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Castle Season 4 Episode 6

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00:00Oh
00:24Living room 903 p.m. EMF level spiking off the chart
00:30Hello is anyone there mercy I can see it mercy
00:47Dad are you using me as a shield against flesh eating zombies no no I just wanted you to have a better view
01:02Whoa whoa whoa whoa what are you doing I really think we're safe for embarrassed
01:07Sorry dad you're gonna have to fend for yourself I'm skyping with Ashley
01:10What right in the middle of father-daughter zombie time can't you do it later
01:14He's not available later he's got a dorm meeting then a seminar after that
01:18I know he's busy and you are very thoughtful to be so accommodating sweetheart
01:22But a healthy relationship is based on mutual respect
01:26I mean think about what kind of signal you're sending if you're the one always rearranging your schedule at the other ones every beck and call
01:33I mean if you just drop everything the very moment that
01:36Sorry
01:38There you go
01:40Detective Beckett
01:42I'll be right there
01:44I'm worried about Alexis
01:47I think her not getting into Stanford has upset the balance of power in her relationship with Ashley
01:52Oh Castle I wouldn't worry about that
01:54I mean Alexis is a girl and Ashley's a teenage boy
01:58I'd say she still holds most of the power
02:00The ghost rankers are here?
02:04Okay that's why I love these guys
02:06Body's not even cold they're already tracking down the ghost
02:08Why doesn't it surprise me that you actually watched that ridiculous show?
02:13Ridiculously awesome
02:13Jackson Claire is hands down America's most accomplished ghost hunter
02:19Um
02:20Castle
02:21Jackson Claire is the name of our victim
02:25And the hunter becomes the hunted
02:28He was here doing a special about the house you know for his TV show
02:32Why this place?
02:33It has a bit of a history
02:35You mean paranormal history?
02:36Look detective I'm not saying I believe in that stuff okay
02:40But I've owned the McLaren house for over 20 years
02:43And when the phone rings about this place
02:45Odds are it's not a busted toilet
02:47Anybody live in there now?
02:48Not for years
02:49It's hard getting tenants to stick around
02:51So when this Sinclair guy called
02:53I figured what the hell
02:54Maybe he could clear the place up
02:56Make it rentable
02:57But after what just happened
02:58What exactly did just happen?
03:01His throat was slit almost from ear to ear
03:04Jugular, superior thyroid, common carotid left and right
03:08You name it it's been severed
03:09Well that explains all the blood
03:10Here's what I can't explain
03:12Depth and nature of the wound tell me that the killer got up close and personal
03:17So then where are the footprints?
03:18Not just that
03:19Look at the blood spatter
03:20You cut all those arteries
03:22And the spray is gonna come fast
03:24And it's gonna come strong
03:25I'll say it went everywhere
03:27But it shouldn't have
03:28Some of it should have landed on the killer
03:29Yet every drop of it landed on the floor
03:33The spray is completely unobstructed
03:36Exactly
03:36It doesn't make sense
03:38Unless the blood passed right through the killer
03:42Are you saying a ghost did this?
03:45Please don't encourage him
03:46I'm saying maybe Mr. Sinclair finally met a race he couldn't wrangle
03:50Lene, who called this in?
03:54I'm Jack's producer
03:56I worked with him for the last four years
03:57Okay, Lene, we just need to know everything that happened before you called 911
04:01Okay
04:02Jack went in the house at around 7
04:04And then he went on lockdown a few minutes after that
04:07Uh, he locks himself into the house for the night
04:10It's standard protocol for ghost hunters
04:12And was he in there alone?
04:13Yeah
04:13We always do a clean sweep of the place right before we start
04:17So he locked the doors
04:19And then I went into the tech van to watch the feed
04:21And were the cameras rolling the whole time?
04:25The infrared cameras are to detect unexplained thermal anomalies
04:29Living room, 9.03 PM
04:31EMF levels spiking off the charts
04:34That's an electromagnetic field meter
04:37That's the tool of the ghost-busting trade
04:38It's used to measure spikes in paranormal energy
04:40Let's just watch
04:42Hello?
04:49Anyone there?
04:54Mercy
04:55I can see it
04:57Mercy
04:59Sounds like he was begging his killer for mercy
05:03What happened?
05:05That, that's it
05:06That's when all the camera signals cut out at once
05:08And what could explain the picture suddenly going out like that?
05:11I don't know
05:11It's never happened before
05:13Well, there was that last episode of The Sopranos
05:15No, there's no way
05:16Jack had to have been in there with someone else
05:18Did he have any enemies?
05:20Anybody that he was having problems with recently?
05:22No, not that I know of
05:24He did show up to lockdown upset
05:27Do you know where he was coming from?
05:29No
05:29He pulled up in a cab and grabbed his gear and just went inside
05:33Did anyone else have keys to this place?
05:35Just Jack and Barry B
05:36Barry Bavetta
05:37That's Jack's cameraman
05:38Where is Barry?
05:40Doesn't he usually do lockdown with Jack?
05:42He and Jack had an argument this afternoon
05:44Things got pretty heated
05:45And then Barry just quit
05:46Could he have programmed the cameras to turn off like that?
