WEBVTT 00:00:18.050 --> 00:00:27.050 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:27.050 --> 00:00:32.270 to the sound of suspense. Welcome to the fear 00:00:32.270 --> 00:00:38.310 you can hear. But mostly to the world of terrifying 00:00:38.310 --> 00:00:43.649 imagination. In the next 52 minutes, you'll hear 00:00:43.649 --> 00:00:47.509 a story about a girl with a most unusual talent. 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:54.460 A talent for finding lost dolls? Or dead bodies? 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.479 You may not be glad you met Iris Lloyd, but we 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:30.500 don't think you'll forget her. Our mystery drama, 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.200 The Girl Who Found Things, was written especially 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.480 for the Mystery Theatre by Henry Slesser and 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:41.000 stars Norman Rose. I'll be back shortly with 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:57.700 Act One. And now, Act One of The Girl Who Found 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:02.980 Things. It begins serenely enough in the pleasant 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:06.560 little town of Medvale, but with a woman who 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.900 is preparing to leave it, just as soon as her 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:15.060 taxi arrives. Come in, Lucas. The door is open. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:20.780 Oh, for heaven's sake, is that man deaf? Oh, 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:24.159 evening, Miss Wheeler. I hope I'm not too early. 00:02:24.379 --> 00:02:26.719 No, I'm all packed. You can take that trunk in 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:28.860 the hallway first. Then I've got a few small 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:30.919 suitcases, but they can go in the back seat with 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:34.819 me. Yes, ma 'am. That all you're taking to Europe? 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.539 I sent the rest ahead to the ship. Well, go on, 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:42.919 Lucas. Start loading that taxi. Yes, ma 'am. 00:02:43.219 --> 00:02:45.780 I was just wondering if there was something you 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:49.060 wanted me to do in the house for closing it up, 00:02:49.060 --> 00:02:52.419 you know. It's all been done, Lucas. You sure 00:02:52.419 --> 00:02:56.199 you turned off the gas? Electricity? How about 00:02:56.199 --> 00:03:00.060 the fireplace? I see you had a fire this morning. 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:02.879 Are you sure it's good and cold? Oh, I suppose 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:05.379 you could check it again, just in case. Better 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:11.819 safe than sorry, they say. Seems to me you've 00:03:11.819 --> 00:03:14.759 got a couple of embers burning there. Maybe I 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.479 could put them out to the shovel. Please hurry, 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:22.879 Lucas. Yes, ma 'am. I'm going about this as fast 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:30.759 as I can. Hey, you see, this isn't easy for me. 00:03:31.020 --> 00:03:34.300 What isn't? Lucas, for heaven's sakes, put the 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:36.939 shovel back. You're tracking ashes all over the 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:41.680 floor. Please, please turn around, Miss Wheeler. 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:46.460 Don't look at me. Lucas, are you crazy? I can't 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:49.539 do this if you're looking at me. Lucas, put that 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:59.620 down! I'm sorry, Miss Wheeler! Miss Wheeler, 00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:09.699 I had to. Now I've got to pick you up, take you 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:17.860 outside to the woods. That's what I've got to 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:30.110 bury, Miss Wheeler. How much farther, David? 00:04:30.189 --> 00:04:32.610 We've been driving for hours. Almost there, darling. 00:04:32.730 --> 00:04:35.629 Just relax. Tell me more about your Aunt Faith. 00:04:35.990 --> 00:04:38.050 I don't really feel prepared to meet her. No 00:04:38.050 --> 00:04:40.670 one's ever fully prepared for Aunt Faith. I warn 00:04:40.670 --> 00:04:42.970 you that she's something of a character. just 00:04:42.970 --> 00:04:46.050 waiting to be discovered by monthly digest anyway 00:04:46.050 --> 00:04:48.610 after my mother died she became less anti and 00:04:48.610 --> 00:04:50.610 more motherly that's why she was so upset when 00:04:50.610 --> 00:04:53.029 i got married and failed to do my filial duty 00:04:53.029 --> 00:04:56.069 by bringing your bride home for approval something 00:04:56.069 --> 00:04:58.209 like that take my word for it she'll be crazy 00:04:58.209 --> 00:05:01.009 about you but remember what i said she's an old 00:05:01.009 --> 00:05:04.189 gypsy don't be surprised if she drags out a crystal 00:05:04.189 --> 00:05:06.850 ball and starts predicting your future speaking 00:05:06.850 --> 00:05:08.790 of which there's our future for the next few 00:05:08.790 --> 00:05:11.329 months straight ahead of us the old homestead 00:05:14.640 --> 00:05:17.959 David, is that you? It's us, Aunt Faith. Oh, 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:22.079 David, my handsome boy. Hello, Auntie. Oh, I'm 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.500 so glad to see you. It's wonderful seeing you. 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.420 Aunt Faith, meet Rowena. Well, and it's about 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:30.980 time. Hello, Mrs. Demarest. Nice to meet you 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:35.540 at last. Oh, David, she's beautiful. Well, come 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:42.160 inside. Come in. I've got a fire going. Let me 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:46.800 take your coat, my dear. What a lovely fur. What 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.899 is it, mink? Sable. I told Rowena she ought to 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:52.660 wear the label on the outside so that people... 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:55.120 Oh, well, I didn't know that you had company, 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:58.439 Auntie. Oh, yes. David, this is Lieutenant Reese. 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:01.560 Lieutenant, this is my nephew, David Wheeler, 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.120 and his wife, Rowena. Ah. Lieutenant, that isn't 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:08.420 a military title, is it? No, sir, I'm with the 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:11.519 police. Oh, of course. Well, how do you do? I'm 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.100 sorry we have to meet this way, but then I always 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:16.839 seem to meet people when they're in trouble Of 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:18.939 course, I've known mrs. Demarest for some time 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:21.139 or lieutenant Reese has been a wonderful help 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:24.199 with my charity work David and he's been such 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:28.839 a comfort since this Awful thing happened. Yes. 