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S1E10: The Girl Who Found Things · If You Please, Himan Brown’s Radio Mystery Theater

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>> Welcome to,
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"If You Please...Himan Brown's Radio Mystery Theater."
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On this series,
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we're offering rebroadcasts of a select group
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of programs created by this legendary producer for CBS
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between 1974 and 1982.
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Brown re-imagined radio drama for contemporary times.
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Our new series offers some of these exciting works again.
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Before the play,
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Commentator John Slavney shares details about the cast,
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the writer, and the plot.
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Your job, listen.
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"If You Please" is produced in loving memory of
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Robert Isaacson.
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♪♪
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>> Hi again. I'm John Slavney welcoming you to episode 10
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of our podcast,
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a strange chamber drama called "The Girl Who Found Things",
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and this one provides a rare treat.
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Producer Himan Brown is the program host instead of
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E.G. Marshall, and he's clearly relishing
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every suspenseful moment.
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The scriptwriter, Henry Slesar,
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one of the original series most prolific writers,
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is concerned here with the greedy man, David Wheeler.
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Wheeler's carefully plotted plan to murder his sister
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and get away with it is upended at the hands
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of a 16 year old girl,
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one reputed to have a gift for finding lost things.
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But what's lost in a radio play is not a thing at all.
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It's Wheeler's sister, Geraldine,
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who's involved in a power struggle with her brother
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for control of the family business.
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When Geraldine goes missing,
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the siblings elderly Aunt Faith, a believer in clairvoyance,
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arranges a visit from Iris Lloyd,
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a local teenager from the nearby Home for Wayward Girls
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who is the girl who finds things.
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Norman Rose portrays the increasingly desperate Wheeler,
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and he has a bit of fun painting a portrait
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of a man undone by a girl who both threatens and attracts him.
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Anne Costello plays Iris,
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delivering a deliciously unbridled performance.
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Iris functions as the engine of the story,
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and Slesar writes her as a young hellraiser,
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smoking stolen cigarettes, cursing at her hosts,
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wearing their evening clothes
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and shamelessly flirting with Wheeler.
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Also on board are Robert Dryden in a key role as a local cabbie,
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and Bryna Raeburn as the superstitious
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but kindly Aunt Faith.
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Martha Greenhouse and Barbara Caruso
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complete the cast.
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"The Girl Who Found Things" originated as a film treatment
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for 1964's "The Eyes of Annie Jones",
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a cheap and cheerful
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British production starring Richard Conte
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and a young Francesca Annis in the title role.
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Nearly ten years later,
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Slesar turned the treatment into a short story published
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in the July 1973 issue of
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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine,
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and then he repurposed it again for Radio Mystery Theater
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in the form you'll hear today.
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Like each one of the 1,.399 episodes
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Brown produced for Mystery Theater,
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this play is structured in three act,
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firmly in the tradition of the well-made play form recognized
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by Aristotle and later developed
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and popularized by the 19th century
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French playwright Eugene Scribe.
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And so typically, character and situation
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are established in act one,
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complications mount in act two,
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and everything is resolved in act three.
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Although we generally can't promise a happy ending.
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For each act, host, E.G. Marshall delivers a brief
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introduction before the rise of the curtain
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and a conclusion at its fall.
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In turn, the episode as a whole is bookended by Marshall's
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welcoming prologue and valedictory epilogue,
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intended to first spark our interest
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and then to send us on our way.
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And now it's time for me to send you on your way to our episode.
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Recorded on Wednesday, December 12th, 1973,
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and first broadcast on January 19th, 1974.
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Enjoy.
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♪♪
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[ Door opens, squeaks ]
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>> Come in. Welcome. Welcome to Mystery Theater.
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I am Himan Brown.
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Welcome to the fear you can hear,
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but mostly to the world of terrifying imagination.
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In the next hour,
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you will hear a story about a girl with a most unusual talent,
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a talent for finding lost dolls or dead bodies.
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You may not be glad you met Iris Lloyd,
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but we don't think you'll ever forget her.
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>> Aunt Faith! Aunt Faith!
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I'm here, I'm here! Come and find me.
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>> Where are you? Oh, my poor darling.
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Where are you?
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>> Help me! Help me! It's so dark and I'm afraid.
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♪♪
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>> Our mystery drama, "The Girl Who Found Things",
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was written especially for the Mystery Theater
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by Henry Slesar and stars Norman Rose.
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I'll be back shortly with act one.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Our story begins serenely enough in the pleasant little town
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of Medvale, but with a woman
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who is preparing to leave it just as soon
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as her taxi arrives.
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[ Door bell ringing ]
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>> Come in, Lucas. The door is open.
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[ Ringing continues ]
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Oh, for heaven's sakes, is that man deaf?
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[ Door opens ]
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>> Oh! Evening, Miss Willy. I hope I'm not too early.
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>> No, I'm all packed.
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You can take that trunk in the hallway first,
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then I've got a few small suitcases,
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but they can go on the back seat with me.
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>> Yes, ma'am.
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Uh, that all you're taking to Europe?
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>> I sent the rest ahead to the ship.
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Well, go on, Lucas, start loading that taxi.
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>> Uh, yes, ma'am.
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I was just wondering if there is something
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you wanted me to do in the house before closing it up.
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You know? >> It's all been done, Lucas.
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>> You sure you turned off the gas?
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Electricity? How about the fireplace?
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I see you had a fire this morning.
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Are you sure it's good and cold?
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>> Oh, I suppose you could check it again, just in case.
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>> Better safe than sorry they say.
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Uh, seems to me you got a couple of embers burning there.
