.389 --> 00:12:28.149 there's nothing to be scared of. I am scared 00:12:28.149 --> 00:12:30.070 all the same. Oh, now come on, let's keep moving. 00:12:30.769 --> 00:12:32.389 The underbrush has thinned out some, at least, 00:12:32.389 --> 00:12:34.490 and I'm pretty sure we're still going east. You 00:12:34.490 --> 00:12:36.730 were right about that. If we keep going on east, 00:12:36.769 --> 00:12:39.909 we can't miss the road. So, we're really not 00:12:39.909 --> 00:12:44.809 in such bad shape as we... Hey! Hey, Peg! There's 00:12:44.809 --> 00:12:47.070 a clearing up ahead. What do you want to bet 00:12:47.070 --> 00:12:58.379 it's ours? Peg? Hey, where are you? Peg? Isn't 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:00.580 that a clearing over there, Ronnie? Oh, and bless 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:06.679 me. It's lighter in there. Ronnie? Ronnie, don't 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:08.460 play games with me. I'm scared enough already. 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:30.240 Ronnie Peg Peg is that you over this way Ronnie? 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:37.240 That's right Ronnie over this way. Yes, that's 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:42.019 fine. Keep on just the way you're going Yeah 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:48.659 Hello, Ronnie you're You you aren't peg of course. 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:51.960 I'm not but won't I do? Don't you think I'm as 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:55.200 beautiful as she is? Well, I was I was looking 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:59.899 for don't you Ronnie well, I I Think you're the 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:13.960 most beautiful woman I've ever seen Sirens abound 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.100 in legend and folklore and if I may say so without 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:21.169 starting a controversy they're not unheard of 00:14:21.169 --> 00:14:25.850 even in real life. Few men, no matter how virtuous, 00:14:26.409 --> 00:14:30.750 are completely siren proof. So, if there's a 00:14:30.750 --> 00:14:34.450 siren operating deep in a Maine woods, it shouldn't 00:14:34.450 --> 00:14:38.389 surprise us too much. The question is, will she 00:14:38.389 --> 00:14:42.750 lead, or try to lead, Ronnie Andrews to his destruction? 00:14:43.710 --> 00:14:45.850 We'll investigate further when I return with 00:14:45.850 --> 00:15:00.929 Act Two. of their stay at Lou Griffin's Cliffside 00:15:00.929 --> 00:15:03.909 Inn, Ronnie and Peg Andrews decided to take a 00:15:03.909 --> 00:15:06.830 picnic lunch and go exploring Dutchman's Woods. 00:15:07.690 --> 00:15:10.350 As Lou had warned them, this turned out to be 00:15:10.350 --> 00:15:13.830 a mistake. First, they lost their way, and then 00:15:13.830 --> 00:15:17.149 they became mysteriously separated. In searching 00:15:17.149 --> 00:15:21.070 for Peg, Ronnie has come upon a strange and extraordinarily 00:15:21.070 --> 00:15:25.230 beautiful woman. In fact, almost his first words 00:15:25.230 --> 00:15:28.690 to her were, I think. You're the most beautiful 00:15:28.690 --> 00:15:31.769 woman I've ever seen. Thank you. And you must 00:15:31.769 --> 00:15:33.830 be as good as you are beautiful, so I'm sure 00:15:33.830 --> 00:15:36.610 you'll help me. Of course. My wife and I, Peg, 00:15:36.730 --> 00:15:39.210 Peg, my wife and I, we lost our way in the woods 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:42.250 earlier in the day, and we've been wandering 00:15:42.250 --> 00:15:45.809 around in circles, I guess, all afternoon. People 00:15:45.809 --> 00:15:48.330 do get lost in Dutchman's Woods. Didn't anybody 00:15:48.330 --> 00:15:50.769 tell you? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, but... Well, 00:15:50.769 --> 00:15:54.690 you see, I wanted to come anyway. It was... I 00:15:54.690 --> 00:15:57.570 don't know, it was as if the woods... Drew me. 00:15:57.629 --> 00:16:00.970 I understand. Yeah, and then somehow Peg and 00:16:00.970 --> 00:16:05.070 I got separated. Oh, now I can't find her. Do 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:08.850 you know the woods well? I know every tree, every 00:16:08.850 --> 00:16:12.789 stone, every flower, every path. Oh, yes. I know 00:16:12.789 --> 00:16:15.470 Dutchman's Wood. Great, great. Will you please 00:16:15.470 --> 00:16:18.809 help me find my wife? My name's Katrina. Last 00:16:18.809 --> 00:16:20.509 names aren't important, are they? We'll just 00:16:20.509 --> 00:16:23.450 be Ronnie and Katrina. Yeah, well, I'm very glad 00:16:23.450 --> 00:16:27.200 to know you, Katrina. It wasn't far from here, 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.659 the place where my wife and I got separated. 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:33.740 Ronnie and Katrina. Would you like to see my 00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:38.080 house? House? Oh, you mean you have a house in 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.940 the middle of this jungle? A very beautiful house, 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:43.960 yes. Come, I'll show it to you. Oh, thanks very 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.360 much. Maybe Peg and I could see it together. 