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.800 Oh Well, it's been years since I was in this 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:36.329 room I'd appreciate it if you and I could have 00:06:36.329 --> 00:06:39.310 a word alone. Oh? Oh, Rowena, I'll tell you what. 00:06:39.589 --> 00:06:41.389 Why don't you and I go upstairs and I'll show 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:44.009 you your room. Yes, that would be fine. I can 00:06:44.009 --> 00:06:47.129 even show you the room where David was born and 00:06:47.129 --> 00:06:53.410 his old nursery. Well, uh, how long's it been 00:06:53.410 --> 00:06:56.790 since you left Medvale, Mr. Wheeler? Oh, maybe 00:06:56.790 --> 00:06:59.519 ten years. I've been back here on visits, of 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.319 course, once when my father died four years ago. 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:04.660 As you know, our family business is down south. 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.560 Yes, yes, I know. You and your sister... My half 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:10.819 -sister. Yes, you and your half -sister Geraldine. 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.439 You were the only proprietors of the mill, weren't 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.839 you? Mm -hmm, that's right. But you did most 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.959 of the managing, I gather. When your parents 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.779 died, Miss Wheeler kept the estate and you went 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:25.279 to Virginia to manage the mill. That's how it 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.199 was, right? That's how it was. Successfully, 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.899 would you say? Lieutenant, I'm going to save 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:34.899 you a great deal of time. Geraldine and I didn't 00:07:34.899 --> 00:07:37.360 get along. We saw as little of each other as 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:39.600 we both could arrange, and that was very little. 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.439 Thank you for being frank. I can even guess your 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.000 next question, Lieutenant. You'd like to know 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:49.360 when I saw Geraldine last. When did you? Three 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.480 months ago in Virginia, on her semi -annual visit 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:55.540 to the mill. But you were in Medvale after that, 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.959 weren't you? Well, yes, I came up to see Geraldine 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.600 in March on a business matter. As my aunt may 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.920 have told you, Geraldine refused to see me. What 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.379 sort of business matter was it? I wanted Geraldine 00:08:07.379 --> 00:08:10.259 to approve a bank loan I wished to make to purchase 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:13.199 new equipment. She was against it, wouldn't even 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:17.079 discuss it. So I went home. And you never saw 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.360 her again? Never. And in case you're wondering, 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:25.319 Lieutenant, I have no idea where she is. No idea 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:36.179 at all. Sure you don't want some tea, Rowena? 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.200 No, thank you, Aunt Faith. I'll stick to scotch. 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:42.279 Have some tea, darling. Andy wants to read your 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.279 future in the leaves. I wish I could read the 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.899 future. Rather, the past. You're thinking about 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:51.240 Geraldine. I simply can't understand what became 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.639 of her, David. She was all set for that trip 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.960 to Europe. Some of her bags were already on the 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:59.139 ship. You remember Lucas, the taxi driver? Oh, 00:08:59.139 --> 00:09:01.200 yes, of course. Well, he came out here to pick 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.940 her up, take her to the station, but she wasn't 00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:07.240 here. She wasn't anywhere. Well, I suppose the 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.919 police checked all the usual sources. Hospital, 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.500 morgues, everywhere. Lieutenant Reese said anything 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:15.139 could have happened to her. She might have been 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:17.340 robbed and murdered. She might have lost her 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:20.149 memory. She might even have... Well, this I'd 00:09:20.149 --> 00:09:22.710 never believe, but Lieutenant Reese said she 00:09:22.710 --> 00:09:25.090 might have disappeared deliberately with some 00:09:25.090 --> 00:09:28.769 man. I know what happened to her. Do you? She 00:09:28.769 --> 00:09:32.230 just left. She just walked out of this big gloomy 00:09:32.230 --> 00:09:35.549 house and this crawly little town. She was sick 00:09:35.549 --> 00:09:39.490 of living alone. David, I have an idea about 00:09:39.490 --> 00:09:43.070 how we can find Geraldine. Really? I'm going 00:09:43.070 --> 00:09:47.029 to ask Iris Lloyd where Geraldine is. Ask who? 00:09:47.269 --> 00:09:50.080 Iris Lloyd. Now, don't tell me you've never heard 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.279 of the child. Well, there was a story in the 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.740 papers about her only two months ago, and heaven 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:56.799 knows I've mentioned her in my letters a dozen 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:59.879 times. I remember. She's the one who's psychic 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:02.659 or something. Some sort of orphan? Yes, Iris 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:05.659 is a ward of the state, a resident at the Medvale 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:08.940 Home for Girls. I've been vice chairman of the 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:10.960 place for donkey's ears. That's how I know her. 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:14.879 But she's 16, David, and absolutely uncanny. 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.029 And what makes her such a phenomenon? She's a 00:10:18.029 --> 00:10:21.190 seer, David. A genuine clairvoyant. Oh, not a 00:10:21.190 --> 00:10:23.730 medium at 16. Oh, no. I suppose you could call 00:10:23.730 --> 00:10:27.929 her a finder. She seems to have the ability to 00:10:27.929 --> 00:10:31.350 find things that are lost. People, too. How does 00:10:31.350 --> 00:10:34.429 she do it? I'm not sure. Iris knows herself. 