WEBVTT 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:25.660 And now, Mystery Theater. Come in. Welcome. I'm 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:29.780 E .G. Marshall. Won't you join me in the exploration 00:00:29.780 --> 00:00:33.179 of the rich resources of your own imagination? 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.280 Modern science tells us we live in a world of 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:43.420 waves Beyond the atom the electron the ion substance 00:00:43.420 --> 00:00:48.479 itself breaks down into waves my voice is coming 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:52.719 to you now on waves and That as they say is a 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:55.859 long and short of it, but what about thoughts? 00:00:56.250 --> 00:01:01.450 Might not they comprise wave patterns too? Patterns 00:01:01.450 --> 00:01:04.689 that linger on after the thinkers are dead and 00:01:04.689 --> 00:01:08.769 buried. Might not that explain the empty footfall 00:01:08.769 --> 00:01:12.930 in the vacant house? The rattle of chains now 00:01:12.930 --> 00:01:18.750 rusted and broken. And even the sound of voices 00:01:18.750 --> 00:01:32.349 long ago silenced. No, my dear, no, they can't 00:01:32.349 --> 00:01:35.109 harm you now. They're all gone. They're all turned 00:01:35.109 --> 00:01:38.870 to dust long ago. They'd be after me. You'd not 00:01:38.870 --> 00:01:41.150 want to see me swinging in the wind, would you? 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:43.629 No, I wouldn't want to see that. I must have 00:01:43.629 --> 00:02:01.640 a swift, able ship. In mercy's name, help! Our 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.780 mystery drama, The Strange Voyage of the Lady 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:08.020 D, was written especially for the Mystery Theatre 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:12.280 by Mary Jane Higby and stars Paul Hecht and Augusta 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:27.169 Dabney. The curious adventure that befell the 00:02:27.169 --> 00:02:30.129 Stevens family would never have happened if Ellen 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:34.009 had had her way. But Ellen was a realist, her 00:02:34.009 --> 00:02:37.710 husband Richard a romantic. And when did realism 00:02:37.710 --> 00:02:40.629 ever hold the line against the subtle persuasions 00:02:40.629 --> 00:02:44.449 of romance? It all began during a visit to one 00:02:44.449 --> 00:02:47.250 of those cruise -ridden, sun -drenched islands 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:50.889 in the Caribbean. A friendly family disagreement 00:02:50.889 --> 00:02:54.629 was in progress, an old story. It's been going 00:02:54.629 --> 00:02:58.590 on now for six years. It's the one at the end 00:02:58.590 --> 00:03:01.990 of the dock, Ellen. There. Isn't she beautiful? 00:03:02.629 --> 00:03:05.889 Mm -hmm. Very nice. But you promised her, Richard, 00:03:06.090 --> 00:03:08.949 no more boats. Well, not until Suzy's at least 00:03:08.949 --> 00:03:11.110 16 years old. We'll never see a bay like this 00:03:11.110 --> 00:03:12.650 again. They're practically giving it away. Well, 00:03:12.689 --> 00:03:14.189 then there's something wrong with it. It's got 00:03:14.189 --> 00:03:17.289 dry rock. Not this ship. Come on. Step aboard 00:03:17.289 --> 00:03:19.710 Ellen Richard. Why do you start these things? 00:03:19.729 --> 00:03:21.870 You know, we're not in the market for a boat 00:03:21.870 --> 00:03:24.729 But this is such a jewel wait till you see the 00:03:24.729 --> 00:03:30.610 cabin plenty of headroom a beautiful galley Oh 00:03:30.610 --> 00:03:35.189 All right, but just one quick look and be careful 00:03:35.189 --> 00:03:39.229 of your dress here. Let me help you There you 00:03:39.229 --> 00:03:43.710 are now Just look at this afterdeck. She's all 00:03:43.710 --> 00:03:46.449 white oak and cedar and she's a motor sailor 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.960 You know, a lot better than an auxiliary engine. 00:03:49.340 --> 00:03:51.879 You can run just as well under power as under 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.840 sail. There are two 50 -gallon fuel tanks below 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:58.719 deck. Mama, look at this kitchen down here. There's 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:03.419 even an oven. Really? Is there an oven? Of course. 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:07.740 The ship is a real home. Ellen, what do you say 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:10.159 we take a short run? I have the ignition key. 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:12.199 The guy in the boatyard office said I could take 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:14.419 her out. Oh, Richard, I've had it with boats. 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.100 And anyway, the question's academic. Even if 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:18.779 we bought it, we couldn't get it back to the 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:22.199 States. We could sail it. Are you out of your 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:25.759 mind? It's hundreds of miles. She has an enormous 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.160 cruising range. What with the engine and sail, 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.019 we just watch the weather predictions very carefully. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.259 Come on, Susie, we're going to get off now. Richard, 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.420 you take the keys back to the boat yard, man. 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.540 And I'll get the car and bring it down as far 00:04:37.540 --> 00:04:40.839 as I can. I'll pick you up at the gate. Daddy? 