New Chilling Tales The Anthology (2019)

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

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Subtitles by explosiveskull

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Welcome.

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I'm Martin Jarvis.

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Ghost and horror stories have
always been part of our world,

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and we invite you to share
in a few of these tales.

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Some you'll know, some you won't.

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I hope you enjoy the series.

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This is the first of our chilling tales,

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and a strangely frightening story it is,

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with even a moral lesson at its heart.

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You'll hear more quite soon.

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(OMINOUS MUSIC)

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The story was written by W. W. Jacobs,

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a prolific teller of short
tales to chill your blood.

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The time is about 1890,

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the location the industrial
North of England.

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Factories abound, and
most people have work.

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The British are masters
of India, the British Raj,

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and many people make their lives

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and their fortunes out there.

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The British Army still
has a strong presence

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on the Indian continent.

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Our heroes, if we can call
them that, are the Whites.

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A simple family, not wealthy,

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but they're content
with their lot in life.

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Not too different from
many families of today.

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The Whites live in a modest house,

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a house which we would now call Victorian.

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Mr. and Mrs. White had their only son,

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Herbert, late in life.

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In fact, he was almost
certainly a surprise.

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Herbert is 24, he works in
a nearby industrial factory.

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Mr. White is in his 60s, semi-retired,

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but he does odd jobs for local people.

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Mrs. White is a typically
hard-working housewife of the day.

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They've saved for their old
age, so though, as I said,

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certainly not well off,
they have enough to get by.

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This is their story.

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(SERENE MUSIC)

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(WIND HOWLS)

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Hark at that wind.

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I'm listening.

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Check.

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I shouldn't think he'll come now.

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Mate. (LAUGHS)

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That's the trouble
with living so far out,

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no one wants to come to
such an isolated place.

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Nevermind, dear,
you'll win the next game.

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Dad, I know I keep saying this,

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but why don't we get gas lighting?

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It's not like you can't afford it.

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Besides, your chess is about
as good as Mother's knitting.

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Cheeky monkey.

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Yes you are, and all.

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And you know I don't want any
of them newfangled things.

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Just my oil and candles, that's just fine.

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And my eyesight's very
good, thank you very much,

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so set the pieces up again.

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(HERBERT CHUCKLES)

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(KNOCKING)

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Blow me if that isn't him after all.

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(FOREBODING MUSIC)

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Hey Mother, Herbert.

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This is my old friend
Sergeant Major Morris.

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- Pleased to meet you.
- Oh.

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MR. WHITE: 20 years he's
been gone away in India.

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He was just a lad when he went away.

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(GROUP LAUGHS)

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Well it doesn't seem to
have done him much harm.

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You'll take a drop of
whiskey, Sergeant Major,

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to ward off the chill of this awful night.

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Yes, of course he will.

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Tell us about this great country of India.

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(CHUCKLES) Thank you, ma'am.

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This is very welcome.

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Yes, it's an amazing place, India.

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Full of strange sights.

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Fakirs, elephants,

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largest animals you've ever seen.

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And magic.

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Oh yes, and the magic.

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Take this little thing.

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A sort of talisman.

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A monkey's paw.

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A monkey's paw with a spell upon it.

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How do you mean?

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This little monkey's paw,

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well, it's had a spell put on it.

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It's had a spell put
on it by an old fakir,

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who wanted to show that
fate ruled people's lives,

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and those who interfered with
it had nothing but misery.

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He put a spell on it so
that three different people

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could have three wishes from it.

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What do you mean?

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Have you had three wishes?

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I have had.

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MRS. WHITE: What were they?

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I think I'd rather not say.

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But I kept them simple.

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The first man who had it,

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well, for his third wish,
he wished for death.

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And that's how I came about it.

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(LAUGHS)

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You've had your three wishes.

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What do you keep it for?

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I suppose I had an idea
that I might sell it,

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but I don't think so now.

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It's brought nothing but misery.

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MR. WHITE: Don't burn it!

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Better to let it burn.

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What did you do that for?

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If you don't want it, I'll keep it.

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(FAMILY LAUGHS)

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If you must keep it, then
don't blame me for what happens.

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My advice is to pitch
it into the fire again,

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where it belongs.

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What do I do with it?

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MORRIS: Hold it in your
right hand and wish out loud.

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But I must warn you of the consequences.

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Well you might wish for
four pair of hands for me.

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I could do with the help. (CHUCKLES)

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But I must warn you.

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If you're going to wish, wish sensibly.

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MR. WHITE: Of course I will. (chuckles)

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MRS. WHITE: Now come
on and have your supper,

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there's plenty to eat.

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Come on.

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And they settle back to
enjoy a friendly supper,

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and to listen to more
fantastic tales of India.

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Until eventually, it's time

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for Sergeant Major Morris to leave.

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(GROUP LAUGHS)

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Well my dear friend,
remember what I said,

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and be careful with that
damned monkey's paw.

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Oh, don't you worry, I will.

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Thank you, Mrs. White,
for a marvelous spread.

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And you, young Herbert.

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Take good care of yourself.

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Thank you.

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Good night, Sergeant Major.

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- Good night.
- Lovely to see you.

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- Good night, Sergeant Morris.
- Good night.

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He's an interesting man.

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Now let's take this lot off on the side.

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It's alright, Mother,
I'll do it in the morning.

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Oh thank you, love.

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I'm fair wore out.

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Yes.

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I offered him something for
it, but he wouldn't take it.

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Pressed me to throw it away again.

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As if you'd do that.

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Why, we're gonna be rich.

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And then Mother won't
nag you anymore, Dad.

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Oh, you.

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Go on.

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Go on, Dad, make a wish.

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I don't know what to wish for.

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Seems to me I have all I want.

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You'd be quite happy if the
house were paid for, though,

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wouldn't you, Dad?

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Yes, Son, you're quite right there.

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That would be a burden lifted.

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I wish for 200 pounds.

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(SHOUTS IN PAIN)

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

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It moved.

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It moved!

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(LAUGHS)

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It twisted in my hand, just like a snake!

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I don't see any money,
and I doubt I ever shall.

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It must have been your imagination

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that it twisted, my dear.

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It must have been your fancy.

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Gave me quite a fright, I can tell you.

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Only one piece, no harm done.

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Well, it's time for
you and I to go to bed.

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That's quite enough
excitement for one night.

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Well that was a disappointment.

