WEBVTT 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:23.960 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:29.769 to the world of terrifying imagination. In 1843, 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:33.549 a Dr. James Braid of Manchester developed the 00:00:33.549 --> 00:00:37.429 art of being able to produce trance sleep. Of 00:00:37.429 --> 00:00:40.270 course, he was not the first. That honor belonged 00:00:40.270 --> 00:00:44.109 to Friedrich Anton Mesmer. But Dr. Braid did 00:00:44.109 --> 00:00:47.490 coin the name of this both beneficial yet potentially 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:52.670 disastrous pariscience, hypnotism. In the skilled 00:00:52.670 --> 00:00:56.109 hands of a doctor or a psychiatrist, it can be 00:00:56.109 --> 00:00:59.670 profoundly beneficial. But in the hands of an 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:05.129 amateur or someone unscrupulous, it can be murderously 00:01:05.129 --> 00:01:09.409 dangerous. That's it, Marge. Just keep your eyes 00:01:09.409 --> 00:01:14.609 on the coin as it goes back and forth, back and 00:01:14.609 --> 00:01:20.489 forth. You're getting sleepy, so sleepy. Your 00:01:20.489 --> 00:01:26.109 eyelids are heavy. You can't hold them up. You've 00:01:26.109 --> 00:01:36.099 got to sleep. Sleep. Sleep. She... She's under, 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.359 Mark. You're putting me on, Jeff. She's fake. 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.799 No, no. She's under, all right. She's a hypnotist's 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.939 dream. Very suggestible. Look, I'll prove it 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:47.959 to you. What's this? Hey, don't hold it there. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:50.959 Just long enough to show she doesn't react. You 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.819 could have burned her. Come on. You think I'd 00:01:53.819 --> 00:01:57.060 do anything to hurt your sister? Well, now that 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:58.989 you've... Got her under, what are you gonna do? 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:05.349 What would you like her to do? Jeff asked me. 00:02:06.269 --> 00:02:10.530 What would you like her to do? Well, I would 00:02:10.530 --> 00:02:14.389 have liked her to murder my father. I wondered 00:02:14.389 --> 00:02:17.189 how Jeff would have reacted if I'd said that 00:02:17.189 --> 00:02:20.810 out loud. It almost came out anyway, since it's 00:02:20.810 --> 00:02:26.409 all I think of these days. How to murder, destroy. 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:40.780 Wipe out my father. Our mystery drama, Murder 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:43.800 with Malice, was written especially for the Mystery 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:48.180 Theater by Ian Martin and stars Marsha Rodd and 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:52.379 Ira Lewis. I'll be back shortly with Act One. 00:03:05.129 --> 00:03:09.409 In principles of mental physiology, Carpenter 00:03:09.409 --> 00:03:14.090 wrote, the method of producing this state consists 00:03:14.090 --> 00:03:17.650 in the maintenance of a fixed gaze on a bright 00:03:17.650 --> 00:03:20.650 object placed somewhat above the line of sight. 00:03:21.729 --> 00:03:24.210 A light behind the subject shining on the bright 00:03:24.210 --> 00:03:27.969 object, a coin, a jewel, a small mirror, is very 00:03:27.969 --> 00:03:32.590 helpful, and a darkened room. Once the subject 00:03:32.590 --> 00:03:36.939 is in the trance, he or she is open to post -hypnotic 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:40.960 suggestion. Luckily for our peace of mind and 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:44.900 their father's health, Marge is a subject and 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:50.520 not the bloodthirsty Mark. Ever since I can remember 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:56.620 I've hated my father and feared him, but never 00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:00.879 more so than these last two years since he killed 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:06.490 my mother. I'd like to kill him, but I haven't 00:04:06.490 --> 00:04:09.389 the guts. Well, what, Mark? What do you mean, 00:04:09.409 --> 00:04:12.270 what? What do you want me to ask Marge to do? 00:04:12.830 --> 00:04:15.669 Don't tell me I put you into a trance, too. No, 00:04:15.669 --> 00:04:20.850 no, I... Look, what sort of thing can I ask? 00:04:21.069 --> 00:04:23.709 Anything within reason. I mean, she won't do 00:04:23.709 --> 00:04:26.009 anything to hurt herself, or to hurt someone 00:04:26.009 --> 00:04:29.230 else, or steal, or anything that goes against 00:04:29.230 --> 00:04:32.149 her natural instincts. Let's keep it simple. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.800 No, you ought to ask her to do. What? Marry you. 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.259 She's got a chance to shake the scene and have 00:04:40.259 --> 00:04:44.060 some kind of decent life of her own and get away 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:48.160 from that monster upstairs and she won't take 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.860 it. She loves her father? That murdering... Hey, 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:52.660 come on, take it easy, Mark. He killed my mother. 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:55.519 It was a car accident. He was going 90 and he 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.480 was drunk when they crashed. It's a miracle anyone 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.899 came out of it alive. A pity it had to be him. 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:04.949 He got off lucky. Lucky. A shattered pelvis? 00:05:05.550 --> 00:05:07.730 Condemned to drag himself around on canes for 00:05:07.730 --> 00:05:10.050 the rest of his life? I hope he never knows a 00:05:10.050 --> 00:05:13.230 moment when he's not in pain. Hey, Mark. Come 00:05:13.230 --> 00:05:15.709 on, let's knock it off. I want to bring Marge 00:05:15.709 --> 00:05:18.769 out of the trance. Wait a minute. We've got a 00:05:18.769 --> 00:05:24.310 bet going here. You claimed you could prove post 00:05:24.310 --> 00:05:27.449 -hypnotic suggestion, didn't you? Yeah. Well, 00:05:27.470 --> 00:05:32.990 suppose you... Damn that grandfather clock. drives 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:37.250 me crazy old man's pride and joy hasn't missed 00:05:37.250 --> 00:05:40.029 a chime since the day he was born did awake March 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:42.509 no she'll stay under till I bring her out of 00:05:42.509 --> 00:05:46.310 it what were you gonna say before well suppose 00:05:46.310 --> 00:05:49.589 you were to tell March to hit up the old man 00:05:49.589 --> 00:05:52.269 for $5 ,000 tomorrow at breakfast would she do 00:05:52.269 --> 00:05:57.110 it well she might if if she thought it was justified 00:05:57.110 --> 00:06:01.689 well tell her tell her I needed to pay off some 00:06:01.689 --> 00:06:04.300 debts Do you? What's the difference? She won't 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:07.439 get it. No, Mark, I'm sorry. No, no go. Now, 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:09.899 if you want Marge to try to get money for you, 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.199 you ask her directly. When she's fully conscious. 