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A pre-wedding spiritual seance leads to a young woman being tortured by a demon.
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00:00Come in. Welcome. Welcome to Mystery Theater. I'm Hyman Brown. Welcome to the sounds of
00:19suspense, to the fear you can hear. Make yourself comfortable, for there are ill winds blowing
00:25outside. This is a tale of a titanic struggle between two colossal forces, one natural, the
00:34other supernatural. The prize, a girl's soul. And in the clash of fire and water, there is
00:42the very devil to pay. Come with me now to the faraway Firth in Scotland to meet the
00:50first of the forces. It's the tide. It comes in faster than an express train. Is it always
00:59like this? Twice a day. Doesn't it ever break? It will, when it gets just about abreast of
01:05us. Isn't it exciting? That's one word for it. That's why you don't dare go out on the
01:11flats on foot. If the tide was due, you'd never make it ashore. Our mystery drama, Speak of
01:24the Devil, was written especially for the Mystery Theater by Ian Martin and stars Jada
01:30Roland and Nick Pryor. I'll be back shortly with act one. They say he who dreams on the
01:50Solway will awaken another world. Not only is the tide a terror, but so are the quicksands
01:57and far worse than either, the bogeys, the warlocks, the unnamed things that haunt Scottish
02:04history. The Scots' word for our story is eldritch. It means uncanny, eerie, frightful, otherworldly.
02:16If you'll put out the light, Mrs. Petry.
02:20What? Hold my hand, Mike.
02:23You'd better hold both mine. Why?
02:27You can't trust me in the dark.
02:29I'm sorry, Colonel Bruce.
02:33Now, Mike, Mary Ellen, I know you two young ones think a seance is a might daft, but it's
02:40not the way that Colonel, Mrs. Petry, and I feel.
02:44Well, then maybe we'd better not stay.
02:46Oh, no. We need five of the circle. It's a blessing you're here.
02:49But please, be serious. All of us have made contact with your dearest ones who have passed
02:59on through my control.
03:02Control?
03:03That's a messenger who brings us messages.
03:07Anatu. He once was a slave in Babylon.
03:12Babylon?
03:14This is scary.
03:16Hang in, darling.
03:17Now, may we all join hands, please.
03:23I'm asking you not to break the chain of contact now.
03:29Clear your minds.
03:33Make them a blank.
03:35A quiet place.
03:37Reaching away and above and out and over from here to the bonny, bonny other place that
03:56lies beyond our ken.
03:59We're biding here, Anatu, asking you back into our circle.
04:10Will you not come back to us again?
04:14Most precious lady, from across centuries, the time is not right, not right now.
04:25I beg you, Gishba is breathing fire tonight.
04:31No, there is evil.
04:33Stop it, stop it.
04:49In heaven's name.
04:50Someone get the light.
04:51Yes, yes.
04:51It burned.
04:53It burned.
04:54Ellen, where is that damn light?
04:57Mary Ellen, are you all right?
04:59Yes, sir.
05:02What's all that smoke?
05:03That's just the incense we burn.
05:05I'm the one to blame for meddling in the business of the Lord.
05:10We'll not ever have a seance in this house again.
05:15I'm afraid I'll lose some devil out of hell this night.
05:27Ouch.
05:27Oh, don't wriggle so much.
05:30You stuck the pin in me, Aunt Jeannie.
05:32Oh, I'm sorry, Ellen.
05:34Oh, but it'll take more than a pinprick to burst your happiness.
05:38Thank you, Aunt Jeannie, for letting me come home to be married.
05:41And for such a heavenly day.
05:43Oh, well, I'll accept the thanks for bidding you back to where you grew up.
05:48When Dad died so suddenly, I was lost.
05:52I didn't know what to do.
05:53Well, you did just the right thing.
05:56You came home.
05:58You're two modern young people who are a lot smarter than we old people are.
06:03And it's proud I am to be part of the gamble you're making in your lives.
06:07I am all goosebumps.
06:09I'll get back into my jeans and sweater.
06:11I've got a skin, just like I had last Wednesday night.
06:16Don't mention it.
06:18I should never have had you children in that circle.
06:21It was so scary.
06:23It was so scary.
06:24What happened?
06:25I don't know.
06:27It was some kind of trick, wasn't it?
06:30I don't play tricks.
06:31Well, it was Maggie, your mother, who had the second sight, you know.
06:36That wee wisp, so delicate and so, so vibrant.
06:41When she died, it tore the heart out of me.
06:46But Will went off to America and left me to bring you up.
06:51Well, it put my heart back.
06:56And then when you were 15 and almost grown up and he wanted you to join him, I...
07:01I was left alone again.
07:04How could I stop you going?
07:06I didn't want to go.
07:07I know.
07:08But you were his flesh and blood.
07:10But I found a way out of my loneliness.
07:15Nights when the roar of the tide used to come boiling up the firth outside the windows there.
07:21I thought I could hear Maggie calling to me.
07:24But when the wind was scurling out of the northeast, I'd hear her voice on the wings of the blow.
07:31And I began to think maybe I had the call, too.
07:35That's when I started the seances.
07:38Until the other night?
07:40Yes.
07:42I'll never hold a seance again.
07:45So the subject is closed.
07:46I realize I'm just a foolish old woman.
07:49I've never been so scared.
07:51You promised me to put it out of your mind.
07:53What's past is past.
07:56Your future is all that matters.
07:59It seems so right to be back.
08:02As if...
08:03As if something were calling me.
08:05Oh, you're cold.
08:08I'll stir up the fire.
08:10No.
08:11No, don't bother.
08:13I just miss my American central heating.
