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The Shadow - "The Ghost Walks Again" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: In a small New England town, reports of the return
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: of Sir Roger Mathis, its first colonial governor, have left
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: residents alarmed. Recent victims are found holding death warrants bearing
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: his signature. On March 16, 1941, Mutual brought that case
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: to the shadow in The Ghost Walks Again, episode 219,
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  Speaker 1: with Bill Johnstone as Lamont Cranston and Marjorie Anderson as
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: Margot Lane. When the local sheriff asks Cranston and Lane
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: to investigate, their trail leads to the old meeting hall,
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: where the apparition is said to appear at midnight. Jerry
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: Devine wrote the script, and Richard Widmark is heard in
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  Speaker 1: a supporting role. And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The End.
• 1:03
  Speaker 3: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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  Speaker 4: The Shadow knows.
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  Speaker 5: The Shadow, mysterious character who aids the forces of law
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  Speaker 5: and order.
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  Speaker 7: Is in reality.
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  Speaker 5: Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man about town. As the shadow,
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  Speaker 5: Cranston is gifted with hypnotic power to cloud men's minds
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  Speaker 5: so that they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion,
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  Speaker 5: the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person who knows
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  Speaker 5: to whom the voice of the invisible shadow belongs.
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  Speaker 7: Today's story, The Ghost Walks Again. Night.
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  Speaker 8: Peaceful, serene night has just fallen on a small.
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  Speaker 7: New England town. As the village clock strikes the hour of.
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  Speaker 5: Nine, we hear the footsteps of the two.
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  Speaker 7: Men of the town on their way to a village meeting.
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  Speaker 7: They're taking a shortcut through.
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  Speaker 6: An ancient grave now.
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  Speaker 7: Sam.
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  Speaker 6: Hi.
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  Speaker 8: Sam, look up there by.
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  Speaker 7: The big oak.
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  Speaker 6: Isn't that a fresh-dug grave? Well, now, it sure looks
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  Speaker 6: like one. Mighty odd.
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  Speaker 8: That section's closed off.
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  Speaker 7: Ain't been a burial.
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  Speaker 6: There in over 200 years. We'd better take a look
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  Speaker 6: up there.
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  Speaker 8: Hold that lamp in the high, Sam. That's it.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, that dug up ground looks to be right by
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  Speaker 6: the grave of Sir Roger Mathis. Sam, it is the
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  Speaker 6: grave of Sir Roger Mathis. Now, who could have done that?
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 6: But it's a pretty snide trick. Desecrating a grave that's
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  Speaker 6: over 200 years old.
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  Speaker 7: The grave of the first governor of our colony.
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  Speaker 8: Whoever the meddler was should.
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  Speaker 4: No meddler desecrated this grave.
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  Speaker 7: What was that?
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  Speaker 4: Sam.
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  Speaker 6: Look.
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  Speaker 8: Walking towards us. Look at that man.
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  Speaker 6: His clothes are covered with dust.
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  Speaker 7: They're strange looking clothes.
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  Speaker 8: Knee breeches.
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  Speaker 7: Powdered wig. Shorten hat. His face... Look at his face, Sam.
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  Speaker 8: It's like a death mask.
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  Speaker 7: It looks like the pictures of Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 4: I am Sir Roger. I have returned from the dead.
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  Speaker 5: No. No, this is a joke.
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  Speaker 4: I do not jest. I have returned to save thee
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  Speaker 4: and thy village from its sinful ways.
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  Speaker 7: It can't be.
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  Speaker 8: It can't be.
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  Speaker 7: Silence!
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  Speaker 2: If either of.
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  Speaker 4: Thee utter a single word, I shall run thee through
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  Speaker 4: with his sword.
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  Speaker 7: Silence!
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  Speaker 6: What do we do, Sam?
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  Speaker 5: What do we do?
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  Speaker 4: Thou shalt do as I command. Thou shalt learn from
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  Speaker 4: the will of Sir Roger Mathis' law. And to break
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  Speaker 4: that law means death.
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  Speaker 5: Dost thou hear?
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  Speaker 4: Death. Well, there, Steffens, let's hear what he has to say.