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:15.060 Like I figured, the two of you are just putting 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:19.000 me on. Oh, no. No, I'll prove that to you. Marge? 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:24.720 Marge? Yes? I want you to do something for me. 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:28.720 Tomorrow morning. All right? What time's breakfast? 00:06:28.939 --> 00:06:31.860 Nine on the dot. Another of the old man's fetishes. 00:06:32.220 --> 00:06:36.920 Okay. Now Marge, I want you to come down and 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.160 be at the breakfast table at two minutes to nine 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:44.220 tomorrow morning. Then, when the clock strikes 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:48.519 nine, on the last chime, no matter what's going 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:54.180 on, you will say, Hickory dickory dock, the mouse 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:57.740 ran up the clock. The clock struck nine and I 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:02.560 feel fine. Hickory dickory dock and you won't 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:07.600 remember you said it Will you do that? Yes, I 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:12.779 won't forget no You've been having a nice rest 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:17.000 But it's time to wake up and feel refreshed and 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:22.980 relaxed. You will wake up when I say now now 00:07:22.980 --> 00:07:31.959 I feel as if I What are you staring at the two 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:39.000 of you? Jeff did it work mm -hmm You you really 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.720 put me under for about ten minutes. Oh, it's 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.600 scary You know what if you can make me draw a 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:47.360 blank like that you can make me do anything. 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:49.439 Oh, I know don't worry I couldn't make you do 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.779 anything. You didn't really want to I should 00:07:51.779 --> 00:07:54.819 hope not Where did you learn this handy little 00:07:54.819 --> 00:07:59.750 parlor trick? I once took some courses in parapsychology. 00:08:00.250 --> 00:08:02.230 Do you feel relaxed, Marge? Is your headache 00:08:02.230 --> 00:08:05.509 gone? I have to admit I do. And no headache. 00:08:06.370 --> 00:08:09.490 I really feel as if I'd had a whole night's sleep. 00:08:10.310 --> 00:08:12.889 You're a master magician. No, anyone can do what 00:08:12.889 --> 00:08:16.709 I did provided he has the right subject and that 00:08:16.709 --> 00:08:19.889 person is willing. Not that I'd advise it, though. 00:08:20.069 --> 00:08:23.149 It's a dangerous thing to fool around with. But 00:08:23.149 --> 00:08:27.470 your friend uses it in his practice. Dr. Frank? 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.939 Oh, yeah. Occasionally, if it's indicated. Actually, 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:33.159 he's relatively conservative for a psychiatrist. 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:36.860 I don't need him. Well, honey, I'd like to see 00:08:36.860 --> 00:08:39.360 you get rid of those headaches. I'm not a candidate 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:44.000 for the couch, yes. Well, I guess I'll hit the 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.679 sack. Thanks for the fun games. Good night. Good 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:53.799 night, little brother. Good night, Mark. Little 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.919 brother? Didn't you ever know? I was the first 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:02.259 twin to arrive. It's only one of Mark's resentments. 00:09:03.179 --> 00:09:06.299 He's the one who really needs analysis. Marge, 00:09:06.299 --> 00:09:09.399 Mark's problems are his own. Yours are something 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.740 I want to see solved. I don't know why you waste 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:14.720 your time with me. If I had any sense in this 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:17.240 mixed up noodle of mine, I'd marry you, have 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:20.159 four children, and live happily ever after. But 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.659 I just can't. Because you feel yourself tied 00:09:23.659 --> 00:09:26.659 to your father. I can't leave him alone, Jeff. 00:09:26.700 --> 00:09:30.740 I love him. I think, for your sake, Jeff, you'd 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:33.340 better forget me. Will you do me one favor first? 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:36.360 Will you just go to see Dr. Frank for a few visits? 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.620 You think I'm that bad off? Well, Marge, you've 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:44.679 been pretty mixed up ever since the accident. 00:09:45.820 --> 00:09:51.179 I know. Okay, Jeff, maybe you're right. Let me 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:54.460 think about it, and maybe I'll call you Dr. Frank. 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:01.559 Tomorrow. Tomorrow? What is it, Jeff? Nothing. 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:06.539 It isn't important. It'd be more complicated 00:10:06.539 --> 00:10:11.419 to undo than to do now. I'll call you then and 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:20.460 explain. Morning, Mark. Morning, Dad. You're 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:25.700 surprisingly early. Yeah, I am. I wanted to ask 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:31.580 you something. If it's money, no. Dad, I'm in... 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:37.159 bad trouble. Then dig yourself out. Dad... Mom 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.139 left me money that will come to me when I'm 30. 