WEBVTT 00:00:19.309 --> 00:00:27.629 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:27.629 --> 00:00:31.870 to the sound of suspense. Welcome to the fear 00:00:31.870 --> 00:00:37.070 you can hear. Even before Phoenicians first sailed 00:00:37.070 --> 00:00:39.850 out of the Mediterranean and opened up the seven 00:00:39.850 --> 00:00:43.530 seas to mankind, the rolling waters of the world 00:00:43.530 --> 00:00:46.609 have boiled from their depths some of the greatest 00:00:46.609 --> 00:00:51.320 stories of adventure, romance, and mystery. And 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.240 of all the stories dredged up from old Davy Jones 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:59.100 locker, I think my favorite is the strange and 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:02.640 seemingly insoluble puzzle of what happened to 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:08.859 the Annabella. How best to start the story. Oh, 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:12.560 yes, of course, why not? Let's read from the 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:15.939 log of the ship that found the Annabella, becalmed 00:01:15.939 --> 00:01:24.920 in the doldrums. August 7th, 1865. Log of the 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:29.700 Penguin, Captain Brisket commanding. No wind 00:01:29.700 --> 00:01:32.819 again this day as we drive through the dough 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:37.579 rooms, moving by paddle and steam to find becalmed 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:42.340 a merchant man named Annabella. No answer to 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:46.140 repeated hails. Sent Mr. Bascom to board her. 00:01:46.900 --> 00:01:51.420 His report as follows. Not a living soul aboard. 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:56.299 The boats still snug in the davits. The captain's 00:01:56.299 --> 00:02:01.040 table freshly set for six. The crew's meal warm 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:06.659 in the galley. All ship -shaped. The log records 00:02:06.659 --> 00:02:10.319 an uneventful voyage with no clue as to why she 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.759 should have been deserted. Not a living soul 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:19.060 aboard. Not even a rat. What can be the answer 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:22.460 to the mystery of this ill -fated ship? I cannot 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:36.379 even guess. I fear no one will ever know. Our 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:40.240 mystery drama, Sea Fever, was written especially 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.580 for the mystery theater by Ian Martin and stars 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:48.819 George Matthews and Brett Morrison. I'll be back 00:02:48.819 --> 00:03:03.860 shortly with Act One. The Annabella set sail 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:07.280 from Charlestown Harbor on the 13th day of July, 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:13.740 1865. Her captain was Josiah Adams, a huge and 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:17.909 forbidding giant of a man. The rest on board 00:03:17.909 --> 00:03:20.469 were as choice a crew of cutthroats, thieves, 00:03:20.650 --> 00:03:23.050 and murderers as you could set between bulkheads. 00:03:23.889 --> 00:03:28.069 There was one woman aboard, and 19 men, including 00:03:28.069 --> 00:03:31.590 the cook and two passengers. And the mood of 00:03:31.590 --> 00:03:36.069 all of them was ugly. In the forecastle, the bosom 00:03:36.069 --> 00:03:41.050 led to grumbling. I tell you, Briggs, I saw them. 00:03:41.389 --> 00:03:43.879 Six of them. Running down the after -horser like 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:46.400 old Nick was after him. Six of them breaks. I 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.939 don't like it. When the rats leave the ship, 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.639 it's a nasty sign. I don't like much about this 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.740 ship. Seven men on the crew shanghaied, no cargo 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:57.080 aboard, and sailing on the 13th. Still, the bay 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.500 is good. When we get it. If we get it. Now you 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:02.939 don't think we're the owner of board? No, no, 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:06.120 no, it ain't Mr. Ames that worries me. It's Captain 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.280 Josiah Adams. Huh? Not much gives me a turn, 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.780 but he does. I'm big. But he'd make twice of 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:16.379 me. More like an ape than a man. Strong as one 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:21.319 anyway. More like a bull. As you might say, if 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.720 the liquor has a lot of his vitals, he's got 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.360 a scowl on him like the colic was at him. Colic? 00:04:29.779 --> 00:04:32.459 There's no colic that's eaten him. Have you ever 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:36.139 seen him without his cap? How often does a folksill 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:40.060 hand see a cap and bareheaded? What do you mean? 00:04:40.430 --> 00:04:43.209 This is when I piped Mr. Ames aboard. I went 00:04:43.209 --> 00:04:45.089 to his cabin to tell him the owner was on ship. 00:04:45.529 --> 00:04:48.269 He opened the door and I saw him. His head, bald 00:04:48.269 --> 00:04:50.910 as a white turd up, and his scalp as chewed up 00:04:50.910 --> 00:04:54.449 as the riptide off Chatham light. Who gets you? 00:04:55.170 --> 00:04:58.110 They say he lost his last ship in Hudson Bay. 00:04:58.850 --> 00:05:00.870 He was washed ashore and found his way back to 00:05:00.870 --> 00:05:03.470 the state's overland. The Indians caught him 00:05:03.470 --> 00:05:09.310 and... You mean... I... Scalped him. And he'll 00:05:09.310 --> 00:05:14.250 live. You see? So that explains his sour face. 00:05:15.790 --> 00:05:19.430 He mightn't be a bad master at that. I wouldn't 00:05:19.430 --> 00:05:22.610 count on it. I think his heart is as black as 00:05:22.610 --> 00:05:27.689 his skull is white. Don't forget the rats. There's 00:05:27.689 --> 00:05:30.269 four bells. You're tricking the wheel. Best not 00:05:30.269 --> 00:05:34.230 keep Mr. Peabody waiting. Come on. What more 00:05:34.230 --> 00:05:36.810 do you know? Watch out for the captain himself. 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:41.420 I think you're full of wind. I'd best get to 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:43.439 the helm. You're afraid to ask the captain, Briggs. 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.339 Why don't you ask the mate? Just this way. Tell 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:48.839 me, Mr. Peabody, where are we sailing with no 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.579 cargo? Why did we have to shank high half a crew? 