1 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Not far north of Boston 2 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,800 is a small town of Eben Rock. 3 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,200 Though it seems quiet and peaceful on the surface, 4 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,600 300 years ago it was a scene of the black terror, 5 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,200 the branding of innocent people as witches 6 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,200 with the penalty, death by burning at the stake. 7 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,000 Reverend Jim Stevens knows this story well, 8 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,800 for in this crypt under his church, 9 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,600 are stored many faded documents that bear mute witness 10 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,200 to the narrow bigotry of those settlers who brought 11 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,200 to the new world, the dark traditions 12 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,200 they tried to escape in the old. 13 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,400 Nor can the townspeople forget, 14 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,200 because still standing is the home of Judge Elijah Webster, 15 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,200 who was responsible for condemning 18 women 16 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,800 to their fiery death. 17 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 And by the shores of beautiful Shadow Lake stands a shrine 18 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,200 dedicated to the memory of Jezebel Trister, who when burned 19 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,800 with her dog at the stake, died screaming 20 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,200 that someday she would come back 21 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,400 to bring revenge on the man who condemned her. 22 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,000 Hey lady, this ain't no bus stop. 23 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,200 No dogs allowed. 24 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,200 This is no ordinary dog. 25 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,600 Sorry. Company rule. 26 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,600 My dog goes wherever I go. 27 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,400 Then you'll both have to walk. 28 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,000 Where to? 29 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,200 To Eben Rock. 30 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,600 That'll be 30 cents. 31 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,400 What's this? 32 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,000 A pound note. 33 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,000 Well, it ain't any good here, lady. 34 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,000 You are mistaken. 35 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,000 It is legal tender in all 13 colonies. 36 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:21,800 Huh? 37 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,200 See there is the signature of the governor 38 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,200 of Massachusetts Bay. 39 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,000 The governor of- 40 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,800 Oh, for a moment, I couldn't think 41 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:47,600 where I was. 42 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,000 Have we gotten to Eben Rock yet? 43 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,400 Not yet. 44 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,400 I thought we'd passed it. Are you going there too? 45 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,400 I lived there once long ago. 46 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,600 Now I am returning as you are, Lorna Webster. 47 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,000 How did you know my name? 48 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,800 Once I knew a relative of yours? 49 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,200 I have no relatives. 50 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,200 This was our great grandfather, 51 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,800 three times removed, Judge Elijah Webster. 52 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,400 But he's been dead for over 200 years. 53 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,000 300 years. 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,000 What's your name? - My name is Jezebel Trister. 55 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,400 Jezebel Trister. 56 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,400 Miss Lorna. 57 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,200 Lorna Webster. 58 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,400 - Matt? - Darling, what's happened? 59 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,600 The bus, the lake. 60 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:49,600 There's been an accident. 61 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,000 Yeah, down by the lake, coming Doc? 62 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 I'll be with you as soon as I can. 63 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,000 Let's go. 64 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Fix her a hot drink. 65 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800 I wonder what brought her back. 66 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,600 Well, it's for no good, I'll bet. 67 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,400 Peggy, go upstairs and help Uncle Matt. 68 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,600 Peggy, did you hear me? 69 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,800 But mommy, it's Halloween. 70 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,400 Now none of that foolishness, do as I say. 71 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,600 Oh, gee. 72 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,400 Tough on her, huh? 73 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,200 Yes, married her myself only a week ago. 74 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,000 How's Lauren then? 75 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,200 She'll be okay. She's home resting. 76 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Mighty peculiar, but the minute she comes back here, 77 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,200 there's another accident. 78 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,000 Are you trying to say that, Lorna- - I'm not trying to say anything. 79 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 It's funny. That's all. 80 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:03,800 Well, I- 81 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,200 Is there anything I can do here? 82 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,000 I'm afraid not. - No, they're all dead. 83 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,200 Oh, Lorna kept talking about an old woman in black 84 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,200 who sat next to her on the bus. 85 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,000 Old woman? 86 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,200 Yeah. 87 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,200 Parson, I checked on everyone they brought up 88 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,400 and there was no old woman among them. 89 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,600 Oh, that's strange. 90 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,200 Lorna was pretty incoherent. 91 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,400 Maybe she imagined it. 92 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,600 Yeah. Boys would have found her otherwise. 93 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,600 Well, maybe the body drifted 94 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,000 and got caught up in the reeds. 95 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,400 But Parson, you heard what the Doc said, 96 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,200 she just imagined it. 97 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,600 Well, let's take a look anyway. 98 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,400 Not me, I've got enough to do here 99 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,200 without going on a wild goose chase. 100 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,400 Coming, Matt? 101 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,600 Well, Matt, I guess you're right. 102 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,600 We've covered every inch of the lake. 103 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,600 Lorna's memory must be playing tricks with her. 104 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,400 Well, no wonder after all she's been through. 105 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,200 Matt, I know you'll say it's none of my business, but- 106 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,000 Go ahead. 107 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:17,200 Oh, pardon. Are you happy about Lorna being back? 108 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Extremely happy. 109 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,400 Good. 110 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,800 You were terribly in love with her, weren't you? 111 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:26,600 I still am. 112 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:33,600 You ever find out why she left us both flat at the church? 113 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,400 You know just as much about it as I do. 114 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,200 Lorna was always different from the others. 115 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,800 She's always sort of withdrawn in herself, 116 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,400 over sensitive and then after that series of accidents. 117 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,200 Oh, now you know that was pure coincidence. 