WEBVTT 00:00:18.129 --> 00:00:25.649 Come in. Welcome. I am E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:25.649 --> 00:00:30.070 to the sound of suspense. To the fear you can 00:00:30.070 --> 00:00:35.950 hear. What do you think about witches? Not the 00:00:35.950 --> 00:00:38.890 bony hags and atrocious crones of Shakespeare 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:42.390 and legend. Or the poor unfortunates of Salem. 00:00:43.450 --> 00:00:49.140 But witches who are young. Witches. What beautiful 00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:58.399 witches who even fall in love. Excuse me. Who 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.659 let you in here? Well, I hope I'm not disturbing 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:03.880 you. I'm only trying to make a deadline. Well, 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:07.260 if you're in the news business, I've got something 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:12.519 for you. It better be good. I... I'm going to 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:16.299 have to kill my wife. That won't be news till 00:01:16.299 --> 00:01:21.319 you do it. I know I Want you to know why? Okay, 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:34.239 why? because She's a witch Our mystery drama 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.840 I warn you three times Was written especially 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:41.400 for the mystery theater by Sam Dan and stars 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.549 Joan Loring I'll be back shortly with Act One. 00:01:57.909 --> 00:02:00.969 It's one of those miserable stormy nights in 00:02:00.969 --> 00:02:05.109 the dead of winter. A thick, clinging, wet snow 00:02:05.109 --> 00:02:07.549 seems determined to smother the entire earth 00:02:07.549 --> 00:02:11.120 and everyone on it. You'd think that most people 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.419 would choose the cheerful indoors, a warming 00:02:14.419 --> 00:02:19.780 fire, a relaxing drink, a comfortable bed. That's 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:22.800 the problem with most people. You can't figure 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.900 them. For instance, consider that line of cars 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:29.659 crawling down Main Street, bumper to bumper, 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:33.000 skidding, sliding. Where is everybody headed 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.159 on a night like this? Have we become a race of 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:39.860 lemmings? Do we follow some mysterious, unconscious 00:02:39.860 --> 00:02:44.159 drive? An interesting speculation, but we won't 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.199 pursue it. We'd better consider the traffic, 00:02:47.219 --> 00:02:50.860 which has come to a complete standstill. A car 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:53.500 seems to be stuck at the intersection. Let's 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:56.379 go, sister. That light's green. Oh, officer. 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:59.159 Well, what are you waiting for, lady? My husband. 00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:02.240 Your husband. The light was red, and he said 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.060 he wanted to step out and clean off the rear 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:07.219 window. Hey, mister, you finished back there? 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:10.280 He just stepped out. It was a moment ago. Tom? 00:03:10.740 --> 00:03:13.979 Maybe he slipped in the snow. Tom, are you all 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:19.449 right? Lady, ain't nobody around the back. He 00:03:19.449 --> 00:03:21.210 just went out to clean the rear window. Yeah, 00:03:21.430 --> 00:03:24.150 yeah, yeah, to clean the rear window. That's 00:03:24.150 --> 00:03:27.030 what you said. But what could have happened to 00:03:27.030 --> 00:03:31.849 him? Just sit there, mad lady. Hey, lay off of 00:03:31.849 --> 00:03:33.870 that horn. I know you got one. What's wrong, 00:03:34.189 --> 00:03:36.289 officer? Did you see a guy get out of that car? 00:03:36.370 --> 00:03:37.889 Did I see a guy get out of the car? Yeah, yeah, 00:03:37.969 --> 00:03:40.009 yeah. Did you? Are the police after someone and 00:03:40.009 --> 00:03:42.009 escape? Oh, come on, Buster. Just tell me. Did 00:03:42.009 --> 00:03:43.909 you see a guy cleaning off the rear window of 00:03:43.909 --> 00:03:46.270 that car up front? Well, to tell you the truth, 00:03:46.270 --> 00:03:48.159 I wasn't paying any... attention I was listening 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.599 to the radio now there could have been somebody 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.419 but then again I couldn't say there was it's 00:03:53.419 --> 00:03:56.039 not that I'm not trying to get involved I'm a 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.419 citizen I know my duty but yeah yeah thank you 00:03:58.419 --> 00:04:03.099 thank you where is my husband he was just there 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:08.259 lady he disappeared how could he disappear I 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:11.319 don't know I do know he ain't here what am I 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:13.340 going to do well you can't keep blocking traffic 00:04:13.340 --> 00:04:16.620 lady you got to move on where I beats me But 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:19.199 you must find him. Look, you got troubles with 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:21.459 your husband, that's your problem. But when you 00:04:21.459 --> 00:04:23.399 hold up traffic, that's my problem. Will you 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:24.939 feed her a little gas, please? Come on, let's 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:27.540 go. But I can't. Lady, you gotta go somewhere. 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:32.439 I can't go anywhere. I don't know how to drive. 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:49.939 Desk, Lieutenant Carroll. Nobody wants this guy, 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:52.980 you say? Well, technically, that isn't true. 00:04:53.540 --> 00:05:00.579 His wife wants him. Okay. Well, look who's here. 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:03.720 Lieutenant. You won't win any Pulitzer prizes 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.040 around this joint tonight, Peterson. I was hoping 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.759 you might have a little bone to throw me. Page 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.939 one. I'll settle for two inches on the bottom 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:15.459 of page 38. If you promise to remember two R's 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:19.959 and one L, first name Irvin. Not Irving. Lieutenant 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.920 Irvin Carroll. We may have something shaping 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.459 up. I don't know where it can go. Everywhere 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:29.680 or nowhere. What have I got to lose? Sitting 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:34.920 over there on the first bench. That's nice. And 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:39.480 married. You win, you lose. A very, very weird 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:42.920 story. Tell me about it. No. Let her tell you 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:50.279 about it. Why don't you ask her? Excuse me. My 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.819 name is Fred Peterson. I'm a reporter for the 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:55.459 Union Messenger. Oh, no. I don't want to talk 00:05:55.459 --> 00:05:59.319 to a reporter. Why not? Because I... Because 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.259 you're afraid? Why? Could you put Tom's picture 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:04.800 in the paper? Well, that depends. Has Tom done 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:08.160 anything? He's disappeared. Well, we'd need the 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.620 how, the when, the where. The when. About an 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:15.240 hour ago. Where? On Route 986 at Main Street. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:21.879 How? Don't know You see we were driving south. 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:24.480 It was snowing hard and he said I can't see out 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.680 the rear window The light was red. He stepped 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:31.180 outside to wipe it off He didn't come back. Where 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:34.180 did he go? I don't know. Well, where could he 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:37.660 go? I don't know in that snow and and there's 00:06:37.660 --> 00:06:41.360 nothing around there good Could you give me a 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:47.709 why I? Can't imagine I don't know what to do. 00:06:47.870 --> 00:06:52.170 I sit here waiting Look, my name is Hedy Parsons 00:06:52.170 --> 00:06:56.529 Tom and I We've been married five years. We don't 00:06:56.529 --> 00:07:00.569 have any problems. I mean, we're very happy If 00:07:00.569 --> 00:07:02.629 you print his picture in the story, maybe someone 00:07:02.629 --> 00:07:06.209 will see it who can help us. Excuse me a minute 00:07:06.209 --> 00:07:11.110 Well, yeah, I think I'll run with it I don't 00:07:11.110 --> 00:07:13.620 blame you I was always partial to girls with 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:15.920 honey -colored hair and baby blue eyes. Ah, so 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.519 you noticed, too. Have you run a check on her 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.759 husband, Tom Parsons? Well, he's not one of the 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.319 known bad boys. No record at all. And what did 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:25.819 she say he did? He's an accountant. He has his 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:27.540 own business in the Barstow building. You looked 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:29.759 him up in the phone book? Checks out. They were 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.639 headed south, huh? That's what she says. If it 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:34.819 was a trip, there should have been bags. There 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:38.600 were. His and hers? His and hers. How does it 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:40.750 look? What do you want from me? I don't solve 00:07:40.750 --> 00:07:43.110 crimes. I sit here behind a desk. Come on, Lieutenant. 00:07:43.230 --> 00:07:45.970 This is one for you, Fred. How could a guy disappear 00:07:45.970 --> 00:07:49.310 just like that? And in that storm... There's 00:07:49.310 --> 00:07:51.910 no place to go. He could have had a car following 00:07:51.910 --> 00:07:54.470 in back of them. A friend was driving it, maybe. 00:07:54.889 --> 00:07:58.129 Well, he had to go somewhere. But why? Right 00:07:58.129 --> 00:08:00.430 now, we're treating it as missing persons. It's 00:08:00.430 --> 00:08:02.410 all we can do. He's not wanted for anything. 00:08:02.509 --> 00:08:05.189 He's a legitimate citizen, far as we know. He 00:08:05.189 --> 00:08:07.509 hasn't even done anything to her. At worst, he 00:08:07.509 --> 00:08:10.439 left her in a car. He hasn't even deserted her. 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.980 Yet. Who was driving? He was. She can't. Well, 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:17.339 that's abandoning her, isn't it? No. At best, 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:20.220 we'd have him for abandoning the car. Yeah. Yeah, 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:26.660 excuse me a minute. Listen, Mrs. Parsons. Yes? 00:08:26.660 --> 00:08:29.100 Why don't you go home? I've got my car outside. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:31.959 Oh, no, no. I want to be here in case they find 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:34.080 Tom. They'll let you know if they find him. No, 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:38.179 I don't want to be home alone tonight. I... I 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:40.139 just want to stay here. But it may be hours. 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.940 It may be even days. Don't say that. I'm sorry. 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:49.139 I... I'm just so jumpy and so nervous. I can't 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:51.799 believe what's happened to me. Well, if you're 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:53.940 gonna sit here, you should have some coffee and 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:55.679 a sandwich. Oh, I couldn't think of food. I'll 00:08:55.679 --> 00:09:06.220 be right back. Hey there. Officer Dennis. Now, 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:08.799 look who's here, the friendly reporter. Yeah, 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:10.639 listen, that girl... Yeah, I was going to ask 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.059 what girl, but I won't. Yeah, I want to start 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:15.740 at the beginning. Oh. Well, you know, Lieutenant 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:18.940 Carroll's got two Rs, but Patrolman Dennis got 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:21.340 two Ns. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What did happen? 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.940 Like she said, he went out to clean the rear 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.820 window, and he was gone. Anybody see him? I checked 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:28.899 the car in back, but who looks, who notices? 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:31.840 Where could he have gone to around here? Well, 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.779 on the south side, you got open fields. On this 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:37.730 side... A couple of warehouse buildings locked 00:09:37.730 --> 00:09:40.690 up. Night watchman? Yeah, he's a retired cop. 00:09:41.070 --> 00:09:44.610 No sign of anybody trying to break in, to hide 00:09:44.610 --> 00:09:47.190 or whatever he may have wanted to do. Okay, so 00:09:47.190 --> 00:09:49.590 what could have happened to the guy? It's all 00:09:49.590 --> 00:09:52.230 very interesting, but in 15 minutes I go off 00:09:52.230 --> 00:10:06.970 duty and I won't have to worry about it. Didn't 00:10:06.970 --> 00:10:08.549 think I could touch a thing, but I must have 00:10:08.549 --> 00:10:11.450 been starving Has there been any word? Yeah, 00:10:11.509 --> 00:10:13.570 you'll hear the minute. They know now listen 00:10:13.570 --> 00:10:16.710 Hetty I can help you, but you have to help me. 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:20.009 I'll do whatever I can we have two basic roads 00:10:20.009 --> 00:10:23.870 to explore One somebody was out to get your husband. 00:10:23.909 --> 00:10:29.769 Oh, no no Tom is the mildest sweetest most obliging 00:10:29.769 --> 00:10:33.389 guy on earth He has absolutely no enemy that 00:10:33.389 --> 00:10:36.340 you know about Tom and I have no secrets from 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:39.120 each other. Everybody has at least one enemy. 