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:44.120 Why can't I? I'm very wise, Alfred. Maybe in 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.460 another six years, you'll be able to handle it 00:10:46.460 --> 00:10:48.879 instead of gambling it away. It wasn't mom's 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:51.879 decision. You talked her into it. I most certainly 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.899 did. Look, you don't understand. I'm... I'm mixed 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:59.720 up with some very hard guys. If I don't pay them 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:03.539 all... Oh, don't talk nonsense. They'll waste 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:07.519 their money. Good morning, Marjorie. Morning, 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.879 Dad. Mark, am I late? No, dear. It's just two 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.950 minutes to nine. Sit down have your orange juice. 00:11:13.950 --> 00:11:16.509 I'll pour the coffee first you sound very chipper 00:11:16.509 --> 00:11:19.450 Yes, I had a wonderful sleep last night relaxed 00:11:19.450 --> 00:11:22.509 as a kitten. I wish I could say the same Well, 00:11:22.509 --> 00:11:24.789 that's what comes of having a guilty conscience 00:11:24.789 --> 00:11:29.269 And what about yours I wanted to shout at him 00:11:29.269 --> 00:11:31.990 as I pushed my chair from the table violently 00:11:31.990 --> 00:11:36.070 and went to the sideboard I Was seething with 00:11:36.070 --> 00:11:41.090 hate at his smug self -virtuousness Guilty conscience 00:11:41.929 --> 00:11:46.190 If he only knew how guilty, how much I wanted 00:11:46.190 --> 00:11:50.929 him dead. Serving breakfast plates for Marge 00:11:50.929 --> 00:11:56.629 and me gave me time to regain control. Then the 00:11:56.629 --> 00:12:01.289 clock began to strike nine, and my mood improved. 00:12:02.830 --> 00:12:06.129 A small revenge, but if Jeff's trick worked, 00:12:07.230 --> 00:12:10.470 at least I'd see the pompous old ass look foolish 00:12:10.470 --> 00:12:14.399 for once. What time did Jeff Henderson leave 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.379 last night? I think I'm old enough not to have 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.840 to answer questions like that I think I have 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.100 the right to ask any questions. I want to in 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:25.379 my house Because I want to know if you're thinking 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:30.299 again of marrying Jeff Hickory dickory dock the 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:34.179 mouse ran up the clock the clock struck 9 and 00:12:34.179 --> 00:12:40.139 I feel fine Hickory dickory dock what? What did 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:44.980 you just say Marjorie? Me? I didn't say anything. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.480 I just asked you a perfectly reasonable question 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.679 and you replied with a silly nursery rhyme. Nursery 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.700 rhyme? Dad, I don't know what you're talking 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:56.480 about. I didn't... She doesn't know. She said 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:00.220 it. Keep out of this, Mark. It was post hypnotic 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:04.240 suggestion. It was what? Marge had one of her 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.740 bad headaches and Jeff thought he could cure 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:10.370 it by hypnosis. And he did. But what's this about 00:13:10.370 --> 00:13:14.909 hypnosis? Marge, I must say I didn't think you'd 00:13:14.909 --> 00:13:18.549 be this foolish. I don't want Jeff Henderson 00:13:18.549 --> 00:13:21.750 in this house again. Dad, I'm the one the trick 00:13:21.750 --> 00:13:24.950 was played on. Where's your sense of humor? I 00:13:24.950 --> 00:13:28.730 haven't had any sense of humor since I lost your 00:13:28.730 --> 00:13:32.870 mother. No, no, don't. Help me. I don't need 00:13:32.870 --> 00:13:36.129 anyone. I can manage by myself. I don't expect 00:13:36.129 --> 00:13:39.309 it from my son. And I don't ask it from you, 00:13:39.529 --> 00:13:42.649 Marge. Dad, I... Oh, let him go, Marge. He's 00:13:42.649 --> 00:13:45.090 only looking for sympathy. Why do you have to 00:13:45.090 --> 00:13:47.690 be so hard on him, Mark? Because I hate him. 00:13:48.090 --> 00:13:52.389 I always have. Mark, he's our father. I love 00:13:52.389 --> 00:13:55.490 him. Well, maybe we're not... What do they call 00:13:55.490 --> 00:14:00.049 us? Enzigotic twins, after all. I mean, I guess 00:14:00.049 --> 00:14:02.529 we came from two different eggs because the only 00:14:02.529 --> 00:14:06.330 thing I want him to be is dead. I think maybe 00:14:06.330 --> 00:14:14.149 we both need psychiatrists. I'll get it, Williams. 00:14:17.750 --> 00:14:24.629 Yes? Are you Mark Prentice? Yes. Well, open up, 00:14:24.629 --> 00:14:28.950 fella. Let me in. Oh, now, you don't want to 00:14:28.950 --> 00:14:35.500 see artillery, do you? Benny? Yeah. He sent me. 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:41.419 What do you want? Oh, boy. Benny must be going 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:45.440 soft. He lets you into him for 15 big ones. Now, 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:50.019 look, look. I'm gonna pay him. Oh, I know you're 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:54.139 gonna pay him. But when? Like, uh, what's on 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:57.779 account? I... I haven't got anything right now, 00:14:57.820 --> 00:15:02.580 but... Benny knows. and I come into my own money 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:07.500 when I'm 30. You got two weeks for... two, for 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:11.039 a whole account. Otherwise, a couple of broken 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.100 legs, a little treatment around kidneys, you 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:18.360 carry the rest of your life. And we'd still be 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:21.460 waiting for the payment. You get the message. 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:28.500 I'm scared. And I've never been so scared in 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:37.230 my life. I'm caught aiming business. And I'll 00:15:37.230 --> 00:15:42.129 never change my father's mind. I'm going to have 00:15:42.129 --> 00:15:55.070 to kill him. But how? How? Not exactly the all 00:15:55.070 --> 00:15:58.509 -American family, the Predacists. But then... 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:01.299 Where murder is contemplated, and where in fact 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:04.960 it may be done, you don't expect to find very 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:09.379 normal people, especially where the murder is 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:14.039 premeditated. I'll return shortly with Act II. 