00:10:35.649 --> 00:10:38.509 The gift hasn't made the poor child happy. Such 00:10:38.509 --> 00:10:42.190 talents rarely do. You know, one day the home 00:10:42.190 --> 00:10:44.850 had a picnic at Crompton Lake. They discovered 00:10:44.850 --> 00:10:47.529 an... eight -year -old named Dorothea was missing. 00:10:47.730 --> 00:10:50.429 They couldn't find her until Iris Lloyd began 00:10:50.429 --> 00:10:53.049 screaming. Screaming? These insights cause a 00:10:53.049 --> 00:10:55.970 great pain, but she was able to describe the 00:10:55.970 --> 00:10:58.429 place where Dorothea could be found, where the 00:10:58.429 --> 00:11:00.710 girl had sprained her ankle. Oh, you're right, 00:11:00.929 --> 00:11:02.710 Auntie Darling. I don't agree with you. Let's 00:11:02.710 --> 00:11:05.690 just leave the search to the police. David, David, 00:11:05.750 --> 00:11:09.129 I've arranged with the home for Iris to spend 00:11:09.129 --> 00:11:12.679 some time with us. Are you serious? You invited 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.940 that girl here? Well, she has to become acquainted 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.960 with Geraldine's aura. Don't you see? The aura 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.299 that's still in this house. I won't have it. 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:23.419 I'm sorry, Annie, but the whole thing's ridiculous. 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:25.259 Well, I knew you would object, David, but I'm 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:27.799 afraid I have to insist. We're picking up the 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:29.779 girl this afternoon. Oh, really? Now I'm safe. 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:35.120 You understand, my dear, don't you? Yes, I understand, 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:38.899 Mrs. Demarest. And I'm looking forward. To meeting 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:51.539 Iris Lloyd. Please come in, Mrs. Demarest. I 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:53.419 suppose this is the nephew you told me about. 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.879 Yes, sister. This is Mr. David Wheeler. David, 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:59.580 this is Sister Clotilde who runs the home. How 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:02.940 do you do, sister? How do you do? In case your 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:05.720 aunt hasn't told you, Mr. Wheeler, I'm not at 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.570 all in favor of this move. I think it's wrong 00:12:08.570 --> 00:12:11.990 to encourage Iris in this delusion of hers. Well, 00:12:12.110 --> 00:12:13.669 then you and I agree with each other, sister. 00:12:13.850 --> 00:12:16.250 It's not a delusion, Sister Clotilde. It's a 00:12:16.250 --> 00:12:19.269 gift from God. She's undisciplined. You might 00:12:19.269 --> 00:12:22.470 even say wild. But you are letting us have her, 00:12:22.610 --> 00:12:25.370 sister. She can come home with us. Did you think 00:12:25.370 --> 00:12:28.309 my poor objections carry any weight, Mrs. Demarest? 00:12:29.389 --> 00:12:33.049 One moment. Sister Pauline, would you send Iris 00:12:33.049 --> 00:12:40.379 Lloyd in now? Shall I come in? Yes, Iris, come 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:46.419 in. Iris, you know Mrs. Demarest. This is her 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:49.879 nephew, Mr. Wheeler. Hello. Hello. You remember 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.240 me, Iris. I've been coming here at least three 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.840 or four times a year to see all you girls. Yes, 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:57.200 Mrs. Demarest. Now, the directors have been good 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.120 enough to let us take you home with us for a 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:04.419 while. We need your help, Iris. We want you to 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:08.240 see if you can find someone... Who is lost? Yes, 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.940 Mrs. Demarest. I'd like to come home with you. 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.820 I'd like to help you find Mrs. Wheeler. Then 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:19.279 you... You know about my poor niece, Iris? The 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.500 Secret Service couldn't have secrets here, Mrs. 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:24.379 Demarest. You know how girls are. Well, I guess 00:13:24.379 --> 00:13:27.019 we can get started any time if Miss Lloyd is 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:31.019 ready. Please, call her Iris, Mr. Wheeler. Remember 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:43.320 that you're still dealing with a child. Iris, 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.879 I hope you'll enjoy staying with us. I have a 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.000 lovely room for you. I'm sure you'll like it. 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:50.600 You know what I'd really like? What's that? A 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:55.840 cigarette. Iris! Don't tell me you smoke, Iris. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:58.679 Only when I can get away with it. Well, you're 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.340 not getting away with it now, for heaven's sake. 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:12.940 Oh, never mind, never mind. Hello there. Mr. 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:17.059 Wheeler? Oh, Lucas. Well, how are you? How's 00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:20.980 the taxi business? Could I talk to you a minute, 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:22.919 Mr. Wheeler? No, Lucas, I'm sorry. I've got to 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:24.980 get these groceries home. We have company for 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:28.440 dinner tonight. She's at your place, ain't she? 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:35.200 A girl. What girl? Iris Lloyd. The girl who finds 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:41.210 things. I'm afraid of her, Mr. Wheeler. I'm afraid 00:14:41.210 --> 00:14:44.389 she'll find out what we did shut up. Don't you 00:14:44.389 --> 00:14:46.610 ever say anything like that to me again. I'm 00:14:46.610 --> 00:14:49.690 scared mr. Wheeler I'm telling you that girl 00:14:49.690 --> 00:14:54.009 is peculiar She knows what you're thinking they 00:14:54.009 --> 00:15:00.929 say She knows Where you can find anything? Even 00:15:00.929 --> 00:15:04.669 dead bodies get away from me Lucas. I told you 00:15:04.669 --> 00:15:07.679 to keep away from me when I came here now Get 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:15.700 away from my car before I run you down! But I'm 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:26.580 scared. I'm scared of that little girl. Lucas 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:31.240 the taxi driver, Lucas the murderer, is scared. 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:34.480 But David Wheeler seems to be frightened too. 