WEBVTT 00:00:17.890 --> 00:00:26.410 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.410 --> 00:00:30.109 to a chilling insight into the powers of witchcraft. 00:00:30.379 --> 00:00:35.119 and an ancient curse. Witchcraft today is an 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:38.659 end thing with the young, which may appear somewhat 00:00:38.659 --> 00:00:42.479 incongruous, since witches, demons, and warlocks 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.560 are older than the beginning of recorded time. 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:49.539 And somehow, despite all of society's maledictions 00:00:49.539 --> 00:00:53.700 and efforts to stamp it out, witchcraft has survived, 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.079 as we will demonstrate in our spine -tingling 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.579 tale. Do you believe in demons, Miss Bell? Frankly? 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:08.420 No. Do you believe in God? Any God? Of course. 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.500 Then you must also believe in angels. And demons, 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.260 according to all we know about them, they are 00:01:15.260 --> 00:01:18.980 simply fallen angels, fixed eternally in evil. 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:22.939 And although we may not know whether we are being 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:26.879 fanned by airs from heaven or blasts from hell, 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:31.219 It is best to be on guard. And having said that, 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.879 I should not like to be Robert Anthony, whom 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:50.319 you will meet very soon. Our mystery drama, This 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:53.180 Will Kill You, was written especially for the 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:56.109 Radio Mystery Theatre by Murray Burnett. and 00:01:56.109 --> 00:02:11.590 stars Norman Rose and Larry Haynes. Rage, my 00:02:11.590 --> 00:02:17.050 friends, is one of the curses of mankind. Rage 00:02:17.050 --> 00:02:21.330 thickens the blood, assails the eardrums, racks 00:02:21.330 --> 00:02:25.689 the body with a mad urge to destroy. It has been 00:02:25.689 --> 00:02:28.810 said that whom the gods would destroy, they first 00:02:28.810 --> 00:02:33.330 make mad. And that applies to all of us, even 00:02:33.330 --> 00:02:37.189 if some are on speaking terms with God or the 00:02:37.189 --> 00:02:41.729 devil. Witness a man who is consumed with rage, 00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:48.889 Theodore Rakatsi. Obviously, you couldn't have 00:02:48.889 --> 00:02:51.389 heard me come into it. What are you breaking 00:02:51.389 --> 00:02:54.680 things for? Are you thinking of redecorating? 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:56.620 This is the wrong time to try to be amusing, 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:59.379 Liz. Well, what should I do? Ask if you've gone 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:02.699 crazy? Evidently, you have not read this filthy, 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:05.780 ignorant, arrogant, vicious review of my book. 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:09.240 Oh, of course I have. That presumptuous idiot 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.139 Robert Anthony to write such a review. Oh, come 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:15.319 off it, Ted. You know, you sound like you're 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:18.199 back to the Middle Ages. What are you going to 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.560 do, challenge him to a duel? I have other powers. 00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:26.500 Other resources you're serious serious after 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:29.639 this review. Let me read just one part to you 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:33.560 Mr. Ragazzi, possessor of an awesome reputation 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:37.199 as an expert on witchcraft, in this unnecessarily 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.840 long book titled Demons and Demonology, has gathered 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.800 the wildest concoction of all wives' tales, superstitions 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.599 and demons ever brought before the public. And, 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:50.240 what is worse, he has given credence to them. 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.159 To take witchcraft as seriously as Mr. Ragazzi 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:57.460 does is simply childish. Ted, he's just another 00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:00.120 writer reviewer trying to be clever. Yes, at 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.000 my expense. At anybody's expense. You just happen 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:07.139 to be the target of the day. And now he is my 00:04:07.139 --> 00:04:10.219 target. For what? A nasty letter to the editor? 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:16.339 For... for death. Oh, sure. If you thought this 00:04:16.339 --> 00:04:19.279 review was bad, wait until you see the ones you 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.420 get after you kill him. I will not kill him. 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:27.589 Oh, that's a relief. Liz, pick a date. What? 00:04:27.670 --> 00:04:30.529 Pick a date. Any date that comes to your mind. 00:04:30.610 --> 00:04:34.029 And the time. Write them down on this slip of 00:04:34.029 --> 00:04:39.430 paper. What for? To please me. All right. What's 00:04:39.430 --> 00:04:44.709 today? The 14th. Here. Okay, will this do? The 00:04:44.709 --> 00:04:50.009 28th. 10 .53 p .m. Yes, it will do beautifully. 00:04:50.350 --> 00:04:53.540 Thank you, Liz. You're welcome. And now that 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:56.779 we finished playing games, can we go? Of course. 00:04:57.339 --> 00:05:10.160 But the game is just about to begin. Have I ever 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.560 remarked how well you drive, Liz? Often, thank 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:15.899 you. I think that's what attracted me to you 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:19.089 in the first place. You're driving? and your 00:05:19.089 --> 00:05:22.550 legs. I'm happy to see that you're feeling better. 00:05:23.029 --> 00:05:26.470 Yes, due to you, as usual. I haven't done a thing. 00:05:26.550 --> 00:05:29.589 Oh, yes, you have. You know that date you wrote 00:05:29.589 --> 00:05:33.310 down for me? Yes. That is the exact date and 00:05:33.310 --> 00:05:37.250 time that Robert Anthony will die. Oh, sorry 00:05:37.250 --> 00:05:40.850 I asked. You don't believe me. Oh, I thought 00:05:40.850 --> 00:05:43.730 you'd forgotten about that silly review. Where 00:05:43.730 --> 00:05:48.379 are you going? To the party. Ted... Why did you 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:51.699 ask me to write down the date? Oh, a whim. It 00:05:51.699 --> 00:05:54.199 amused me to leave the amount of time that Anthony 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:58.920 has left to live to mere chance. Well, suppose 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:01.860 I'd picked a date next year. That would have 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:05.699 given Anthony more time, that's all. You sound 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:12.360 so certain. I am. What's the matter with me? 