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:55.759 Take a right there, Briggs. You're late. Four 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:59.300 bills sounded and gone. Stand to the wheel. Aye, 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:06.769 aye, sir, Mr. Peabody. Mr. Peabody, sir. It's 00:06:06.769 --> 00:06:10.649 like I I was wondering to myself as it might 00:06:10.649 --> 00:06:16.290 be Where are we headed for sir? Africa The Gold 00:06:16.290 --> 00:06:18.910 Coast I knew it. I knew it in my bones. You knew 00:06:18.910 --> 00:06:21.990 it? Why did you ask? It's black burden. That's 00:06:21.990 --> 00:06:25.149 what it is. Slave trade ain't it? The slave trade 00:06:25.149 --> 00:06:28.670 is stiffed I believe Briggs. In America legally 00:06:28.670 --> 00:06:33.550 But not in Brazil. They still paid fancy prices 00:06:33.550 --> 00:06:37.490 in Brazil That's what it is. I'm not alone. And 00:06:37.490 --> 00:06:41.550 if it is, would you object? Me? Well, if the 00:06:41.550 --> 00:06:45.569 pay is high enough. One question, sir? Any further 00:06:45.569 --> 00:06:47.930 questions or answers, you'll have to get from 00:06:47.930 --> 00:06:52.509 the captain. Mr. Ames or his fellow passenger, 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:59.069 Mr. Rogers. After you've stood your watch. They're 00:06:59.069 --> 00:07:02.170 in the cabin, if you'd care to risk it. Aye, 00:07:02.350 --> 00:07:10.449 sir. So it's black burning, eh? Just what Christophson 00:07:10.449 --> 00:07:23.290 guessed. Wine, Rogers. Sherry from Spain. Sharpens 00:07:23.290 --> 00:07:25.949 the appetite before dinner. Something will have 00:07:25.949 --> 00:07:28.949 to whet mine. This miserable tub rose like a 00:07:28.949 --> 00:07:33.180 horse in mud. Well, you'll soon get your sea 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:35.519 legs. A small need of them I'll have where I'm 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.540 going. You'll need them to get there. To the 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:43.920 Gold Coast, Mr. Rogers. Uh -huh. The Gold Coast. 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:47.120 Heat and dust and flies and traffic and human 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.339 bodies. Slave predator Rogers. A fine job for 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:54.879 a fine gentleman. Would you prefer a prison cell? 00:07:54.939 --> 00:07:57.920 The past is dead. I stole from you and was caught. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:01.120 You let me choose whether to rot in jail in poverty 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.560 or in Africa in luxury. I chose the second. Now, 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.680 in heaven's name, let's forget the first. Gladly. 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:13.379 More wine. As much as you desire. There is no 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:16.920 lack of it. More than enough for the voyage. 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.779 If the captain doesn't drink it. Captain Adams 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:23.899 prefers a lustier brew. He must be the biggest 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:27.620 man I've ever seen. And that head... I, uh... 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.759 I wouldn't refer to it in front of him. He's 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.519 tender about that skelped pit. Oh, I wouldn't 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:37.659 blame him. How he ever survived. A tribute to 00:08:37.659 --> 00:08:42.100 his magnificent constitution. The man is all 00:08:42.100 --> 00:08:48.419 steel. Not all. What? Well, he has at least one 00:08:48.419 --> 00:08:54.330 soft spot. Oh, oh, if you... You mean his wife? 00:08:54.590 --> 00:08:56.870 Well, you know the old legend is that it's bad 00:08:56.870 --> 00:09:00.909 luck to have a woman aboard. A woman aboard? 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:05.649 Are you trying to tell me that Mistress Adams 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:10.090 is aboard this ship? Why, of course. I thought 00:09:10.090 --> 00:09:14.509 you knew. This is no place for a woman. Damn 00:09:14.509 --> 00:09:16.990 it, Rogers, I won't have it. The woman must be 00:09:16.990 --> 00:09:20.230 put ashore. I want to talk to the captain immediately. 00:09:20.350 --> 00:09:22.309 If you want the captain, you'll find him on the 00:09:22.309 --> 00:09:26.200 bridge. How do you know? Ah, my reputation as 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.340 a ladies man, Mr. Akes, remember? I make it a 00:09:29.340 --> 00:09:33.399 point to determine first when the lady is available. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:38.200 You'd better be joking, Rogers. I wouldn't give 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:40.759 that for your life if Captain Adams discovered 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:49.639 you toying with his wife. Wind's crashing in, 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.470 Captain. That's God's worry, and mine seeming 00:09:53.470 --> 00:09:56.549 not yours. Hold it to the point. Aye, aye, sir. 00:09:57.169 --> 00:10:00.309 Captain Adams. What is it, Mr. Ames? A word with 00:10:00.309 --> 00:10:05.570 you, sir? No. What? You heard me, and get off 00:10:05.570 --> 00:10:09.100 my bridge. No one sits foot behind the wheel 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:12.320 except that my orders are invitation. Give me 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:14.700 a sir, I take on bridge at your latitude. Take 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:18.600 what you will. My only concern when I'm on this 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:21.799 bridge is the sailing of this ship. Now will 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.740 you take yourself off it? I'll meet you after 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:27.639 the watch. Six bells in the saloon and you can 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.779 have your word with me. I'm afraid that's not 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:32.379 good enough, Captain. You forget... Order enough 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:35.759 or not, it will have to serve. Now will you go 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:39.019 below, or do I have to throw you off bodily? 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.480 What time is dinner cook? All captains have six 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.139 bells for you and Mr. Rogers and the mates. He 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:55.399 and his lady will eat later. Well, they don't 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:59.179 join us? No, sir. Really? Neither one? No, sir. 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.500 Curiouser and curiouser. Why is this lady so 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:05.100 afraid for us to meet her? I couldn't care less. 