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:38.279 And maybe we'll learn if the fright is justified 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:54.559 when we return shortly with Act Two. Now let's 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:58.039 go back to the little town of Medvale for the 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:02.919 second act of The Girl Who Found Things. David 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.679 Wheeler has just returned from his shopping trip. 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:09.039 But he finds things are different in the big 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:12.220 house at the end of the road. What happened here 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:14.740 Rowena? This room looks like a cyclone hit it. 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.399 It was Hurricane Iris. What are you talking about? 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:20.100 Aunt Faith caught her sweet little orphan Annie 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:22.840 in here smoking one of my cigarettes. I didn't 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.840 hear the whole argument but I'll tell you one 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.820 thing. That girl has the vocabulary of a longshoreman. 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.399 Well, maybe that'll knock some sense into Aunt 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.240 Faith. Iris started throwing things, and that's 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:36.059 when Aunt Faith went upstairs to lie down. I'll 00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:38.940 go see her. Tell her to take her psychic delinquent 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:40.940 back where she came from. I wouldn't bother her 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:44.440 now. She's not feeling well. Well, I'll see the 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.200 little monster then. Where is she? Next door 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:54.519 to us, in Geraldine's room. Iris? Iris, it's 00:16:54.519 --> 00:17:00.080 Mr. Wheeler. May I come in? Hello, handsome. 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:03.899 Auntie says you went shopping. What have you 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:07.460 been up to, Iris? Now, my aunt isn't a well woman, 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:09.980 and we won't put up with any bad behavior. Now, 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:12.559 what happened downstairs? Nothing. I found a 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:14.920 buttoned -nash tray and took a couple of drags. 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.720 You'd think I was committing a mortal sin the 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.880 way she yelled at me. I heard you did some fancy 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.380 yelling yourself. Is that what the sisters taught 00:17:22.380 --> 00:17:24.559 you at the home? They didn't teach me anything 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.920 worthwhile. Well, maybe you need more instruction. 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:30.180 Maybe you better get back there as soon as possible. 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:33.099 Oh, Mr. Wheeler, please. Oh, I'm awfully sorry. 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:36.000 I didn't mean to do anything wrong. I didn't. 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:39.140 I didn't. Please don't send me back. Oh, no, 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:41.380 wait. No, wait a minute now. Oh, please don't 00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:45.400 do it. Oh, don't. What's going on here? Oh, Mrs. 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.660 Demarest, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:52.279 over me. It was the devil. I'm sure it was the 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.480 devil. trying to take my body into... Oh, there, 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:58.299 there, Iris. It's all right, dear. I know you 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:01.279 didn't mean what you said. No, it's the gift 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:04.839 that makes you this way. And don't worry about 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:08.420 what I asked you to do. You take your time about 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:11.140 Geraldine. Take as long as you like. Oh, but 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:13.700 I want to help. I really do, Aunt Faith. Now, 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:15.579 wait a minute, Anna. You're not going to fall 00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:19.559 for this... Oh, listen. Listen. Do you know something? 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:23.160 I can feel your niece in this house, Aunt Faith. 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:28.900 I really can. I can feel her in this room, whispering 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:32.619 to me, trying to tell me where she is. Can you, 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.119 Iris? Can you really? For heaven's sake, Annie, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.339 can't you see that she's... I can. I can. I can 00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:41.660 feel her everywhere. I can almost touch Miss 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:49.140 Wheeler. Oh. Is this her closet? These are her 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:54.549 clothes. Oh, they're so beautiful. She must have 00:18:54.549 --> 00:18:57.329 looked beautiful in them. Has Iris ever seen 00:18:57.329 --> 00:19:02.190 a photo of Geraldine? Oh, look at this one. It's 00:19:02.190 --> 00:19:09.809 all gold. All shiny gold. And it's so long. Was 00:19:09.809 --> 00:19:14.910 she very tall? It's an evening gown, Iris. Oh, 00:19:14.910 --> 00:19:19.690 I can sense her in this gown. I can. I just know 00:19:19.690 --> 00:19:21.769 I'm going to be able to find her for you, Anne 00:19:21.769 --> 00:19:28.509 Faith. I know it. Yes. Yes, I believe that too, 00:19:28.769 --> 00:19:39.490 my child. Won't you have some more of the beef, 00:19:39.730 --> 00:19:42.190 Rowena? No, thank you. We'd better save some 00:19:42.190 --> 00:19:44.710 for Iris. Something tells me that little girl 00:19:44.710 --> 00:19:47.049 has a very big appetite. Well, I wish she'd come 00:19:47.049 --> 00:19:49.230 downstairs. I told her dinner would be served 00:19:49.230 --> 00:19:51.809 at 7 .30. Would you like me to go upstairs and 00:19:51.809 --> 00:19:54.230 see if she's all right? No, no. I'm sure she'll 00:19:54.230 --> 00:19:56.809 be down in a moment. You've really forgiven her 00:19:56.809 --> 00:20:00.130 completely, haven't you? Of course. Oh, you don't 00:20:00.130 --> 00:20:04.069 understand psychic personality, David. It wasn't 00:20:04.069 --> 00:20:07.250 her swearing at me this afternoon. It was this... 00:20:07.230 --> 00:20:10.349 demon which possesses her the same spirit that 00:20:10.349 --> 00:20:14.670 gives her the gift of insight David your fork 00:20:14.670 --> 00:20:18.950 take a look at what's coming downstairs in a 00:20:18.950 --> 00:20:24.029 gold lame a evening gown for heaven's sake hello 00:20:24.029 --> 00:20:28.109 everyone iris whatever are you wearing you go 00:20:28.109 --> 00:20:30.690 upstairs and get that dress off you have no right 00:20:30.690 --> 00:20:33.589 to wear my sister's clothes take it off why should 00:20:33.589 --> 00:20:35.890 I you heard me get that dress back in the closet 00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:40.339 I won't. I won't, Aunt Faith. No, I won't take 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:42.859 it off. You know what I told you? I have to wear 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:46.000 your niece's clothes so I can feel her aura. 