1 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:06,944 ("Alfred Hitchcock" theme music) 2 00:00:25,414 --> 00:00:26,345 - Good evening. 3 00:00:27,746 --> 00:00:31,160 We are broadcasting my portion of this evening's program 4 00:00:31,190 --> 00:00:33,663 by radio instead of television. 5 00:00:33,693 --> 00:00:35,134 I seem to have lost some weight, 6 00:00:35,164 --> 00:00:37,467 and I don't wish to mar my image. 7 00:00:37,507 --> 00:00:39,839 I cannot reveal exactly how much weight. 8 00:00:39,869 --> 00:00:42,882 I can only say that had I lost 10 more pounds, 9 00:00:42,912 --> 00:00:47,227 I would have had to file a missing persons report. 10 00:00:47,257 --> 00:00:49,629 For the uninitiated, I should explain 11 00:00:49,659 --> 00:00:53,634 that radio is simply television with the tube burned out. 12 00:00:53,674 --> 00:00:57,878 In radio, sound is a rather important ingredient. 13 00:00:57,908 --> 00:01:01,282 When it does not exist, it is manufactured. 14 00:01:01,322 --> 00:01:02,283 For example. 15 00:01:03,724 --> 00:01:08,730 This cellophane simulates the sound of a crackling fire. 16 00:01:09,931 --> 00:01:11,903 This sound effect is so authentic 17 00:01:11,943 --> 00:01:15,677 one can almost smell the smoke. 18 00:01:15,717 --> 00:01:17,889 This evening's play tells of two nurses 19 00:01:17,919 --> 00:01:20,893 who spend one terrifying night 20 00:01:20,923 --> 00:01:23,896 in a large house in the country. 21 00:01:23,936 --> 00:01:27,510 But first, some sound and fury, signifying 22 00:01:27,540 --> 00:01:31,684 our sponsor's product. (siren blaring) 23 00:02:09,924 --> 00:02:12,027 - Thank you for everything. 24 00:02:12,067 --> 00:02:13,268 You're sure you're all right? 25 00:02:13,298 --> 00:02:14,399 'Cause I can go in and get my coat 26 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:16,301 and walk you back to the clinic. 27 00:02:16,341 --> 00:02:18,113 - I'm absolutely fine. 28 00:02:19,074 --> 00:02:21,016 Goodnight, Mr. Crispis. 29 00:02:21,046 --> 00:02:22,448 - Goodnight, Miss Little. 30 00:02:47,504 --> 00:02:50,507 (suspenseful music) 31 00:03:09,517 --> 00:03:12,250 (twig cracking) 32 00:03:18,767 --> 00:03:21,270 (dog barking) 33 00:03:54,976 --> 00:03:56,407 - [Man] Frieda? 34 00:03:56,447 --> 00:03:57,678 - Who's there? 35 00:03:57,718 --> 00:03:59,520 - [Man] You're such a pretty nurse, Frieda. 36 00:03:59,550 --> 00:04:01,893 (screaming) 37 00:04:02,854 --> 00:04:05,427 (man laughing) 38 00:04:10,001 --> 00:04:12,574 (wind howling) 39 00:04:19,421 --> 00:04:21,233 - While the news from overseas is filled 40 00:04:21,333 --> 00:04:23,536 with explosive new developments, 41 00:04:23,566 --> 00:04:26,169 here in the city, the tension continues to mount 42 00:04:26,209 --> 00:04:27,740 with each new dramatic turn 43 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:31,014 in the current rash of brutal killings. 44 00:04:31,054 --> 00:04:34,357 Now there is another one, and this is the third 45 00:04:34,387 --> 00:04:37,901 nurse murder committed in this area in the past two weeks. 46 00:04:37,931 --> 00:04:39,503 The search for nurse Frieda Little, 47 00:04:39,533 --> 00:04:41,375 who disappeared last Thursday evening, 48 00:04:41,375 --> 00:04:44,578 was ended early today with the discovery of her body 49 00:04:44,608 --> 00:04:48,152 here in Northside Park at seven o'clock this morning 50 00:04:48,182 --> 00:04:49,984 by a park gardener. 51 00:04:50,024 --> 00:04:52,757 The victim had been dead for several days. 52 00:04:52,797 --> 00:04:54,899 Miss Little was returning from an assignment 53 00:04:54,929 --> 00:04:57,872 where she'd been engaged for the past three days. 54 00:04:57,902 --> 00:05:01,075 Newsman Al Ruben interviewed Mr. Boris Crispis, 55 00:05:01,116 --> 00:05:04,519 the last man to have seen Miss Little alive. 56 00:05:04,549 --> 00:05:06,721 - And you had no idea when she walked out of this door 57 00:05:06,751 --> 00:05:08,263 you would never see her again. 58 00:05:08,363 --> 00:05:10,095 - Well, no, no. 59 00:05:10,966 --> 00:05:13,439 She was a real fine nurse. 60 00:05:13,469 --> 00:05:16,272 My wife has been sick about a year now, and uh, 61 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:19,145 well, we've had a lot of them through here, 62 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:22,889 and she was saying just this morning that she was the best. 63 00:05:22,919 --> 00:05:25,031 We were wondering why she'd never phoned. 64 00:05:25,061 --> 00:05:26,633 - Did Miss Little ever speak of the other two murders, 65 00:05:26,663 --> 00:05:29,405 the nurses that were killed two weeks ago? 66 00:05:29,405 --> 00:05:32,609 - Yes, we spoke about it a little bit. 67 00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:35,252 She, uh, she said she knew one of them. 68 00:05:36,413 --> 00:05:38,585 She was upset about it, I guess you could say. 69 00:05:38,625 --> 00:05:40,497 - Uh-huh, was there ever anything else 70 00:05:40,527 --> 00:05:42,159 that was strange or unusual that happened 71 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:43,801 while she was here in the house? 72 00:05:45,002 --> 00:05:46,704 - Yes, as a matter of fact, there was. 73 00:05:46,734 --> 00:05:49,276 It happened the night before she left. 74 00:05:49,306 --> 00:05:51,879 Oh, I, I pooh-poohed it at the time. 75 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:55,523 You see, my wife has been bedridden about a year now, 76 00:05:55,553 --> 00:05:57,826 and she woke up one night yelling 77 00:05:57,866 --> 00:06:00,198 that she saw a man standing at the window 78 00:06:00,228 --> 00:06:02,140 looking in at her and Miss Little. 79 00:06:02,170 --> 00:06:04,042 Well, I took a flashlight and I went outside, 80 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:05,774 but I couldn't see anything. 81 00:06:05,814 --> 00:06:07,586 - Thank you very much, Mr. Crispis. 82 00:06:08,747 --> 00:06:12,121 - All three murders in this neighborhood. 