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.579 What am I talking as if there were any possibility 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:18.160 that you have the power to kill another human 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:22.639 being? Why, indeed. I can almost understand why 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:25.040 Anthony wrote about your book the way he did. 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:29.480 Of course. Like Mr. Anthony, you also are a dabbler 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.620 in the occult. Like him, you are an innocent, 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:36.199 naive, playing like children with forces you 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:41.180 neither understand nor respect. How about a bet? 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:47.319 On what? on me and my powers against Robert Anthony. 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:51.019 Don't be ridiculous. Yes, you're afraid to trust 00:06:51.019 --> 00:06:54.660 your skepticism. It's very simply proven. If 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:57.800 Anthony dies on the day and at the exact time 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:02.839 we both know, then I win. If he doesn't, you 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.480 are the victor. And you know once and for all 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:09.100 that Theodore Eccodzi is a fraud and a cheat. 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:13.420 That part tempts me. Then... I have your word. 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:19.680 It is a bet. What are we betting? Your soul. 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:30.259 Robert, Anthony, you're not leaving the party 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:33.129 already. I'm sorry, Carla. I just dropped by 00:07:33.129 --> 00:07:35.490 to meet your guests, but my publishers are getting 00:07:35.490 --> 00:07:37.949 uptight about my new book. Well, everyone here 00:07:37.949 --> 00:07:40.889 is talking about the hatchet job you did on Rakatsi. 00:07:41.009 --> 00:07:43.230 Why do they think I've got a bone to pick with 00:07:43.230 --> 00:07:46.569 Rakatsi? Well, I've read a lot of reviews, but... 00:07:46.569 --> 00:07:49.449 Look, I've had a job to do, to review a book. 00:07:50.290 --> 00:07:52.550 I never even met the man. I took off because 00:07:52.550 --> 00:07:55.610 his book was so ponderous. Instead of writing 00:07:55.610 --> 00:07:57.990 a history of demons and demonology, which would 00:07:57.990 --> 00:08:00.550 be interesting, Rakatsi wrote as if he were putting 00:08:00.550 --> 00:08:03.639 down facts. Sorry if I touched a nerd. It's all 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.420 right, forget it. I just think there's entirely 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:09.540 too much fuss about the review. I know a little 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:11.980 about witchcraft and I think it can be amusing, 00:08:12.060 --> 00:08:15.139 but... Okay, but I hear Rakatsi's taking it very 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:17.339 big. Well, I don't want to hear that Rakatsi's 00:08:17.339 --> 00:08:20.459 out to get me with the same crazy, demonic, cursed, 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:23.579 superstitious idiots believe it. Well, let's 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:26.279 forget Rakatsi. What about that play we cooked 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.819 up? Well, I just told you, Carl, my publishers 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:30.620 are getting restless. I'm spending most of my 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:33.220 time in the library. Look, can we put it off 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:37.019 for a week or two? Okay. Fine. I've got to run. 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:40.720 But I'll call, Carl. Just to let you know I'm 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:50.000 still alive. This is Jennifer Bell and another 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.519 broadcast of The Author Speaks. My guest for 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.840 today is the man who has written the most controversial 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:01.279 book about devils and devil tree, Theodore Rokotsy. 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:06.940 I am happy to be here. Mr. Rokotsy, I must confess 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:10.059 your book scared the daylights out of me. Was 00:09:10.059 --> 00:09:13.200 that your intention? No, not at all. My intention 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.039 was to inform, to let people know that there 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.220 are forces in this world that they may not have 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:23.860 been aware of. Oh, well. Then you're serious 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:26.659 in your thesis about demons and their powers. 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:30.460 Oh, absolutely. Which naturally leads me to that 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:34.519 review by Robert Anthony. How did you feel about 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.960 it? Well, I would be less than honest if I said 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.860 I was pleased, but it caused me only a small 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:44.940 annoyance. Really? You are asking the wrong question. 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:48.379 Oh? Well, then set me straight. You should not 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:51.100 ask if I were annoyed about it, but... rather 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:54.600 how Uziel Rabdus Belet are angry about their 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.960 powers being mocked. Well, I'm not acquainted 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.539 with those gentlemen you mentioned. Which is 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:04.299 just as well for you. You see, they are demons. 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:08.320 Powerful demons. And if they take offense, well, 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:13.980 I should not like to be Mr. Robert Anthony. You're 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:17.419 predicting that some harm might come to Robert 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:21.750 Anthony? I predict nothing. Forgive me, but didn't 00:10:21.750 --> 00:10:25.029 you just issue a warning? A warning is not a 00:10:25.029 --> 00:10:29.809 prediction. Do you believe in demons, Miss Bell? 00:10:30.809 --> 00:10:35.049 Frankly, no. Do you believe in God? Any God? 00:10:35.610 --> 00:10:38.610 Of course. Good. Then of course you must believe 00:10:38.610 --> 00:10:41.769 in angels. And demons, according to all we know 00:10:41.769 --> 00:10:45.090 about them, are simply fallen angels, turned 00:10:45.090 --> 00:10:49.610 away from God, fixed eternally in evil. I would 00:10:49.610 --> 00:10:52.110 like to inform you, madam, that a belief in the 00:10:52.110 --> 00:10:54.850 existence of angels and demons is an article 00:10:54.850 --> 00:10:57.809 of faith with two of our major world religions. 00:10:58.850 --> 00:11:01.950 All I say is that I should not like to be in 00:11:01.950 --> 00:11:06.409 the company of Robert Anthony during the next 00:11:06.409 --> 00:11:13.129 month. Good morning. I see you have my books 00:11:13.129 --> 00:11:15.929 waiting for me. Those five over there. Thank 00:11:15.929 --> 00:11:19.200 you. Today I want to finish my research. I'm 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.620 going to miss the peace and quiet of this library. 