118 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,800 I know it, but Lorna blamed herself. 119 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,600 No, a girl could ruin her entire... what is it? 120 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,800 Oh, there must be something the matter with him. 121 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,400 Come here, fella. Come on. 122 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,000 I won't hurt you. 123 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,800 I wonder why he did that. 124 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,600 What are you thinking, Jim? 125 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,200 Well, I just remembered, 126 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,400 they said when they found the body 127 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:29,200 of the bus driver that his throat was torn to shreds 128 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,200 just as though some animal had... 129 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Just a few more days and you'll be as good as new. 130 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,000 Why don't you let a little sunlight in here? 131 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,800 Matt, you know I could never stand the sun. 132 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 You remember that awful burn I got? 133 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,400 I'll never forget. You were my first patient 134 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,800 and my loveliest. 135 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,600 And what a doctor you were. 136 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,400 That was the day we played hookie 137 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,800 and went fishing, remember? 138 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,600 That was the day I fell in love with you. 139 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,000 Oh, I brought something of yours. 140 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,600 I had Ruth wash and iron it for you. 141 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,400 - That's her veil. - Who's veil. 142 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,800 Hers, the old woman's, the one I told you about. 143 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,200 Oh yes, the one who was supposed to have been in the bus with you. 144 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,000 You don't believe me, do you? 145 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,600 Well, her body couldn't have just 146 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,400 disappeared into thin air. 147 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,200 Well, you'll never convince me there wasn't an old woman. 148 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,000 Let's say she was a figment of your imagination. 149 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,400 But then Matt, what's her veil doing here? 150 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,800 Well, you had it with you that night you came to the tavern. 151 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,400 Now don't let it worry you. 152 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,800 In an accident things get all mixed up. 153 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,400 It's best to forget everything that happened that night. 154 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,400 What is it, darling? 155 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,600 I was just remembering something the old woman said. 156 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,600 You mustn't think about her any more. 157 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,200 But you don't understand. 158 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Maybe not, but there's one thing I do understand, 159 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,200 you're back and that's all that matters. 160 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,000 See you tomorrow, darling. 161 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,400 Oh, Bessie, I want you to see that Ms. Lorna's 162 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,200 kept very quiet for a few days. 163 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,800 I will if I'm strong enough. 164 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,200 She's far from well yet. 165 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,800 Have you any idea why she came back? 166 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,400 I don't even know why she left. 167 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,200 All I know is she's got me turning the house inside out 168 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,200 and me with my arthritis. 169 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,400 Well the place could do with a good airing. 170 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,400 300 years of Websters have lived here. 171 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,200 Yeah, and the whole 300 years of 'em 172 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,800 is hanging up here for me to dust. 173 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Look at them will you, a fine bunch. 174 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,400 Old Caleb there, he was a slave trader, 175 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,600 used to make two trips a year to the Gold Coast. 176 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,200 Joshua, he was what they call a soldier of fortune. 177 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,200 Fought in every war that was going. 178 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,200 When there wasn't any going, he started one himself. 179 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,800 Then there's Lucius, looks like a prosperous banker, don't he? 180 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,200 Well, that's just what he was, 181 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,800 only I wouldn't like to count the widows 182 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,200 and orphans he jipped. 183 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,800 ...best of the whole bunch, he's in there. 184 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Elijah Webster, now there was a man for you, 185 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,800 a regular witch hunting fanatic and a judge at that. 186 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,400 Now you know what he did. 187 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,600 I know that I've gotta be going. 188 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,200 Now, Bessie, don't forget what I told you about Ms. Lorna 189 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,000 and don't work too hard. 190 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,400 Oh no, doctor. 191 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,600 What's the matter? 192 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,800 Nothing. 193 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,200 Then why did you scream? 194 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,600 - I didn't scream. - But I heard you. 195 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,200 But you couldn't have heard me. I didn't scream. 196 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,200 I tell you I didn't. 197 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,000 Bessie, will you please go to bed and leave me alone? 198 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,400 Are you sure it isn't measles doctor? 199 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:49,400 I'm terribly worried. 200 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,800 The only thing wrong with your child is, madam, 201 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,400 she's been eating entirely too much candy. 202 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:01,200 Well, doctor, aren't you going to sub- subscribe something 203 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,400 for her doctor, aren't you doctor? 204 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,200 Perhaps I might. Let me see now. 205 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Yes, I think you give her one of these pills every day. 206 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,400 She'll get well quickly. 207 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,400 Oh, peppermint. 208 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,600 Eh, see, isn't she feeling better already? 209 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,200 But examine her some more. 210 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,000 No, no, no. I've got another patient to see. 211 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,200 Oh, I know who it is, I know who it is. 212 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Now, you be off with you, you little rascal, go on. 213 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,200 Can't keep a thing from her anymore. 214 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,000 She's got ears. She only repeats what everyone's saying. 215 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,600 What is everyone saying? 216 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,200 That you've been making a fool of yourself ever since Lorna's been back. 217 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,200 Lorna's my patient and she's sick. 218 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,200 Not so sick that you have to rush over there every day. 219 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,600 Haven't you any pride, Matt, 220 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,200 after she ran away without a word to you? 221 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,400 - Maybe she had reasons. - Oh, sure. 222 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,600 You weren't good enough to marry a Webster. 223 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,200 That had nothing to do with it. 224 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,400 Lorna always was mysterious, kept things to herself. 225 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,200 She's been away two years. 