83 00:06:13,522 --> 00:06:15,835 The police are now searching for a definite suspect, 84 00:06:15,865 --> 00:06:20,610 and they are certain that he is still in this area 85 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,282 and have cautioned all residents, particularly all nurses, 86 00:06:23,312 --> 00:06:26,516 to be extremely careful until the killer is caught. 87 00:06:28,128 --> 00:06:31,031 You are urged to speak to no strangers, 88 00:06:31,061 --> 00:06:32,933 keep your doors and windows locked. 89 00:06:34,174 --> 00:06:36,577 Now let's take a look at the weather. 90 00:06:36,607 --> 00:06:38,509 - That's charming. 91 00:06:38,549 --> 00:06:40,881 He obviously finds out where nurses are working, 92 00:06:40,921 --> 00:06:42,953 and waits for the chance to get at them. 93 00:06:44,225 --> 00:06:46,026 Oh, it's horrible. 94 00:06:46,057 --> 00:06:47,999 I wouldn't go out tonight on a bet. 95 00:06:48,029 --> 00:06:49,831 - Not for a million. 96 00:06:49,871 --> 00:06:52,273 Lock every door, every window. 97 00:06:53,544 --> 00:06:55,917 - I'll check everything downstairs. 98 00:06:55,947 --> 00:06:56,778 - Fine. 99 00:06:57,749 --> 00:07:00,762 (suspenseful music) 100 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:32,285 - I read in a book about a man 101 00:07:32,325 --> 00:07:33,927 who only killed trombone players. 102 00:07:33,957 --> 00:07:36,760 He beat them to death with their own trombones. 103 00:07:38,202 --> 00:07:41,275 You know, this is the same kind of thing, 104 00:07:41,305 --> 00:07:43,007 only this one just. (gasping) 105 00:07:43,047 --> 00:07:45,179 Oh, oh, Miss Stella. 106 00:07:45,219 --> 00:07:47,121 We're going to have to have some rules, 107 00:07:47,151 --> 00:07:49,624 we're going to have to start knocking, I suppose. 108 00:07:49,654 --> 00:07:51,025 - I'm sorry. 109 00:07:51,065 --> 00:07:52,327 - Is everything all right? 110 00:07:52,367 --> 00:07:54,439 - I'm just checking that everything is locked. 111 00:07:54,469 --> 00:07:56,401 - [Cook] The kitchen's tight as a tick. 112 00:08:01,687 --> 00:08:03,649 - Stella? - Yes? 113 00:08:09,134 --> 00:08:11,907 - Stella? - What is it, Miss Ames? 114 00:08:13,909 --> 00:08:16,542 - When was the last time you checked the oxygen tank? 115 00:08:19,215 --> 00:08:20,456 - I don't remember. 116 00:08:20,557 --> 00:08:22,028 - Is there another tank in the house? 117 00:08:22,058 --> 00:08:23,560 - No, why? 118 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,763 - The pressure's very low, it won't last the night. 119 00:08:26,803 --> 00:08:27,934 - Are you sure? 120 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:29,576 - Yes. 121 00:08:29,606 --> 00:08:31,308 Sam, you'll have to go into the clinic 122 00:08:31,348 --> 00:08:33,580 and get another tank, we must have it. 123 00:08:34,882 --> 00:08:39,026 Stella, you simply can't forget things like this. 124 00:08:39,056 --> 00:08:41,729 (cat meowing) 125 00:08:41,769 --> 00:08:43,230 - I'm sorry, Sam. 126 00:08:43,271 --> 00:08:45,773 - Just go to the clinic, ask for a tank of oxygen. 127 00:08:45,803 --> 00:08:47,675 - Yes, they know, there's a standing order there 128 00:08:47,715 --> 00:08:49,948 for Mr. Baker, you'll just sign for it. 129 00:08:49,978 --> 00:08:51,289 - I'll go with you. 130 00:08:51,319 --> 00:08:52,490 - You stay here and do your job. 131 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,262 You gotta feed these people, Maude. 132 00:08:55,664 --> 00:08:57,466 - Isn't there anyone there who could bring it up? 133 00:08:57,496 --> 00:08:59,668 - Not this time of night. 134 00:08:59,698 --> 00:09:01,670 - I don't wanna be left here alone. 135 00:09:01,710 --> 00:09:03,242 - You're not alone, three hefty women 136 00:09:03,272 --> 00:09:05,044 ought to be able to give good account of themselves 137 00:09:05,084 --> 00:09:07,586 if someone came scratching at the door. 138 00:09:07,586 --> 00:09:09,889 Well, I'll be back as soon as I can. 139 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:12,692 Just lock up good behind me, and don't let anybody in. 140 00:09:16,906 --> 00:09:19,479 (wind howling) 141 00:09:24,925 --> 00:09:27,657 (engine revving) 142 00:09:34,745 --> 00:09:36,207 - Did you check the cellar? 143 00:09:36,247 --> 00:09:38,048 - There's no light down there. 144 00:09:38,079 --> 00:09:40,691 Why, I wouldn't go down there for anything in the world. 145 00:09:40,721 --> 00:09:42,653 - Have you got a flashlight? 146 00:09:42,653 --> 00:09:45,566 - The fixture's broken down there. 147 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:47,999 Sam started to fix it the other day, 148 00:09:48,039 --> 00:09:51,012 and then he left it dangling, like he does everything else. 149 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:04,436 I'm right here if you need me. 150 00:10:05,608 --> 00:10:07,009 You know, I knew somebody once that 151 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:09,512 tried to kill a couple people with a butcher knife. 152 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,784 He was my father's best friend. 153 00:10:14,187 --> 00:10:17,260 Far as I know he's still locked up somewhere. 154 00:10:19,532 --> 00:10:22,536 Wonder why this one just wants to kill nurses? 155 00:10:22,576 --> 00:10:24,408 Now, I know why my father's best friend 156 00:10:24,448 --> 00:10:25,849 wanted to kill those people. 157 00:10:32,356 --> 00:10:36,600 (mouse squeaking) (screaming) 158 00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:37,642 What is it? 159 00:10:37,672 --> 00:10:39,674 - There's a mouse! 160 00:10:39,704 --> 00:10:42,717 (breathing heavily) 161 00:10:44,088 --> 00:10:49,064 - Hey, Gus, a job. (meowing) 162 00:10:49,965 --> 00:10:51,066 Gus will take care of him. 163 00:10:51,096 --> 00:10:53,568 Here, let Gus earn his keep. 164 00:10:53,598 --> 00:10:56,041 Come on, Gus, get him. 165 00:10:56,071 --> 00:10:58,113 - Why am I so terrified of such a little thing? 166 00:10:58,143 --> 00:10:59,114 I know better. 167 00:11:00,446 --> 00:11:01,987 - I'm that way about snakes. 168 00:11:08,064 --> 00:11:10,837 Just show me a snake, any kind of a snake, 169 00:11:10,877 --> 00:11:14,450 and I'll show you how fast my little legs can carry me. 170 00:11:14,481 --> 00:11:17,784 The way that they, they frighten their prey, 171 00:11:17,784 --> 00:11:19,486 and then they swallow them whole. 