All language subtitles for The FBI s09e22 Confessions of a Madman

I know I may get caught someday.

But they'll never take me alive.

Oh, I swear it.

They're still looking for the killer of
those girls, Jason.

I wonder who he really is.

The thing I got about girls... I... I
like to look at them.

Sometimes I follow them.

Sometimes I get a little carried away
when I'm making a pass.

I won't stop.

I'll kill them all.

I'll kill them all.

starring Ephraim Zimbalist, Jr., also
starring Philip Abbott and

Shelley Novak, with guest stars Daniel
J. Trevati,

Robert Pine, Mary Fran,

Elliot Street.

Tonight's episode, Confessions of a
Madman.

Maria McMahon, age 22, a postgraduate
student in a college in Maryland, was

attacked on the night of September 23rd
at approximately 10 o 'clock, shortly

after leaving the college library.

She was taking a shortcut to her
sorority house.

Before reaching her destination, she was
stabbed and almost killed by person or

persons unknown.

Because the crime took place on United
States government property, the FBI was

called in.

Laurie McMahon.

Susan August.

Agnes Martin.

Two dead and one still holding on.

What's her condition?

Hopeful, but she's still in intensive
care. The hospital let us know if

any change.

An eccentric?

Well, he's recovering from a hard blow
in the back of the neck. He sustained a

concussion, but he didn't see a thing.

What did he learn about the two girls
who were killed?

I checked the local police files.
There's one link between all three

They all belong to the same sorority.

Erskine. Lewis, how's it going out
there?

Oh, Arthur, I was just about to call
you.

So far, no witnesses, no clues, no
suspects.

Have you been able to talk to the
McMahon girl?

Not yet.

And the sentry can't remember anything.
He's had a concussion.

Well, I think I've got something for
you.

Hello, Mr. Ward.

I'm glad I wasn't your target, Miss
Driscoll.

Your marksmanship is excellent, even in
the rain.

Thank you, sir.

Your SAC called and asked that your in
-service training be cut short.

You're to return to Baltimore this
afternoon.

We're assigning you to Inspector Erskine
on a special at the Fairhaven Missile

Site.

The Gloria McMahon stabbing?

Yes.

We feel the case is tied in with the
recent murders of two other girls in

area. All three were sorority sisters,
the same sorority you belonged to when

you attended the university.

You know the town, you know the
university, you know the sorority.

If you were training, that kind of
knowledge could be invaluable.

Okay, let's go!

Stand up against the wall. Come on.

Let's go.

All right. Come on.

Okay,

you all here?

Hey, Professor.

How are you?

Hey, look, if you really want to improve
your distance, you know, if you just

reach your arm...

Hey, look, uh...

Professor, having read the papers, I
guess I should have realized that...

realized what?

Nothing. Realized what, Vaughn?

Well, just that two of those girls being
in your class, I guess it kind of makes

it more personal to you.

Yes, it did.

Especially since all three were students
of mine.

Professor, I wasn't implying anything.

I mean, I don't want you to think...
Forget it. I'm tired.

How'd your team do at the out -of -town
meet last weekend?

You should have been there. We won it
easy.

Hey!

Roger, get out of the pool. Now, come
on.

Cut that horsing around.

They're really good kids.

Yeah, next up is our big three -day meet
with all the youth help comes from all

over the state.

That's the big one to win.

I don't know what we would have done if
the university hadn't let us use the

pool for our home meets and our
practices.

It's their contribution to civic
endeavor.

Good luck on the big meet.

Yeah. Thanks, President.

Hey, and look, if you really want to
improve that distance, practice your

you know, kick from the hip.

Next time I'll try harder.

Sure.

All right, you frogs, let's get in the
pool.

Come on, get on the side of the pool.

I want 50 kicks.

All right?

That's it. Kick, kick, kick, kick.

Kick, that's it.

That's it. Kick from the hip.

The police have beefed up security on
the campus. There's warning signs out

against hitchhiking.

Bicycle patrols at night.

Some of the more wooded, secluded areas
have been ruled off campus both days and

night. And there's warning spot
announcements on radio and television.

We suspect the killer must have some
knowledge of anatomy.

Each of the girls was stabbed in the
same way.

There must be a connection with the
Philander house.

It used to be so clean here.

So free and safe.

Gloria kept getting these phone calls.

From whom, Janie?

I don't know.

She never said.

I remember she always seemed
embarrassed.

She never talked about it, even when we
joked about who this mysterious guy was.

You never heard her mention his name?

It just hit me.

Gloria never did date.

Could they have been obscene calls?

I don't know.