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.200 You're going to feel my foot in about five seconds 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:50.359 if you don't go upstairs. Now everybody in this 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:55.450 house hates me! Iris, Iris, don't. No, please 00:20:55.450 --> 00:20:57.990 don't cry. Oh, David, you shouldn't talk that 00:20:57.990 --> 00:21:00.349 way to the poor girl. I won't stay here. I won't 00:21:00.349 --> 00:21:02.809 help you find your niece, that's all. You can't 00:21:02.809 --> 00:21:05.089 do anything of the kind and you know it. Iris, 00:21:05.549 --> 00:21:10.970 Iris, listen to me. Yes? Iris, you remember those 00:21:10.970 --> 00:21:13.549 things you did at the home, the way you found 00:21:13.549 --> 00:21:16.990 things for Sister Therese? Yes. Do you think 00:21:16.990 --> 00:21:19.289 you could do something like that again right 00:21:19.289 --> 00:21:23.420 now for us? I don't know. I could try. Would 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:25.519 you let her try, David? I don't know what you 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:29.059 mean. I want you to hide something or name some 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:31.140 object you've lost or misplaced, perhaps somewhere 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:33.380 in this house. This is silly. It's a parlor game. 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:36.660 The least you can do is try it. All right. How 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:39.420 do we play this game of hide and seek? David, 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:44.099 what about the cat? Cat you remember you once 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.099 told me about a wool kitten you used to have 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:48.859 as a child You said you lost it somewhere in 00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:50.920 the house when you were five and you were so 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:54.220 unhappy about it. You wouldn't eat for days That's 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:57.339 30 years ago Rowena all the better all the better 00:21:57.339 --> 00:22:01.039 David Iris. Do you think you could find it? Could 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.319 you find David's cloth kitten? Oh, I'm not sure 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:07.380 I'm never sure just try Iris. We won't blame 00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:09.930 you if you fail it It might have been thrown 00:22:09.930 --> 00:22:13.410 out ages ago, but try anyway. All right. I will. 00:22:14.450 --> 00:22:17.190 But you'll have to shut off the lights. And then 00:22:17.190 --> 00:22:19.710 what? Burn incense and chant? David, please. 00:22:19.950 --> 00:22:23.250 Turn off the room light. I'll do it. There, Iris. 00:22:24.009 --> 00:22:27.890 The room is dark enough, isn't it? Yes. Yes. 00:22:28.509 --> 00:22:32.769 It's dark enough when I close my eyes. What's 00:22:32.769 --> 00:22:36.779 she doing? Breathing, obviously. I think she's 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:41.799 going into a trance. It's so hard to know if 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:44.660 she's faking or not, isn't it? Not for me, darling. 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:47.579 She isn't, David. I know she isn't. She's in 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:55.339 a genuine trance. Listen. Hot. Oh, it's so hot. 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:58.619 She's sweating. She isn't faking that, David. 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:07.849 So hot back here. Oh, please. Oh, please. Kitty 00:23:07.849 --> 00:23:13.089 is hot. Hot Kitty is hot. Kitty. She could be 00:23:13.089 --> 00:23:14.990 talking about the wool cat. Well, what if she 00:23:14.990 --> 00:23:19.349 is? Oh, please. Please, somebody. Help. Help 00:23:19.349 --> 00:23:26.230 Kitty. Help her. Please help Kitty. Ah! Ah! Ah! 00:23:26.730 --> 00:23:29.089 The girl is in pain. It's an act, I tell you. 00:23:29.369 --> 00:23:37.079 Hot. Behind the stove, is that what she said? 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.559 Iris? Iris, darling, are you all right? David, 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.559 turn on the lights, quickly. No, Auntie, it was 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.680 all gibberish. Rowena, it's just nonsense. You're 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:50.099 so stubborn, David. Well, she said it clearly. 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:54.099 The kittens behind the stove. Well, you probably 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:56.180 stopped it when you were a little brat of a boy. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.259 We could find out, couldn't we? Is the same stove 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:01.380 still in the kitchen? I suppose so. There's a... 00:24:01.309 --> 00:24:03.769 Microwave oven, too, but they've never moved 00:24:03.769 --> 00:24:06.930 the old iron monster. Let's look, David, please. 00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:13.849 I... I can't feel anything behind here. Try the 00:24:13.849 --> 00:24:16.650 other side, David. Oh, this is ridiculous. Look, 00:24:16.750 --> 00:24:19.390 my hands are getting filthy. Here, use this ladle. 00:24:19.450 --> 00:24:24.089 But it's no yukes, Rowena. It simply can't... 00:24:24.089 --> 00:24:29.809 David, what is it? Did you touch something? Yes. 00:24:30.530 --> 00:24:32.890 Something, I don't know what. Can you get it 00:24:32.890 --> 00:24:41.789 out? Yes, I think so. Good Lord. David! It's 00:24:41.789 --> 00:24:47.869 a cat. A wool cat. Yes. It's so filthy and old, 00:24:48.069 --> 00:24:51.890 but it's still a cat, isn't it? Is it the one 00:24:51.890 --> 00:24:57.309 you lost? Is it? Yes, yes, it's the one. You 00:24:57.309 --> 00:25:12.920 look so strange. You look... Frightened. What 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:16.960 are you doing here? Iris having a picnic all 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.259 by yourself? I just thought I'd lie on the grass 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:23.460 for a while. What are you doing with the daisy? 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:28.299 Loves me, loves me not? Want to finish it off 00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:30.619 for me, Uncle David? Cut off the Uncle David 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:33.960 stuff. I'll finish it for you, then. She loves 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:38.259 me, she loves me not. She loves me, she loves 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:43.440 me not. Too bad, Uncle David, she just doesn't 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:48.359 love you. Who? Your wife, of course. Who else? 