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I expect you'll find the
cash tied up in a big bag.

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In the middle of your bed,

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with a horrible monkey
squatted on top of it.

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Night, Mum.

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Night, love.

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Night, Dad.

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MRS. WHITE: Are you coming, dear?

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Truly amazing, that was.

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Amazing.

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(OMINOUS MUSIC)

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Wonder where our Herbert is.

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He'll not have much time
to eat his sandwich.

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(KNOCKING)

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Who's that?

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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MR. JACKSON: I need to talk to you

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and your wife, Mr. White.

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Sure.

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Well Mother, it's Mr. Jackson,

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the foreman from Herbert's factory.

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Please take a seat, Mr. Jackson.

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I prefer to stand, Mr.
White, if you don't mind.

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

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Oh my god, it's Herbert, isn't it?

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Is he alright?

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Tell me he's alright.

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I'm afraid there's been an accident.

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Herbert seemed rather
distracted this morning.

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He knows he has to be very vigilant.

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But as I say, he wasn't
his normal self, and well,

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he got caught in the machinery.

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Is he badly hurt?

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I'm so sorry, we turned the machine off

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as quick as we could, but
it wasn't quick enough.

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He's not dead, is he?

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Tell me he's not dead. (SOBS)

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I am so sorry, and so is the firm.

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It was a terrible accident,

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but not really the fault of the company.

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They will compensate you, of course.

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How much?

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Well, they thought 200 pound
would be more than generous

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in the circumstances.
(MRS. WHITE WAILS)

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(SORROWFUL MUSIC)

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The sad couple bury
their only beloved son

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and return to their lives,

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humbled and disconsolate.

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(BELLS RING)

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

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About a week passes, and
the lives of our heroes,

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I really shouldn't call them
that, are paralyzed with grief.

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They're quite unable to
resume any kind of normality.

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(SOMBER MUSIC)

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The monkey's paw!

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The monkey's paw, where is it?

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The monkey's paw, where is it?

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What is it, love?

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What's the matter?

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The monkey's paw!

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Why didn't I think of it before?

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MR. WHITE: What do you mean?

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We've only had one wish.

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We've got two more, we can
wish our boy alive again!

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Wasn't one wish enough?

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Have you gone mad, woman?

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It was just a terrible coincidence.

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There is no magic!

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We can make another wish!

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We can make him alive again.

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Get the paw!

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Oh come on.

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A wish.

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Wish!

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Wish!

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Wish!

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Go on, wish!

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I wish for our son to be alive again.

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(FOREBODING MUSIC)

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(KNOCKING)

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It's Herbert!

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I know it is, it's our son!

263
00:17:59,385 --> 00:18:02,453
It's nothing, you're imagining things.

264
00:18:02,455 --> 00:18:03,333
You're too upset.

265
00:18:03,335 --> 00:18:05,663
It's my son, I know it is.

266
00:18:05,665 --> 00:18:06,943
Let me go, you wretched man,

267
00:18:06,945 --> 00:18:09,023
you will not hold me back from him!

268
00:18:09,025 --> 00:18:12,008
Ella, think what you're
doing, don't let it in!

269
00:18:12,885 --> 00:18:15,333
Jackson said he was
mutilated by the machine,

270
00:18:15,335 --> 00:18:17,183
- think what he might look like!
- No!

271
00:18:17,185 --> 00:18:19,383
For god's sake, don't let it in!

272
00:18:19,385 --> 00:18:21,903
They wouldn't even let
us see him in his coffin!

273
00:18:21,905 --> 00:18:25,939
The lid was down when we got
there, it won't be our Herbert!

274
00:18:25,941 --> 00:18:27,836
It won't be our son!

275
00:18:27,838 --> 00:18:30,397
You're afraid of your own son!

276
00:18:30,399 --> 00:18:33,128
(INSISTENT KNOCKING)
Let me go!

277
00:18:33,130 --> 00:18:35,049
I'm coming, Herbert!

278
00:18:35,051 --> 00:18:37,301
I'm coming, my darling son!

279
00:18:42,973 --> 00:18:46,410
Oh for god's sake, help me, it's your son!

280
00:18:46,412 --> 00:18:49,412
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

281
00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,449
Herbert, Herbert!

282
00:18:52,451 --> 00:18:53,678
Herbert!

283
00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:54,513
Herbert!

284
00:18:56,499 --> 00:18:57,985
Herbert!

285
00:18:57,987 --> 00:18:59,070
Mummy's here!

286
00:19:08,036 --> 00:19:10,407
Come here, Mother's here, love!

287
00:19:10,409 --> 00:19:11,242
Herbert.

288
00:19:13,878 --> 00:19:14,711
Herbert?

289
00:19:36,518 --> 00:19:39,185
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

290
00:19:40,278 --> 00:19:43,945
I'm sorry, love, I had to do it.

291
00:19:45,204 --> 00:19:47,537
It was the only thing to do.

292
00:19:49,564 --> 00:19:52,314
(MR. WHITE SOBS)

293
00:19:54,090 --> 00:19:56,673
(SOMBER MUSIC)

294
00:19:57,595 --> 00:20:01,423
So as you can imagine,
the Whites never recover

295
00:20:01,425 --> 00:20:03,825
from the tragedy of losing their only son

296
00:20:05,575 --> 00:20:08,058
in such evil circumstances.

297
00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:12,808
All victims of their own wishes.

298
00:20:15,755 --> 00:20:18,358
We often wish for what we do not have.

299
00:20:19,565 --> 00:20:22,538
For some magic perhaps to
improve our lot in life.

300
00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:24,908
But here, sadly,

301
00:20:25,745 --> 00:20:30,373
the old adage beware of what you wish for

302
00:20:30,375 --> 00:20:33,978
proved horribly true
for this little family.

303
00:20:36,545 --> 00:20:41,295
However, my friends, I look
forward to seeing you again

304
00:20:42,175 --> 00:20:44,408
for our next chilling tale.

305
00:20:46,165 --> 00:20:47,263
Bye for now.

306
00:20:47,265 --> 00:20:50,932
(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

307
00:21:45,074 --> 00:21:47,991
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

308
00:21:53,885 --> 00:21:57,483
NARRATOR: Our next chilling
tale, The Tell-Tale Heart,

309
00:21:57,485 --> 00:21:59,873
was published in 1843,

310
00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:04,382
and written by that great
American writer, Edgar Allen Poe.