Gloria kept to herself mostly. She was a
loner.

Could you make a guess?

There's this weird guy, Dorothy.

He must have been here a hundred times.
He delivers pizza from town.

He'd always have this strange look in
his eyes for Gloria when he'd come to

deliver the pizza.

Can you recall any strange or unusual
types hanging around the sorority house?

Well, there is this Darcy.

He's the way of blowing his horn at you
as he comes driving by and you're

walking. He comes driving right up
alongside you in his little truck and

his horn.

A tiny little beep, but he makes sure
you hear him.

Do you know what I mean?

We're looking for Darcy Neal.

Darcy? Oh, he's out on delivery.

I'll give you his route.

Thank you.

You know, he's the best worker I ever
had.

Always delivers on time.

That kind of boy's hard to find these
days, right?

Hey!

Hey, honey.

I'm on a break. Come on. Let's go for a
ride.

Come on.

Come on, let's go for a ride.

Get lost.

Oh, come on. Come on.

Let's go do some homework.

Don't go, you creep.

Oh, come on, come on. Come on, let's go.

That's Josie Neils -John.

Yeah, sure. I know Gloria.

I called her lots of times.

Sometimes I'd drive up alongside her in
the street.

Other times I'd wait for her at the
library nights.

I tried to talk her into going out with
me, but she always frosts me.

I like that girl. I really like her.

Gloria was initiated into Fire Lambo a
few years after me.

Now, the police found this pin in your
possession, Darcy.

Initials on the back are G -M -C -M.

That's Gloria McMahon's sorority pin.
How'd you get it?

Well, I made a delivery one night to her
room, and

she had to go get some money from
another girl.

And I saw the pin there on her dresser.

Well, I borrowed it.

You mean you stole it?

Oh, now, back off.

You can't try to hang me, Philip, in a
five -buck pen.

I told you I liked her.

Why did you run away from the patrol
car?

You mind if I get a drink of water?

Go ahead.

You'll find out anyway.

I'm a dropout from West Virginia.

I was in pre -med there.

I got in some trouble.

The court put me on two years probation.

It's the thing I got about girls.

I like to look at them.

Sometimes I follow them.

Sometimes I get a little carried away
when I'm making a pass.

I can't help myself.

It's like a compulsion.

You know, one time I went too far. I got
too rough and I

got busted. You know what I mean? I
couldn't...

So naturally, that's why I got scared
and ran. I could see it all breaking out

in the open.

Who'd want me around?

Who'd hire me?

But I haven't hurt anybody since.

I swear it.

And I didn't knife Gloria.

How well did you know Susan August and
Agnes Martin, Darcy?

I knew them. I knew them like I knew the
other girls. You know, like when I made

deliveries to the house.

Well, I'm the assistant swim coach at
the Youth Help Club.

I pick up a little extra money.

Well, you can't nail me for those other
two girls because I was out of town on

swim meets both times when those other
two girls were killed.

And the night Gloria McMahon was
stabbed?

What's the matter, Dorsey?

Don't you remember?

I couldn't go with the swim team last
week. I was sick.

You can ask Vaughn Teller. He's the swim
coach.

We'll do that.

Get caught someday.

But they'll never take me alive.

Oh, I swear it.

And they hear this, they'll know.

on Gloria McMahon before she got to the
library.

And I'll need the names of everyone who
checked books in or out that night.

Tell Gloria hello for me, will you,
Inspector?

Tell her I'll stop by the hospital and
see her as soon as I can. I'll do that.

We'll interview Von Teller.

for the alumni reunion. You were just
starting out with youth health.

I'm sorry. It just doesn't ring a bell.

Pat Driscoll.

Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.

Look, I'm in kind of a hurry. Is there
something I can do for you?

I'm with the FBI now, Vaughn.

And this is Special Agent Chris Daniels.

We'd like to talk to you.

Yeah, well, about what?

Darcy Neal.

Yeah, wait just a minute.

Okay, all you frogs, I want you to go in
there. Wait a minute.

your swimsuits and don't leave that
locker room until I get there, all

Okay.

We've got a big interstate meet coming
up next.

So, you want to talk about Darcy Neal?

Yes. We're investigating the stabbing
that took place recently on the missile

site.

And we're also looking into the cases of
the two other girls who were stabbed to

death before that.

Wow.

Darcy. You think Darcy had something to
do with that? He says he works for you

as your assistant coach.

He told you that?

Mm -hmm.

Doesn't he?

Well, wait just a minute.

Park it around back, all right?

Yeah, well, Darcy, I let him babysit the
kids in the pool every once in a while.