172 00:11:19,526 --> 00:11:21,198 You know, I read in a book about a snake 173 00:11:21,228 --> 00:11:23,660 that swallowed a full-grown goat. 174 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:26,203 - Well, I think I'll be going upstairs. 175 00:11:26,233 --> 00:11:28,976 - I'll bring your supper up in just a few minutes. 176 00:11:30,407 --> 00:11:33,421 (suspenseful music) 177 00:11:35,593 --> 00:11:37,825 (sighing) 178 00:11:55,294 --> 00:11:57,436 (meowing) 179 00:12:16,506 --> 00:12:17,307 - How is he? 180 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:18,178 - About the same. 181 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:21,852 - Sam will be back as soon as he can. 182 00:12:21,852 --> 00:12:23,524 - Have you checked everything? 183 00:12:23,554 --> 00:12:24,455 - Yes, I think so. 184 00:12:24,495 --> 00:12:25,756 - Every door, every window? 185 00:12:27,598 --> 00:12:28,929 - Yes. 186 00:12:28,969 --> 00:12:31,502 Yes. - You're hesitating. 187 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:32,974 Have you forgotten something? 188 00:12:33,004 --> 00:12:34,615 - No. 189 00:12:34,645 --> 00:12:36,017 - Are you sure? - Yes. 190 00:12:37,218 --> 00:12:38,650 - Stella, you have all the qualities 191 00:12:38,690 --> 00:12:41,292 to assure a very good success, 192 00:12:41,322 --> 00:12:42,964 but you must always be on guard about 193 00:12:42,994 --> 00:12:44,896 a very serious handicap. 194 00:12:45,897 --> 00:12:46,668 - I know. 195 00:12:47,809 --> 00:12:49,471 I just get excited, and then I get rattled. 196 00:12:49,511 --> 00:12:51,483 - Well, you must not get excited and rattled. 197 00:12:51,513 --> 00:12:53,515 It makes you forget things. 198 00:12:53,545 --> 00:12:54,757 - I know. 199 00:12:54,787 --> 00:12:57,259 - Some day you'll forget something vital. 200 00:12:57,289 --> 00:12:59,662 Oh, it won't be a name or a spoon or even 201 00:12:59,692 --> 00:13:02,665 to check the pressure on an oxygen tank. 202 00:13:02,705 --> 00:13:04,937 Last night when I arrived, I thought it was 203 00:13:04,977 --> 00:13:08,111 just because you were tired, but it's more than that. 204 00:13:09,352 --> 00:13:11,524 (tapping) 205 00:13:13,086 --> 00:13:14,197 He's waking up. 206 00:13:18,472 --> 00:13:19,673 - How do you feel? 207 00:13:19,703 --> 00:13:20,904 - Better. 208 00:13:20,904 --> 00:13:21,675 Is the crisis over? 209 00:13:21,705 --> 00:13:22,946 - Mm-hm, all over. 210 00:13:27,051 --> 00:13:29,093 - Who is this? 211 00:13:29,123 --> 00:13:30,554 - This is Nurse Betty Ames. 212 00:13:30,595 --> 00:13:33,127 Dr. Jones felt I was working too hard, 213 00:13:33,167 --> 00:13:35,239 so he sent her over last night to help out. 214 00:13:35,269 --> 00:13:37,842 - Oh yes, I vaguely remember. 215 00:13:40,375 --> 00:13:41,846 Oh, I do feel better. 216 00:13:43,118 --> 00:13:44,790 - Well, he's all yours now. 217 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:47,062 I'm going downstairs for a cup of coffee. 218 00:13:49,464 --> 00:13:50,265 (gasping) 219 00:13:50,295 --> 00:13:51,737 Oh, I'm sorry. 220 00:13:51,767 --> 00:13:53,509 - I was going to knock, I was just trying 221 00:13:53,539 --> 00:13:56,612 to balance the tray on my knee to knock. 222 00:13:56,642 --> 00:13:57,883 - Is there any coffee downstairs? 223 00:13:57,983 --> 00:13:59,155 - Fresh pot. 224 00:13:59,185 --> 00:14:00,756 - I'll be in the kitchen if you need me, Stella. 225 00:14:00,786 --> 00:14:02,929 - Oh, how's the patient? 226 00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:04,160 - Coming up for air. 227 00:14:04,190 --> 00:14:06,933 - Did Stella tell you about the new murder? 228 00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:08,935 Third nurse in two weeks, strangled, 229 00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:10,277 just like the rest of them. 230 00:14:11,508 --> 00:14:12,979 Chicken soup. 231 00:14:13,009 --> 00:14:15,782 Poor thing, she was killed walking home from a job. 232 00:14:20,968 --> 00:14:22,570 You don't like my chicken soup? 233 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,742 I made that from scratch. 234 00:14:24,772 --> 00:14:26,604 - Even rang the chicken's neck. 235 00:14:26,644 --> 00:14:28,015 - Sure. 236 00:14:28,045 --> 00:14:30,778 - Aw, you're a suspicious character, Maude. 237 00:14:30,818 --> 00:14:34,192 You ever watch Maude start the soup from scratch? 238 00:14:34,222 --> 00:14:37,565 Oh, she's a champion neck-wringer. 239 00:14:37,595 --> 00:14:38,837 - Now that's enough. 240 00:14:38,867 --> 00:14:40,799 - Oh, she lures it closer and closer, 241 00:14:40,839 --> 00:14:43,642 then she grabs it and twists it around. 242 00:14:45,013 --> 00:14:46,545 And there she stands, one hand on her hip 243 00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:49,518 and that look on her face, and the poor bird. 244 00:14:49,558 --> 00:14:52,731 Oh, I don't want any soup. 245 00:15:08,598 --> 00:15:10,660 - It's going to rain. 246 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:12,272 It's really going to rain, 247 00:15:12,302 --> 00:15:14,605 and that road turns to mud when it rains. 248 00:15:16,146 --> 00:15:17,307 It rained one day last year. 249 00:15:17,347 --> 00:15:18,919 Sam was in town, and he couldn't 250 00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:21,121 get back up the hill for all the mud. 251 00:15:21,151 --> 00:15:23,053 (phone ringing) 252 00:15:23,094 --> 00:15:24,025 I'll get it. 253 00:15:33,344 --> 00:15:35,547 - I bet you think I can't get out of this bed. 254 00:15:35,587 --> 00:15:37,088 - Well, you better not try. 255 00:15:38,260 --> 00:15:40,622 - I could, though, if I wanted to. 256 00:15:42,064 --> 00:15:44,666 (phone ringing) 257 00:15:46,268 --> 00:15:48,410 - Hello, Mr. Baker's residence. 258 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,612 Yes? 259 00:15:49,642 --> 00:15:51,854 Oh, hello, Dr. Jones, it's Maude. 260 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:53,686 Yes, I'll call her. 261 00:15:53,716 --> 00:15:54,557 Stella? 