311
00:22:05,605 --> 00:22:07,833
The story tells of a young man

312
00:22:07,835 --> 00:22:11,263
driven to the point of insanity

313
00:22:11,265 --> 00:22:15,842
by his neighbor's
vulture-like staring eye.

314
00:22:17,405 --> 00:22:21,173
We might say our hero
is suffering from OCD,

315
00:22:21,175 --> 00:22:23,483
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,

316
00:22:23,485 --> 00:22:26,593
which finally drives him over the edge,

317
00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:29,908
into total madness and murder.

318
00:22:30,905 --> 00:22:34,240
Here is his tragic story.

319
00:22:34,242 --> 00:22:37,159
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

320
00:22:38,822 --> 00:22:40,560
AUTHOR VOICEOVER: True, nervous,

321
00:22:40,562 --> 00:22:43,772
very dreadfully nervous
I have been and am.

322
00:22:45,393 --> 00:22:47,530
But why will you say that I am mad?

323
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:50,823
Mad men know nothing.
(BELL TOLLS)

324
00:22:50,825 --> 00:22:53,258
However, my senses were sharpened.

325
00:22:54,145 --> 00:22:56,447
Above all, the sense of hearing acute.

326
00:22:56,449 --> 00:22:58,313
(RAVEN CAWS)

327
00:22:58,315 --> 00:22:59,515
You should have seen me.

328
00:23:01,445 --> 00:23:04,348
I did nothing to make you think me mad.

329
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,107
(CHAINS RATTLE)

330
00:23:10,895 --> 00:23:13,438
I heard all things in Heaven and in Earth.

331
00:23:14,398 --> 00:23:16,583
I heard many things in Hell.

332
00:23:16,585 --> 00:23:19,085
(MAN SCREAMS)

333
00:23:19,975 --> 00:23:24,975
It is impossible to say how the
idea first entered my brain.

334
00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:29,323
But once conceived,

335
00:23:29,325 --> 00:23:32,668
it haunted me day and night.

336
00:23:35,545 --> 00:23:38,088
Object, there was none.

337
00:23:39,445 --> 00:23:41,165
Passion, there was none.

338
00:23:44,345 --> 00:23:48,263
I lived here, the old man's
room was up the staircase,

339
00:23:48,265 --> 00:23:50,198
mine was close by.

340
00:23:51,141 --> 00:23:55,533
I loved the old man, he
had never wronged me,

341
00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:58,593
he had never given me insult.

342
00:23:58,595 --> 00:24:01,578
For his gold, I had no desire.

343
00:24:03,635 --> 00:24:06,573
I think it was his eye.

344
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:09,408
Yes, I think it was this.

345
00:24:10,685 --> 00:24:12,678
He had the eye of a vulture,

346
00:24:13,615 --> 00:24:16,188
a pale blue eye with a film over it.

347
00:24:17,419 --> 00:24:21,438
Whenever it fell upon
me, my blood ran cold.

348
00:24:24,785 --> 00:24:29,785
And so by degrees, very
gradually, I made up my mind

349
00:24:29,855 --> 00:24:31,773
to take the life of the old man

350
00:24:31,775 --> 00:24:35,768
and thus rid myself of that eye forever.

351
00:24:38,525 --> 00:24:41,648
Now this is point you'll fancy me mad.

352
00:24:42,585 --> 00:24:44,553
Mad men know nothing.

353
00:24:44,555 --> 00:24:46,873
You should have seen me.

354
00:24:46,875 --> 00:24:49,883
You should have seen
how wisely I proceeded,

355
00:24:49,885 --> 00:24:52,978
and with what caution,
with what foresight,

356
00:24:54,045 --> 00:24:57,193
with what dissimulation I went to work.

357
00:24:57,195 --> 00:25:00,163
I was never kinder to the old man

358
00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:02,515
than during the whole
week before I killed him.

359
00:25:05,347 --> 00:25:08,180
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

360
00:25:12,610 --> 00:25:15,027
(WIND HOWLS)

361
00:25:33,439 --> 00:25:37,658
Closed, always closed.

362
00:25:43,219 --> 00:25:45,636
(DOOR OPENS)

363
00:25:47,505 --> 00:25:49,663
How are you, sir,

364
00:25:49,665 --> 00:25:52,015
and how did you pass the
night, my good friend?

365
00:25:53,035 --> 00:25:57,728
Fine, fine, I thank you.

366
00:25:58,846 --> 00:25:59,899
Good.

367
00:25:59,901 --> 00:26:02,281
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

368
00:26:02,283 --> 00:26:04,403
Good, good.

369
00:26:04,405 --> 00:26:08,328
No untoward noises to disturb you, then?

370
00:26:09,581 --> 00:26:10,414
No.

371
00:26:11,547 --> 00:26:14,265
No, no.

372
00:26:14,267 --> 00:26:16,017
I thank you.

373
00:26:16,933 --> 00:26:17,766
Uh-huh.

374
00:26:24,424 --> 00:26:26,382
(DOOR SQUEAKS)

375
00:26:26,384 --> 00:26:29,134
AUTHOR VOICEOVER: Night eight.

376
00:27:24,861 --> 00:27:27,111
(WHIMPERS)

377
00:27:32,523 --> 00:27:33,690
Who's there?

378
00:27:37,082 --> 00:27:40,028
AUTHOR VOICEOVER: (chuckles)
Oh, I know that groan.

379
00:27:40,965 --> 00:27:43,333
It is one of mortal terror,

380
00:27:43,335 --> 00:27:46,410
and it rises from the bottom of the soul.

381
00:27:46,412 --> 00:27:50,108
And now he is telling
himself not to be afraid,

382
00:27:51,025 --> 00:27:54,258
telling himself it is only
the wind in the chimney.

383
00:27:55,505 --> 00:27:59,668
But my friend, it is
death, death approaching.

384
00:28:02,613 --> 00:28:04,196
What do you want?

385
00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:11,028
(SCREAMS)

386
00:28:27,364 --> 00:28:30,364
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

387
00:29:22,616 --> 00:29:25,033
(BELL TOLLS)

388
00:29:36,636 --> 00:29:38,886
(KNOCKING)

389
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:57,103
Sir, one of your neighbors

390
00:29:57,105 --> 00:29:59,883
reported hearing a dreadful
shriek coming from this house,

391
00:29:59,885 --> 00:30:02,020
and we're here to investigate.