226 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,000 Maybe she has a husband in New York. 227 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,200 Matt, I'm your sister, 228 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,800 I'm only telling you this for your own good. 229 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,800 There are a dozen girls you could choose from. 230 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,800 Girls with money and position. 231 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,000 I know you mean we", Ruth. 232 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:44,800 How you feeling, Bessie? 233 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,800 Oh, well, I've been having trouble with my arthritis. 234 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,400 Oh, doctor, she's in there. 235 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,400 Well, what is my favourite patient doing out of bed? 236 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,600 Hello, darling. I felt so wonderful. 237 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,200 I thought I'd surprise you. 238 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,800 Oh, now you won't need this medicine I brought you. 239 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,200 Oh, I like that kind of medicine. 240 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,400 How can you see to read here, it's pitch dark. 241 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,600 Oh, you'll have to blame that on old Elijah. 242 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,200 I get my fondness of the dark from him. 243 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,600 Oh, the old scoundrel. 244 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:34,800 There, that's better. 245 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,600 Why, what's the matter? 246 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,800 The flowers, they're dead. 247 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,200 Oh, that's strange. 248 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,000 They were lovely when the florist put them in the box. 249 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,200 Would you like some tea doctor, 250 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,600 though I don't know why anybody would want to drink tea? 251 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,800 No, thank you. 252 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,600 Will you take these out, please? 253 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:02,400 They're dead. 254 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,400 Bessie, will you please take them out? 255 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,600 What were you reading? - Oh, this. 256 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,400 The practise of sorcery and witchcraft in New England. 257 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,000 Oh, this must be the book that old Elijah Webster wrote 258 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,400 to prove there were witches. 259 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,200 I guess he had to prove it otherwise he couldn't have burned 260 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,000 those 15 women he condemned. 261 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,600 Well, don't you believe that some of those women might have been guilty? 262 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:32,600 Not one of them. 263 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,200 But Elijah Webster was an elder of the church. 264 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,800 He was a respected judge. 265 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Well, in those days there were lots 266 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,800 of witch hunters in New England 267 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,000 and they got a great satisfaction out of calling anyone 268 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,400 they didn't like a witch. 269 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,200 Surely you knew that. 270 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,200 Do I? - Read any history book. 271 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,400 Witch hunts were started by mischievous children 272 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,000 or jealous adults. 273 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,200 Mob hysteria and over zealous officials did the rest. 274 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:58,000 I wonder. 275 00:18:58,800 --> 00:18:59,800 Now, Lorna, don't tell me 276 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,400 that you believe in witchcraft? 277 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,600 I only know this, people act strangely. 278 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,400 They do things over which they have no control. 279 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,600 But that doesn't mean they're bewitched. 280 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,800 They're probably suffering from some kind of neurosis. 281 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,800 What they need is a psychiatrist. 282 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,200 There is some people a psychiatrist can't help, 283 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,800 But we don't condemn them as witches. 284 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:27,600 By the way, Jim Stevens has been doing quite a bit 285 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,000 of research on the subject. 286 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,400 He's found some interesting information 287 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,000 in that old crypt under the church. 288 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 He told me- 289 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,600 Lorna? Lorna? 290 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,400 Hm? What? 291 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,800 What darling? What's the matter? 292 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,400 Oh, Matt. 293 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:44,000 I, Jezebel Trister, do hereby confess that on this day 294 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,600 in the year 1645, there appeared to me in the form 295 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,600 of a noble gentleman: the devil. 296 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,400 I signed with him a compact by which he was 297 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,600 to transplant my immortal soul at the moment 298 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,000 of my death into the body of a young maiden. 299 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,200 This process, the devil, did promise to repeat 300 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,800 for the period of 300 years 301 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,000 at which time he would return to claim his own. 302 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,400 In each lifespan, I shall be instructed in the ways 303 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,600 of darkness by an impure spirit and familiar, 304 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,200 in the shape of a black hare or a goat or a dog. 305 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,000 I was granted the power to summon 306 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,600 and call, to cast spells and incantations. 307 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,400 Where have you been? 308 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,400 What have you got there? - Nothing. Nothing at all. 309 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,600 Leave me alone. 310 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,600 So you found this in the crypt under the church. 311 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,200 Now what were you doing there? 312 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,000 Well, I- 313 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,800 I thought I told you to stay home and rest. 314 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,200 Oh, but I can't rest Matt. 315 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,600 I keep thinking... that old woman, 316 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,400 the one who sat next to me in the bus. 317 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:14,800 Oh, now Lorna, don't let's start- 318 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,200 Oh, I know you think I'm only imagining it, 319 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,800 but I'm not, Matt, really I'm not. 320 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,000 There was an old woman. 321 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,200 She said her name was Jezebel Trister 322 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,000 and that she'd lived in Eben Rock once a long time ago. 323 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,600 And that she knew my great-great grandfather. 324 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,000 Matt, do you suppose- 325 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,200 Suppose what? 326 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,800 Why couldn't they find her body, 327 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,000 out of all those people on the bus, 328 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,200 why was I the only one who was saved? 329 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,800 Because you were lucky that's all, 330 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,400 you were thrown clear. 331 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,600 Oh, no, Matt, no. There's another answer to that. 332 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,800 And it's right here in this confession. 333 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,200 He was to transplant my immortal soul at the moment 334 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,600 of my death into the body of a young maiden. 335 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,400 This process, the devil did promise to repeat for a period 336 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,800 of 300 years. 