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Maybe I could put them out with a shovel.
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>> Please hurry. Lucas. >> Yes, ma'am.
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I'm going about this as fast as I can.
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You see, this isn't easy for me.
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>> What isn't? Lucas, for heaven's sakes,
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put the shovel back.
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You're tracking ashes all over the floor.
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>> Please.
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Please turn around, Miss Wheeler.
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Don't look at me. >> Lucas, are you crazy?
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>> I can't do this if you're looking at me.
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>> Lucas, put that down! >> I'm sorry, Miss Wheeler.
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>> [ Screams, grunting ]
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[ Thudding ]
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Had to do it, Miss Wheeler. I had to.
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Now I got to pick you up.
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Take you outside to the woods.
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That's where I got to bury you, Miss Wheeler.
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♪♪
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>> How much farther, David? We've been driving for hours.
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>> Almost there, darling. Just relax.
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>> Tell me more about your Aunt Faith.
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I don't really feel prepared to meet her.
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>> No one's ever fully prepared for Aunt Faith.
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I warn you that she's something of a character.
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>> Just waiting to be discovered by Monthly Digest.
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>> Anyway, after my mother died, she became less auntie
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and more motherly.
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That's why she was so upset when I got married
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and failed to do my filial duty.
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>> By bringing your bride home for approval.
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>> Something like that. Take my word for it.
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She'll be crazy about you.
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But remember what I said. She's an old gypsy.
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Don't be surprised if she drags out a crystal ball
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and starts predicting your future.
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Uh, speaking of which,
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there's our future for the next few months,
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straight ahead of us, the old homestead.
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>> David, is that you?
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>> It's us, Aunt Faith. >> Oh, David, my handsome boy.
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>> Hello, Auntie. >> Oh, I'm so glad to see you.
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>> It's wonderful seeing you.
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Aunt Faith, meet Rowena.
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>> Well, and it's about time.
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>> Hello, Mrs. Demarest. Nice to meet you at last.
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>> Oh, David. She's beautiful. Well, come inside, come in.
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I've got a fire going.
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Let me take your coat, my dear.
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Oh, what a lovely fur. What is it?
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Mink? >> Sable.
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>> I told Rowena she ought to wear the label
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on the outside so that people...
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Oh, well, I didn't know that you had company, Auntie.
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>> Oh, yes. David, this is Lieutenant Reese.
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Lieutenant, this is my nephew, David Wheeler,
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and his wife, Rowena.
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>> Oh, Lieutenant,
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that isn't a military title, is it?
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>> Uh, no, sir. I'm with the police.
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>> Oh. Of course. Well, how do you do?
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>> I'm sorry We have to meet this way.
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But then I always seem to meet people when they're in trouble.
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Of course I've known Mrs. Demarest for some time.
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>> Well, Lieutenant Reese has been a wonderful help
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with my charity work, David.
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And he's been such a comfort since this awful thing happened.
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>> Yes.
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Ah, well, it's been years since I was in this room.
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>> I'd appreciate it if you and I could have a word alone.
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>> Oh. >> Rowena, I'll tell you what.
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Why don't you and I go upstairs and I'll show you your room.
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>> Yes, that would be fine.
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>> I can even show you the room
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where David was born and his old nursery.
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>> Well, uh,
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how long has it been since you left Medvale, Mr. Wheeler?
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>> Oh, maybe ten years.
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I've been back here on visits, of course.
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Once when my father died four years ago.
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As you know, our family business is down south.
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>> Yes, yes, I know. You and your sister.
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>> My half sister.
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>> Yes. You and your half sister, Geraldine.
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You were the only proprietors of the mill, weren't you?
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>> That's right.
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>> But you did most of the managing I gather.
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When your parents died, Miss Wheeler kept the estate
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and you went to Virginia to manage the mill.
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That's how it was, right?
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>> That's how it was.
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>> Successfully, would you say?
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>> Lieutenant, I'm going to save you a great deal of time.
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Geraldine and I didn't get along.
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We saw as little of each other as we both could arrange,
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and that was very little.
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>> Thank you for being frank.
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>> I can even guess your next question, Lieutenant.
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You'd like to know when I saw Geraldine last.
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>> When did you? >> Three months ago in Virginia,
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on her semi-annual visit to the mill.
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>> But you were in Medvale after that, weren't you?
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>> Well, yes.
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I came up to see Geraldine in March on a business matter.
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As my aunt may have told you, Geraldine refused to see me.
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>> Now, what sort of business matter was it?
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>> I wanted Geraldine to approve a bank loan
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I wished to make to purchase new equipment.
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She was against it.
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Wouldn't even discuss it, so I went home.
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>> And you never saw her again? >> Never.
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And in case you're wondering, Lieutenant,
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I have no idea where she is.
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No idea at all.
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♪♪
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>> Sure you don't want some tea, Rowena?
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>> No, thank you, Aunt Faith. I'll stick to Scotch.
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>> Have some tea, darling.
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Auntie wants to read your future in the leaves.
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>> I wish I could read the future, or rather the past.
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>> Are you thinking about Geraldine?
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>> I simply can't understand what became of her, David.
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She was all set for that trip to Europe.
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Some of her bags were already on the ship.
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You remember Lucas, the taxi driver?
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>> Oh, yes. Of course.
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>> Well, he came out here to pick her up,
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take her to the station.
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But she wasn't here. She wasn't anywhere.
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>> Well, I suppose the police checked all the usual sources.
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>> Hospital morgues, everywhere.
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Lieutenant Reese said anything could have happened to her.
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She might have been robbed and murdered.
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She might have lost her memory.