392
00:30:02,022 --> 00:30:04,098
(CLEARS THROAT) A cry, you say?

393
00:30:05,865 --> 00:30:07,588
I'm afraid that was me, Officer.

394
00:30:08,945 --> 00:30:13,203
At times, I have terrible dreams
and I cry out in my sleep.

395
00:30:13,205 --> 00:30:15,673
We heard that there was an
old man lodging here as well.

396
00:30:15,675 --> 00:30:17,703
Oh yes, and my dear friend he is,

397
00:30:17,705 --> 00:30:19,768
but he's away in the
country at the moment.

398
00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:25,038
Why don't you come in, then
you can see for yourself?

399
00:30:29,609 --> 00:30:30,526
Come, come.

400
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,907
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

401
00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:11,902
(BANGING)

402
00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,568
The old man's room is up here.

403
00:31:35,295 --> 00:31:39,458
Come in, come in, I want to
show you my friend's room.

404
00:31:40,395 --> 00:31:42,788
Have a seat, sit for a
spell before you leave.

405
00:31:44,385 --> 00:31:46,963
My friend keeps some gold under the bed.

406
00:31:46,965 --> 00:31:49,048
(LAUGHS)

407
00:31:53,425 --> 00:31:54,578
Now you are alone.

408
00:31:58,856 --> 00:32:00,523
Have you lived in the city long?

409
00:32:00,525 --> 00:32:03,833
Yes, well, about three years now.

410
00:32:03,835 --> 00:32:06,903
The city is such an interesting place.

411
00:32:06,905 --> 00:32:09,393
I grew up in the country
and clerk here now.

412
00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:10,943
OFFICER: I moved there
from the country, too.

413
00:32:10,945 --> 00:32:12,755
Oh, well then you know!

414
00:32:13,614 --> 00:32:16,093
(LAUGHS) It certainly
takes some getting used to,

415
00:32:16,095 --> 00:32:18,053
doesn't it, the city?

416
00:32:18,055 --> 00:32:21,333
It's almost like a living, breathing thing

417
00:32:21,335 --> 00:32:24,173
with the constant beating.
(HEART BEATS LOUDLY)

418
00:32:24,175 --> 00:32:26,865
Yes, you do hear it, don't you?

419
00:32:26,867 --> 00:32:29,450
(SOLEMN MUSIC)

420
00:32:34,125 --> 00:32:36,198
Well, I don't envy you your jobs.

421
00:32:38,285 --> 00:32:42,113
Constantly investigating. (LAUGHS)

422
00:32:42,115 --> 00:32:45,240
That neighbor, he's always
hearing things, too.

423
00:32:45,242 --> 00:32:46,891
(CHUCKLES)

424
00:32:46,893 --> 00:32:48,976
(GROANS)

425
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:53,745
We'll leave you alone now.

426
00:32:58,545 --> 00:33:00,808
Oh, well if you must go.

427
00:33:01,715 --> 00:33:04,488
Thank you for coming,
allow me to show you out.

428
00:33:06,186 --> 00:33:09,795
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

429
00:33:09,797 --> 00:33:13,193
Oh, you do hear it, don't you?

430
00:33:13,195 --> 00:33:14,228
You must!

431
00:33:17,565 --> 00:33:22,103
Liars, villains, well dissemble
no more, I admit the deed!

432
00:33:22,105 --> 00:33:23,283
I admit it!

433
00:33:23,285 --> 00:33:24,856
It is here, under the planks!

434
00:33:24,858 --> 00:33:28,128
Here is the beating of his hideous heart!

435
00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:38,974
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

436
00:33:55,823 --> 00:34:00,823
(SHOUTS)
(HEART BEATS LOUDLY)

437
00:34:27,711 --> 00:34:30,378
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

438
00:35:34,357 --> 00:35:35,423
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

439
00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:38,903
NARRATOR: And now for
a little female insanity

440
00:35:38,905 --> 00:35:41,023
and early feminism.

441
00:35:41,025 --> 00:35:43,203
The Yellow Wallpaper was written

442
00:35:43,205 --> 00:35:45,663
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,

443
00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:48,233
an early pioneer of women's rights

444
00:35:48,235 --> 00:35:53,003
and freedom from the male-dominated world.

445
00:35:53,005 --> 00:35:56,463
Our heroine is keeping a
diary of her confinement

446
00:35:56,465 --> 00:36:00,498
by her doctor husband,
a cold and remote man,

447
00:36:01,455 --> 00:36:06,455
in a room dominated by some
hideous yellow wallpaper,

448
00:36:06,635 --> 00:36:09,143
in the hope that it would cure her

449
00:36:09,145 --> 00:36:12,393
of her apparent emotional issues.

450
00:36:12,395 --> 00:36:17,203
Instead, the woman becomes
completely hypnotized

451
00:36:17,205 --> 00:36:21,955
by the wallpaper and
drifts into total madness.

452
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:28,516
(FILM REEL CLICKS)

453
00:36:38,337 --> 00:36:40,920
(SOLEMN MUSIC)

454
00:36:44,975 --> 00:36:49,083
JANE VOICEOVER: A colonial
mansion, a haunted house.

455
00:36:49,085 --> 00:36:51,078
Else why would it be let so cheaply?

456
00:36:52,515 --> 00:36:53,993
John laughs at me, of course,

457
00:36:53,995 --> 00:36:56,348
but one expects that in a marriage.

458
00:36:57,545 --> 00:37:00,693
John is a physician, and perhaps,

459
00:37:00,695 --> 00:37:03,268
perhaps that is why I
do not get well faster.

460
00:37:04,445 --> 00:37:08,438
If I had less opposition, and
more society and stimulus.

461
00:37:10,685 --> 00:37:12,658
This house has been empty for years.

462
00:37:15,593 --> 00:37:19,088
There's something strange
about the house, I can feel it.

463
00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:22,503
JANE VOICEOVER: I don't
like our room one bit.

464
00:37:22,505 --> 00:37:25,603
I wanted one downstairs
that opened onto the piazza,

465
00:37:25,605 --> 00:37:27,278
but John would not hear of it.

466
00:37:28,465 --> 00:37:30,393
He's very careful and loving,

467
00:37:30,395 --> 00:37:33,198
and hardly lets me stir
without special direction.