05:49Actually, yeah, he could
05:51Barry Bavetta checked out of his hotel in a hurry at 7.30
05:57That's enough time to make it back to the house by 9 when Jack was killed
06:00Barry's phone is still going straight to voicemail
06:02Well, the manager gave me his credit card info
06:04So if we're lucky, he's out there using it
06:06Alright, I'm gonna start scrubbing this footage from inside of the house
06:08Maybe there's something in there that can implicate this guy
06:10Right
06:10Hey, we're still on for dinner tomorrow night, right?
06:13Oh yeah, Jenny's totally psyched
06:15Never really hung out with Laney before, so
06:16Cool
06:17Well, just to let you know, Laney's gonna be getting off a double shift
06:20So she could be a little cranky
06:21Oh
06:22Maybe we should reschedule
06:24I mean, isn't the whole point for Jenny and Laney to get along?
06:26Nah, she'll be cool
06:27Just, you know, don't say anything controversial
06:30Like what?
06:32What's controversial?
06:34Bingo
06:35Bingo? Don't talk about bingo?
06:37No
06:37Barry Bavetta's been busy and so has his lap
06:40Dude has racked up a hell of a tab at a strip club by the airport
06:44First charge, an hour after the murder
06:46Sorry to interrupt your phone, Barry
06:48I heard you were racking up quite a bill
06:50Or is that billing quite a rack?
06:54So what, getting a lap dance is illegal now?
06:57Look, I was just blowing off some steam
06:58Haven't had the best day
07:00Yeah, so we heard your producer said that you and Jack Sinclair had a falling out today
07:04So this is about Jack?
07:06Yeah, we got into it
07:07Wasn't the first fight we ever had, but I made sure it'll be the last
07:11Why don't you tell us what happened, Barry?
07:14Jack screwed me over is what happened
07:15Told me last minute I wasn't going with him on lockdown tonight
07:19Any reason?
07:20The only one he gave was he's the boss
07:22But it's because he's jealous
07:24Worried I'm going to walk off with all the credit
07:27Why is that?
07:28Because the episode we're doing tonight, the McLaren house, was my idea
07:32I did all the research
07:33Jack didn't even want to do the damn show
07:35Why wouldn't Jack want to do a show about a haunted mansion in New York?
07:38That sounds like ratings gold
07:39Jack's weird about New York
07:41He was brought up here, but he's got some strange aversion to coming back
07:44He tried to torpedo the whole thing
07:46Said he wouldn't be caught dead in that house
07:47And you decided to prove him wrong
07:49What?
07:51Jack Sinclair was killed in the McLaren house tonight
07:54Killed
07:55Barry, why didn't you give your keys back to the owner?
07:59Um, I was, I was upset, I forgot
08:02Is, is, is he really dead?
08:04You were the one who said of the cameras, right?
08:07Yeah
08:07So?
08:09So you knew exactly where they were placed
08:11And how to avoid them when you snuck back in the house
08:13You even knew how to program them to turn off at a certain point
08:16Whoa, whoa
08:17I did not kill Jack
08:19I wasn't even there
08:20I got stuck in a security line and missed my flight to LA
08:23I went to the strip club right after that
08:25You could check that
08:26So TSA has Barry going through security at 9.15 at JFK
08:31There's no way that he was in the house at the time of the murder
08:35Plus, tech checked out those cameras
08:37They weren't programmed to turn off
08:38The only thing Barry's guilty of killing
08:40Is time at strip club
08:41So, if Barry's not our guy
08:44I think it's time we revisit the possibility that our killers
08:46If you say ghost, I'm sending you home
08:49Apparition American
08:53Have you figured out another way to explain the blood spatter?
08:57No, I haven't
08:58But I will
08:58Apparently Jack Sinclair was very upset when he arrived in the taxi cab tonight
09:02So let's find out where that cab picked him up
09:04And what he was doing there
09:05You'll see Castle
09:07This will turn out just like every other murder investigation
09:10Once we find out more about our victim's life
09:11The details surrounding his death
09:13Everything will be explained
09:14Um
09:15Maybe not everything
09:17I was reviewing the footage shot inside the house tonight
09:20Looking for signs of someone else
09:21Is there a shadow, a reflection, something
09:23Instead
09:24I found, uh
09:25Well
09:27You better see for yourself
09:28So I slowed down the video
09:31But watch the tripod in the background
09:33There
09:37You see it?
09:44I'm
09:45I'm sure there's a perfectly simple explanation for all of that
09:49There is
09:50They're here
10:03Well, did you get any sleep?
10:07Not a wink
10:08But it was worth it
10:09After researching the history of the McLaren Mansion
10:12I think I know what happened to our victim, ghost hunter Jack Sinclair
10:15That copy's for you, by the way
10:17Oh
10:17The other one that's
10:19That's
10:21I'll make you one
10:23Um
10:23Since the McLaren Mansion was built in 1898
10:28Bodies have been piling up faster than a Tarantino movie
10:31Eight killings in all
10:32Starting with
10:33The original owner
10:34Robert Pettigrew
10:35Strangled
10:351903
10:36All the way to
10:37Melanie Benton
10:38Hacked to pieces in 1991
10:39The current owner
10:40Steve Fuller
10:41Tried to have the house torn down
10:43But it was declared a landmark
10:44By the Society for Historic
10:45Sorry, Castle
10:46I appreciate your work
10:47I do
10:48But what does this have to do with our case?
10:51Just getting to that
10:52It seems that in almost all of these killings
10:55The killer claimed that there was a
10:57Ready for this?
10:58That a demon was responsible
11:01A demon?
11:03Really?