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  Speaker 9: Fellow selectmen, the issue that brings us here tonight has
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  Speaker 9: to do with this old meeting place. Now, as all
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  Speaker 9: of you know, this building was erected in 1712 by
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  Speaker 9: the first governor of this colony, Sir Roger Mathis. And
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  Speaker 9: as you also know, nothing has been disturbed within these
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  Speaker 9: walls since that day.
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  Speaker 7: The furniture, the paintings, even.
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  Speaker 9: The ancient punishment stocks and torture presses, all are still
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  Speaker 9: here in their original places.
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  Speaker 4: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.
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  Speaker 9: Now, the issue that's been proposed by some members is
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  Speaker 9: that this hall, which has always been a private gathering place...
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  Speaker 9: for the descendants of the first settlers of the village...
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  Speaker 9: be opened to the public as a museum... and at
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  Speaker 9: admission price be charged.
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  Speaker 4: That proposition is an outrage. Please, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Crossman.
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  Speaker 4: It's an outrage, I say.
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  Speaker 5: Thou art violating the laws that were passed down to us.
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  Speaker 4: By our founder... Sir Roger Martha. Sir Crossman, you'll get
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  Speaker 4: a chance to talk later on. I should talk now.
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  Speaker 4: Someone go into the museum and fetch the original ruling...
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  Speaker 4: written in Sir Roger's own hands.
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  Speaker 5: You go in there, Harvey.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 4: I shall read to thee his documents.
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  Speaker 8: In it he states that only the families of the village... No!
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  Speaker 4: What is it, Harvey?
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  Speaker 7: In the press.
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  Speaker 4: The ancient torture press. There are two bodies.
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 4: Why, they can't. It's Sam and Wes Merrill. They've been
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  Speaker 4: crushed to death.
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  Speaker 7: Good heavens!
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  Speaker 4: Why, that can't be.
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  Speaker 6: Look.
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  Speaker 9: Merciful saints.
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  Speaker 5: Look.
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  Speaker 7: Look, they're clutching something in their hands. Both of them.
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  Speaker 7: See what it is, Harvey. Yes, sir. Who could have
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  Speaker 7: done such a thing?
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  Speaker 4: Why, I saw them only an hour ago.
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  Speaker 5: Here you are, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Stebbins. Looks like two pieces of old parchment. Yes.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, that's what it is.
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  Speaker 5: What's that writing on them?
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  Speaker 7: What does it say? Glory.
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  Speaker 9: This can't be.
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  Speaker 7: Well, what is it? These are two.
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  Speaker 9: Ancient death warrants signed by Sir Roger Mathis.
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  Speaker 7: Why don't them state troopers come, Mr. Stebbins? They'll be
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  Speaker 7: here soon, Harvey.
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  Speaker 8: I don't like being alone in this old place.
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  Speaker 4: Someone has to stay here in the hall with the
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  Speaker 4: bodies until the police arrive.
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  Speaker 6: You know, it's scary in here.
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  Speaker 7: What is there to be afraid of?
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  Speaker 6: What is there to be afraid of? Tell me, who
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  Speaker 6: killed Sam and Wes?
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  Speaker 7: Why were they killed?
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  Speaker 5: Well, Harvey, I.
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  Speaker 8: I don't know.
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  Speaker 5: I know why.
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  Speaker 8: They were for opening this place against the original wishes
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  Speaker 8: of Sir Roger. He had something to do with their death.
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  Speaker 6: I just got a feeling.
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  Speaker 7: Now, you stop talking nonsense. He was a stern old Puritan,
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  Speaker 7: Sir Roger was. I've read all about him. And them
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  Speaker 7: to disobeyed his wishes.
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  Speaker 8: Did you hear that?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: It was just the door.
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  Speaker 4: Footsteps.
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  Speaker 8: Footsteps coming into the hall.
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  Speaker 7: Now, see here, Harvey.
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  Speaker 9: If you're going to act like a fool.
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  Speaker 8: Look.
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  Speaker 9: Good heavens.
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  Speaker 6: The ancient clothes.
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  Speaker 8: The Puritan hat.
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  Speaker 6: And that face.
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  Speaker 5: Like a face from the grave. This is Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, it does look like him.
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  Speaker 6: He's coming towards us. I can't stand this.
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  Speaker 8: I'm getting out of here.
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  Speaker 4: Now, come back here, Harvey.
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  Speaker 7: Come back here.
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  Speaker 8: No, no, I'm going.
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  Speaker 6: Harvey!