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She might even have... Well, this I'd never believe.
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But Lieutenant Reese said she might have disappeared
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deliberately with some man.
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>> I know what happened to her.
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>> Do you? >> She just left.
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She just walked out of this big, gloomy house
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and this crawly little town.
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She was sick of living alone.
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>> David, I have an idea about how we can find Geraldine.
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>> Really?
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>> I'm going to ask Iris Lloyd where Geraldine is.
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>> Ask who? >> Iris Lloyd.
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Now, don't tell me you've never heard of the child.
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But there was a story in the papers
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about her only two months ago,
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and heaven knows I've mentioned her in my letters a dozen times.
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>> I remember. She's the one who's psychic or something.
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Some sort of orphan.
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>> Yes. Iris is a ward of the state.
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A resident of the Medvale Home For Girls.
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I've been vice chairman of the place for donkey's years.
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That's how I know her. Well, she's 16, David.
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Absolutely uncanny.
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>> And what makes her such a phenomenon?
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>> She's a seer, David. A genuine clairvoyant.
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>> Oh, not a medium at 16. >> Oh, no.
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I suppose you could call her a finder.
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She seems to have the ability to find things
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that are lost, people, too.
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>> How does she do it?
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>> I'm not sure Iris knows herself.
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The gift hasn't made the poor child happy.
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Such talents rarely do.
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You know, one day the home had a picnic at Crompton Lake.
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They discovered an eight year old named Dorothea was missing.
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They couldn't find her
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until Iris Lloyd began screaming.
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>> Screaming? >> These insights cause a great
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pain, but she was able to describe the place
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where Dorothea could be found,
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where the girl had sprained her ankle.
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>> Oh, you're right, Auntie darling.
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I don't agree with you.
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Let's just leave the search to the police.
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>> David, David,
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I've arranged with the home for Iris to spend some time with us.
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>> Are you serious? You invited that girl here?
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>> Well, she has to become acquainted
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with Geraldine's aura.
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Don't you see? The aura that's still in this house?
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>> Well, I won't have it.
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I'm sorry, Auntie, but the whole thing is ridiculous.
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>> Oh, I knew you would object, David,
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but I'm afraid I have to insist.
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We're picking up the girl this afternoon.
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>> Oh, really now, Aunt Faith.
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>> You understand, my dear, don't you?
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>> Yes, I understand, Mrs. Demarest,
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and I'm looking forward to meeting Iris Lloyd.
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♪♪
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[ Door opens ]
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>> Please come in, Mrs. Demarest.
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I suppose this is the nephew you told me about.
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>> Yes, sister. This is Mr. David Wheeler.
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David, this is Sister Clothilde, who runs the home.
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>> How do you do, sister?
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>> How do you do?
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In case your aunt hasn't told you, Mr. Wheeler,
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I'm not at all in favor of this move.
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I think it's wrong to encourage Iris in this delusion of hers.
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>> Well, then, you and I agree with each other, sister.
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>> One moment.
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Sister Pauline, would you send Iris Lloyd in now?
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[ Door opens ]
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>> Shall I come in?
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>> Yes, Iris. Come in.
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[ Door closes ]
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Iris, you know Mrs. Demarest.
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This is her nephew, Mr. Wheeler. >> Hello.
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>> Hello. >> You remember me, Iris?
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I've been coming here at least 3 or 4 times
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a year to see all you girls.
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>> Yes, Mrs. Demarest.
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>> Now, the directors have been good enough
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to let us take you home with us for a while.
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We need your help, Iris.
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We want you to see if you can find someone who is lost.
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>> Yes, Mrs. Demarest. I'd like to come home with you.
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I'd like to help you find Mrs. Wheeler.
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>> Oh! Then you -- you know about my poor niece, Iris?
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>> The Secret Service couldn't have secrets
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here, Mrs. Demarest.
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You know how girls are.
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>> Well, I guess we can get started any time,
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if Miss Lloyd is ready.
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>> Please call her Iris, Mr. Wheeler.
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Remember that you're still dealing with a child.
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♪♪
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>> Iris, I hope you'll enjoy staying with us.
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>> I have a lovely room for you. I'm sure you'll like it.
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>> You know what I'd really like?
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>> What's that? >> A cigarette?
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>> [ Gasps ] What? Iris!
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>> Don't tell me you smoke, Iris.
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>> Only when I can get away with it.
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>> Well, you're not getting away with it now, for heaven's sake.
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>> Oh, never mind. Never mind.
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♪♪
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>> Uh, hello there, Mr. Wheeler.
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>> Oh, Lucas. Well, how are you? How's the taxi business, hm?
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>> Could I talk to you a minute, Mr. Wheeler?
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>> No, Lucas. I'm sorry.
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I've got to get these groceries home.
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We have company for dinner tonight.
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>> She's at your place, ain't she?
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That girl. >> What girl?
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>> That Iris Lloyd, the girl who finds things.
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I'm afraid of her, Mr. Wheeler.
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I'm afraid she'll find out what we did.
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>> Shut up!
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Don't you ever say anything like that to me again.
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>> I'm scared, Mr. Wheeler.
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I'm telling you, that girl is peculiar.
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She knows what you're thinking, they say.
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She knows where you can find anything.
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Even dead bodies.
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>> Get away from me, Lucas.
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I told you to keep away from me when I came here.
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Now get away from my car before I run you down.
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>> But I'm scared. I'm scared of that little girl.
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♪♪
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>> Lucas the taxi driver
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and Lucas the murderer is scared.
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But David Wheeler is frightened, too.
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Maybe we learn if the fright is justified
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when Mystery Theater returns shortly with act two.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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>> Now let's go back to the little town of Medvale.