337 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,600 Oh, you don't believe in this nonsense? 338 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,400 Oh, yes, I do, Matt. 339 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,200 That's why you couldn't find her body. 340 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,600 That's why I was the only one who was saved. 341 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,600 This woman isn't dead. She's still alive right now. 342 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,000 She came back to avenge herself 343 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 on Elijah Webster for burning her at the stake. 344 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,200 And the only way she can get back at him is through me. 345 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,400 And Matt, she's doing it. She is doing it. 346 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,000 I know it. I can feel it. 347 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,800 I feel as if I'm getting 348 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,800 to be just like she was, something black and, 349 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,400 and ugly and horrible. 350 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:33,800 Darling, you mustn't talk like that. 351 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,000 I can't help it. It's, it's this town. 352 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,000 The people in it, even the house I live in. 353 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,600 I feel as if I can't sit in my own 354 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,200 library without feeling that Elijah Webster 355 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,800 is staring down at me. 356 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,400 That's what drove me away. 357 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,400 Lorna, there's no evil in this town. 358 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,000 There's no evil in you. 359 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,200 You're just plain Lorna Webster 360 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,000 and I'm plain Matt Adams, two people in love. 361 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,200 You know what I'm going to do? 362 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,400 I'm going to take you away from here today 363 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,600 and have Ruth fix you up a room at the tavern where you can rest. 364 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,000 And then as soon as I can make the arrangements 365 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,400 we'll be married and go away on a long, long honeymoon. 366 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,000 - Oh, Matt, if only we could. - We can and we will. 367 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,800 - Hiya Doc. - Hello Noah. 368 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,200 Like to try your luck? - Oh, no, I don't- 369 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,400 Matt, I'd like to. 370 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:55,600 Sure, we'll go ahead. 371 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,400 What's the big idea here, Noah? 372 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,400 Oh, it's just a new twist on an old idea. 373 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,200 It seems in the old days, if you weren't so fond of someone, 374 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,600 you'd make an image or a doll of them outta wax or clay. 375 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,000 Then you'd stick a pin in the image 376 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 and the real guy would take sick. 377 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,600 What do you mean the real guy takes sick? 378 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,600 Why, you'd cast a spell on 'em. 379 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,600 Of course, you had to be a mighty powerful witch to do that. 380 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,000 Now, take Ms. Lorna here. 381 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,200 Now suppose she was possessed when she winged that do" there, 382 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:21,800 the one that looks like the sheriff. 383 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,200 You know what would happen? 384 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,200 Why the sheriff would die a horrible death. 385 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,000 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to- 386 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000 Matt. Let's go. 387 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,600 But I thought you wanted to try your luck. 388 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,000 I, I don't think I feel very lucky right now. 389 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,400 Please take me home. 390 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,400 Step right up folks. Don't be bashful. 391 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,600 What's it gonna be, Noah? 392 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,000 A weather vane. 393 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,400 That's what it's gonna be. 394 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,400 Looks like a witch on a broomstick to me. 395 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,600 Well, a bad weather vane then. 396 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:14,000 Ruth, I can't thank you enough for letting me stay here. 397 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,000 I hope we'll be very good friends. 398 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,400 Matt tells me you expect to get married. 399 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,000 Have you set the date yet? 400 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000 Well, we've talked about it. 401 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,400 Nothing definite. Sometime very soon. 402 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,000 Lorna, do you really love Matt? 403 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,800 Well, of course I do. 404 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,000 What made you ask that? 405 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,800 I don't know. 406 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,800 Maybe because I love him too. 407 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,200 I'll finish that. 408 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,200 You can feed the gold fish if you want to. 409 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,400 There's a carton of food on the windowsill. 410 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,400 All right. 411 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,800 Say, Lorna, how would you like to pose for a weather vane? 412 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,600 Ah, forget it. I was only joking. 413 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,600 Ruth, if I leave here, you'll be much happier, won't you? 414 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,600 You can stay as long as you like. 415 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,400 It doesn't make any difference to me. 416 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,600 But you really don't think Matt 417 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,200 and I should be married, do you? 418 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,800 I didn't say that. 419 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,800 But that's what you mean, isn't it? 420 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:52,600 Mama, Mama? 421 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,400 What is it, darling? 422 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,000 My gold fish, they're all dead. 423 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,400 Why, that's impossible, darling. 424 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,000 Lorna just fed- 425 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,200 Don't let that worry you, darling. 426 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,000 You just took the wrong package off the shelf 427 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:21,600 and made a mistake, that's all. 428 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,200 Now you run on back to the tavern and get changed, 429 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:28,800 and in an hour or so I'll pick you up 430 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,800 and we'll drive into town together and have dinner 431 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 and look for some new goldfish. 432 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,200 I'm not going back to the tavern. 433 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,400 Why not? 434 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,400 Matt, I don't even think we should get married. 435 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,000 Because of what Ruth said. 436 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,200 Why that's ridiculous. 437 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,600 No, it isn't ridiculous. 438 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,600 When I first went to the tavern, 439 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,800 I thought everything would be all right, but it isn't. 440 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,200 And it won't ever be. 441 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,400 Matt, why won't it ever be? 442 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:54,400 Oh, no, darling, please. 443 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,600 Why did the goldfish die? 444 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,800 Why did the flowers die? 445 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,600 Why did I pick up the wrong package from the shelf? 446 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,400 Matt, why did those things happen? 