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:55.160 Bye now. Iris, wait. Yes? Look, I, uh... I want 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:59.619 to talk to you a minute. Really? Iris, what's 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:02.519 the story with you? You've been here over a week 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.960 and you haven't done anything about... Well, 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:08.259 you know what? This is just a great big picnic 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:11.700 for you, isn't it? What if it is? You think I 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:14.319 want to go back to the creepy home? It's better 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:18.259 here. No uniforms, no 6 a .m. prayers. None of 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:23.319 that junk they call food. Also, I like the company. 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:26.099 I suppose I should say thank you. There's nothing 00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:30.400 you can say. I don't know already. I'm psychic, 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:34.920 remember? What about that, Iris? Is it just some 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:38.940 kind of trick? You can tell me. I'll show you 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:42.680 if it's a trick. Want me to tell you all about 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:46.259 yourself? All right, go ahead. Okay. Your wife 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:49.759 hates you. She thinks you're rotten. You weren't 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.700 even married a year when you started running 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:54.079 around with other women. You never went to the 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.940 mill, not more than once or twice a month. That 00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:59.819 was how you ran the business. All you knew how 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:02.900 to do was spend the money. You little brat. You're 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.960 not psychic, you're an eavesdropper. Oh, let 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:08.440 go of my arm. Your room is right next door. You've 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:10.539 been listening. You think I could help hearing 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:15.039 you two arguing? No, I guess you couldn't. I'm... 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:18.420 I'm sorry, Iris. I hope I didn't hurt you. I 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:21.460 know a way you can make it up to me. Like this. 00:27:22.269 --> 00:27:25.670 Oh, hey, now cut that out, will you? Don't you 00:27:25.670 --> 00:27:28.250 want to kiss me? No, you dumb kid. I'm not a 00:27:28.250 --> 00:27:31.349 kid. I'm almost 17. You were 16 three months 00:27:31.349 --> 00:27:35.829 ago. I'm a woman. But you're not even a man. 00:27:42.210 --> 00:27:45.750 David? Yes, Auntie, it's me. Oh, did you call 00:27:45.750 --> 00:27:49.410 for a taxi? A taxi? No, why, should I? Oh, I 00:27:49.410 --> 00:27:51.750 don't know, but Lucas' cab is in the driveway. 00:27:51.950 --> 00:27:54.829 He said he was waiting for you. Lucas? Well, 00:27:54.849 --> 00:27:56.589 I'd better go and see what he wants. Dinner will 00:27:56.589 --> 00:28:04.670 be ready around seven, David. All right, Lucas. 00:28:05.630 --> 00:28:09.089 What are you doing here? I... I had to talk to 00:28:09.089 --> 00:28:12.930 you, Mr. Wheeler. I... wanted you to know how 00:28:12.930 --> 00:28:17.230 it went. I did what you told me. Exactly like 00:28:17.230 --> 00:28:21.549 I said. I hit her clean. She didn't hurt a bit. 00:28:22.450 --> 00:28:26.250 No blood. All right. I don't want to hear about 00:28:26.250 --> 00:28:30.390 it anymore, Lucas. I'm satisfied. And you should 00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:33.849 be too. You got your money. Now forget about 00:28:33.849 --> 00:28:37.930 it. I picked up Miss Wheeler and I took her out 00:28:37.930 --> 00:28:42.410 in the woods as far as I could. I dug deep, Mr. 00:28:42.410 --> 00:28:47.380 Wheeler. I did a good job. I smoothed it over 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.680 and spread them leaves so that nobody would guess 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:55.660 it was there. Nobody, except... So it's that 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:59.099 girl you're still worried about. I heard awful 00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:02.960 funny things about her, Mr. Wheeler. About her 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:07.039 finding things. Finding that little girl that 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:12.130 fell near Crumpton Lake. Maybe she can... See 00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:15.430 right into your sister's grave Iris Lloyd won't 00:29:15.430 --> 00:29:20.190 find her nobody will but she's Right behind the 00:29:20.190 --> 00:29:25.589 house. Mr. Wheeler She's so close Right in the 00:29:25.589 --> 00:29:28.470 woods. You've got to forget it Lucas like it 00:29:28.470 --> 00:29:31.589 never happened My sister's disappeared and she's 00:29:31.589 --> 00:29:36.089 not coming back as for the girl Don't believe 00:29:36.089 --> 00:29:40.910 what you hear Nobody can see into a grave Lucas 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:51.500 Nobody. Is David Wheeler really as convinced 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:56.400 as he sounds? Or can Lucas detect the doubt in 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:01.119 his voice and the fear in his eyes? We'll learn 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:03.799 more about the girl who found things when we 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:20.640 return shortly with Act III. Now let's return 00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:23.319 to the Wheeler House in the town of Medvale. 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:27.559 A house filled with people waiting for a psychic 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:32.559 revelation from the girl who found things. But 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:36.259 that revelation appears to be very slow in coming. 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:39.799 That girl has been here for how long? Two weeks? 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.000 It seems like two months. And she hasn't done 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:46.059 a thing but enjoy herself. David, what's the 00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:49.039 point of our staying on? You said you had some 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.559 affairs to settle. You don't seem to be conducting 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.980 any business at all. I haven't been in the mood 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:56.920 for business. If you think Iris Lloyd is indulging 00:30:56.920 --> 00:31:00.480 herself, what about you? Shh, be quiet. I told 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:02.799 you that she can hear every nasty little quarrel 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.180 in this room. She's not the only clairvoyant 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:08.700 around here. I can read her mind. She's in love 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:11.380 with you. Of course, there's a minor obstruction 00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:15.400 in her plans. A small matter of your wife. But 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:17.819 then I've never been much of a hindrance to your 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:20.400 romances, have I? I thought you agreed to that 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:25.160 truce. You are a pacifist, David. That's part 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:27.900 of your charm. That's why you came up here in 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:30.500 March, wasn't it? To make peace with Geraldine. 