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:29.299 Almost two weeks have passed. And Mark has not 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:31.659 been able to take any action towards solving 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:35.320 his problems. Marge, at least under Jeff's urging, 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:38.799 has had several sessions with Dr. Frank. And 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.940 Harvey Prentiss has continued to be himself. 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:46.320 Domineering, selfish, callous to any problems 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:54.360 but his own. Mark? Yeah, Dad. What is it? Where 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:58.289 the devil is Marjorie? I think she's with a psychiatrist. 00:16:58.850 --> 00:17:01.370 What does she need with a psychiatrist? You'll 00:17:01.370 --> 00:17:05.710 have to ask her that. Oh, not again. I trust 00:17:05.710 --> 00:17:07.789 she's not gonna be late for dinner this time. 00:17:08.109 --> 00:17:11.390 Search me. Well, when she comes in, I'm in the 00:17:11.390 --> 00:17:16.809 study. Oh, by the way, I see you appear to be 00:17:16.809 --> 00:17:22.549 all in one piece. No bruises, no damage. Did 00:17:22.549 --> 00:17:25.980 you pay off your debts? No, I told you nothing 00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:29.240 would happen. I've got two days left to come 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:36.000 up with the money Look dad no Not from me. Do 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.079 you know that I'm scared to go out of the house? 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:41.259 Has it ever occurred to you that you should and 00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:44.859 get a job? That's the way to pay your debts off. 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:47.920 I couldn't pay my debts off with any job I can 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.819 get Perhaps you should have thought of that before 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:55.940 you ran them up Oh, it's easy to hate my father. 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.759 And even the fact of murdering him would not 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:04.460 be all that hard. It's just how to do it without 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:08.779 being found out. It never occurred to me that 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:18.400 my sister might provide the answer. Marge! Jeff, 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.380 what are you doing here? I knew you had an appointment 00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:22.519 with Dr. Frank. I have the car, so I thought 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.420 I'd wait and drive you home. I don't feel like 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:28.180 talking, Jeff. Marge, I haven't seen you in almost 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:31.059 two weeks. You won't even answer my phone calls. 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:35.500 Are you mad at me? Not exactly. Is it that silly 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:38.140 stunt I pulled with that post -hypnotic suggestion? 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.160 No, no. It's ever since that evening. I know. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.319 All right, all right. Let's get in the car and 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:55.849 you can drive me home. Sure. I'm so mixed up, 00:18:56.029 --> 00:18:59.230 Jeff. I... Oh, I wish you'd never suggested Dr. 00:18:59.549 --> 00:19:01.430 Frank. Oh, now, wait a minute. He's a good guy. 00:19:01.470 --> 00:19:04.390 Not for my money, he isn't. I know you meant 00:19:04.390 --> 00:19:08.910 well, but... But what? Jeff, I... Well, I'm not 00:19:08.910 --> 00:19:12.549 good for you. Mark and I are all... all screwed 00:19:12.549 --> 00:19:16.230 up somehow. The whole family. We're Jonas. Keep 00:19:16.230 --> 00:19:18.369 away from us. Mark, it's nothing you can say. 00:19:18.369 --> 00:19:21.369 Why won't you listen to me? I don't want to see 00:19:21.369 --> 00:19:23.700 you anymore. I can't. There's... There's nothing 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:27.460 to explain, and I... I have such a headache. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.839 Well, maybe I ought to stay and give you another 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.460 hypnotic treatment. No, no, no. Nobody else is 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:36.460 getting inside my head anymore but me. Please, 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:39.900 let's just make this goodbye. I don't want to 00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:54.990 see you again. Marge! Marge, wait a minute! It's 00:19:54.990 --> 00:19:59.890 nothing. Just leave me alone. Okay. Play it your 00:19:59.890 --> 00:20:03.349 way. I'm sorry, Mark. I didn't mean to snap. 00:20:03.529 --> 00:20:07.009 It's just the top of my head's blowing off. I'm 00:20:07.009 --> 00:20:09.509 not going near that psychiatrist again. What's 00:20:09.509 --> 00:20:13.049 the panic? The things he keeps saying. I think 00:20:13.049 --> 00:20:16.390 he's the crazy one. How come? I'm not going to 00:20:16.390 --> 00:20:19.210 go through all the double talk about the id and 00:20:19.210 --> 00:20:22.670 the super ego and the ego, but what he finally 00:20:22.670 --> 00:20:26.490 got around to saying was... But I was jealous 00:20:26.490 --> 00:20:32.130 of mother and because dad put her first I I hated 00:20:32.130 --> 00:20:36.869 him and wanted him dead He's got the wrong twin 00:20:36.869 --> 00:20:39.750 How could he say such a thing to me when I I 00:20:39.750 --> 00:20:42.990 literally gave up Jeff to take care of dad? I 00:20:42.990 --> 00:20:46.269 mean honestly, I thought and Oedipus complex 00:20:46.269 --> 00:20:48.390 was strictly from the ancient Greeks and for 00:20:48.390 --> 00:20:51.690 doctors talking to each other Can you imagine 00:20:51.690 --> 00:20:54.859 me supposed to hate? My father? How could you 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:57.359 hate dad when you dropped everything to take 00:20:57.359 --> 00:21:00.140 care of him ever since mom died? See, that's 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:03.000 because I'm supposed to have a fixation. And 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.839 it's only guilt that holds me back from destroying 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:12.880 him. What? He says that deep down in my subconscious 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:16.180 or whatever, I really want to commit murder. 