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:42.700 Tom is incapable of hurting anyone in any way. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.580 He sounds too good to be true. If he does have 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:49.960 a problem, that's it. All right. The second road 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:55.019 to explore. He wasn't pushed, he jumped. What 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:59.539 does that mean? It means he walked out on you. 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:07.460 Oh. It's it's inconceivable. Why? I've had a 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:09.539 liberal education tonight. Mr. Peterson. Call 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:13.500 me Frey. No, not yet or maybe never I've been 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:16.559 introduced to a new world. I've been thrown in 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.580 with people who Basically don't believe in anyone 00:11:20.889 --> 00:11:23.710 Don't trust anyone, and perhaps they have good 00:11:23.710 --> 00:11:25.750 cause. Perhaps that's how life is in their world. 00:11:26.169 --> 00:11:28.330 Perhaps their world is the real world, but it 00:11:28.330 --> 00:11:31.470 isn't my world. May I ask, do you come from another 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:35.850 world? It's entirely possible. I won't call you 00:11:35.850 --> 00:11:39.250 Fred unless and until we become friends. But 00:11:39.250 --> 00:11:41.649 that's just a little thing. The policeman who 00:11:41.649 --> 00:11:45.649 brought me here is a confirmed cynic. So is the 00:11:45.649 --> 00:11:49.370 lieutenant. And so are you. I must plead guilty 00:11:49.370 --> 00:11:52.470 as charged. All of you propose two basic hypotheses. 00:11:53.590 --> 00:11:56.110 A, my husband was ambushed by enemies. B, my 00:11:56.110 --> 00:11:59.450 husband abandoned me. You can't conceive of people 00:11:59.450 --> 00:12:03.730 who... They simply don't make or have enemies. 00:12:04.629 --> 00:12:07.110 You can't conceive of people who are completely 00:12:07.110 --> 00:12:11.519 in love. I'm not a fool, Mr. Peterson. I read 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.039 these attitudes. What a wonderful world you live 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:16.919 in, Mrs. Parsons. I hope you can stay there always. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:19.480 We're so dependent on each other, Tom and I. 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:25.539 We need each other. We're... We're so complete 00:12:25.539 --> 00:12:28.639 together. But we still have the basic fact of 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.759 his disappearance. Yes, but all you can see are 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.580 two alternatives. There is a third, you know. 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:37.139 Really? Perhaps he was taken ill, suddenly, and 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:40.299 he just wandered off. Oh, maybe I should go back. 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:42.940 I've already been back there. There's no place 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:48.220 he could have wandered off to Tell me Does he 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:51.419 have a history of any sort of illness amnesia 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:55.379 anything like that? No, nothing like that Well, 00:12:55.440 --> 00:13:00.240 then where are we? nowhere Perhaps you are nowhere. 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:03.940 Mr. Peterson. Okay. Tell me where you are. I 00:13:03.940 --> 00:13:08.340 have faith Believe Tom will be found or he will 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:11.299 find himself and he will have an absolutely reasonable 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:20.929 and rational explanation I hope so Tom, darling. 00:13:21.090 --> 00:13:24.669 Tom, what happened to you? I was so scared. Darling, 00:13:24.769 --> 00:13:27.070 you're all right. Eddie, are you all right? Yes. 00:13:27.269 --> 00:13:28.909 I don't understand. I happened to tune in the 00:13:28.909 --> 00:13:31.429 news and there it was. Tom Parsons' accountant 00:13:31.429 --> 00:13:33.710 with offices in the Barstow building had disappeared 00:13:33.710 --> 00:13:36.230 under mysterious circumstances. Tom, I was so 00:13:36.230 --> 00:13:38.730 worried. Mr. Parsons was driving with his wife. 00:13:39.029 --> 00:13:40.950 He stepped out of the car to clean off the rear 00:13:40.950 --> 00:13:44.929 window and... Eddie, what did you tell them? 00:13:45.929 --> 00:13:50.009 I wasn't in the car with you. I was at home. 00:13:54.750 --> 00:13:58.289 Well, here we have the story of two people who 00:13:58.289 --> 00:14:02.090 love each other deeply, who trust each other 00:14:02.090 --> 00:14:05.549 completely. It sounds like the Garden of Eden. 00:14:06.850 --> 00:14:09.070 But we all know what happened back there in the 00:14:09.070 --> 00:14:12.990 traffic and the snow. We shall return shortly 00:14:12.990 --> 00:14:29.019 with Act Two. You've seen these couples or rather 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:32.159 heard of them they dwell in a sea of perfect 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:36.740 harmony Never a ripple of discord But when they 00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:42.179 do have a disagreement Well, it's a beaut Here 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:44.559 we have Fred Peterson listening to Hedy and Tom 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.480 Parsons having a fantastic difference of opinion 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:51.460 Tom Tom, how can you say that Eddie darling? 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:54.659 I was not in the car with you. I was home home 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:57.299 you said let's get out of this miserable cold 00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:59.500 and snow let's head south for a couple of weeks 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:02.460 Eddie when did I say that how could I say that 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:04.559 you know I'm swamped with work at the office 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:06.879 you came home this afternoon Tom you said how 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.720 would you like to leave for Florida tonight and 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:12.100 I said give me an hour to pack excuse me who's 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:15.659 he oh he's just I'm just Fred Peterson of the 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:18.500 Union messenger a reporter please please please 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:20.639 don't be alarmed I assure you it's a thoroughly 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.620 respectable profession well I I see no point 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:26.399 in, well, emblazoning this all over the newspapers. 00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:30.000 Is there anything to emblazon, as you put it? 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.779 This is a private affair. Tom, tell me what happened. 00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:34.740 What happened to you after you left me? Eddie, 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.460 I told you I never left. Tom. How could I have 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:42.940 left you? I wasn't with you. Oh, no, Tom. This 00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:46.340 time I have witnesses. The police officer, he 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:48.120 knows you went out to clear the rear window. 