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  Speaker 8: Harvey!
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  Speaker 9: Harvey, you shouldn't have done a fool's thing like that.
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  Speaker 4: You have been left alone, John Seven. You can't frighten me.
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  Speaker 4: Who are you? I am the ghost of Sir Roger Mathis. Now,
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  Speaker 4: you keep away from me. Thou hast broken the laws
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  Speaker 4: that I've handed down to thee. Thou hast suggested opening
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  Speaker 4: this meeting hall to the public... And for that thou
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  Speaker 4: must pay for thy sin.
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  Speaker 8: No, no.
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  Speaker 5: Pay.
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  Speaker 4: Keep away. Pay dost thou here?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 8: Well, who is it? It's me, Harvey.
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  Speaker 6: I got to see it once, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 4: Well, what is it? What's wrong? Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 5: The ghost of Sir Roger. We just saw him in
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  Speaker 5: the meeting hall.
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  Speaker 4: Now, now, take it easy, Harvey.
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  Speaker 5: Where is Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Steppen?
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  Speaker 6: He's still in the meeting hall.
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  Speaker 5: He's alone with that ghost.
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  Speaker 6: Come with me at.
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  Speaker 7: Once.
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  Speaker 4: Right in here, Sheriff. Hold that lantern steady, Harvey.
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  Speaker 5: I can't see a thing.
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  Speaker 4: Where is Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Stebbins? What's happened to him?
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  Speaker 4: Now, now, I'm sure he's all right now. We'll just
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  Speaker 4: have a look around here.
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  Speaker 5: Harvey.
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  Speaker 7: Harvey. Look.
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  Speaker 8: Look there by the speaker's pulpit.
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  Speaker 5: It's Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Stebbins.
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  Speaker 6: His head and his arms locked in the ancient punishment spot.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Stebbins.
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  Speaker 7: Mr. Stebbins. Look at his neck.
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  Speaker 8: It's twisted so strange.
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  Speaker 7: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Stebbins is dead, Harvey.
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  Speaker 7: He's been strangled.
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  Speaker 2: Look.
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  Speaker 6: Look there in his hand.
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  Speaker 8: He's clutching a piece of parchment.
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  Speaker 7: It's the same.
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  Speaker 8: It's the same as the other.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: Another death warrant.
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  Speaker 8: Signed by Sir Roger Mappeth.
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  Speaker 7: And that was the night that the whole thing started, Mr. Cranston.
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  Speaker 7: Did the state police uncover anything?
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  Speaker 5: Nope.
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  Speaker 7: They're as baffled as we are.
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  Speaker 6: That's why I took the liberty of sending word to
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  Speaker 6: you like I did.
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  Speaker 8: Has the ghost of Sir Roger been seen since?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yes, Miss Lane. Many times.
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  Speaker 6: And there have been others that died by his hand.
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  Speaker 7: How many of us?
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  Speaker 6: Two more.
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  Speaker 8: One was found hanging from the tree that was used
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  Speaker 8: for just that.
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  Speaker 7: Purpose in the olden days. And the other? He was
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  Speaker 7: tied to the ancient duck and... We found him in
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  Speaker 7: the river. Ground. And were both of these victims touching
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  Speaker 7: a death warrant when they were discovered? Yep. Same way.
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  Speaker 7: Have there been any clues at all? Any one thing
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  Speaker 7: that would link these crimes together?
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  Speaker 5: Well....
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  Speaker 7: Of all the men who.
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  Speaker 5: Died, they were in favor of opening the old meeting
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  Speaker 5: place to the public.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 8: But that only strengthens people's belief in the ghost of
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  Speaker 8: Sir Roger. They say that this is his vengeance for
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  Speaker 8: their proposing such a move.
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  Speaker 7: Well, uh, aside from Sir Roger... What living.
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  Speaker 8: Person in this village was opposed to the opening of
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  Speaker 8: the meeting place?
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  Speaker 7: Quite a few would vote that way. The leader of
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  Speaker 7: the faction is old Silas Crosman. Was he present that
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  Speaker 7: first night when the bodies were found?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, yes, he was.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, but you can't suspect him, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Crosman.
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  Speaker 8: Old Silas is our leading citizen.
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  Speaker 7: His family was one of the founders of the village.