00:11:24.460 --> 00:11:27.639 My name is Theodore Ragazzi. I called about a 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.820 book you said you would have waiting. Ah, yes. 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:40.899 Thank you. Oh, excuse me. Yes? It sounds absurd, 00:11:40.899 --> 00:11:44.919 I know, but I am superstitious about where I 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:48.559 sit. when I work here. Also, the light. Oh, yes, 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:51.259 it's okay. Sit right down. Oh, yes, you're so 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:57.220 kind. Oh, I'm so sorry. Forgive my clumsiness. 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:59.679 I've knocked your books down. Let me help you. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:03.460 It's all right. I can pick them up. I cannot 00:12:03.460 --> 00:12:06.299 think how I could be so clumsy. Maybe I should 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:08.460 wear glasses. Don't worry about it. Accidents 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:12.470 happen. Yes, of course. Oh, this... Piece of 00:12:12.470 --> 00:12:18.669 paper is yours, I believe. Oh, thank you. Is 00:12:18.669 --> 00:12:22.429 something wrong? You keep looking over your shoulder. 00:12:22.470 --> 00:12:26.529 No, no, no. It's nothing. I don't feel well. 00:12:26.549 --> 00:12:31.570 It'll pass. Oh, yes, of course. Sir, can I have... 00:12:31.570 --> 00:12:34.970 No, I think I need a little fresh air. Oh, yes, 00:12:34.970 --> 00:12:40.490 of course. Sir, your books. Oh, forget them. 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:51.299 I'll be back when I feel better. I've got to 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:54.960 slow down. I must slow down. There's nothing 00:12:54.960 --> 00:13:02.120 following me, nothing. Now that's better. Get 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:06.039 some control. What's the matter with me? Why 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.580 do I feel I'm being followed? That I'm going 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:15.940 to get away. What's with you? Trying to get yourself 00:13:15.940 --> 00:13:19.220 killed? I guess it looked like it, didn't it? 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:23.399 Well... No, it's nothing, Carl. Believe me, I... 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.200 I was in the library and suddenly I had a crazy 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:29.519 impulse to start running. Bob, what's the trouble? 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.340 Nothing, nothing. There's no trouble. It's just 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:35.299 that... What do you expect to find over your 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:38.519 shoulder? Nothing, nothing. If I didn't know 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.820 that your last novel sold over a million I'd 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:42.720 say you just held up a bank and we're running 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.759 away look forget the jokes, huh? I'm sorry. I'm 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:57.220 sorry. I really am calm But leave me alone Whom 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:03.200 the gods would destroy they first make mad But 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.440 are the gods desirous of destroying Robert Anthony 00:14:06.750 --> 00:14:11.309 or the demons? And who are the demons that are 00:14:11.309 --> 00:14:15.769 driving him? I'll be back shortly with Act Two. 00:14:25.110 --> 00:14:28.690 I am back to lead you along the dark roads of 00:14:28.690 --> 00:14:32.250 witchcraft. The demon -ridden Robert Anthony 00:14:32.250 --> 00:14:35.809 has turned to the twentieth century remedy against 00:14:35.809 --> 00:14:40.230 magical spells, psychiatry, and is attempting 00:14:40.230 --> 00:14:43.950 to explain his terror to an eminent psychiatrist. 00:14:44.230 --> 00:14:46.470 How can I make you understand, doctor, how intensely 00:14:46.470 --> 00:14:49.509 real this fear is? I'm not imagining it. It's 00:14:49.509 --> 00:14:52.929 there. I feel it. Every minute I feel it. It's 00:14:52.929 --> 00:14:56.090 at my shoulder, behind my back, pressing in on 00:14:56.090 --> 00:14:57.970 me. Of course. Have you ever heard of anything 00:14:57.970 --> 00:15:01.190 like this before? Nothing exactly similar, but 00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:04.610 fear is quite common. Most people are afraid 00:15:04.610 --> 00:15:07.009 of something. But don't they know what they're 00:15:07.009 --> 00:15:09.830 afraid of? They sometimes think they do. And 00:15:09.830 --> 00:15:12.990 what do you tell them? I think it would be best 00:15:12.990 --> 00:15:15.929 if you talk about yourself. You say you first 00:15:15.929 --> 00:15:20.830 felt this way about a week ago. Yes, yes. I was 00:15:20.830 --> 00:15:23.929 working in the library and I suddenly felt I 00:15:23.929 --> 00:15:26.480 just had to get out and run. Had anything happened 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.980 that day to upset you? Anything out of the ordinary? 00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:31.559 No, no, nothing. Nothing, Doctor. Have you felt 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:34.740 this fear before? I mean, early in your life. 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:36.840 Well, just the usual, Doctor. You know, when 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.899 my friends would dare me to jump over a large 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:43.080 hole in the ground or something like that, but... 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:47.679 Wait. Yes? Yes, I just remember it. When I went 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:51.740 to college, there was a suspension bridge, a 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:54.080 shortcut from the campus to my dormitory. Everyone 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.080 took it. Well, one night I was with some friends, 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:00.659 and we came to the bridge, and it was out. There 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:05.480 was only one single plank, and this was a deep, 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:09.019 deep chasm, doctor, maybe 100 feet. Yes. Well, 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:11.200 I wanted to go back to walk around it, but the 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.080 others voted against that. They all walked across. 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.720 And I can remember how terrified I was. I got 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.720 down on my hands and knees and crawled across 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.399 the single plank with the water. roaring below 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.860 me. I was terrified. You're afraid of heights. 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.419 Well, I'm not comfortable with them, but... Would 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:33.519 you say that today you're somewhere near the 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.980 height of your profession as a writer? Oh, come 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:38.639 on, Doctor. This has nothing to do with any fear 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:42.360 of heights. This is... Well, this is... Yes? 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:48.620 This is witchcraft. Interesting. Why do you say 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:51.269 that? Look, we've been through it. The review 00:16:51.269 --> 00:16:54.110 you wrote on the Rakatsi book Demons and Demonology? 