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.099 I came here on business. You came to keep Geraldine 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:35.500 from sending you to prison. That was the business. 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.460 You know nothing about it. I know you were taking 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:40.750 money from the mill. Geraldine knew it too. How 00:31:40.750 --> 00:31:43.089 much time did she give you to make up the losses? 00:31:43.109 --> 00:31:45.089 Oh, right. If you won't let me get some sleep 00:31:45.089 --> 00:31:50.549 here, I'll sleep in the library. David! David, 00:31:51.190 --> 00:31:55.589 is that you? Yes. Yes, Aunt Faith. What are you 00:31:55.589 --> 00:31:58.329 doing up? Oh, I heard a noise. Oh, well, it was 00:31:58.329 --> 00:32:00.910 me, probably. I was just going down to the library 00:32:00.910 --> 00:32:05.029 to find a book to read. No, it wasn't you. David, 00:32:05.710 --> 00:32:11.630 look. What? It's Iris. Yes. in her nightgown. 00:32:11.970 --> 00:32:14.730 What's she doing in the front hall dressed like 00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:19.309 that? David, she's sleepwalking. What? Look at 00:32:19.309 --> 00:32:23.309 her eyes. David, we have to follow her. No, let 00:32:23.309 --> 00:32:25.789 her alone, Addie. You're not supposed to disturb 00:32:25.789 --> 00:32:27.869 a sleepwalker, are you? I've got to follow her. 00:32:28.470 --> 00:32:34.210 All right, I'll come with you. David, she's talking 00:32:34.210 --> 00:32:38.029 to herself. Can you hear her? What did I forget? 00:32:38.849 --> 00:32:43.390 What did I... Did you hear that? Did you hear 00:32:43.390 --> 00:32:45.809 what she said? Yes, but I don't understand it. 00:32:46.089 --> 00:32:50.230 Why doesn't the taxi get here? Why doesn't it 00:32:50.230 --> 00:32:54.809 get here? Taxi? She said something about a taxi, 00:32:55.029 --> 00:32:58.490 David. Yes, yes, I heard her. Oh, we have to 00:32:58.490 --> 00:33:04.230 be going to the station. I'm so nervous. I'm 00:33:04.230 --> 00:33:08.750 always so nervous when I go on a trip. Please 00:33:08.750 --> 00:33:13.609 get my luggage. My luggage. Oh dear God David. 00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:16.789 She's in a trance She's talking the way. Oh, 00:33:16.789 --> 00:33:23.190 what did I forget? gas electricity telephone 00:33:23.190 --> 00:34:06.599 The fireplace is the fireplace coal No! Iris! 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:10.699 Don't! Please, put it down! Iris, wake up! Don't! 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:15.739 Ah! Ah! Oh, David, what have you done? You're 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:17.760 not supposed to wake a sleepwalker. Everybody 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:20.840 knows that. Let me go! Help somebody! Stop it! 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:24.199 Iris! Iris, it's only me, Iris! He's trying to 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:27.699 kill me! He wants to kill me! Ah! Ah! Oh, no, 00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:30.179 no, no, darling, it's all right. It's only us. 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:33.300 Wake up, I said, wake up! Oh, you poor child, 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:37.250 you poor baby. Oh, David, that was a cruel thing 00:34:37.250 --> 00:34:40.969 to do. Oh, and Faith. Yes, I'm here, I'm here. 00:34:41.449 --> 00:34:45.389 Oh, are you all right? Oh, yes. Yes, I'm all 00:34:45.389 --> 00:34:49.250 right now. I was so frightened for you, dear. 00:34:49.409 --> 00:34:56.010 Yes, but I'm all right. I think... I... I think 00:34:56.010 --> 00:34:59.750 that I'm ready. Ready? What do you mean, dear? 00:35:00.469 --> 00:35:06.550 I think... I can do it now. I think I might be 00:35:06.550 --> 00:35:10.030 able to tell you. You mean... You mean where 00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:15.269 Geraldine is? Yes. I think I can. David, we've 00:35:15.269 --> 00:35:17.630 got to call Lieutenant Reese. Reese? At this 00:35:17.630 --> 00:35:19.889 hour? I told him I would call him whenever Iris 00:35:19.889 --> 00:35:21.929 thought she knew something. I promised him I'd 00:35:21.929 --> 00:35:23.969 call. But it's almost midnight, Andy. He'll come. 00:35:23.989 --> 00:35:26.469 I know he will. I'll telephone him myself. You 00:35:26.469 --> 00:35:29.230 take Iris to her room. Yes, yes, all right. Come 00:35:29.230 --> 00:35:42.989 on, Iris. Yes, Uncle David. Well, Uncle David, 00:35:43.570 --> 00:35:46.670 are you scared? What are you talking about? You 00:35:46.670 --> 00:35:50.650 look scared. Scared of me? Shut up. I thought 00:35:50.650 --> 00:35:53.349 you would be. The minute you heard that I was 00:35:53.349 --> 00:35:56.530 ready... I'm sending you back. Iris, you're a 00:35:56.530 --> 00:35:59.329 fake. Even your sleepwalking act was a fake. 00:35:59.670 --> 00:36:03.650 Oh, David, David. You're so cute. You really 00:36:03.650 --> 00:36:08.190 are. But you know what? I don't have to be ready. 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:11.519 I don't have to do anything at all when that 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:15.239 policeman gets here. Not if you don't want me 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:18.039 to. You... you don't know what you're talking 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:22.639 about? You better kiss me now, David. You better 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:29.679 kiss me. And make it really good. All right. 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:39.849 All right, if that's what you want. David! I 00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:41.730 don't want you in my room! Rowena. You were right 00:36:41.730 --> 00:36:44.090 about the walls between these rooms, David. You 00:36:44.090 --> 00:36:46.570 can hear every little thing. I hate you! David 00:36:46.570 --> 00:36:48.809 hates you too! Tell her, David, why don't you 00:36:48.809 --> 00:36:52.090 tell her? Yes. Why don't you, David? It's the 00:36:52.090 --> 00:36:55.190 only thing you haven't done so far. David! Yes, 00:36:55.309 --> 00:36:57.530 Aunt Faith? I just spoke to Lieutenant Reese. 00:36:57.869 --> 00:37:01.570 He says he's on his way. What for? You are ready, 00:37:01.730 --> 00:37:04.230 Iris, aren't you? You're ready to tell us where 00:37:04.230 --> 00:37:07.969 Geraldine is. Yes. I'm ready to tell you, Aunt 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:17.690 Faith. More than ready. Are you sure she's all 00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:20.670 right, Mrs. Demarest? She looks awfully pale 00:37:20.670 --> 00:37:25.090 to me. Iris always looks that way when she enters 00:37:25.090 --> 00:37:28.389 the trance. It's a fraud, Lieutenant. The whole 00:37:28.389 --> 00:37:31.550 thing is a fraud. You mustn't be taken in. Well, 00:37:31.550 --> 00:37:34.889 I'm just trying to keep an open mind, Mr. Wheeler. 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:41.440 It's starting. I think she's going to say something. 