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.439 Yeah? I want to take a ride in it. Can I tomorrow, 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:49.000 Daddy? Can I? Can I? What, dear? Can we go for 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.779 a boat ride tomorrow? I don't know. Depends on 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:55.420 your mother. Oh, I wish we could buy the boat. 00:04:55.899 --> 00:05:01.660 Don't you? Daddy? Don't you? Don't I what? Wish 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.240 we could buy the boat. Yeah, that part's all 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:09.680 taken care of. I already bought it. The only 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:12.339 problem now is how to break the news to your 00:05:12.339 --> 00:05:23.370 mother. I have to admit, this is the life. Look 00:05:23.370 --> 00:05:26.709 at that sea. It's like glass. It's too calm. 00:05:27.610 --> 00:05:29.889 I don't like the gray mistiness that's settling 00:05:29.889 --> 00:05:34.769 over everything. I won't feel good until we sight 00:05:34.769 --> 00:05:37.310 land again. That won't be long now. We were clipping 00:05:37.310 --> 00:05:40.029 right along when we had the sails up. See, that's 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:42.589 the advantage of a motor sailor. When the wind 00:05:42.589 --> 00:05:45.029 died, we could switch right over to power and 00:05:45.029 --> 00:05:47.699 still maintain our speed. except for that panicky 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:49.939 half hour when you couldn't get the engine started. 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.300 Just a little corrosion around the points. A 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:55.660 bit of sandpaper fixed that. Here, Ellen, why 00:05:55.660 --> 00:05:57.319 don't you take over the wheel, huh? I want to 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.680 go and look at the chart. Now, the first buoy 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.439 we pick up is number 12. From there, we'll see 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.959 a light. If we make it before nightfall, you 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.040 can take over for a few minutes. Okay, Susie? 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:11.360 I don't like this mist. You know where we are 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.819 right now? We are sailing on the Spanish main. 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.560 Dispatch me? That's right. These waters were 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.620 infested with pirates in the old days. Blackbeard 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:25.800 and Calico Jack. Richard, I think there's a fog 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.439 closing in. Look ahead. Yeah. Well, just hold 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:31.560 a steady course. We'll be sighting that buoy 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.759 any minute now. Suzie, go below and bring up 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.040 my binoculars. There's a good girl. The visibility's 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.300 not any too good. We can't be far from port. 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:42.579 Oh, Richard. I hope we're not running into one 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:45.879 of those awful pea soupers. Now don't! Panic 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:52.079 don't get Susie frightened Thanks Can you make 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:57.439 out anything Well, I don't see it yet, but we 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.819 will Tell me more about the pirate. Okay. Well 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:03.620 Calico Jack Racker They called him that because 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:06.740 of the fancy clothes. He wore he sailed with 00:07:06.740 --> 00:07:09.360 Anne Bonnie. There were girl pirates, too, you 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:13.899 know Sure, Anne Bonny and Mary Reed. And from 00:07:13.899 --> 00:07:15.699 all accounts, they were better at it than the 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:17.959 men. The fog's getting awfully thick, Richard. 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:21.980 I've never seen one roll in so fast and the sun's 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:25.040 gone. I'll take over. No, I can hold her on course. 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:29.040 You keep looking for that buoy. We should have 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.519 been in port long ago. Well, we lost a little 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.279 time trying to start the engine. Are we lost? 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:37.500 Of course not. I think we ought to start sounding 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:40.279 our foghorn. Not yet. Don't you want to hear 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.800 what happened to Anne Barney? What happened to 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.000 her? The pirates all went to jail. They hanged 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.240 poor old Calico Jack. Mary Reed was dying of 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.540 a fever and Anne Barney nursed her and then Well, 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:57.379 nobody knows just what did happen In the morning 00:07:57.379 --> 00:08:00.060 when the jail keeper opened their cell. He found 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:04.879 the body of Mary Reed, but Anne Barney was gone 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:09.480 She disappeared And was never heard of? Richard! 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:14.180 What? Look! Look what you've done, oh Richard, 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:16.920 how could you? Well, what? What is it? This monkey 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.439 wrench is right behind the compass, Richard! 