1 00:00:57,809 --> 00:00:59,978 Blast. 2 00:01:01,646 --> 00:01:03,022 Godfrey! 3 00:01:12,532 --> 00:01:15,118 Godfrey! 4 00:01:15,994 --> 00:01:18,204 Very sorry, sir. The power seems to be out. 5 00:01:18,413 --> 00:01:19,622 Yes, that's evident. 6 00:01:19,831 --> 00:01:20,707 Dreadful night. 7 00:01:20,915 --> 00:01:21,708 Indeed. 8 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:23,626 That will be all, Godfrey. 9 00:01:23,835 --> 00:01:25,211 Of course, sir. 10 00:01:36,097 --> 00:01:37,849 Damn it. 11 00:01:45,982 --> 00:01:48,151 Oh, it can't be. Timothy? 12 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:50,153 Oh, dear God. Please don't. 13 00:01:50,361 --> 00:01:52,781 I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry, Timothy. 14 00:01:52,989 --> 00:01:54,699 Timothy! 15 00:02:21,142 --> 00:02:22,227 William. 16 00:02:22,435 --> 00:02:23,436 Hello. 17 00:02:23,645 --> 00:02:26,189 I came to see that you were all right. 18 00:02:26,397 --> 00:02:28,441 The electricity is out everywhere. 19 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:29,859 It's only darkness, William. 20 00:02:30,068 --> 00:02:31,236 It's quite lovely, actually. 21 00:02:31,444 --> 00:02:33,780 We never get to see the city like this anymore. 22 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:37,325 How was your day? 23 00:02:37,534 --> 00:02:39,786 Fine. 24 00:02:39,994 --> 00:02:41,246 And? 25 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:44,624 It was fine. And yours? 26 00:02:46,501 --> 00:02:49,170 Also fine. 27 00:02:59,013 --> 00:02:59,806 Sir. 28 00:03:00,014 --> 00:03:01,474 Doctor. 29 00:03:01,683 --> 00:03:02,892 Rotten old night out there. 30 00:03:03,101 --> 00:03:04,894 The rain's got the sewer backed up. 31 00:03:05,103 --> 00:03:07,313 There's rats as big as pumpkins roaming the street. 32 00:03:07,522 --> 00:03:09,440 What brings you here, George? 33 00:03:09,649 --> 00:03:12,527 Uh, sir, there's been a suspicious death 34 00:03:12,735 --> 00:03:14,028 at Beaten Manor. 35 00:03:24,998 --> 00:03:27,292 Well, Chauncey Beaton's neck was broken. 36 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:28,918 In two places it feels like. 37 00:03:29,127 --> 00:03:32,338 It appears he fell from that window. 38 00:03:32,547 --> 00:03:33,923 Well, that would do it. 39 00:03:34,132 --> 00:03:35,675 Was it accidental, then? 40 00:03:35,884 --> 00:03:37,635 Or was it suicide? 41 00:03:37,844 --> 00:03:38,845 Or was he pushed? 42 00:03:39,053 --> 00:03:40,930 I'll tell you what killed him. It was this house. 43 00:03:41,139 --> 00:03:42,807 What do you mean, ma'am? 44 00:03:43,016 --> 00:03:44,183 Claire. 45 00:03:44,392 --> 00:03:46,728 I'll say it aloud. What we've all said in whispers. 46 00:03:46,936 --> 00:03:48,313 That house is cursed. 47 00:03:48,521 --> 00:03:50,565 That house killed Master Chauncey. 48 00:03:55,361 --> 00:03:57,363 What do you mean the house killed him, ma'am? 49 00:03:57,572 --> 00:03:58,865 I mean it as I say it. 50 00:03:59,073 --> 00:04:00,700 It is cursed by voodoo. 51 00:04:00,909 --> 00:04:01,868 Bad magic. 52 00:04:02,076 --> 00:04:02,994 Very bad. 53 00:04:03,202 --> 00:04:04,787 That's enough, Claire. Please go inside. 54 00:04:08,207 --> 00:04:11,169 You'll have to excuse her. She's very superstitious. 55 00:04:11,377 --> 00:04:12,378 And you are? 56 00:04:12,587 --> 00:04:13,379 William Godfrey. 57 00:04:13,588 --> 00:04:15,882 The butler. I found the body. 58 00:04:16,090 --> 00:04:18,676 Mr. Godfrey put the call in to us, sir. 59 00:04:18,885 --> 00:04:19,719 Ah, yes. 60 00:04:19,928 --> 00:04:21,971 You mentioned you thought the death was suspicious. 61 00:04:22,180 --> 00:04:22,972 What did you mean? 62 00:04:23,181 --> 00:04:24,015 I don't know. 63 00:04:24,223 --> 00:04:25,850 I thought I saw something. 64 00:04:26,059 --> 00:04:27,185 It may have been a trick of the mind. 65 00:04:27,393 --> 00:04:28,645 What did you see? 66 00:04:28,853 --> 00:04:32,482 As I was standing over Master Chauncey's body, 67 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:36,486 I thought I saw someone standing in that window. 68 00:04:36,694 --> 00:04:38,655 Oh, my lord, sir. 69 00:04:38,863 --> 00:04:39,739 He's still there! 70 00:04:39,948 --> 00:04:41,574 George! 71 00:04:48,623 --> 00:04:51,000 Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary. 72 00:04:51,209 --> 00:04:52,210 Identify yourself. 73 00:04:52,418 --> 00:04:54,212 Ronald Beaten. 74 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:57,256 Brother of the deceased. 75 00:04:57,465 --> 00:05:02,011 I take it he is... deceased. 76 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:04,555 I'm sorry for your loss, Mr. Beaten, 77 00:05:04,764 --> 00:05:06,808 but where were you at the time of the incident? 78 00:05:08,226 --> 00:05:09,310 Strange question. 79 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:12,105 I had assumed Chauncey killed himself. 80 00:05:12,313 --> 00:05:13,898 Why assume that? 81 00:05:14,107 --> 00:05:15,733 Suicide runs in the family. 82 00:05:15,942 --> 00:05:18,569 Please, sir. Your whereabouts. 83 00:05:18,778 --> 00:05:22,198 I was asleep in my room. 84 00:05:22,407 --> 00:05:23,533 Can anyone vouch for this? 85 00:05:24,701 --> 00:05:28,413 I didn't push my brother out a window, Detective. 86 00:05:28,621 --> 00:05:31,249 The exertion would have killed me first. 87 00:05:31,457 --> 00:05:32,291 How so? 88 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,252 I have a bad heart. 89 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:35,753 Two attacks already. 90 00:05:35,962 --> 00:05:38,798 The doctors say the next will be my last. 91 00:05:39,007 --> 00:05:43,511 What do the, um, staff say it was? 92 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,555 They believe the house is cursed. 93 00:05:48,933 --> 00:05:50,935 It's not the house. 94 00:05:51,144 --> 00:05:53,396 This whole family is cursed. 95 00:05:53,604 --> 00:05:56,232 Sir, we've had reports of -- 96 00:05:56,441 --> 00:05:57,233 Oh, look at that. 97 00:05:57,442 --> 00:05:59,235 Uh, several witnesses report hearing shouting 98 00:05:59,444 --> 00:06:00,903 just before the victim fell, sir. 99 00:06:01,112 --> 00:06:02,697 Ah. 100 00:06:02,905 --> 00:06:05,033 Well, that must have been what awakened me. 101 00:06:06,659 --> 00:06:09,495 George, gather all of the staff and residents 102 00:06:09,704 --> 00:06:10,997 in the drawing room. 103 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:13,416 Sir. 104 00:06:21,007 --> 00:06:21,841 Who heard shouting 105 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:24,385 in the moments before Chauncey Beaton fell? 106 00:06:27,305 --> 00:06:28,681 And who was shouting? 107 00:06:28,890 --> 00:06:29,974 Master Chauncey. 108 00:06:30,183 --> 00:06:31,309 What was he saying? 109 00:06:31,517 --> 00:06:33,227 He was shouting Master Timothy's name. 110 00:06:33,436 --> 00:06:35,146 That would be our half-brother. 111 00:06:35,354 --> 00:06:37,190 And where is he? 112 00:06:37,398 --> 00:06:39,650 In that jar on the mantel. 113 00:06:39,859 --> 00:06:41,277 His ashes. 114 00:06:41,486 --> 00:06:43,780 He killed himself last February. 115 00:06:43,988 --> 00:06:46,157 Oh, yes. I believe that was in the papers. 116 00:06:46,365 --> 00:06:48,409 My condolences. 117 00:06:48,618 --> 00:06:51,788 There are just two of us now. 118 00:06:51,996 --> 00:06:53,664 - Yourself and... - Byron. 119 00:06:53,873 --> 00:06:54,957 My husband. 120 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:57,460 He should be home shortly. 121 00:06:57,668 --> 00:06:59,921 Why would your brother Chauncey 122 00:07:00,129 --> 00:07:03,049 be shouting your dead brother's name? 123 00:07:03,257 --> 00:07:05,551 Perhaps he felt guilty. 124 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:06,928 Guilty for what? 125 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:13,017 Byron, it's awful. 126 00:07:13,226 --> 00:07:16,854 So it's true, then. Chauncey's dead? 127 00:07:17,063 --> 00:07:19,023 This is Detective Murdoch. 128 00:07:19,232 --> 00:07:20,358 A detective? 129 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:22,485 I'm sorry to ask at this time, sir, 130 00:07:22,693 --> 00:07:24,862 but where were you this evening at 8:00? 131 00:07:25,071 --> 00:07:26,948 On my way to meet a business acquaintance. 132 00:07:27,156 --> 00:07:28,699 They can confirm this? 133 00:07:28,908 --> 00:07:30,326 Actually, no. 134 00:07:30,535 --> 00:07:32,286 He never arrived. 135 00:07:32,495 --> 00:07:34,080 Not surprising on a night like this. 136 00:07:36,165 --> 00:07:38,292 You're not suggesting that I had anything to do... 137 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:40,336 For God sakes, man, it was a suicide. 