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:50.860 How does he know? Because he... Because you told 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:54.080 him. Mr. Parsons, now obviously your wife seems 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.320 distraught. I would suggest... Keep your suggestions 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.500 to yourself, Mr. Peterson. Don't you dare imply 00:15:58.500 --> 00:16:00.899 that I'm overwrought or nervous or hysterical. 00:16:00.990 --> 00:16:04.110 I am completely calm, extremely rational and 00:16:04.110 --> 00:16:06.909 absolutely in command of myself. I know what 00:16:06.909 --> 00:16:08.730 happened this evening. Mr. Peterson, this is 00:16:08.730 --> 00:16:10.750 obviously a private matter between my wife and 00:16:10.750 --> 00:16:13.330 me and nobody's business but ours. What did you 00:16:13.330 --> 00:16:16.450 mean, Mrs. Parsons, when you said that this time 00:16:16.450 --> 00:16:19.669 you had witnesses? Have there been other times 00:16:19.669 --> 00:16:21.850 when... Hetty, it doesn't do us any good to air 00:16:21.850 --> 00:16:25.450 this in public. All right, Tom. Take me home. 00:16:26.389 --> 00:16:28.210 Let me talk to that officer at the desk there, 00:16:28.590 --> 00:16:33.919 find out if there's anything we have to do. Well? 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:39.399 Well what? Friend, husband, Tom. He didn't turn 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:43.159 out to be quite as advertised. And what is that 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:45.899 supposed to mean? He isn't quite the sweetest, 00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:50.399 mildest, most obliging guy on earth, is he? He 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.480 is to me. I guess it's all a matter of how these 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.679 words are defined, isn't it? And about this oh 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:59.399 -so -complete understanding between the two of 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.320 you. Won't you at least admit you're having a 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.240 difference of opinion right now? I don't have 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.160 to admit anything. Okay. Okay. Don't shoot. I'll 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.460 go quietly Are you sure you really want me to 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:16.000 go please regardless of what you say to me? You 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.480 are in trouble. Oh, no, don't deny it. Well, 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:23.559 what if I am I'd like to help you why because 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.440 would you want to help me if I were Middle -aged 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:30.519 and fat and sloppy and ugly. It isn't ten minutes 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.880 ago. You accused me of living in a world where 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.940 no one trusted the next fellow or believed in 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:38.380 him. You accused me of being a confirmed cynic. 00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:40.619 Is it possible you don't remember what you say 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:43.559 from one minute to the next? I'm sorry. Don't 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:46.700 be. There's a great deal to what you said. You're 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:49.619 kind, but no one can help you. I could try. And 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:54.900 no one should try either. Why not? It's too dangerous. 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.069 That. was the wrong thing to say to me. I'm warning 00:17:59.069 --> 00:18:01.549 you. You're only getting me in deeper. Please, 00:18:01.549 --> 00:18:04.109 Fred. For openers, my business is to take chances 00:18:04.109 --> 00:18:07.309 and get myself into... Hey, you know what happened? 00:18:07.710 --> 00:18:11.450 What? You called me Fred. I'm sorry. I shouldn't 00:18:11.450 --> 00:18:14.109 have but you did and that means we're friends 00:18:14.109 --> 00:18:17.049 Look, I only know the one who set up the ground 00:18:17.049 --> 00:18:20.049 rules for this thing first names are for friends 00:18:20.049 --> 00:18:23.250 only Please forget what happened here tonight. 00:18:23.349 --> 00:18:26.549 I warned you already warned me twice. It won't 00:18:26.549 --> 00:18:29.170 work I can only warn you three times. You mean 00:18:29.170 --> 00:18:32.369 you keep school. Please don't joke Fred You keep 00:18:32.369 --> 00:18:34.990 saying the wrong word or I should say the wrong 00:18:34.990 --> 00:18:38.650 name. The wrong name is Fred You can't call me 00:18:38.650 --> 00:18:41.250 Fred and expect me to forget everything. I warn 00:18:41.250 --> 00:18:47.130 you. I warn you for the third time. Forget all 00:18:47.130 --> 00:18:50.230 about tonight for your own sake, for your own 00:18:50.230 --> 00:18:52.670 safety. And after saying all that, you still 00:18:52.670 --> 00:18:56.430 expect me to forget about it. I... Tell my husband 00:18:56.430 --> 00:18:57.970 I'll wait for him outside in the car. Wait a 00:18:57.970 --> 00:18:59.930 minute, Hattie. I warned you, Fred. I warned 00:18:59.930 --> 00:19:04.769 you three times. Now, goodbye. Where's my wife? 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:09.640 She said she'd meet you in the car Mr. Peterson 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.839 if I were you I'd forget everything that happened 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.599 tonight. Is that a threat? No a warning. That's 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.640 all I've been getting around here warnings Well 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:21.019 for your own good take them serious, and if I 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:22.759 don't you'll regret it for the rest of your life 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.700 Which may not be a long you still insist that 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:28.380 you're not threatening me. I'm Only trying to 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:31.319 help you really and why should you do that? Why 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:35.809 I? Don't know why Maybe it's because the last 00:19:35.809 --> 00:19:38.710 guy tried to help me what last guy I didn't listen 00:19:38.710 --> 00:19:42.529 to him Alaska. What do you mean? Nothing forget 00:19:42.529 --> 00:19:44.789 it, you know with you and your wife. It seems 00:19:44.789 --> 00:19:46.829 everything turns out to be nothing and forget 00:19:46.829 --> 00:19:49.630 I don't think it matters now. I have an idea. 00:19:50.009 --> 00:19:55.509 It's already too late for you I'm sorry Good 00:19:55.509 --> 00:20:03.329 night. Mr. Peterson Hey Fred Fred yeah lieutenant 00:20:03.329 --> 00:20:10.410 I'm coming well Well what? There's nothing there 00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:12.869 for his boys in blue what's in it for the fourth 00:20:12.869 --> 00:20:17.750 estate Looks like he's trying to drive her nuts. 00:20:18.170 --> 00:20:20.430 It could also be the other way around. I don't 00:20:20.430 --> 00:20:23.269 think so Because of that honey -colored blonde 00:20:23.269 --> 00:20:26.349 hair? Oh, lieutenant, lieutenant, you always 00:20:26.349 --> 00:20:29.210 know where the exposed nerve is. Just stop and 00:20:29.210 --> 00:20:31.450 figure it. Couldn't this also be her way of trying 00:20:31.450 --> 00:20:34.049 to drive him nuts? As a reporter, I would have 00:20:34.049 --> 00:20:37.789 to say yes. But, uh, as a man? I don't know. 00:20:39.009 --> 00:20:41.569 Well, you got a problem, Fred. How are you gonna 00:20:41.569 --> 00:20:57.750 tackle it? As a reporter or as a man? Good morning. 