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David Wheeler has just returned from his shopping trip,
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and he finds things are different in the big house
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at the end of the road.
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>> What happened here, Rowena?
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This room looks like a cyclone hit it.
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>> It was hurricane Iris. >> What are you talking about?
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>> Aunt Faith caught her sweet little orphan Annie
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in here smoking one of my cigarettes.
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I didn't hear the whole argument,
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but I'll tell you one thing.
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That girl has the vocabulary of a longshoreman.
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>> Well, maybe that'll knock some sense into Aunt Faith.
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>> Iris started throwing things,
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and that's when Aunt Faith went upstairs to lie down.
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>> I'll go see her.
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Tell her to take her psychic delinquent back
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where she came from. >> I wouldn't bother her now.
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She's not feeling well.
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>> Well, I'll see the little monster then.
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Where is she?
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>> Next door to us, in Geraldine's room.
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[ Footsteps ]
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[ Knocking ]
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>> Iris? Iris, It's Mr. Wheeler. May I come in?
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[ Door opens ]
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>> Hello, handsome. Auntie says you went shopping.
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>> What have you been up to, Iris?
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Now, my aunt isn't a well woman,
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and we won't put up with any bad behavior.
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Now, what happened downstairs?
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>> Nothing.
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I found a butt in an ashtray and took a couple of drags.
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You'd think I was committing a mortal sin
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the way she yelled at me.
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>> I heard you did some fancy yelling yourself.
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Is, uh, is that what the sisters taught you at the home?
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>> They didn't teach me anything worthwhile.
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>> Well, maybe you need more instruction.
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Maybe you better get back there as soon as possible.
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>> Oh, Mr. Wheeler, please. Oh, I'm awfully sorry.
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I didn't mean to do anything wrong.
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I didn't, I didn't! Oh, please don't send me back.
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>> No, no, wait. >> Please!
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>> Wait a minute now.
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>> Oh, please don't do it. Oh, don't.
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>> What's going on? >> Oh, Mrs. Demarest,
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I'm so sorry.
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I don't know what came over me. It...it was the devil.
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I'm sure it was the devil trying to take my body into...
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>> Oh, there, there, Iris. It's all right, dear.
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I know you didn't mean what you said.
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No, it's the gift that makes you this way.
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And don't worry about what I asked you to do.
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You take your time about Geraldine.
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Take as long as you like.
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>> Oh, but I want to help, I really do Aunt Faith.
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>> Now, wait a minute, Auntie.
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You're not going to fall for this.
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>> Listen, listen. Do you know something?
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I can feel your niece in this house, Aunt Faith.
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I really can.
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I can feel her in this room, whispering to me,
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trying to tell me where she is.
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>> Can you, Iris? Can you really?
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>> For heaven's sake, Auntie! Can't you see that she's...
21:41
>> I can. I can. I can feel her everywhere.
21:45
I can almost touch Miss Wheeler.
21:48
Oh, is this her closet?
21:51
[ Door opens ]
21:53
These are her clothes.
21:55
Oh, they're so beautiful.
21:58
She must have looked beautiful in them.
22:00
>> Has Iris ever seen a photo of Geraldine?
22:03
>> Oh, look at this one. It's all gold.
22:08
All shiny gold.
22:11
And it's so long. Was she very tall?
22:16
>> It's an evening gown. Iris.
22:19
>> Oh, I can sense her in this gown.
22:21
I can.
22:23
I just know I'm going to be able to find her for you, Aunt Faith.
22:27
I know it. >> Yes.
22:30
Yes, I believe that, too, my child.
22:33
♪♪
22:40
[ Silverware clanking ]
22:42
Won't you have some more of the beef, Rowena?
22:44
>> No. Thank you.
22:45
>> We'd better save some for Iris.
22:47
Something tells me that little girl has a very big appetite.
22:50
>> I wish she'd come downstairs.
22:51
I told her dinner would be served at 7:"30.
22:53
>> Would you like me to go upstairs and see
22:55
if she's all right?
22:57
>> No, no, I'm sure she'll be down in a moment.
22:58
>> You've really forgiven her completely, haven't you?
23:01
>> Of course. Oh, you don't understand
23:04
psychic personality, David.
23:06
It wasn't her swearing at me this afternoon.
23:09
It was this... this demon which possesses her.
23:12
The same spirit that gives her the gift of insight.
23:15
[ Clanging ] >> David, your fork.
23:18
>> Take a look at what's coming downstairs
23:21
in a gold lamé evening gown.
23:24
>> For heaven's sake.
23:26
>> Hello, everyone.
23:28
>> Iris, whatever are you wearing?
23:30
>> You go upstairs and get that dress off.
23:32
You have no right to wear my sister's clothes.
23:34
>> Take it off?
23:35
Why should I? >> You heard me.
23:37
Get that dress back in the closet.
23:39
>> I won't, I won't, Aunt Faith!
23:42
No, I won't take it off. You know what I told you?
23:44
I have to wear your niece's clothes so I can feel her...
23:47
her aura.
23:49
>> You're going to feel my foot in about five seconds
23:50
if you don't go upstairs.
23:52
>> Now, everybody in this house hates me! [ Sobbing ]
23:55
>> Iris! Iris, don't. No! Please don't cry.
23:59
Oh, David, you shouldn't talk that way to the poor girl.
24:01
>> I won't stay here.
24:02
I won't help you find your niece, that's all.
24:04
>> You can't do anything of the kind, and you know it.
24:06
>> Iris. Iris, listen to me. >> Yes?