468
00:37:34,095 --> 00:37:37,838
I was to have perfect rest
and all the air I could get.

469
00:37:38,975 --> 00:37:41,478
So we took the nursery
at the top of the house.

470
00:37:42,665 --> 00:37:46,368
But I never saw worse paper in my life.

471
00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:51,407
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

472
00:37:54,775 --> 00:37:56,243
We've been here two weeks now

473
00:37:56,245 --> 00:37:59,448
and I haven't felt like writing
before since that first day.

474
00:38:00,625 --> 00:38:03,323
John is away all day and even some nights

475
00:38:03,325 --> 00:38:05,178
when his cases are serious.

476
00:38:06,975 --> 00:38:09,778
I'm glad that my case is not serious,

477
00:38:10,825 --> 00:38:13,808
but these nervous troubles
are dreadfully depressing.

478
00:38:15,505 --> 00:38:17,858
John does not know how I really suffer.

479
00:38:19,515 --> 00:38:22,313
Of course, it's only nervousness.

480
00:38:22,315 --> 00:38:25,013
I suppose John never
was nervous in his life.

481
00:38:25,015 --> 00:38:27,383
EERIE VOICE: Help me out of here.

482
00:38:27,385 --> 00:38:28,683
JANE VOICEOVER: He laughs at me so

483
00:38:28,685 --> 00:38:30,142
about this wallpaper.

484
00:38:33,177 --> 00:38:36,510
EERIE VOICE: Yes, yes, help.

485
00:38:38,459 --> 00:38:39,818
Yes, help.

486
00:38:43,905 --> 00:38:45,528
Let me out of here.

487
00:39:02,965 --> 00:39:06,913
I used to lie awake as a
child and get more terror

488
00:39:06,915 --> 00:39:11,615
and pleasure out of
blank walls and furniture

489
00:39:13,525 --> 00:39:15,725
than most children could
get in a toy store.

490
00:39:17,130 --> 00:39:18,525
EERIE VOICE: Let me out of here.

491
00:39:18,527 --> 00:39:20,642
(CRACKLING AND RIPPING)

492
00:39:20,644 --> 00:39:23,644
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

493
00:39:25,705 --> 00:39:27,582
- Let me out.
- I can see a

494
00:39:28,915 --> 00:39:31,073
provoking form, and a sort of figure

495
00:39:31,075 --> 00:39:33,453
that seems to skulk about

496
00:39:33,455 --> 00:39:37,088
behind that silly and
provoking front design.

497
00:39:39,463 --> 00:39:41,713
EERIE VOICE: Let me out.

498
00:39:42,865 --> 00:39:44,478
Fourth of July is over.

499
00:39:47,465 --> 00:39:51,243
John says if I do not pick up faster,

500
00:39:51,245 --> 00:39:54,348
he will send me to Dr.
Weir Mitchell in the fall.

501
00:39:55,395 --> 00:39:56,940
EERIE VOICE: Help.

502
00:39:56,942 --> 00:39:58,342
I do not want to go there.

503
00:40:02,325 --> 00:40:05,644
I'm really getting
quite fond of this room.

504
00:40:05,646 --> 00:40:08,223
EERIE VOICE: Let me out of here.

505
00:40:08,225 --> 00:40:10,078
In spite of the wallpaper.

506
00:40:13,655 --> 00:40:15,378
Maybe because of the wallpaper.

507
00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:18,842
(WALLPAPER FLAPS)

508
00:40:18,844 --> 00:40:19,803
EERIE VOICE: Help.

509
00:40:19,805 --> 00:40:22,068
It dwells on my mind so.

510
00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:26,713
I lie here on this immovable bed

511
00:40:26,715 --> 00:40:29,578
and follow that pattern about by the hour.

512
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:33,712
(SOMBER MUSIC)

513
00:40:35,895 --> 00:40:38,312
(SCRATCHING)

514
00:40:40,505 --> 00:40:42,513
JANE VOICEOVER: I don't
know why I should write this,

515
00:40:42,515 --> 00:40:45,823
but I must say what I feel
and think in some way.

516
00:40:45,825 --> 00:40:47,638
It's such a great relief.

517
00:40:49,065 --> 00:40:52,168
It's getting to be a great
effort for me to think straight.

518
00:40:53,425 --> 00:40:55,963
And dear John gathered me up in his arms

519
00:40:55,965 --> 00:40:58,043
and laid me on the bed.

520
00:40:58,045 --> 00:41:00,523
He said I was his darling, all he had,

521
00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:03,983
and that I must take care
of myself for his sake,

522
00:41:03,985 --> 00:41:05,028
and keep well.

523
00:41:05,875 --> 00:41:09,513
He says no one but myself
can help me out of it,

524
00:41:09,515 --> 00:41:11,663
that I must use my will and self control,

525
00:41:11,665 --> 00:41:14,113
and not let silly
fancies run away with me.

526
00:41:14,115 --> 00:41:14,948
EERIE VOICE: Help!

527
00:41:15,785 --> 00:41:18,943
(WALLPAPER FLAPS)

528
00:41:18,945 --> 00:41:21,923
Of course I don't tell him
about the wallpaper anymore.

529
00:41:21,925 --> 00:41:24,168
Oh no, I am too wise.

530
00:41:25,505 --> 00:41:27,958
But I keep watch of it all the same.

531
00:41:29,725 --> 00:41:31,908
And behind those front bars,

532
00:41:33,115 --> 00:41:37,188
that same shape gets clearer every day.

533
00:41:39,737 --> 00:41:42,148
And it's always the same shape.

534
00:41:43,135 --> 00:41:46,557
EERIE VOICE: Help me out of here.

535
00:41:46,559 --> 00:41:50,708
I wish, I wish John would
take me away from here.

536
00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:57,298
There is one marked
peculiarity about this paper.

537
00:41:58,665 --> 00:42:02,873
It changes so quickly that I
never can quite believe it.

538
00:42:02,875 --> 00:42:04,283
EERIE VOICE: Help me to escape.

539
00:42:04,285 --> 00:42:08,701
JANE: Worst of all by
moonlight, there are bars.

540
00:42:08,703 --> 00:42:11,613
EERIE VOICE: Let me out of here.

541
00:42:11,615 --> 00:42:12,532
Let me out.

542
00:42:13,962 --> 00:42:14,879
Let me out.