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.519 You sure you know what you're saying? I know 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:22.549 what Dr. Frank said. That I'll never get rid 00:21:22.549 --> 00:21:25.589 of my headaches till I get rid of my guilt feelings. 00:21:26.269 --> 00:21:29.450 And to get rid of those, I'll have to kill him. 00:21:29.849 --> 00:21:34.730 Dad? That's right. Well, there's a quicker way 00:21:34.730 --> 00:21:38.390 to get rid of headaches than that. How? We'll 00:21:38.390 --> 00:21:42.349 get old Jeff back to hypnotize you again. No. 00:21:43.190 --> 00:21:46.650 Jeff and I are through. I told him that tonight. 00:21:48.210 --> 00:21:52.000 Well, if you really want to... Get rid of a headache. 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:58.339 I could have a shot at the hypnosis route. Jeff 00:21:58.339 --> 00:22:01.839 said anyone could do it. No, no thanks. I'm taking 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:04.599 my headache to bed. I won't be down for dinner. 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:11.559 Of course I didn't have the idea right then. 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:17.019 But some instinct was nudging me that somewhere, 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:23.599 somehow... There was a way out for me But before 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:26.140 I could follow the thought through the phone 00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:41.700 Yeah, hello Look I'm working on it. I think I've 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:50.309 got a way to Well, maybe I could raise... You'd 00:22:50.309 --> 00:22:53.150 better raise it off, though. Because that's what 00:22:53.150 --> 00:22:57.809 Uncle Benny's calling it in. Wall. By the Deep 00:22:57.809 --> 00:23:06.329 Six. Hey, mister. Mister! Who was on the phone, 00:23:06.509 --> 00:23:12.329 Mark? Someone for me, Dad. Did I hear your sister 00:23:12.329 --> 00:23:17.230 come in? Oh, yeah. Yeah, a few minutes ago. Did 00:23:17.230 --> 00:23:19.029 you tell her I wanted to see her in the study? 00:23:20.190 --> 00:23:24.890 No. Damn it! Face me when I talk. Why not? Because 00:23:24.890 --> 00:23:27.809 she didn't want to see you. She wasn't feeling 00:23:27.809 --> 00:23:30.369 well. She went up to bed. Before dinner? She 00:23:30.369 --> 00:23:33.349 said she didn't feel like eating. And neither 00:23:33.349 --> 00:23:36.250 do I. What's the matter with you? I'm scared, 00:23:36.589 --> 00:23:41.450 Dad. That's what's the matter. I'm scared so 00:23:41.450 --> 00:23:45.349 bad I'm sick. Why? That was some hard guy on 00:23:45.349 --> 00:23:49.410 the phone. Benny's man. Who's Benny? The man 00:23:49.410 --> 00:23:53.049 I owe money to. Look, you've got to let me have 00:23:53.049 --> 00:23:55.049 it. No. You don't understand. If I don't come 00:23:55.049 --> 00:23:56.730 up with it the day after tomorrow, they could 00:23:56.730 --> 00:23:59.410 kill me. Don't be ridiculous. All I'm asking 00:23:59.410 --> 00:24:02.450 is to give me my part of the money that Mom left. 00:24:03.089 --> 00:24:06.150 Marge got hers? Marjorie could be trusted. You 00:24:06.150 --> 00:24:09.970 cannot. Please. I'm not your mother, Mark. You 00:24:09.970 --> 00:24:11.970 haven't got her around to bail you out anymore 00:24:11.970 --> 00:24:15.039 the way she used to. This time it's your problem 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:18.599 and no one else's. The only way you'll ever get 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:21.740 any money out of me beyond living expenses is 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:27.500 over my dead body. The only way I ever wanted 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:34.099 it from him, over his dead body. And suddenly, 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:41.480 at last, I could see the way to do it. Dinner 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:47.059 was eaten in stony silence. Just the two of us. 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:50.400 After it, my father went back to the study for 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:55.579 coffee and brandy. I sneaked upstairs to my father's 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:59.500 bedroom, which had been my mother's too, and 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.839 searched quickly through her drawers to find 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:11.119 what I wanted. The rest was waiting till my father 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:14.880 was safely in bed for the night. And then moving 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.319 quietly along the upstairs corridor to my sister's 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:29.759 room. Who is it? Mark. May I come in? I suppose 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:36.140 so. I knew you were up. I saw the light under 00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:39.769 the door. came by to say good night an hour or 00:25:39.769 --> 00:25:43.430 so ago. I couldn't get back to sleep. What time 00:25:43.430 --> 00:25:48.349 is it? The witching hour. Midnight. Do you mind 00:25:48.349 --> 00:25:51.190 if I sit on the other bed for a moment? It's 00:25:51.190 --> 00:25:53.970 all right. My bed light in your eyes? No, no, 00:25:53.970 --> 00:25:58.470 no, no. It's just fine. How's the headache? Splitting. 00:25:59.930 --> 00:26:03.309 I wish I had some magic remedy. I'd just like 00:26:03.309 --> 00:26:05.609 to go to sleep tonight and never wake up again. 00:26:05.710 --> 00:26:10.259 No, you don't mean that. I do tonight. What's 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:14.279 that swinging in your hand? That's a memento 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:18.240 from better days. Remember, it's the, uh, it's, 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:22.220 uh, Mom's TikTok watch. Oh, I haven't seen that 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:26.000 in years. It's still so shiny. Where'd you get 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:30.339 it? Oh, I had it a while. Remember how, when 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:32.579 we were kids, she used to put us to sleep with 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:39.880 it? The TikTok watch. Tic. Tick -tock, tick -tock, 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:43.279 back and forth. My eyes used to get glued to 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:49.980 it. Tick -tock, tick -tock, back and forth, back 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:55.279 and forth, till I began to get so sleepy, so 00:26:55.279 --> 00:27:03.579 sleepy. So sleepy. Sleep, Marge. Sleep. Keep 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:09.069 your eyes on the watch. Yeah, your eyelids are 00:27:09.069 --> 00:27:17.650 getting heavy. Heavy. So heavy. You've got to 00:27:17.650 --> 00:27:33.289 sleep. Sleep. Sleep. March. March. I can't believe 00:27:33.289 --> 00:27:44.950 it. I can't feel the flame. Maud, you're asleep. 