24:10
>> Iris, you remember those things you did at the home,
24:14
the way you found things for Sister Therese?
24:16
>> Yes.
24:18
>> Do you think you could do something like that
24:20
again right now for us?
24:22
>> I don't know. I could try.
24:24
>> Would you let her try, David? >> I don't know what you mean.
24:28
>> Now I want you to hide something or name some object
24:30
you've lost or misplaced,
24:32
Perhaps somewhere in this house.
24:33
>> This is silly. It's a parlor game.
24:35
>> The least you can do is try it.
24:36
>> All right.
24:38
How do we play this game of hide and seek?
24:40
>> David, what about the cat? >> The cat?
24:44
>> You remember.
24:45
You once told me about a wool kitten
24:47
you used to have as a child.
24:48
You said you lost it somewhere in the house when you were five.
24:51
And you were so unhappy about it, you wouldn't eat for days.
24:54
>> Well, that's 30 years ago, Rowena.
24:56
>> All the better. All the better, David.
25:00
Iris, do you think you could find it?
25:02
Could you find David's cloth kitten?
25:04
>> Oh, I'm not sure. I'm never sure.
25:06
>> Just try. Iris.
25:07
We won't blame you if you fail.
25:09
It might have been thrown out ages ago, but try anyway.
25:12
>> All right, I will.
25:15
But you'll have to shut off the lights.
25:17
>> And then what? Burn incense and chant?
25:19
>> David, please, turn off the room light.
25:21
>> I'll do it.
25:23
[ Switch clicks ] >> There, Iris.
25:25
The room is dark enough, isn't it?
25:26
>> Yes, yes, it's dark enough when I close my eyes.
25:33
>> What's she doing?
25:34
>> Breathing obviously.
25:36
>> I think she's going into a trance.
25:40
>> It's so hard to know if she's faking or not, isn't it?
25:44
>> Not for me, darling.
25:45
>> She isn't, David. I know she isn't.
25:47
She's in a genuine trance.
25:49
>> Oh. >> Listen.
25:52
>> Ah! Oh, it's so hot.
25:55
>> She's sweating. >> So hot.
25:57
>> She isn't faking that, David.
25:58
>> Oh, so hot back here.
26:03
Oh, please.
26:05
Oh, please. Kitty is hot.
26:09
Hot kitty is hot.
26:11
>> Kitty. She could be talking about the wool cat.
26:13
>> Well, what if she is?
26:15
>> Oh, please! Please, somebody, help!
26:18
Help kitty! Help her! Please help kitty.
26:22
[ Screams ]
26:25
>> Dear Heavens! The girl is in pain.
26:27
>> It's an act, I tell you.
26:28
>> Hot, behind the stove. So hot! Kitty's so hot!
26:34
>> Behind the stove? Is that what she said?
26:36
>> Iris?
26:38
Iris, darling, are you all right?
26:40
David, turn on the lights quickly!
26:42
>> Oh, Auntie, it was all gibberish.
26:44
Rowena, it's just nonsense. >> You're so stubborn, David.
26:47
Well, she said it clearly. The kitten's behind the stove
26:52
where you probably stuffed it
26:53
when you were a little brat of a boy.
26:55
>> We could find out, couldn't we?
26:57
It's the same stove still in the kitchen?
26:58
>> I suppose so. There's a microwave oven, too.
27:01
But they've never moved the old iron monster.
27:03
>> Let's look, David, please.
27:05
[ Footsteps ]
27:09
>> I can't feel anything behind here.
27:12
>> Well, try the other side, David.
27:13
>> Oh, this is ridiculous.
27:15
Look, my hands are getting filthy.
27:16
>> Here, use this ladle.
27:18
>> But it's no use, Rowena. It simply can't...
27:21
It -- It can't...
27:24
>> David, what is it? Did you touch something?
27:26
>> Well, yes. Something. I don't know what.
27:30
>> Can you get it out?
27:32
>> Yes, I-I think so.
27:35
Oh, good Lord.
27:37
>> David! It's a cat, a wool cat.
27:43
>> Yes. >> It's so filthy and old.
27:45
But it's still a cat, isn't it?
27:49
Is it the one you lost? Is it?
27:52
>> Yes, yes, it's the one.
27:54
>> David, you look so strange. You look frightened.
27:59
♪♪
28:04
♪♪
28:10
>> What are you doing here? Iris?
28:13
Having a picnic all by yourself?
28:15
>> I just thought I'd lie on the grass for a while.
28:18
>> Hm. What are you doing with a daisy?
28:21
Loves me, loves me not?
28:22
>> Uh-huh. Want to finish it off for me, Uncle David?
28:26
>> Cut out the Uncle David stuff.
28:28
>> I'll finish it for you, then.
28:30
She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me.
28:34
She loves me not. Too bad, Uncle David.
28:38
She just doesn't love you.
28:41
>> Who?
28:42
>> Your wife, of course. Who else? [ Laughs ]
28:46
Bye now.
28:48
>> Iris. Iris, wait. >> Yes?
28:49
>> Look, I, uh... I want to talk to you a minute.
28:52
>> Really?
28:54
>> Iris, what's the story with you?
28:57
You've been here over a week,
28:59
and you haven't done anything about...
29:00
Well, you know what.
29:02
This is just a great big picnic for you, isn't it?
29:05
>> What if it is?
29:07
You think I want to go back to the creepy home?
29:10
It's better here. No uniforms, no, no
29:12
6:00 a.m. prayers.
29:14
None of that junk they call food.
29:16
Also, I like the company.
29:19
>> I suppose I should say thank you.
29:21
>> There's nothing you can say I don't know already.