138 00:07:40,545 --> 00:07:41,796 Who told you that? 139 00:07:44,090 --> 00:07:44,924 I just assumed. 140 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:46,634 It's the curse. 141 00:07:46,843 --> 00:07:48,219 Who said that? 142 00:07:48,427 --> 00:07:50,346 The next person to breathe that word 143 00:07:50,555 --> 00:07:51,931 will be on a boat back to Haiti. 144 00:07:52,140 --> 00:07:53,182 Is that understood? 145 00:07:54,433 --> 00:07:57,353 No more of this mumbo jumbo about voodoo and ghosts. 146 00:07:59,021 --> 00:07:59,897 If you'll excuse me, 147 00:08:00,106 --> 00:08:02,066 I have to change out of these damp clothes. 148 00:08:02,275 --> 00:08:03,651 A word, Mr. Beaton. 149 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:07,071 George, I want statements from everyone here, please. 150 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,656 Sir. 151 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:17,498 My apologies for that outburst, Detective. 152 00:08:17,707 --> 00:08:21,752 These people cling to the same superstitions 153 00:08:21,961 --> 00:08:24,797 their ancestors brought from Africa. 154 00:08:28,217 --> 00:08:30,136 It's a bloody disgrace. 155 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:32,096 Sir, why would you assume 156 00:08:32,305 --> 00:08:35,099 that your brother committed suicide? 157 00:08:35,308 --> 00:08:38,811 Chauncey was a troubled soul. 158 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:40,771 Was his soul troubled 159 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:44,358 by the suicide of your brother Timothy? 160 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:47,612 Chauncey was heard yelling Timothy's name 161 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:50,489 shortly before he fell to his death. 162 00:08:50,698 --> 00:08:52,408 Ah, yes. 163 00:08:52,617 --> 00:08:54,368 Chauncey never got over it. 164 00:08:54,577 --> 00:08:55,661 None of us have. 165 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:56,787 My poor wife. 166 00:08:56,996 --> 00:08:59,624 She found Timothy's body in the pool, you know. 167 00:08:59,832 --> 00:09:01,042 We were all devastated. 168 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:04,962 Did Chauncey feel guilt over Timothy's death? 169 00:09:05,171 --> 00:09:06,797 I suppose we all did. 170 00:09:07,006 --> 00:09:11,219 Before Timothy did himself in, he wrote letters to each of us 171 00:09:11,427 --> 00:09:13,971 detailing the wrongs we'd committed 172 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:16,182 against him and his mother. 173 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,517 Are these... 174 00:09:18,726 --> 00:09:20,561 Death masks, yes. 175 00:09:20,770 --> 00:09:22,104 A Beaton tradition. 176 00:09:22,313 --> 00:09:24,398 Death becomes us, you might say. 177 00:09:24,607 --> 00:09:26,150 I see. 178 00:09:27,485 --> 00:09:30,154 And what of these wrongs that Timothy wrote about? 179 00:09:30,363 --> 00:09:31,781 Did you ever meet Timothy? 180 00:09:31,989 --> 00:09:33,032 No. 181 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:40,873 This was his final portrait. 182 00:09:41,082 --> 00:09:44,126 Yes, he was a mulatto. 183 00:09:44,335 --> 00:09:45,628 After our mother died, 184 00:09:45,836 --> 00:09:49,006 Father took up with a member of the household staff. 185 00:09:49,215 --> 00:09:53,094 Ah, and Timothy was the product of that union. 186 00:09:53,302 --> 00:09:54,929 My brothers and I didn't take well 187 00:09:55,137 --> 00:09:57,181 to having a brown bastard sharing our name, 188 00:09:57,390 --> 00:09:58,266 as you might imagine. 189 00:09:58,474 --> 00:10:00,977 Why would I imagine that, sir? 190 00:10:01,185 --> 00:10:03,062 We treated him rather badly. 191 00:10:03,271 --> 00:10:05,189 His mother, too, I'm afraid. 192 00:10:05,398 --> 00:10:06,357 And where is she? 193 00:10:06,565 --> 00:10:08,734 Chanté died last year of pneumonia. 194 00:10:08,943 --> 00:10:10,861 Timothy blamed me for that. 195 00:10:11,070 --> 00:10:14,824 Apparently, the doctor I brought in was inadequate. 196 00:10:15,032 --> 00:10:18,035 And what wrongs had Chauncey committed? 197 00:10:18,244 --> 00:10:21,539 They'd quarreled the night before he died. 198 00:10:21,747 --> 00:10:24,750 His last words to Timothy were harsh. 199 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:27,086 I know Chauncey felt terrible about it. 200 00:10:27,295 --> 00:10:29,255 Enough for Chauncey to take his own life? 201 00:10:29,463 --> 00:10:34,635 Perhaps something about these walls drives men to madness. 202 00:10:36,178 --> 00:10:37,471 That's rubbish! 203 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,432 You're telling me that this Chauncey fellow 204 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,392 calls his brother Timothy a few names, 205 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,853 then feels so bad that he throws himself out of a window? 206 00:10:44,061 --> 00:10:45,646 Sir, Timothy Beaton did kill himself. 207 00:10:45,855 --> 00:10:47,398 Possibly as a result of that quarrel. 208 00:10:47,606 --> 00:10:49,525 Perhaps it was too much for Chauncey to bear. 209 00:10:49,734 --> 00:10:51,068 Six months later? 210 00:10:51,277 --> 00:10:52,945 I understand regrets, Murdoch. 211 00:10:53,154 --> 00:10:54,822 I've had a few myself, but... 212 00:10:55,031 --> 00:10:56,824 I agree it seems somewhat unlikely. 213 00:10:57,033 --> 00:11:00,953 But Chauncey was heard calling Timothy's name as he fell. 214 00:11:01,162 --> 00:11:03,372 Perhaps he was announcing his imminent arrival 215 00:11:03,581 --> 00:11:04,373 in the afterlife. 216 00:11:04,582 --> 00:11:06,334 I don't know, but perhaps there is something 217 00:11:06,542 --> 00:11:07,376 to this curse business. 218 00:11:07,585 --> 00:11:08,461 Curse? 219 00:11:08,669 --> 00:11:11,547 Yes, Beaton Manor is said to be cursed. 220 00:11:11,756 --> 00:11:14,216 Oh, well, that's it, then. Good work, Crabtree. 221 00:11:14,425 --> 00:11:16,135 A curse. Of course. Bloody hell. 222 00:11:16,344 --> 00:11:18,387 Clearly, we need to know more about this family. 223 00:11:18,596 --> 00:11:20,890 George, find out everything you can about the Beatons. 224 00:11:21,098 --> 00:11:21,891 Right away, sir. 225 00:11:22,099 --> 00:11:23,642 And the curse as well. 226 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:25,603 But that's not to be your focus, George. 227 00:11:25,811 --> 00:11:27,438 Sir. 228 00:11:27,646 --> 00:11:29,565 You're just encouraging him, you know. 229 00:11:29,774 --> 00:11:32,943 Superstition has been used to cover up murder in the past. 230 00:11:33,152 --> 00:11:35,321 Perhaps someone is doing that now. 231 00:11:38,199 --> 00:11:40,868 Chauncey Beaton's skull was shattered in the fall, 232 00:11:41,077 --> 00:11:42,620 and his neck was indeed broken. 233 00:11:42,828 --> 00:11:44,205 He could have died on impact. 234 00:11:44,413 --> 00:11:45,998 Could have? 235 00:11:46,207 --> 00:11:48,542 It wasn't necessarily the fall that killed him. 236 00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:53,172 In the seconds before, he suffered a massive heart attack. 237 00:11:53,881 --> 00:11:55,674 But to fall out a window. 238 00:11:55,883 --> 00:11:57,510 Surely, a heart attack would have dropped him 239 00:11:57,718 --> 00:11:58,552 right there on the floor. 240 00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:01,847 Yes, unlikely he'd think to step onto a window ledge. 241 00:12:02,056 --> 00:12:02,848 Point taken. 242 00:12:03,057 --> 00:12:05,309 Any idea what could cause a heart attack 243 00:12:05,518 --> 00:12:07,186 in a man barely 30 years of age? 244 00:12:07,395 --> 00:12:09,146 A number of things, really. 245 00:12:09,355 --> 00:12:12,233 Birth defect, weak arteries, extreme shock. 246 00:12:12,441 --> 00:12:15,444 Like an attack by an assailant intent on murder. 247 00:12:15,653 --> 00:12:17,655 Perhaps. 248 00:12:18,781 --> 00:12:21,075 Did you know them at all? The Beatons? 249 00:12:21,283 --> 00:12:22,493 Not well. 250 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:25,413 I met Timothy on a number of social occasions. 251 00:12:25,621 --> 00:12:26,414 Sweet man. 252 00:12:26,622 --> 00:12:28,040 But tormented, I sensed. 253 00:12:28,249 --> 00:12:30,209 You're aware he committed suicide. 254 00:12:30,418 --> 00:12:31,293 Yes. 255 00:12:31,502 --> 00:12:32,628 Do you have any idea why? 256 00:12:32,837 --> 00:12:34,672 It was rumored that the woman he loved 257 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:36,173 married one of his brothers. 