00:27:46.210 --> 00:27:51.150 But you can hear me. Yes, I hear you. Who am 00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:58.509 I? Your Mark. Am I your brother? Yes. Your twin? 00:27:59.390 --> 00:28:06.109 Yes. Do you know our father? Yes. How do I feel 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:14.150 about him? You... Hate him. How do you feel about 00:28:14.150 --> 00:28:22.049 him? Marge, I asked you. How do you feel about 00:28:22.049 --> 00:28:30.269 him? I... I hate him, too. Would you like to 00:28:30.269 --> 00:28:36.869 kill him? Yes. I've always wanted to. I wanna 00:28:36.869 --> 00:28:44.349 kill him. I could hardly believe my luck. And 00:28:44.349 --> 00:28:48.250 just in time to save my neck. The perfect weapon 00:28:48.250 --> 00:28:55.089 for the perfect murder. My sister. But did I 00:28:55.089 --> 00:28:59.470 dare to use it? To hurt her instead of being 00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:05.640 hurt myself? What would they do to her? What 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:09.759 would happen to her if I did what I was planning? 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:15.799 And would it even work? What were the odds on 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:20.619 the biggest gamble I would ever take in my life? 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:30.440 A girl helpless under an hypnotic spell at the 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:34.059 mercy of the agent who wove that spell her twin 00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:37.599 brother himself at the mercy of passions beyond 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.839 his control, eaten up with hate, tortured by 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.700 fear, hesitating to make an unconscionable gamble 00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:50.359 with her life to save his own. I'll return shortly 00:29:50.359 --> 00:30:07.599 with Act III. lies still, her eyes wide open 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:12.359 but unseeing. Alongside her brother Mark sits, 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:15.559 his mother's watch still swinging its pendulum 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:19.339 arc in his hand, unnoticed as he wrestles with 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:22.519 the conscience which holds him back from this 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:27.599 ultimate gamble. The gamble? Can anyone under 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:32.460 hypnotic influence be induced to commit murder? 00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:38.140 If she killed, they'd never do anything to her. 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:41.380 There's a whole history. The encephalitis she 00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:44.279 had as a kid, the nervous breakdown after mom 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:48.279 died. She's going to a psychiatrist now. Sure, 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:52.380 I can get her off. Temporary insanity. Yeah. 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:57.900 Yeah, that's it. Only will it work. What was 00:30:57.900 --> 00:31:01.759 it Jeff said? She won't do anything to hurt herself, 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:05.539 or to hurt someone else, or steal, or do any... 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:12.819 natural instincts what does that mean doesn't 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:17.339 mean what we really feel deep inside even if 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:22.900 we don't know about it it's a gamble the odds 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:31.839 aren't bad it's Mark Marge can you hear me I 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:36.500 hear you remember Couple of weeks ago when Jeff 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:39.660 was here and we got off on the hypnosis kick. 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:44.940 Yes, I remember. And what started it? I don't 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:50.539 know. I think, yes, talking about being kids. 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:54.519 Remember how even then Jeff was into the psychic 00:31:54.519 --> 00:32:00.099 bit? Yes, the funny cards and guessing and trying 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:02.740 to reach each other's minds. And who was the 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:08.160 best? We were. Why? Because we're twins. Twins 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:10.779 go together. Remember how we always liked the 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:14.839 same things? Mocha ice cream and rare hamburger. 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:19.599 Buttermilk. Crazy things nobody else liked. We 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:23.779 liked. Just like we hated. What did we hate? 00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:29.240 You know. Coffee, half and half. Hot dogs without 00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:35.470 relish. People who lie or cheat. Murder. Murder? 00:32:35.950 --> 00:32:40.430 Like Dad. He killed Mother, didn't he? There 00:32:40.430 --> 00:32:42.990 was an accident. He was too drunk to drive the 00:32:42.990 --> 00:32:44.869 car. Didn't you hate him after the accident? 00:32:44.970 --> 00:32:49.630 I don't know. Don't you hate him now? I... Yes, 00:32:49.630 --> 00:32:53.650 I hate him. Would you like to see him dead? Would 00:32:53.650 --> 00:32:58.710 I? I would. And we're twins, remember? Yes, twins. 00:32:59.069 --> 00:33:02.029 We always think alike, right? We always think 00:33:02.029 --> 00:33:06.500 alike. I want to kill him. Don't you? I want 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:10.460 to kill him. Then listen. Tomorrow night he'll 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:14.119 go to bed early. He'll be fast asleep by ten 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:17.000 o 'clock, you understand? Fast asleep by ten 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:19.819 o 'clock. I can promise you that. I won't be 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:22.880 here. But when the grandfather clock strikes 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.619 ten, you're going to go to the dining room, right? 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.160 When it strikes ten, I go to the dining room. 00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:33.869 In the sideboard drawer? You know which one? 00:33:34.609 --> 00:33:38.150 His dad's carving knife. The one he keeps honed 00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:40.769 to a razor's edge with the sharp point, remember? 