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:50.210 After we found her, I... Well, I just can't go 00:16:50.210 --> 00:16:52.450 wandering off with you while Peg's lost somewhere 00:16:52.450 --> 00:16:54.330 and probably looking for me right this minute. 00:16:54.330 --> 00:16:56.029 You must be hungry. You can have dinner with 00:16:56.029 --> 00:16:58.690 me, Ronnie. And I'll give you some of my special 00:16:58.690 --> 00:17:01.389 wine. Aren't you listening to me? My wife is 00:17:01.389 --> 00:17:03.909 lost. I can't just leave her out there. I gotta 00:17:03.909 --> 00:17:05.470 find her. Will you please stop talking about 00:17:05.470 --> 00:17:08.029 that woman? It's very rude of you talking to 00:17:08.029 --> 00:17:11.650 me about another woman. I won't have it. Look, 00:17:11.890 --> 00:17:16.430 I don't think you understand. My wife and I got 00:17:16.430 --> 00:17:20.190 separated somehow in the woods. I'm not looking 00:17:20.190 --> 00:17:23.349 for her. Oh, you can't mean that you I've offered 00:17:23.349 --> 00:17:25.730 you my hospitality I said I'd give you dinner 00:17:25.730 --> 00:17:29.109 and I've I've even asked you to have my wine 00:17:29.109 --> 00:17:34.309 I'm very angry with you Ronnie. Please I'm begging 00:17:34.309 --> 00:17:37.789 you Why won't you help me if you wish to come 00:17:37.789 --> 00:17:39.890 with me? Perhaps I'll help you find your wife 00:17:39.890 --> 00:17:42.029 later on you'll never find her without my help. 00:17:42.029 --> 00:17:48.150 I promise you that Well, I must be going You're 00:17:48.150 --> 00:17:51.029 making a very stupid mistake, but if you don't 00:17:51.029 --> 00:17:54.009 know any better Okay, Katrina. Wait. Are you 00:17:54.009 --> 00:17:58.650 coming with me? Oh, well Oh, yes. All right. 00:17:58.710 --> 00:18:41.299 I'll come with you Them two ain't back yet. What 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:45.920 do we... Oh, we're... We knew they was lost. 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:49.000 It's still raining. It's turned cold as winter 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:53.440 just about. Them two lost out there. Only thing 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:57.240 she ain't back yet. Did not expect him. But you 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:59.279 think... If you think I'm gonna let you go back 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.579 to sleep again, you got another thing coming. 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.299 Turn that lamp on, will you? I'm gonna get up. 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.369 Maybe put on a pot of fresh coffee. Does that 00:19:08.369 --> 00:19:11.930 sound good to you? Yeah? Well, I expect a glass 00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:13.829 of apple, Jack. We're doing a lot more good. 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:18.029 Lou, all you had to do was just tell them. You 00:19:18.029 --> 00:19:20.349 think he'd believe a tale like that, fed up in 00:19:20.349 --> 00:19:23.769 the city? That frightened my face, he would have. 00:19:23.829 --> 00:19:27.170 Well, I wish you'd told him. Sarah, we don't 00:19:27.170 --> 00:19:31.309 even know if it's cool. We know men get lost, 00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:34.490 that we do know. But we don't know why they get 00:19:34.490 --> 00:19:41.670 lost. I couldn't tell that story as gospel. Who's 00:19:41.670 --> 00:19:47.130 that? Lou! Sarah! Somebody help me! We're coming, 00:19:47.410 --> 00:19:52.369 Peg. Now, now, now, ballin' about it ain't gonna 00:19:52.369 --> 00:19:55.829 do no good. Guess what happened? I can't find 00:19:55.829 --> 00:19:59.029 him. I can't find him anywhere. Somebody has 00:19:59.029 --> 00:20:01.950 to help. Yes, sir. Happens every time I didn't 00:20:01.950 --> 00:20:03.849 hear. He was standing right there together and 00:20:03.849 --> 00:20:06.009 then... All of a sudden, he just wasn't there. 00:20:06.150 --> 00:20:08.210 He wasn't there. You better come back in the 00:20:08.210 --> 00:20:10.569 kitchen and have a nice cup of hot coffee, Peg. 00:20:11.109 --> 00:20:15.250 There's no time. We have to find Ronnie. Louie, 00:20:15.369 --> 00:20:18.470 will you help me look for him? Will somebody 00:20:18.470 --> 00:20:21.609 have to help me? Yes, I'll go with you. I would 00:20:21.609 --> 00:20:25.769 appreciate it. What if you get lost? Women don't. 00:20:26.150 --> 00:20:28.009 Peg found a way home, all right, didn't she? 00:20:28.170 --> 00:20:32.009 And I've been in them woods before. I just can't 00:20:32.009 --> 00:20:34.640 understand it. And I thought at first he was 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.200 hiding from me, playing some silly kind of game. 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.920 And he was there, and then he wasn't. Two seconds 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:45.359 later. I told him not to go into them woods. 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:49.579 You gotta admit I told him. Man just ain't safe 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:57.019 in Dutchman's woods. You see that big boulder 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:59.619 just ahead, Ronnie? The one shaped sort of like 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:02.289 a boat? Yes. Just when you go around to the left 00:21:02.289 --> 00:21:05.829 of it, you can see the house. Take my hand. Oh, 00:21:06.069 --> 00:21:10.970 all right. Uh, Katrina. Yes? We are going to 00:21:10.970 --> 00:21:14.130 look for Peg, aren't we? I mean, afterwards. 