00:20:58.170 --> 00:21:02.430 Oh, Fred. What are you doing here? Won't you 00:21:02.430 --> 00:21:06.410 ask me to come in? Well, I... You could also 00:21:06.410 --> 00:21:08.849 offer me a cup of coffee. It's been a long drive 00:21:08.849 --> 00:21:15.349 on a cold morning. Oh, well... I suppose you 00:21:15.349 --> 00:21:20.150 might as well come inside. How gracious. I'm 00:21:20.150 --> 00:21:25.509 sorry. I'm... Well, I'm still upset and you should 00:21:25.509 --> 00:21:28.920 know why. Come into the kitchen. I was just pouring 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:33.480 myself a cup. Thanks. Charming place you have 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.640 here. Thank you. I suppose Tom is generous enough 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:38.740 when it comes to money and things. The implication 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:41.759 being that he is not generous when it comes to 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.279 what? Fred, if you insist on talking about Tom, 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:47.700 I'll have to ask you to leave. Okay. Let's talk 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:52.940 about you. No. We can't talk about me either. 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:56.460 What can we talk about? The weather. Politics, 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:59.759 sports. You'd be surprised I'm a very well -informed 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.680 person. We could talk about art or literature. 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.599 I didn't come here to talk about those things. 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:08.799 I know why you came here. Do you? Fred, I'm a 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:11.039 married woman. But you're not a happily married 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.240 woman. I'm happy enough. Okay. Let me tell you 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:17.940 why I'm here. As a reporter, that is. It doesn't 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:20.299 happen very often that you get a chance to be 00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:24.039 in on a story before it's a story. You follow 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:27.250 me? No. Last night all I could have gotten out 00:22:27.250 --> 00:22:29.289 of it might have been a squib on the back page 00:22:29.289 --> 00:22:32.430 or maybe nothing But something's happening here. 00:22:32.609 --> 00:22:35.769 Something's building. I don't know what it is 00:22:35.769 --> 00:22:39.490 But one of you is lying one of you is trying 00:22:39.490 --> 00:22:43.230 to destroy the other and you think you can stop 00:22:43.230 --> 00:22:46.589 it Oh, no, that's not my job But there's gonna 00:22:46.589 --> 00:22:49.849 be an explosion and I want to be there when it 00:22:49.849 --> 00:22:54.500 blows Because then I'll have a story And that's 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:59.200 all this is. That's all I am to you. A story. 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:04.299 I was talking as a reporter. But as a man... 00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:09.299 Yes? As a man, I'd... I'd like to help you, Hattie. 00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:14.299 Even if it meant losing your story? Yes. I'd 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:17.839 like to believe that. Why can't you? I tried 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.000 to warn you, Fred. Look, we had all that last 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:22.759 night. I can't warn you anymore, but remember... 00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:26.359 I did warn you. Yeah, sure. Don't brush it aside, 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:28.700 Fred. Heady on the general subject of warnings. 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:31.599 I've had a few in my day, from gangsters, from 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:34.680 politicians. I mean from people who had clout. 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:37.079 But I did warn you. Look, if you want me to, 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.819 I'll sign a receipt. Let the record show that 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:44.460 you warned me. You were right. He is trying to 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:47.740 destroy me. Ah, finally. Why? I don't know. Okay, 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:49.779 let's go through the standards. Is he after your 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:52.789 money? I don't have any. Another woman. I don't 00:23:52.789 --> 00:23:57.690 think so. Is he tired of you? I don't know. Well, 00:23:58.309 --> 00:24:01.089 none of this is very helpful. I'm sorry. What 00:24:01.089 --> 00:24:02.890 was this business you were giving me back in 00:24:02.890 --> 00:24:04.869 the station house about your perfect marriage, 00:24:04.970 --> 00:24:08.450 about your perfect husband? Because he is. It's 00:24:08.450 --> 00:24:13.130 just... Well, now and then he imagines things 00:24:13.130 --> 00:24:16.230 like last night. What's now and then? Oh, every 00:24:16.230 --> 00:24:19.690 few months. One time he stranded me up in Maine. 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:22.599 Another time we was supposed to go to Europe. 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:24.519 He told me he would be delayed and to get on 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.859 the plane He would make the next one and there 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:30.980 I was all by myself in Paris He denied everything. 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.700 Has he seen a doctor? Yes, and it hasn't done 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:37.019 any good. Is he overworked? Oh, yes Well, maybe 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:40.720 he needs a long vacation. I'm sure of it It all 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.380 sounds pretty simple to me except for one little 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:48.180 item. Why have you insisted on warning me? Because 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:51.279 it was the right thing to do I don't understand. 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:54.099 First you imply that everything is so simple. 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:56.740 Then when I start to believe it, you drop a little 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:59.480 suggestion that throws me off balance. I can't 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:02.299 seem to get anything definite out of you. Oh, 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:22.900 but you did. What was that? A warning. Hey, Lieutenant. 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.839 Hey, how goes the Parson case? How did you know 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.819 I was gonna ask you about the party? That honey 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:31.220 blonde hair. Does it really show that much? Well, 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:34.660 you are hooked. You know, Sammy, that's true. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:38.160 And she may even be playing me like a fish. So 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:40.000 what can I do for you? Well, no crime has been 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.799 committed yet, but you can bet there's one on 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.140 the way. Well, till then, we're handcuffed around 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:48.319 here. Sure, but you got all the facts. What facts? 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.079 I mean... I mean, you can get at them in a routine 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:53.740 way. Work up both of them, some past histories. 