11:04I'm not making this up
11:05It's in the books
11:06Fine
11:06A demon killed Jack Sinclair
11:08So what's our next step?
11:09Are we going to stake out the house?
11:10Wait for the demon to show up?
11:11Zap him with our proton pack
11:13That's not a real thing, you know
11:18That real ghost hunters use
11:20Real ghost hunters?
11:22Isn't that a contradiction in terms of?
11:25Okay, does anyone have anything pertinent to our case?
11:27I do
11:27Okay
11:28I tracked down that cab our Vic took last night
11:31The driver's trip log says that he picked up Jack
11:33On the corner of 38th and 9th
11:35Have uniforms canvass the area with Jack's photo
11:37Let's see what he was up to
11:38Oh, and phone records too
11:39Maybe that'll shed some light on things
11:40I think I can shed some light on why Jack didn't want
11:43To do the show here
11:44Talked to an old high school pal
11:45That Jack had breakfast with a couple days ago
11:47Turns out that our Vic
11:49Actually used to live right near the McLaren house
11:51Said that he used to walk a couple blocks out of his way
11:54Just to avoid walking past it
11:56Said it gave him a creeped out feeling
11:58You see, I am telling you
11:59There was something going on with this house
12:01The last people
12:02The last people that lived there
12:06Moved out four years ago in a hurry
12:08Why?
12:09I don't know
12:09But I think it's time we found out
12:11Knock yourself out, Castle
12:12You're not coming?
12:13No, I've got a murder to solve
12:14I'll go
12:16That's a look
12:22Yeah
12:22I get these a lot
12:24Just start walking
12:24Master
12:26Yo, I just saw Ryan downstairs
12:35I can't believe you let him go chasing ghosts for Castle
12:37Yeah
12:38Maybe Shaggy will keep Scooby out of trouble
12:40Besides, you never know
12:41Maybe they'll come up with something useful
12:42Oh, you weren't useful
12:44Because I just spoke to CSU
12:46They found fingerprints at the scene
12:47From a real-life person, so
12:49His name is Ron Berger
12:53Lives in Queens
12:54They're picking him up now
12:55Does he have a record?
12:56Yeah
12:56Chuck was did eight years for armed robbery
12:58With a knife
12:59He's also dabbled in B&E
13:01Which makes breaking into a locked house
13:03No problem for this guy
13:03When did he get out of prison?
13:05Five weeks ago
13:06Oh, finally a lead
13:07That makes sense
13:08Oh, it gets better
13:09Ron has a history with our Vic
13:11Ghost Wranglers did a piece on Five Points Correctional
13:13And Ron was featured
13:14Claims he was sharing a cell with a spirit
13:16What's prison overcrowding for you?
13:18Apparently Casper was being a little too friendly
13:20Touching Ron in all the wrong places
13:22Molested by a ghost?
13:24Wow, some people will do anything to get on TV
13:26Yeah, except it backfired on him
13:27Ron became the laughingstock of the prison yard
13:29He got all pissed off
13:31And he wrote the show a letter
13:32I'm gonna make Jack Sinclair bleed
13:34For what he did to me
13:36I wrote that letter, yeah
13:37But that was as far as it went
13:39I didn't kill him
13:40Where were you last night at 9 p.m.?
13:42I was at home
13:42Watching cartoons
13:44Hmm
13:45You can ask my mom
13:46Well, we have a problem, Ron
13:48Because we found your fingerprints
13:49Inside the McLaren house
13:50I can explain that
13:52I'm waiting
13:53I can't violate my parole
13:55I can't go back to Five Points
13:57Not in that cell
13:59Not with that
13:59Thing
14:01You're worried about your ghost?
14:04Ron, you're looking at murder
14:05You've got a flimsy alibi
14:06Your fingerprints are all over the crime scene
14:09You had means, motive, and opportunity
14:11All right, all right
14:13I was there
14:14Just, uh, not last night
14:16About a month ago
14:17I was there because of Jack
14:18He called me after I got out
14:20Jack Sinclair called you
14:21After you threatened him
14:22To apologize for the prison show thing
14:25And he had a request
14:26What kind of a request?
14:28Uh, it was a strange one
14:29He wanted me to take pictures
14:31Inside the McLaren house
14:32Why you?
14:34It was locked up
14:35So, uh, I had to break in
14:37Did he give you any reason
14:38For asking for those pictures?
14:41Okay, we're gonna need to see the photos
14:42So, Tech analyzed the SD card
14:46Time date stamp
14:47Was not messed with
14:48So then Ron was telling the truth?
14:49Well, about the photos
14:51Still not buying the whole
14:52Touched by a phantom routine
14:53I wonder what Jack wanted
14:54With all these photos
14:55You know, all the pictures
14:57Are of just one room
14:59The living room
14:59That's the same room
15:00As the crime scene
15:01So Jack hired Ron Berger
15:03To take pictures
15:04Of the very room
15:05He was gonna die in
15:05That's creepy
15:08It's not creepy
15:10Castle
15:11I'm sure it can all be explained
15:12And I bet you that living room
15:14Has absolutely nothing to do
15:15With ghosts or demons
15:16The living room
15:17Definitely
15:18That was the epicenter
15:19Of the activity
15:20Ms. Boyer
15:22When you say
15:22Activity
15:23We didn't buy it either
15:24We had heard all about
15:25The McLaren house
15:26Its history
15:27We laughed about it
15:28At first
15:29Everything was fine
15:30And it started
15:31Lights going off
15:32Strange noises
15:34Doors slamming
15:35Did anything violent
15:38Ever happen?