543
00:42:16,999 --> 00:42:18,999
(SIGHS)

544
00:42:21,375 --> 00:42:25,278
I lie down a great deal,
but I hardly ever sleep.

545
00:42:26,185 --> 00:42:27,998
And that cultivates deceit.

546
00:42:29,465 --> 00:42:31,388
For you see, I do not tell John.

547
00:42:33,004 --> 00:42:36,773
Fact is, I'm getting a
little afraid of John,

548
00:42:36,775 --> 00:42:39,513
he seems so queer sometimes.

549
00:42:39,515 --> 00:42:40,723
I've watched John,

550
00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:44,678
and several times I've caught
him looking at the paper.

551
00:42:46,483 --> 00:42:48,483
(SIGHS)

552
00:42:50,015 --> 00:42:53,208
I'm feeling so much better now.

553
00:42:56,645 --> 00:43:01,362
I do eat better, and I
am much more quiet now.

554
00:43:03,215 --> 00:43:08,063
John is so pleased to see me improve.

555
00:43:08,065 --> 00:43:10,350
In fact, he laughed a
little the other day,

556
00:43:10,352 --> 00:43:12,473
and said I seemed to be flourishing,

557
00:43:12,475 --> 00:43:15,048
in spite of the wallpaper.

558
00:43:16,572 --> 00:43:19,044
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

559
00:43:19,046 --> 00:43:22,263
(SIGHS) I don't wanna leave now.

560
00:43:22,265 --> 00:43:25,372
There is just a week more, and
I think that will be enough.

561
00:43:27,365 --> 00:43:30,453
I am feeling so much better.

562
00:43:30,455 --> 00:43:31,958
I don't sleep at all.

563
00:43:33,381 --> 00:43:36,618
But it's so interesting
to watch developments.

564
00:43:41,038 --> 00:43:43,278
EERIE VOICE: Let me out of here.

565
00:43:46,389 --> 00:43:49,393
(THUNDER RUMBLES)

566
00:43:49,395 --> 00:43:52,173
JANE VOICEOVER: There is
something else about this paper.

567
00:43:52,175 --> 00:43:57,175
The smell, it creeps all over the house.

568
00:43:57,205 --> 00:44:00,033
In this damp weather, it is awful.

569
00:44:00,035 --> 00:44:02,688
I wake up in the night and
find it hanging over me.

570
00:44:06,818 --> 00:44:08,568
EERIE VOICE: Help.

571
00:44:10,007 --> 00:44:11,590
Let me out of here.

572
00:44:23,109 --> 00:44:25,213
- Help me to get out.
- The front pattern moves!

573
00:44:25,215 --> 00:44:29,198
And no wonder, the woman behind shakes it!

574
00:44:36,492 --> 00:44:38,242
EERIE VOICE: Help.

575
00:44:39,455 --> 00:44:40,372
Let me out.

576
00:44:43,095 --> 00:44:45,678
(SOMBER MUSIC)

577
00:44:52,415 --> 00:44:56,453
John is so queer now and I
don't want to irritate him.

578
00:44:56,455 --> 00:44:59,393
Besides, I don't want anyone
getting that woman out

579
00:44:59,395 --> 00:45:00,958
of the paper but myself.

580
00:45:08,665 --> 00:45:11,503
If only the top pattern
could be gotten off

581
00:45:11,505 --> 00:45:13,824
from the under one.

582
00:45:13,826 --> 00:45:15,826
EERIE VOICE: Yes, go.

583
00:45:16,899 --> 00:45:20,542
Yes, yes, yes.

584
00:45:20,544 --> 00:45:23,127
Yes, that's it.

585
00:45:25,675 --> 00:45:26,508
Yes.

586
00:45:27,717 --> 00:45:29,134
Help.

587
00:45:29,136 --> 00:45:30,264
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

588
00:45:30,266 --> 00:45:31,099
Help.

589
00:45:32,816 --> 00:45:33,649
Yes.

590
00:45:40,816 --> 00:45:43,566
Yes, yes.

591
00:45:43,568 --> 00:45:45,651
Yes, yes.

592
00:45:46,644 --> 00:45:48,561
Yes, yes.

593
00:46:16,245 --> 00:46:19,373
I suppose I shall have to
get back behind the paper soon,

594
00:46:19,375 --> 00:46:23,333
but it's so pleasant to be walking

595
00:46:23,335 --> 00:46:26,596
in this great room as I please.

596
00:46:26,598 --> 00:46:28,848
(KNOCKING)

597
00:46:30,816 --> 00:46:33,316
Why, there's John at the door.

598
00:46:34,705 --> 00:46:36,918
How he does call and pound so.

599
00:46:40,185 --> 00:46:42,388
I say in my gentlest voice,

600
00:46:43,505 --> 00:46:46,883
the key is by the front steps.

601
00:46:46,885 --> 00:46:48,288
I threw it out the window.

602
00:46:51,355 --> 00:46:53,978
That silences him for a few moments.

603
00:46:55,295 --> 00:46:58,298
And then he says in his gentlest voice,

604
00:46:59,812 --> 00:47:01,922
"Let me in, my darling."

605
00:47:06,011 --> 00:47:07,425
And then he gets the key.

606
00:47:09,745 --> 00:47:12,438
And of course, he comes in.

607
00:47:26,003 --> 00:47:29,423
And I keep on creeping just the same,

608
00:47:29,425 --> 00:47:32,953
but I look at him over
my shoulder, and I say,

609
00:47:32,955 --> 00:47:35,377
I've got out at last!

610
00:47:35,379 --> 00:47:36,953
And you can't put me back,

611
00:47:36,955 --> 00:47:39,268
because I'm pulling off all the paper!

612
00:47:44,808 --> 00:47:47,298
Now why should that man have fainted?

613
00:47:48,132 --> 00:47:50,613
And right in my path.

614
00:47:50,615 --> 00:47:54,075
Now I shall have to walk
over him every time.

615
00:48:08,397 --> 00:48:09,875
(FILM REEL CLICKS)

616
00:48:09,877 --> 00:48:13,710
(MELANCHOLY ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

617
00:50:08,596 --> 00:50:11,370
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

618
00:50:11,372 --> 00:50:15,343
NARRATOR: This next
story is a little different.

619
00:50:15,345 --> 00:50:19,863
Was the man mad or just
way ahead of his time?