08:15I think I'll go outside in the sun for a minute or two.
08:18Oh.
08:19Go take a good brisk turn down the road while I finish this hem.
08:23That's a good idea.
08:24Oh, but don't go down the firth road.
08:26Take the high road.
08:27Why?
08:28Well, I saw your Michael off this morning for the Solway.
08:32You don't want to run into the bridegroom on the wedding day.
08:36It's bad luck.
08:46Kiss me, Ellen.
08:48Aunt Jeannie thinks it's bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other on the wedding day.
08:53You can't fault that.
08:55Back in Nebraska, my mother used to feel the same way.
08:57But that's just old-fashioned.
08:59And Aunt Jeannie's something else?
09:01Darling, your Aunt Jeannie sure is something else.
09:05Good or bad?
09:07About 90% good.
09:09I just don't dig the spirit kick.
09:11We won't have any more of that.
09:14It was awful, though, wasn't it?
09:16That's all kind of self-hypnosis.
09:19But that terrible, raspy voice.
09:21Whatever it was saying.
09:23Ellen, there wasn't any voice.
09:26You didn't hear it?
09:28I heard something that sounded like your Aunt choking herself to death.
09:32But the first voice.
09:33That.
09:33That's just the old girl practicing a little ventriloquism.
09:36No.
09:37No.
09:38No.
09:39That awful, burning smell.
09:42Well, I will admit I like the Herakrishnu incense better.
09:45Come on, Ellen.
09:46Let's forget all that mumbo-jumbo.
09:49Hey, dig that crazy character out there.
09:52Fishing in those little pools in the flats?
09:54What's crazy about that?
09:56On horseback?
09:57But everyone does because of the tide.
10:00The tide?
10:01I forgot.
10:03If we hadn't been up in Glasgow wedding shopping, I'd have shown it to you.
10:07Look out there to the west.
10:09If that ghillie is up on his horse, it must be...
10:11Oh, yes.
10:12Here it comes.
10:13And there he goes.
10:15You'd think the devil was on his tail.
10:17What's his hurry?
10:17Look.
10:18The tidal bore.
10:19It's coming.
10:21You mean that big wave down at the mouth of the estuary?
10:24Yes, it's the tide.
10:25It comes in faster than an express train.
10:28Listen.
10:30Holy maloney.
10:32Is it always like this?
10:33Twice a day.
10:34Worse than the ottoman in the spring.
10:36Doesn't it ever break?
10:37It will when it gets just about abreast of us.
10:40Isn't it exciting?
10:42That's one word for it.
10:43That's why you don't dare go out on the flats on foot.
10:46If the tide was due, you'd never make it ashore.
10:48Oh, Michael.
10:49It's so thrilling and so good to be alive.
10:52I love you.
10:53What'd you say?
10:54I love you.
11:05Mike?
11:06What, sir?
11:09Husband.
11:10Read that loud and clear.
11:12On my way.
11:13What's taking you so long?
11:15Just brushing my teeth.
11:17Please come to bed.
11:18Why didn't you say that in the first place?
11:21Will you come under the covers?
11:22I'm freezing.
11:24I'll put some more coal in the fire.
11:26I don't want coal.
11:28I want my brand new husband.
11:30You got him.
11:32Oh.
11:33What is it, darling?
11:34Nothing.
11:35It's just...
11:37Just that funny smell.
11:39It's the coal smoke.
11:42Remember, you don't want coal to keep you warm.
11:45Just me.
11:47Oh, my darling.
11:49Yes.
11:51Yes.
11:52Yes.
11:53Yes.
11:53My husband.
11:59My darling.
12:01My husband.
12:02You.
12:04No.
12:05No.
12:06Please.
12:09No.
12:11No.
12:12Don't.
12:13Don't touch me.
12:14Go away.
12:16No.
12:17No.
12:17No.
12:19Oh, no.
12:21Michael.
12:23Your breath.
12:25Oh, no.
12:27Oh, no.
12:28No.
12:30No.
12:31No.
12:32I cast you out.
12:38Michael.
12:39Is there anything wrong?
12:41No, Aunt Jeannie.
12:42Why?
12:43Well, I was dozing and I thought I had...
12:47What's that I smell?
12:50Is it your candle?
12:52Oh, I guess I let the fire go out.
12:55Aye.
12:56It's a damp chimney, but just the same.
13:00Is Mary Ellen all right?
13:03She's sound asleep.
13:05See for yourself.
13:05Oh, I'm sorry to bother you, but...
13:08What is it?
13:10What's troubling you?
13:11I don't know.
13:12I don't know.
13:14Maybe I was the one that dreamed it.
13:17Oh, be gentle with her, Michael.
13:20She's so sensitive and delicate.
13:24Like her mother that died all those years ago.
13:27We'll keep her from any harm.
13:29Good night, Aunt Jeannie.
13:31Good night, Michael.
13:32Oh, dear.
13:35If we can.
13:38If it's in human hands to be able to...
13:41Snuff my candle out, if you will, old Riki.
13:46But hear me this.
13:49You'll not have Mary Ellen.
13:52You'll not have her like my sister Maggie.
13:55Old Riki could be translated Old Smoky.
14:03It's another name for the devil.
14:06Jeannie should know better than to mention him.
14:09For the old proverb says,
14:11Speak to the devil,
14:12and his horns appear.
14:15Let's see when Mystery Theater returns shortly
14:18with Act Two.
14:19Dreams are made to die with the opening of day,
14:36and superstition fades and falters in the sunlight.
14:40So, by the following morning,
14:43we could hope our bride and bridegroom
14:44would wake and rise on the right side of the bed.
14:48Let's find out as Michael comes downstairs.