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:56.319 That's spending the taxpayers' money. You spend 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:59.359 the taxpayers' money every day. Something's ready 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:02.220 to blow up there. Just be ready for it. That's 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.960 all I'm asking. Actually, Fred, if you want the 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.519 truth, we've already started. And? Keep in touch. 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:17.279 Yeah? They said you're in this office. Well, 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:22.240 look who's here Tom Tom the Piper son, come on 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:27.980 in Mr. Peterson, I've decided to tell you everything 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:32.440 because Because I know you're in love with my 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:34.259 wife. Wait a minute now There are all kinds of 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.339 meaningless expressions. Wait a minute. See here. 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:39.240 Hold on or if you Let's dispense with them. You 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:42.569 can't accuse me. I don't accuse you I state a 00:26:42.569 --> 00:26:45.109 fact. Well, let's be fair. I only met your wife 00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:48.450 last night. I admit she's attracted. I don't 00:26:48.450 --> 00:26:52.430 even know her. That's what I told him. That's 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:55.950 what you told who? The last guy. The last guy 00:26:55.950 --> 00:27:00.250 she was married to. I wish I knew how to start 00:27:00.250 --> 00:27:05.630 this. Well, start at the beginning. Okay. I'm 00:27:05.630 --> 00:27:09.390 an accountant. You're a reporter. Both of us 00:27:09.390 --> 00:27:14.549 are. Men of the world. I mean this world You 00:27:14.549 --> 00:27:18.230 live on facts. I live on figures So, how can 00:27:18.230 --> 00:27:21.109 I tell you how can I expect you to believe me 00:27:21.109 --> 00:27:27.190 when I say? That Hetty Isn't a human being at 00:27:27.190 --> 00:27:41.039 all. She isn't now She's a witch Yes, that's 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:46.920 what he said. A witch. But how can it be? Wasn't 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:49.359 all that witch business over and done with more 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:53.599 than 200 years ago? Well, that's what we intend 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:56.500 to find out shortly when I return with Act 3. 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:12.700 Tom Parsons and Fred Peterson sit in a newspaper 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:17.039 office. Both are young, alert, stylishly dressed, 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:20.579 every bit the modern, sophisticated men of today. 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:25.180 And yet, the subject, the very serious subject 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:29.519 under discussion is witchcraft, of all things. 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:33.220 Well, it isn't every day a man accuses his wife 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:35.880 of being a witch. It isn't every day a man finds 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:40.009 out he's married to one. I can only say it's 00:28:40.009 --> 00:28:43.390 incredible. I know. That's what I said when he 00:28:43.390 --> 00:28:48.329 told me. When who told you? The last guy. Tell 00:28:48.329 --> 00:28:52.450 me about the last guy. I met Hetty on a cruise 00:28:52.450 --> 00:28:56.009 ship about five years ago. She said her husband 00:28:56.009 --> 00:29:01.609 had just somehow disappeared. She was distraught. 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:05.380 You know, she does the distraught bit to perfection. 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:09.000 I know nothing of the kind. What happened? Had 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:12.299 he... had he fallen overboard? Well, that's... 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:15.539 that's what she made everybody think. Till we 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:18.660 got a radiogram from shore. He claimed he knew 00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:21.619 nothing about the trip. Well, either he had boarded 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:24.299 the boat or he hadn't. Okay, let's get all of 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:26.680 that cleared away. There was a ticket in his 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:29.099 name. There were some people who claimed they 00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:31.789 had seen him. The trouble is... There was a pretty 00:29:31.789 --> 00:29:35.069 drunk barn voyage party. Most everyone was in 00:29:35.069 --> 00:29:38.170 no shape to remember anything. Oh, yes, yes, 00:29:38.250 --> 00:29:40.109 a steward did claim to have seen him aboard, 00:29:40.390 --> 00:29:43.769 but... But? I'm convinced the steward was bribed. 00:29:44.609 --> 00:29:49.309 So I bought her story. I fell in love with her. 00:29:50.589 --> 00:29:56.839 Just as you did. And I helped her kill it. Just 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.099 as you're going to help her kill me. Yeah, I 00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:02.660 think I know what you think you think I'm a nut 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:07.160 You could look it up Five years ago Stacey's 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:10.039 Mountainville Lodge in the Adirondacks. She called 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.940 me. She was desperate come up here He's going 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:15.799 to kill me. I flew up. I found them. They were 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:20.420 near a cliff She was screaming for help. I started 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:24.900 fighting him off. I I Guess he slipped he he 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:32.230 fell Over the side he was killed look it up coroner's 00:30:32.230 --> 00:30:38.170 office You'll see An accident let's assume I 00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:42.509 buy all this. How does it make her a witch? Oh? 00:30:42.769 --> 00:30:48.289 She told me She'll tell you afterwards She's 00:30:48.289 --> 00:30:53.049 a witch She falls in love with men gets tired 00:30:53.049 --> 00:30:58.400 of them and destroys them I think you must be... 00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:03.240 I know, I know. I'm here to warn you. But I'm 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:05.380 gonna kill her first. Let me get you a cup of 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:08.619 coffee. You're a fool! I'm here to save your 00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:12.920 life! Sure, sure. Okay. Look her up. I mean that. 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.839 See if you can find a trace of her. See if you 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:18.220 can find out where or when she was born, who 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:21.420 her parents were. She has absolutely no background, 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.720 I tell you! Don't, don't, don't get excited. 