258 00:12:36,382 --> 00:12:39,718 Byron, I believe. 259 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:41,470 What have you learned, George? 260 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,013 Quite a lot, actually, sir. 261 00:12:43,222 --> 00:12:44,515 Would you like to ask me questions, 262 00:12:44,723 --> 00:12:46,183 or shall I regale you? 263 00:12:46,392 --> 00:12:49,019 I sense you're in a regaling mood. 264 00:12:49,228 --> 00:12:51,147 You would be correct, so... 265 00:12:51,355 --> 00:12:53,023 The Beatons are not actually Beatons. 266 00:12:53,232 --> 00:12:54,984 Their original family name was Bitten. 267 00:12:55,192 --> 00:12:57,027 - French. - Then Haitian. 268 00:12:57,236 --> 00:13:00,698 They held large plantations in what was then St. Dominique. 269 00:13:00,906 --> 00:13:03,576 They fled during the slave rebellion in 1791 270 00:13:03,784 --> 00:13:05,202 but couldn't go back to France 271 00:13:05,411 --> 00:13:07,830 because they were still lopping off heads there, 272 00:13:08,038 --> 00:13:09,123 so they came to Canada. 273 00:13:09,331 --> 00:13:10,791 I understand they made their fortune in rubber trees? 274 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:11,792 That's right, sir. 275 00:13:12,001 --> 00:13:13,711 They purchased large holdings in the Congo 276 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:14,962 just before the rubber boom. 277 00:13:15,171 --> 00:13:16,589 Not so cursed after all. 278 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:19,049 Oh, sir, I believe they're cursed. 279 00:13:19,258 --> 00:13:21,552 Over the last century, only a single Beaton man 280 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,637 has ever survived past the age of 50. 281 00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:26,265 Really? How did they die? 282 00:13:26,474 --> 00:13:29,059 Seven sudden deaths. Probably heart attacks. 283 00:13:29,268 --> 00:13:31,729 Five suicides and three accidental deaths, 284 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:33,898 two of which involved a horse... 285 00:13:34,106 --> 00:13:35,649 or horses. 286 00:13:35,858 --> 00:13:38,068 If that's not cursed, I don't know what is. 287 00:13:38,277 --> 00:13:40,446 I suspect this curse is nothing more than bad luck 288 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:43,532 coupled with the melancholy of having too much money 289 00:13:43,741 --> 00:13:44,909 and too little purpose. 290 00:13:45,117 --> 00:13:46,827 Who was the one lucky survivor? 291 00:13:47,036 --> 00:13:49,955 Henry Beaton, the father of the four brothers. 292 00:13:50,164 --> 00:13:53,751 He died at the age of 60 three years ago from a... 293 00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:54,919 Heart attack. 294 00:13:55,127 --> 00:13:56,504 Most likely, sir. 295 00:13:58,422 --> 00:13:59,465 Does it strike you as odd 296 00:13:59,673 --> 00:14:01,717 that the brothers all lived at Beaton Manor? 297 00:14:01,926 --> 00:14:02,927 Odd indeed, sir. 298 00:14:03,135 --> 00:14:04,178 Peculiar even. 299 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:10,809 What have we here? 300 00:14:11,018 --> 00:14:13,270 I would have spoken to you last night. 301 00:14:13,479 --> 00:14:14,271 I meant to, 302 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,316 but after Master Byron's outburst, I felt that... 303 00:14:17,525 --> 00:14:19,485 Say what you came to say, Mr. Godfrey. 304 00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:22,821 Well, how does one say such a thing 305 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:25,324 without being judged insane? 306 00:14:25,533 --> 00:14:28,202 I promise no such judgment. 307 00:14:30,496 --> 00:14:32,831 Over the last two weeks, 308 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,043 my niece Claire and other members of my staff 309 00:14:36,252 --> 00:14:38,587 have reported seeing an apparition 310 00:14:38,796 --> 00:14:41,632 wandering through the halls of Beaton Manor. 311 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,675 A ghost? 312 00:14:44,176 --> 00:14:46,470 I dismissed this, of course. 313 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:49,682 Until last night, after you left, 314 00:14:49,890 --> 00:14:51,350 I saw him myself. 315 00:14:51,559 --> 00:14:54,562 It was the man I'd seen in the tower window 316 00:14:54,770 --> 00:14:57,064 just after Master Chauncey died. 317 00:14:57,273 --> 00:14:59,858 Did you recognize this man? 318 00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:05,739 As God is my witness, sir, 319 00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:07,741 it was Timothy Beaton. 320 00:15:12,788 --> 00:15:13,747 Who here believes 321 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:15,583 they've seen the ghost of Timothy Beaton? 322 00:15:17,835 --> 00:15:19,295 No one? 323 00:15:19,503 --> 00:15:23,048 You can all rest assured that no matter what you say here, 324 00:15:23,257 --> 00:15:24,425 your jobs are safe. 325 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:26,468 Isn't that right, Mr. Beaton? 326 00:15:26,677 --> 00:15:27,469 Yes, of course. 327 00:15:27,678 --> 00:15:29,305 So I'll ask again. 328 00:15:29,513 --> 00:15:32,600 Who here has seen this ghost? 329 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:35,769 Last week in the east wing. 330 00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:37,271 He had on the clothes he was wearing 331 00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:38,731 when they pulled him from the pool. 332 00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:41,734 We've heard footsteps, too. 333 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:43,527 But there's never anybody there. 334 00:15:43,736 --> 00:15:45,279 This is absurd. 335 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:46,739 Ghosts don't exist. 336 00:15:46,947 --> 00:15:48,741 How do you know that, Byron? 337 00:15:48,949 --> 00:15:52,953 Don't souls arise from their bodies? 338 00:15:53,162 --> 00:15:54,038 They don't linger, Ronald. 339 00:15:54,246 --> 00:15:55,080 Maybe some do. 340 00:15:55,289 --> 00:15:58,167 The tormented souls with unfinished business, 341 00:15:58,375 --> 00:16:00,210 like vengeance for wrongs done. 342 00:16:00,419 --> 00:16:02,296 You've been drinking. 343 00:16:02,504 --> 00:16:03,714 With good reason. 344 00:16:03,922 --> 00:16:06,759 Did we not deny Timothy his blood right? 345 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:08,385 Did we not hound his mother to an early grave? 346 00:16:08,594 --> 00:16:09,345 Not in front of the staff. 347 00:16:09,553 --> 00:16:11,263 Did you not steal the only woman he ever loved 348 00:16:11,472 --> 00:16:12,848 and drive him to take his own life? 349 00:16:16,226 --> 00:16:17,853 - How dare you? - Gentlemen. 350 00:16:19,438 --> 00:16:22,232 If I were Timothy, I'd find my way back to us 351 00:16:22,441 --> 00:16:24,860 if I had to pass through hell to do it. 352 00:16:25,069 --> 00:16:27,905 George, I want a record of every sighting. 353 00:16:28,113 --> 00:16:30,240 Who, what, where, and when. 354 00:16:30,449 --> 00:16:31,784 Sir. 355 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,386 Mrs. Beaton. 356 00:16:52,304 --> 00:16:54,306 Thank you. 357 00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:58,977 I understand you were once courted by Timothy. 358 00:17:02,981 --> 00:17:06,694 Everything Ronald said is true. 359 00:17:06,902 --> 00:17:09,321 Timothy killed himself because of me. 360 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,532 You can't possibly know that. 361 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:12,658 No? 362 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:17,121 He wrote a letter the day he died telling me as much. 363 00:17:20,207 --> 00:17:21,917 I searched for him. 364 00:17:22,126 --> 00:17:24,878 I was frantic. 365 00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:29,800 Yes. Your husband mentioned you found the body. 366 00:17:30,551 --> 00:17:33,554 Timothy was at the bottom of the courtyard pool. 367 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:37,015 He'd tied a sack of rocks about his waist. 368 00:17:37,224 --> 00:17:41,645 He'd had to smash through the ice with a sledgehammer 369 00:17:41,854 --> 00:17:42,688 to do it. 370 00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:45,524 Mrs. Beaton, if you don't mind, 371 00:17:45,733 --> 00:17:47,860 who signed Timothy's death certificate? 