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:24.060 Who put that there? Who? Who was working on the 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:25.879 engine? The wrench will have pulled that compass 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:29.180 so far out of line, heaven knows where we are 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:33.879 now! Sorry, I was so glad to get that motor started. 00:08:34.490 --> 00:08:37.750 Oh, Ellen, I'm sorry. Oh, if I ever get my feet 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:40.690 on dry land again. Now, let's keep calm. We are 00:08:40.690 --> 00:08:43.950 not lost. Oh, no. We're still right here in the 00:08:43.950 --> 00:08:47.470 Atlantic Ocean. I'm sorry, Ellen. How I ever 00:08:47.470 --> 00:08:50.250 let you talk me into this expedition. Just try 00:08:50.250 --> 00:08:55.029 to keep cool. Daddy? It's all my fault. We're 00:08:55.029 --> 00:08:58.470 probably 50 miles off course. Daddy, there's 00:08:58.470 --> 00:09:01.830 a big cannon floating over there. What? Where? 00:09:02.090 --> 00:09:06.240 There! The boy. It is. Oh, thank heaven. I'll 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.360 take the wheel. I want to go right up to it. 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.179 We've got to be sure of that number. It should 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:17.179 be 12, right? I see it. I see the number. What 00:09:17.179 --> 00:09:22.620 is it? Three. Three? No, it can't be. A three 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:28.360 and an eight. Oh, no. That's what it is. Ellen? 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:33.870 Susie's right. 38. That's impossible. Take the 00:09:33.870 --> 00:09:37.090 wheel again, Alice. Just idle here by the buoy. 00:09:38.330 --> 00:09:42.669 There's no 38 on this chart. We're way off course. 00:09:43.769 --> 00:09:45.750 I have to go below and get the other charts. 00:09:46.049 --> 00:09:48.870 Can you still see the buoy, Susie? Sure. It's 00:09:48.870 --> 00:09:52.529 right here. Well, keep your eye on it. Don't 00:09:52.529 --> 00:10:00.629 let me drift too far away. Darling? Yeah? You're 00:10:00.629 --> 00:10:03.289 not smoking down there, are you? Good Lord, no. 00:10:03.710 --> 00:10:07.169 You know, I haven't smoked in ten years. I smell 00:10:07.169 --> 00:10:11.809 tobacco. So do I. What? Well, let me get at the 00:10:11.809 --> 00:10:14.490 engine. Maybe there's a short in the wire. No, 00:10:14.490 --> 00:10:17.850 no, it's not like that. It's... it's tobacco. 00:10:20.970 --> 00:10:26.090 Did you hear that? What? It sounded like... Somebody 00:10:26.090 --> 00:10:48.779 laughed. blow the horn. Ahoy! What ship are you? 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:53.480 The Lady D. We're off course. Can you give us 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:57.740 our bearings? You'd best lay over for the night. 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:03.100 Steer north by east, a quarter east. You'll run 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:07.360 right down the tunnel. Thank you. I still can't 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:17.879 see anything. the ship around. Slowly, Ellen. 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:20.500 That's right. I hope she knows what she's talking 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:24.419 about. And I still smell tobacco. So do I. Was 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:28.679 she that close? Funny. I didn't see a thing. 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.460 I didn't hear any motor. Maybe she's sailing. 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:34.120 Now, Susie, how could she be? There's no wind. 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:37.039 And she seemed to get away so fast. Ellen, go 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:39.779 as slow as you can. I'm going forward and keeping 00:11:39.779 --> 00:11:42.360 a sharp watch. We don't know what we're heading 00:11:42.360 --> 00:12:11.080 into. And I've got her throttled way down. The 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:14.519 most beautiful yet fearful tales that travelers 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:18.980 tell is the Lorelei, the siren who sits on a 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:23.000 rock combing her long golden hair and luring 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:28.139 unwary boatmen to their doom. But a siren who 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:32.240 smokes tobacco? We'll learn more of this unusual 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.399 temptress when we return shortly with Act Two. 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:50.980 There's nothing so eerie as the feel of a ship 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:55.179 gone aground. A living, pulsing body beneath 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:59.379 your feet goes suddenly dead. Aboard the Lady 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:03.399 D, only Susie slept that night. Ellen and Richard 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:07.259 kept an anxious vigil, waiting to see what the 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:11.440 dawn would bring. Where were they? How great 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.649 was the damage to their boat? On the last question 00:13:15.649 --> 00:13:19.610 hung the safety, perhaps the survival of the 00:13:19.610 --> 00:13:23.990 ship and her crew. Ellen, come up on deck. You've 00:13:23.990 --> 00:13:26.990 got to see this. What, dear? Look at that sunrise. 