00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:46.139 Iris, look, you've got to stop this. That girl 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.500 is working herself into some kind of fit. It's 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:51.739 all her own doing, isn't it? Well, maybe Mr. 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.239 Wheeler's right. The girl might do herself some 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.420 harm. No, no, you must wait. Listen, listen. 00:38:00.170 --> 00:38:03.690 Aunt Faith, I'm here. I'm here, Aunt Faith. Come 00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:07.190 and find me. Oh, help me, it's so dark. Oh, won't 00:38:07.190 --> 00:38:12.710 somebody help me? It's Geraldine. Oh, dear Lord, 00:38:12.829 --> 00:38:17.610 it's her. Where are you? Oh, Geraldine, my poor 00:38:17.610 --> 00:38:20.750 darling, where are you? Oh, help me, help me. 00:38:21.010 --> 00:38:25.389 It's so dark and I'm afraid. Where, Geraldine, 00:38:25.389 --> 00:38:30.170 where? Tell us where you are. Some place far 00:38:30.170 --> 00:38:34.809 away. A place with ships. The sun is shining. 00:38:35.610 --> 00:38:41.070 I saw hills and green trees. There are bells 00:38:41.070 --> 00:38:43.849 ringing in the street. She's out of her head 00:38:43.849 --> 00:38:49.250 completely. A place with ships. Bells ringing 00:38:49.250 --> 00:38:53.789 in the street. I see water. A bridge. Trolley 00:38:53.789 --> 00:38:58.730 cars in the street. Going up and down the hill 00:38:58.730 --> 00:39:02.210 San Francisco. I'm sure she means San Francisco. 00:39:02.750 --> 00:39:08.849 Yes, it sounds like it Iris Do you mean San Francisco? 00:39:09.610 --> 00:39:14.909 Is that where Geraldine is? Yes Yes That's where 00:39:14.909 --> 00:39:20.070 she is Well, who knows it's as good a guess as 00:39:20.070 --> 00:39:24.059 I've heard Has Miss Wheeler ever been in San 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:27.320 Francisco before? Never. Why would she go there, 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:31.719 David? I really wouldn't know. But if that's 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:35.119 where Iris says she is, I guess the spirits know 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:38.500 what they're talking about. She's waking up. 00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:42.820 I want to go home. Oh, please, somebody take 00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:56.429 me home. To Sister Clotilde. Well, your idea 00:39:56.429 --> 00:39:59.550 was a huge success, Auntie. But I can't say that 00:39:59.550 --> 00:40:02.190 I'm not glad to see little Iris back where she 00:40:02.190 --> 00:40:06.309 belongs. Yes, the poor child. It's the only home 00:40:06.309 --> 00:40:10.349 she knows. Now all the police have to do is find 00:40:10.349 --> 00:40:12.829 Geraldine in San Francisco, if she hasn't taken 00:40:12.829 --> 00:40:16.489 a boat to South America by now. I just don't 00:40:16.489 --> 00:40:19.429 understand it. It's not like Geraldine to run 00:40:19.429 --> 00:40:22.429 away without a word. Well, here we are, home 00:40:22.429 --> 00:40:27.849 again. Aren't you coming in, David? Oh, not just 00:40:27.849 --> 00:40:30.250 yet. I thought I'd go into town and pick up some 00:40:30.250 --> 00:40:34.449 champagne. I thought we'd celebrate a bit tonight. 00:40:40.849 --> 00:40:43.309 Well, hello, Lucas. How's the taxi business, 00:40:43.550 --> 00:40:49.090 huh? Could be better. You got any news for me, 00:40:49.210 --> 00:40:52.670 Mr. Wheeler? Oh, yes, Lucas. I've got good news. 00:40:53.289 --> 00:40:57.019 It's all over. Iris Lloyd is back at the Medvale 00:40:57.019 --> 00:41:02.739 School for Girls. Then she didn't know. She couldn't 00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:07.260 find out where that woman was. She didn't know, 00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:13.679 Lucas, just as I promised. I did the right thing. 00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:17.440 I know it was the right thing, Mr. Weary, but 00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:21.400 I didn't want to tell you. Right thing? What 00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:24.239 do you mean? Well, I figured that girl could 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:26.739 tell if the body was buried right outside the 00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:29.619 house, but she'd never find it if it was someplace 00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:33.340 else, someplace far away. Lucas, what are you 00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:36.460 talking about? I went out into the woods last 00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:42.059 week and dug up that woman's body. I put it in 00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:45.199 that trunk of hers, Mr. Wheeler, and I sent it 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:49.679 by train far away as a good. Too far away for 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:54.900 that girl. Yes, sir Excuse me. Mr. Wheeler. What? 00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:58.699 Oh Lieutenant Reese, I wonder if we could have 00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:03.079 a talk. Mr. Wheeler about what? We've received 00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:06.699 a telegram from the West Coast the police out 00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:08.800 there didn't have any luck tracing your sister, 00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:13.579 but they Did have a report on a steamer trunk 00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:17.559 a trunk. It was an unclaimed baggage at the Southern 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:21.920 Pacific Depot It was shipped from Medvale only 00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:28.059 last week, and, well, it had Miss Wheeler's initials 00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:35.639 on it. No, it had more than that. So, can we 00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:47.260 go somewhere and talk about San Francisco? Iris 00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:50.599 Lloyd is back in her own bed tonight, and her 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:55.360 dreams will probably be peaceful. But David Wheeler 00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:58.400 is in for a nightmare that may last him for the 00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:15.789 rest of his life. I'll be back shortly. Do you 00:43:15.789 --> 00:43:20.230 think you have clairvoyant powers? Have you ever 00:43:20.230 --> 00:43:23.409 had the experience of finding something that 00:43:23.409 --> 00:43:27.550 everyone else thought was lost? Actually, you've 00:43:27.550 --> 00:43:31.929 done exactly that. You found the magical world 00:43:31.929 --> 00:43:35.449 of radio drama. And now that you've made this 00:43:35.449 --> 00:43:38.949 find, we hope you'll come back for more suspenseful 00:43:38.949 --> 00:43:43.170 dramas to play inside the theater of your mind. 00:43:44.489 --> 00:43:48.090 Our cast included Norman Rose, Brina Rayburn, 00:43:48.730 --> 00:43:52.329 Robert Dryden, Martha Greenhouse, Barbara Caruso, 00:43:53.130 --> 00:43:56.210 and Anne Costello. The entire production was 00:43:56.210 --> 00:44:00.889 under the direction of Hyman Brown. This is E. 00:44:01.030 --> 00:44:03.650 G. Marshall inviting you to return to our Mystery 00:44:03.650 --> 00:44:07.130 Theatre for another adventure in the macabre. 00:44:07.590 --> 00:44:11.110 Until next time, pleasant dreams.