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.860 She won't be with us long enough to trouble about 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:10.820 it. Well, still it's intriguing. Whitey, you've 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:13.059 shipped with a captain before. Is it always like 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:17.679 this when his wife is aboard? Mistress Annabella 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:22.120 has never sailed with the captain. Ah, till this 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.720 time. And this time will be a short voyage. Tell 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:27.779 me, Whitey, what does the lady look like? Is 00:11:27.779 --> 00:11:33.649 she fair? Dark? Fighting. You talk too much. 00:11:34.090 --> 00:11:37.409 This is the last time I warn you. Now, hustle 00:11:37.409 --> 00:11:40.129 those old bones of yours to the galley and tend 00:11:40.129 --> 00:11:46.409 to your own affairs. You want to know what my 00:11:46.409 --> 00:11:50.950 wife looks like, Mr. Rogers? Oh, a natural curiosity, 00:11:51.169 --> 00:11:55.330 surely? Then let me satisfy it. Once and for 00:11:55.330 --> 00:11:59.470 all, Annabella is as lovely as I am ugly. Ah. 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.740 And we are not to meet the lady? No, we dine 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:09.320 alone. Tonight and always. One further word to 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:13.399 you, Mr. Rogers. My wife is on board this voyage 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.980 because I've decided that I will never go anywhere 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:19.799 without her. Nor will she go anywhere without 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:24.399 me. We cling to ourselves, Mr. Rogers, and need 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.340 no other companionship. I want you to understand 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:31.100 this very clearly. You need have no fears for 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:34.480 your wife's privacy. For by tomorrow I want her 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.879 off the ship. What? I'm ordering you to turn 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.480 about. You could have saved time and trouble 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:41.440 had you let me tell you earlier on the bridge. 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:45.460 Turn about for where? Back to port. I don't want 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:50.220 your wife on board. This voyage has begun. The 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:54.350 course is set and it will not. May I remind you, 00:12:54.490 --> 00:12:57.889 Captain, that this is my ship? This is my ship, 00:12:58.049 --> 00:13:03.830 Mr. Ames. My ship. From port to port. Your ship 00:13:03.830 --> 00:13:08.669 in the harbor, mine on the sea. My ship. Here 00:13:08.669 --> 00:13:12.350 I give the orders. Here I expect to be obeyed. 00:13:12.409 --> 00:13:14.549 In the name of all that's reasonable, man, in 00:13:14.549 --> 00:13:16.730 view of our business, can't you see this is no 00:13:16.730 --> 00:13:19.330 place for a woman? There's only one place for 00:13:19.330 --> 00:13:22.820 Annabella. My wife remains at my side. But on 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:27.059 a slave ship. By my side, do you hear? By my 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:32.000 side. Now we'll hear no more of this. For by 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:35.399 the living God, owner or not, I'll clap you in 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:42.720 irons. So began the voyage of the Annabella. 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:47.299 Distrust and fear below and tweendecks. With 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:50.279 bad luck... hoving in the shrouds like a storm 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:54.679 gathering. Her bow cut the water with good speed, 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:58.879 but it was towards the wake the crew's eyes turned. 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:03.899 For the legend is that Davy Jones swims the wake 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:07.279 of any vessel marked for his locker on the bottom 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.320 of the sea. I'll return shortly with Act Two. 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:25.440 For the first week, the Annabella sailed south 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.019 east by south, beating down towards the tropics. 00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:33.720 The crew still rumbled, and Rogers strove to 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.820 drown the irresistible temptation to try and 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:39.899 catch a glimpse of the captain's wife by drinking 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:45.000 steadily. Two things served to deter him. The 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.340 captain's wary vigilance and his fear of the 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:51.529 sheer brute strength of the man. But once the 00:14:51.529 --> 00:14:55.070 ship veered due east and the mounting seas demanded 00:14:55.070 --> 00:14:57.809 more and more of the captain's time on deck, 00:14:58.590 --> 00:15:10.309 Roger's courage and desire began to grow. Well, 00:15:10.570 --> 00:15:13.970 it's time to turn in. Really? What time is that? 00:15:14.549 --> 00:15:17.570 Oh, eight bells. I'd take a turn on deck if the 00:15:17.570 --> 00:15:23.320 sun wasn't down. Step. I'm from my bunk in a 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.480 book. And you? Oh, the only book I care to open 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.799 is the closed one that lies astern of us. Ah, 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.960 if you're wise, you'll steer clear of both the 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:36.259 Captain and his wife. And that Spanish sherry, 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:40.480 it's stronger than it seems. Good night, Rogers. 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:45.259 Good night, Mr. Ames. Oh, good evening, Captain. 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:48.419 Off to the bridge. Ah, it's making up some dirty 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:53.019 weather out. I won't sleep much this night. Patten 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:58.240 down tight, Mr. Ames. We may be taking some seas. 