262 00:15:55,658 --> 00:15:56,489 Stella? 263 00:15:57,530 --> 00:15:58,731 - Yes? - Just a minute. 264 00:15:59,933 --> 00:16:01,674 It's Dr. Jones. 265 00:16:01,704 --> 00:16:03,076 - Oh. 266 00:16:03,106 --> 00:16:04,137 - If you like, I'll sit with Mr. Baker, 267 00:16:04,177 --> 00:16:05,849 and make sure he eats his dinner. 268 00:16:07,751 --> 00:16:08,722 - Hello? 269 00:16:08,752 --> 00:16:09,953 Hello, Dr. Jones. 270 00:16:14,498 --> 00:16:15,329 Oh. 271 00:16:17,601 --> 00:16:18,442 What? 272 00:16:20,244 --> 00:16:22,246 Are you at the clinic? 273 00:16:24,849 --> 00:16:25,690 Oh. 274 00:16:27,892 --> 00:16:28,723 Yes. 275 00:16:30,465 --> 00:16:31,296 Yes. 276 00:16:32,937 --> 00:16:34,099 No, we have no car. 277 00:16:35,710 --> 00:16:37,272 No, Miss Ames arrived in a cab. 278 00:16:38,643 --> 00:16:41,356 Well, Sam's gone to the clinic to get a tank of oxygen. 279 00:16:43,719 --> 00:16:44,660 Yes, of course. 280 00:16:45,961 --> 00:16:46,792 Yes. 281 00:16:47,833 --> 00:16:49,235 Yes, everything's locked up. 282 00:16:51,037 --> 00:16:53,609 All right, thank you, doctor. 283 00:16:53,639 --> 00:16:54,480 Goodbye. 284 00:16:58,324 --> 00:17:00,056 There's been another murder. 285 00:17:00,156 --> 00:17:00,927 - When? 286 00:17:02,759 --> 00:17:06,433 - They've just discovered the body two miles from here. 287 00:17:07,604 --> 00:17:09,106 Dr. Jones doesn't know much about it, 288 00:17:09,106 --> 00:17:11,478 and he's on his way over to make an examination. 289 00:17:12,649 --> 00:17:14,722 He said he'd call back, but until then, 290 00:17:14,752 --> 00:17:17,525 he said we're not to leave, and not to let anyone in. 291 00:17:19,226 --> 00:17:20,428 The police think that the killer 292 00:17:20,468 --> 00:17:21,469 is still in the neighborhood. 293 00:17:23,441 --> 00:17:24,942 - I'll relieve you in an hour. 294 00:17:36,795 --> 00:17:38,637 - In the neighborhood! 295 00:17:40,169 --> 00:17:42,181 They're sure he's in the neighborhood. 296 00:17:43,242 --> 00:17:44,443 - Well, we'll be all right as long as 297 00:17:44,483 --> 00:17:46,515 we keep everything locked up tight, 298 00:17:46,555 --> 00:17:48,888 and we don't let anyone in. 299 00:17:48,928 --> 00:17:51,931 (suspenseful music) 300 00:17:55,405 --> 00:17:57,577 (meowing) 301 00:18:15,176 --> 00:18:16,677 - 1001, 1002, 1003. 302 00:18:18,419 --> 00:18:21,692 (thunder crashing) 303 00:18:21,723 --> 00:18:23,064 Three miles. 304 00:18:23,094 --> 00:18:24,395 - What? 305 00:18:24,425 --> 00:18:26,097 - From the time of the lightning flash 306 00:18:26,197 --> 00:18:27,669 to the clap of thunder in seconds 307 00:18:27,699 --> 00:18:30,472 is how far away the storm is. 308 00:18:30,512 --> 00:18:32,214 Three miles, I counted three seconds 309 00:18:32,214 --> 00:18:35,217 from the flash of lightning to the thunder. 310 00:18:35,217 --> 00:18:36,058 - Oh. 311 00:18:39,932 --> 00:18:42,064 - 1001, 1002. 312 00:18:42,104 --> 00:18:44,577 (thunder crashing) 313 00:18:44,607 --> 00:18:45,738 It's getting closer. 314 00:18:48,010 --> 00:18:48,851 - Gin. 315 00:18:51,684 --> 00:18:53,987 - Well, I better go see if they need anything. 316 00:18:54,027 --> 00:18:56,930 - Yes, it's about time I went on duty, too. 317 00:19:02,105 --> 00:19:04,978 (thunder crashing) 318 00:19:08,993 --> 00:19:13,998 - 1001, 1000-- (thunder crashing) 319 00:19:19,914 --> 00:19:21,846 1001. (thunder crashing) 320 00:19:21,886 --> 00:19:23,888 It's right on top of us. 321 00:19:23,918 --> 00:19:25,260 - What's on top of us? 322 00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:26,821 - The rain, listen. 323 00:19:31,767 --> 00:19:33,008 - He didn't eat enough. 324 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:33,939 - Oh, he ate enough. 325 00:19:33,969 --> 00:19:35,541 - It's great kidney pie. 326 00:19:35,581 --> 00:19:37,713 - You didn't eat enough. 327 00:19:38,784 --> 00:19:41,357 Stella, your dinner's on the stove. 328 00:19:41,387 --> 00:19:43,960 - I'll take care of him while you eat. 329 00:19:43,990 --> 00:19:46,102 - It's time for some more oxygen. 330 00:19:46,132 --> 00:19:50,136 - Oh, well, goodbye, goodbye. 331 00:19:50,176 --> 00:19:51,007 Adios. 332 00:19:52,078 --> 00:19:55,722 - 1000. (thunder crashing) 333 00:20:09,316 --> 00:20:10,247 Look at it. 334 00:20:10,277 --> 00:20:12,189 This house, isn't it lovely? 335 00:20:12,219 --> 00:20:14,452 Oh, it's full of charm. 336 00:20:14,492 --> 00:20:17,996 There are places to hide in every corner. 337 00:20:18,036 --> 00:20:20,198 On every landing. 338 00:20:21,709 --> 00:20:23,241 You can't have just a simple house 339 00:20:23,271 --> 00:20:25,013 and simple walls to work in. 340 00:20:25,043 --> 00:20:27,586 Gotta have this thing called angles and funny turns 341 00:20:27,616 --> 00:20:31,460 and dark pockets. 342 00:20:31,490 --> 00:20:33,432 Ooh, I'll be so glad when Sam gets home 343 00:20:33,462 --> 00:20:35,504 and the sun comes up. 344 00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:38,537 I can't even force myself to look out the window again. 345 00:20:38,577 --> 00:20:40,139 Every one of those little old trees 346 00:20:40,179 --> 00:20:42,111 looks like a man all crouched down 347 00:20:42,151 --> 00:20:43,913 and creeping up toward the house. 348 00:20:43,953 --> 00:20:46,225 What amazes me, makes me wonder, 349 00:20:46,255 --> 00:20:49,729 is how all of those poor girls, now how did he? 350 00:20:49,759 --> 00:20:51,571 He's like a snake creeping around, 351 00:20:51,601 --> 00:20:54,975 following them and making his plans. 352 00:20:55,005 --> 00:20:56,576 When and where and how. 353 00:20:56,606 --> 00:20:59,249 You have to make plans to do something like that. 354 00:21:00,721 --> 00:21:03,053 Now, I knew this man that started to act strange. 355 00:21:04,124 --> 00:21:05,896 He wanted to get rid of his wife. 356 00:21:05,926 --> 00:21:10,401 So he got this trunk from the attic. 357 00:21:10,401 --> 00:21:14,746 It was only about so big, it was much too small for her. 358 00:21:14,786 --> 00:21:18,319 So he got this knife and he started to cut. 359 00:21:18,419 --> 00:21:20,692 - Mm, I know, you told me. 360 00:21:22,093 --> 00:21:23,935 (tapping) 361 00:21:23,965 --> 00:21:25,307 (suspenseful music) 362 00:21:25,337 --> 00:21:26,438 - What is it? 363 00:21:27,809 --> 00:21:29,842 - There's something there. 