372 00:17:49,528 --> 00:17:50,529 Dr. Gladsford? 373 00:17:50,738 --> 00:17:52,698 He's highly reputable, William. 374 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:53,866 I was just wondering 375 00:17:54,074 --> 00:17:56,368 if he may have been hasty in his conclusions. 376 00:17:56,577 --> 00:17:59,496 You think Timothy Beaton is still alive? 377 00:17:59,705 --> 00:18:01,457 I'm asking if it's possible. 378 00:18:01,665 --> 00:18:03,917 It would explain why people keep seeing him. 379 00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:07,129 Unless he really is a ghost. 380 00:18:07,337 --> 00:18:08,797 Julia. 381 00:18:09,006 --> 00:18:11,383 William. 382 00:18:13,218 --> 00:18:15,429 I have Dr. Gladsford's report here. 383 00:18:15,637 --> 00:18:18,098 If you wouldn't mind. 384 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,935 Well, there were no vital signs. 385 00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:25,564 No heartbeat or breathing. His skin was cold to the touch. 386 00:18:25,773 --> 00:18:27,649 These observations were taken a full hour 387 00:18:27,858 --> 00:18:29,693 after Timothy was pulled from the water. 388 00:18:29,902 --> 00:18:30,903 I wouldn't call this hasty. 389 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:33,906 So, the report is unassailable? 390 00:18:34,114 --> 00:18:36,366 Given these facts, I would have drawn the same conclusion. 391 00:18:36,575 --> 00:18:39,119 Timothy Beaton is dead, William. 392 00:18:39,328 --> 00:18:42,748 Whatever's stalking the halls of the manor, it isn't him. 393 00:18:44,291 --> 00:18:45,375 So, you're from Haiti, then? 394 00:18:45,584 --> 00:18:47,044 No. 395 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:49,588 Master Timothy used to take us there. 396 00:18:49,797 --> 00:18:52,216 He said it was our family's true home. 397 00:18:52,424 --> 00:18:53,217 Family? 398 00:18:53,425 --> 00:18:56,887 So, you and Timothy were related? 399 00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:59,932 Well, he was my cousin's son, you know. 400 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,142 Her name was Chanté. 401 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:04,561 Ma'am, forgive me for asking, 402 00:19:04,770 --> 00:19:06,563 but if the Beaton family 403 00:19:06,772 --> 00:19:09,066 mistreated Timothy and your cousin, 404 00:19:09,274 --> 00:19:10,442 why did you stay on? 405 00:19:10,651 --> 00:19:16,490 Well, despite everything, they loved the manor house. 406 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:18,325 It's where they belonged. 407 00:19:18,534 --> 00:19:20,702 It's where I belong. 408 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:24,289 So, someone's been impersonating Timothy Beaton's ghost. 409 00:19:24,498 --> 00:19:26,416 There's no other explanation, sir. 410 00:19:26,625 --> 00:19:28,126 Pardon me, sirs, but there is. 411 00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:30,546 Perhaps it's time to consider the unthinkable. 412 00:19:30,754 --> 00:19:33,549 That Timothy Beaton's ghost is wandering Beaton Manor. 413 00:19:33,757 --> 00:19:35,050 I know how that sounds, 414 00:19:35,259 --> 00:19:38,011 but what do we really know about the afterlife? 415 00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:40,681 People say there's a heaven, but nobody's ever seen it. 416 00:19:40,889 --> 00:19:43,976 People have seen ghosts and not just at Beaton Manor. 417 00:19:44,184 --> 00:19:46,311 My Aunt Primrose saw the ghost of my Uncle Percy -- 418 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,355 Not your bloody aunts again. 419 00:19:48,564 --> 00:19:51,525 The constabulary will not go chasing after goblins. 420 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:52,651 Not goblins, sir. 421 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:54,945 Goblins are small gnomish creatures 422 00:19:55,153 --> 00:19:56,446 that dwell deep within... 423 00:19:56,655 --> 00:19:58,115 Whatever our beliefs or disbeliefs, 424 00:19:58,323 --> 00:19:59,867 something happened at Beaton Manor. 425 00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:01,159 Now, George, you've made a list of the occurrences? 426 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:02,369 Sir. 427 00:20:03,996 --> 00:20:05,289 Sightings in red. 428 00:20:05,497 --> 00:20:09,459 Audible events, footsteps and whatnot, marked in blue. 429 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:11,545 Each numbered in chronological order, 430 00:20:11,753 --> 00:20:13,213 beginning with November the 8th. 431 00:20:13,422 --> 00:20:15,090 - This all started 10 days ago. - Yes. 432 00:20:15,299 --> 00:20:16,174 Always at night. 433 00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:18,635 Usually between midnight and 3:00 a.m. 434 00:20:18,844 --> 00:20:19,636 Nine incidents. 435 00:20:19,845 --> 00:20:21,346 That's one per night. 436 00:20:21,555 --> 00:20:22,347 Right. 437 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:24,224 We're going to be spending the night at the manor. 438 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:25,726 Sir? 439 00:20:25,934 --> 00:20:28,770 If there is a ghost, I want it haunting my jail cell. 440 00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:31,106 Understand? 441 00:20:33,609 --> 00:20:35,819 You'll be fine, George. 442 00:20:36,028 --> 00:20:38,655 I appreciate that you're conducting an investigation, 443 00:20:38,864 --> 00:20:39,948 Detective, 444 00:20:40,157 --> 00:20:41,491 but the hour is late. 445 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,911 Both of the masters of the house are asleep. 446 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,121 It's not our intention to disturb them. 447 00:20:46,330 --> 00:20:47,664 Very well, then. 448 00:20:47,873 --> 00:20:49,333 I'll be in the servants' quarters 449 00:20:49,541 --> 00:20:50,542 if you require anything. 450 00:20:50,751 --> 00:20:52,419 - Thank you. - Good night. 451 00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:57,299 Right, then, George. 452 00:20:57,507 --> 00:20:58,842 You and Higgins take the east wing. 453 00:20:59,051 --> 00:21:00,677 The inspector and I will take the west wing, 454 00:21:00,886 --> 00:21:02,930 and we'll reconvene here in the morning. 455 00:21:03,138 --> 00:21:04,389 And keep the chat down. 456 00:21:04,598 --> 00:21:05,641 We don't want to scare the ghost away. 457 00:21:05,849 --> 00:21:08,268 Oh, sir, I suspect the reverse is more likely. 458 00:21:08,477 --> 00:21:10,562 Just get to it, Crabtree. 459 00:21:12,606 --> 00:21:13,649 He's still watching us. 460 00:21:13,857 --> 00:21:15,734 Yes. 461 00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:18,528 It's quite unnerving. 462 00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:21,239 Six months after my Uncle Percy died, 463 00:21:21,448 --> 00:21:23,241 my Aunt Primrose awoke to find him standing 464 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:24,368 at the foot of the bed. 465 00:21:24,576 --> 00:21:25,869 Maybe she was still dreaming. 466 00:21:26,078 --> 00:21:28,538 I once awoke to find a group of dwarves staring down at me, 467 00:21:28,747 --> 00:21:29,873 and I was terrified. 468 00:21:30,082 --> 00:21:32,918 I must admit I find them a bit unnerving myself. 469 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,419 Anyways, once I awoke fully, 470 00:21:34,628 --> 00:21:36,964 I realized it was nothing but piles of clothing 471 00:21:37,172 --> 00:21:37,965 I'd strewn about. 472 00:21:38,173 --> 00:21:40,008 I appreciate your point, Higgins, 473 00:21:40,217 --> 00:21:41,593 but my aunt wasn't dreaming. 474 00:21:41,802 --> 00:21:43,178 When Uncle Percy turned around, 475 00:21:43,387 --> 00:21:45,514 she saw a slit down the middle of his jacket. 476 00:21:45,722 --> 00:21:46,515 So? 477 00:21:46,723 --> 00:21:49,101 So, it turns out my Uncle Percy had put on a few pounds 478 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:50,102 before he died. 479 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:53,522 The undertaker had to cut his jacket to fit him into it. 480 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:55,357 The thing is, my aunt didn't know that. 481 00:21:55,565 --> 00:21:57,442 Really? 482 00:21:57,651 --> 00:21:58,610 God's truth. 483 00:21:58,819 --> 00:22:00,487 That is spooky. 484 00:22:00,696 --> 00:22:01,613 If you want spooky, 485 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,116 I've been reading about this Haitian voodoo. 486 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,159 They have creatures called zombies. 