29:24
[ Laughs ] I'm psychic, remember?
29:28
>> What about that, Iris? Is it just some kind of trick?
29:32
You can tell me.
29:34
>> I'll show you if it's a trick.
29:36
Want me to, uh, tell you all about yourself?
29:39
>> All right, go ahead.
29:41
>> Okay. Your wife hates you. She thinks you're rotten.
29:44
You weren't even married a year
29:46
when you started running around with other women.
29:48
You never went to the mill.
29:50
Not more than once or twice a month.
29:52
That was how you ran the business.
29:54
All you knew how to do was spend the money.
29:56
>> You little brat! You're not psychic.
29:58
You're an eavesdropper.
29:59
>> Oh, let go of my arm!
30:01
>> Your room is right next door.
30:03
You've been listening.
30:04
>> You think I could help hearing you two arguing?
30:06
>> No, I guess you couldn't.
30:09
I'm...I'm sorry, Iris. I hope I didn't hurt you.
30:13
>> I know a way you can make it up to me, like this.
30:17
>> Hey, now, cut that out, will you?
30:20
>> Don't you want to kiss me?
30:21
>> No, you dumb kid.
30:23
>> I'm not a kid. I'm almost 17. >> You were 16 three months ago.
30:26
>> I'm a woman!
30:28
But you're not even a man.
30:30
♪♪
30:36
>> David? >> Yes, Auntie. It's me.
30:39
>> Did you call for a taxi?
30:41
>> A taxi? No. Why? Should I?
30:43
>> Oh, I don't know, but Lucas's cab is in the driveway.
30:46
He said he was waiting for you.
30:47
>> Lucas?
30:48
Well, I'd better go and see what he wants.
30:50
>> Dinner will be ready around 7:00, David.
30:52
♪♪
30:58
>> All right, Lucas.
30:59
What are you doing here?
31:02
>> I had to talk to you, Mr. Wheeler.
31:04
I wanted you to know how it went.
31:08
I did what you told me, exactly like you said.
31:12
I hit her clean. She didn't hurt a bit.
31:16
No blood. >> All right!
31:18
I don't want to hear about it anymore, Lucas.
31:20
I'm -- I'm satisfied. And you should be, too.
31:25
You got your money. Now forget about it.
31:27
>> I picked up Miss Wheeler,
31:30
and I took her out in the woods as far as I could.
31:34
I dug deep, Mr. Wheeler. I did a good job.
31:39
I smoothed it over and spread them leaves so
31:42
as nobody would guess it was there.
31:45
Nobody except... >> Huh?
31:48
So it's that girl you're still worried about?
31:51
>> I heard awful funny things about her, Mr. Wheeler.
31:55
About her finding things.
31:58
Finding that little girl that fell near Crompton Lake.
32:02
Maybe she can see right into your sister's grave.
32:06
>> Iris Lloyd won't find her. Nobody will.
32:10
>> But she's right behind the house, Mr. Wheeler.
32:15
She's so close. Right in the woods.
32:18
>> You've got to forget it, Lucas.
32:20
Like it never happened.
32:22
My sister's disappeared, and she's not coming back.
32:25
As for the girl, don't believe what you hear.
32:30
Nobody can see into a grave, Lucas.
32:33
Nobody.
32:35
♪♪
32:41
>> Is David Wheeler really as convinced as he sounds?
32:45
Or can Lucas detect the doubt in his voice
32:49
and the fear in his eyes?
32:51
We'll learn more about the girl who found things
32:54
when Mystery Theater returns shortly with act three.
32:59
♪♪
33:01
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33:44
>> Now let's return to the Wheeler house in the town
33:47
of Medvale,
33:49
a house filled with people waiting for a psychic revelation
33:54
from the girl who found things.
33:57
But that revelation seems to be very slow in coming.
34:01
>> That girl has been here for how long?
34:04
Two weeks? >> It seems like two months.
34:06
>> She hasn't done a thing but enjoy herself.
34:09
David, what's the point of our staying on?
34:12
You said you had some affairs to settle.
34:14
You don't seem to be conducting any business at all.
34:17
>> I haven't been in the mood for business.
34:19
>> If you think Iris Lloyd is indulging herself,
34:22
what about you?
34:23
>> Shh. Be quiet.
34:24
I told you that she can hear
34:26
every nasty little quarrel in this room.
34:27
>> She's not the only clairvoyant around here.
34:30
I can read her mind. She's in love with you.
34:33
Of course there's a minor obstruction in her plans.
34:37
A small matter of your wife.
34:39
But then I've never been much of a hindrance
34:41
to your romances, have I?
34:43
>> I thought you agreed to that truce.
34:45
>> [ Laughs ] You are a pacifist, David.
34:48
That's part of your charm.
34:50
That's why you came up here in March, wasn't it?
34:53
To make peace with Geraldine.
34:54
>> I came here on business.
34:56
>> You came to keep Geraldine from sending you to prison.
34:58
That was the business.
34:59
>> You know nothing about it.
35:00
>> I know you were taking money from the mill.
35:02
Geraldine knew it, too.
35:04
How much time did she give you to make up the loss?
35:06
>> All right, if you won't let me get some sleep here,
35:09
I'll sleep in the library.
35:10
>> David!
35:12
[ Door closes ]
35:13
>> David, is that you?
35:16
>> Yes, yes, Aunt Faith. What are you doing up?
35:19
>> Oh, I heard a noise.
35:21
>> Oh, well, it was me, probably.
35:22
I was just going down to the library to find a book to read.
35:26
>> No, it wasn't you.
35:28
David, look.