364 00:21:29,882 --> 00:21:31,613 There's something in the window. 365 00:21:31,653 --> 00:21:33,816 (tapping) 366 00:21:35,457 --> 00:21:37,059 - That's only a tree limb, Maude. 367 00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:40,162 - A tree limb? 368 00:21:40,203 --> 00:21:41,904 - Yes, it's nothing. 369 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:42,935 It's really nothing. 370 00:21:44,477 --> 00:21:46,579 (tapping) 371 00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:47,981 - That's not what I saw. 372 00:21:48,011 --> 00:21:49,152 - Of course it is. 373 00:21:50,784 --> 00:21:51,725 - No, it's not. 374 00:21:53,196 --> 00:21:55,529 That's not what I saw, I saw something else, I did. 375 00:21:56,630 --> 00:21:58,802 I saw something else. 376 00:22:04,748 --> 00:22:06,921 (tapping) 377 00:22:09,323 --> 00:22:12,236 (thunder crashing) 378 00:22:23,358 --> 00:22:24,890 - What's the matter? 379 00:22:24,930 --> 00:22:26,131 - Nothing. 380 00:22:26,161 --> 00:22:27,733 - There's enough to last til Sam gets back 381 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:28,764 from the village, isn't there? 382 00:22:28,804 --> 00:22:29,665 - Oh, sure. 383 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:36,352 - Why is it that when you're taking care of me 384 00:22:36,382 --> 00:22:37,884 I feel so good, and when the new nurse 385 00:22:37,914 --> 00:22:40,727 is hovering over me I feel really rotten? 386 00:22:40,757 --> 00:22:42,528 - Haven't the foggiest. 387 00:22:42,558 --> 00:22:44,100 - No? - No. 388 00:22:44,130 --> 00:22:46,072 - I really do feel better, though. 389 00:22:46,102 --> 00:22:48,875 You can give Miss Ames her walking papers in the morning. 390 00:22:48,905 --> 00:22:50,347 - Ah, well, we'll see. 391 00:22:50,377 --> 00:22:53,620 - I don't intend to have any kind of relapse, unless. 392 00:22:53,650 --> 00:22:54,892 - Unless what? 393 00:22:54,922 --> 00:22:57,554 - Unless you say no. 394 00:22:57,554 --> 00:22:58,926 - To what? 395 00:22:58,966 --> 00:23:00,568 - To marrying me. 396 00:23:00,568 --> 00:23:02,039 - Oh! 397 00:23:02,069 --> 00:23:03,741 - If you say no, I intend to spend 398 00:23:03,771 --> 00:23:06,614 the rest of my days in hypochondria. 399 00:23:06,644 --> 00:23:09,047 I'll build a little house there, with room for you, 400 00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:10,518 'cause I'll always need a nurse. 401 00:23:10,518 --> 00:23:12,360 - That's not a nice place to live, you know. 402 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:14,222 The climate's terrible. 403 00:23:14,262 --> 00:23:15,533 - Then say yes. 404 00:23:15,533 --> 00:23:17,095 I promise to get well instantly, 405 00:23:17,135 --> 00:23:19,007 take you hunting tomorrow. 406 00:23:19,037 --> 00:23:22,080 - I don't like hunting, fishing, or hiking. 407 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:23,712 I'm afraid I'm a city girl, 408 00:23:23,742 --> 00:23:26,014 and I'd tire of this place awful fast. 409 00:23:26,055 --> 00:23:27,756 - Well, we don't have to live here. 410 00:23:27,786 --> 00:23:29,558 Don't you like my house? 411 00:23:29,558 --> 00:23:31,090 - Mm-mm. 412 00:23:31,130 --> 00:23:32,762 I can't tell you how my heart sank 413 00:23:32,802 --> 00:23:33,963 when the doctor drove me up here 414 00:23:34,003 --> 00:23:36,576 and I got my first look at the Baker estate. 415 00:23:36,576 --> 00:23:37,707 - Well, I bought it last year. 416 00:23:37,737 --> 00:23:39,048 I had to have someplace to hide 417 00:23:39,078 --> 00:23:41,381 from my students at the university. 418 00:23:41,411 --> 00:23:43,153 But I don't want, and I don't intend to have, 419 00:23:43,183 --> 00:23:45,295 that kind of peace and quiet any longer. 420 00:23:48,598 --> 00:23:49,870 I like the house, though. 421 00:23:51,171 --> 00:23:52,603 I was hoping it was haunted. 422 00:23:54,605 --> 00:23:56,216 I've never lived in a haunted house before, 423 00:23:56,246 --> 00:23:57,948 I was kinda looking forward to it. 424 00:23:58,889 --> 00:23:59,720 - All right. 425 00:24:00,621 --> 00:24:03,564 Time to go back under the tent. 426 00:24:03,564 --> 00:24:04,765 - The real estate agent assured me 427 00:24:04,795 --> 00:24:07,368 there'd never been a murder, a suicide, 428 00:24:07,398 --> 00:24:09,911 or any kind of violence within these walls. 429 00:24:09,941 --> 00:24:12,684 It belonged to a family, a little old lady, finally, 430 00:24:12,714 --> 00:24:16,858 who died peaceably in a clinic at the age of 95. 431 00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:18,991 It's too bad a hideous old house like this 432 00:24:19,031 --> 00:24:21,193 has no hideous history to go along with it. 433 00:24:24,907 --> 00:24:26,378 Goodbye again. 434 00:24:26,408 --> 00:24:31,414 (suspenseful music) (thunder crashing) 435 00:24:53,968 --> 00:24:56,670 (man chuckling) 436 00:25:00,514 --> 00:25:01,515 - Who is it? 437 00:25:03,217 --> 00:25:04,789 Who's there? 438 00:25:04,819 --> 00:25:08,693 - [Man] (chuckling) You have such a pretty neck. 439 00:25:08,733 --> 00:25:09,994 - Who is it? 440 00:25:10,035 --> 00:25:12,707 (man chuckling) 441 00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:30,176 (thunder crashing) 442 00:26:09,788 --> 00:26:11,419 - What are you doing? 443 00:26:11,459 --> 00:26:12,831 - I heard something. 444 00:26:13,762 --> 00:26:15,504 I heard something! 445 00:26:15,534 --> 00:26:16,865 - Stella. 446 00:26:16,905 --> 00:26:18,036 Miss Stella. 447 00:26:19,378 --> 00:26:22,181 - I heard a man talking. 448 00:26:22,211 --> 00:26:23,883 - What are you doing? 449 00:26:23,913 --> 00:26:26,586 - I'm turning on all the lights in the house. 450 00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:28,798 I wanna be able to see. 451 00:26:28,828 --> 00:26:30,730 - It was Glendon you heard. 452 00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:35,044 - I know Mr. Baker's voice, it wasn't him. 453 00:26:35,074 --> 00:26:36,976 I know his voice. 