14:52Oh, good morning, Michael.
14:53I'm in the kitchen.
14:54Come on out.
14:55Morning, Aunt Jeannie.
14:56Well, and how is the bridegroom today?
15:00Well, the bridegroom's first-rate.
15:02It's the bride who's not.
15:04Oh, what's wrong with the wheelers?
15:06Oh, I don't know.
15:08I think now you were right last night.
15:10Huh?
15:12Right?
15:13About what?
15:15Well, she had some kind of a bad dream.
15:19But if she did,
15:21she won't tell me about it.
15:24What do you think it might have been?
15:25Oh, I don't know.
15:27She's a sensitive wee thing.
15:29And she's back in the part of the house
15:31where her mother died.
15:32That was Maggie's room you're in.
15:35Maybe I should never have put you there.
15:38Anyway, I'll get her tea
15:39and go on up and have a wee chat.
15:51And I couldn't tell Mike.
15:52I couldn't.
15:53Not after what we...
15:55My wedding night.
15:58How could I dream anything so...
16:01So vile and hideous.
16:04That great, gross presence
16:07bearing down on me.
16:09The breath so sick.
16:11The lips slavering.
16:15And that awful fur.
16:18Fur all over.
16:20Oh!
16:21And the fire burning me.
16:24That scorching smell.
16:27Oh, Aunt Jeannie.
16:31What a nightmare.
16:32Oh, wish now.
16:33Then that's all it was.
16:35But it seems so real.
16:37Well, it wasn't.
16:38Because when I came by,
16:40you were sleep and sound.
16:41Oh, drink your tea now.
16:44Oh, it's a good thing you married
16:45that nice American boy
16:46with his head screwed good and tight.
16:49Mike.
16:50He'll blow all the cobwebs out of your head.
16:54And he's going to have a good chance to.
16:57What do you mean?
16:58I mean, you two are going to have a nice honeymoon
17:02all alone for a big, long month.
17:05Where are you going?
17:06Oh, I've got an old girl's school chum
17:09who lives just outside Blackpool at St. Anne-on-Sea.
17:12For years, she's wanted me to visit.
17:14I'm not going to drive you out of your house.
17:16Oh, you're going to do more than that, Mary Ellen.
17:19You and your handsome, bonny husband
17:21are going to move downstairs to my room,
17:24away from this drafty old flu.
17:26And while I'm gone,
17:28I'm going to get it fixed
17:29so the fire will burn clean.
17:31But...
17:31And I'll not take no for an answer.
17:42I thought Scottish weather
17:44was supposed to be terrible.
17:46Rainy, damp, no sunshine.
17:49This has been a very particular May.
17:52Our honeymoon.
17:53Yes.
17:55Sorry it's over.
17:56Desolate.
17:58Still, with Aunt Jeannie back,
18:01maybe you'll get a little more work done on the book.
18:04Darling, I have been busy in research.
18:06It is a love story.
18:09Speaking of that, do you think...
18:10Look down the road.
18:12I can't.
18:13Your front's in the way.
18:15That's Dr. Ferguson bringing Aunt Jeannie back.
18:17Our month is up.
18:19Speaking of your front,
18:21do you know how you've blossomed
18:22in the last four weeks?
18:24All right, playboy,
18:25let's concentrate on other physical problems.
18:28How do we get out of a hammock
18:29without breaking the limb?
18:33Welcome home, Aunt Jeannie.
18:34Oh, Mary Ellen, precious.
18:38You've turned into a real Scots lassie.
18:40You've got the bloom on your cheeks.
18:42It's happiness.
18:44And those warm spring winds from the west.
18:46Hello, Dr. Ferguson.
18:47Hey, well, Mrs. Tilson.
18:49As a physician,
18:50I can only concur with your aunt's diagnosis.
18:52You're a picture of health.
18:54And how are you, Mr. Tilson?
18:56Never better, sir.
18:57Oh, I can believe that.
18:59Well, I really have to be back on rounds.
19:01Thank you for meeting Aunt Jeannie at the station.
19:03It should have been me.
19:05Without a car?
19:06Oh, you'd have had hard shrift
19:08getting me aboard all best
19:09since the carriage broke its wheel.
19:11You know, Jeannie,
19:12you should put that old horse out to pasture.
19:15Now she's nothing left to poo.
19:16Oh, I couldn't do that.
19:18We're too used to each other,
19:19poor old soul.
19:21All right, Dr. Ferguson.
19:22Away you go.
19:23Great you are.
19:24See you soon.
19:25I'll take your bags up to the house, Aunt Jeannie.
19:28Oh, give me a hug first.
19:31That's right.
19:32Now, off you go.
19:33And me and Mary Ellen
19:34will have a week's chat
19:35on the way up to the house.
19:38Goodbye, Percy.
19:40Oh, I should never have said that.
19:43He hates the name.
19:45I'm not sure I blame him.
19:48Oh, well,
19:49that's not what's on my mind.
19:51How are you, dearie?
19:53You can see for yourself.
19:55Oh, don't say anything to Mike yet,
19:58but I just have to tell someone.
20:00Aunt Jeannie,
20:01I think
20:02I know I'm pregnant.
20:10Well, Mrs. Stilson.
20:13Tell me.
20:14Am I pregnant?
20:14Oh, the test will prove it,
20:16but I'll bet on it.
20:17And let me say
20:18that you're the loveliest
20:20expected mother
20:21I've ever had
20:22under her care.
20:28Where a little morning sickness
20:30is to be expected
20:31in these early months.
20:33Still.
20:34There's nothing wrong, Doctor.
20:35Ah, a young, healthy woman.
20:37What could be wrong?