487 00:22:06,368 --> 00:22:07,494 They're the living dead. 488 00:22:07,703 --> 00:22:10,706 How can they be alive and dead? 489 00:22:22,676 --> 00:22:24,386 What is it, sir? 490 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,888 I hear footsteps. 491 00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:32,644 They're coming from up ahead. 492 00:22:37,399 --> 00:22:40,819 Whoever it was must have gone into one of these rooms. 493 00:22:52,330 --> 00:22:53,290 Empty. 494 00:22:53,498 --> 00:22:54,791 The same. 495 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,127 Bloody hell. Maybe there is a ghost. 496 00:22:57,335 --> 00:22:59,004 Sir, you don't really believe that, do you? 497 00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:00,630 I grew up near the Yorkshire moors. 498 00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:01,965 There's more ghosts than sheep. 499 00:23:02,174 --> 00:23:04,134 I don't believe in ghosts per se. 500 00:23:04,342 --> 00:23:05,927 But who's to say what goes on? 501 00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:07,804 The George Crabtree philosophy. 502 00:23:08,013 --> 00:23:09,097 Very funny, Murdoch. 503 00:23:10,891 --> 00:23:12,934 More footsteps, sir. 504 00:23:13,143 --> 00:23:16,313 Coming from behind us. 505 00:23:17,731 --> 00:23:19,816 Mr. Godfrey. 506 00:23:20,025 --> 00:23:21,651 I'm going to bed shortly. 507 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:23,195 Is there anything you require? 508 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:25,322 No, thank you, Mr. Godfrey. 509 00:23:25,530 --> 00:23:26,615 Good night. 510 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,334 - Did you just shiver? - Yes. 511 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:39,127 They say that when you shiver suddenly, 512 00:23:39,336 --> 00:23:41,004 it means a ghost just passed through you. 513 00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:43,840 How do they know that? 514 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:46,968 I don't know. 515 00:23:47,177 --> 00:23:49,679 Sounds speculative. 516 00:23:49,888 --> 00:23:52,390 Perhaps. 517 00:23:59,397 --> 00:24:00,690 What was that? 518 00:24:00,899 --> 00:24:02,567 It came from... 519 00:24:03,735 --> 00:24:06,446 This is the room Chauncey Beaton fell from. 520 00:24:07,155 --> 00:24:07,989 Who's there? 521 00:24:08,198 --> 00:24:09,950 Show yourself! 522 00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:14,913 It was just a cat, Crabtree. 523 00:24:15,122 --> 00:24:18,708 In Haiti, black cats have a certain dark magic about them. 524 00:24:18,917 --> 00:24:20,585 Mojo, I believe it's called. 525 00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:21,586 Mojo. 526 00:24:21,795 --> 00:24:24,214 I don't like the sound of that. 527 00:24:24,422 --> 00:24:25,215 Oh, that's nothing. 528 00:24:25,423 --> 00:24:27,259 They have these dolls that you stick pins into -- 529 00:24:30,095 --> 00:24:33,014 What's with these windows? 530 00:24:37,102 --> 00:24:39,479 That's him. That's the ghost. 531 00:24:43,108 --> 00:24:44,109 There he goes. 532 00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:49,948 Where'd he go? 533 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,619 Higgins, fetch Detective Murdoch. 534 00:24:55,829 --> 00:24:57,747 By myself, George? 535 00:24:57,956 --> 00:24:59,791 Just go, Henry. 536 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:08,133 This ghost impersonator escaped out the window, right, Murdoch? 537 00:25:08,341 --> 00:25:10,343 Oh, sir, it's three stories straight down. 538 00:25:10,552 --> 00:25:12,470 A man doesn't simply disappear, George. 539 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:14,306 Yes, but if it's not a man, sir. 540 00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:18,226 Sirs, perhaps he went into his death mask. 541 00:25:18,435 --> 00:25:19,352 Perhaps you're right, Higgins. 542 00:25:19,561 --> 00:25:20,896 Perhaps this is where his soul resides. 543 00:25:21,104 --> 00:25:22,272 Aah! 544 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,649 Bloody hell, it's back there. 545 00:25:24,858 --> 00:25:26,276 You two stay here. 546 00:25:26,484 --> 00:25:28,320 And keep an eye open. 547 00:25:34,326 --> 00:25:35,952 Well? 548 00:25:36,161 --> 00:25:38,622 He's dead, sir. 549 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:40,248 Oh, Murdoch. 550 00:25:40,457 --> 00:25:44,002 What in God's name is going on in this house? 551 00:25:48,423 --> 00:25:50,926 How did this happen? Right under our very noses? 552 00:25:51,134 --> 00:25:52,969 Sir, we don't know what happened. 553 00:25:53,178 --> 00:25:55,680 For all we know, Ronald Beaton died of natural causes. 554 00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:57,474 You don't believe that, do you? 555 00:25:57,682 --> 00:25:58,642 I can't say that I do, sir. 556 00:25:58,850 --> 00:25:59,726 Right. 557 00:25:59,935 --> 00:26:01,519 - Theories? - Facts, sir. 558 00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:03,313 Three of the four Beaton brothers have died 559 00:26:03,521 --> 00:26:04,439 within the last six months. 560 00:26:04,648 --> 00:26:05,649 Two within the last three days. 561 00:26:05,857 --> 00:26:07,234 All heirs to a fortune, 562 00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:09,486 with just one brother left standing. 563 00:26:09,694 --> 00:26:11,404 Let's get Byron Beaton in. 564 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:13,281 Yes, sir. 565 00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:15,951 Who is that, sir? 566 00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:17,619 The Beaton family lawyer. 567 00:26:17,827 --> 00:26:19,329 I thought I'd have a chat. 568 00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:21,248 Ah, very good. 569 00:26:21,456 --> 00:26:22,832 It's an unusual will 570 00:26:23,041 --> 00:26:25,710 in that the estate in its entirety 571 00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:28,505 was passed down to all four sons 572 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:30,924 in the form of a joint tenancy. 573 00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:31,925 What's that? 574 00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:34,511 Well, Inspector, 575 00:26:34,719 --> 00:26:38,556 it's a form of estate common to married couples. 576 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,016 Upon the death of one, 577 00:26:40,225 --> 00:26:42,477 it automatically passes to the other. 578 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:45,438 Except in this case it passes to the surviving brothers. 579 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,399 Very good. 580 00:26:47,607 --> 00:26:49,567 Why would old man Beaton do it like that? 581 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,278 Two reasons. 582 00:26:51,486 --> 00:26:52,862 One is Beaton Manor itself. 583 00:26:53,071 --> 00:26:56,574 The house and the property alone are worth close to $60,000. 584 00:26:56,783 --> 00:26:59,244 And that's not counting the furnishings. 585 00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:00,328 Right. 586 00:27:00,537 --> 00:27:02,831 You can't divide up a property like that. 587 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,541 Well, you could if you sold it, 588 00:27:04,749 --> 00:27:07,085 but then it would no longer be Beaton Manor, 589 00:27:07,294 --> 00:27:08,586 would it, Inspector? 590 00:27:08,795 --> 00:27:10,880 I suppose not, Mr. Aylmer. 591 00:27:11,089 --> 00:27:13,133 What's the second reason? 592 00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:14,718 There was a concern, 593 00:27:14,926 --> 00:27:17,387 expressed by one of the siblings, 594 00:27:17,595 --> 00:27:19,097 that the youngest son, 595 00:27:19,306 --> 00:27:21,933 the, um the mulatto... 596 00:27:22,142 --> 00:27:22,892 Timothy. 597 00:27:23,101 --> 00:27:26,896 That Timothy intended to bequeath his portion 598 00:27:27,105 --> 00:27:28,815 to the household servants. 599 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:32,569 Which might be fine if he were the last to survive, 600 00:27:32,777 --> 00:27:36,448 but I trust you can see the implications if he wasn't. 601 00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:37,824 I'll do my best. 602 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:41,077 Which brother expressed this concern? 603 00:27:41,286 --> 00:27:43,621 The eldest, Byron. 604 00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:45,915 You're aware you stand to inherit 605 00:27:46,124 --> 00:27:47,334 the entire Beaton fortune? 