620
00:50:19,865 --> 00:50:21,713
The Damned Thing was written

621
00:50:21,715 --> 00:50:24,513
by the extraordinary Ambrose Bierce,

622
00:50:24,515 --> 00:50:27,053
veteran of the American Civil War.

623
00:50:27,055 --> 00:50:30,313
Journalist, visionary, who disappeared

624
00:50:30,315 --> 00:50:34,965
while researching the Revolutionary
War in Mexico in 1913.

625
00:50:36,455 --> 00:50:40,213
This is a story of an inquest
into the mysterious death

626
00:50:40,215 --> 00:50:45,215
of a man living a solitary life
in the early American West.

627
00:50:45,255 --> 00:50:49,403
As the jurors gather
round the savaged body,

628
00:50:49,405 --> 00:50:54,405
the question is who, or
what, killed this man?

629
00:51:08,697 --> 00:51:11,030
(OWL HOOTS)

630
00:51:13,961 --> 00:51:16,628
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

631
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,613
(DOG BARKS)

632
00:51:39,291 --> 00:51:40,958
I don't like this.

633
00:51:47,580 --> 00:51:50,016
(DOOR SLAMS)

634
00:51:50,018 --> 00:51:52,935
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

635
00:52:27,085 --> 00:52:28,728
HUGH VOICEOVER: It's happening again.

636
00:52:29,785 --> 00:52:33,428
For another entire night,
Buck barked furiously.

637
00:52:35,415 --> 00:52:36,703
Buck!

638
00:52:36,705 --> 00:52:37,536
Buck!
(BUCK BARKS)

639
00:52:37,538 --> 00:52:39,965
HUGH VOICEOVER: Once
again, I could find nothing.

640
00:52:41,125 --> 00:52:42,118
Has he gone mad?

641
00:52:44,445 --> 00:52:45,795
You smell something, boy?

642
00:52:48,777 --> 00:52:51,194
(BUCK BARKS)

643
00:53:05,595 --> 00:53:07,283
We have been expecting you.

644
00:53:07,285 --> 00:53:09,503
My apologies for keeping you, Coroner.

645
00:53:09,505 --> 00:53:11,603
I had to post my newspaper and account

646
00:53:11,605 --> 00:53:14,503
of what I suppose I'm
called here to relate.

647
00:53:14,505 --> 00:53:17,503
The account differs, I suspect,

648
00:53:17,505 --> 00:53:20,298
from that which you will
give here, under oath.

649
00:53:22,415 --> 00:53:24,103
That is as you please.

650
00:53:24,105 --> 00:53:26,503
I made a copy of the report I sent.

651
00:53:26,505 --> 00:53:28,933
It was not written as
news, for it is incredible.

652
00:53:28,935 --> 00:53:30,938
Incredible, you say?

653
00:53:32,375 --> 00:53:35,598
That's nothing to you, sir,
if I do also swear it is true.

654
00:53:38,025 --> 00:53:40,418
We will now begin the inquest.

655
00:53:42,635 --> 00:53:45,923
Do you swear to tell the
truth at this hearing,

656
00:53:45,925 --> 00:53:48,183
before these jurors?

657
00:53:48,185 --> 00:53:49,843
I do.

658
00:53:49,845 --> 00:53:52,673
You knew the deceased, Hugh Morgan?

659
00:53:52,675 --> 00:53:53,506
I did.

660
00:53:53,508 --> 00:53:55,153
CORONER: How did this happen?

661
00:53:55,155 --> 00:53:57,660
Your presence, I mean.

662
00:53:57,662 --> 00:53:58,953
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

663
00:53:58,955 --> 00:54:00,938
HUGH VOICEOVER: I
can stand it no longer.

664
00:54:04,735 --> 00:54:07,508
I have invited Harker to
pass a few weeks with me.

665
00:54:08,575 --> 00:54:09,818
He has a level head.

666
00:54:10,845 --> 00:54:13,878
I can judge by his manner
if he thinks me mad.

667
00:54:19,045 --> 00:54:21,478
I was visiting this
place to hunt and fish.

668
00:54:22,765 --> 00:54:25,253
Part of my purpose was
also to study Morgan

669
00:54:25,255 --> 00:54:28,953
and his odd, solitary way of life.

670
00:54:28,955 --> 00:54:30,243
I thought he might make a good model

671
00:54:30,245 --> 00:54:32,093
for a character in fiction.

672
00:54:32,095 --> 00:54:34,033
I sometimes write stories.

673
00:54:34,035 --> 00:54:35,843
CORONER: I sometimes read them.

674
00:54:35,845 --> 00:54:37,333
Thank you.

675
00:54:37,335 --> 00:54:39,608
Stories in general, not yours.

676
00:54:44,415 --> 00:54:48,103
Relate the circumstances
of this man's death.

677
00:54:48,105 --> 00:54:51,509
You may use any notes or
memoranda as you please.

678
00:54:51,511 --> 00:54:52,533
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

679
00:54:52,535 --> 00:54:56,043
It was just after dawn
when we departed the cabin.

680
00:54:56,045 --> 00:54:57,395
We were hunting for grouse.

681
00:54:58,300 --> 00:55:00,717
(BUCK BARKS)

682
00:55:05,759 --> 00:55:07,553
We've startled a deer!

683
00:55:07,555 --> 00:55:09,098
I wish I'd brought a rifle.

684
00:55:10,860 --> 00:55:14,323
(CREATURE GROWLS)

685
00:55:14,325 --> 00:55:15,903
Come now, you're not gonna fill up a deer

686
00:55:15,905 --> 00:55:17,068
with birdshot, are you?

687
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,258
What is it, then, bear?

688
00:55:22,285 --> 00:55:23,378
What the devil is it?

689
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:26,605
That damned thing.

690
00:55:26,607 --> 00:55:29,440
(CREATURE GROWLS)

691
00:55:40,199 --> 00:55:43,282
(CREATURE SCREECHES)

692
00:55:54,145 --> 00:55:57,483
Before I could get to my
feet and reach for my gun,

693
00:55:57,485 --> 00:55:59,585
I heard Morgan crying out in mortal agony.

694
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,183
(HUGH SCREAMS)

695
00:56:05,205 --> 00:56:09,188
I had a vague belief that
he was suffering from a fit,

696
00:56:10,145 --> 00:56:11,345
some kind of convulsion.