20:38Still, we must take precautions.
20:39I'm writing out
20:40some medication for you
20:41that I want you to take
20:42each day.
20:48But what does
20:49Dr. Ferguson say
20:50is causing it?
20:51It's nothing, dear.
20:53Just
20:53some little hitch.
20:55Honey,
20:56we both had
20:57thorough physical checkups
20:58before we came to Scotland.
21:00The RH factor
21:01is ruled out.
21:02Why should you...
21:03Lots of women
21:04have morning sickness.
21:05It isn't only
21:06in the morning, Helen.
21:08I'll talk to Dr. Ferguson.
21:10Maybe we should
21:11change the medication.
21:18Mary Ellen, dear.
21:20I talked to Dr. Ferguson
21:22and he's completely puzzled.
21:25I'm not sure
21:25that I am, though.
21:27Is there anything
21:29you want to tell me?
21:32What can I tell you,
21:33Aunt Jeannie,
21:33that I haven't told him?
21:36Are you...
21:37Are you
21:38in pain?
21:40I've talked to the doctor
21:42about that.
21:43It...
21:44It isn't pain.
21:46It...
21:47I don't know.
21:49Ellen,
21:51are you...
21:52Are you
21:53dreaming again?
21:55Of what?
21:56Of...
21:57Of the
21:58presence.
22:00I don't want
22:00to talk anymore.
22:01I just want
22:04to sleep.
22:06Only I don't
22:07want to.
22:09I don't want
22:09to sleep
22:10at all.
22:12It's just
22:13that I'm
22:13so tired.
22:16So tired.
22:22You have
22:23to help me,
22:24Aunt Jeannie.
22:24How, Michael?
22:25Dr. Ferguson
22:26says that
22:27physically,
22:28Mellon
22:28should be
22:28all right.
22:29that the baby
22:30seems to be
22:30thriving.
22:31It's her
22:32mental state
22:32that...
22:34Do you know
22:34she won't
22:35go to sleep
22:35at nights?
22:36She forces
22:37herself to
22:38stay awake?
22:39What is it
22:40she's afraid
22:40of dreaming
22:41about,
22:41Aunt Jeannie?
22:43It is that,
22:44isn't it?
22:44I can't tell you
22:45just what she's
22:46dreaming.
22:47I'm too far
22:48out of touch
22:48since I went
22:49away.
22:49but I do
22:51know one
22:52thing.
22:53The only
22:54way to
22:55stop it
22:55is to
22:56get her
22:56away from
22:57here.
22:58As easy
22:59as that?
23:00Oh, not
23:00so easy,
23:01maybe.
23:02She's bound
23:02and determined
23:03on having you
23:04finish your book
23:04first.
23:05Ah, the devil
23:06take the book.
23:07Mellon comes
23:08first.
23:13You're sure
23:13you don't mind,
23:14Michael?
23:15I'm very
23:16sure we're
23:17going home
23:18to have
23:19your baby
23:203,000 miles
23:21away.
23:23Oh, darling,
23:24I don't know
23:25what to say.
23:27It,
23:27it can't be
23:29too soon
23:30for me.
23:31Well, it's
23:31sooner than
23:32you think.
23:32We're booked
23:33out of Glasgow
23:34tomorrow afternoon,
23:36home for America.
23:37I don't know.
23:39I should be
23:39feeling all
23:40sorts of things
23:41I know,
23:41but the only
23:43one I can
23:44really feel
23:45is relief.
23:45oh, such
23:48blessed
23:49relief.
23:51Oh, for the
23:52first time,
23:53as long as
23:54I can remember.
23:56Days, weeks,
23:58I just want
23:59to go to sleep.
24:01Good night,
24:02darling.
24:03Rest.
24:05Sweet dreams.
24:07You'll keep
24:08me safe.
24:10You won't
24:10let me come
24:11to any harm.
24:12for better
24:13or worse
24:15in sickness
24:16and in health
24:17until death
24:19do us.
24:23Sleep,
24:24poor baby.
24:26Rest.
24:28I love you,
24:30Michael.
24:31I love you.
24:33Keep our
24:34baby safe.
24:36Don't let...
24:38Ellen,
24:50Ellen,
24:50what is it?
24:52Oh, I don't...
24:53I don't know.
24:54It's pain
24:55like a knife.
24:57I think
24:57maybe...
24:59maybe I'm
25:00going to lose
25:00the baby.
25:01You're going
25:02to be all
25:02right, Ellen.
25:02Don't worry.
25:04Get Dr. Ferguson.
25:06I'm going
25:06to call him
25:06now.
25:07You'll be
25:07all right.
25:08I'm fine.
25:10Just get him.
25:11I'll send
25:11Ancini up
25:12to you
25:12while I phone.
25:13Ancini.
25:14Ancini!
25:15What is it?
25:16What is it,
25:17Michael?
25:17Ellen,
25:17maybe a miscarriage.
25:19What's Dr. Ferguson's
25:20number?
25:20Oh, you'll
25:20no get him
25:21by the phone.
25:22He's out
25:22of order
25:22again.
25:23Hello.
25:24Hello?
25:25Laddie,
25:25Laddie,
25:26it's no use.
25:27It won't be
25:27fixed before
25:28morning.
25:28I'll go
25:28to the neighbors.
25:29It's a party
25:30line.
25:30If one's
25:31out,
25:31they're all
25:31out.
25:31Oh, God!
25:32How far
25:33did the doctors?
25:34It's a good
25:34three miles.
25:34Who's got
25:35a car?
25:35Only Colonel
25:36Petrie,
25:37and he's
25:37away up
25:38to Edinburgh
25:38for his
25:39regimental
25:39reunion.