You know, he clocks the kids for a time
and comes to the meets, things like

that. How about the last meet?

Let's see.

Well, he missed it.

Said he was sick.

Was he?

Well, he said he was.

Well, what about some of the other
meats?

Was he there for all of those?

Well, he might have been. I just don't
remember.

Yeah, but come to think of it, there is
something kind of strange about Darcy.

He gets this...

queer look in his eye every once in a
while. You know, you'll look at him, and

he doesn't seem to be there.

You know what I mean?

Did he ever mention girls to you?

Well, what do you mean?

Well, did he ever talk about anyone he
ever took out?

No, I guess he never mentioned that.

Well, if you do remember him missing any
of the other meets, be sure and let us

know, will you?

Sure, sure.

Thank you very much.

Hey, there, uh... Wait a minute.

There was this one time one of the kids
got sick the night before the meet and

he went to Darcy's door and knocked on
it and he didn't get any answer.

Of course, the kid couldn't have been
too sick because he went back to his

went to sleep, next morning woke up, he
was fine.

Won his heat, too.

Yeah, Darcy was probably just snoring
off a beer, you know?

Maybe.

Well, Vaughn, good luck with your team.

Yeah, good luck with your team.

Starting early today, Wilma.

You usually wait until the sun goes
down.

Daylight saving, Jason. Sun stays up
longer.

And in the winter, the days get darker
sooner.

You have your own year -round built -in
timetable, haven't you?

I'll drink whenever I like it and
without asking your permission.

A couple of students of mine are
dropping by this evening.

If you're planning to stay drunk, I'd
appreciate you doing it alone.

You mean stay out of sight, drop dead?

You said that.

Female students, of course.

Have another drink.

Maybe I will.

I know I'm so much dirt to you, Mr.

Superior. I know you always wanted her.

Well, I'm sticking.

I'm not going back to the old hometown.

I'm staying right here, and I'm going
right on being the professor's wife.

You married me on the rebound, prof...
and you're stuck with me. So I'm dumb,

I'm dirt, and I drink.

But she's dead.

They're still looking for the killer of
those girls, Jason.

I wonder who he really is.

How's Gloria doing?

Much better.

She couldn't tell me anything. She never
got a look at him.

Oh, Inspector.

The librarian didn't see anybody follow
Gloria out.

And she's still compiling a list of
people who checked books in and out that

night. Good, Pat.

What did Von Teller have to say?

Well, he confirmed Darcy was at those
out -of -town meets, but he reported

and missed the last one. And that was
the night Gloria was attacked.

Inspector, this came for you in the mail
today.

Local postmark.

Wouldn't be your birthday, would it,
Inspector?

I don't know. I stopped counting.

Does this mean anything to you?

I'm not sure.

Grant. Grant.

Jason Grant.

Of course.

This is Professor Grant.

He was engaged to a friend of mine,
Lorna Thorne.

She was a sorority sister of mine, too.

They were going to get married. In fact,
they were going to announce it the

night of our graduation dance.

But that night he found Lorna.

Dead.

What do you mean?

Apparently, she'd been walking across
the old footbridge in the back part of

campus. It had been condemned. It was
totally off limits until they could

rebuild it.

Part of the bridge gave way.

Naturally, Lorna fell.

There was a ravine below it.

There was an investigation, of course,
and...

The coroner ruled accidental death.

And Grant discovered the body.

Tell me which is Jason Grant.

Jason Grant?

I'm Professor Grant.

Inspector Erskine, FBI.

Do you remember Pat Driscoll?

Definitely. She just squeaked by in
Physiology 1.

Well, it was tough, sir.

That's one of our agents now.

That's nice.

When a member of the FBI introduces
himself, I don't imagine it's all

Not exactly.

I must advise you that you have the
right to remain silent.

Anything you say can be used against
you, and you may call an attorney if you

wish. The attack on Gloria McMahon?

Can't be serious.

These arrived in the mail addressed to
me.

Do you have an explanation?

We use scalpels for dissections in my
lab every day. You can also buy them at

any medical supply house. Maybe it's a
joke.

Professor, can you tell us where you
were on the nights that Susan August and

Agnes Martin were killed?

I was teaching an adult extension course
on campus.

The night Gloria McMahon was stabbed?

That was the night of the final exam.

Medical evidence indicates that a
scalpel was used in all three cases.

I already explained that anybody could
have taken that knife and sent it to

The janitor, a student, my wife, anybody
with a perverse sense of humor.

Excuse me, please.

I understand you were going to marry one
of your students, Lorna Thorne.