35:30
>> What? It's Iris.
35:32
>> Yes, in her nightgown.
35:34
>> What's she doing in the front hall dressed like that?
35:38
>> David, she's sleepwalking. >> What?
35:42
>> Look at her eyes. David, we have to follow her.
35:45
>> No, let her alone, Auntie.
35:47
You're not supposed to disturb a sleepwalker, are you?
35:49
>> I've got to follow her.
35:51
>> All right. I'll come with you.
35:55
>> David, she's talking to herself.
35:57
Can you hear her?
35:59
>> What did I forget? What did I forget?
36:03
>> Did you hear that? Did you hear what she said?
36:06
>> Yes, but I don't understand it.
36:08
>> Why doesn't the taxi get here?
36:11
Why doesn't it get here?
36:13
>> Taxi! She said something about a taxi, David.
36:17
>> Yes, yes, I heard her.
36:19
>> Oh, we have to be going to the station.
36:23
I'm so nervous.
36:25
I'm always so nervous when I go on a trip.
36:29
Please get my luggage, my luggage.
36:34
>> Oh, dear God, David. She's in a trance.
36:37
She's talking the way...
36:39
>> Oh, what did I forget? Gas. Electricity.
36:43
Telephone. The fireplace.
36:48
Is the fireplace cold?
36:51
[ Gasps ]
36:53
Oh, no! Not the fireplace, not the fireplace!
36:58
>> What does she mean?
37:00
>> I don't know, but, Auntie, I think this is wrong.
37:02
I think we should get her back to bed.
37:03
>> No, don't touch her, David. Don't.
37:07
Look. She's heading for the back of the house.
37:09
Come on.
37:11
>> Yes, yes, we've got to follow her.
37:12
>> I think she means to go outside.
37:14
>> We can't let her do that.
37:15
>> Maybe it's important.
37:16
Maybe it's something to do with Geraldine.
37:18
>> Don't be insane. She's just sleepwalking.
37:20
That's all it is. Iris! Iris, wake up!
37:23
>> David, don't! You mustn't.
37:25
>> You want that girl to catch pneumonia?
37:26
Iris. Iris! >> Don't hit me! Don't!
37:28
Please, put it down. >> Iris! Iris, wake up!
37:31
>> Don't, don't! [ Screams ]
37:34
>> David, what have you done?
37:36
You're not supposed to wake a sleepwalker.
37:38
Everybody knows that.
37:39
>> Let me go! >> Stop it!
37:41
>> Help! Somebody! >> Stop it!
37:42
>> Iris! Iris! It's only me, Iris.
37:44
>> He's trying to kill me! He wants to kill me!
37:46
[ Screams ] >> Oh, no!
37:48
No! no, darling, it's all right. It's only us.
37:50
>> Wake up! I said wake up!
37:52
>> You poor child! You poor baby.
37:55
Oh, David, that was a cruel thing to do.
37:58
>> Oh, Aunt Faith! >> Yes, yes.
38:00
I'm here, I'm here.
38:01
Oh. Are you all right? >> Oh, yes.
38:04
Yes, I'm all right now.
38:06
>> Oh, I was so frightened for you, dear.
38:09
>> Yes, but I'm all right.
38:11
>> I think... I...I think that I'm ready.
38:17
>> Ready? What do you mean, dear?
38:20
>> I think I can do it now.
38:24
I think I might be able to tell you.
38:27
>> You mean -- You mean where Geraldine is?
38:30
>> Yes, I think I can.
38:33
>> David, we've got to call Lieutenant Reese.
38:36
>> Reese? At this hour?
38:37
>> I told him I would call him
38:39
whenever Iris thought she knew something.
38:40
I promised him I'd call.
38:41
>> Well, it's almost midnight, Auntie.
38:43
>> He'll come. I know he will. I'll telephone him myself.
38:45
You take Iris to her room.
38:47
>> Yes, yes. All right. Come on, Iris.
38:49
>> Yes, Uncle David.
38:51
♪♪
38:58
[ Door opens, closes ]
39:00
Well, Uncle David, are you scared?
39:03
>> What are you talking about?
39:05
>> You look scared. Scared of me?
39:07
>> Shut up! >> I thought you would be.
39:10
The minute you heard that I was ready.
39:12
>> I'm sending you back. Iris, you're a fake.
39:15
Even your sleepwalking act was a fake.
39:18
>> Oh, David, David, you're so cute.
39:21
You really are.
39:23
But you know what? I don't have to be ready.
39:27
I don't have to do anything at all
39:29
when that policeman gets here.
39:32
Not if you don't want me to.
39:35
>> You don't know what you're talking about.
39:37
>> You better kiss me now, David.
39:40
You better kiss me and make it really good.
39:47
>> all right. All right. if that's what you want.
39:52
[ Door opens ]
39:54
>> David! >> [ Gasps ]
39:56
Get out of here! I don't want you in my room.
39:59
>> Rowena. >> You were right
40:00
about the walls between these rooms, David.
40:01
You can hear every little thing.
40:03
>> I hate you! David hates you, too.
40:05
Tell her, David! Why don't you tell her?
40:06
>> Yes. Why don't you, David?
40:09
It's the only thing you haven't done so far.
40:12
>> David? >> Yes, Aunt Faith?
40:13
>> I just spoke to Lieutenant Reese.
40:15
He says he's on his way. >> What for?
40:17
>> Oh, you are ready, Iris, aren't you?
40:20
You're ready to tell us where Geraldine is?
40:23
>> Yes, I'm ready to tell you, Aunt Faith.
40:26
More than ready.
40:27
♪♪
40:33
>> Are you sure she's all right, Mrs. Demarest?