00:21:14.450 --> 00:21:17.170 After I've seen your house and had some of this 00:21:17.170 --> 00:21:20.250 wine of yours. You can be so tiresome. Well, 00:21:20.250 --> 00:21:27.589 I'm sorry. Just a minute now. There. I don't 00:21:27.589 --> 00:21:31.529 believe it. I knew you'd be surprised. The others 00:21:31.529 --> 00:21:34.210 always have to... Others? Well, you don't think 00:21:34.210 --> 00:21:36.109 you're the first guest I've ever had, do you? 00:21:36.369 --> 00:21:39.029 All I meant was nobody ever expects to find a 00:21:39.029 --> 00:21:40.910 house like this out in the middle of the woods. 00:21:41.250 --> 00:21:44.329 Gee, it isn't a house at all. It's a castle. 00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:47.529 It really is. A perfect replica of one, anyway. 00:21:48.289 --> 00:21:50.549 My husband had it built exactly like a castle 00:21:50.549 --> 00:21:52.670 in... Oh, I don't remember. Somewhere in Holland. 00:21:52.910 --> 00:21:58.109 Your husband? You're so chumpy. He's been dead 00:21:58.109 --> 00:22:00.990 for years. I can't figure out how we missed seeing 00:22:00.990 --> 00:22:04.670 this place from the road when we drove in yesterday. 00:22:05.890 --> 00:22:12.930 Peg, you feel like you're up to it. Back into 00:22:12.930 --> 00:22:16.109 them woods and all. Oh, yes. I think we ought 00:22:16.109 --> 00:22:18.710 to go right now. I mean the longer we wait... 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:21.269 I think maybe we'd better take this with us. 00:22:21.829 --> 00:22:25.210 Pec -Sign? What's it supposed to do? It's a strong 00:22:25.210 --> 00:22:28.450 one this year. meant to ward off witches and 00:22:28.450 --> 00:22:31.730 evil spirits and, well, just about anything else 00:22:31.730 --> 00:22:35.509 that walks the night. Well, like Lou says, it 00:22:35.509 --> 00:22:38.849 don't hurt to be on the safe side. Come, let's 00:22:38.849 --> 00:22:41.230 get out of here. Never find that man of yours 00:22:41.230 --> 00:22:43.750 standing around here telling old wives tales. 00:22:49.210 --> 00:22:52.089 Here you are, honey. A glass of the most unusual 00:22:52.089 --> 00:22:54.650 wine you've ever tasted. Aren't you having any? 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:58.240 Oh, no. Not just now. Well, don't sip it, Ronnie. 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:06.759 Drink it right down. Doesn't really taste like 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:09.660 wine after all. You don't like my wine. No, no, 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:13.859 no. I didn't mean that. It's just that... Oh. 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:19.619 Oh, yeah. Now it does. Hey, it leaves a very 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:22.779 pleasant aftertaste. Exactly. You can have another 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:25.369 glass when we go in for dinner. You know. Well, 00:23:25.390 --> 00:23:27.910 what I really ought to do is... The thing that 00:23:27.910 --> 00:23:30.549 makes my wine so different is a special ingredient. 00:23:31.450 --> 00:23:33.269 I'm not sure you can find it anywhere at all 00:23:33.269 --> 00:23:36.150 except right here in Dutchman's Wood. It grows 00:23:36.150 --> 00:23:39.970 wild like the grapes. All the ingredients I use 00:23:39.970 --> 00:23:44.690 to make the wine grow wild. I have to go out 00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:49.750 later and find Peg. I can't just leave Peg wandering 00:23:49.750 --> 00:23:53.200 around out there. Of course not. But would you 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:56.339 like to come inside now, Ronnie? Sure. Sure, 00:23:56.339 --> 00:24:07.400 why not? Can you point out where it was you stopped 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:10.859 the car and went into the woods, Peg? I'm not 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:14.480 sure. It all sort of looks alike. Well, no matter. 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:17.700 You mustn't think ill of Lou because he didn't 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.500 want to come out and help you look for your husband, 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:23.740 Peg. It did seem odd. See, he knows I'm safe 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:27.440 enough. It's only men that get lost in Dutchman's 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:31.400 woods. That doesn't make sense. Well, it does 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:34.599 if you know the story. Katrina's got no interest 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:38.539 in women. Katrina? Choose the cause of it all, 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:42.519 if there's any truth in the tale they tell. When 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:45.900 men get lost in there, in the woods, they don't 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:50.450 just disappear, do they? I mean, they... They're 00:24:50.450 --> 00:24:53.490 found eventually, aren't they? Oh, they're found, 00:24:53.490 --> 00:24:56.130 all right. What's left of them. What do you mean? 00:24:56.130 --> 00:24:57.930 Well, I shouldn't have said that, but the truth 00:24:57.930 --> 00:25:02.730 is... they're found dead. Dead? Now it's going 00:25:02.730 --> 00:25:04.869 to be different with brownie pig, and you've 00:25:04.869 --> 00:25:09.009 got to believe that. Dead of what? Oh, exposure. 