You found her body the night the
announcement was going to be made?

I went over all that with the police.

Do you mind going through it with us?

Lorna said she'd meet me at the
graduation dance.

When she didn't show up, I went looking
for her.

I found her.

Here. Her body was lying there among the
rocks.

She looked so small.

So fragile.

Like a doll that had fallen out of a
child's crib.

I was afraid if I touched her, she'd
crack into a hundred pieces.

Did anything happen between the two of
you?

Argument?

Talk of postponing the wedding?

Lorna was very uptight earlier that
afternoon, very withdrawn.

She seemed to have turned off all of a
sudden.

I went to the sorority house that night,
asked her what was the matter, if

I could help.

She just stared.

I remember her saying,

I'm looking for the right words to say
the right things.

What made you think you'd find her here
later on?

When she didn't show at the dance, it
was a last resort.

She'd come here to think.

To be alone.

To get away from reality.

You've met her here on those occasions?

Sometimes.

You listen to me.

I've been through this once already with
the police and I'm not letting you or

anyone else put me through it again.

This was the girl I was engaged to
marry. I didn't kill her. If you've got

charges against me, press them.

Do you believe him, sir?

I'll tell you what I don't believe.

I don't believe he's a hundred proof.

Pat, I want a complete background check
on Lorna Thorne.

Inspector, do you think he could have
done it?

Either that or somebody wants me to
pretty badly.

Hello?

He said it wasn't going to end with me.

It wasn't going to stop.

That he was going to kill me.

He was going to kill all of the girls
where I came from.

All the girls?

All the girls. And that we were going to
pay.

Pay for what?

Did he say, Gloria?

I threw the phone down. I couldn't
listen anymore.

Did you recognize the voice?

I don't know.

I couldn't tell.

I don't know.

Notify the police.

And after I leave, ask her permission to
monitor incoming calls.

You'll be safe here, Ms. McMahon.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

There'll be a police officer outside
your door 24 hours a day.

Thank you.

We'll talk to you again when you're
feeling better.

I'll try to stop by and see you
tomorrow, Gloria, okay?

I'm sorry I cracked up.

I still can't tell you who that voice
was.

Nothing unusual on Lorna Thorne.

Born and raised in Whiteford, a small
farming region near northern Maryland.

Parents died three years ago.

No brothers, no sisters, no living
relatives.

Pulled a 3 .4 average in high school,
applied for entrance, and was accepted

the university.

Coroner's autopsy report showed instant
death upon impact of fall.

Primary cause of death, broken neck.

Multiple lacerations, internal injuries,
non -contributory factors.

Another statistic in another local
coroner's accidental death report.

Let's concentrate on what we do know.

We know that two girls were killed, one
almost killed, between the hours of 9 p

.m.

and 12.

All three on fatality.

What was going on in this town at that
time?

Could it have given the killer the cover
he needed?

And what's happening next Saturday
night?

Jason Grant's new adult extension
course.

You know, we've been searching for
answers inside the town. But what if the

killer used an out -of -town cover?

Well, the swim team stays away
overnight.

So why couldn't Darcy Neal have made it
back those two Saturday nights, then

returned the same night with nobody
being the wiser?

Vaughn Teller told us, remember?

One of the team members got sick at a
meet. He knocked on Darcy's door, got no

answer.

Somebody else could have made it back,
too, just as easily.

Vaughn Teller.

All three meets were over by 7 p .m.

That's just about the time this
Saturday's event is scheduled to finish.

There's no question, Mr. Ward, they
match.

Why did the Wilmington police pick him
up? He was wandering the streets, just

out of the service.

Traumatic amnesia.

They sent us his prints. We matched them
against his military fingerprint card.

And Teller was born in Whiteford,
Maryland?

Yes, sir. The same town Lorna Thorne
came from.

This is the assistant director, Ward.
Get me Inspector Erskine.

She claims it's him, sir.

Seems pretty sure.

I'm at the car rental agency right now,
Inspector, and I... Yes, sir, that was

on Saturday night.

Now, the speedometer reading shows that
the mileage from here to the university

is 30 miles, and that is 30 miles right
back to where they held that meet.

No, sir, she says that she'd swear on a
stack of Bibles that he's the one.

Mm -hmm, I did, I sure did.

He's really a groovy -looking guy.

Yes, sir.

Vaughn Teller.

Thank you.

The swim team already left for their
meet.

Teller arrived in town, joined the youth
help club as swimming coach a month

before Lorna Thorne died.

What do you suppose his connection was
with her beyond the fact that they both

came from the same town?

Excuse me, sir. Mrs.