15:38One night
15:39We heard noises
15:41From the living room
15:41We went downstairs
15:42And the whole room
15:43Trashed
15:44Tables
15:45Flipped over
15:46Books ripped apart
15:47Pictures smashed
15:48Oh my god
15:49That's terrible
15:50Is that when
15:51You decided to move out?
15:53Not without a fight
15:53We found this woman
15:54This ghost hunter
15:56Said she was the best
15:58Said all other ghost hunters
15:59Came to her
16:00For help
16:01She took one look
16:02And told us to run like hell
16:04Yeah
16:04What was her name?
16:05Mercy
16:06That's right
16:07Mercy Legrand
16:08Mercy
16:10I can see it
16:11Mercy
16:11Maybe Jack Sinclair
16:12Wasn't begging for mercy
16:13When he died
16:14He was saying her name
16:15Mercy Legrand
16:17Real name
16:17Mercedes King
16:18Runs an unlicensed business
16:20Doing paranormal consultations
16:23There's a reason why
16:23There's a reason why she's on license
16:24Check out this rap sheet
16:25We've got ID theft
16:28Fraud
16:28Check fraud
16:29And impersonating
16:30A religious official
16:31Look at where her business
16:32Is located
16:3238th and 9th
16:34It's on the same block
16:35Our Vic caught that cab
16:36So Jack Sinclair
16:36So Jack Sinclair
16:36So Jack Sinclair
16:36Mercy a visit
16:37And then goes to the McLaren house
16:39Upset
16:39Hours later
16:40He says mercy's name
16:41Right before he dies
16:42So the question is
16:43How is she involved
16:44In all of this?
16:46Well you know
16:47Ryan and I
16:48Would be glad to go
16:48Check this out
16:49If you guys are too busy
16:49Solving that murder
16:50I did what I could
16:54To help him
16:54But I'd say
16:55It wasn't enough
16:56Why did Jack Sinclair
16:57Come to see you?
16:58I've been in the McLaren house
16:59He was going to face
17:01Whatever's in there
17:02And he wanted my advice
17:03Which you gave him
17:04For a fee
17:05I'm not a charlatan detective
17:07Someone with Jack Sinclair's experience
17:09Wouldn't be seeking my counsel
17:11If I was
17:12Please
17:12If he was that good
17:15Why would he seek your help?
17:18This was not like
17:19Any other house to him
17:20When he took the assignment
17:21The dream started
17:23Just glimpses at first
17:25Bits and pieces of a room
17:27But then
17:27The dreams became nightmares
17:30Figures
17:31Bodies
17:33Whose bodies?
17:35He didn't know
17:35But the more we talked
17:37The more it became clear to me
17:39These weren't dreams
17:41Well what were they?
17:43Memories
17:43He witnessed great evil
17:46Repressed it all these years
17:49But the memories were too strong
17:52They were coming back
17:53And what was he remembering exactly?
17:56A woman
17:56A lot of blood
17:58A man
17:59With a knife
18:00Who was the man?
18:01He said the face was blurred
18:04But getting clearer
18:05I told him
18:06If he returned to the room
18:09Where it happened
18:09It might all come back to him
18:11Mercy
18:12I can see it
18:13That's the murderer's face
18:14Jack recovered the memory
18:16Just before he was killed
18:17Jack recovered the memory just before he was killed
18:17The last murder in that house was 20 years ago
18:21I read about the case
18:22There were no witnesses
18:23There was one
18:25Jack Sinclair was there
18:27The night that woman died
18:29He was there
18:32Pictures aren't pretty
18:40Melanie Benton
18:41Sliced up in the McLaren house
18:42On the night of April 20th 1991
18:44One guess where she was found
18:46The living room
18:47Give that man a prize
18:48So 1991
18:49Jack Sinclair is what
18:50Eleven
18:51Still living in the neighborhood
18:52I'm betting
18:53This is the murder he witnessed
18:55Yeah but
18:55How did he witness the murder
18:56Without the killer knowing
18:58I did some digging
18:58Jack had a paper route
19:00And the McLaren house was on it
19:01Okay so Jack shows up
19:03Maybe to collect money
19:04He hears screams
19:06And he peers in through those windows
19:07He started having dreams
19:09About what he'd seen
19:10All those years ago
19:10And he wanted to make sense of them
19:11That's why Vic hired Ron Berger
19:13To break in and take pictures of the living room
19:15Was there ever an arrest made?
19:16Nope
19:17Which means the killer's still out there
19:18So Jack Sinclair is just about to recover his memory
19:21And possibly ID our killer
19:23And he's silenced
19:25Who was the investigating officer on the case?
19:27I've been retired 10 years
19:28And I still think about this one
19:29I was the first one on the scene
19:31And I gotta tell you
19:32The pictures don't even do it justice
19:33What Matt Benton did to his poor wife
19:35Matt Benton?
19:36You think that Melanie was killed by her own husband?
19:39Well the neighbors complained about constant fighting
19:41We put out an APB on Benton
19:42The night that Melanie was murdered
19:43But he got away
19:44And he's been on the land ever since
19:45So don't take a genius to put it together
19:48Did you ever hear anything about his whereabouts
19:49After he disappeared?
19:50We got one tip once about him being in Europe
19:52But that's gotta be a good 15 years ago now
19:55So somebody spotted him?