00:25:10.049 --> 00:25:12.769 Sometimes starvation. Whatever it is that kills 00:25:12.769 --> 00:25:15.910 people lost in the woods. Though if you ask me, 00:25:15.910 --> 00:25:23.750 there's a whole lot more to it than that. You 00:25:23.750 --> 00:25:26.910 like my house, Ronnie? Oh, yeah. It's extraordinary, 00:25:27.170 --> 00:25:30.329 Katrina. This is the most extraordinary house 00:25:30.329 --> 00:25:33.829 I ever saw. At first, I didn't like it. Can you 00:25:33.829 --> 00:25:36.890 believe that? I thought it was too far away from 00:25:36.890 --> 00:25:38.970 everybody and everything, and I hated my husband 00:25:38.970 --> 00:25:41.210 for making me live in it. Oh, yeah, your husband. 00:25:42.150 --> 00:25:44.930 He's dead, did you say? Oh, yes, a long time 00:25:44.930 --> 00:25:49.869 ago. My wife is alive. She's lost in the woods. 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:53.079 But she's alive. Drink your wine, Ronnie. Oh, 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:56.660 yeah, I'm so sleepy. Wait until you see the banquet 00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:58.380 hall. Do you know I could seat over a hundred 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:01.779 people if I wanted to? But I like to entertain 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:06.099 one at a time. Just one at a time. Three -sicker. 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:09.980 What is it? What is it? Three is. Oh, a crowd. 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:14.099 Exactly. We're going to like each other, aren't 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:19.390 we, Ronnie? Are you sleepy, Ronnie? You know 00:26:19.390 --> 00:26:23.490 you're quite handsome. I used to call me a witch 00:26:23.490 --> 00:26:26.589 a long time ago. People believed in things more 00:26:26.589 --> 00:26:32.269 then. Oh yes, you're very handsome. I may keep 00:26:32.269 --> 00:26:36.450 you for quite a long time. Several weeks even. 00:26:37.390 --> 00:26:47.960 Oh yes, that would be nice. Oblique. rainy night 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:51.380 in a dense forest that already has an evil reputation. 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:55.619 A good time and place for unnatural goings on. 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:59.559 Well, there's a good deal going on in Dutchman's 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:04.180 woods that seems unnatural, if you accept Webster's 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:07.660 definition of natural. Occurring in conformity 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:10.460 with the ordinary course of nature, Webster says. 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:14.099 The abrupt and unexplained separation of Ronnie 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:17.779 from Peg. Doesn't seem to qualify as natural 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:21.460 according to that definition. I'll be back shortly 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:35.720 with act three A beautiful woman named Katrina 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:39.400 has lured Ronnie Andrews into her castle -like 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:42.680 stronghold and plied him with wine which she 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:47.089 herself describes as most unusual. Peg, Ronnie's 00:27:47.089 --> 00:27:49.789 wife, along with Sarah Griffin, had gone into 00:27:49.789 --> 00:27:52.869 Dutchman's woods looking for Ronnie. Peg still 00:27:52.869 --> 00:27:55.150 thinks of Ronnie as simply lost in the woods 00:27:55.150 --> 00:27:58.390 on a miserable rainy night. But Sarah obviously 00:27:58.390 --> 00:28:01.829 knows, or suspects, a lot more than she's telling. 00:28:02.670 --> 00:28:05.190 When you shine your flashlight round about, Peg, 00:28:05.589 --> 00:28:07.930 I'll keep mine straight ahead so I can see where 00:28:07.930 --> 00:28:11.369 we're going. All right. Ronnie! All I don't know 00:28:11.369 --> 00:28:13.549 is it'll do much good to keep on calling for 00:28:13.549 --> 00:28:16.940 him. Sarah, what did you mean when you said somebody 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:20.000 called Petrina was the cause of it all? That's 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.539 a long story, that one. You don't seem like a 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:24.559 very good time to go into it right now. I want 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:27.599 to know. Well, yes, I guess you would. Sarah, 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:30.319 tell me. I guess I ought to, yes, now that I've 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.740 gone this far. Hey, keep on flashing your light 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.980 around. Yes, I will. Well, it starts back a long 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:38.640 while ago. Not much after the revolution was 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:41.140 over. The American Revolution? That's the one. 00:28:41.390 --> 00:28:43.890 Seems there was this man, Dutch trader, named 00:28:43.890 --> 00:28:47.509 Hans Groot. And he fell head over teakettle in 00:28:47.509 --> 00:28:49.549 love with this young girl that was taxing around 00:28:49.549 --> 00:28:53.150 New York society at the time. Her name was Katrina. 