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:03.480 Are you now for bed, Rogers? No, Captain. I've 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.440 not quite finished the bottle. I'd take it with 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:10.100 me to my bunk if I were you. You'll be safer 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:13.559 on your back when the swells begin to lift. Aye, 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.340 aye, Captain. But you'll bring us through safe 00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:19.529 and sound, won't you? I won't leave the bridge 00:16:19.529 --> 00:16:24.409 till I know all's secure. I want you to sleep 00:16:24.409 --> 00:16:32.750 sound this night, Rogers. Who man's the wheel, 00:16:32.970 --> 00:16:37.129 Mr. Peabody? Hedgeot, sir. Soundest hand we have. 00:16:37.389 --> 00:16:39.909 And the second mate man's the bridge? Aye, aye, 00:16:39.909 --> 00:16:42.610 sir. Good enough. Follow me after. Right, sir. 00:16:43.330 --> 00:16:49.490 Here. Help me to move this hatch. Here! That's 00:16:49.490 --> 00:16:52.669 well enough. Now batten down tight when I've 00:16:52.669 --> 00:16:58.490 dropped through. Make sure she's watertight. 00:16:58.789 --> 00:17:20.660 Aye, aye, sir. I intended you to think so, Annabella. 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:25.019 Disappointed to find me back so soon? Disappointed? 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:29.500 No. But how did you come back? Through the stern 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:33.779 hatch. But why? I had my reasons. You're sure 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:37.259 you're not disappointed that I returned? No, 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.339 dear. You don't find it lonely shut in here in 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:46.160 the cabin? Well, sometimes. I'd like to go on 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:49.259 deck and feel the fresh salt breeze on my face 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:54.460 and meet the crew or the passengers perhaps perhaps 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:57.819 at least the passengers the owner of the ship 00:17:57.819 --> 00:18:02.539 and Mr. Rogers isn't it you know his name whose 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:05.700 name Rogers you said it just now. How did you 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:09.619 know his name? You've mentioned it to me yourself 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:14.200 Josiah. How else would I know and And you love 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:17.900 me, don't you? Of course, Josiah. And you'll 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:22.859 never leave me? Never. Oh, forgive me, please, 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.759 my dearest. You mustn't mind my jealousy. At 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:31.500 Rogers, I see that look in his eyes. A hunger. 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:36.619 A burning hunger for the sight of a woman and 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:40.799 the feel of her body beneath his hands. Annabella, 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.119 you knew his name. You've been deceiving never 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.839 even seen the man. How can you accuse me of ever 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:55.359 forgetting? I'm your wife Someone's coming to 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:59.720 the cabin. Who is it? I don't know. Who is it? 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.140 Just what's in your mind? Whoever is I swear? 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:14.410 Go in the inner cabin do as I say Mistress Adams, 00:19:15.130 --> 00:19:19.950 are you alone? Come, come, I know you are. I 00:19:19.950 --> 00:19:22.150 saw the captain off to the bridge for the night. 00:19:23.450 --> 00:19:26.569 Would you allow me to introduce myself? Thomas 00:19:26.569 --> 00:19:32.289 Rogers, gentlemen, at your service. Can I persuade 00:19:32.289 --> 00:19:35.809 you to share tonight's vigil and join me in a 00:19:35.809 --> 00:19:40.869 glass of sherry? Oh, how kind of you. The sight 00:19:40.869 --> 00:19:46.130 of a pretty face. A pretty face, Rogers? C -Captain 00:19:46.130 --> 00:19:49.369 Adams! Mine was not the face you expected to 00:19:49.369 --> 00:19:51.369 see. Oh, you see, I... I thought you'd gone to 00:19:51.369 --> 00:19:53.769 the bridge. So you did. Won't you come in? Well, 00:19:53.769 --> 00:19:59.069 I think I... I said come in! You wanted to meet 00:19:59.069 --> 00:20:01.650 my wife, didn't you? Well, yes, I... I must... 00:20:01.650 --> 00:20:04.750 But not with me present, right? Believe me, Captain, 00:20:04.750 --> 00:20:07.650 you... you do misunderstand! Oh, no, Rogers. 00:20:07.950 --> 00:20:12.650 The misunderstanding is all yours. Your first 00:20:12.650 --> 00:20:17.009 sea void, you said. You should have said your 00:20:17.009 --> 00:20:19.930 last! No! No! In the neighbor! In the neighbor! 00:20:20.309 --> 00:20:26.470 My wife! Do you hear me? Mine and no one shall 00:20:26.470 --> 00:20:30.569 touch her but me! No one will take her from me! 00:20:31.789 --> 00:20:44.720 No one! Josiah? What happened? I heard... Snapped 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.339 his neck like a chicken, but I wanted him to 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:52.140 suffer. How could you? He was nothing to me. 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:56.119 No one shall have you but me. Josiah, aren't 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.680 you afraid? Afraid? The owner, the crew, everybody 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:02.440 on board. When they find out... They will find 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:06.240 out. No one knows he's here. He'd make very sure 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:09.859 of that. His body will go out the stern window 00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:13.579 and into the sea. Men are falling overboard on 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:16.700 a rough night like this, especially drunken men. 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.220 No one will know what happened to him except 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:29.740 you and me. Trimmer a little, Briggs. You're 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:33.960 losing wind. Bring a nose up, man. God, what 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:38.240 a clumsy fool. Here, let me have the wheel. Go 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:42.240 on, sir. Your eyes, you've lost way on her. Sorry, 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:44.500 Captain, but the wind just bearded a couple of 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:48.000 points. Sailor should smell a wind chain. Yes, 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.359 but I wanted... Save your excuses. You think 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.640 you can hold her on this tack? Just try me, Captain, 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:57.859 sir. Here then, but keep her running, all right? 