19:56No, he sent postcards to his brother
19:58They were postmarked Vienna
19:59What did they say?
20:01Do you remember?
20:02They all said the same thing
20:03Benton claimed he wasn't responsible for his wife's death
20:05Something about a demon
20:06Really?
20:08He claimed there was a demon involved?
20:10I know, like anyone's gonna fall for that, right?
20:13I mean, what kind of jackass did he think he was dealing with?
20:16Did you ever follow up on any of those postcards, Detective Smith?
20:19We got Interpol involved
20:21But without any hard evidence against the guy
20:23No murder weapon, no witness
20:24Yeah, I don't think they ever took it too seriously
20:26And what if a witness came forward now?
20:29Would that change anything?
20:30I'm gonna change everything
20:31Sounds more and more like Matt Benton found out about Jack
20:36And decided to keep him quiet
20:37But how did Matt find out that Jack was recovering his memories?
20:41I have an idea about that
20:42I was rechecking our Vic's phone records
20:44It turns out, a week before he died
20:45Jack Sinclair called the law firm of Lockhart, Whelan, and Benton
20:49Benton?
20:50As in Pete Benton
20:51Matt's brother
20:52That's the brother that Matt was sending those postcards to
20:54Pete could have easily alerted Matt
20:56That someone was asking questions
20:57The wrong kind of questions
20:59My brother sent me those postcards over 15 years ago
21:04I gave them to the cops
21:05I haven't heard from him since
21:07And no contacts in send, Mr. Benton?
21:09No
21:09Not even after talking to Jack Sinclair?
21:13Jack Sinclair?
21:14The ghost hunter?
21:15He was killed in the McLaren house last night
21:17I never spoke to Jack Sinclair
21:19Will his phone records show otherwise?
21:21I get calls every year from some TV producer
21:23Looking to exploit my family's tragedy
21:25And the legend of the McLaren mansion
21:27Look, it's a shame whatever happened to this guy
21:30But if he called here, I did not talk to him
21:33And I certainly haven't spoken to my brother
21:35So if we check your phone records
21:38We won't find calls to Vienna
21:39We're an international law firm
21:41We have clients all over Europe, including Vienna
21:43We're gonna need access to those phone logs
21:45Then you need a warrant
21:46And you don't have enough to get one
21:48Mr. Benton, your car is downstairs
21:50Law firm's car service of choice is ExecuDrive
21:55Here are Pete Benton's billing slips going back a month or so
21:57Was there any unusual activity?
21:59Uh, daily routine's the same to and from work
22:01Except for four days ago
22:02And Pete authorized a pickup at JFK
22:05International Terminal
22:06Okay, so maybe Pete did have his brother on speed now
22:09Where'd they go?
22:09Fairwick Hotel
22:10All right, let's take this down to the fairwick
22:13And see if anybody recognizes Matt Benton
22:15Actually, I had Tech mock up an aged up version of the photo
22:18You know, Matt, 20 years later
22:20Wait a minute, don't you guys have dinner plans tonight?
22:22Uh, we can move it to some night
22:24When Lainey's not coming off the double shift
22:26Uh, actually, Lainey's really looking forward to it
22:28Hey, you know what?
22:29No worries, it's on my way home
22:30You sure?
22:32But I don't want to be the one to blame for ruining Lainey's night out
22:34Oh, yeah, I am sure
22:35Honestly, Richard, have you planned to solve a one-day-old murder
22:40By reading a book about a hundred-year-old house?
22:42You sound just like Beckett
22:43There has to be a reason why all these things happen in the living room
22:47All these murders
22:48Uh, the tenants who had their furniture smashed
22:50All in the same room
22:52Maybe that demon of yours did not like the furniture
22:56You bring in a decorator, snazz up the place
22:58All this nonsense might stop
23:00Less like Beckett
23:01Oh
23:02No need of snazzing up here
23:05Look at you
23:06Wow, you're really taking these Skype dates with Ashley seriously
23:09I'm going to a party
23:10Ash was supposed to call me hours ago
23:13But I'm tired of waiting
23:15Oh, good for you, sweetheart
23:17Have a good time
23:17Thanks, Dad
23:18I'll be back by midnight
23:20Thank you
23:20Bye
23:21Wow
23:23Did you see that outfit?
23:24Should I be worried?
23:25Ashley's the one who should be worried
23:27Trust me, if he could see how she looked going out now
23:30He wouldn't be so quick to leave her hanging
23:32Oh, isn't this funny?
23:34It's Ashley
23:35Decline
23:37It's almost as if he was listening into our conversation
23:40Listening in
23:42The architect for the McLaren house
23:45He's from Scotland
23:47Is that important?
23:49It's the key
23:50Two words
23:53Laird's lug
23:55Laird's lug?
23:58Literally
23:58Lord's ear
23:59It refers to the hidden alcove above a dining hall of many Scottish castles
24:03The host could use it to eavesdrop on his guests
24:06I think I've either had too much wine or not enough
24:08Seamus McLaren
24:09Builder of the McLaren house
24:11Grew up right next to Edinburgh Castle
24:13Notable for its Laird's lug
24:15The concept so tickled him
24:16He put modern versions of it into several of his houses
24:18So you're saying that the McLaren house has a hidden alcove
24:22It explains everything
24:23How come the killings only happened in that one room?
24:26How does the killer seemingly appear and disappear at will?