447 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,600 Why do they always happen? 448 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,000 Stop it. Stop it. 449 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,200 You're behaving like a child, a hysterical child 450 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,600 afraid of its own shadow. 451 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,000 Unless you pull yourself together, 452 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,800 you'll go completely out of your mind. 453 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,000 I won't have any more of this, understand. 454 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,800 Lorna. 455 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,000 Beautiful... beautiful and treacherous. 456 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,200 The lake. 457 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:50,000 Look at it. Quiet and peaceful, sun shining on it. 458 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,000 You'd never dream that a dozen bodies had been pulled out 459 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,800 of there only a week ago. 460 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,000 No, you wouldn't. 461 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,800 Some people are like that. 462 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,400 Calm and peaceful on the surface 463 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,600 and underneath full of dark little secrets. 464 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,400 Well, that's enough philosophy 465 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,600 for one day, even for a preacher. 466 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,800 How's Matt, everything all right between you two? 467 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,200 Oh, I, I don't know. 468 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,800 Still thinking about Jezebel Trister? 469 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,600 How, how did you know about that? 470 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,200 Matt told me all about it. 471 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:30,000 Mr. Stevens, ever since that accident, I've, 472 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,600 I've had the most awful feeling that I, 473 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,600 that I'm slowly changing, 474 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:35,600 Changing? 475 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,000 You must think I'm a, I'm an hysterical child. 476 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,400 No Lorna, anybody can change, for good or evil. 477 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,600 If you're convinced that something's going to happen, 478 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:48,600 it will happen. 479 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,800 You've got to find something to believe in. 480 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,400 Something fine and good. 481 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,200 Lorna, are you in love with Matt? 482 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,400 You know I am. - We", get married. 483 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,400 Get married right away, and then you won't change. 484 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,800 You'll stay just as you are. 485 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,800 You wanna stay that way for his sake. 486 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,400 Lorna, come on up to the house. I've got a book for you. 487 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,000 - A book? - Yeah. 488 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,200 And it's called The Origins of Superstition. 489 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,600 I think you ought to read it. 490 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,000 In each lifespan 491 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,200 I should be instructed in the ways of darkness, 492 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,000 by an impure spirit and familiar in the shape of 493 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,800 a black hare or a goat or a dog. 494 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,400 Go away. Go away. 495 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,400 Get away from me. Leave me alone. 496 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,400 What are you doing here? 497 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:35,400 What do you want? 498 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,600 I was on my way home from Shirley's 499 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,200 and I thought. 500 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,600 What did you think? 501 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,800 If I come home wet, mommy will give me the dickens. 502 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,600 She told me if the rain didn't let up, 503 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,000 I was just to stay overnight. 504 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,800 But I had a fight with Shirley 505 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,600 and. . . Ms. Webster? 506 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,000 Yes, dear. 507 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,800 Could I stay here till it stops raining? 508 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,800 Why of course you may. 509 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,000 I'd better call mommy and let her know where I am. 510 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,200 No Peggy, I'll do it. 511 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,200 - There's no answer. - No answer. 512 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,600 I, I think the storm must have blown the wires down. 513 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,800 You'll have to stay here for the night. 514 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,400 Here, let me help you off with those wet things. 515 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:41,600 Don't touch me. 516 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,600 Why Peggy, what's the matter? 517 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,800 You mustn't be afraid. 518 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,400 Peggy, Peggy, come back here. 519 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,400 Peggy. Peggy! 520 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,800 What is it, Matt? 521 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,600 How long has she been like this? 522 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,600 All night. Ever since Noah brought her home. 523 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,800 Don't be afraid to tell me the truth. 524 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,800 I don't know yet. 525 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,200 My doll. 526 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,400 Mommy, I want my doll. 527 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,200 There, there, darling. 528 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:46,600 I've sent for it. 529 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:49,600 How is she, Doc? 530 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,800 Noah, how'd you happen to find her? 531 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,400 I was just driving back from Boston 532 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,400 and saw her running along in the rain. 533 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,200 Mommy, my doll. 534 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,600 Ruth, what happened to her doll? 535 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,200 I don't know. She took it to her friend's yesterday. 536 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,000 But they say she had it with her when she left. 537 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,200 I didn't notice no do� when I found her. 538 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:11,800 The one you fixed up for her, Noah. 539 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,200 The one that looks like Peggy. 540 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,000 Well, that one I would've noticed. 541 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,600 She's been crying for it all night long. 542 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,000 But she has other dolls. 543 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,200 Plenty of them, but she won't look at any of them. 544 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,600 Matt, I'm so worried. 545 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,000 Peggy's never been sick a clay in her life. 546 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,800 Not like this. 547 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,000 Isn't there anything you can do? 548 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,400 How was she acting when you found her? 549 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,600 Sort of hysterical. Scared. 550 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,200 Scared? What do you mean? 551 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,000 Like she was running away from something. 552 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,000 Where did this happen? 553 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,800 Out near Lorna Webster's place. 554 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,000 Oh, you want me to fix up a new doll for Peggy? 555 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,000 Yeah, that'd be a good idea. 556 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,000 Matt, do you suppose that- 557 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,200 Now, Ruth, don't start imagining things. 558 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,400 Mommy, I want my doll. 559 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,200 There, there, Darling. I've sent for it. 560 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,000 My doll. 561 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:08,000 Doctor Adam, I wanna ask you something. 