00:13:27.649 --> 00:13:31.929 Isn't it magnificent? Oh, darling. You are the 00:13:31.929 --> 00:13:35.330 one man alive who could run a valuable boat aground 00:13:35.330 --> 00:13:38.450 in the middle of nowhere. and greet the dawn 00:13:38.450 --> 00:13:41.129 like Shelley. Some sort of ship is sure to pass 00:13:41.129 --> 00:13:44.750 by. Meantime, this is a great adventure. Well, 00:13:45.070 --> 00:13:48.250 the tide runs out. That'll be an adventure. This 00:13:48.250 --> 00:13:51.129 boat's gonna roll over on her side. No, she won't. 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:53.649 She's built like a seaskip. They used to pull 00:13:53.649 --> 00:13:55.750 them right up on the beach to unload the catch. 00:13:56.450 --> 00:14:01.110 So, give us a kiss, Cassandra. Good morning, 00:14:01.350 --> 00:14:05.629 darling. I guess I better go ashore and see if 00:14:05.629 --> 00:14:08.950 I can find a water supply on our desert island. 00:14:09.470 --> 00:14:12.250 Is this really a desert island? I'm afraid so, 00:14:12.429 --> 00:14:16.370 sleepyhead. And your father's playing Robinson... 00:14:16.370 --> 00:14:21.470 Richard, look. Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, here 00:14:21.470 --> 00:14:26.409 comes Friday. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:30.769 Good morning. You are it. What did he say? I 00:14:30.769 --> 00:14:34.789 think he said we're early. Early for what? What 00:14:34.789 --> 00:14:38.809 island is this? Campbell's Island. Campbell's 00:14:38.809 --> 00:14:42.389 Island? Yes, mistress. I am Campbell. Oh, how 00:14:42.389 --> 00:14:44.690 do you do, Mr. Campbell? I'm Richard Stevens. 00:14:44.990 --> 00:14:47.950 This is my wife. Good morning, mistress. And 00:14:47.950 --> 00:14:51.169 my daughter? Welcome. Did you say we were early? 00:14:51.529 --> 00:14:57.909 Yes, yes. Usually September come before she bring 00:14:57.909 --> 00:15:03.169 a book. Who? The lady who smoke the pipe. A pipe? 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:08.840 Yes, a long clay pipe. You did not see her? No. 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:12.299 We smelled her pipe. Is Campbell's Island... 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:17.679 I mean, is there a town here? How? Campbell, 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:20.779 the only man here. We missed the harbor channel. 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:25.259 Campbell's Island. Have no harbor. The lady said 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:31.500 there was a channel. Oh, yes. Sometimes she say 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:35.919 that. You mean she lied to us? Baby, you want 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:40.340 your boat. Your boat. She nice. Well, why don't 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:45.039 you come aboard? Thank you, sir. Can I give you 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:50.480 a cup of coffee? No, thank you, mistress. Oh, 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:54.200 your wheel. I like a good old fashioned wheel 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.940 to steer with. You pay a lot for that. Oh, the 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:01.320 compas. Well, the ship's well -equipped. This 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.860 is the ship's belt. Brass. What's close, dear? 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:09.820 You have a radio? Just a receiving set. Now, 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:14.519 Mr. Campbell, about getting off the beach. You're 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:16.899 stuck fast, man. Well, if you have a boat and 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:20.919 a tow line at high tide... No, man. My motor 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:25.899 too small. Just a little outboard. I sail to 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:28.559 the other island. Well, there are other islands 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:32.230 near? Eight hours to sail there. Could they send 00:16:32.230 --> 00:16:35.669 out a work boat from another island? Maybe. We 00:16:35.669 --> 00:16:38.870 have to fetch them. No wireless on Campbell's 00:16:38.870 --> 00:16:41.350 Island. You mean go in your little sailboat? 00:16:41.529 --> 00:16:44.629 Oh, no, mistress. You and the child must stay 00:16:44.629 --> 00:16:49.009 here. My boat is small. If I try to keep a big 00:16:49.009 --> 00:16:53.649 boat, she take it. You mean... The lady with 00:16:53.649 --> 00:16:58.279 the pipe. Well, now, she has a boat. She ought 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.899 to be willing to... No, man. Mistress Bonnie 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:07.019 have no boat. That's the trouble. She look for 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:12.619 a boat. All the time she look. Bonnie? Did you 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:17.119 say Bonnie? And Bonnie? You know about her? Yes, 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:21.079 but she died 200 years ago. That's what they 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:24.720 say. Do you mean that we were talking to a... 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.660 A ghost? Of course not, Suzy, there are no such 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:30.960 things. I talk to a ghost! I talk to a ghost! 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:32.940 Suzy, be sensible, there are no such things as 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:37.019 a ghost. Your boat is stuck fast on Campbell's 00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:42.599 Island. What, true? Why, yes, but... If the ghost, 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.759 she don't bring you. How you think you got him? 00:17:55.369 --> 00:17:57.029 Mr. Campbell and Susie are certainly getting 00:17:57.029 --> 00:17:59.690 along together. Look at them striding ahead of 00:17:59.690 --> 00:18:03.009 us. He's striding. She's trotting. What a big, 00:18:03.289 --> 00:18:06.670 powerful man he is. And his skin, like ebony. 