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  Speaker 7: I see. You've never even questioned him, then? Oh, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 7: I haven't. Well, tell me, Sheriff, this ghost of Sir Roger,
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  Speaker 7: just where has he been seen? When have these appearances
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  Speaker 7: been made?
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  Speaker 8: Well, he's always been seen in the old.
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  Speaker 5: Meeting hall, usually at the hour of midnight.
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  Speaker 7: Can it be arranged for us to get into the
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  Speaker 7: hall at that hour, Sheriff? Why, certainly. Without anyone in
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  Speaker 7: the village knowing that we're there? Yep.
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  Speaker 5: Very well. We shall seek out the ghost of Sir
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  Speaker 5: Roger Mathis tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Come on. I don't think the ghost is going to appear.
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  Speaker 5: The evening isn't over yet, Marlowe.
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  Speaker 7: Not frightened, are you?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 8: No, of course not.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, well, not very.
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  Speaker 4: Listen.
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  Speaker 7: Listen.
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  Speaker 2: Midnight.
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  Speaker 5: The hour for the ghost to appear.
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  Speaker 8: I still don't think he's coming.
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  Speaker 7: Well, suppose we find that out right now.
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  Speaker 9: Now, Roger!
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  Speaker 4: Now, Roger!
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  Speaker 5: If you can hear me, why don't you show yourself?
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  Speaker 1: No one answered.
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  Speaker 8: Well, give him time, Margo.
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  Speaker 7: Give him a chance to... Come on, let's go. That
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  Speaker 7: did it.
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  Speaker 5: He heard me.
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  Speaker 6: He's coming.
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  Speaker 8: Where are those footsteps coming from?
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  Speaker 7: I can't tell yet.
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  Speaker 8: They seem to be somewhere overhead. Isn't there a small
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  Speaker 8: balcony just above us, Lamont?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: He seems to be right above us now. Give me
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  Speaker 7: that flashlight, Margot.
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  Speaker 5: Here you are.
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  Speaker 7: Is that you, Sir Roger?
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  Speaker 4: Who called to me? Speak up! Who summoned Sir Roger Mathis?
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  Speaker 6: It is Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 4: I warn thee, silence will bring destruction upon thee. Who
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  Speaker 4: called out my name?
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  Speaker 8: I did, Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 5: Where art thou?
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  Speaker 7: Right down here, below you.
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  Speaker 4: But, ma'am, that face.
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  Speaker 8: Look at that face.
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  Speaker 4: You do not find my face pretty to look upon?
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  Speaker 7: Why art thou here? We have heard a lot about you,
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  Speaker 7: Sir Roger. The fear that you've created in this village.
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  Speaker 5: We.
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  Speaker 7: Don't share that fear. That's why we're here.
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  Speaker 6: You're a fool.
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  Speaker 7: The fate of the others will be.
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  Speaker 4: Thy fate as well.
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  Speaker 7: We're chancing that.
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  Speaker 8: So come ahead.
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  Speaker 5: Bring your destruction to matters.
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  Speaker 7: I'm most curious to learn what your powers are.
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  Speaker 4: I select the time for my revenge. Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 7: Then you're not going to harm us tonight, is that it?
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  Speaker 5: Very well.
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  Speaker 7: If you won't come to us, then we shall come
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  Speaker 7: to you. Beware, Lord.
• 13:57
  Speaker 6: I warn thee.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Margot.
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  Speaker 5: We're going up to meet Sir Roger right now.
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  Speaker 6: Hurry, Margot.
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  Speaker 7: Up these stairs.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Lord.
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  Speaker 7: Well, Sir Roger. What? He's gone. Well, where did he go?
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  Speaker 7: I have chosen not to meet.
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  Speaker 8: Thee at this moment. Where's that voice coming from?
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  Speaker 4: Listen to me, both of you.
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  Speaker 7: He must have gone through a secret panel.
• 14:16
  Speaker 4: Now that stairs defy the law, Sir Roger Mathers.
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  Speaker 8: Well, this meeting hall certainly looks different than.
• 14:39
  Speaker 7: Daylight, doesn't it, Lamont? Yes, very much so.
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  Speaker 8: Did you say anything to the sheriff about our encounter last.
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  Speaker 5: Night, Lamont? No, I thought it best not to mention
• 14:47
  Speaker 5: it to anyone for the present. We do know now
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  Speaker 5: that Sir Roger.