606 00:27:47,542 --> 00:27:49,461 Of course I'm aware. I'm not an idiot. 607 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:50,837 And wasn't it at your urging 608 00:27:51,046 --> 00:27:53,381 that the estate be bequeathed as a joint tenancy? 609 00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:54,924 That was to prevent Timothy 610 00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:57,302 from making a mockery of the Beaton name. 611 00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,387 He despised us. 612 00:27:59,596 --> 00:28:02,015 Even his suicide was an act of hatred. 613 00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:04,476 I'm not convinced it was a suicide. 614 00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:05,477 I beg your pardon? 615 00:28:05,685 --> 00:28:08,063 Anyone could have tied the weights around his waist, 616 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:10,273 broken through the ice. 617 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:12,192 For all I know, he was dead already. 618 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:15,195 You're suggesting I killed Timothy? 619 00:28:15,403 --> 00:28:16,196 No. 620 00:28:16,404 --> 00:28:19,449 No, I'm suggesting you killed all three of your brothers. 621 00:28:19,657 --> 00:28:22,786 One by one. 622 00:28:22,994 --> 00:28:24,662 I'm sorry. 623 00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:28,750 This line of questioning is too offensive to continue. 624 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:31,127 You have no alibi for Chauncey's murder. 625 00:28:31,336 --> 00:28:32,962 What about Ronald's death? 626 00:28:33,171 --> 00:28:34,756 I was sleeping in my bed. 627 00:28:34,964 --> 00:28:35,757 Ah. 628 00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:37,926 I assume your wife can attest to this? 629 00:28:39,344 --> 00:28:40,845 No, I'm afraid I can't. 630 00:28:41,054 --> 00:28:43,515 Last night, we went to sleep together, 631 00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:46,893 but he snores. 632 00:28:47,102 --> 00:28:50,313 I asked him to sleep in the guest room next to ours. 633 00:28:50,522 --> 00:28:53,900 But I can assure you he was in that room when Ronald died. 634 00:28:54,109 --> 00:28:55,610 How can you be certain? 635 00:28:55,819 --> 00:28:58,363 When I awoke to Ronald's screams, 636 00:28:58,571 --> 00:29:01,324 I went into the hall to investigate. 637 00:29:01,533 --> 00:29:03,326 Byron's door was still locked. 638 00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:05,328 He didn't come out into the hall as well? 639 00:29:05,537 --> 00:29:07,455 He sleeps soundly. 640 00:29:07,664 --> 00:29:09,999 But he did emerge when Godfrey pounded on the door 641 00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:11,000 to awaken him. 642 00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:15,046 You say you awoke to the sound of Ronald screaming. 643 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:17,006 That's right. 644 00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:19,092 From the time you heard the screams 645 00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,302 to the time you exited into the hall, 646 00:29:21,511 --> 00:29:22,971 how much time had elapsed? 647 00:29:24,681 --> 00:29:26,724 Two minutes at the most. 648 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,727 In two minutes, Byron would have had to travel 649 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:31,563 from where he was in the west wing 650 00:29:31,771 --> 00:29:33,731 all the way to the room that he slept in 651 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:34,858 on the second floor. 652 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:35,859 I've paced it out. 653 00:29:36,067 --> 00:29:37,193 How long did it take you? 654 00:29:37,402 --> 00:29:38,319 Just under a minute. 655 00:29:38,528 --> 00:29:40,905 Our boy could have covered that distance in half the time 656 00:29:41,114 --> 00:29:42,657 if he'd put a bit of sauce into it. 657 00:29:42,866 --> 00:29:43,908 What if he encountered someone? 658 00:29:44,117 --> 00:29:45,034 People heard Ronald scream. 659 00:29:45,243 --> 00:29:46,619 They were coming out of their rooms. 660 00:29:46,828 --> 00:29:48,079 Yes, that is a problem. 661 00:29:48,288 --> 00:29:49,914 But it is possible, in theory. 662 00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:51,875 Sir, surely the ghost was instrumental 663 00:29:52,083 --> 00:29:53,001 in Mr. Beaton's death. 664 00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:54,252 It was, George. 665 00:29:54,461 --> 00:29:55,295 What? 666 00:29:55,503 --> 00:29:56,504 But the ghost was Timothy. 667 00:29:56,713 --> 00:29:58,756 I saw it. It looked right at me. 668 00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:01,217 I believe the ghost was Byron. 669 00:30:01,426 --> 00:30:05,096 And I intend to demonstrate how he did it. 670 00:30:52,227 --> 00:30:53,019 William. 671 00:30:53,228 --> 00:30:54,771 Come in, come in. 672 00:30:54,979 --> 00:30:56,981 I see you've completed the mold. 673 00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:58,775 Latex rubber, you say? 674 00:30:58,983 --> 00:30:59,776 Yes. 675 00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:02,362 Recent additives have made it pliable and strong. 676 00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:04,280 The process would have been familiar 677 00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:06,324 to a rubber magnate like Byron Beaton. 678 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:07,325 Speaking of, 679 00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:10,453 I've completed the postmortem on young Ronald. 680 00:31:10,662 --> 00:31:11,704 Heart attack? 681 00:31:11,913 --> 00:31:15,083 Massive. Almost goes without saying. 682 00:31:17,669 --> 00:31:20,004 Very good, William. 683 00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:26,052 You'll need to shade in the eyebrows and so forth. 684 00:31:26,261 --> 00:31:27,053 And color the skin. 685 00:31:27,262 --> 00:31:28,096 Yes. 686 00:31:28,304 --> 00:31:31,641 I'll need to cut holes for the eyes and nostrils. 687 00:31:31,849 --> 00:31:32,850 Wouldn't there be a gap 688 00:31:33,059 --> 00:31:35,395 between the the mask and the skin around the eyes? 689 00:31:35,603 --> 00:31:39,482 I believe that Byron glued the mask to his face. 690 00:31:39,691 --> 00:31:41,484 Try it on. 691 00:31:41,693 --> 00:31:43,069 Oh, I... 692 00:31:44,696 --> 00:31:47,073 Well, all right. 693 00:31:50,368 --> 00:31:53,121 Oh, William. You are a sport. 694 00:31:54,038 --> 00:31:55,999 By the way, there's a lecture tonight 695 00:31:56,207 --> 00:31:57,834 on the Michelson-Morley experiment. 696 00:31:58,042 --> 00:31:58,835 7:00. 697 00:31:59,043 --> 00:32:01,004 Ah, yes, I'd love to, but... 698 00:32:01,212 --> 00:32:02,088 Yes, I know. 699 00:32:02,297 --> 00:32:05,466 It's last minute, but I'll drop by anyway. 700 00:32:05,675 --> 00:32:06,551 If you're free, we can go. 701 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:07,927 Murdoch, I've been thinking. 702 00:32:08,136 --> 00:32:09,971 Oh, bloody hell! 703 00:32:10,179 --> 00:32:11,055 Good God, man. 704 00:32:11,264 --> 00:32:12,640 That's quite effective. 705 00:32:12,849 --> 00:32:14,851 Is this how Byron did it, then? 706 00:32:15,059 --> 00:32:16,019 Yes. 707 00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:18,104 Well, the mask would need a few more details, 708 00:32:18,313 --> 00:32:19,188 but I believe so, yes. 709 00:32:19,397 --> 00:32:21,816 All you have to do now is find that mask. 710 00:32:23,568 --> 00:32:24,861 Is this absolutely necessary? 711 00:32:25,069 --> 00:32:27,071 I'm afraid it is, Mr. Godfrey. 712 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,573 Stop this. 713 00:32:28,781 --> 00:32:29,699 Stop this now! 714 00:32:29,907 --> 00:32:31,993 Not until we find what we're looking for. 715 00:32:32,201 --> 00:32:33,828 By whose authority? 716 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:37,665 We've found nothing, sir. 717 00:32:37,874 --> 00:32:39,667 I'll have your badge, Murdoch. 718 00:32:39,876 --> 00:32:40,668 Ah, yes. 719 00:32:40,877 --> 00:32:43,338 Just give me a moment, Mr. Beaton. 720 00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:47,634 You've checked everywhere, George? 721 00:32:47,842 --> 00:32:50,011 Sir. Floor to ceiling. Wall to wall. 722 00:32:50,219 --> 00:32:52,221 Then it must be behind the walls. 