00:16:54.370 --> 00:16:57.429 Right. Are you sorry you wrote such a scathing 00:16:57.429 --> 00:17:02.250 review? No. No? Well, I... I don't know. I think 00:17:02.250 --> 00:17:05.630 you are. Well, if I was wrong and possibly there 00:17:05.630 --> 00:17:08.430 are such demons and spells as Rakatsi describes 00:17:08.430 --> 00:17:10.910 in his book, that would or might account for 00:17:10.910 --> 00:17:13.289 this fear of mine, wouldn't it? You mean you 00:17:13.289 --> 00:17:15.190 think Rakatsi might have put a spill on you? 00:17:15.210 --> 00:17:19.339 Well, it's possible, isn't it? Can't you think 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:25.279 of another explanation? Can you? Yes. Let's examine 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:29.259 what you've told me. On the one hand, you believe 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:31.619 that Ragazzi has put some sort of a spell on 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:33.579 you, am I correct? That's all I can think of, 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:36.660 doctor. Why would he do that? Well, because he... 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:39.819 Exactly. Because you have hurt him severely. 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.599 So your statement that he wasn't injured by your 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:47.359 review is false, isn't it? Well... Or illogical. 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:52.519 All right, it would seem so. Very well. You admit 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.460 that to yourself. And then think that as a sensitive 00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:59.779 man, you've satisfied your own ego with a review 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:03.460 that you think might be unfair. Where does that 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:07.160 take us? Doctor, do you believe that I feel so 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.099 guilty that I run through the streets pursued 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:12.700 by shadows? That I can't sleep because I feel 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:15.859 a presence in my room? That I feel threatened 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:17.779 every second of the day and it's getting worse 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:20.599 by the minute? Do you really believe that? It's 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:23.460 a possibility. Oh, no, no. You'd rather believe 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:26.019 in witchcraft. Why? Doctor, you're not helping 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:29.220 me. If you'll examine your motive as to why you 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:31.839 insist that Rakatsu has some power to cast a 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:33.900 spell over you, then I think... All right, I'm 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:35.980 getting out of here. That won't help. Neither 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:38.920 do you. I tell you, I feel that I'm gonna die 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:46.900 and you talk about guilt? I'm getting out. Desperate 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:50.339 men take desperate measures, and Robert Anthony 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:54.259 was desperate. As he ran from what he thought 00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:57.619 pursued him, he held on to the last of his sanity. 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:02.059 In his dabbling in witchcraft, he had heard, 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:05.660 as had everyone interested in diabolism, of Professor 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:09.339 Thurman Anderson, an outstanding scholar and 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:17.720 acknowledged authority in the field. Professor 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.500 on Ritza. Yes, I'm Robert Anthony. Oh come in. 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:26.019 I've been expecting you You have why because 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:29.940 I read your review and I know rickertsy. Oh Then 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.480 you think he might have done something to me. 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:35.559 I think it probable that he has tried I won't 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:39.160 know until you tell me what's happened Come in 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:46.240 and sit down. Thank you Professor do you Do you 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.980 think you can help? First, tell me why you think 00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:52.200 Rakotsi has cast a spell. Because as I sit here 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:55.359 talking to you, I'm eaten up by fear. I have 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.220 a feeling that something is following me, Professor. 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:59.980 Something so terrible that I can't even imagine 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:02.900 what it is. But I'm certain. I'm certain that 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:06.279 it's gonna kill me. How long have you had this 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:09.079 feeling? About a week. And can you remember when 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.299 you first felt it? Oh, yes, very vividly. It 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:15.029 was... In the library, I... Do you know, Rokotsi? 00:20:15.190 --> 00:20:19.410 No. No spell can be put upon you unless the creator 00:20:19.410 --> 00:20:24.210 has some contact with you. Did you meet him by 00:20:24.210 --> 00:20:26.369 chance, perhaps? Well, I don't know. No, I don't 00:20:26.369 --> 00:20:29.670 think so. I haven't been very social this past 00:20:29.670 --> 00:20:32.650 week. I can't even begin to think what it could 00:20:32.650 --> 00:20:38.029 be unless you give me something to go on. Did 00:20:38.029 --> 00:20:42.150 you have a chance encounter with anyone? Did 00:20:42.150 --> 00:20:45.910 a stranger bump into you, perhaps? No, no, I... 00:20:45.910 --> 00:20:52.509 I... Oh, wait, wait. Yes? In the library, there 00:20:52.509 --> 00:20:56.710 was a man, a man with a slight accent. Because 00:20:56.710 --> 00:20:59.329 he has an accent. Well, I remember he came over 00:20:59.329 --> 00:21:02.230 and asked if he could sit next to me, and as 00:21:02.230 --> 00:21:05.849 he sat down, he knocked over my books. He apologized. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:09.380 And he insisted on picking them up. Anything 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:14.799 else? No. Yes, yes. Yes, he gave me a piece of 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.799 paper. You took it? Well, of course. I didn't 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:20.319 remember whether I had actually dropped it or 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:22.779 not. Do you have it? Well, yes, because I remember 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.539 looking at it when I got home and wondering what 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.700 it was. It just didn't make any sense to me. 00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:31.200 Well, can I see it? Well, sure. There you are. 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:39.660 What is it, Professor? What do you see? The casting 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:44.900 of the runes. What? What does that mean? I can't 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:48.099 believe that even a man as vindictive as Ragazzi 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:51.000 would do this. Professor, what is it? You see 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:55.019 this writing? Yes. It is the runic alphabet. 