25:40All right,
25:40then I'll
25:40go on foot.
25:41Ancini,
25:42go up
25:42and help
25:42her.
25:43I'll make
25:43it as fast
25:44as I can.
25:44By the
25:45way,
25:45Michael,
25:45can you
25:46ride a
25:47horse?
25:47Yes.
25:48Good,
25:48then take
25:48old Bessie.
25:49There's a
25:49bridle and
25:50saddle by
25:50her in
25:51the barn.
25:51She'll
25:51get you
25:52there
25:52faster.
25:52Take
25:53care of
25:53her,
25:53Ancini.
25:54Don't
25:54let anything
25:55happen to
25:55her.
25:56Right
25:56along the
25:56first road
25:57till you
25:57come to
25:58town.
25:58He's
25:59the third
25:59house in
26:00on the
26:00right.
26:01And take
26:02care of
26:02yourself.
26:10What's
26:10taking
26:11Michael so
26:12long?
26:13Oh,
26:13just lie
26:14still.
26:14Don't
26:15bring back
26:15the pain.
26:17It's
26:17funny.
26:19I thought
26:19it was
26:19going to
26:20tear me
26:20in two.
26:22And then
26:22within ten
26:22minutes after
26:23Michael left
26:24the house,
26:24it just
26:24stopped
26:25suddenly.
26:26As if
26:26what's
26:28that?
26:29It's
26:29the
26:29car.
26:30That
26:30will
26:30be
26:30the
26:30doctor.
26:31I'll
26:31let
26:31him
26:31in.
26:33Bide
26:33quiet
26:34now.
26:39Oh,
26:40come
26:40on in
26:41doctor.
26:41What
26:41took
26:42you
26:42so
26:42long?
26:42I
26:43tried
26:43to
26:43phone
26:43you
26:43the
26:43moment
26:43I
26:44found
26:44out.
26:44Then I
26:44got
26:44here
26:45as
26:45soon
26:45as
26:45I
26:45know.
26:47Of course
26:48I
26:48know.
26:49What do
26:49you think
26:49has
26:50been
26:50taken
26:50care
26:50of
26:50Mary
26:50Ellen?
26:51Now
26:51you
26:51get
26:52on
26:52up
26:52to
26:52her.
26:54Where's
26:55Michael?
26:55Oh,
26:56Jeannie,
26:56Michael is
26:57dead.
26:58Dead?
27:00How?
27:01Here,
27:01let me
27:01close the
27:02door.
27:03Was
27:03Michael
27:05riding to
27:05try to
27:06fetch me?
27:06Of course.
27:07She
27:08thought she
27:09was losing
27:10the baby.
27:11What
27:12happened to
27:13him?
27:14Bess
27:14must have
27:14thrown him.
27:15Oh,
27:15she never
27:16threw a
27:16body in
27:16her life.
27:17She was
27:17as gentle as
27:18something
27:18must have
27:18frightened her,
27:19driven her
27:19frantic.
27:21Jeannie,
27:21this is a
27:21terrible thing
27:22to tell you,
27:22but I
27:24examined the
27:24boy and
27:25his
27:25body
27:25was
27:26covered
27:26with
27:27hoof
27:27marks.
27:29He
27:29was
27:29literally
27:30trampled
27:30to death.
27:36So
27:37Ellen has
27:37kept her
27:38baby
27:38and lost
27:39her husband.
27:41Some
27:41evil
27:42force
27:42shadows
27:43this
27:43innocent
27:44and
27:44tragic
27:45girl
27:45and
27:46still
27:46may
27:47threaten
27:47her.
27:48Those
27:48hoof
27:48marks,
27:49were they
27:50from the
27:50horse
27:50or in
27:51some
27:51dark,
27:52unfathomable
27:53way,
27:54were they
27:54supernatural,
27:56a demon's
27:56footprint.
27:58Perhaps we'll
27:59know when
28:00Mystery Theater
28:01returns with
28:02Act Three.
28:14For two weeks,
28:16Ellen,
28:17after the first
28:18wild emotion
28:19when she
28:19heard of
28:20Mike's
28:20death,
28:21has retreated
28:22into herself,
28:24her face
28:24white and
28:25drawn,
28:26her eyes
28:26black and
28:27empty,
28:28like two
28:28holes burned
28:29in the
28:30blanket.
28:31Now,
28:31as the
28:32doctor comes
28:32down,
28:33after examining
28:34her.
28:35How is she
28:35today,
28:36doctor?
28:37No change,
28:38listless,
28:39unreachable,
28:39hopeless.
28:40And her
28:40health,
28:42the baby.
28:43The baby.
28:45Eh,
28:45there's no
28:46doubts of
28:46its vitality.
28:47Oh,
28:48I have a
28:49terrible time
28:49getting her
28:50to eat
28:50anything.
28:51Well,
28:51he must be
28:51more successful
28:52than you
28:52think,
28:53Jeannie.
28:53There's
28:53nothing the
28:54matter with
28:54Mary Ellen
28:55physically.
28:56No,
28:57it's her
28:57mental health
28:58that concerns
28:58me.
28:59The poor
28:59Baird has
29:00been through
29:00a terrible
29:01shock,
29:01Percy.
29:02Yeah,
29:02I know.
29:02You don't
29:04think there
29:05is any
29:05chance of
29:06her losing
29:07her mind?
29:08Jeannie,
29:09Mary Ellen
29:09is beyond
29:10me and
29:10my knowledge.
29:12Somehow
29:12we've got
29:13to call
29:13in a
29:13psychiatrist.