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:27.400 This is all so familiar! All of this is what 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:32.279 he said to me and what I said to him Back there 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:35.099 before I killed him now. Nobody's gonna kill 00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:39.039 anybody. I don't know you But you look like a 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:47.700 nice guy Take my advice Save yourself Save yourself 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:57.000 I'm not sure I should be here with you tonight, 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.519 Fred. Well, you wouldn't let me visit you at 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.180 home. Oh, it just wouldn't look right. Yeah, 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:05.700 but it's all on the level. I'm a newspaper man. 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:09.500 It's business. I'm doing a story. I had a very 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:14.079 proper upbringing. Where were you raised, Hetty? 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:22.640 I'd rather not talk about it. Why? Well, I told 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.460 you it was proper. But it wasn't happy I shouldn't 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:32.099 say this but there were times When I thought 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:36.079 my parents were ogres Fred is something wrong. 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:40.640 No, no, no, no. I just hope I didn't spill anything 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:45.440 on you. No, I Didn't have a happy childhood. 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:49.160 I don't like to discuss it Here's something we 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:52.599 should discuss. I spoke with Tom this morning 00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:56.420 Think I know what he told you so far out. I even 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:59.759 hesitate to mention it, but Obviously he believes 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:02.259 it. I insisted that he see a psychiatrist. In 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:05.299 fact, we both went and It's the doctor's opinion 00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:08.960 that Tom is riddled with guilt You see he thinks 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:13.900 he murdered Larry Larry my first husband but 00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:18.660 Larry was a brute I was very young and We're 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.940 really too young to know anything about people 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:24.420 Larry was a drunk. I didn't know that either 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:30.079 and when he had a few he would abuse me Well, 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.700 I shouldn't have done it but I was terrified 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:35.299 I called Tom and he came up and got into a fight 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:38.619 with Larry and Well, there was that accident, 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:41.599 but why should he get that far -out notion about 00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:44.579 you according to the doctor it had to be something 00:33:45.549 --> 00:33:47.769 Well something he could live with something that 00:33:47.769 --> 00:33:50.250 could justify what he did and he really has a 00:33:50.250 --> 00:33:54.190 vivid imagination strikes me as a Very sober 00:33:54.190 --> 00:33:57.089 minded person aside. He was a lit major at college. 00:33:57.089 --> 00:33:59.009 He became an accountant because he had to make 00:33:59.009 --> 00:34:04.390 a living I I Don't know what I'm going to do 00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:08.010 about him Fred. I've had so much trouble in my 00:34:08.010 --> 00:34:12.230 life and He's really a wonderful guy and I love 00:34:12.230 --> 00:34:16.460 him Why does he want to destroy us? Why should 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:19.739 he have a guilty conscience about Larry? Whatever 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:23.000 happened was in self -defense. Well, look everything 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.300 will turn out all right Oh, you're only saying 00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:27.519 that because you have to say something. No, I 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:33.079 believe it. Oh Tom Yes, it's Tom But you said 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:35.539 you were working late. Well, I am I just took 00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:42.269 a break for dinner Join you, please Fred, you 00:34:42.269 --> 00:34:44.269 obviously didn't hear a word I said this morning, 00:34:44.389 --> 00:34:47.010 did you? I heard every word. Heard them all and 00:34:47.010 --> 00:34:49.329 listened to none? Tom, you're not well, and I 00:34:49.329 --> 00:34:50.889 think we should... Oh, I know what you think. 00:34:51.429 --> 00:34:53.329 You think we should go away for a rest and all 00:34:53.329 --> 00:34:57.269 that. Forget it. I know what I have to do, and 00:34:57.269 --> 00:35:02.309 I'm gonna do it. Poor Fred. I feel sorry for 00:35:02.309 --> 00:35:06.000 you. You're in love with her. To keep the record 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:08.940 straight, I'm a reporter. There's a story here. 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:12.260 I aim to get it. Sure, sure. That's what you 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:15.500 tell yourself. Let's go along with you, Tom. 00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:18.179 Suppose what you say is true. Suppose she's what 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:21.800 you say she is. Why not walk out, get a divorce? 00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:26.900 I can't. Why? I hope you never find out. You 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:31.500 see, she destroys you. She takes away your capacity 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:37.389 to love. Your feelings your mind It's as if you're 00:35:37.389 --> 00:35:42.690 only just Nourishment for her And when everything 00:35:42.690 --> 00:35:45.690 you have to give is gone she discards you for 00:35:45.690 --> 00:35:47.929 someone else Tom for your own sake I think you 00:35:47.929 --> 00:35:51.250 should be under a doctor's care in a hospital. 00:35:51.309 --> 00:35:55.570 I suppose I should But I want to save you It'll 00:35:55.570 --> 00:35:58.250 make up for Larry. I must apologize Fred for 00:35:58.250 --> 00:35:59.989 exposing you to all this I shouldn't have come 00:35:59.989 --> 00:36:02.730 here, but you wanted to expose him to all this 00:36:02.710 --> 00:36:06.090 That's why you came here. You knew I always eat 00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:08.230 here when I work late. Tom, I'll do anything 00:36:08.230 --> 00:36:13.590 you want. Just tell me. Disappear. As a supernatural 00:36:13.590 --> 00:36:15.909 person, you can arrange that without any problems. 00:36:15.969 --> 00:36:18.230 Please, Fred, go now. Leave us alone. But I don't 00:36:18.230 --> 00:36:20.530 wanna go. He's my problem. I have to live with 00:36:20.530 --> 00:36:26.130 it. And if you stay, well... An audience always 00:36:26.130 --> 00:36:39.119 excites him. Look who finally showed up. What 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.599 happened to that Nobel Prize for journalism you 00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.599 were working on? Lieutenant, there is no Nobel 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.500 Prize for journalism. Well, what happened anyhow? 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:49.780 I got off it all. Couldn't make heads or tails. 