00:28:54.069 --> 00:28:57.349 Katrina? But that was around the time of the 00:28:57.349 --> 00:28:59.289 revolution, you see. Just keep on shining your 00:28:59.289 --> 00:29:02.130 light around now. Must have been filthy rich, 00:29:02.250 --> 00:29:04.670 this Hans Groot. There was no spring chicken 00:29:04.670 --> 00:29:06.869 at that time, and yet Katrina agreed to marry 00:29:06.869 --> 00:29:09.309 him without so much as a maybe. And her hardly 00:29:09.309 --> 00:29:12.440 out of her teens yet. So they had a big, fancy 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:14.779 wedding and settled down in a house he'd bought 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.599 in New York. Think if we find Ronnie, he'll already 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.279 be... Oh, stop worrying, honey. Well, anyway, 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:23.299 they didn't exactly live happy ever after there 00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:26.660 in that house. Katrina was a wanton. Only word 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.200 that suits her, wanton, pure and simple. Got 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.759 so she would spend more of her time with the 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.940 young blades around town than she was with her 00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:35.660 own husband. and it didn't take him long to get 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:38.000 good and sick of it. I can't see what all this 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.859 has to do with... Well, now you ask me to tell 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:44.319 you a thing. All right. I'm... I'm sorry. But 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:47.240 he was still as stuck on Katrina as ever, so 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.259 he got a hold of this great big wooded acreage 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.680 up here in Maine, reminded me of all woods anyway, 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:54.660 them days, and he built such a house on it as 00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:57.759 you wouldn't believe if you was to see it. Regular 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:00.200 castle it was, right out there, in the middle 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:02.319 of the woods, millions of miles from nowhere. 00:30:02.849 --> 00:30:04.910 And he brought Katrina up here and put her in 00:30:04.910 --> 00:30:07.069 that house, and that was that way he figured. 00:30:07.750 --> 00:30:10.190 Here? You mean right here in this forest? Mmm, 00:30:10.289 --> 00:30:13.170 Dutchman's Woods, it's called. Hans Groot was 00:30:13.170 --> 00:30:15.710 the Dutchman. Trouble was, you see, that Dutchman 00:30:15.710 --> 00:30:17.809 himself couldn't spend his whole time in his 00:30:17.809 --> 00:30:20.269 castle. He still had his business affairs in 00:30:20.269 --> 00:30:23.130 New York. And even some interests overseas are 00:30:23.130 --> 00:30:26.309 same. So he had to leave Katrina alone in that 00:30:26.309 --> 00:30:29.130 big old house now and again. And that Katrina, 00:30:29.470 --> 00:30:32.529 oh, she must have been a resourceful one. She 00:30:32.529 --> 00:30:35.150 found her men all right. Wasn't no stopping her. 00:30:35.430 --> 00:30:37.470 Even shut up in the house? The castle? Well, 00:30:37.470 --> 00:30:39.730 she wasn't exactly shut up in it. Just didn't 00:30:39.730 --> 00:30:42.650 have no means of travel. She took to roaming 00:30:42.650 --> 00:30:45.569 around the woods. You see, there was plenty of 00:30:45.569 --> 00:30:48.430 poaching went on in them days. Lots of it. So 00:30:48.430 --> 00:30:51.069 Katrina had run across a poacher hunting on her 00:30:51.069 --> 00:30:53.589 husband's property. And she'd taken him home 00:30:53.589 --> 00:30:57.730 with her and... Might as well have left her in 00:30:57.730 --> 00:30:59.970 New York for all the good it done Hans Groot. 00:31:00.470 --> 00:31:05.160 Yes, sir. Castle still standing. No, not properly 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:08.380 speaking. Anyway, Hans Groot come home and caught 00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:11.220 Katrina with one of them poachers. And he killed 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:14.640 them both. Katrina along with a man. And you 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:16.680 think the same Katrina? That's the way the story 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.680 goes. If you're superstitious enough to believe 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:24.140 it, Katrina still walks Dutchman's woods. And 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:39.839 any man that comes her way is fair game. How 00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:44.339 did I get into a place like this? Oh, yeah. Yeah, 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:46.839 I remember. You fell asleep, Ronnie. Oh, I'm 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:49.000 sorry. I must have been more tired than I realize. 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:53.259 I still feel sort of sluggish. You were tired. 