562 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:09,600 I'll see you later, Bessie. 563 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,200 Hello Matt, I didn't expect you so early. 564 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,000 Yes, Lorna, I want to talk to you. 565 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,400 How's Peggy? - Do you know she's ill? 566 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,600 Why, no. - Was she here last night? 567 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,000 Why do you ask that? 568 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,200 Oh, Noah found her wandering about in the rain 569 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,800 and thought she might have come from here. 570 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,600 What was the matter with her? 571 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,400 She's very ill. She's hysterical. 572 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,000 Keeps asking for her doll. 573 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,400 - Her doll? - Yes. 574 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:41,800 We thought she might have dropped in here 575 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,400 to get out of the rain and left the doll behind. 576 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,800 No Matt, she wasn't here last night. 577 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:52,800 Ms. Webster? 578 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:53,800 Yes, Bessie. 579 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,200 I want to talk to you. 580 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,400 Excuse me, Matt. 581 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,400 When are you planning on leaving? 582 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,600 Just as soon as I can get my things packed. 583 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:57,200 Say, how is Peggy? What happened to her anyway? 584 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,400 No one knows for sure, but I've been thinking, see. 585 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,800 And if you want my opinion... 586 00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,000 Any change, Doc? 587 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,200 Gimme a glass of wine. 588 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,400 The doll didn't make no difference. 589 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:17,200 I fixed it up the best I could. 590 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,800 She just threw it aside. 591 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,800 Want me to go ahead with the new doll? 592 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:22,800 Wouldn't do any good, Noah. 593 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,400 It'll take more than a doll to cure Peggy. 594 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,200 Of course, it's none of my business, 595 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,600 and I ain't saying I believe in these things, 596 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,000 but people are beginning to talk. 597 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:33,600 What are they saying? 598 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:35,000 They think it's mighty strange, 599 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,200 Peggy taking sick all of a sudden 600 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,600 and the doll all chewed up like that. 601 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:42,600 They think she's been bewitched. 602 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,000 They think somebody tore her doll all apart on purpose 603 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:47,800 to cast a spell on her. 604 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,400 I wouldn't say that, Noah. 605 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:50,800 I ain't saying it. 606 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,400 But the doll looks exactly like her, 607 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,600 and the kid was coming from Lorna Webster's house 608 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,200 and after what happened at the charity bazaar. 609 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,600 I said I wouldn't say that. 610 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:03,600 Okay, Doc. 611 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,400 Okay. I was only kidding. 612 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,400 I don't like that kind of kidding. 613 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,400 Going out, Ruth, it's cold. 614 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,000 There's something I have to do. 615 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,200 - Won't it wait. - No, it won't wait. 616 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,600 Please God, make her well again. 617 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,600 She's such a little thing to suffer so. 618 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,200 Noah says she's been bewitched. 619 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,400 I don't know about these things. 620 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,000 All I know is she's sick 621 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:44,000 and something, someone here in Eben Rock is in back of it. 622 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,400 Whoever it is, destroy them. 623 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,000 Destroy them before they destroy 624 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,400 Peggy and Matt and all of us. 625 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,200 Matt, Matt. Matt. 626 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,800 - What's the matter? - What happened? 627 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,400 I was coming from the church. 628 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:19,200 Just as I got to Lorna Webster's 629 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:20,400 it started following me. 630 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:22,400 It got closer and closer. 631 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,400 Mrs. Gibson, what was following you? 632 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:29,200 I'm not sure. I think it was some sort of an animal. 633 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,400 It was huge, black. 634 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:32,200 Where's Matt? 635 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,200 He's upstairs Mrs. Gibson, I'll go with you. 636 00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,800 Something wrong in this town. 637 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,000 You hear that? 638 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,400 She said it started at the old Webster place. 639 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,200 She said it was an animal. 640 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:42,800 Yeah, it might not have been. 641 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,400 Mind you, I ain't saying I believe in these things, but- 642 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,000 May the word in my mouth, 643 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,600 the thoughts in my heart be always acceptable 644 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,400 in thy sight, oh God. 645 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,400 My strength. My redeemer. 646 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,600 I want to talk to you today about something 647 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,200 that threatens the peace of our community. 648 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:21,600 During the past week, I've heard rumours circulating, 649 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,000 ugly rumours. 650 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,000 I don't know exactly who started them, 651 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,200 but I have an idea. 652 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,000 Anyway, that isn't important. 653 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,000 However, what does matter is that some of you are beginning 654 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:39,800 to believe those rumours. 655 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,400 You all know what I'm referring to. 656 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,600 Several strange things have happened. 657 00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:47,800 Little girl stricken down by illness. 658 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,000 Others frightened almost to death. 659 00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:53,400 These rumours would have us believe 660 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,400 that all these happenings are the work of someone among us. 661 00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,200 Someone who is evil. 662 00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:05,000 My friends, there is evil in all of us. 663 00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,800 Yet none of us is so evil 664 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:11,200 that he can do other than he is willed to do 665 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:16,800 for there is a higher power 666 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:21,200 working through us in devious ways to accomplish good. 667 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,400 We don't always understand those ways, 668 00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:29,000 but we must keep faith with that higher power. 669 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:34,400 You'd better come right away, doctor. 670 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:35,200 All right. 671 00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,400 Something's happened to Peggy. 672 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,000 I'm taking her to the hospital. 