00:21:57.859 --> 00:22:01.079 Captain Adams? Yes, Mr. Ames? I've a verve at 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:04.099 you below. I can't leave the bridge. Have I your 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:13.400 permission to join you? If you insist. I thought 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.220 you were below. Are you in my cabin? Well, I 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.359 knocked at the door. There was no answer. Were 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.960 you inside? Of course not. It's not my custom 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:25.619 to invade the privacy of others. My wife is resting, 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:29.140 I... I didn't want her disturbed. What is it 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:32.259 you want? Can we get out of this cursed wind? 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:36.339 I don't want to leave the wheel. This fool handles 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:39.140 it like a land lover. You can trust me, Captain. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:44.440 I wonder. Come after the taff rail, Mr. Ames. 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.880 Leave the way, Captain. Over here on the lee 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:49.940 side. You'll find the breeze a little more to 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:55.980 your liking. You know, I've been concerned since 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:59.220 Mr. Rogers' mysterious disappearance last night. 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:03.640 Mysterious? A drunken sot who never found his 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.779 sea legs? I warned him to steer clear of the 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:10.069 deck. We did every mortal thing we could to find 00:23:10.069 --> 00:23:13.630 this. Yes, I know, I know. But without him now 00:23:13.630 --> 00:23:16.789 to leave as my agent on the Gold Coast, I... 00:23:16.789 --> 00:23:21.829 Go on. Well, it's due shit awkward. Without someone 00:23:21.829 --> 00:23:24.529 to recruit the next batch after we leave, there's 00:23:24.529 --> 00:23:28.410 little point in continuing on. So, you think 00:23:28.410 --> 00:23:33.269 we should put back for America? All the, uh, 00:23:33.430 --> 00:23:35.859 nearest... port where I can pick up a suitable 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:39.700 man for replacement. And perhaps put my wife 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:46.640 ashore. Since you mention it, I don't trust women 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:51.859 too much in a business like this. They talk too 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:55.519 much. Just drop her at whatever port we touch. 00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:59.859 I shall be glad to make sure she's suitably settled, 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:04.670 if you wish it. If I wish it. Do you take me 00:24:04.670 --> 00:24:11.430 to be mad, Mr. Ames? Mad? Well, believe me, sir, 00:24:11.430 --> 00:24:14.529 nothing... Don't you think I see through your 00:24:14.529 --> 00:24:19.130 childish subterfuge? Leave Annabelle with you 00:24:19.130 --> 00:24:22.190 while I sail off to the ends of the earth? No, 00:24:22.309 --> 00:24:25.630 no, please, I... You, too, trying to steal her 00:24:25.630 --> 00:24:28.930 away from me. But you can't have her any more 00:24:28.930 --> 00:24:32.250 than Rogers could. Captain, you... Your wife 00:24:32.250 --> 00:24:35.730 means nothing to me. I'll make sure she doesn't. 00:24:36.150 --> 00:24:40.470 Just as I made sure with Rogers. And it was you 00:24:40.470 --> 00:24:44.789 who... Yes, I killed him with these two hands. 00:24:45.190 --> 00:24:49.990 And he disappeared. Just as you will. No! No! 00:24:50.369 --> 00:24:57.069 She's mine! Only mine! No one can have her but 00:24:57.069 --> 00:25:13.839 me! into the sea, Ames, like proggers. The sea 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:16.740 can hold her secrets. Are you all right, Captain? 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:19.740 I thought I heard a... Riggs, I told you to mind 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:22.059 that wheel. Well, I put the lash on it, sir. 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:24.160 I thought I heard a cry, and I... You said I 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:27.240 could trust you. Well, you can, sir. But where's 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.299 Mr. Ames? He's left. Why? Well, it was just that 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:37.180 I thought I heard a splash, and... You can trust 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:41.059 me, sir. No, Captain! No! Let go! I wouldn't 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:44.259 trust you with the wheel! No, no, Captain! I 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:55.859 wouldn't trust you with my life! Two more overboard. 00:25:57.019 --> 00:26:00.420 Nineteen men the Annabella sailed with, and now 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:04.420 there were seventeen. Evil men, all of them. 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.720 And Davy Jones swam the wake, waiting for them. 00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:12.740 For the captain, mad with imagined jealousy, 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:16.460 had crossed the line of sanity. His obsession 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:20.160 convinced him that he would know no peace till 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:23.480 everyone on the Annabella was gone, save himself 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:28.059 and his wife. I'll be back shortly with Act 3. 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:42.420 So the squall that blew up so suddenly on the 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:45.180 Annabella proved to be a full -fledged hurricane 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:48.799 that so fully occupied all aboard that there 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:52.359 was no time to question missing men. Indeed, 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:55.259 two other hands were blown out of the rigging 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:58.579 or shaken loose before the Annabella found calm 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:03.259 waters in the eye of the storm. Now again, discontent 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:06.839 grows in the foc'sle. The talk of a haunted ship 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:12.549 resumes. The word mutiny is on everyone's lips. 00:27:15.089 --> 00:27:18.670 Mr. Peabody. Mr. Peabody, sir. Oh, Dinizerelli, 00:27:18.829 --> 00:27:23.609 whitey? No, sir, it's... it's mutiny. What? You 00:27:23.609 --> 00:27:27.069 heard me, sir. Mutiny. And about to break out. 00:27:27.190 --> 00:27:30.650 Oh, whitey. Folks, those grumblings. You know 00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:33.769 it's all talk. They wouldn't dare. Mr. Peabody, 00:27:33.970 --> 00:27:36.630 sir, I've been at sea man and boy for over 60 00:27:36.630 --> 00:27:40.960 years. I know when it's to walk. They say the 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:45.140 ship is cursed. Who, sir? The Bolson, Sir Christophson. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:48.740 He says he saw the rats leave the ship before 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:51.359 we sailed. And for an old wives superstition, 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:53.500 he's ready to mutate. It's a great deal more 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:57.460 than that. There's five men lost already. I'm 00:27:57.460 --> 00:28:00.359 aware of that. Most of all, it's the captain's 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:04.150 wife. Bad luck with a woman aboard, particularly 00:28:04.150 --> 00:28:06.930 one that he keeps it away. Well, do they expect 00:28:06.930 --> 00:28:09.109 the captain to parade his wife in front of common 00:28:09.109 --> 00:28:11.950 seamen? No, sir, but they wonder. Wonder what? 00:28:12.490 --> 00:28:16.289 Some say she's a witch. This is ugly as sin. 00:28:16.990 --> 00:28:21.970 And some say she's sick to the smallpox. Smallpox? 00:28:22.109 --> 00:28:26.190 It's aboard, sir, I'm feared. Now, you do allow 00:28:26.190 --> 00:28:29.789 me. I'd best have a look at it. If he has it, 00:28:29.789 --> 00:28:32.500 he has it. I'll put him in the lazarette so it 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.759 don't spread. The first thing is the mutiny, 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:38.839 sir. That has to be stopped. It has to begin 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:42.640 first. It'll begin unless the captain puts about. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:46.019 You know how much chance there is of that. You 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:49.119 of all people. Yes, I've sailed with that captain 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:53.539 before. I always found him a hard man, but a 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:58.589 fair man. Not this voyage. Something happened 00:28:58.589 --> 00:29:01.029 when he brought his wife aboard. He's not the 00:29:01.029 --> 00:29:06.369 same man. I think the captain means to kill everyone. 00:29:07.430 --> 00:29:11.069 As he did the owner, and Rogers, and Briggs, 00:29:11.609 --> 00:29:14.289 I, and even Paget and Breen. And we're blown 00:29:14.289 --> 00:29:18.509 out of the ricket. Perhaps, uh... Perhaps the 00:29:18.509 --> 00:29:22.450 captain shook them loose by laughing. Why, do 00:29:22.450 --> 00:29:24.450 I think you're the one whose brains are scrambled? 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:27.660 The men were lost overboard. And the two passengers 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.579 and brings... You just fell over, obviously drunk. 00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:34.619 A wife took the other two. Then why is there 00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:39.700 not one mention of any of them being lost in 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:43.980 the ship's log? That's kept in the captain's 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:47.359 hand. How could you know that? It was right in 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:51.099 the minute. Here in the saloon last night, I 00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:54.299 was clearing the table. He left to get fresh 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:59.940 ink, and I looked at it. You can read? In 60 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:02.519 years at sea, you man, there's a lot of time 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:09.319 on his hands. I taught myself long ago. You're... 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:12.660 You're sure of what you're saying? On my oath, 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:18.380 sir. And by God, we'd better turn back. Now! 00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:22.059 And not risk my neck to the hangman's loose by 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:26.349 mutinying. Maybe, maybe if you was to speak to 00:30:26.349 --> 00:30:30.289 that captain's lady, she's the only one to influence 00:30:30.289 --> 00:30:35.170 him. By damn you're right, Whitey. Look, go hold 00:30:35.170 --> 00:30:37.069 off the crew until I see if the lady will come 00:30:37.069 --> 00:30:47.829 to our help. Aye, aye, Mr. B -Buddy. Mistress 00:30:47.829 --> 00:30:54.079 Adams? Mistress Adams? It is Mr. Peabody, first 00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:59.140 mate under the Captain. Can you hear me? Mr. 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.660 Sardines? I wouldn't disturb you, but the matter's 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:10.980 urgent. Mr. Peabody, may I ask what you are doing? 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:16.799 I... Captain, I wanted to talk to your wife. 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:21.269 My wife is indisposed. She's a poor sailor. These 00:31:21.269 --> 00:31:25.049 last days have worn her out. How dare you disturb 00:31:25.049 --> 00:31:30.690 her? I... I felt the matter urgent. Attend me 00:31:30.690 --> 00:31:33.769 in the saloon, Mr. Peabody. First, let me see 00:31:33.769 --> 00:31:44.990 to my wife. Aye, aye, sir. Fortunately for my 00:31:44.990 --> 00:31:48.970 peace of mind and your welfare, you did not wait, 00:31:49.230 --> 00:31:52.890 Mistress Adams. Now, why did you wish to see 00:31:52.890 --> 00:31:57.130 her? Well, I didn't think you'd be willing to 00:31:57.130 --> 00:31:59.309 bring the ship about and head for Rome. You're 00:31:59.309 --> 00:32:03.930 quite correct. I would not. Feeling sure of that, 00:32:05.009 --> 00:32:07.690 I hope to enlist Mistress Adam's aid and persuade 00:32:07.690 --> 00:32:11.009 you to change your mind. That was the only reason 00:32:11.009 --> 00:32:15.049 you chose to disobey my orders? That no one, 00:32:15.509 --> 00:32:20.180 no one was to approach my wife? What other reasons 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:24.920 why how they're indeed why would you be so anxious 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:29.559 to turn for home mr. Peabody Because otherwise 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:36.140 you face a mutiny captain mutiny I Damn I could 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:39.559 ask for nothing better than to cut down some 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:43.559 of the forward scum I didn't wear my pistols 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:47.099 at all times. I have a knife between my ribs 00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:53.319 before this Mutiny, eh? And if they do, where 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:57.339 do you stand, Mr. Mate? I'm an officer, sir. 