00:18:07.269 --> 00:18:10.509 How old do you think he is? I don't know. Forty? 00:18:10.589 --> 00:18:13.849 I'm eager to see his boat. I hate to think of 00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:15.769 your starting out all alone with him. I have 00:18:15.769 --> 00:18:18.069 to go for hell. Yes, but why can't he go by himself? 00:18:18.450 --> 00:18:20.829 I don't know. He doesn't seem willing to do that. 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.900 Did you notice the way he examined our boat equipment? 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:28.299 Yeah, like he was taking inventory What do they 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:31.259 call those people who lure ships to their doom 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:35.460 by putting out beacon lights wreckers? Yeah, 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:38.180 you think he's a record the thought crossed my 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:42.480 mind But we did hear a woman's voice look there 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:45.259 could be two explanations for that either there 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:47.859 is a woman on this island in spite of what Campbell 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:55.119 says or Or he's a ventriloquist Look look Ellen 00:18:55.119 --> 00:19:00.700 look down there It's a castle ruin a Burned -out 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:04.140 ruin how in the world on this desert island. 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.960 I know what that is I've seen those burnt mansions 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.519 before This was a plantation in the slave days 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:12.660 when the slaves rebelled they burned the house 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:16.839 to the ground Half of it is still standing and 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:21.339 now the house and the island I found a new master 00:19:30.609 --> 00:19:34.750 Welcome. You like a drink before lunch? Lunch? 00:19:35.049 --> 00:19:39.509 Yes, yes, I give you a nice lunch. You like foie 00:19:39.509 --> 00:19:42.990 gras, caviar, potato shrimp, any kind of wine? 00:19:43.109 --> 00:19:45.029 Nothing, thank you. A vodka Collins would be 00:19:45.029 --> 00:19:50.730 just fine. Vodka Collins. Soon come back. Mama, 00:19:51.410 --> 00:19:54.049 Mr. Campbell says there's an ice -cold spring 00:19:54.049 --> 00:19:56.809 behind the house and coconuts and pineapples. 00:19:57.089 --> 00:20:00.700 Hey, look in the corner there. Cast bronze? And 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:03.299 enormous. A propeller. That's worth a lot of 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:06.299 money. And that wheel, it's huge. Must have come 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:09.440 off a schooner. What does it say on this plate, 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:14.680 Mama? Duchess of the Caribbean. This one says 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:20.700 Rita Choo. This one is Morning Star at S .S. 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:25.680 What's this word? The S .S. Odyssey. Oh, Richard. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:32.990 Yeah. All of ships. Don't wreckers usually? Murder 00:20:32.990 --> 00:20:36.329 their victims and we don't know that he's a wrecker 00:20:36.329 --> 00:20:40.750 you like my house. Oh, it's lovely I have good 00:20:40.750 --> 00:20:45.029 life man Since I learned to get along with mistress 00:20:45.029 --> 00:20:47.410 Bonnie. How did you come here in the first place 00:20:47.410 --> 00:20:51.250 in mr? Campbell? I was fisherman hard work. No 00:20:51.250 --> 00:20:58.250 money one night she take my boat I Swim to this 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:02.220 island I see all these rich things here on the 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:07.579 beach. So I come back in a new boat. She put 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:11.359 that one on the devil's tomb. What's the devil's 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:16.799 tomb? Big rock. The devil, he put his tomb up 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.799 at low tide. Then he pull it down at high tide. 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:26.819 Then up at low tide. He hide it again just below 00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:31.789 the water. Along come a sailor man Up come the 00:21:31.789 --> 00:21:36.170 thumb right through the bottom of the boat The 00:21:36.170 --> 00:21:39.789 devil I think he good friend of mistress Bonnie 00:21:39.789 --> 00:21:43.150 Mr. Campbell you say it'll take all day to get 00:21:43.150 --> 00:21:46.829 to the nearest boatyard in my boat But they have 00:21:46.829 --> 00:21:51.309 work boat much quicker with power They return 00:21:51.309 --> 00:21:54.730 here with you in two three hour. Then can we 00:21:54.730 --> 00:21:58.420 start tomorrow morning? Yes, man Five o 'clock 00:21:58.420 --> 00:22:02.420 to catch the tide. I have things to sell very 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:07.539 dear Better than fish. Oh, yes. Yes better than 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:19.079 fish Feels good to stretch out. Oh, I'm exhausted. 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:22.299 I was certainly glad to get back to our boat. 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.240 Yeah I'm afraid I'm too nervous to sleep tonight 00:22:26.970 --> 00:22:30.150 Oh, I dread the thought of our separating tomorrow. 00:22:31.710 --> 00:22:36.029 When I think of you all by yourself on the sea 00:22:36.029 --> 00:22:39.470 with that giant of a man, I'm so frightened. 