673 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:39,400 I'm coming too. 674 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,800 No, Ruth, you'll do Peggy more good right here. 675 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:47,800 As I was saying, we must keep faith 676 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,800 with that higher power. 677 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,400 Now, during the past week, I'm sorry to say, 678 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,200 I haven't seen much evidence of that sort of faith. 679 00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:00,600 Instead, I've seen a growing cloud of distrust, 680 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,200 suspicion and fear. 681 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,200 The kind of fear that filled men's hearts 300 years ago 682 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,800 when they dragged innocent people from their homes 683 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:16,000 and burned them at the stake. So childish, so stupid. 684 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,000 I tell you, all these things that have happened, 685 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,800 the footsteps, the sudden illnesses, they frighten us only 686 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,600 because we haven't the power to understand. 687 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:34,400 There is someone who does understand for who else, 688 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,400 but he is responsible for them. 689 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,600 I'll tell you who, none of these things happened 690 00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,000 until she came back. 691 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,200 She hates us here, every one of us 692 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,000 because we know her for what she is. 693 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,000 It was she who made my Peggy sick. 694 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,400 It was she who tried to kill me. 695 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:49,800 Please, Mrs. Gibson. 696 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,400 12 people were drowned in the lake the day she arrived, 697 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:53,800 but she was saved. 698 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,800 They've just taken my baby to the hospital. 699 00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:00,400 Please take your seats. This is a house of worship. 700 00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,400 Please take your seats. Everybody, please. 701 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,400 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 702 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:14,400 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. 703 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:17,800 He Ieadeth me beside the still waters. 704 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,400 He restoreth my soul. 705 00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,400 He Ieadeth me in the paths of righteousness 706 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,800 for his name's sake. 707 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:29,800 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 708 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,400 I shall fear no evil, 709 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,600 for thou art with me, 710 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,800 thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 711 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,800 Thou preparest a table 712 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,000 before me in the presence of mine enemies, 713 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:48,000 thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. 714 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:51,600 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me 715 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,000 all the days of my life 716 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:58,600 and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 717 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,000 She didn't respond to sulfathiazole. 718 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,000 No, not at all. 719 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,200 Yet we know it's not virus pneumonia. 720 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,200 There must be an emotional element involved. 721 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:47,600 She doesn't seem to want to get better. 722 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:51,000 Have you any idea why she wouldn't want to get better? 723 00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:52,400 No, I haven't. 724 00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:55,800 What about this doll here? 725 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:57,600 Remember you told me it was taken away from her. 726 00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,000 That could be it. 727 00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,200 Children form strong attachments. 728 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,200 When they lose something they're fond of, 729 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,600 a pet, a play thing, it affects them, 730 00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,800 far more than we realise. 731 00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,000 But she's got the doll back now. 732 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:17,200 But she's too sick now to know that, 733 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,400 the harm has already been done. 734 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:21,400 Isn't there- 735 00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:24,600 There's still some things we doctors haven't learned Matt, 736 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,800 some forces we don't know how to fight. 737 00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:46,600 Ruth, I'm going back to Eben Rock for a while. 738 00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:47,800 Ruth? 739 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:51,800 All right, Matt. 740 00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:08,400 Jim. 741 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,400 Jim Stevens. 742 00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:18,200 Down here in the crypt. 743 00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:32,800 Hello, Matt. 744 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,800 What are you doing down here, Jim? 745 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:37,400 Oh, just going over some of these old documents, 746 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,000 seeing what I can use for the book. 747 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:40,400 The book? 748 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:41,600 Yeah. 749 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,800 I'm writing the history of Eben Rock, remember? 750 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,200 Oh yeah, of course. 751 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,600 What happened at the hospital? 752 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,200 We should know one way or another by morning. 753 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:55,400 It is pneumonia then? 754 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,200 Yes, it's pneumonia. 755 00:55:58,200 --> 00:55:59,200 But still- 756 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:01,400 Still What? 757 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,000 All your life you think along certain lines. 758 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,800 You know, superstitions are ridiculous. 759 00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,800 You're so darn sure of yourself. And then- 760 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:09,600 Then what? 761 00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,400 Matt, you're not beginning to believe these rumours. 762 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,600 I dunno what I believe, Jim, I'm all mixed up. 763 00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,000 Well you're a doctor, you're a man of science. 764 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,000 I'm just beginning to find out 765 00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:23,600 that science doesn't know all the answers. 766 00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,200 Wait a minute. 767 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:28,600 We've got to keep our heads, you know? 768 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,800 Yeah, I guess you're right. Won't do Peggy any good. 769 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:38,400 Now wait a minute. There's Lorna to think about. 770 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,800 Today at church after you left, it was quite a scene, 771 00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:43,200 almost a demonstration. 772 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,200 Against Lorna? 773 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,000 They still seem to think that Lorna's responsible 774 00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:51,000 for Peggy's illness. 775 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,600 Do you think they might get out of hand? 776 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:53,600 Well, there's that too. 777 00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,200 Although they did quiet down after a while. 778 00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:59,400 No, I'm thinking the effect the scene must have had on Lorna 779 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,200 in her present state of mind. 780 00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,200 Jim, I'm going right over to get Lorna, 781 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:05,800 and you can marry us now 782 00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:07,200 and then we can go away somewhere together 783 00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:08,600 until all this is blown over. 784 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:12,400 No, Matt, the only way is for Lorna to stay here 785 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,000 and fight it out with herself. 