00:33:41.329 --> 00:33:46.049 I remember. The carving knife. Right. And then 00:33:46.049 --> 00:33:51.170 go to his bedroom and plunge it into his chest. 00:33:52.809 --> 00:33:57.369 Listen to me, Marge. You'll be doing what you 00:33:57.369 --> 00:34:00.220 always wanted to do. You'll never have headaches 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:03.839 anymore because the guilt will be gone. You'll 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:06.079 be destroying him just as you've always wanted 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:10.599 to do, killing what you hate, what I hate, killing 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:14.940 all the hate in our hearts. You understand? When 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:19.019 the clock strikes ten tomorrow night, I am to 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:23.360 get the carving knife and take it upstairs and 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:26.460 plunge it into Dad until he is dead. And when 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:30.079 you wake up in the morning, You won't remember 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:36.480 any of this. I didn't sleep much that night, 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:40.679 and next day was an endless nightmare. By the 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:43.840 time dinner was over, I was a wreck. But the 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:47.599 real strain was just beginning. Oh, it was no 00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:49.840 sweat to slip the barbiturate and dad's coffee, 00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:53.239 and later to help him up to bed half comatose 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:56.940 and get him settled snoring for the night. Was 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:59.360 after the clock chimed 830 that I finally left 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:02.780 the house to establish my own alibi Stopping 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:07.219 carefully. I might add on the way out To make 00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:10.320 sure the clock was wound although my father was 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:12.519 usually infallible and seeing that it never ran 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:23.059 down And then I left the house Hey mark, I'm 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:25.199 sorry. I'm a little late. Oh just glad you're 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:29.260 here Have you eaten? Oh, yeah. You? Oh, long 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:32.300 time ago. I ordered some set -ups. Is scotch 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:35.260 okay with you? One drink. Just thought we might 00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:38.039 have a talk together. What time is it? Around 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:41.260 five or so to nine. Well, what do you want to 00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:45.619 talk about? March. That's my favorite subject. 00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:49.000 You aren't the bearer of good news, by any chance. 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:51.500 Good news? Well, that she's changed her mind 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:53.599 about me, and I might have some kind of a chance 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:55.500 with her? That's something we might discuss, 00:35:55.760 --> 00:36:04.639 Jeff. Let's have another drink first. Where was 00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:07.179 I? Don't you think you should go a little easy 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:09.300 on the drinking, Mark? Hey, if I want to get 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:12.579 drunk, I'll get drunk. Not with me, Buster. All 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:15.480 right, okay, so I'm sober. Where was I? You were 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.519 trying to explain something about your sister, 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:20.170 which is the only reason you're holding me. Oh, 00:36:20.449 --> 00:36:23.650 oh yeah, March, yeah. You know, you don't stand 00:36:23.650 --> 00:36:26.829 a chance as long as Dad's around. Yeah, I'm aware 00:36:26.829 --> 00:36:30.449 of that problem. Well, supposing it suddenly 00:36:30.449 --> 00:36:35.050 didn't exist anymore. What time is it? About 00:36:35.050 --> 00:36:37.389 nine thirty. Look, supposing there wasn't my 00:36:37.389 --> 00:36:41.949 father. That's your only question for the evening. 00:36:43.050 --> 00:36:53.079 Maybe we ought to order another drink. Huh? Come 00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:55.059 on. What? Come on, I paid up. Let's get out of 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:59.420 here. No, no, no. I can't. What time is it? It's 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:03.099 after ten o 'clock. How much? Five, ten minutes 00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:06.480 after ten. That's not long enough. I got to stay 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:09.360 here a while. Okay, suit yourself. I'm going 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:11.420 home. Hey, we haven't finished talking. As far 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:14.460 as I'm concerned, we have. I want to tell you 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.539 about Marge. Whatever you had to tell me about 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:19.260 Marge, if you ever had, it's too late for you 00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:21.789 to make any sense tonight. Either you come with 00:37:21.789 --> 00:37:25.130 me now and I'll drop you home or stay get as 00:37:25.130 --> 00:37:27.610 stoned as you want. I gotta stay just a little 00:37:27.610 --> 00:37:36.190 longer Doesn't matter anymore My hands my feet 00:37:36.190 --> 00:37:38.409 everything seemed like lead from the moment ten 00:37:38.409 --> 00:37:42.630 o 'clock had passed Before I had been fired up 00:37:42.630 --> 00:37:46.139 nervously tensed hard put to act normal Now the 00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.239 drinks meant nothing. I wanted to call it all 00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:50.280 back. I stumbled to my feet. I rushed out of 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:57.320 the bar. In the cab back to the house, I had 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:01.039 all sorts of fantasies. Sometimes when the clock 00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:03.679 got over -wound, it would stop. If it hadn't 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.739 struck ten, maybe my father was still alive. 