00:21:55.779 --> 00:22:00.859 It represents an ancient death curse. And those 00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:06.920 figures on it? The date of your death That's 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:12.859 ridiculous. It was used many centuries ago There 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:16.359 are stories of younger brothers using it to eliminate 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:19.279 the rightful heir to the throne It has earned 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.640 the reputation of being one of the most powerful 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:27.039 of all the ancient spells The drawback of course 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:31.529 was the absolute necessity of having the man 00:22:31.529 --> 00:22:35.890 or woman casting the runes to pass the curse 00:22:35.890 --> 00:22:42.369 on directly and have it accepted. Oh no, I won't 00:22:42.369 --> 00:22:45.069 believe that. This is the 20th century. Careful! 00:22:45.349 --> 00:22:49.250 Careful! Lose this paper and you lose your only 00:22:49.250 --> 00:22:52.349 chance. Chance? You mean there's something I 00:22:52.349 --> 00:22:56.130 can do? One thing. What is it? Pass the curse 00:22:56.130 --> 00:23:02.099 to someone else. This is unbelievable. If someone 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:04.140 else told me about this conversation, I'd say 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:06.359 we were both fit subjects for an insane asylum. 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:12.259 Oh, no, I can't go on this way. Professor, how 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:15.839 do I go about passing this on? You have someone 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:19.660 in mind? Do I have to know a person? No, you 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:23.579 could pass it to a stranger. Well, how? Simply 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:25.920 brush up against someone in the street or on 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:31.079 a bus or subway See that he drops something then 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:34.019 pick it up and along with the package you pass 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:37.559 this piece of paper saying I believe this is 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:42.740 yours when they accept it They have it and you 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:45.299 are rid of it. Oh, no, I couldn't do that to 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:48.160 anybody I just couldn't why not if you don't 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:50.000 believe in the curse. I don't know about the 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.950 curse Can't believe that it will actually kill 00:23:53.950 --> 00:23:56.490 anyone, but I know how I feel that's that is 00:23:56.490 --> 00:24:03.910 very real and horrible How much time do I have 00:24:03.910 --> 00:24:11.450 today is the 23rd the date here is the 28 1053 00:24:11.450 --> 00:24:15.569 p .m. It's not a lot of time is there plenty 00:24:15.569 --> 00:24:18.569 if you start to pass it now. No, I just can't 00:24:18.569 --> 00:24:21.619 professor I wouldn't give this to my worst enemy, 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:30.079 let alone... Hold it, hold it. How about... Rakatsi? 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:33.759 I wondered how long you would take before you 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:36.119 got around to that. Yes, of course. I'll pass 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:41.119 it back to him. How? Well, I'll just... Exactly. 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:45.240 Rakatsi obviously knows you. He is going to be 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:47.460 on his guard. Well, can someone else pass it? 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:53.210 No. It must be passed directly. There must be 00:24:53.210 --> 00:25:10.190 a way. Hello? Liz, Bob Anthony. Oh. Liz, I must 00:25:10.190 --> 00:25:13.109 see you. I don't understand. I hate to sound 00:25:13.109 --> 00:25:15.029 like an old -fashioned melodrama but it really 00:25:15.029 --> 00:25:17.839 is a matter of life and death. All right. Right? 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:21.579 Where shall we meet? Um, someplace where we can 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:24.460 talk. How about, uh, the Sheddies? Oh, I don't 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:26.220 think we should be seen together. Well, that's 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:29.240 not the kind of talk I had in mind, Liz. I know. 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:32.039 I still don't think we should be seen together. 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:36.339 You... you know? How? How about the cafeteria 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.819 at the zoo? Yeah, okay, but Liz... Half an hour. 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:50.349 Okay? See you. No, you're not. I'm early. What 00:25:50.349 --> 00:25:52.869 would you like? Oh, just coffee. All right, I'll 00:25:52.869 --> 00:25:55.529 get it for you. No, no, I really don't want anything. 00:25:56.289 --> 00:26:01.569 Why did you call me? Liz, you wouldn't be surprised 00:26:01.569 --> 00:26:04.369 and go all girlish on me if I tell you it's because 00:26:04.369 --> 00:26:08.069 of your relationship with Rakatsi. No. Okay. 00:26:10.170 --> 00:26:14.130 This is gonna sound crazy. Well, try me. Liz, 00:26:14.150 --> 00:26:16.950 I have to know everything you know about Rakatsi, 00:26:16.950 --> 00:26:19.569 not personal things, but... His schedule, his 00:26:19.569 --> 00:26:22.470 plans, that sort of thing. Oh. It's terribly 00:26:22.470 --> 00:26:26.390 important, Liz. Yes. You're not going to ask 00:26:26.390 --> 00:26:29.609 me why? No. When I said it was a matter of life 00:26:29.609 --> 00:26:31.650 and death, I meant that. You'll have to believe 00:26:31.650 --> 00:26:35.089 me, Liz. Well, I do. You're entitled to an explanation. 00:26:35.769 --> 00:26:41.890 And then... You do? Yes. You know, I'm making 00:26:41.890 --> 00:26:44.250 a fool of myself. I'm talking to the wrong person. 00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:47.859 I just never even... considered for a moment 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:50.759 that you'd be in it with them. I'm not. But you 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:53.539 know, you know what I'm talking about. Yes. Well, 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:56.359 how? I'd rather not discuss it. Well, you've 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.640 got to, Liz. Don't you see that? Isn't it enough 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:01.420 for you to know that I realize you're in trouble 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:03.680 and I want to help? All right, now it's my turn 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:07.380 to ask why. No comment. But Liz... You're wasting 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:10.880 time in arguing. What can I do? I've already 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:13.920 told you. But don't you see that I'll feel better 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:17.279 if... If you can trust me? Yes, exactly. This 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.759 isn't just fun and games for me, Liz, it's... 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:27.319 It's... your life. Then you are in on it, huh? 