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.519 Hey, look, we've got to get moving. We've got 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:59.299 to find Peg. Peg. Peg, Peg, Peg. That's all I 00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.140 hear from you. My name is Katrina, not Peg. I'm 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:04.079 not accustomed to having my guests talk about 00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:06.079 other women. Well, we... We ought to go out and 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:08.660 see if we can find Peg. You'll only lose yourself 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.720 again if you go out there. But you promised you'd 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.799 help me. I didn't promise at all. She'll find 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.500 her way home. She's probably back at the inn 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:18.759 right now, safe and sound. She's a woman. I don't 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:20.940 enjoy another woman's company. I don't want women 00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:24.599 here. Can't you understand that? Are... are you 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.940 saying that... that you cause people to get lost? 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:32.460 You aren't lost, Ronnie. You're here. Right in 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:39.680 this room with me. There's a clearing up ahead. 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:42.880 I don't think it's the place where we had lunch, 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:46.119 though. No, Peg. No, it's the ruins. The ruins? 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:48.279 Yeah, the place the old castle used to stand. 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:50.940 Ain't much left now but rubble where the masonry 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:54.240 fell down. Mostly overgrown with weeds and vines 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.799 and the like. The old foundation's still there. 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.140 You can't see it too well after dark, of course. 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:02.079 And you think this is where? Yes, if there is 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:05.059 a Katrina. And if she's dragged your young man 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:07.920 off somewhere. I'd say this is the most likely 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:10.940 place. Ronnie! Now, what my opinion, it won't 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:14.519 do a lick of good yelling for him. There's just 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:22.779 go hunting through the rubble. I feel funny, 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:27.319 Katrina. Fuzzy, yeah. Must be that wine of yours 00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:31.259 again. It's partly the wine, I'm sure. But also 00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:34.740 partly just me. Oh Ronnie, we're going to be 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:37.859 very happy. Happier than you've ever been. I 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:41.359 promise you that is it raining outside. I can't 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:44.059 tell It look like you're not listening to me. 00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:47.880 Oh, yes. I am you were talking about Happiness, 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.019 you've never been happy Ronnie. I mean wildly 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:54.200 happy happy with nothing to intrude You've never 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:57.339 been happy that way. Have you Ronnie what? You're 00:33:57.339 --> 00:34:01.900 you're very beautiful It's all for you right 00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:05.259 now Not forever. I don't promise that but right 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:09.460 now You're my only reason for being beautiful. 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:16.219 Very beautiful. What? What was that? We'll belong 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:19.900 to each other. I'll be completely yours. Listen. 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:27.739 Somebody called me. I have a feeling, Sarah. 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:30.380 I have this crazy feeling that he heard me. It's 00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:32.619 no crazier than anything else. Maybe he did. 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:46.179 Not just an old heap of... It's a castle. Sarah, 00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:52.400 can you see it? Sarah? Sarah, where are you? 00:34:53.880 --> 00:35:04.139 Oh no, she's... Dear Lord, help me. Mommy! It 00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:14.050 was Peg. It was Peg calling me. Can you hear 00:35:14.050 --> 00:35:16.889 me? I can! I can hear you, Mommy! This way, Peg! 00:35:17.349 --> 00:35:19.510 Come toward my voice! Stop talking to that woman! 00:35:20.070 --> 00:35:22.630 Don't come and hear you, I forbid it! Oh, Mommy! 00:35:22.989 --> 00:35:25.809 Oh, I looked everywhere, and I... Oh, I thought 00:35:25.809 --> 00:35:28.389 I'd never... I thought I'd never see you again. 