454 00:26:37,007 --> 00:26:39,950 - Turn off the lights, Maude, the darkness protects us. 455 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:41,922 Now if there's someone outside he can see in 456 00:26:41,952 --> 00:26:43,223 and see that we're alone. 457 00:26:50,401 --> 00:26:55,416 (thunder crashing) (suspenseful music) 458 00:27:15,858 --> 00:27:17,990 Don't turn on another light, Maude. 459 00:27:18,030 --> 00:27:20,763 - I wanna be able to see. 460 00:27:20,763 --> 00:27:23,075 He may be hiding up there. 461 00:27:23,105 --> 00:27:24,477 - Didn't you hear me, Maude? 462 00:27:24,507 --> 00:27:26,078 (gasping) 463 00:27:26,108 --> 00:27:26,949 - What is it? 464 00:27:28,421 --> 00:27:29,482 What is it? 465 00:27:29,522 --> 00:27:30,984 What happened? 466 00:27:31,024 --> 00:27:31,855 He's here! 467 00:27:33,126 --> 00:27:34,627 - [Betty] You've blown a fuse. 468 00:27:36,429 --> 00:27:37,701 - Why didn't you listen? 469 00:27:44,548 --> 00:27:46,720 (meowing) 470 00:28:07,392 --> 00:28:09,334 - We shall return in a moment, 471 00:28:09,364 --> 00:28:13,979 but first we ask your local station to take it away. 472 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,422 - They're all blown, every single one of them. 473 00:28:37,024 --> 00:28:39,596 Well, there won't be any electricity in the house tonight. 474 00:28:39,626 --> 00:28:42,239 Are these all the candles, Maude? 475 00:28:42,269 --> 00:28:45,142 - Uh, there's a candelabra in the hall. 476 00:28:46,343 --> 00:28:48,175 - Well, go and get it and take it upstairs. 477 00:28:49,317 --> 00:28:52,360 - I can't, I, I can't go in there alone. 478 00:28:52,390 --> 00:28:53,921 - Come on, Maude. 479 00:28:58,336 --> 00:28:59,738 Come on. 480 00:28:59,768 --> 00:29:02,841 (suspenseful music) 481 00:29:19,378 --> 00:29:20,479 Hurry, Maude. 482 00:29:23,082 --> 00:29:25,995 (thunder crashing) 483 00:30:11,353 --> 00:30:13,385 (Maude screaming) 484 00:30:13,425 --> 00:30:15,598 - Sh, he's asleep. 485 00:30:15,628 --> 00:30:18,561 But you can't bring that in, the oxygen's on. 486 00:30:18,601 --> 00:30:20,002 - Oh. 487 00:30:20,032 --> 00:30:21,234 - I gave him a pill. 488 00:30:21,274 --> 00:30:23,506 - Luckily there are candles in the house. 489 00:30:24,878 --> 00:30:25,919 - No fuses? 490 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:26,980 - Not a one. 491 00:30:28,351 --> 00:30:29,152 (gasping) 492 00:30:29,192 --> 00:30:30,053 - Sh, Maude! 493 00:30:30,093 --> 00:30:30,994 - I hate it! 494 00:30:31,024 --> 00:30:33,196 - Come on, Maude, come on. 495 00:31:02,157 --> 00:31:03,929 - Now that's enough, Maude. 496 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:05,901 No, you can't have any more. 497 00:31:05,931 --> 00:31:06,762 - No! 498 00:31:07,903 --> 00:31:11,277 I heard a voice, he is in the house. 499 00:31:12,248 --> 00:31:13,079 Ooh. 500 00:31:15,051 --> 00:31:19,525 Around and around, the cat and the mouse. 501 00:31:19,555 --> 00:31:24,501 And the chicken, the poor skinny little chicken, 502 00:31:24,531 --> 00:31:27,844 chicka chicka chick, you ever pluck a chicken? 503 00:31:27,874 --> 00:31:30,177 (clicking tongue) I'll show you first, 504 00:31:30,217 --> 00:31:32,389 you throw him in the hot water, 505 00:31:32,419 --> 00:31:35,422 and then you go pluck, pluck, pluck. 506 00:31:39,867 --> 00:31:43,271 Stella, don't forget to singe the feathers 507 00:31:43,311 --> 00:31:46,314 before you put 'er in the pot. 508 00:31:46,344 --> 00:31:49,187 Stella, you'd forget to singe the feathers, 509 00:31:49,217 --> 00:31:52,931 I'll bet you would, 'cause you got a bad memory. 510 00:31:55,363 --> 00:31:56,164 That's... 511 00:31:57,836 --> 00:32:00,208 He only kills nurses, doesn't he? 512 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,611 I'm not a nurse. 513 00:32:03,882 --> 00:32:06,085 Do I look like a nurse? 514 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:07,656 No, no. 515 00:32:08,898 --> 00:32:11,230 Thank goodness. 516 00:32:11,260 --> 00:32:13,172 He's in the house. 517 00:32:17,647 --> 00:32:19,118 - Well, that's that. 518 00:32:19,118 --> 00:32:20,620 - Nothing could've stopped it. 519 00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:22,692 - But we can't leave her here, 520 00:32:22,722 --> 00:32:24,624 and she's too heavy to get downstairs. 521 00:32:24,654 --> 00:32:27,127 - We could put her on one of the singles in my room. 522 00:32:27,127 --> 00:32:28,528 - Right. 523 00:32:28,568 --> 00:32:29,870 - Hm? - There we go. 524 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:31,201 - Huh? 525 00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:32,242 - Up you go. 526 00:32:33,243 --> 00:32:34,315 - Where are we going? 527 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,687 Huh? 528 00:32:37,818 --> 00:32:40,221 - Come on. - Stella. 529 00:32:40,261 --> 00:32:41,192 - Yes. - Hm? 530 00:32:43,464 --> 00:32:44,295 - Sh. 531 00:32:45,907 --> 00:32:48,470 - Listen, you're not going to leave me. 532 00:32:48,510 --> 00:32:50,241 (gasping) 533 00:32:50,281 --> 00:32:51,943 - Sh. - Don't take me in there 534 00:32:51,983 --> 00:32:53,385 by myself, alone. 535 00:32:54,586 --> 00:32:56,228 - She's like a great big bug. 536 00:32:56,258 --> 00:32:59,862 You know, the kind with the dark, two-section shells? 537 00:32:59,902 --> 00:33:03,736 - Down for the night. - There you go. 538 00:33:05,237 --> 00:33:07,149 - Stella. - Hm? 539 00:33:07,149 --> 00:33:08,511 - This morning there were four of us 540 00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:10,483 who were capable of defending ourselves, 541 00:33:10,523 --> 00:33:13,456 and now there are only two of us. 542 00:33:13,496 --> 00:33:16,399 And the police are sure he's in the neighborhood 543 00:33:16,429 --> 00:33:21,174 Have you ever seen someone after they've been strangled? 544 00:33:21,174 --> 00:33:24,578 - No, and I'm not up to any graphic descriptions. 545 00:33:24,618 --> 00:33:25,449 - Oh, I'm sorry. 546 00:33:26,890 --> 00:33:28,452 - We're neglecting our patient. 547 00:33:48,633 --> 00:33:49,864 Pulse is strong. 