00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:53.719 Well, we're still on it. As a matter of fact, 00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:56.019 information keeps pouring in all the time. On 00:36:56.019 --> 00:37:00.460 her? On him. Funny duck. He was always interested 00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:03.119 in spirits, that kind of thing. He wrote his 00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:06.699 master's thesis on something called... Demonology. 00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:10.420 Well, there's nothing there for me as a man or 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:15.199 a reporter both You know, I've been married ten 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.980 years and I've never been tempted but if I could 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:21.159 be She could do it. Oh that dame or something. 00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:24.440 I'm surprised at you lieutenant But there's hope 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:26.920 for you if what you say about the husband is 00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:30.440 true He winds up in the loony bin and after a 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:33.679 respectable interval she could be yours That's 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.880 what's in your mind, right? You are the most 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:39.500 cynical person I know. Calm off it. We're two 00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:45.159 of a kind. I'd even wait for her myself. Lieutenant 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:48.119 Carroll. Is, uh, Fred Peterson there, please? 00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:52.880 Hold on, I'll see. It's, uh, the girl you love. 00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:55.960 Cut it out. Okay, the girl we love. You here? 00:37:57.039 --> 00:38:00.760 Yeah, yeah, I guess I'm here. Take it. Hello? 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.710 Fred, I'm scared. What's the matter, Hetty? Don't 00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:07.730 ask any questions. Just come to my place. Quickly! 00:38:18.309 --> 00:38:21.369 Come in, Fred. Oh, darling, I'm so glad you're 00:38:21.369 --> 00:38:23.710 here. Hetty, why are you shaking like that? I'm 00:38:23.710 --> 00:38:26.469 frightened. I'm so frightened. Please, please, 00:38:26.469 --> 00:38:28.449 Hetty, calm down. I'm here. Everything is gonna 00:38:28.449 --> 00:38:33.210 be all right. I know it. I know. It's wrong for 00:38:33.210 --> 00:38:36.530 me to talk to you like this to feel like this 00:38:36.530 --> 00:38:39.949 But I can't know how we'll work it out. Somehow. 00:38:39.949 --> 00:38:43.090 We'll work it out now now now. Why are you scared? 00:38:43.769 --> 00:38:46.130 He asked me to take his suit to the cleaners 00:38:46.130 --> 00:38:50.489 this morning and I found this in his pocket to 00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:54.269 receipt read it From Carrington's one double 00:38:54.269 --> 00:38:57.289 -action Danforth -Welson revolver caliber 32. 00:38:57.289 --> 00:39:00.829 He bought a gun Don't you see he bought a gun? 00:39:01.110 --> 00:39:03.409 Why would he buy a gun if he didn't want to kill 00:39:03.409 --> 00:39:06.230 me? Well, I think we have enough to interest 00:39:06.230 --> 00:39:08.510 the police now. Are you sure about that Tom? 00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:12.190 Well answer the question Fred What do you expect 00:39:12.190 --> 00:39:15.050 from the police? I have a permit for this gun. 00:39:15.070 --> 00:39:17.989 I have every right to own it Look Tom, I get 00:39:17.989 --> 00:39:22.610 very nervous when people point guns at me. Maybe 00:39:22.610 --> 00:39:25.710 it's unreasonable, but dear You mind putting 00:39:25.710 --> 00:39:29.159 that that thing away? Well, I will After I use 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:31.619 it no time. I'll be a fool. You're not a killer. 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:35.079 I always thought that so just now Tom listen 00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:39.179 Let's say you're right that she is a witch. Okay, 00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:42.780 don't you see you couldn't kill her anyhow? You'd 00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:45.059 empty the gun at her. It wouldn't mean a thing 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:48.239 fine Why don't we find out? I won't let you get 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:59.030 away from me Fred I'm going to kill her! Stop 00:39:59.030 --> 00:40:09.750 it! Stop it! Tom! Tom! You did it again, Eddie. 00:40:11.610 --> 00:40:18.889 You did it again. Call a doctor, Eddie. What 00:40:18.889 --> 00:40:28.099 for? You poor sucker. You think she... She's 00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:36.739 not worth it. You think she's paradise? She is. 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:45.059 She is. But it doesn't last. It doesn't last. 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:53.400 And then she'll kill you. She'll kill you too. 00:40:55.980 --> 00:41:04.630 Tom. He's he's dead You saw you saw there was 00:41:04.630 --> 00:41:22.510 nothing I could do Lieutenant Carroll lieutenant, 00:41:22.510 --> 00:41:27.440 it's Fred What I mean is I have absolutely no 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:29.119 news for her. Lieutenant, listen to me. You know, 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:32.059 we drew a complete blank on that dame. We trace 00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:34.199 her back to St. Louis City Hall, where she married 00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.920 a guy named Larry Billows. She gave her home 00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:39.920 address as Charterville, Illinois. But there's 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.119 no such place. Listen, Lieutenant. As if this 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.840 dame just materialized out of thin air. No background 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:51.800 at all. Wait a minute. Eddie. Who are you? Hello? 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:55.949 Oh, Fred. Fred, why did you call? Who are you, 00:41:56.210 --> 00:42:00.610 Eddie? Fred, what's on your mind? Eddie! I warned 00:42:00.610 --> 00:42:08.070 you three times, Fred. I warned you three times. 00:42:13.369 --> 00:42:16.369 And how many warnings would you have needed? 00:42:17.650 --> 00:42:22.159 Or heeded? That's the trouble. When they have 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:25.360 honey blonde hair, it's so hard to take them 00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:30.639 seriously a mistake You should always take every 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:48.320 woman seriously We'll be back shortly Are there 00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:52.820 really witches Everyone must keep his own counsel 00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:57.000 on the matter. However, if you should happen 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.800 upon a damsel in distress, and she has honey 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:06.599 blonde hair and baby blue eyes, remember, we 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:11.980 warned you three times. Our cast included Joan 00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:15.320 Loring, Mason Adams, Tom Keena, Alan Manson, 00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:18.760 and Sam Gray. The entire production was under 00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:23.389 the direction of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall 00:43:23.389 --> 00:43:25.690 inviting you to return to our mystery theater 00:43:25.690 --> 00:43:29.869 for another adventure in the macabre. Until next 00:43:29.869 --> 00:43:32.730 time, pleasant dreams.