00:35:28.570 --> 00:35:30.889 Come on, take your hands off that woman. Who 00:35:30.889 --> 00:35:34.909 is this? Oh, uh, Katrina. Her name's Katrina. 00:35:35.090 --> 00:35:37.230 She found me in the woods. I... I think she... 00:35:37.230 --> 00:35:39.610 You'll find out soon enough who I am, you little 00:35:39.610 --> 00:35:42.630 fool. What are you doing here? I came here looking 00:35:42.630 --> 00:35:44.849 for my husband. Your husband doesn't want to 00:35:44.849 --> 00:35:47.789 see you. Get out! I'm not going to leave without 00:35:47.789 --> 00:35:50.449 him. He doesn't want to go with you. Do you, 00:35:50.590 --> 00:35:51.929 Ronnie? You don't want to leave with her. Tell 00:35:51.929 --> 00:35:54.170 her! You do want to come with me, don't you, 00:35:54.170 --> 00:35:55.690 Ronnie? Well, I... Ronnie, wouldn't you like 00:35:55.690 --> 00:35:58.469 another glass of wine? I don't... I don't think... 00:35:58.469 --> 00:36:01.889 Wine? Has he been... He doesn't drink. No, Peg, 00:36:01.929 --> 00:36:03.570 you don't... Had you seen, he doesn't want to 00:36:03.570 --> 00:36:06.110 talk to you. Why don't you leave? How can you 00:36:06.110 --> 00:36:08.789 stay where you're not wanted? I don't know who 00:36:08.789 --> 00:36:12.900 you are. Or what you are. Whether you're a ghost 00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:17.300 or a witch Or maybe both I don't know and I don't 00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:19.400 care much you're not going to take my husband 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:23.599 away from me how very brave she is and What if 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:27.960 I tell you I am a ghost and I am a witch and 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:30.880 I can destroy you both What if I tell you that 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:33.679 first I have to call you a liar because I've 00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:38.000 never believed in such things and then If it 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:41.239 should turn out you're not a liar I'd have to 00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:45.599 say, go ahead and destroy us. Both of us, though. 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:51.380 Not just one, both. A liar! I'll... I'll... Ronnie, 00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:55.059 tell her to get out of here! Peg... Well, Ronnie... 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:57.780 Katrina, I can't... What kind of a spineless 00:36:57.780 --> 00:37:02.380 creature are you? Tell her! Peg... I... I want 00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:07.239 to come with you. Yes, Peg, I... I want to leave 00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:11.619 here and go with you. No! All right, you witch, 00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:15.480 ghost, harlot, whatever you are. Stop us if you 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:17.679 think you can. I think I'm all right now, Peg. 00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:19.820 I don't know what she did to me, but... Stop 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:22.699 this! You stop this, both of you! Don't you know 00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:26.360 who I am? I'm Katrina! You idiots, I can bring 00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:28.800 this castle down in a heap on top of you. Don't 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:31.639 you know that? It's already down in a heap. I 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:36.599 saw it. I'll show you. I'll show you! Peg! Peg, 00:37:36.599 --> 00:38:02.820 here! Under this table! The whole house! It's 00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:05.880 Ronnie. Oh, help me with him, will you? We've 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.280 got to get him up off this wet ground. Ronnie! 00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:14.639 Is that you, Peg? Yes, Ronnie. Can you stand 00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:19.500 up? Well, I think so. Oh, I feel sort of dizzy. 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.199 I don't understand what's going on. How do you 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:25.880 get here, anyhow? We must walk past this spotter 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:31.510 half a dozen times. I'm not quite sure. He was 00:38:31.510 --> 00:38:33.309 all right just a minute ago. I was with him in 00:38:33.309 --> 00:38:36.050 the house, the castle. He was all right except 00:38:36.050 --> 00:38:38.369 for the effects of the wine. And it seemed to 00:38:38.369 --> 00:38:40.530 be wearing out. Now just hold on a minute. You 00:38:40.530 --> 00:38:43.469 know, you ain't making no kind of sense. I'm 00:38:43.469 --> 00:38:46.730 so cold. Oh, he's soaked to the skin. The rain 00:38:46.730 --> 00:38:48.489 stopped, thank goodness, but we'd better get 00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:50.469 him inside. He was perfectly dry a minute ago. 00:38:50.969 --> 00:38:53.090 And then the house actually did just crumble 00:38:53.090 --> 00:38:55.489 around us the way she said it would. Only of 00:38:55.489 --> 00:38:57.739 course it wasn't real or we'd both be... How 00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:59.780 did he get that wet? I hope you know what you're 00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:02.380 talking about. I sure don't. Oh, I feel stiff. 