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:09.659 And the other fear... How did I expect my amateur 00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:22.059 hypnosis would work? house empty I was conscious 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:26.679 of the echo of its size for the first time through 00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:32.559 the hall up the big staircase down the hall to 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:39.519 my father's room everything seemed to echo carefully 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:45.099 I opened the door to my father's room and listen 00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:52.809 no sound I went in. I looked at my father where 00:38:52.809 --> 00:38:57.050 he lay, lit by a lamp on the far wall over the 00:38:57.050 --> 00:38:59.969 dressing table. The first thing I was conscious 00:38:59.969 --> 00:39:06.210 of was that he was breathing. And I saw the carving 00:39:06.210 --> 00:39:09.610 knife on the floor. It was instinctive to pick 00:39:09.610 --> 00:39:13.969 it up. It was bright silver and stainless steel 00:39:13.969 --> 00:39:18.889 glittering in the corner lamp. There was no trace 00:39:18.889 --> 00:39:24.110 of blood. He wasn't dead. And I knew I would 00:39:24.110 --> 00:39:29.809 have to do this by myself. By myself. There never 00:39:29.809 --> 00:39:34.329 had been any other way. So I came to the bed, 00:39:35.489 --> 00:39:40.030 lifting the knife up high to drive it home. And 00:39:40.030 --> 00:39:45.070 suddenly his eyes were open, looking at me, recognizing 00:39:45.070 --> 00:39:49.800 what was about to happen. Then one convulsive 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:55.019 shrug towards me his eyes glazed over But in 00:39:55.019 --> 00:40:00.639 that last moment he said you Always wanted me 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:22.119 dead dead so Strike strike for all the good as 00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:25.500 you wanted him to be. I don't have to listen 00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:27.579 to you. Oh, yes, you'd better listen to me. What 00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:30.059 you try to do to your sister is beyond belief. 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:34.099 She hated my father as much as I did. Your thumbnail 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.280 psychology is about as successful as what you 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:38.860 know about hypnotism. Oh, you put Marge to the 00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:41.559 acid test, and your hypnotic suggestion worked 00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.119 just as you planned it, up till the last moment. 00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:47.000 How do you know? Because your sister ran to me 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.559 for help. At the last moment, she couldn't force 00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:52.659 herself to turn against love. Not for this one 00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:56.880 man. Or me. Or you. But just the fact that she 00:40:56.880 --> 00:41:00.500 was human. And normal. And hate was no part of 00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:04.539 her. But love was. So she dropped the knife and 00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:07.900 ran to you. Well, you dropped it too. Didn't 00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:10.639 you? When it came to the test, you could no more 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:14.880 strike than Marge. Could you? I'll never know. 00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:22.389 He died before I had the chance. A massive stroke 00:41:22.389 --> 00:41:25.530 had caused my father's death before I had a chance 00:41:25.530 --> 00:41:29.969 to kill him. But if I wasn't guilty in fact, 00:41:30.909 --> 00:41:34.829 I certainly was in intention. And to achieve 00:41:34.829 --> 00:41:37.230 his death I would have tried anything within 00:41:37.230 --> 00:41:41.809 my power. I was lucky to get off scot -free I 00:41:41.809 --> 00:41:49.590 thought. And I directed my entire estate be left... 00:41:49.630 --> 00:41:53.550 to my beloved daughter Marjorie, subject to all 00:41:53.550 --> 00:41:57.570 the provisions to protect it and her from my 00:41:57.570 --> 00:42:01.610 son Mark, to whom, with all my heart, I leave 00:42:01.610 --> 00:42:11.130 nothing, not one cent. As attorney for the estate, 00:42:11.590 --> 00:42:14.150 Mark, I'm going to make sure your father gets 00:42:14.150 --> 00:42:19.119 his wish. Sure, big deal. You figure to marry 00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:22.559 the heiress I figure to protect Marge from you 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:27.159 as long as I live If I thought I could wring 00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:30.400 your neck by myself and get away with it. I'd 00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:35.559 be happy to do it Luckily, I don't have to worry 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:41.300 no dough brother not a penny Go pay your debts 00:42:49.230 --> 00:42:54.969 Can one be hypnotized and led to kill? Certainly 00:42:54.969 --> 00:42:58.969 not from tonight's story, and highly doubtful, 00:42:59.210 --> 00:43:02.210 if not impossible, no matter who the subject 00:43:02.210 --> 00:43:07.989 might be. But just in case, I hope we have all 00:43:07.989 --> 00:43:11.130 learned that it is nothing to meddle with for 00:43:11.130 --> 00:43:15.309 the uninformed. Like all special areas in life, 00:43:15.710 --> 00:43:19.409 it should be used by the expert. only in cases 00:43:19.409 --> 00:43:35.409 of special need. I'll be back shortly. It was 00:43:35.409 --> 00:43:37.969 some time before Marge and Jeff were married. 00:43:38.469 --> 00:43:41.909 But once they were, the shadows and cobwebs were 00:43:41.909 --> 00:43:45.619 wiped away. Mark was only a dark memory that 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:48.579 would disintegrate in time as thoroughly as his 00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:52.639 corporal self, trapped in his cement boots in 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:55.800 the shifting muck of the river bottom where he 00:43:55.800 --> 00:44:01.440 lies. Who sows the wind must reap the whirlwind. 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:06.019 Our cast included Marsha Rodd, Nick Pryor, Ira 00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:09.719 Lewis, and Stats Cotsworth. The entire production 00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:13.360 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:16.000 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.219 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:25.059 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.