697
00:56:18,250 --> 00:56:21,000
(CREATURE ROARS)

698
00:56:21,885 --> 00:56:24,178
May Heaven spare me
another sight like that.

699
00:56:25,858 --> 00:56:28,058
When I reached his side, he was down.

700
00:56:29,754 --> 00:56:30,921
Oh, my friend.

701
00:56:34,674 --> 00:56:35,591
He is dead.

702
00:56:40,325 --> 00:56:43,868
A fantastic story indeed.

703
00:56:45,095 --> 00:56:49,482
Are we to believe the
morning air caused this?

704
00:56:49,484 --> 00:56:52,151
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

705
00:56:53,775 --> 00:56:55,618
An animal of some kind.

706
00:57:01,625 --> 00:57:04,418
But you did not see anything attack him.

707
00:57:05,955 --> 00:57:06,788
No.

708
00:57:13,235 --> 00:57:15,966
These were found on the deceased.

709
00:57:15,968 --> 00:57:18,888
(CHUCKLES) Morgan did love his spirits.

710
00:57:21,175 --> 00:57:24,798
Gentlemen, we have no more evidence.

711
00:57:26,025 --> 00:57:28,503
Your duty has been explained to you.

712
00:57:28,505 --> 00:57:30,033
If you have nothing to ask,

713
00:57:30,035 --> 00:57:32,908
you may go outside and
consider your verdict.

714
00:57:38,175 --> 00:57:43,175
Do not leave town until
this inquiry is complete.

715
00:57:47,795 --> 00:57:50,793
The book you have there.

716
00:57:50,795 --> 00:57:52,578
That's Morgan's diary, is it not?

717
00:57:53,715 --> 00:57:55,313
You seemed greatly interested in it

718
00:57:55,315 --> 00:57:56,865
when I was giving my testimony.

719
00:57:57,785 --> 00:57:59,403
May I see it?

720
00:57:59,405 --> 00:58:00,871
The public might be greatly interested...

721
00:58:00,873 --> 00:58:03,499
The book will have no
matter in this inquest.

722
00:58:03,501 --> 00:58:06,168
(OMINOUS MUSIC)

723
00:58:17,845 --> 00:58:19,873
HUGH VOICEOVER: For
another entire night,

724
00:58:19,875 --> 00:58:21,528
Buck barked furiously.

725
00:58:27,485 --> 00:58:28,935
It has been about here again.

726
00:58:34,445 --> 00:58:36,948
I find evidence of its presence every day.

727
00:58:39,685 --> 00:58:43,128
I watched again all night
last night, in the same cover.

728
00:58:44,765 --> 00:58:45,688
It is terrible.

729
00:58:46,658 --> 00:58:47,968
(BUCK BARKS)
Unsupportable.

730
00:58:49,445 --> 00:58:53,078
If these amazing experiences
are real, I shall go mad.

731
00:58:54,465 --> 00:58:57,848
If they are fanciful, I have already.

732
00:58:58,803 --> 00:59:01,803
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

733
00:59:04,132 --> 00:59:05,965
I shall not go away!

734
00:59:07,777 --> 00:59:09,248
You shall not drive me away!

735
00:59:11,705 --> 00:59:14,485
This is my house, my land!

736
00:59:16,505 --> 00:59:18,218
God hates a coward!

737
00:59:41,095 --> 00:59:45,903
We the jury do find the
remains come to their end

738
00:59:45,905 --> 00:59:49,173
at the hands of a mountain lion.

739
00:59:49,175 --> 00:59:53,328
Yet some of us think, all
the same, he had fits.

740
00:59:58,645 --> 01:00:00,919
HUGH VOICEOVER: I have
the solution of the mystery.

741
01:00:00,921 --> 01:00:03,838
(FOREBODING MUSIC)

742
01:00:05,695 --> 01:00:06,868
It came to me tonight.

743
01:00:08,525 --> 01:00:09,998
Suddenly, by revelation.

744
01:00:17,615 --> 01:00:18,448
How simple.

745
01:00:21,729 --> 01:00:22,928
How terribly simple.

746
01:00:25,140 --> 01:00:27,190
There are sounds we humans cannot hear.

747
01:00:30,505 --> 01:00:34,413
A flock of birds in full song,
in several different trees,

748
01:00:34,415 --> 01:00:36,183
will suddenly, at the same instant,

749
01:00:36,185 --> 01:00:38,723
fly up into the air and away.

750
01:00:38,725 --> 01:00:39,558
Together.

751
01:00:41,095 --> 01:00:42,323
There must have been some sound,

752
01:00:42,325 --> 01:00:44,998
a warning that they could hear,

753
01:00:46,340 --> 01:00:48,588
but unheard by me or
any other human being.

754
01:00:52,725 --> 01:00:55,053
And whales, it is well known to seamen

755
01:00:55,055 --> 01:00:58,093
that whales can be basking, playing,

756
01:00:58,095 --> 01:01:00,543
and then suddenly, the same instant,

757
01:01:00,545 --> 01:01:02,978
dive all out of sight in a moment,

758
01:01:04,275 --> 01:01:07,898
alerted by a sound too great
for the ear of a seaman.

759
01:01:11,715 --> 01:01:15,258
As it is with sounds, so
it must be with colors.

760
01:01:18,665 --> 01:01:19,498
I'm not mad.

761
01:01:21,435 --> 01:01:23,068
There are colors we cannot see.

762
01:01:24,505 --> 01:01:28,158
And God help me, that damned
thing is of such a color.

763
01:01:32,325 --> 01:01:34,948
Damned thing is of such a color.

764
01:01:42,075 --> 01:01:44,158
Simply the madness of solitude.

765
01:01:45,865 --> 01:01:47,822
That madness dies with Morgan.

766
01:01:54,614 --> 01:01:56,704
(CREATURE GROWLS)

767
01:01:56,706 --> 01:01:59,039
(DOG BARKS)

768
01:02:07,015 --> 01:02:07,848
Hello?

769
01:02:16,772 --> 01:02:19,189
(DOOR OPENS)

770
01:02:22,035 --> 01:02:23,319
Anybody there?

771
01:02:23,321 --> 01:02:26,154
(CORONER SCREAMS)

772
01:02:31,305 --> 01:02:34,055
(CREATURE GULPS)

773
01:02:35,225 --> 01:02:38,725
(SOLEMN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)

774
01:02:42,676 --> 01:02:47,676
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