00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:04.920 And I ache all over. We've got to get you home 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:08.099 and into a nice, warm, dry bed before you catch 00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:16.519 your death. The house fell down all around us, 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:19.139 Sarah. Just the way she said it would. Only, 00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:21.639 I didn't think it could hurt us because, oh, 00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:23.699 you see, I knew the house had already fallen 00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:26.539 down. Well, I'm out. We must have imagined the 00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:29.340 whole thing. I must have been lying there on 00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:31.960 the ground and in the ruins the whole time. All 00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:35.099 I know is we walked past there a half dozen times, 00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:39.059 and you wasn't there. You just wasn't. So I don't 00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:42.320 see how we can say it was all imagination. It 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.400 was real, all right. While it blasted, it was 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:48.739 real. Here's the car. Now once we get you in 00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:50.179 there with the heater turned on, you'll feel 00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:52.659 a lot better, Ronnie. I feel a lot better already. 00:39:55.690 --> 00:40:00.050 What in the world was that? That... That was 00:40:00.050 --> 00:40:04.530 your Katrina. I wouldn't be surprised. Katrina? 00:40:04.769 --> 00:40:07.070 I left my Hicks sign back there in them ruins. 00:40:08.309 --> 00:40:10.889 Reckon if it works as well as the superstitious 00:40:10.889 --> 00:40:15.030 folks claim it works, we won't be having no more 00:40:15.030 --> 00:40:29.340 trouble with Katrina. Katrina certainly was. 00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:32.039 Any woman who was killed by her jealous husband 00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:35.340 in the 18th century and shows up again in 1975 00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:38.980 must be considered a ghost. But is it really 00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:43.280 fair to call her a siren and a witch? By Ronnie's 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:46.300 admission, one thing is certain. Whether Katrina 00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:50.679 was a siren, a ghost, a witch, or all three, 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.980 Ronnie was lucky to get out of that one alive. 00:40:54.659 --> 00:41:08.360 I'll be back in a few moments. Ronnie and Peg 00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:10.760 spent the remainder of their vacation in Maine. 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:14.320 It's a beautiful state, why shouldn't they? But 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:17.860 they gave Dutchman's Woods a wide berth. To this 00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:20.679 day, when Ronnie Andrews sees more than three 00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:23.519 trees forming a clump, he crosses to the other 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:26.579 side of the road. So between now and our next 00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:29.639 look into the nature of things, stay away from 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:32.800 all suspicious -looking forests. We're saving 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:37.000 you for another and quite different kind of jeopardy. 00:41:37.650 --> 00:41:40.690 Our cast included Paul Hecht, Jada Rowland, Santos 00:41:40.690 --> 00:41:44.230 Ortega, Joan Loring and Mary Jane Higby. The 00:41:44.230 --> 00:41:46.170 entire production was under the direction of 00:41:46.170 --> 00:41:53.409 Hyman Brown. And now, a preview of our next tale. 00:42:06.030 --> 00:42:09.250 William, what are you doing? I've got a little 00:42:09.250 --> 00:42:11.730 bit of hay here. I was saving it to give to my 00:42:11.730 --> 00:42:16.469 horse. You're not lighting it! Of course I am! 00:42:16.769 --> 00:42:19.090 Now, let's add a little something. Let's see 00:42:19.090 --> 00:42:21.190 what we've got here. Here's a few pages from 00:42:21.190 --> 00:42:23.510 the London Tattoo. That'll do the trick. Oh, 00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:27.849 God, you stop it! You brute! You brute! I don't 00:42:27.849 --> 00:42:30.610 move him, all right! He doesn't want his feet 00:42:30.610 --> 00:42:34.190 burnt to a crisp! All right, move, boy! I can't 00:42:34.190 --> 00:42:48.280 bear it! I can't! This is EG Marshall inviting 00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:51.199 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:57.139 adventure in the macabre until next time pleasant 00:42:57.139 --> 00:43:10.219 dreams This is KOIN in Portland. It's 12 midnight.