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:35.500 Look, I know about it. I'm involved, but I have 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:39.920 as much to lose as you. Maybe more. And that's 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.900 all I'm going to say. Do you think he can do 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:48.200 it? More important, what makes you think he can? 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:52.880 Everything I know tells me he could not. But... 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.700 Everything I know, everything I've learned, everything 00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:57.900 that science says doesn't help stop the terrible 00:27:57.900 --> 00:28:00.500 feeling I have that something, something is after 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:03.740 me, Liz. It's just waiting, waiting until it 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:08.240 has a... 10 .53 p .m. on the 28th. That's the 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:12.359 date. What makes you think I can help? I have 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:15.500 one chance to break whatever spell Rakatsi has 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.720 put on me. And what's that? It's just a slim 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:21.039 chance, Liz, but a chance. Just take my word 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:26.920 for that. If you do want to help, get me the 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:30.940 information I want and need. I'll try. How do 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:34.180 I reach you? Here, this number, any time, day 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:36.259 or night. If I'm not there, I'll get back to 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:38.480 you in five minutes. I'll try. Thanks, thanks. 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:49.700 And Liz... Yes? We haven't got much time. Time 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.460 is running out on Robert Anthony. Whatever it 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:56.460 is that's following him, or what he honestly 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.759 believes to be following him, has a target date. 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:17.039 I'll be back shortly with Act 3. Let us get back 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:21.099 with Robert Anthony under a spell and Convinced 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:25.599 that he has now only 24 hours to live The date 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:31.180 set for his death is 1053 p .m. On the 28th and 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:35.980 it is now the afternoon of the 27th and Theodore 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:40.440 rickazzi has a visitor Liz come in my dear come 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:43.019 in I took the chance that you'd be home. Yes, 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.920 and I am and I'm delighted Of course, I shan't 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:48.680 be home for long. As you can see, my bags are 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.180 all packed. Where are you going? To my little 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:54.539 hideaway up in Perdis. You remember it? Of course. 00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.859 As a matter of fact, your dropping in might be 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.579 called providential. I was going to call you 00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:02.799 to ask you to drive me. When are you leaving? 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:06.839 Tomorrow night. Fairly early. I think it would 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.519 be wise for me to be out of the city when Anthony 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:14.140 meets the demons. I'll call it off, Ted. I beg 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:17.599 your pardon? I'm asking you to call it off. Call 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:20.920 what off, dear Liz? You're much too modern and 00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:23.460 liberated, a young woman, actually to believe 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:27.140 in demons, or even more fantastic, that, uh, 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:30.319 that I can control them. Don't fence with me, 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:34.960 Ted. Call it off. I wonder if I talked with Anthony 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:38.819 today, would he write the same review of my book 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:42.150 all over again? Or, uh, would he have a more 00:30:42.150 --> 00:30:45.549 open mind? Why don't you ask him? I would like 00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:48.849 to. I would very much like to, but, uh, well, 00:30:48.849 --> 00:30:51.829 it's not practical. By the way, you haven't said 00:30:51.829 --> 00:30:55.630 you would drive me up to Perdis. I cannot. I'm 00:30:55.630 --> 00:31:00.549 sorry. Ted, I really want... Cannot? Liz, have 00:31:00.549 --> 00:31:03.910 you forgotten our little wager? No. Don't you 00:31:03.910 --> 00:31:06.549 think you might owe it to me to be with me when 00:31:06.549 --> 00:31:10.269 we hear the news of Anthony's death? Ted... I'm 00:31:10.269 --> 00:31:13.170 asking you to call it off. Your bet or... The 00:31:13.170 --> 00:31:17.009 whole thing. My dear, I would like to. I would 00:31:17.009 --> 00:31:19.230 really like to please you. Well, then... There 00:31:19.230 --> 00:31:24.230 are others involved. I don't understand. When 00:31:24.230 --> 00:31:27.829 you call upon these forces for help, you're taking 00:31:27.829 --> 00:31:31.009 a very serious step. It is understood that you're 00:31:31.009 --> 00:31:35.390 not indulging a whim. These forces do not like 00:31:35.390 --> 00:31:39.599 the idea of being used carelessly. They are not 00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.759 to be toyed with. I'm sure you could do something. 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:47.299 It's really amazing how you have come full circle 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:51.039 in your belief in my powers. Would it help if 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:54.839 I said I believe everything you claim? It would 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:59.589 be an immeasurable aid to my ego. I mean... Would 00:31:59.589 --> 00:32:03.190 it help change your mind about Anthony? I admire 00:32:03.190 --> 00:32:06.509 you not asking to get out of our wager. I sincerely 00:32:06.509 --> 00:32:10.170 admire you for that. Oh, save your admiration. 00:32:11.109 --> 00:32:14.390 I'm not asking to be released. I'm telling you 00:32:14.390 --> 00:32:17.230 that I'm not going through with it. Oh, you disappoint 00:32:17.230 --> 00:32:21.410 me, Liz. You really do. But I don't think you 00:32:21.410 --> 00:32:25.250 can withdraw. I can do what I want. And I don't 00:32:25.250 --> 00:32:27.450 want to play this game any longer. You have no 00:32:27.450 --> 00:32:31.670 choice. But I do. We're talking now about my 00:32:31.670 --> 00:32:34.829 soul. I don't know whether a person has a soul 00:32:34.829 --> 00:32:38.470 or not. Take my word for it, Liz. You have a 00:32:38.470 --> 00:32:42.150 soul. Oh, fine. But it's mine. And I'm not giving 00:32:42.150 --> 00:32:44.349 it to anyone. You have already committed yourself. 00:32:44.470 --> 00:32:47.589 To what? To a bet made on the spur of the moment 00:32:47.589 --> 00:32:50.519 and not in any seriousness. I only made it to 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:52.920 keep you happy. Whatever your motives, you made 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:56.440 it. I intend to hold you to it. Hold me to what? 