29:14Oh,
29:14Percy,
29:16what is it
29:16you're afraid
29:17of for
29:17Mary Ellen?
29:18Well,
29:19you don't
29:19like my
29:20medical terms.
29:20I want
29:21to know.
29:22Very well,
29:23then.
29:25Schizophrenia,
29:25more specifically,
29:26dementia
29:27precox.
29:28Paranoid type,
29:29I guess.
29:29Oh,
29:29well,
29:29what does
29:30all that
29:30mean?
29:31Withdrawal
29:31from life,
29:32delusions
29:33of all
29:33kinds,
29:34persecution,
29:35unseen enemies,
29:36that sort
29:36of thing?
29:36Oh,
29:38the second
29:39sight.
29:40Just,
29:41just like
29:42all of us.
29:43Now,
29:43that's enough
29:44of that
29:44nonsense.
29:45You're all
29:45sensitive,
29:46delicately
29:47balanced
29:47women,
29:48but all
29:48things being
29:49equal,
29:49perfectly
29:50normal.
29:51Well,
29:52I have
29:52other calls
29:53to make.
29:53Oh,
29:53well,
29:54I'll walk
29:55you to the
29:55door.
29:57Any
29:57instructions
29:58for Mary
29:59Ellen.
30:00Oh,
30:00just to
30:00keep on
30:01with the
30:01sedation
30:02I've
30:02provided.
30:04And,
30:04Jeannie,
30:05try to
30:05persuade her
30:06to let
30:06me call
30:07in another
30:07doctor.
30:08I'll,
30:08I'll see
30:10what's
30:10best to
30:11do.
30:11Be very
30:12careful.
30:13I'll
30:14do what's
30:15right.
30:17Hey,
30:17I think
30:18maybe tonight
30:18I'll take
30:19a run-up
30:19to Glasgow
30:19and have
30:20a consultation
30:21with a
30:21friend of
30:22mine,
30:22Dr.
30:22Engel,
30:23good man.
30:24Maybe I
30:25could persuade
30:25him to run
30:26back down
30:26here with
30:27me just
30:27to observe
30:28him.
30:28Oh,
30:28by the
30:29wee,
30:29till,
30:29till I
30:30see what
30:30I can
30:31do
30:31first,
30:31eh?
30:32All right.
30:33Another
30:34day or
30:34so can't
30:35do any
30:35harm.
30:37I hope.
30:45Who is
30:46it?
30:47It's Aunt
30:47Jeannie,
30:48Mary Ellen.
30:49May I
30:49come in?
30:50If you
30:51want.
30:54I thought
30:54you might
30:55like a
30:55wee cup
30:56of tea.
30:57No thanks.
30:58What are
30:59you staring
30:59at out
31:00the window?
31:02The
31:03Solway.
31:05The
31:05tide just
31:06came in,
31:08roaring
31:08and boiling
31:09so fast.
31:13And now
31:13the water's
31:14all smooth.
31:16And with
31:16the sun
31:17on it,
31:18everything's
31:19wiped
31:19clean.
31:20I wonder
31:22I wonder
31:22if it
31:22heals
31:24as it
31:24washes
31:25over.
31:25What are
31:26you thinking
31:26about,
31:27child?
31:29I'm
31:29thinking about
31:30the first
31:30time I
31:31showed the
31:31tide to
31:32Michael.
31:35The day
31:36we were
31:37married.
31:38The day
31:39you said
31:39it was
31:40bad luck
31:40for us
31:41to see
31:41each other
31:41before the
31:42wedding.
31:42I was
31:43just joking
31:44about
31:44superstitions.
31:46Nobody
31:46believes those
31:47old wives'
31:48tales.
31:48Nobody
31:49believes so
31:50many things
31:50that are
31:51outside the
31:51ordinary.
31:53So many
31:53things they
31:54say don't
31:55exist but
31:55might be.
31:56did you
31:58see Michael's
31:59body after?
32:01What?
32:02Did you
32:03see the
32:03marks of
32:04the hooves?
32:04Don't talk
32:05about that
32:05lass.
32:06I know
32:07they said
32:07the horse
32:07trampled
32:08him.
32:09I asked
32:09Dr.
32:10Ferguson
32:10about the
32:11hooves and
32:11he wouldn't
32:11tell me.
32:13You'd tell
32:14me,
32:14wouldn't you,
32:15Jeannie?
32:15I'll tell
32:16you what?
32:17Were
32:18they like
32:18horseshoes?
32:23Or were
32:23they cleft
32:24in two?
32:25Were
32:26they cloven
32:27hooves?
32:27In the
32:28name of
32:28God,
32:28what are
32:29you saying?
32:30I'm not
32:30speaking of
32:31God.
32:32I'm speaking
32:32of the
32:33devil.
32:34Or some
32:35demon that
32:36haunts my
32:36dreams.
32:37No, this
32:37is no
32:38time for
32:38foolish
32:38fancies.
32:39You mustn't
32:40let dreams
32:40spill over
32:41into your
32:41real life.
32:42Or is it
32:43the other
32:43way around?
32:44Mary Ellen,
32:45I don't
32:46know what
32:46it is you
32:47have on
32:47your mind.
32:47But you
32:48can get
32:48me to
32:48Michael.
32:49Let me
32:50talk to
32:50Michael.
32:51He'll
32:51know.
32:52He can
32:52tell me
32:53what to
32:53do.
32:54Take me
32:55to Michael
32:55Angini.
32:56Take me
32:57to him.
32:57Oh, can
32:59I, Mary
33:00Ellen.
33:01You know
33:02he's dead.
33:04I know
33:05he's past
33:05beyond.
33:06But you
33:06can reach
33:07him.