723 00:32:52,430 --> 00:32:53,222 Behind, sir? 724 00:32:53,431 --> 00:32:54,849 Think, George. 725 00:32:55,058 --> 00:32:57,268 This so-called ghost that you followed, 726 00:32:57,477 --> 00:32:58,895 he didn't simply disappear. 727 00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:01,898 He had to have some means of escaping undetected. 728 00:33:02,106 --> 00:33:04,025 Isn't that right, Mr. Beaton? 729 00:33:04,233 --> 00:33:06,152 I don't know what you're talking about. 730 00:33:06,361 --> 00:33:07,779 There are secret passageways throughout this house, 731 00:33:07,987 --> 00:33:09,155 are there not? 732 00:33:10,948 --> 00:33:12,408 Fine. George, please fetch a crowbar. 733 00:33:12,617 --> 00:33:14,452 I won't have you destroying my house! 734 00:33:14,661 --> 00:33:17,789 Then tell me where the entrance to the passageway is. 735 00:33:58,162 --> 00:34:01,416 George, fetch the lanterns, please. 736 00:34:08,256 --> 00:34:09,424 After you, Mr. Godfrey. 737 00:34:09,632 --> 00:34:11,926 Sir? 738 00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:14,762 Go ahead. 739 00:34:16,764 --> 00:34:18,891 Do these passageways go throughout the whole house? 740 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,309 Yes. 741 00:34:20,518 --> 00:34:23,354 Emery Beaton and his family escaped with their lives 742 00:34:23,563 --> 00:34:26,190 through secret passageways built in the house 743 00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:29,235 during the slave rebellions in St. Dominique. 744 00:34:29,444 --> 00:34:31,571 Advantageous to have a ready escape 745 00:34:31,779 --> 00:34:33,823 in the event your slaves rise up against you. 746 00:34:34,031 --> 00:34:34,824 Sir, this must be 747 00:34:35,032 --> 00:34:37,368 where the footfalls you heard last night came from. 748 00:34:37,577 --> 00:34:39,829 Yes, George, I believe we heard Byron on his way 749 00:34:40,037 --> 00:34:42,457 to make his ghostly appearance to you and Henry. 750 00:34:44,459 --> 00:34:47,587 I'm sure you're mistaken, sir. 751 00:34:49,172 --> 00:34:51,924 Careful, here. Some of these boards are loose. 752 00:34:58,055 --> 00:34:59,974 George. 753 00:35:19,494 --> 00:35:21,704 Sir, that must be the mask the killer used. 754 00:35:21,913 --> 00:35:23,372 Yes, George. 755 00:35:23,581 --> 00:35:25,666 Arrest Byron Beaton. 756 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:34,425 What are you thinking, sir? 757 00:35:38,179 --> 00:35:40,139 This is a quality piece of work. 758 00:35:40,348 --> 00:35:41,265 Very detailed. 759 00:35:41,474 --> 00:35:43,392 They've even sewn the eyebrows. 760 00:35:43,601 --> 00:35:45,645 What did they use for the eyes? Stained glass? 761 00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:47,396 Easier to see through, I suppose. 762 00:35:47,605 --> 00:35:49,106 Why not just cut out the eye holes? 763 00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:50,983 He would have needed glue, then, to hold the mask on. 764 00:35:51,192 --> 00:35:53,319 Not enough time, I suppose. 765 00:35:53,528 --> 00:35:55,196 Well, congratulations, Murdoch. 766 00:35:55,404 --> 00:35:56,447 Another one solved. 767 00:35:56,656 --> 00:35:58,032 Perhaps. 768 00:35:58,115 --> 00:35:59,158 "Perhaps"? 769 00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:00,952 Perhaps, what does that mean? 770 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,872 Sir, this mask could hang Byron Beaton. 771 00:36:05,081 --> 00:36:07,124 Why did he not just throw it in the fire 772 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:08,751 when he returned to his room? 773 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,837 He couldn't have expected us to find it 774 00:36:11,045 --> 00:36:12,171 in the secret passageway. 775 00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:15,007 But, then, why appear to you and Higgins as Timothy's ghost? 776 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:16,551 What was to be gained from that? 777 00:36:16,759 --> 00:36:17,802 You're overthinking this, Murdoch. 778 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:19,720 No, sir, I don't believe I am. 779 00:36:19,929 --> 00:36:21,722 The killer wanted us to find those passageways 780 00:36:21,931 --> 00:36:22,974 and the mask. 781 00:36:23,182 --> 00:36:24,141 Why? 782 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:26,978 Because it explains the appearance of Timothy's ghost 783 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:29,564 and points the finger directly at Byron as the killer. 784 00:36:29,772 --> 00:36:30,898 A frame-up? 785 00:36:31,107 --> 00:36:31,899 Possibly. 786 00:36:32,108 --> 00:36:35,403 Then, if it wasn't Byron, who else could it have been? 787 00:36:35,611 --> 00:36:38,906 Who first introduced us to the notion of a ghost? 788 00:36:39,115 --> 00:36:40,825 Godfrey. 789 00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:42,785 Yes, but he was disingenuous about it, 790 00:36:42,994 --> 00:36:45,288 even dismissing his niece Claire for being superstitious. 791 00:36:45,496 --> 00:36:46,706 But why? 792 00:36:46,914 --> 00:36:48,624 What did he have against the brothers? 793 00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:50,293 Did you say Claire was his niece? 794 00:36:50,501 --> 00:36:51,669 Yes. 795 00:36:51,878 --> 00:36:55,882 Claire told me that she and Timothy's mother, Chanté, 796 00:36:56,090 --> 00:36:57,133 were cousins. 797 00:36:57,341 --> 00:36:58,801 They were? 798 00:36:59,010 --> 00:37:01,971 But if they were cousins 799 00:37:02,179 --> 00:37:04,891 and Claire is Godfrey's niece... 800 00:37:05,099 --> 00:37:06,100 You're mad! 801 00:37:06,309 --> 00:37:08,853 Why would I impersonate a ghost? 802 00:37:09,061 --> 00:37:11,272 Vengeance, Mr. Godfrey. 803 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,691 Did you murder Chauncey Beaton? 804 00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:16,193 Did you frighten Ronald Beaton to death? 805 00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:17,278 For what reason? 806 00:37:17,486 --> 00:37:19,322 The Beatons have always been good to me. 807 00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:21,490 But they treated Timothy badly. 808 00:37:21,699 --> 00:37:23,993 They treated his mother even worse. 809 00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:25,745 And what concern would that be to me? 810 00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:28,831 Because your daughter was Timothy's mother, 811 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,208 which means Timothy was your grandson. 812 00:37:36,964 --> 00:37:38,549 Yes. 813 00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:44,513 But I swear to you, I wasn't the one wearing that mask. 814 00:37:44,722 --> 00:37:46,015 I didn't kill anyone. 815 00:37:46,223 --> 00:37:47,016 Mr. Godfrey. 816 00:37:47,224 --> 00:37:50,186 I didn't kill anyone! 817 00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:53,689 We encountered Godfrey here at 1:14 a.m., 818 00:37:53,898 --> 00:37:56,609 and George and Henry found the "ghost" here 819 00:37:56,817 --> 00:37:58,694 at 1:20 a.m. 820 00:37:58,903 --> 00:38:01,030 Which gave him six minutes to change into Timothy's clothes 821 00:38:01,238 --> 00:38:03,324 and scare the living bejesus out of Crabtree and Higgins. 822 00:38:03,532 --> 00:38:06,285 It's tight, Murdoch, and he's not a young man. 823 00:38:06,494 --> 00:38:07,536 No. 824 00:38:07,745 --> 00:38:09,080 - Sirs. - Yes, George. 825 00:38:09,288 --> 00:38:10,081 Bad news, I'm afraid. 826 00:38:10,289 --> 00:38:11,207 No less than three maids 827 00:38:11,415 --> 00:38:13,250 swear they saw Godfrey come out of his room 828 00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:15,252 moments after Ronald's screams were heard. 829 00:38:15,461 --> 00:38:16,462 Out of his room. You're sure? 830 00:38:16,671 --> 00:38:17,880 Sir. 831 00:38:18,089 --> 00:38:20,383 That's down in the servants' quarters. 832 00:38:20,591 --> 00:38:22,385 A man can't be in two places at once, Murdoch. 833 00:38:22,593 --> 00:38:26,097 So, what's your theory now? 834 00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:32,520 Murdoch. 835 00:38:32,603 --> 00:38:33,604 Murdoch! 836 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:34,939 Sir. 837 00:38:36,023 --> 00:38:39,735 George, you said the ghost looked directly at you? 838 00:38:39,944 --> 00:38:40,653 That's right. 839 00:38:40,861 --> 00:38:44,949 Gentlemen, I believe we have to return to Beaton Manor. 