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  Speaker 7: Proved himself to be a very human ghost.
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: But who he is and what his motive might be
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  Speaker 7: still remains to be discovered.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, and how he got away.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 15:00
  Speaker 7: That's what we'll try to find out right now.
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  Speaker 5: Let's take a look at this wall, Marco.
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  Speaker 8: You think he escaped through a secret panel?
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  Speaker 7: Undoubtedly. Now, you stay at this end, Margo. I'll look
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  Speaker 7: down by the speaker's pulpit. If you find anything suspicious,
• 15:12
  Speaker 7: call me.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 8: This panel seems solid enough. There's no sign of anything.
• 15:18
  Speaker 8: Good afternoon.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, I'm so sorry.
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  Speaker 7: I didn't mean to frighten you.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, that's quite all right. I just didn't hear you.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 8: I'm Edward Croson.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, how do you do?
• 15:30
  Speaker 8: I'm Margo Lane.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, Miss Lane.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, Lamont, will you come here?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, coming.
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  Speaker 8: Lamont, this is Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Crosman, isn't it?
• 15:38
  Speaker 8: Yes, that's right, yes.
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  Speaker 6: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Crosman, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Cranston.
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  Speaker 7: How do you do, sir?
• 15:42
  Speaker 8: How do you do, Mr.
• 15:42
  Speaker 7: Cranston?
• 15:43
  Speaker 8: The sheriff tells me that you're trying to track down
• 15:44
  Speaker 8: our elusive ghost.
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  Speaker 5: Well, we're making an attempt. I'll be greatly relieved if
• 15:49
  Speaker 5: you find him, sir.
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  Speaker 8: Why is that?
• 15:52
  Speaker 7: Well, I've been more or less the leader.
• 15:54
  Speaker 8: Of the group who wish to open the meeting hall
• 15:56
  Speaker 8: to the public. Most of those who are on my
• 15:59
  Speaker 8: side have... met death at the hands of the ghost. Oh,
• 16:02
  Speaker 8: and you, uh, you feel that you might be next? Yes, sir,
• 16:06
  Speaker 8: I do.
• 16:07
  Speaker 7: Have there been any attempts.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: On your life?
• 16:09
  Speaker 8: No, no, not yet. Knock on wood. Although my dear
• 16:13
  Speaker 8: uncle probably wishes there had been.
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: Your uncle?
• 16:16
  Speaker 8: Yes, Silas Crossman. He heads the opposition group.
• 16:19
  Speaker 6: Oh.
• 16:19
  Speaker 8: Plenty sore at me, I guess, for disgracing the family
• 16:22
  Speaker 8: name by fostering this move to open the meeting hall.
• 16:25
  Speaker 7: I see.
• 16:25
  Speaker 8: Have you discovered anything that might be a clue to
• 16:28
  Speaker 8: all these killings?
• 16:29
  Speaker 5: No, we were just looking around in here. Having heard
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: of the ghost and knowing that all good ghosts use
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: secret passageways and such, we hope we might.
• 16:37
  Speaker 7: Stumble on them.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 16:38
  Speaker 7: Say, that's an idea. Perhaps I can help you. Well,
• 16:40
  Speaker 7: how do you mean?
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: Well, I'm to be in charge of the restoration work
• 16:43
  Speaker 8: in this hall, if it's ever opened, and I have
• 16:45
  Speaker 8: a sheaf of the original plans.
• 16:46
  Speaker 7: Of the building at home.
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: Really? Could we see them?
• 16:48
  Speaker 8: Well, surely.
• 16:49
  Speaker 7: I'll dig them out for you this evening.
• 16:50
  Speaker 5: If you wish.
• 16:50
  Speaker 7: Well, we'd appreciate that.
• 16:52
  Speaker 5: Where shall we meet you?
• 16:53
  Speaker 8: Oh, back here at the meeting hall.
• 16:55
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: That's a date.
• 16:56
  Speaker 7: Fine.
• 16:57
  Speaker 8: Well, I've got to be getting along. Oh, by the way,
• 16:59
  Speaker 8: I trust that no word of this will get to
• 17:01
  Speaker 8: my Uncle Silas.
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: He might... We won't mention it to anyone.
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you.
• 17:05
  Speaker 7: Goodbye.
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: Goodbye.