33:08You can
33:09hold a
33:09seance.
33:10Oh, no.
33:11I swore I
33:12never would
33:12again after
33:13what happened
33:13that night
33:14when something
33:14got loose.
33:15Some evil
33:16presence.
33:17Some thing
33:18from...
33:20Auntie,
33:21you let
33:22him loose.
33:23The least
33:24you can do
33:25is help
33:26me undo
33:27the harm.
33:27I can't.
33:28I won't.
33:29I'll get the
33:30doctor.
33:30You dare to
33:30bring him
33:31here and
33:31I'll kill
33:31myself.
33:33I swear.
33:34Child,
33:34you're out
33:34of your...
33:36No.
33:38Not yet.
33:40But if you
33:40don't have
33:41that seance
33:42and let me
33:43find out
33:43from Michael
33:44what to do,
33:45I will be.
33:47I'll lose
33:47my mind.
33:49You've got
33:50to promise.
33:51Promise.
33:52Oh, calm
33:52down, child.
33:53Calm down.
33:54Tonight.
33:55Now.
33:56That is
33:56impossible.
33:57There have
33:59to be more
33:59than two to
34:00form a circle.
34:00Then call
34:01in the
34:01colonel
34:01and that
34:01other woman
34:02anyone.
34:02Just promise
34:03me.
34:04Promise.
34:04I need
34:06him.
34:06I need
34:07Michael.
34:08Promise,
34:09Angini.
34:09Promise.
34:11May God
34:12forgive me.
34:13I...
34:14I...
34:15I promise.
34:23May we
34:24all join
34:26hands,
34:27please.
34:29Clear
34:30your minds.
34:32Make
34:33them a
34:33blank.
34:34a quiet
34:35place,
34:37open
34:38and hushed.
34:40I'm
34:41reaching
34:42now,
34:44reaching
34:44away
34:45and above
34:46and out
34:48and over
34:49from here
34:50to the
34:50bonnie,
34:52bonnie
34:52other place
34:53that lies
34:55beyond our
34:55ken.
34:56can you
35:00hear me,
35:02Anatu?
35:02Can you
35:04come to
35:05me
35:06into
35:07our
35:08circle?
35:11Anatu,
35:13we're
35:13reaching
35:14for you.
35:17Oh,
35:18I can't
35:19make contact.
35:20Ask for
35:20Michael.
35:20I have
35:21no way
35:22to
35:22him.
35:22Then let
35:23me.
35:24Oh,
35:25try it.
35:26Everyone,
35:28concentrate.
35:30Be still.
35:32Be still.
35:34Michael.
35:36Michael,
35:37I need you.
35:39Come to
35:40me.
35:41me.
35:44I'm
35:45here,
35:47darling.
35:48Oh,
35:49Michael,
35:49I love
35:51you.
35:52I
35:52love
35:53you.
35:55We'll
35:56be
35:56together
35:57again.
35:59Michael.
36:00It's
36:01not
36:02our
36:02child
36:03you're
36:04carrying.
36:06Get
36:06rid
36:07of
36:08him.
36:09Michael.
36:11It's
36:14no
36:15use,
36:15child.
36:16There's
36:16no
36:16contact
36:16tonight.
36:17We
36:17can
36:17break
36:18the
36:18ring.
36:19Will
36:19someone
36:20turn on
36:20the
36:20light,
36:21please?
36:22Oh,
36:23I'm
36:24that
36:24sorry,
36:25Mary
36:25Ellen.
36:26It's
36:26all right,
36:27Aunt
36:27Jeannie.
36:28You
36:29gave me
36:29what I
36:29wanted.
36:30I
36:31found
36:31out
36:32what I
36:32needed
36:32to
36:33know.
36:41Oh,
36:43I'm
36:43afraid
36:43that's
36:44quite
36:44impossible,
36:45my
36:45dear.
36:46You're
36:46not as
36:47backward
36:47as that,
36:47Dr.
36:48Ferguson.
36:49Then
36:49help me.
36:50I
36:50can't,
36:51dear.
36:51It's
36:52too
36:52late.
36:53What
36:54do
36:54you
36:54mean,
36:55too
36:55late?
36:56When
36:56you
36:57came
36:57to
36:57me
36:57a
36:57few
36:57weeks
36:58ago
36:58and
36:58we
36:58determined
36:59your
36:59pregnancy,
37:00you
37:01must
37:01have
37:01known
37:01that
37:02I
37:02would
37:02know
37:02it
37:02was
37:03already
37:03well
37:04advanced.
37:05But
37:05it
37:05wasn't.
37:06Michael
37:07and I
37:07were only
37:07married
37:08a month
37:08before
37:08that.
37:09You
37:10should
37:10know
37:10that.
37:11Of
37:11course
37:12I
37:12know
37:12that,
37:12my
37:12dear,
37:13but
37:13facts
37:15are
37:15facts.
37:16You're
37:17carrying
37:17a child
37:17that's
37:18past
37:18midterm
37:19and
37:20abortion
37:20now
37:20is
37:20just
37:21too
37:21dangerous.
37:23Past
37:23midterm?
37:25Four
37:26and a
37:26half
37:26months?
37:27My
37:27guess
37:28is
37:28at
37:28least
37:28five.
37:29That
37:30fast?
37:31Oh,
37:32God,
37:32no.
37:33It
37:34might
37:34wait.
37:35It
37:35could
37:35be
37:35born
37:35any
37:36minute.
37:37There's
37:38no one
37:38to
37:38help
37:38me
37:39but
37:39myself.
37:40Well,
37:40I'll
37:41drive
37:41you
37:41home,
37:41child,
37:42and I'll
37:43give you
37:43something
37:43to get
37:44a little
37:44rest.