786 00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:17,400 I suppose you're right. 787 00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:19,600 I'll be getting back to the hospital. 788 00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:21,200 Oh, wait a minute. 789 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,600 Let me put these things away and I'll go with you. 790 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,000 These are some old records I thought 791 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:28,600 might come in handy. 792 00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:31,600 Here, wait a minute. 793 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:33,600 - It's stuck. - Yeah. 794 00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:35,400 There's something fallen in behind. 795 00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:36,600 Let's take it out. 796 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,600 Oh, yes, here's the trouble. 797 00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:50,600 Elijah Webster, his journal. 798 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:53,200 Gimme that. 799 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:55,200 Oh, this is wonderful. 800 00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,400 Come on, Jim. Let's go. 801 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,000 Here, wait a minute. Wait a minute. 802 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,000 November 10th, 1645AD. 803 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:15,600 After much violence, the woman, 804 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:18,200 Jezebel Trister, was this day brought to trial 805 00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:21,400 accused of practising the black art of witchcraft. 806 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,600 When called upon by the elders to confess, 807 00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,400 she did refuse, pouring forth the torment 808 00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,200 of abuse and calumny 809 00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:31,600 until measures were taken to silence her. 810 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,200 There upon she was handed into my custody 811 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:35,800 for further question. 812 00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:42,400 November 11th, November 12th. 813 00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:47,600 A fortunate clay indeed, for in Jezebel Trister 814 00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:53,000 I have at last found someone... to serve my purpose. 815 00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:56,800 I put quill into her hand and directed her to pen 816 00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:00,800 a confession stating that she had indeed formed a compact 817 00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:02,400 with the prince of darkness. 818 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,800 With this document, I can now quell the growing doubts 819 00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:08,400 and whisperings of the townspeople, 820 00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,600 whisperings that rise up on every side. 821 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,400 Why of course. Why didn't we think of that? 822 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:16,400 The confession had to be a forgery. 823 00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:20,200 It had to be Elijah's word. It was too well put together. 824 00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:22,400 Yes, Jezebel Trister couldn't have thought that up herself. 825 00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:24,600 She was too ignorant. Do you know what this means? 826 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,200 It means that if this doesn't bring Lorna 827 00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:28,000 back to her senses, nothing else will. 828 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,000 Well, come on, let's get out of here. 829 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,200 Go away, go away. 830 01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:08,400 Matt, you remember what it said in the confession? 831 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:11,800 That the lifespan of Jezebel Trister 832 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:14,600 would be renewed for a period of 300 years. 833 01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:16,400 Yeah, I remember. 834 01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:20,200 It's exactly 300 years today that she died. 835 01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:23,200 So? - No, nothing. Just interesting. 836 01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,200 It'll be far more interesting to see Lorna's face 837 01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:26,800 when she reads this diary and realises 838 01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:28,400 the confession was a phoney. 839 01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,600 Well, that ought clear everything up. 840 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,200 What do you mean ought to? 841 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,000 It's still the old woman in the bus. 842 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,000 This doesn't explain her. 843 01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:37,400 She doesn't need any explaining. 844 01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,800 She only existed in Lorna's imagination. 845 01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:46,600 But what those people are doing here? - I'll find out. 846 01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:48,200 No, no. Come on, Matt. 847 01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:57,000 - Look! - Those hoodlums, I'll fix them. 848 01:00:57,200 --> 01:00:59,600 No, no, no, wait. Wait Matt. 849 01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:09,200 Lorna. 850 01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:01,200 Jim. Jim, are you badly hurt? 851 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:02,800 Oh, I'm all right. 852 01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:03,600 Well, what happened? 853 01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:06,400 Oh, Lorna. Lorna, she's upstairs. 854 01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:14,800 Lorna. 855 01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,000 She's heading for the Lake. 856 01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:36,800 Lorna. 857 01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:54,600 Lorna Webster, just hit that doll with this dart 858 01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,000 and the sheriff will die a horrible death. 859 01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,200 No, no. 860 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,000 Lorna Webster. 861 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:07,000 You killed my goldfish. You killed my goldfish. 862 01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:07,800 No. 863 01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:10,400 Lorna Webster. 864 01:04:10,600 --> 01:04:13,400 It was you who made my Peggy sick. 865 01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,600 It was you who tried to kill me. 866 01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:17,800 Yes, you. 867 01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:20,800 - No. - You. You! 868 01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:23,800 - You're a witch. - A witch! 869 01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:24,800 A witch. 870 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:26,000 A Witch! 871 01:04:44,800 --> 01:04:46,200 Lorna. 872 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:50,200 Lorna, it's me, it's Matt. 873 01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:32,000 It's all right, Lorna. 874 01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:34,600 Everything's all right. 875 01:06:55,800 --> 01:06:58,400 Matt, can you come here a minute? 876 01:06:58,400 --> 01:06:59,400 What is it, Jim? 877 01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:04,400 The one thing we couldn't explain. 878 01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:07,200 The old woman who was in the bus with Lorna. 879 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:08,800 How could she get up here? 880 01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,600 The dog, I suppose, trying to save her. 881 01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:26,400 You're spoiling me. 882 01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:29,000 I haven't begun to spoil you yet. 883 01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:32,800 Children, they've identified the old lady. 884 01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:35,200 It seems that she escaped from the county farm. 885 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,200 Oh, how interesting. 886 01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:37,800 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 887 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,800 You see, she used to live here in Eben Rock 888 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,400 and she knew all the old legends. 889 01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:43,600 You don't say. 890 01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,800 That's how she became identified with 891 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,600 Jezebel Trister and believed that she was Jezebel Trister. 892 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:54,200 We understand you, like some people believe they're Napoleon. 893 01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:57,400 Well, I must have been as crazy as she was. 894 01:07:57,400 --> 01:07:59,400 Imagine believing in witch- 895 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:03,600 Oh, Matt.