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:02.660 But unarmed. We'll remedy that. Fetch the second 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:06.299 mate while I break out the arms. Then we'll muster 00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:09.160 the crew on deck and have this out. Aye, aye, 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:15.599 sir. What about the bosun? The stosun? No. I 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:19.220 won't put firearms in his hands. The three of 00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:26.720 us can stand them off. Turn back! Turn back! 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:31.039 Turn back, rough pack of lily -livered swine! 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:35.000 I'll see us on the bottom first, but I'm now 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:38.380 hot to what I tell you. This voyage can make 00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:42.839 us all rich. No owners split now. The profits 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:47.279 are all ours. Sail on with me to Africa. And 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:50.940 we'll all reap our reward. Why, deep -sixed in 00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:54.500 Davy Jones's locker! Speak for yourself, Mr. 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:58.579 Christophson! For all! For both! This ship is 00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:01.460 cursed! Turn back and we'll make it happen! You, 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.079 question my orders! I'd say to hell with your 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:06.740 orders! Mr. Peabody, sir, you know what's happening 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:09.679 aboard this ship. We'll sail under you! Would 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:13.360 you stand by us, sir? Well, Mr. Peabody, where 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:17.739 do you stand? You see where my pistol is aimed, 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:22.920 Captain? At me? I suspected something like this 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:26.280 when I found you below at my cabin. What would 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:30.519 you do now? I'll ask for your pistol, sir. I'm 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.840 taken over the ship. But I guarantee you safe 00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:36.800 conduct home. And my wife? Your wife too, of 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:41.079 course. And if I refuse? Don't make me pull this 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:44.519 trigger, sir. That's just what I intend to do. 00:34:44.670 --> 00:34:49.590 Don't come any closer! You fool! Do you think 00:34:49.590 --> 00:34:52.889 I'd have handed you a loaded gun knowing what 00:34:52.889 --> 00:35:00.449 was in your mind? Punishment for mutiny is death. 00:35:01.070 --> 00:35:05.150 Well, who's next? Who else wants to go on trial? 00:35:06.369 --> 00:35:11.489 I thought so. We'll smell the wind. The hurricane's 00:35:11.489 --> 00:35:14.849 coming back to the rigging all of you. And reach 00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:17.710 Salem or by heaven? Reach them yourself, old 00:35:17.710 --> 00:35:20.789 bullhead! We've taken our last order from you, 00:35:20.809 --> 00:35:23.550 you murdering devil! Go back to your cabinet 00:35:23.550 --> 00:35:25.710 and tell your wife! I want you, Chris Dawson! 00:35:27.449 --> 00:35:30.730 Captain Josiah, some are armed. You should never 00:35:30.730 --> 00:35:34.630 have started this. Never started it. It's just 00:35:34.630 --> 00:35:38.650 what I want. I want to be rid of you scum. Now 00:35:38.650 --> 00:35:42.889 I have my chance! Turn back to where I will lose 00:35:42.889 --> 00:36:05.010 her! Never! Never! Not a puff of air, Whitey. 00:36:06.030 --> 00:36:09.809 The wake of the storm will lie here, wallowing 00:36:09.809 --> 00:36:13.070 in... The Dole Room's for God knows how long. 00:36:13.289 --> 00:36:16.750 It's as well, sir. There's scarcely enough men 00:36:16.750 --> 00:36:21.170 left to sail the ship. What there is is dog -tired 00:36:21.170 --> 00:36:26.849 enough alive. How many left? Timmons died this 00:36:26.849 --> 00:36:31.869 morning. Four killed in a mutiny. One more lost 00:36:31.869 --> 00:36:36.789 overboard. And Raj, who died in a fall from the 00:36:36.789 --> 00:36:41.449 crow's nest. At least five, sir. Are they counting 00:36:41.449 --> 00:36:45.550 you, Whitey? They're counting me. Five of you 00:36:45.550 --> 00:36:49.309 still between us. We're woeful short -handed, 00:36:49.710 --> 00:36:53.489 sir. Yes. I have a mess cooking for the crew. 00:36:54.369 --> 00:36:58.329 Can I sit him down to eat? Huh? Eat? Oh, yes, 00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:02.789 yes, of course. We must all eat. But first... 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:06.920 Serve all hands a double ration of grog, including 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:11.300 yourself. I'll put a cask of rum out in the saloon. 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:15.280 Oh, I'll, sir. Before you serve the crew, though, 00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:19.000 set the table in the saloon. You are, sir. For 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:24.679 six. For six, Captain? Certainly. The passengers, 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:30.320 the two mates, myself and my wife. Oh, at last, 00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:35.179 my darling. I can bring you to the table as befits 00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:39.780 a captain's wife. For they're all dead. We have 00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:43.699 nothing to fear from them anymore. Only five 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:48.860 left. And they'll be gone soon, Annabella. You 00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:53.559 understand, don't you? It's all to keep you. 00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:58.159 To hold them from taking you from me, beloved. 00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:08.139 To hold you... Forever. Josiah? Anne, what are 00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:11.559 you doing on deck? I'm looking for someone I 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:18.119 once knew. Who? Josiah Adams. You. But I'm here, 00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:23.039 Annabella. Here. If only you were. The Josiah 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:28.260 I knew. I still am. With the blood of all those 00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:31.659 men you killed on your hands. They stood between 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:34.420 us. And the ones that were left, those drinks 00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:38.579 you poisoned, who are dying now. I had to kill 00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:43.340 them so we could be together always. Don't you 00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:47.019 see? That's what's tearing us apart. What were 00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:51.360 any of them worth to deserve to live? Black birders 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:55.789 and thieves, riff raff and murderers. They stand 00:38:55.789 --> 00:39:00.449 between us no longer. Only one thing stands between 00:39:00.449 --> 00:39:06.610 us, Josiah. Why are you too blind to see? No, 00:39:06.730 --> 00:39:11.630 Anne. No, I took you from America with me. We 00:39:11.630 --> 00:39:15.969 can be safe on the other side of the world. I 00:39:15.969 --> 00:39:20.550 can sail the longboat. Just the two of us across 00:39:20.550 --> 00:39:25.460 the seas. We can scuttle the ship. And even if 00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:28.280 she were raised, no one would know her secrets. 