37:53She's
37:53soon to
37:54sleep now,
37:54Jeannie.
37:56Let's
37:56go downstairs
37:57and talk.
37:58Poor
37:59wee
37:59angel,
38:00so thin
38:01and pale
38:02and
38:02haunted.
38:03Hey,
38:03come away,
38:04let her
38:04rest.
38:08No.
38:13No.
38:15What
38:15you
38:16gave,
38:16you
38:17will
38:17never
38:17take
38:17away.
38:19Mine.
38:21Never?
38:23It's
38:23never
38:24going
38:24to
38:24be.
38:25Help
38:26me.
38:27God,
38:27help
38:28me.
38:30The
38:30tide.
38:31The
38:32tide.
38:33Yes,
38:33that's
38:34the
38:34way.
38:35Full
38:35moon.
38:36The
38:36time
38:36was
38:37right.
38:38And for
38:39her own
38:39protection,
38:40I see
38:40no other
38:40way,
38:41Jeannie.
38:41But to
38:42lock her
38:42away.
38:43Well,
38:43we're not
38:44locking
38:44her up.
38:45It's a
38:45sanitarium.
38:46It's a
38:46really
38:46lovely
38:47place.
38:47I don't
38:48think I
38:48could do
38:49it to her.
38:50I'll
38:50care for
38:51her.
38:51Jeannie,
38:52dear,
38:52if Ellen
38:52had
38:53preeclampsia
38:53or a
38:54threatened
38:54miscarriage
38:55or any
38:55one of a
38:56number of
38:56other diseases
38:57of pregnancy,
38:58she would
38:58have to be
38:59hospitalized.
39:00Now,
39:00think of
39:01it that
39:01way.
39:01All
39:02right,
39:02Percy,
39:03if you think
39:03it's best...
39:04It's the
39:04only way.
39:06Oh,
39:06no,
39:06doctor.
39:07Mine is
39:08the only
39:08way.
39:11That
39:12sounded like
39:12the front
39:12door.
39:13Ellen,
39:14go on.
39:15I'll check
39:15upstairs.
39:16You look
39:16outside.
39:17But I
39:18thought you
39:19said she...
39:21Oh,
39:21dear Lord.
39:23I got the
39:23premonition.
39:24Mary Ellen?
39:26Mary Ellen?
39:27Are you
39:28out there?
39:29Jeannie,
39:29Jeannie,
39:30it's Mary.
39:31She's gone.
39:32I gave her
39:32enough sedation
39:33to knock her
39:33out, but
39:34she's gone.
39:34But where?
39:35I heard she's
39:36out on the
39:361st.
39:37Come on,
39:37Jeannie.
39:38We've got to
39:38catch her
39:39before the
39:39time.
39:47You'll never
39:53have him.
39:54He'll never
39:54be born.
40:01One way.
40:03You've
40:03built from
40:04hell.
40:04One thing
40:05you cannot
40:05stand against.
40:07The ancient
40:08enemy.
40:09Look.
40:10Listen.
40:10No.
40:12What the?
40:13Michael.
40:14I'm coming
40:16home.
40:17There wasn't
40:29a chance.
40:31We couldn't
40:32have saved
40:32her.
40:34My poor
40:35wee motherless
40:37lamb.
40:39It did not
40:40take her long
40:41to follow her
40:42poor husband.
40:44But the
40:46child...
40:46It hadn't
40:47been born
40:47and she
40:49didn't want
40:49it.
40:50It wasn't
40:51Michael's,
40:52you know.
40:53Are you
40:54sure of
40:55that?
40:55Oh, yes.
40:56It was
40:56five months
40:57old, at
40:58least, from
40:58the size.
41:01A monster.
41:02No, I
41:03didn't say
41:03that.
41:05Still, I
41:06was thinking
41:06of x-rays.
41:08There was
41:08something strange
41:10about that
41:10embryo.
41:11I can't
41:12quite explain.
41:13It was
41:14nothing you
41:15could have
41:15understood,
41:16doctor.
41:17So, at
41:20the last, it
41:22was all the
41:23Lord's will.
41:25And maybe
41:27for the best,
41:29at least,
41:31Michael and
41:32my Mary
41:34Ellen are in
41:37God's pocket.
41:39At last.
41:40I'll be
41:48back in a
41:49moment with
41:50a final
41:50thought.
41:56Who
41:57dreams on
41:58the Solway
41:58will wake
41:59in another
42:00world?
42:01Our story
42:02has come
42:02full circle.
42:04For us,
42:05it's the
42:05end.
42:06Let's hope
42:07that for
42:07Ellen and
42:08Michael,
42:09it's only
42:09a beginning.
42:10If you
42:11believe some
42:12incubus possessed
42:13poor Ellen,
42:15driving her and
42:15her husband to
42:16their death,
42:17there's another
42:18explanation.
42:20Insanity did
42:21run in her
42:22family.
42:23So, either
42:24way, even if
42:25there was a
42:26devil to pay,
42:27it was still
42:28all in the
42:28mind.
42:30Our cast
42:30included Jada
42:31Rowland,
42:32Nick Pryor,
42:33Bryna Rayburn,
42:35and Ian
42:35Martin,
42:36Associate
42:36Director,
42:38Marlon
42:38Swing.
42:39This is
42:40Hyman Brown,
42:41Producer
42:42Director,
42:43inviting you to
42:44return to our
42:45mystery theater
42:46for another
42:47adventure in
42:48the macabre.
42:50Until next
42:50time, then,
42:52pleasant dreams.
42:53Hyman Brown,
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