40:36
She looks awfully pale to me.
40:38
>> Iris always looks that way when she enters the trance.
40:43
>> It's a fraud, Lieutenant.
40:44
The whole thing is a fraud. You mustn't be taken in.
40:48
>> Well, I'm just trying to keep an open mind, Mr. Wheeler.
40:53
>> Oh. It's starting. >> [ Breathing heavily ]
40:56
>> I think she's going to say something.
40:58
>> Oh, no.
41:00
>> Iris, look, you've got to stop this.
41:02
That girl is working herself into some kind of fit.
41:04
>> It's all her own doing, isn't it?
41:06
>> Well, uh, maybe Mr. Wheeler's right.
41:09
The girl might do herself some harm.
41:11
>> No, no, you must wait. Listen, listen.
41:15
>> [ Screams ] Aunt Faith! Aunt Faith!
41:17
I'm here, I'm here, Aunt Faith.
41:20
Come and find me. Oh, help me.
41:21
It's so dark. Oh, won't somebody help me?
41:25
Oh. >> It's Geraldine!
41:28
Oh, dear Lord, it's her. Oh, where are you?
41:32
Oh, Geraldine, my poor darling. Where are you?
41:36
>> Help me! Help me! It's so dark!
41:39
And I'm afraid! >> Where, Geraldine?
41:41
Where? Tell us where you are.
41:44
>> Someplace far away.
41:47
A place with ships. The sun is shining.
41:51
I saw hills and green trees.
41:55
There are bells ringing in the streets.
41:58
>> She's out of her head completely.
42:00
>> A place with ships? Bells ringing in the streets?
42:05
>> I see water, a bridge. Trolley cars in the street.
42:11
Going up and down the hills.
42:14
>> San Francisco.
42:15
I'm sure she means San Francisco.
42:18
>> Yes, it sounds like it.
42:20
Iris, do you mean San Francisco?
42:25
Is that where Geraldine is?
42:27
>> Yes, yes, that's where she is.
42:31
>> Well, who knows?
42:34
It's as good a guess as I've heard.
42:36
Uh, has Miss Wheeler ever been in San Francisco before?
42:40
>> Never. Why would she go there?
42:42
David? >> I really wouldn't know.
42:45
But if that's where Iris says she is, I...
42:48
I guess the spirits know what they're talking about.
42:52
>> She's waking up.
42:53
>> I want to go home. Oh, please.
42:56
Somebody take me home.
42:59
To Sister Clotilde.
43:01
♪♪
43:09
>> Well, your idea was a huge success, Auntie.
43:12
But I can't say that I'm not glad to see little Iris back
43:16
where she belongs.
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>> Yes, the poor child. It's the only home she knows.
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>> Now all the police have to do is find Geraldine
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in San Francisco.
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If she hasn't taken a boat to South America by now.
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>> I just don't understand it.
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It's not like Geraldine to run away without a word.
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>> Well, here we are, home again.
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>> Well, aren't you coming in, David?
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>> Oh, not just yet.
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I thought I'd go into town and pick up some champagne.
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I thought we'd celebrate a bit tonight.
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Well, hello, Lucas. How's the taxi business, huh?
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>> It could be better.
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You got any news for me, Mr. Wheeler?
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>> Oh, yes, Lucas. I've got good news.
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It's all over.
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Iris Lloyd is back at the Medvale School For Girls.
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>> Then she didn't know?
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She couldn't find out where that woman was.
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>> She didn't know, Lucas. Just as I promised.
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>> Oh. I did the right thing.
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I knew it was the right thing, Mr. Wheeler,
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but I didn't want to tell you.
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>> Right thing? What do you mean?
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>> Well, I figured that girl could tell
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if the body was buried right outside the house,
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but she'd never find it if it was someplace else.
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Someplace far away.
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>> Lucas, what are you talking about?
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>> I went out into the woods last week
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and dug up that woman's body.
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I put it in that trunk of hers, Mr. Wheeler.
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And I sent it by train as far away as I could.
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Too far away for that girl. Yes, sir.
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>> Excuse me, Mr. Wheeler.
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>> What? Oh, Lieutenant Reese.
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>> I wonder if we could have a talk, Mr. Wheeler.
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>> About what?
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>> We've received a telegram from the West Coast.
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The police out there didn't have any luck tracing your sister.
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But they did have a report on a steamer trunk.
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>> A trunk?
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>> It was an unclaimed baggage at the Southern Pacific depot.
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It was shipped from Medvale only last week,
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and well, it had Miss Wheeler's initials on it.
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No, it had more than that.
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So can we go somewhere and talk about San Francisco?
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♪♪
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>> I'll be back shortly with a final thought.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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David Wheeler is in for a nightmare
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that may last him for the rest of his life.
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Do you think you have clairvoyant powers?
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Have you ever had the experience of finding something
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everyone thought was lost?
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Actually, you have done exactly that.
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You found the magical world of radio drama.
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And now that you've made this find,
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we hope you'll come back for more suspenseful dramas
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to play inside the theater of your mind.
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Our cast included Norman Rose, Bryna Raeburn,
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Robert Dryden, Martha Greenhouse,
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Barbara Caruso, and Anne Costello.
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Associate director Marlon Swing.
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This is Himan Brown, producer/director,
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inviting you to return to our Mystery theater
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for another adventure in the macabre.
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Until next time, then, pleasant dreams.
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♪♪
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>> "If You Please...
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Himan Brown's Radio Mystery Theater" is produced
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and directed by Sarah Montague.
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Our executive producers are Melina Brown and Sarah Montague.
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