24:28Answers that have thus far remained elusive
24:30Speaking of which, how did your canvassing go?
24:32It came up empty
24:34There's absolutely no evidence that Matt Benton was ever at the Fairwick
24:37Maybe the evidence of his return will be in that alcove
24:40It's worth a shot
24:41We'll go first thing in the morning
24:43See what we come up with
24:44You want to go now?
24:47Well, unless, of course, you're afraid
24:49Yeah, right
24:49No, I get it
24:50I mean, it is a haunted house
24:52I'm not scared, Castle
24:53No, no, you're right
24:54You're right
24:55I mean, the demon has tasted fresh blood
24:57His thirst may not be slaked
24:59We're just one victim
25:00Okay, come on
25:01Listen, if you're not scared
25:03Just say it
25:05No
25:05Come on, you know you want to
25:07I don't want to say it, Castle
25:09For me, please
25:10I ain't afraid of no ghosts
25:14I don't know, Castle
25:26There have been a lot of murder investigations in here over the years
25:29And I think they would have found a secret room if there actually was one
25:32If it was hidden well enough
25:33You know, you're going to regret it if we actually find this room
25:38Why is that?
25:39Because then you're going to have to admit that there is no demon behind all of this
25:43That it's nothing more than a boring old psycho killer hiding in a room
25:46Right unless it's a psycho killer possessed by a demon
25:49Why are you so determined to find the supernatural in all this?
25:52Why are you so determined not to?
25:53You know what?
25:54I am just following the evidence wherever it may lead
25:57And as a cop, I'm going to consider every possible worldly explanation
26:02Uh-huh
26:02And what if there is none?
26:04Well, then I'm open to the alternative
26:06You? Skepticus Maximus?
26:10You know what?
26:10Just because I don't talk about it non-stop
26:13Doesn't mean I don't believe in another plane
26:16I've actually had my own experiences
26:17Get out
26:18Like what?
26:20When I was a little girl, my parents rented a cabin by a lake
26:23And one night I had to go to the bathroom
26:26You know what?
26:29You're just going to think I'm crazy
26:30No, no, no, go ahead, tell me
26:32And on the way there
26:34I heard this voice whispering
26:39Kate, Kate
26:42It was coming from this room that the owners had locked up
26:46And told my parents never to go in it
26:49Except that night there's this weird glow underneath the door
26:52And then I heard the voice again, Kate
26:54And so I walked up to the door
26:57And this time it wasn't locked
26:59And I turned the door knob
27:02And I opened it up
27:02And then I saw it
27:04What was it?
27:07What did you see?
27:11Ah, ha, ha
27:12Very funny
27:13Yes, you got me
27:14How long have you known me, Castle?
27:16Of course I don't believe in ghosts
27:18What was that?
27:24Well, that's odd
27:25No, that's more than just odd
27:28This is the same sequence of events that preceded Jackson Clear's murder
27:32So Jack only had an EMF meter
27:34I've got a gun and a flashlight
27:36With dead batteries
27:39I swear I just put in new ones
27:41I know I saw some matches by one of these candles here
27:45Wow, Castle, mature
27:51Sorry
27:52Yeah, here we go
27:55Castle
28:05That was not me
28:07Okay
28:08So maybe there's a draft here
28:11Right?
28:15Wait, I think I feel it right here
28:16Give me a boost
28:17Okay
28:18Ready?
28:19Yep
28:19Oh, go, Castle
28:25This is easy
28:28Hey
28:32Castle, come on
28:34Just hold still
28:35Jeez
28:36That's the noise on the tape
28:40Right before Jackson Clear was killed
28:42Okay
28:43I'm gonna go up
28:44Ready?
28:46Grab my legs
28:46Cass
28:49Cass, I said legs
28:49Okay
28:50Oh, legs
28:51Sorry
28:52Not as sorry as I was
28:55I'm around dead people all day
28:56When I get home, I want a live one
28:58I was tired
28:59I can't believe we waited so long to do this, babe
29:03Yeah, yeah
29:04It really did turn out to be a perfect night
29:06I would like to propose a toast
29:09I know that it's kind of corny
29:12But it's me
29:12So, well, there we go
29:13To best friends
29:15Now and forever
29:16And to the future newlyweds
29:19Aww
29:20You are so thoughtful
29:22You know, Kevin said you guys made a great couple, but I had no idea
29:28So, when are you two getting married?
29:40Isn't this awkward?
29:42Yeah, well, secret passageways aren't supposed to be the most convenient of places
29:45A killer could have hung upside down from this bar when he slit Jack Sinclair's throat
29:50That would provide you with your demon-free explanation of the undisturbed blood spatter
29:54Well, Cass, I appreciate the assist, but I could do without the massage
29:58What are you talking about?
29:59Aren't you rubbing my neck?
30:00No
30:02Yeah
30:03Deep breaths, Castle
30:07It's just a wrap
30:08There's something over there
30:10Come here
30:11Hidden passageways
30:14Two secret rooms
30:15I don't know, Castle
30:16The mystery of the McLaren mansions looking less supernatural by the minute
30:19What is this?
30:20What is this?