00:22:41.829 --> 00:22:44.049 Why won't he go alone to get help? That would 00:22:44.049 --> 00:22:48.509 be perfectly normal, wouldn't it? Unless, unless 00:22:48.509 --> 00:22:53.049 there's a price on his head. Richard? Richard? 00:22:54.650 --> 00:23:05.670 Oh, Richard, are you... Richard! Oh dear, I'll 00:23:05.670 --> 00:23:13.369 never get to sleep. She's an able ship. What? 00:23:15.190 --> 00:23:20.430 Who's that? Oversight with you lads! And mine! 00:23:21.349 --> 00:23:33.599 Walk on cat's feet! Who's there? See where they 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:40.599 vessel? Who's there? Who are you? Ah, good evening, 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:45.059 lady. I'm just admiring your ship. May I come 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:49.839 aboard? There's somebody with you. I heard you 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.839 talking. Aye, but they all ran at the sound of 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:59.220 your voice. Men, a craven lot. Jack Rackham was 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:04.329 insane. But Mary... stood beside me. We held 00:24:04.329 --> 00:24:07.450 off the King's men till our pistols were empty 00:24:07.450 --> 00:24:10.509 and they boarded and knocked the cutlasses out 00:24:10.509 --> 00:24:15.990 of our hands. Ah, Mary died in prison, poor soul. 00:24:16.849 --> 00:24:23.390 She was with child. Ah, but that was days ago. 00:24:24.269 --> 00:24:36.130 Days? It was more than that. Perhaps. No, thanks. 00:24:36.210 --> 00:24:39.569 A fine, soothing thing to sit on a ship's deck 00:24:39.569 --> 00:24:44.029 and blow rings at the moon. I've never seen such 00:24:44.029 --> 00:24:51.809 perfect smoke rings. Ghosts. Ghosts? Aye, the 00:24:51.809 --> 00:24:55.329 ghosts of wedding rings. I should have warned. 00:24:57.730 --> 00:25:01.690 Calico Jack thought of that. A captivating man 00:25:01.690 --> 00:25:06.990 was jacked with his black, gypsy -wild... And 00:25:06.990 --> 00:25:33.519 then? What happened? She's not for sale. You 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.700 want to see poor Angy swinging in the wind like 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:40.200 Carico Jackwood? No, I wouldn't want to see that, 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:44.900 but they can't harm you now. They're gone. All 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:48.019 turned to dust long ago. Now put me in iron! 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.319 No, my dear, no. I must have a ship. Listen, 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:55.079 I have something worth hundreds of ships. I'll 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:57.720 trade it out for this miserable little craft. 00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:03.200 What is it? Rackham and I. We sailed with Blackbeard 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:08.859 once. Blackbeard? The same. Now, come close, 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:14.960 lads. l know where Blackbeard buried his treasure. 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:19.400 Blackbeard's treasure? A great treasure it was. 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:23.440 The booty from three rich Spanish merchants laden 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:37.509 with gold and silver. You have a map? Aren't 00:26:37.509 --> 00:26:40.210 you forgetting that you drove us aground last 00:26:40.210 --> 00:26:44.970 night? A good storm will set you afloat. Campbell 00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:47.490 says the big storms don't come till September. 00:26:48.509 --> 00:26:54.069 Aye, but sometimes they do. We'll see to that. 00:26:55.549 --> 00:27:00.390 So, it's a bargain. You'll sail with me? No. 00:27:01.329 --> 00:27:21.450 No, no, I can't. between us and you're a dream 00:27:21.450 --> 00:27:25.150 a figment and when I wake up I'll still be here 00:27:25.150 --> 00:27:29.710 but you'll be gone I can't help you because because 00:27:29.710 --> 00:28:06.799 you're nothing you're nothing a whistling, pipe 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:10.480 -smoking lady with a cutlass at her belt. But 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.940 why did she leave so abruptly? Was she offended 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:18.140 at being called a nothing, a figment? Well, none 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:20.240 of us likes to hear the truth about himself, 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:24.420 least of all a ghost. We'll follow Anne Barney's 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:27.640 ruthless quest for a ship when we return shortly 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:43.279 with Act Three. A spectral lady bent on seizing 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:47.059 a ship or a laughing West Indian intent only 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:50.619 on gathering up the spoils. Ellen doesn't know 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:53.880 which she fears most as she watches the dawn 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:56.740 stretch its rosy fingers across the uncharted 00:28:56.740 --> 00:29:01.059 island where the cruiser Lady D lies stranded 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:04.079 in the sand. That was a damn good breakfast, 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:09.549 Ellen. I had a depressing dream last night. Well, 00:29:09.549 --> 00:29:13.750 at least I think it was a dream. Yeah and Bonnie 00:29:13.750 --> 00:29:18.369 Boarded the lady D and we had a long talk And 00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:20.589 I felt sorry for her. She was frightened. That's 00:29:20.589 --> 00:29:22.410 scared ghost. Huh? That's a switch. No, well, 00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:28.210 she was terrified. Oh darling, I Hate to see 00:29:28.210 --> 00:29:30.289 you go off with that awful man in that little 00:29:30.289 --> 00:29:35.809 boat Ellen dearest you mustn't worry. I Wish 00:29:35.809 --> 00:29:40.549 we could stay together The sea, it's so treacherous. 