• 17:06
  Speaker 7: Goodbye. Margot, I think it's time that we investigated Mr.
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: Silas Crossman.
• 17:14
  Speaker 5: I'm going to pay a call on him right now
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: as the Shadow.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: What was that?
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: Sorry to interrupt your letter writing, Mr.
• 17:28
  Speaker 7: Crossman.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: Who are ye?
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: Where does thy voice come from? I am right beside you,
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: Silas Crossman. Don't trouble yourself to look for me. No
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: human eyes have ever seen me.
• 17:39
  Speaker 8: What is thy name?
• 17:40
  Speaker 5: I am called The Shadow.
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: What brings thee into my house?
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: I am here in search of a ghost, Mr. Crossman.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: The ghost of Sir Roger Mathis.
• 17:53
  Speaker 8: Why do you seek him here?
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: Because I believe that you know all about him. I
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: know no more than any of the others. Why are
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: you opposed to the opening of the old meeting hall?
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: Because that hall belongs only to those of the village.
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: For hundreds of years it has always been that way.
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: They shall not desecrate.
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: An ancient tradition. Do you realize that those are the
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: same words that were used by the ghost of Sir
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: Roger Mathis? I'm aware of that. People aren't going to
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: continue to believe that a ghost is responsible for the
• 18:21
  Speaker 5: killings in this village. Soon they'll know that a human
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: hand has caused these deaths. And when they do, Silas Crossman,
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: their suspicion will fall on you.
• 18:32
  Speaker 7: Why?
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: Why me?
• 18:34
  Speaker 5: Because of your behavior. The way you live in this house,
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: surrounded by the relics of the past. You still write
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: with an ancient quill. In your speech, you use the
• 18:44
  Speaker 5: antiquated thee and thou. Just as the ghost of Sir
• 18:48
  Speaker 5: Roger does. That proves nothing. You're wrong, Mr.
• 18:50
  Speaker 7: Crossman.
• 18:52
  Speaker 5: That evidence alone would be enough to convict you in
• 18:54
  Speaker 5: a court of law. Now tell me. What do you
• 18:59
  Speaker 5: know about these killings? Nothing. I know nothing about them.
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: Very well. I've given you your chance. Then let me
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: warn you, Mr.
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: Crossman.
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: There is no escaping justice. If you are the killer,
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: believe me, You will pay for your crime.
• 19:23
  Speaker 8: Lamont, do you think Mr.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Crosman will keep his word?
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: I believe so, Margo.
• 19:27
  Speaker 8: I shouldn't like to spend many more nights in this
• 19:29
  Speaker 8: eerie old hall.
• 19:30
  Speaker 7: Well, if everything works out as I expected.
• 19:32
  Speaker 8: Lamont, can you hear those footsteps?
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: Yes.
• 19:36
  Speaker 8: Can it be Sir Roger again?
• 19:37
  Speaker 7: We'll soon find out.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: Hello there.
• 19:39
  Speaker 5: Sorry I'm late.
• 19:40
  Speaker 8: Oh, it's you, Mr.
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: Crosman.
• 19:42
  Speaker 8: You gave us quite a scare.
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm sorry. That seems to be a habit with me,
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: doesn't it? Did you bring the plans? Yes, sir.
• 19:47
  Speaker 8: Two copies of them here. You may take one of them.
• 19:49
  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you.
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: I think we'd better go right to work. We can
• 19:52
  Speaker 7: each start at one end of the wall, Miss Post.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: Oh, very well.
• 19:54
  Speaker 8: What about me?
• 19:55
  Speaker 7: Oh, if you don't mind staying with me, Miss Lane,
• 19:57
  Speaker 7: I'd appreciate it.
• 19:57
  Speaker 8: You see, my eyesight is rather poor, and in this
• 20:00
  Speaker 8: dim light, I can't... Oh, all right. I'll go with you, Mr.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: Carlson.
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 20:03
  Speaker 8: Here are the plans, and here's my flashlight, Miss Lane.
• 20:06
  Speaker 7: Call out to me if you find anything.
• 20:07
  Speaker 6: Yes, we will.
• 20:08
  Speaker 8: We can start right here, Miss Lane. Now, do the
• 20:10
  Speaker 8: plans indicate anything for this section? Well, there does seem
• 20:13
  Speaker 8: to be one thing here that might mean something. It
• 20:16
  Speaker 8: would be about this point on the wall.