30:27It's a magnetic field generator to knock out the video feed to the cameras by someone
30:32Planned very carefully how to kill Jack Sinclair the night he was filming here
30:36It's taxing the power supply
30:39That could explain the lights flickering just before Jack's death
30:42You know, the magnetic field would also explain that tripod moving that we saw in the video
30:46Castle, look at these marks
30:48There was a bed here
30:50Matt Benton could have been here for days before Jack even showed up
30:53You know, this house has been largely unoccupied since the Melanie Benton killing
30:57Maybe the reason they couldn't find Matt Benton is because he never left
31:00He could have been living here the whole time
31:02And maybe he's here right now
31:07Open the door
31:07Open the door
31:22Oh my god, my heart
31:23I was so scared
31:24Really?
31:31Look at me
31:32I'm throwing away this coat
31:36Look, his cuffs are monogrammed
31:39And thee
31:41Looks like you were right, Castle
31:43Matt Benton never did leave the McLaren mansion
31:46Dental records confirm it
31:53That's Matt Benton
31:55Jack really needs better software
31:58Cause of death?
31:59Don't know yet, but I'm guessing it wasn't the world's longest game of hide-and-seek
32:02How long was he in there for?
32:04Still waiting on the test results, but the preliminary reports on the tissue sample suggest he died about 20 years ago
32:09Okay, so then odds are he was killed at the same time his wife Melanie was
32:13So the killer hides Matt's body, making it appear as though he fled, framing Matt for his wife's murder and throwing everyone off the trail of the real killer
32:21And it worked, too, for 20 years
32:23Yeah, until Jack Sinclair showed up
32:25Let me know about the test results
32:27Okay
32:27Hey, how'd that double date go?
32:32I just...
32:36Hey guys
32:37One thing
32:38If Matt was killed 20 years ago
32:41Then how'd he send those postcards to Pete 15 years ago?
32:44I think it's time we took a harder look at Pete Ben
32:47Don't ask about the date
32:49Look, I said I'm sorry, okay?
32:54I didn't mean to jinx his dinner
32:56This really is the perfect night
32:58Jenny got a little caught up in the moment
33:00When are you two getting married?
33:01That's a question you do not ask
33:03It's not entirely you guys phone
33:08You guys have a big fight after?
33:09A big fight?
33:10No
33:10Mega fight, yes
33:12The point is
33:13We, um, we decided that we're going to cool things off
33:16What, you mean split up?
33:18Yeah
33:18Just until we both figure out what we want
33:20Man, I'm so sorry
33:22Anyway
33:22Look, brother
33:23If you need me for anything
33:25You know I'm always here
33:26What?
33:28Well, maybe nothing, but
33:29This eyeball
33:31Is brand new
33:33Are you kidding me?
33:36Detective, this is bordering on harassment
33:37I told you everything I know about my brother
33:39Not everything
33:40You were engaged once, weren't you, Mr. Benton?
33:42To a Melanie Wendell?
33:44Until Melanie broke it off
33:45And married your brother instead
33:47Things didn't work out for us
33:50I didn't expect Melanie to stay single forever
33:53But you never married
33:55Because you never got over her, did you?
33:57Who really sent those postcards, Pete?
33:59Did you send them yourself?
34:00The hell are you talking about?
34:01My brother sent me those postcards
34:02You and I both know that's not possible
34:04Your brother has been dead for 20 years
34:07What?
34:11We found his remains in the McLaren house
34:13It's over
34:15You think I killed my brother?
34:17You think I killed Melanie?
34:18Where were you that night, Pete?
34:23I'll tell you exactly where I was
34:26I went to dinner with my friend Marie
34:297.30 Café Jouer
34:32We were out by 9
34:34We stopped at Dorian's for a drink
34:36Ahead of 7 and 7
34:38Our server was Patrick
34:40When something like that happens
34:44It's burned into your brain
34:45Every detail of what happened the night you heard
34:48I couldn't forget it if I tried
34:50We're gonna have to verify your story, Pete
34:56So
34:57My
34:58My brother didn't kill Melanie?
35:00We don't think so
35:02I always assumed that he did
35:04Matt had a terrible temper
35:06He was convinced that Melanie was cheating on him
35:09Was she?
35:10Wouldn't surprise me if she was
35:12Matt thought it was somebody at work
35:14It wasn't someone Melanie worked with
35:16I just tracked down George Banner
35:18Melanie's manager at Flywide
35:19Traveled from 20 years ago
35:21He said Melanie had two co-workers
35:23Both guys
35:23Uh-huh
35:24Married
35:24Still
35:25To each other
35:26Oh
35:26Well, Flywide was in high-rise in Midtown
35:30So maybe it was someone else in the building
35:31Let's get a list of all the tenants that were there
35:33When Melanie worked there
35:34I'm not sure that's necessary
35:35Remember the light bulb I took from that secret room?
35:37Yeah
35:37Why trace the Syrian number?
35:39Belongs to a lot that was sold by the manufacturer
35:41Directly to Fuller Estate Management
35:43As in Steve Fuller?
35:45Owner of the McLaren Mansion
35:46That means that Fuller knew about that room
35:48And didn't tell us
35:49There's only one reason why he wouldn't tell us
35:51Because he's the killer
35:54Maybe Matt Benton was right about Melanie having an affair
35:57Only wrong about who she was having the affair with
35:59And when things went bad
36:01He killed her
36:01Killed Matt and Stash's body in his own house
36:04Where he knew no one would find it
36:05And he planned on destroying the evidence
36:07He wanted to have the house torn down
36:08Right after those murders
36:09But it was declared a landmark
36:10So he used that passageway to scare off tenants like the Boyers
36:13Growing the mansion's legend
36:14So that no one would want to live there
36:15And then when Jackson and Claire came sniffing around
36:17He had to kill him too
36:18You guys
36:19Great story
36:21DA will never buy it
36:22It's all circumstantial
36:24She's right
36:25Anyone could have put that bulb in there
36:26We have no proof
36:28But we will
36:31And I think I know just how to get Mr. Fuller
36:34To give up the ghost
36:35I think you'll show
36:44I don't know
36:45You told them about tomorrow, right?