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.940 An oral agreement? In the circles in which I 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:04.059 move, it is binding. And I say no. That is most 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:07.079 unwise. Are you threatening me? Of course. I 00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.539 think you should know that I will be powerless 00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.440 to help if you should change your mind. I'll 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.619 remember that. I advise you to keep it very strongly 00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:19.009 in mind and along those lines. You won't change 00:33:19.009 --> 00:33:21.890 your mind about driving me to Perdis? I can't, 00:33:22.049 --> 00:33:25.930 really. Then I shall have to take the train. 00:33:26.089 --> 00:33:28.289 That seems obvious. I'm going to ask another 00:33:28.289 --> 00:33:31.009 favor. For your own sake, it is necessary that 00:33:31.009 --> 00:33:33.950 you be with me the day after I have won my wager. 00:33:35.109 --> 00:33:37.309 I would take it kindly if you would get me a 00:33:37.309 --> 00:33:41.269 ticket on the 9 .30 to Perdis. Ted, I... I believe 00:33:41.269 --> 00:33:44.329 there is such a train. And then I'll give you 00:33:44.329 --> 00:33:47.210 the keys to my car, and you can drive up the 00:33:47.210 --> 00:33:49.289 following day. What makes you think that... Because 00:33:49.289 --> 00:33:51.069 of our relationship, I've been extraordinarily 00:33:51.069 --> 00:33:55.609 patient with you, Liz. Now, you will do me these 00:33:55.609 --> 00:34:00.950 favors. It may predispose me to have more patience 00:34:00.950 --> 00:34:14.320 with you on the day my wager is due. Oh, Liz, 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.820 I've been waiting for your call. Do you have 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.699 anything for me? I don't know whether or not 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:21.159 it helps, but he's taking the 930 train to Purdy's 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:24.599 on the 28th. The 930? That doesn't give me much 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:27.800 time. For what? For what I have to do. Liz, that 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.960 makes it so close. Are you sure about the train 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:32.780 and the time? Positive. I bought the ticket myself. 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:36.099 930, huh? Yes. Now, that's gonna be awfully close. 00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:39.059 Did he give any reason for picking that particular 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:41.400 train? Well, first he asked me to drive him up. 00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:50.389 What what did he say Liz everything is important. 00:34:50.409 --> 00:35:05.750 What did he say? Yeah sure that makes sense Yes 00:35:05.750 --> 00:35:14.630 Liz I'm trying A lot better now than before you 00:35:14.630 --> 00:35:20.829 called Yes, pray for me. And you for me. What? 00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:24.409 Why? How are you involved? Forget I said that. 00:35:24.650 --> 00:35:26.969 How can I forget it? Believe me, if I tell you 00:35:26.969 --> 00:35:32.269 that my problem is... Well, it has something 00:35:32.269 --> 00:35:36.650 to do with you. But I'll be okay if you're okay. 00:35:36.789 --> 00:35:38.949 Oh, you sound like a book title. Well, at least 00:35:38.949 --> 00:35:41.250 you can joke. I hope it isn't gallows humor. 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.760 Liz, I've got a lot to do. I have a plan. I don't 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.360 know whether it'll work, but it's made me feel 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:49.360 that I can do something. And I'm gonna do it. 00:35:49.820 --> 00:36:01.219 Good luck. Bob Anthony! I didn't believe it when 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:04.019 you called. How can I help you? I need a makeup 00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:07.440 job. For a TV appearance? No, no, no, no. I must 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.159 be disguised so that even my own mother wouldn't 00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:12.699 know me. Can you do that? Well, maybe if you 00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:15.179 tell me what it's for, it might help. No, I can't 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.840 tell you. You'll have to take my word that it's 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:20.260 deadly serious. How long will you need to wear 00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:24.019 the disguise? Four hours at the outside. How 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:26.940 many people do you want to fool? One. A man. 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:31.699 How well does he know you? Well, that's hard 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.760 to say. He's not an intimate friend. In fact, 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:37.579 I only met him once, but he knew me then. Yeah, 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:41.099 I want one more question. How does this guy think 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:43.239 of you? Oh, I suppose he sees me as a young, 00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:46.380 smart aleck. Good, good. So we have to make you 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:54.719 old. Step into my parlor. Okay. Aren't you gonna 00:36:54.719 --> 00:37:00.300 lock it? Okay. Sit in that chair over there. 00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:05.039 Now relax. You're too tense. I'm sorry. See now, 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:08.510 the hairpiece is no problem. Your head and hairline 00:37:08.510 --> 00:37:15.170 are easy, but the eyes. The eyes? Exactly. With 00:37:15.170 --> 00:37:17.949 the hair you have, you can't have those alert 00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:24.230 brown eyes. Let me see. Watery blue with little 00:37:24.230 --> 00:37:30.530 veins running through them. Okay now, ever wear 00:37:30.530 --> 00:37:34.530 contact lenses? No, of course not. You'll love 00:37:34.530 --> 00:37:40.980 them. Slight effort. There. How's your vision? 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:45.800 Well, I can see. Good, good. The wrinkles come 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:50.639 last and I think a little goatee. Yeah, yeah, 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:54.420 yeah. Bushy beard wouldn't be right. Now just 00:37:54.420 --> 00:38:03.179 put your head back. Grand Central Station in 00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:06.719 New York City at nine o 'clock. of any evening 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:11.599 is a dreary place. The waves of homebound commuters 00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:15.719 have washed away. The garish light serves only 00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:20.460 to point up the cruel deterioration of past grandeurs. 