• 20:19
  Speaker 6: Where?
• 20:20
  Speaker 8: This panel here. Yes, Miss Crossman.
• 20:23
  Speaker 7: It moves. So it does.
• 20:25
  Speaker 8: Wait, I'll see if I can get hold of it. Hey,
• 20:29
  Speaker 8: the panel's opening.
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: We must call Lamar.
• 20:31
  Speaker 8: Lamar!
• 20:33
  Speaker 6: Shut up!
• 20:33
  Speaker 8: Shut up! You're so anxious to meet Sir Roger, suppose
• 20:36
  Speaker 8: I take you to see him right now.
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: Lamar!
• 20:49
  Speaker 8: Where are we? Where have you taken us? We're in
• 20:51
  Speaker 8: a secret compartment of the cellar beneath.
• 20:53
  Speaker 7: The meeting hall.
• 20:54
  Speaker 8: This place is known only to me. You let me
• 20:56
  Speaker 8: out of here. You can cry out to your heart's
• 20:59
  Speaker 8: content if you wish.
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: No one will hear you.
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: These walls were.
• 21:02
  Speaker 8: Made especially thick to muffle sound. They had a purpose
• 21:07
  Speaker 8: in building them that way even in the olden days.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: What do you mean?
• 21:09
  Speaker 8: This room, which I discovered through the plans, was an
• 21:12
  Speaker 8: ancient torture chamber.
• 21:14
  Speaker 7: Torture chamber, yes.
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: Look about you.
• 21:16
  Speaker 8: See the press? The spike-studded pit?
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: Oh, no.
• 21:19
  Speaker 8: Excellent place for entertaining, don't you think? And you. And
• 21:22
  Speaker 8: it was you who's been impersonating Sir Roger.
• 21:24
  Speaker 5: That's correct.
• 21:25
  Speaker 8: Why did you bring me here? You shall learn presently.
• 21:28
  Speaker 8: You see this fire that I've started in that forge?
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 21:30
  Speaker 8: I've placed a branding iron in there, and soon that
• 21:32
  Speaker 8: iron will.
• 21:33
  Speaker 7: Be white hot. No. No.
• 21:35
  Speaker 6: Why are you doing this?
• 21:36
  Speaker 5: In the days of the.
• 21:37
  Speaker 8: Puritans, they had a very satisfactory method for dealing with meddlers.
• 21:41
  Speaker 7: They branded them upon their foreheads.
• 21:43
  Speaker 9: No.
• 21:43
  Speaker 8: Soon, young lady, soon you shall feel the searing agony
• 21:46
  Speaker 8: of that.
• 21:46
  Speaker 5: Brand lighting into your flesh.
• 21:47
  Speaker 8: No, you're mad.
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: You're mad.
• 21:49
  Speaker 8: You won't feel the pain too long.
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: No, no, no.
• 21:52
  Speaker 8: You see, after you're branded, I have another treat for you.
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: The press. The press. Torture, pray.
• 21:58
  Speaker 8: Let me out of here. Tell yourself the banding iron
• 22:01
  Speaker 8: is glowing now.
• 22:02
  Speaker 7: It's ready to use. You can't do this, please. Yes.
• 22:04
  Speaker 8: Tell yourself, Miss Lane. I have the iron ready now.
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: Keep it away from me.
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: Keep it away.
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: Drop that iron, Mr.
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: Crossman.
• 22:11
  Speaker 8: Who is that?
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: Release that girl.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: No.
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: Let go of my arm.
• 22:15
  Speaker 6: Let me finish my work. There.
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: Your work is finished, Mr.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: Crossman.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: Who are you?
• 22:19
  Speaker 7: I am the shadow. Shadow. Shadow.
• 22:26
  Speaker 8: I've heard of you.
• 22:27
  Speaker 5: Then you know, too, that I'm here to put an
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: end to your career of torture and murder, Mr. Crossman.
• 22:31
  Speaker 7: Oh?
• 22:32
  Speaker 8: And how do you propose to do that, Mr.
• 22:33
  Speaker 7: Shadow?
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: By turning you over to the police.
• 22:36
  Speaker 8: Ah, the police will never get me.
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: We shall see. Why did you do it? Why did
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: you kill those men?