548 00:33:49,905 --> 00:33:52,778 - I'm not so sure how sick he was. 549 00:33:52,808 --> 00:33:54,279 - What do you mean? 550 00:33:54,309 --> 00:33:56,512 - He seems much healthier than he pretends to be. 551 00:33:56,552 --> 00:33:59,254 - He was very sick three days ago. 552 00:33:59,254 --> 00:34:01,357 I sat with him through the crisis, it was terrible. 553 00:34:01,387 --> 00:34:04,800 - Stella, he's asked you to marry him. 554 00:34:04,830 --> 00:34:06,232 - How do you know? 555 00:34:06,272 --> 00:34:08,204 - He told me so tonight. 556 00:34:08,234 --> 00:34:10,046 He wanted my opinion of you. 557 00:34:10,076 --> 00:34:11,447 - And? 558 00:34:11,477 --> 00:34:13,780 - I said you're everything a wife should be. 559 00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:15,351 A little absent-minded, perhaps, 560 00:34:15,381 --> 00:34:19,226 but love conquers all failings sooner or later. 561 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,767 - Have you ever been married? 562 00:34:20,797 --> 00:34:22,299 - Yes, years ago. 563 00:34:23,470 --> 00:34:26,243 That was a case where love conquered nothing. 564 00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:27,775 Disaster. 565 00:34:27,815 --> 00:34:28,946 - I'm sorry. 566 00:34:28,986 --> 00:34:30,247 - Oh, there's no need for you to 567 00:34:30,287 --> 00:34:32,590 feel anything akin to sorrow. 568 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:36,934 It was a long time ago, and it had nothing to do with you. 569 00:34:38,096 --> 00:34:40,939 I'm on duty now, you go and get some rest. 570 00:34:42,410 --> 00:34:44,512 - I don't think I can sleep very well. 571 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:46,114 - Well, you ought to try. 572 00:34:49,658 --> 00:34:50,459 Afraid? 573 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,762 - A little, I suppose. 574 00:34:53,802 --> 00:34:55,704 - But everything is locked up, isn't it? 575 00:34:58,377 --> 00:34:59,208 Isn't it? 576 00:35:01,610 --> 00:35:02,882 - Yes. 577 00:35:02,922 --> 00:35:05,855 (suspenseful music) 578 00:35:07,897 --> 00:35:10,500 (wind howling) 579 00:35:19,419 --> 00:35:22,523 (footsteps thudding) 580 00:35:24,164 --> 00:35:26,837 (man chuckling) 581 00:35:28,839 --> 00:35:31,172 (screaming) 582 00:35:36,457 --> 00:35:37,388 - What is it? 583 00:35:37,418 --> 00:35:39,030 - I heard him again! 584 00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:40,532 He was in the room. 585 00:35:40,562 --> 00:35:43,335 I couldn't see him, but I heard him, he was laughing. 586 00:35:43,335 --> 00:35:44,806 - There's nothing here. 587 00:35:44,836 --> 00:35:46,037 Nothing. 588 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:47,709 - Oh, yes there was, I heard him. 589 00:35:47,739 --> 00:35:50,953 I know that I heard him, I heard his voice, 590 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:53,185 he was right in here with me! 591 00:35:53,225 --> 00:35:55,457 - We'd better give her a sedative. 592 00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:59,602 - Yes, please, give me something to put me out. 593 00:35:59,632 --> 00:36:01,374 - All right, I'll get it. 594 00:36:01,404 --> 00:36:02,305 - Sh. 595 00:36:03,306 --> 00:36:05,608 It's going to be all right. 596 00:36:05,648 --> 00:36:07,780 (moaning) 597 00:36:19,172 --> 00:36:22,015 (branch rustling) 598 00:36:31,195 --> 00:36:31,996 (gasping) 599 00:36:32,036 --> 00:36:34,068 Sh, it's only Stella. 600 00:36:34,108 --> 00:36:38,012 - It sounded like (chuckling). 601 00:36:39,914 --> 00:36:41,186 Just like that. 602 00:36:42,387 --> 00:36:44,689 (chuckling) 603 00:36:46,932 --> 00:36:51,937 He was right here with me, he was going (chuckling). 604 00:36:53,879 --> 00:36:54,710 Like that. 605 00:36:55,681 --> 00:36:58,024 (chuckling) 606 00:36:59,896 --> 00:37:02,058 He was right here with me. 607 00:37:10,777 --> 00:37:12,389 - Did you hear anything? 608 00:37:12,389 --> 00:37:14,391 - No, did you? - No. 609 00:37:14,391 --> 00:37:15,392 (phone ringing) 610 00:37:15,392 --> 00:37:16,393 Oh, I'll get it. 611 00:37:33,491 --> 00:37:34,332 Hello? 612 00:37:37,505 --> 00:37:38,566 They hung up. 613 00:37:38,606 --> 00:37:41,279 (phone ringing) 614 00:37:42,681 --> 00:37:43,512 Hello? 615 00:37:52,471 --> 00:37:55,334 No. 616 00:37:55,374 --> 00:37:56,205 No. 617 00:37:58,177 --> 00:37:59,479 Leave us alone. 618 00:38:02,792 --> 00:38:05,054 I hung up on him. 619 00:38:06,196 --> 00:38:08,899 He said he's been watching you for days. 620 00:38:08,929 --> 00:38:10,140 He was out front last night 621 00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:12,002 when the cab brought me to the door. 622 00:38:13,443 --> 00:38:17,518 He knows we're alone, and he intends to pay us a visit 623 00:38:18,949 --> 00:38:20,491 before the night is over. 624 00:38:20,521 --> 00:38:23,194 (phone ringing) 625 00:38:36,958 --> 00:38:38,830 Leave us alone. 626 00:38:39,761 --> 00:38:42,774 (suspenseful music) 627 00:38:45,848 --> 00:38:48,510 (phone ringing) 628 00:39:11,665 --> 00:39:12,796 (suspenseful music) 629 00:39:20,544 --> 00:39:22,016 Yes. 630 00:39:22,046 --> 00:39:24,188 Yes, that's right, Sergeant. 631 00:39:24,218 --> 00:39:27,632 You take the first turnoff at Cuticutt Road. 632 00:39:27,662 --> 00:39:29,534 Then you continue on five miles further 633 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:32,407 til you come to a sign, "Private, Keep Out." 634 00:39:33,808 --> 00:39:36,611 Then you go on about 50 yards more, 635 00:39:36,651 --> 00:39:39,554 you take the turnoff, and come up the hill. 636 00:39:54,150 --> 00:39:55,351 Yes. 637 00:39:56,753 --> 00:39:57,724 How soon? 638 00:40:00,196 --> 00:40:01,027 Yes. 639 00:40:02,429 --> 00:40:03,270 Yes. 640 00:40:04,841 --> 00:40:05,742 N-no one. 641 00:40:07,844 --> 00:40:09,076 Yes. 642 00:40:09,116 --> 00:40:11,889 Thank you, Sergeant, please hurry. 643 00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,133 Well, they're on their way, 644 00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:18,836 but they won't be here for at least an hour. 645 00:40:20,007 --> 00:40:21,969 I think he thought I was a bit of a crank. 