00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:32.539 I've kept the log as though the voyage was calm 00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:36.900 and uneventful. Let them find the ship. We'll 00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:42.159 be gone. Tonight, at last, you can dine at the 00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:46.039 captain's table, as you always should have. And 00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:51.980 then we'll sail away. No, Josiah. Search your 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:57.219 heart. And you know it can never be. It's all 00:39:57.219 --> 00:40:07.400 a dream. It's all a dream. Never. Never. Never. 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:14.320 Anna! Speak to me! Answer me! Call for her, Captain! 00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:20.920 Call for her! Lady! Don't be afraid. I'm still 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:24.710 alive. But not for long. I thought you were... 00:40:24.710 --> 00:40:30.750 A ghost. No. Only one ghost sailed with this 00:40:30.750 --> 00:40:34.329 ship. Christ. You can't scare me anymore, Captain. 00:40:35.429 --> 00:40:39.710 I'm dying. But your wife... What about my wife? 00:40:40.030 --> 00:40:45.230 She's dead, Captain. No! She always has been. 00:40:45.389 --> 00:40:52.769 Long before we ever sailed. No. Yes. Killed when 00:40:52.769 --> 00:40:57.469 the Indians got you Dead for over two years. 00:40:57.550 --> 00:41:03.269 No it had to be captain it had to be Nobody in 00:41:03.269 --> 00:41:08.110 your cabin Never asked me Don't you think I didn't 00:41:08.110 --> 00:41:13.510 know? Didn't I see her die before my eyes? But 00:41:13.510 --> 00:41:18.780 I cheated death and I cheated him of her I took 00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:23.519 her away with me to the ship. I had to keep her 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:27.019 alive. I had to. You had to kill all of us to 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:33.559 do it. Because all of us, alive, were proof that 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:37.699 she wasn't. It had to be. You're alone at last. 00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:44.840 Or will be. All of us are dead. Save me. In the 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:48.869 moment of the callin'. I'll be alone at last, 00:41:49.309 --> 00:41:52.789 and I can bring her to my table like the lady 00:41:52.789 --> 00:41:57.550 she is. The table is set for six. But there'll 00:41:57.550 --> 00:42:05.469 be only one of you there, Captain. Or five. The 00:42:05.469 --> 00:42:09.150 dead don't mix with the living. There's only 00:42:09.150 --> 00:42:15.409 one way to find your wife again. Only one way. 00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:23.539 The last of them. Annabella! We're free! Annabella! 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:31.239 Where are you? Annabella! Anna! Come to me! Annabella! 00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:39.159 Ha! Annabella! I know you died long ago in America. 00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:45.079 But you lived on in my mind. In my heart and 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:48.539 in my blood. I thought if I took you with me 00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:53.420 to the sea, away from the land where I dug your 00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:56.980 grave, you could still live and breathe for me 00:42:56.980 --> 00:43:01.599 alone. There's only one way to find you at last. 00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:06.019 Oh, Annabella, forgive me, love, for all that 00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:25.659 I've done. I'm coming home to you. 19 men sail 00:43:25.659 --> 00:43:29.679 with the Annabella and 19 men went to the bottom 00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:34.059 of the sea the ship weathered all the storms 00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:39.360 But then a ship is a woman Which only goes to 00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:43.659 prove that on land or sea? The ladies have the 00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:47.960 better instinct for survival I'll be back shortly 00:43:59.849 --> 00:44:03.829 in the green depths. I wonder if the captain 00:44:03.829 --> 00:44:07.849 sits presiding at his table. But if he does, 00:44:08.690 --> 00:44:12.510 there's at least one empty seat. For Mistress 00:44:12.510 --> 00:44:16.269 Annabella died on land. She'll never come back 00:44:16.269 --> 00:44:21.289 to the sea or him. Which seems fair enough, wouldn't 00:44:21.289 --> 00:44:26.010 you say? He didn't exactly deserve a happy ending. 00:44:27.349 --> 00:44:30.659 Our cast included George Matthews, Brett Morrison, 00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:34.460 Marion Selders, Leon Janney, and William Redfield. 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.519 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:43.400 of Hyman Brown. Now, a preview of our next tale. 00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:55.960 You spoil me shamefully. And that night, I spoiled 00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:58.920 her just a bit more. by bringing hot cocoa to 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:03.699 her in bed. Oh, Richard, you shouldn't have bothered. 00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:07.000 I know how you... You liked your hot cocoa before 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:09.019 retiring, only you can't get to sleep without 00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:11.480 it. Nova Parker could have brought it to me. 00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:14.539 Oh, no, this is something I had to do myself. 00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:19.300 Drink it down now. Does it taste all right? Oh, 00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:25.000 it tastes just fine. Now, that was very good 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:28.429 news. Because I prepared the hot cocoa myself, 00:45:28.429 --> 00:45:32.670 and I had no idea whether 25 melted sleeping 00:45:32.670 --> 00:45:37.969 pills would seriously affect the flavor. This 00:45:37.969 --> 00:45:40.769 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:45:40.769 --> 00:45:43.829 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:45:43.829 --> 00:45:49.630 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.