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: Because of my uncle, Silas Crossman.
• 22:44
  Speaker 8: I hate him! Him and all that he stands for.
• 22:47
  Speaker 8: But now, I've had my revenge. He will be blamed,
• 22:51
  Speaker 8: you see.
• 22:52
  Speaker 7: He will be held for the murder. What makes you
• 22:53
  Speaker 7: think that?
• 22:54
  Speaker 8: Because none of us are leaving this building alive.
• 22:58
  Speaker 7: You're wrong, Edward Crossman.
• 22:59
  Speaker 8: You see?
• 23:00
  Speaker 7: You see?
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: Look out!
• 23:01
  Speaker 6: He's tipping over the board!
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: Don't do that, Crossman!
• 23:04
  Speaker 8: It's done now, Shadow! Look! The flames are already licking
• 23:08
  Speaker 8: up the walls! This old hall is a tinderbox. It'll
• 23:12
  Speaker 8: burn to a tinder in no time.
• 23:14
  Speaker 7: Oh, there's matches all over the room. Yeah.
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: What are you going to do now, Shadow?
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: We're getting out of here. Go to that door at
• 23:21
  Speaker 5: the end of the room, Margo. If we can get upstairs,
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: we have a chance to escape. I'll keep them away
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: from you.
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: So hurry, Margo, hurry. under my arm, Margo.
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: Oh, it's smoke, Lamont.
• 23:34
  Speaker 6: I can't see.
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: We've got to keep going.
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: We're upstairs now. We've been hearing the door.
• 23:39
  Speaker 8: Oh, Lamont, there's smoke.
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: There's smoke.
• 23:41
  Speaker 7: Margo.
• 23:42
  Speaker 8: Margo. Here, I'll carry you.
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: We haven't far to go.
• 23:47
  Speaker 6: We can make it. Only get to the door.
• 23:51
  Speaker 7: To the door. Wait. Quick, this is it. I found
• 23:54
  Speaker 7: the door, Margo.
• 23:55
  Speaker 6: We've made it.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: How do you feel, Margo?
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: Very, thank you.
• 24:03
  Speaker 8: Oh, good.
• 24:04
  Speaker 7: Take a look at that building. It's a match of flames.
• 24:07
  Speaker 6: Yes, we got out just in time.
• 24:08
  Speaker 7: Have you found a postman? No, there's no hope for
• 24:11
  Speaker 7: him now, I guess. He must be burned.
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: Look at the belfry in the meeting house. There's someone
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: standing up there.
• 24:18
  Speaker 6: Oh, Lamont, it's John Clark.
• 24:19
  Speaker 7: Yes, look at him.
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: He's waving his arms.
• 24:21
  Speaker 8: You fool.
• 24:22
  Speaker 7: He's shouting something to the crowd.
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: Lamont, he's on his job.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: Cut your head, Margo.
• 24:32
  Speaker 7: I just left the police, Margo. They searched young Crossman's house.
• 24:35
  Speaker 8: Did they learn anything?
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 24:37
  Speaker 8: Among other things, they found the costume he wore for
• 24:39
  Speaker 8: his ghostly impersonation.
• 24:41
  Speaker 6: Why did he ever do it, Lamont?
• 24:42
  Speaker 8: Well, they found his diary among his effects. That told
• 24:46
  Speaker 8: the real story, Margo. What was it?
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: Well, the young man was most anxious to inherit his
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: uncle's fortune. So he devised the first murder to throw
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: suspicion on the old man, hoping that he would be
• 24:57
  Speaker 5: blamed for it and possibly executed for the crime.
• 24:59
  Speaker 8: Oh, I see.
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: And certainly didn't have a very balanced mind to begin with.
• 25:04
  Speaker 5: And after the first killing, he just went berserk with
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: a lustful murder that proved his downfall.
• 25:09
  Speaker 7: Well.
• 25:11
  Speaker 8: This whole affair settled one thing, Lamont.
• 25:13
  Speaker 7: What's that?
• 25:14
  Speaker 8: The town will no longer be divided over the meeting
• 25:17
  Speaker 8: hall because there just isn't any more hall.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: Ha, ha, ha.
• 25:36
  Speaker 7: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay.
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: The shadow knows.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: The old meeting hall falls quiet again after the shadow
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• 26:03
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