36:47Yes, Castle
36:48He thinks we're going through that wall in the morning
36:50So if Fuller's our guy
36:51He should be coming from Matt Benton's body tonight
36:54If he's our guy
36:56I mean, he might not be our guy
36:57And yet, there he is
37:00Of course, he might just be here to fix a busted toilet
37:05Need a hand with that, Fuller?
37:25Detective Smith?
37:28Detective Beckett
37:29It was you all this time
37:33Why?
37:35You know
37:36He was abusing her
37:38Terrible things
37:39I don't think a month went by
37:40We didn't get called up to this house
37:42And one day
37:43I stopped by in the afternoon
37:44To check on her
37:45You were the affair
37:46It wasn't an affair
37:47It was love
37:49Then why'd you kill her?
37:52I didn't mean to
37:52It's just
37:53She wanted to call it off with me
37:55And I couldn't let that happen
37:56Matt Benton?
37:58The way he treated her
37:59He deserved what he got
38:00As the lead officer
38:01You know you could steer the investigation off yourself
38:03And onto someone they'd never find
38:05And then you sent those postcards
38:06To keep your suspect alive
38:08I don't think that he did it
38:10It was his fault anyway
38:11What about Jack Sinclair?
38:13How'd you find out about him?
38:14I promised Fuller that I would solve this case one day
38:19I asked him to keep me informed of any developments
38:22So that when Jack contacted Fuller about the crime scene
38:25He called you
38:26And when we told Fuller we were going to check out that room tomorrow
38:29He called you then too
38:31You're both very smart
38:33But you're forgetting one thing
38:35This house is haunted
38:37Thanks for the gun detective
38:43I really appreciate it
38:45You know
38:45I felt bad about Sinclair
38:47I really did
38:48But he knew too much about that
38:50Stuff that wasn't in the papers
38:52So he had to go
38:53Get on your knees
38:55Don't worry Castle
38:57He's not going to shoot us
38:58That won't fit the legend
39:00Any more helpful hints you'd care to pass along to our killer?
39:06On your knees
39:07I don't think so Addison
39:09You see the demon only really kills when no one's looking
39:13And tonight we have an audience
39:17They recorded your full confession
39:21So busted
39:29Ghost busted
39:30Thanks to Lulu
39:32That's the least I could do for him you know
39:34For Jack
39:35So Fuller had no idea about that room
39:40Well like we said before
39:41Anyone could have grabbed the light bulb from another part of the house
39:44And placed it there
39:45I guess Smith did it
39:46He's in with the DA right now writing his confession
39:49Yeah well what I don't get is if he was so in love with Melanie
39:52Why would he kill her?
39:53He said that a demon made him do it
39:54Just laying the groundwork for his insanity plea I'm sure
39:58Perhaps
39:59Well come on Castle
40:00Even you have to admit everything
40:02Every haunting
40:04Every death
40:05Everything even remotely connected to paranormal activity
40:08In the McLaren house can be explained by that passageway
40:10I don't know
40:11What about last night when we were in the living room?
40:14How about the door?
40:16The light?
40:16The candle?
40:17Old wiring
40:18Drafty house
40:19Well maybe it was something more
40:21Think about it
40:22If you hadn't gone looking for the draft
40:23That blew out the candle
40:24You would never have found the passageway
40:26Or Matt Benton's body
40:27Spell it out for those of us that are
40:29Paranormally impaired
40:31Maybe someone wanted us to find that passageway
40:34Maybe
40:35Jack Sinclair's ghost was helping solve his own murder
40:41Okay I'll tell you what
40:47I will admit to that possibility
40:49If you admit there is no demon
40:51Done
40:52Did anyone see you?
41:00That was for you
41:01Hi dad
41:06Hey you're up late
41:08Playing Skype tag with Ashley?
41:11No
41:11I'm finally connected
41:12Yeah
41:13Was it everything you hoped for in a peer-to-peer video conference and more?
41:16Honestly it was
41:18Blah
41:20I mean he was preoccupied
41:22I was tired
41:23This whole time difference thing is real drag
41:25Nobody said that long distance was easy
41:28Yeah but is it supposed to be this hard?
41:31Well I can tell you this
41:32Any relationship
41:34That lasts longer than a breath mint
41:37Is going to have challenges
41:38But if a relationship doesn't work out
41:40It's usually not because of the challenges
41:43It's usually because
41:45The relationship wasn't strong enough
41:47To begin with
41:48Does this help?
41:52Not really
41:53Yeah
41:54But this always does
41:59Hmm
42:00I promise you this
42:03If two people believe in something
42:07Really believe
42:08Anything
42:10Even the impossible
42:12Is possible
42:13Even flesh eating zombies?
42:22Oh especially
42:22Flesh eating zombies
42:25Now where were we?
42:27Yeah right there
42:28Wait
42:47Yeah
42:50Wow
42:53Wow
42:55Wow
42:57Yeah