00:29:40.789 --> 00:29:42.730 Campbell's been sailing these waters all his 00:29:42.730 --> 00:29:46.789 life. Oh, yes. And he's lost two boats, he told 00:29:46.789 --> 00:29:51.849 us. Besides, you're going out in a tiny boat 00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:55.150 with a criminal. He's not. He gathers salvage. 00:29:55.210 --> 00:29:59.829 That's all we really know about him. Good morning. 00:30:00.470 --> 00:30:04.549 Good night. She turn now. Time to go. Toss me 00:30:04.549 --> 00:30:15.769 a line. I'll make you fast to our stern. Take 00:30:15.769 --> 00:30:19.769 care. I want to go too. So do I but we can't 00:30:19.769 --> 00:30:23.329 darling. I don't want to stay here Morning, mr. 00:30:23.589 --> 00:30:27.089 Susie. Good morning. I want to go with you daddy, 00:30:27.450 --> 00:30:30.089 please Now there isn't room for us all you and 00:30:30.089 --> 00:30:33.210 mommy take care of each other Don't go daddy 00:30:33.210 --> 00:30:39.029 Mr. Susie you go to my house. You can look at 00:30:39.029 --> 00:30:41.759 the books Pretty pictures now when I get into 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:44.099 the boat with mr. Campbell, we're gonna let you 00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:46.940 free the line and cast it off Now see how quickly 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:52.500 you can do it Here I go All right cast us off 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:57.940 Be good now, we'll be back before you know it 00:30:57.940 --> 00:31:01.740 Aren't you gonna start the motor? No, they tied 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:05.660 you take us out. Then I put up this there. Oh 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:19.400 Not if on Bonnie she don't whistle up the wind. 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:24.980 What? What did you say? No storm. Not if she 00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:29.240 don't whistle up the wind. She do that sometimes. 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:47.450 Yes, ma 'am. Susie, we should be getting back 00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:51.049 to the Lady D. It's still raining. I thought 00:31:51.049 --> 00:31:52.990 it was one of those quick little tropical showers, 00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:56.430 but just look out there. The water's all ruffled. 00:31:57.289 --> 00:32:00.990 Whitecaps. I'm hungry. Let's go back to the Lady 00:32:00.990 --> 00:32:04.009 D. We'll be soaked. I'll tell you what let's 00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:06.690 do. Why don't I go back alone and get you raincoat? 00:32:06.710 --> 00:32:09.069 No, darling. It doesn't matter if I get wet. 00:32:09.250 --> 00:32:12.049 I'm in my bathing suit. No, Susie, no. You always... 00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:22.140 You promise you'll come straight back? I promise! 00:32:22.440 --> 00:38:05.239 No loitering now! I won't! But a ship can't just 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:08.139 disappear like that, can it? Without leaving 00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:11.500 a trace. Of course not, darling. Mr. Wyatt here 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:14.260 has radioed back to the boat yard. They say the 00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:16.659 authorities are sending out a helicopter. We'll 00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:19.159 hear from it soon, and when we do, we'll go right 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:21.860 to her. This tug is faster than it looks. Oh, 00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:24.880 wait. It's terrible. Isn't there anything else 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:27.619 we can do, Mr. Wyatt? I don't know what to say 00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:30.300 to you folks. We've been around the island several 00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:35.039 times. There's no sign of a ship. My baby. I 00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:38.300 should never have let her out of my sight. I 00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:41.380 had no idea she'd try to start the engine. Ellen, 00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:44.940 darling, don't. We'll find her. She was only 00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.679 gone from the house just about ten minutes. I 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:48.920 set out right after. I know, I know, dearest. 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.639 And then when I got to the beach, the boat was 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.300 out a little away from the shore. And Susie was 00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:57.099 standing on the deck crying. And the boat was 00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:59.420 just drifting away. It went around that point 00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:01.769 of land out there. And I ran. the other side 00:39:01.769 --> 00:39:06.150 of the island but i never saw it again please 00:39:06.150 --> 00:39:09.530 don't cry there was just nothing i could do until 00:39:09.530 --> 00:39:12.909 you came back in the dug boat i know we'll find 00:39:12.909 --> 00:39:16.710 her was that man camel was here he knows these 00:39:16.710 --> 00:39:18.849 waters why didn't he come back with you he dropped 00:39:18.849 --> 00:39:21.250 me at the public dock and took off like a shot 00:39:21.250 --> 00:39:24.030 the police have had him in for questioning several 00:39:24.030 --> 00:39:27.150 times there have been too many wrecks in the 00:39:27.150 --> 00:39:31.300 last few years But they never seemed to get anything 00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:36.559 out of him So you ran into him too. Yeah, he 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:41.219 told us hey Wait a minute. What did he call it 00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:45.460 that rock? The devil's thumb. Yes the submerged 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.440 rock yet. Do you know where it is? Mr. Wyatt? 