646 00:40:23,241 --> 00:40:24,882 - Well, at least they are coming. 647 00:40:24,912 --> 00:40:27,916 - Yes, yes, he said he'd send a squad car. 648 00:40:44,523 --> 00:40:47,296 (branch tapping) 649 00:40:48,798 --> 00:40:51,701 (meowing) 650 00:40:51,731 --> 00:40:53,503 - What are you doing out there, Gus? 651 00:40:56,316 --> 00:40:57,877 How did you get outside? 652 00:40:59,389 --> 00:41:00,590 - What is it? 653 00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:01,421 - The cat. 654 00:41:02,692 --> 00:41:04,795 She was down in the cellar. 655 00:41:04,825 --> 00:41:07,698 I wonder how... 656 00:41:07,738 --> 00:41:08,669 The window. 657 00:41:09,910 --> 00:41:11,171 That's what I was trying to remember. 658 00:41:11,211 --> 00:41:14,315 There was one window down in the cellar. 659 00:41:15,186 --> 00:41:17,919 One window I forgot to check. 660 00:41:17,959 --> 00:41:20,962 (suspenseful music) 661 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:41,503 (branches rustling) 662 00:41:55,028 --> 00:41:57,841 (window creaking) 663 00:42:18,943 --> 00:42:21,286 (screaming) 664 00:42:23,388 --> 00:42:24,229 Miss Ames! 665 00:42:27,202 --> 00:42:28,964 Miss Ames, Miss Ames! 666 00:42:30,135 --> 00:42:31,236 - What is it, Stella? 667 00:42:31,276 --> 00:42:32,978 - He's outside, he's here! 668 00:42:33,008 --> 00:42:35,150 I saw him, he's outside! 669 00:42:35,180 --> 00:42:38,984 (breathing heavily) 670 00:42:39,024 --> 00:42:41,657 It's dead, it's dead, he's cut the wires. 671 00:42:41,697 --> 00:42:43,369 (knocking) 672 00:42:43,399 --> 00:42:45,801 - [Man] Hey there, let me in! 673 00:42:47,073 --> 00:42:48,675 - I saw him, he's at the back door! 674 00:42:48,705 --> 00:42:51,678 - Go upstairs, go on, go to your patient. 675 00:42:51,718 --> 00:42:52,819 - And what about you? 676 00:42:52,819 --> 00:42:53,620 - Go on. 677 00:42:54,691 --> 00:42:56,162 Go on. 678 00:42:56,192 --> 00:42:59,196 (suspenseful music) 679 00:43:00,897 --> 00:43:03,770 (thunder crashing) 680 00:43:30,559 --> 00:43:33,031 (knocking) 681 00:43:33,071 --> 00:43:34,373 - [Betty] Go away! 682 00:43:34,403 --> 00:43:35,975 - Go away, go away! 683 00:43:39,378 --> 00:43:40,850 Glendon? 684 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,223 Wake up, Glendon, wake up. 685 00:43:45,955 --> 00:43:48,868 (Betty screaming) 686 00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:18,990 (thunder crashing) 687 00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:30,953 (wind howling) 688 00:44:44,477 --> 00:44:45,318 Miss Ames? 689 00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:57,941 Miss Ames? 690 00:45:03,017 --> 00:45:05,790 (glass crashing) 691 00:45:12,637 --> 00:45:15,980 Glendon, wake up, wake up! 692 00:45:16,010 --> 00:45:21,026 - [Betty] Stella, Stella! 693 00:45:24,930 --> 00:45:25,731 - Miss Ames? 694 00:45:25,761 --> 00:45:27,202 - [Betty] Stella! 695 00:45:30,005 --> 00:45:30,846 Stella! 696 00:45:47,374 --> 00:45:48,815 - Miss Ames? 697 00:45:48,845 --> 00:45:51,017 - [Betty] Help me, Stella. 698 00:45:54,591 --> 00:45:57,765 (chandelier tinkling) 699 00:46:00,668 --> 00:46:01,669 - Miss Ames? 700 00:46:02,570 --> 00:46:04,742 - [Betty] Stella, help me! 701 00:46:06,654 --> 00:46:10,358 He's in the house, Stella, he's in the house! 702 00:46:16,134 --> 00:46:18,807 (man chuckling) 703 00:46:25,124 --> 00:46:25,984 Stella! 704 00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:28,297 - Where are you, Miss Ames? 705 00:46:28,327 --> 00:46:31,000 - Here, here, under the stairs. 706 00:46:32,101 --> 00:46:33,602 I'm here, help me! 707 00:46:39,218 --> 00:46:40,450 Stella, Stella. 708 00:46:42,492 --> 00:46:43,563 Here, here. 709 00:46:47,237 --> 00:46:49,239 - Oh, are you all right? 710 00:46:50,410 --> 00:46:52,513 - He tried to strangle me. 711 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:54,685 He had his hands on my throat. 712 00:46:54,715 --> 00:46:56,216 His eyes, Stella. 713 00:46:56,246 --> 00:46:58,459 - Where is he? - I don't know. 714 00:46:58,489 --> 00:46:59,690 - Did he go out? 715 00:46:59,730 --> 00:47:01,292 - I don't know. 716 00:47:01,332 --> 00:47:03,905 He's, he's in the house, somewhere. 717 00:47:05,036 --> 00:47:08,479 Come, let's try and get out the front door. 718 00:47:16,258 --> 00:47:17,659 Run, Stella! 719 00:47:17,699 --> 00:47:19,361 (screaming) 720 00:47:19,401 --> 00:47:21,133 - What is it? - I saw him. 721 00:47:22,204 --> 00:47:23,075 Behind the door. 722 00:47:34,567 --> 00:47:36,129 - Sam! 723 00:47:36,169 --> 00:47:37,070 Sam! 724 00:47:38,972 --> 00:47:41,274 Oh, I'd forgotten about Sam. 725 00:47:41,314 --> 00:47:42,415 Sam! 726 00:47:42,445 --> 00:47:45,118 (man chuckling) 727 00:47:46,620 --> 00:47:47,461 - Yes. 728 00:47:48,922 --> 00:47:51,094 You'd forgotten about Sam, Stella. 729 00:47:52,996 --> 00:47:53,937 But I didn't. 730 00:48:02,817 --> 00:48:06,501 Stella, you have a bad memory. 731 00:48:06,531 --> 00:48:08,663 (gasping) 732 00:48:24,099 --> 00:48:26,372 (screaming) 733 00:48:27,643 --> 00:48:30,476 You're the man, the police? 734 00:48:30,516 --> 00:48:33,549 - There are no police coming, Stella. 735 00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:36,352 I faked that call to the police. 736 00:48:36,392 --> 00:48:37,924 It doesn't matter, Stella. 737 00:48:39,966 --> 00:48:42,869 Stella, you're such a pretty nurse. 738 00:48:47,144 --> 00:48:49,446 (screaming) 739 00:48:59,637 --> 00:49:04,482 - Thus ends our story. 740 00:49:04,512 --> 00:49:08,586 unless you are interested in knowing more about Nurse Ames. 741 00:49:08,627 --> 00:49:11,500 You see, he later made a regrettable mistake, 742 00:49:11,530 --> 00:49:14,773 and found himself attempting to throttle a nurse 743 00:49:14,803 --> 00:49:18,677 who turned out to be a policeman in disguise. 744 00:49:18,707 --> 00:49:21,150 It was most embarrassing. 745 00:49:21,150 --> 00:49:24,023 Now I have another radio sound effect to test. 746 00:49:24,994 --> 00:49:27,667 (door creaking) 747 00:49:33,373 --> 00:49:34,574 Excellent. 748 00:49:34,614 --> 00:49:37,017 Until next week, then, good night.