00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:25.559 The waiting rooms are almost empty. It was nine 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:28.820 -twenty exactly that Robert Anthony, carrying 00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:32.860 a small suitcase and disguised as an old man, 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.099 walked slowly up to the ticket window. Mount 00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:39.800 Kisco one way please. Anthony walked slowly to 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.940 the station platform where the 9 .30 was about 00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:47.019 to depart. He wanted to be almost the last one 00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:50.079 to board the train so that he could locate the 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:53.599 car that Rokatsi had selected. He boarded the 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:57.219 train and passed through several cars and then 00:38:57.219 --> 00:39:02.329 his pounding heart slowed. He saw Rokatsi. seated 00:39:02.329 --> 00:39:05.670 in the middle of the car and with a seat next 00:39:05.670 --> 00:39:09.250 to him vacant. Excuse me, would you mind if I 00:39:09.250 --> 00:39:12.130 put my police on the rack? Oh, not at all. Let 00:39:12.130 --> 00:39:14.909 me help you. Oh, that's very kind of you. Not 00:39:14.909 --> 00:39:20.019 at all. Well, you certainly got that close. I'm 00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:22.480 afraid I don't walk as quickly as I used to. 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:25.480 It's hard to get accustomed to growing old. Yes, 00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:29.860 I suppose it is. I hope you'll forgive an old 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:33.219 man's curiosity, but that book you're reading... 00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:37.199 The Dynamics of Witchcraft. Yes, yes, that subject 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:41.320 has always fascinated me. Me too. Did you ever 00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:46.989 study it? No, no, but when I was younger... Halloween 00:39:46.989 --> 00:39:50.690 was my favorite holiday. You know, dressing up 00:39:50.690 --> 00:39:53.469 and trick -or -treating. Yes, yes, I know. Oh, 00:39:53.670 --> 00:39:57.889 that was such great fun. Yes, yes. Well, I won't 00:39:57.889 --> 00:40:00.389 disturb you anymore. I know you're anxious to 00:40:00.389 --> 00:40:03.929 get on with your reading, but... Where are you 00:40:03.929 --> 00:40:07.670 getting off? Purgis. Is that before or after 00:40:07.670 --> 00:40:11.829 Mount Kisco? After. I wonder... I mean, I have 00:40:11.829 --> 00:40:14.889 a tendency to drowse off, you know. I wonder 00:40:14.889 --> 00:40:18.150 if when we reach Mount Kisco... Yes, yes, I will 00:40:18.150 --> 00:40:33.139 let you know. Excuse me, is it? It's the next 00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:36.780 station. Did you have a nice nap? Oh, yes. Yes, 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:41.639 very refreshing. Thank you. I do hope my nephew 00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:43.920 will be at the station. Yes, I'm sure he will. 00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:49.019 What time is it? 20 past 10. Are we on time? 00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:52.460 I don't know. I suppose so, but even if we're 00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:54.500 running late, I'm sure your nephew will wait. 00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:57.900 Yes, I hope so. When you get old, you seem to 00:40:57.900 --> 00:41:00.420 worry about everything. The young have their 00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:02.420 worries. But they're not the same, are they? 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:07.039 Sometimes they are. Sometimes a young man can 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:10.500 worry himself almost to death. That seems such 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:16.010 a waste. Or even worry about dying. Yes. I have 00:41:16.010 --> 00:41:18.929 known some young people who are simply terrified 00:41:18.929 --> 00:41:21.769 of dying. Oh, I didn't think the young gave much 00:41:21.769 --> 00:41:24.150 thought to death. Oh, some of them do. Some of 00:41:24.150 --> 00:41:27.230 them do indeed. Take my word for it. Well, it 00:41:27.230 --> 00:41:30.409 seems strange. Strange? Old man, I could tell 00:41:30.409 --> 00:41:34.530 you stories that are beyond belief. Stories that... 00:41:34.530 --> 00:41:38.469 Well, I seem to be talking a lot. Well, I enjoy 00:41:38.469 --> 00:41:40.789 it. Thank you, but we're coming into Montkisco. 00:41:40.989 --> 00:41:44.400 Oh, well, I've enjoyed talking to you. And now 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:49.159 I'll just get my luggage from the rack. Oh, my. 00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:51.880 Look what I've done. I've dropped my bag. Let 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:54.199 me help you. No, no, no. I've caused you too 00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:58.400 much trouble. I'll be able to... Oh, your book. 00:41:59.389 --> 00:42:01.750 I just seem to make things worse. If you would 00:42:01.750 --> 00:42:03.730 let me do it, it would be much simpler. Oh, yes, 00:42:03.769 --> 00:42:06.010 yes, thank you, thank you, thank you. But don't 00:42:06.010 --> 00:42:09.489 let me return your book. I believe this is yours. 00:42:09.590 --> 00:42:11.730 Yes, yes, and now you'd better start if you want 00:42:11.730 --> 00:42:13.889 to get off and meet your nephew. Yes, yes, goodbye, 00:42:14.269 --> 00:42:20.170 and thank you. Wait, what? You... you bastard! 00:42:20.650 --> 00:42:24.309 The paper! Please! Go off me! My nephew! Stop 00:42:24.309 --> 00:42:26.650 acting! You're Anthony! I know it! Yes, you're 00:42:26.650 --> 00:42:28.909 right. And I'm getting off here! Not until you 00:42:28.909 --> 00:42:30.789 tell me where you hid the curse! That paper you 00:42:30.789 --> 00:42:32.869 passed to me! Miss your train! Damn the train! 00:42:33.010 --> 00:42:35.869 Where is it? The paper! I'll do anything. But 00:42:35.869 --> 00:42:38.010 you know how close it is. This very little time, 00:42:38.190 --> 00:42:40.190 I beg you, please, for the love of God! Tell 00:42:40.190 --> 00:42:41.949 me where you put that paper! It's in the book. 00:42:42.190 --> 00:42:43.869 I slipped it in the book when I gave it back 00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:46.969 to him. The book! The book! Where? Where? Oh! 00:42:47.210 --> 00:42:49.989 My God! Catch it! Catch it, Anthony! Grab it! 00:42:50.010 --> 00:42:52.170 No way, Roccozzi! Get it yourself! It's blowing 00:42:52.170 --> 00:42:54.610 away! You know I'm lost if I don't get that paper! 00:42:55.809 --> 00:43:00.170 Come back! Come back! I'll get you! Roccozzi! 00:43:00.469 --> 00:43:12.989 Look out! The train! The end of our story of 00:43:12.989 --> 00:43:17.110 witchcraft and demons. The obituary notice said 00:43:17.110 --> 00:43:21.090 that Theodore Ricazzi met his death when he inexplicably 00:43:21.090 --> 00:43:24.510 ran in front of a southbound express at the Mount 00:43:24.510 --> 00:43:30.369 Kisco station. Inexplicably? I'll be back shortly. 00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:46.119 I'm sure we all know what the forces were that 00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:48.940 made Theodore Racazzi run in front of the train 00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:52.699 that killed him. He panicked because of a superstitious 00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:56.000 belief in the supernatural. That, of course, 00:43:56.000 --> 00:44:02.440 is the explanation. Or is it? Our cast included 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:06.199 Norman Rose, Larry Haynes, E .V. Juster, Roger 00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:09.800 DeKoven, and Gil Mack. The entire production 00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:12.960 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:15.760 is EG Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:18.940 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:25.079 macabre until next time pleasant dreams