Gatsby called Teller's landlady. She
said she heard him talking.

And he sounded insane, shouted something
about killing them all.

Pat, I want you to go to the sorority
house and warn the girls not to go out

night for any reason whatsoever.

Right.

I thought he was such a nice, quiet man.

No wild parties, babies went on time. I
never dreamed there was anything wrong

with him until... Well, I heard him
talking in his room. I knew he was

I hope I did the right thing bringing
his tape recorder to this room.

You never know about them, do you?

Go and listen for yourself.

Oh, I waited.

You know I waited, Lorna.

Oh, I didn't want to kill you.

It was them.

Oh, yeah, it was them. All those girls.

from the farm.

But that was our life together before
you came here, wasn't it, Lorna?

They killed you.

Oh, yeah, they killed you.

But I'm gonna get him.

I'm gonna get them all.

And I'm gonna get him.

I'm gonna get him.

The man they wanted you to marry.

Oh, I'm gonna kill him.

I found this book.

In his room next to the recorder. I
thought it might be important.

That's Pat.

It was her picture he cut out. He's
going after her next.

Now use your phone.

This is Inspector Iskin with the FBI.
Would you put me through to the

office in Mason Falls right away,
please?

T -E -L -L -E -R.

First name Vaughn?

Right, Inspector.

I'll send a unit over to the high school
pool to stand by for you.

Thank you, Lieutenant. We'll be there as
soon as we can.

What are you doing here, Norm?

Why aren't you over to the high school?

Well, that swim meet's been canceled.

Inspector, the swim meet's been
canceled.

FBI.

FBI.

Sergeant White here.

Yes, Sergeant. What's happened?

Well, one of the visiting team boys got
sick.

diagnosed as meningitis.

Shook up the officials pretty bad.

They figured to call the whole thing off
right now to avoid any epidemic.

Sergeant, can you tell me anything about
a Vaughn Teller, one of the visiting

coaches? Did he leave with a team bus or
on his own?

Now, that I don't know, but we'll sure
check it out for you.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Yes, officer, I heard Miss Driscoll
ordered the cab driver to take her to

Phi Lambda house.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Philander? Yes, is Pat Driscoll there,
please?

Yes, she is. I'll get her. No, no, no.
That's all right.

Just tell her to be waiting outside in
ten minutes.

Inspector Erskine will pick her up.

It's very important.

Okay, I'll tell her.

Thank you very much.

Take a little walk, you and me.

Because we've got some things to talk
about.

She's gone.

They said that you called and you'd pick
her up out in front in ten minutes.

Check with her, me too.

Thank you.

No, sir.

He said he was Detective Sergeant
Wallace from Homicide.

Yes, sir?

I told him I heard Miss Driscoll ordered
a taxi driver to take her to the

sorority house.

And then he made a call from the public
telephone booth here in the lobby.

Well, where do you think he's taking
her?

Try the footbridge.

It's a long shot, but it's the only shot
we've got.

Let's go.

They twisted your mind with their money.

They wanted you to be like they were.
Vaughn, listen to me now.

Lorna is dead.

She has been dead a long time.

I loved you, Lorna.

I waited for you.

But you wouldn't see me, would you? No.

I'm not good enough for you anymore.

Now, Vaughn, now let's go back.

This is a mistake. Just take me back.
Let's go back. They're going to pay

girls.

They're going to pay for what they did
to you and to me.

Those years in the army and Vietnam.

Coming back to you was the only thing
that kept me alive.

Why'd you do it to me, Lorna?

I don't want to kill you.

It's those rich friends of yours.

They're responsible.

I can't let you marry him.

I can't let you do that.

You know I can't let you do that,
Warner.

FBI, tell her. Let her go.

Don't shoot.

Don't ever get me alive, Lorna.

I told you, I'd kill myself first.

Killing yourself isn't the answer,
Vaughn. It won't help.

Oh, Lorna.

Lorna! Lorna is dead.

Look, she's dead.

It's all over now.

Gloria said to say goodbye to you.

How is she?

She'll be all right.

But she'll never understand about
Vaughn.

Why he blamed her, held her responsible
for Lorna's death.

Especially when Lorna never even
mentioned him to any of the other girls.

Well, he had to blame someone.

By the way, Pat.

That was a nice move you made for the
knife.

Thank you, Inspector.

In view of the more serious charges
facing him in the state of Maryland,

prosecution of Vaughn Teller for crime
on a government reservation was declined

in favor of local prosecution.

And Teller, together with the evidence
the FBI had gathered against him in the

murders of the Coeds, was turned over to
Maryland authorities.