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:51.239 Well, there's only one I know of a very dangerous 00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:55.719 spot right in the path of a swift current and 00:39:55.719 --> 00:40:00.630 sometimes it's Well, there are shoulders to very 00:40:00.630 --> 00:40:05.889 bad play Oh Richard, mr. Wyatt. Yes Yes, of course. 00:40:06.349 --> 00:40:10.050 I know about where it lies now. We'll run down 00:40:10.050 --> 00:40:22.550 on it best to have a look This is a tugboat swallow 00:40:22.550 --> 00:40:26.630 calling coastal police launch Doug swallowed 00:40:26.630 --> 00:40:29.980 the police launch Come in, please. Over. Police 00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:34.539 launch to Swallow. I read you. Over. That's good. 00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:37.679 I can hardly hear you, but it doesn't matter. 00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:41.960 We've located the missing cruiser, Lady D. Over. 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:47.440 Is the child okay? Over. Yup. It's a miracle. 00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:51.659 The kid was alone on board. She managed to drop 00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:54.739 a small anchor onto a submerged sandbar near 00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:57.889 the Devil's Thumb. I have the... Boat in tow, 00:40:58.550 --> 00:41:01.349 and we're heading back to port. Over. Glad to 00:41:01.349 --> 00:41:07.550 hear it. Over. Right. Over and out. Well, Suzy, 00:41:07.909 --> 00:41:11.550 you're quite a sailor. But how did you know that 00:41:11.550 --> 00:41:14.809 sandbar was there? You couldn't see it. The lady 00:41:14.809 --> 00:41:19.250 told me. The lady with the pipe. The lady? She's 00:41:19.250 --> 00:41:23.199 not a real lady. She's a ghost. A ghost? Well, 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:25.380 it's hard to explain. We don't believe in such 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:27.880 things, of course, but... She went away for a 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:31.139 while, but when I started to cry, she came back. 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:34.679 A ghost? I'm sure there's some perfectly natural 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:37.940 explanation. She said to put out a long, long 00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:41.719 line, so the anchor wouldn't drag. Well, that 00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:44.840 was sound advice, but I don't understand. You 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.739 see, Mr. Wyatt, I've been telling Susie these 00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:50.719 pirate stories. And I had a very vivid dream, 00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:54.030 and... She heard us talking about that. You know 00:41:54.030 --> 00:41:58.530 how impressionable children are. Excuse me. Do 00:41:58.530 --> 00:42:03.389 you smell something burning? Something... something 00:42:03.389 --> 00:42:07.869 burning? Yeah. It smells like... like tobacco. 00:42:09.050 --> 00:42:11.469 Richard! Mr. Wyatt, don't you think we'd better 00:42:11.469 --> 00:42:13.929 get both these boats back into harbor just as 00:42:13.929 --> 00:42:31.320 fast as we can? Those were the known facts of 00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:35.300 the strange voyage of the Lady D. To this day, 00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:39.820 Suzy insists she talked to a ghost. Ellen believes 00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:43.139 it was a startling example of the power of the 00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:46.739 imagination. And Richard has been reading up 00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:50.039 on the dematerialized nature of modern physics. 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:54.340 And he wonders if somewhere in space there exists 00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:57.960 a vast psychological viewing screen. picking 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:02.300 up impressions from other times and through which 00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:06.639 it was the fate of the Lady D to pass. I'll be 00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:21.280 back shortly. And now a brief footnote to the 00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:24.739 story you've just heard. Among seafaring men 00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:28.110 there is a belief as ancient as the art of navigation 00:43:28.110 --> 00:43:32.289 itself that when the wind dies down a sailor 00:43:32.289 --> 00:43:34.889 may bring it to life again by the simple act 00:43:34.889 --> 00:43:38.550 of whistling. The mystery concerning the fate 00:43:38.550 --> 00:43:42.030 of Anne Bonny as well as her life of piracy with 00:43:42.030 --> 00:43:45.650 Calico Jack, Mary Read and the nefarious Blackbeard 00:43:45.650 --> 00:43:50.550 is not legend. It is thoroughly documented historical 00:43:50.550 --> 00:43:54.329 fact. Our cast included Augusta Dabney, Paul 00:43:54.329 --> 00:43:57.630 Hecht, Corinore, Margaret Barker, and Dan Occo. 00:43:58.309 --> 00:44:00.369 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:00.369 --> 00:44:03.510 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:03.510 --> 00:44:06.570 you to return to our Mystery Theater for another 00:44:06.570 --> 00:44:12.690 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:44:12.690 --> 00:44:13.889 dreams.