840 00:38:50,579 --> 00:38:52,748 And this is exactly as you saw him. 841 00:38:52,957 --> 00:38:55,626 Um... yes. 842 00:38:55,835 --> 00:38:57,086 But? 843 00:38:57,294 --> 00:38:59,547 Well, it's hard to explain, sir. 844 00:38:59,755 --> 00:39:02,883 The ghost looked at me. 845 00:39:03,092 --> 00:39:03,884 And these eyes stare straight ahead. 846 00:39:04,093 --> 00:39:04,719 Exactly. 847 00:39:04,927 --> 00:39:07,638 Now you're saying that the killer never wore a mask? 848 00:39:07,847 --> 00:39:09,432 That's right, sir. 849 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:10,599 Because he couldn't look Crabtree in the eye. 850 00:39:10,808 --> 00:39:13,060 Sir, eye contact is unmistakable. 851 00:39:13,269 --> 00:39:14,103 It's powerful. 852 00:39:14,311 --> 00:39:17,273 One can always tell when someone is looking at them. 853 00:39:17,481 --> 00:39:20,109 But only seeing eyes are capable of this. 854 00:39:20,317 --> 00:39:23,320 The eyes of the mask are dead. They don't connect. 855 00:39:24,989 --> 00:39:26,782 So Timothy did it? 856 00:39:26,991 --> 00:39:28,284 Except that he's good and dead. 857 00:39:28,492 --> 00:39:31,162 So it was either his ghost or his twin, which he didn't have, 858 00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:33,039 so we're back to the ghost. 859 00:39:33,247 --> 00:39:35,291 Or perhaps it was his zombie. 860 00:39:35,499 --> 00:39:37,501 It wasn't his bloody zombie either. 861 00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:38,669 What is a zombie anyway? 862 00:39:38,878 --> 00:39:41,297 Sir, it's a man who wakes from the dead 863 00:39:41,505 --> 00:39:43,132 after a certain voodoo spell. 864 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:46,552 And did he reconstitute himself from his burned ashes as well? 865 00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:52,016 George, where did you learn about these zombies? 866 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:54,060 From my reading, sir. 867 00:39:54,268 --> 00:39:57,563 But the maid, Claire, knows more about them than I do. 868 00:39:57,772 --> 00:39:58,564 Readings. 869 00:39:58,773 --> 00:40:01,275 I don't know much about it, Mr. Murdoch. 870 00:40:01,484 --> 00:40:03,778 I stay away from that kind of magic. 871 00:40:03,986 --> 00:40:07,323 Tell me what you do know, Miss Claire. 872 00:40:07,531 --> 00:40:12,119 The bokor, he's a magic man, a sorcerer. 873 00:40:12,328 --> 00:40:14,705 He rubs some kind of magic powder into you, 874 00:40:14,914 --> 00:40:16,540 and it kills you dead. 875 00:40:16,749 --> 00:40:18,542 But you don't stay dead. 876 00:40:18,751 --> 00:40:23,005 When you wake up, your soul is gone and it stays gone. 877 00:40:23,214 --> 00:40:26,300 That's all I know. 878 00:40:26,509 --> 00:40:28,219 It's a shame Master Timmy's dead. 879 00:40:28,427 --> 00:40:30,179 He could have told you everything. 880 00:40:30,387 --> 00:40:31,305 He knew about this? 881 00:40:31,514 --> 00:40:32,807 Every time we'd go to Haiti, 882 00:40:33,015 --> 00:40:35,101 he'd go to bokors to learn their secrets. 883 00:40:35,309 --> 00:40:38,771 I think he wanted to be a bokor himself. 884 00:40:38,979 --> 00:40:42,650 Turn his brothers into zombies. 885 00:40:42,858 --> 00:40:45,027 A powder? What sort of powder? 886 00:40:45,236 --> 00:40:47,196 All I know is that when taken into the body, 887 00:40:47,404 --> 00:40:50,199 the poison induces a death-like trance 888 00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:52,284 from which the person eventually awakens. 889 00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:55,037 And you think Timothy could have taken this powder 890 00:40:55,246 --> 00:40:56,288 to fake his own death? 891 00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:59,375 Yes. Do you think it's possible? 892 00:40:59,583 --> 00:41:02,253 William, I haven't even had my morning tea. 893 00:41:02,461 --> 00:41:04,213 Yes, I'm aware of that, but -- 894 00:41:04,421 --> 00:41:07,883 Well, I suppose it's possible, in theory. 895 00:41:08,092 --> 00:41:11,428 The poison of the puffer fish can paralyze the diaphragm 896 00:41:11,637 --> 00:41:14,265 and slow the heart rate to almost zero. 897 00:41:14,473 --> 00:41:16,684 The puffer fish is from the Caribbean. 898 00:41:16,892 --> 00:41:18,352 I believe so. 899 00:41:18,561 --> 00:41:21,647 Could this poison have constituted the baker's powder? 900 00:41:21,856 --> 00:41:26,026 I suppose it's possible. 901 00:41:26,235 --> 00:41:28,362 But you can't just slow the body's heart rate down 902 00:41:28,571 --> 00:41:29,864 without consequences. 903 00:41:30,072 --> 00:41:33,242 The brain requires a constant flow of oxygen. 904 00:41:33,450 --> 00:41:35,119 Or tea. 905 00:41:35,327 --> 00:41:38,330 The maid also said that when these zombies awoke, 906 00:41:38,539 --> 00:41:39,832 their souls were gone. 907 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,710 Perhaps what they perceive as a lack of a soul 908 00:41:42,918 --> 00:41:44,461 is actually brain damage. 909 00:41:45,629 --> 00:41:48,215 Could this be done without suffering such damage? 910 00:41:48,424 --> 00:41:51,760 Well, you'd have to slow the body's metabolic function. 911 00:41:51,969 --> 00:41:55,764 To do that, you'd need to cool the body to just above freezing. 912 00:41:55,973 --> 00:42:01,270 By plunging it into a frozen pool in February? 913 00:42:01,645 --> 00:42:02,605 Puffer fish? 914 00:42:02,813 --> 00:42:05,566 There's a fish that's actually called puffer? 915 00:42:05,774 --> 00:42:06,775 Yes, sir. 916 00:42:06,984 --> 00:42:10,029 The effects of the fish's poison last approximately 12 hours. 917 00:42:10,237 --> 00:42:12,656 Long enough to get a declaration of death 918 00:42:12,865 --> 00:42:14,408 and to make a death mask. 919 00:42:14,617 --> 00:42:16,619 How did Timothy avoid being cremated? 920 00:42:16,827 --> 00:42:18,454 I suppose he snuck out of the casket 921 00:42:18,662 --> 00:42:20,289 when he was sure no one was around. 922 00:42:20,497 --> 00:42:23,167 Would have been some trick to find a stiff for the coffin 923 00:42:23,375 --> 00:42:24,585 before it went up in smoke. 924 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:25,628 Not for a man of means. 925 00:42:25,836 --> 00:42:27,755 Cadavers have been bought and sold in the past. 926 00:42:27,963 --> 00:42:30,174 He couldn't have done all this by himself. 927 00:42:30,382 --> 00:42:31,550 No. I believe he had an accomplice. 928 00:42:31,759 --> 00:42:32,551 Who? 929 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,304 I've given this some thought, sir. 930 00:42:35,512 --> 00:42:36,513 Timothy may be alive, 931 00:42:36,722 --> 00:42:39,308 but he can't very well collect on his inheritance. 932 00:42:39,516 --> 00:42:41,644 No, it all goes to Byron at this point. 933 00:42:41,852 --> 00:42:42,645 That's right. 934 00:42:42,853 --> 00:42:44,104 And if Byron is to hang, 935 00:42:44,313 --> 00:42:46,690 then who would collect once he was dead? 936 00:42:46,899 --> 00:42:48,442 - The wifey. - That's right. 937 00:42:48,651 --> 00:42:50,819 The same woman who discovered Timothy's body. 938 00:42:51,028 --> 00:42:55,157 The same woman who was once courted by Timothy. 939 00:42:55,366 --> 00:42:56,909 And that should be the last of it. 940 00:43:00,412 --> 00:43:01,789 Going on a trip, Mrs. Beaton? 941 00:43:01,997 --> 00:43:03,415 Yes, Detective. 942 00:43:03,624 --> 00:43:06,126 I'm going to Montreal for... 943 00:43:06,335 --> 00:43:08,837 Well, I don't know how long. 944 00:43:09,046 --> 00:43:12,174 I just know that if I stay in this house another day, 945 00:43:12,383 --> 00:43:13,175 I'll go mad. 946 00:43:13,384 --> 00:43:15,135 Ah, yes. I understand. 947 00:43:15,344 --> 00:43:16,262 Bad memories. 948 00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:20,516 My husband murdered his own brothers. 949 00:43:20,724 --> 00:43:22,559 What could make him do such a thing? 950 00:43:25,479 --> 00:43:28,565 There must be some kind of evil in these walls. 951 00:43:28,774 --> 00:43:31,068 Is this a permanent move, then? 952 00:43:32,403 --> 00:43:33,362 I don't know. 953 00:43:33,570 --> 00:43:34,863 And what of the estate? 954 00:43:35,072 --> 00:43:36,949 Let the lawyers have it. 955 00:43:37,157 --> 00:43:39,660 I want nothing to do with it. 956 00:43:39,868 --> 00:43:44,456 As far as I'm concerned, it's all cursed. 957 00:43:44,665 --> 00:43:46,500 Good day, Detective. 958 00:43:46,709 --> 00:43:49,753 Good day, Mrs. Beaton. 959 00:43:49,962 --> 00:43:52,506 Sir, you're not just going to let her leave. 960 00:43:52,715 --> 00:43:54,216 She's not leaving us, George. 961 00:43:54,425 --> 00:43:57,428 She's leading us. 962 00:44:18,490 --> 00:44:21,076 I won't be long, Tom. 963 00:44:22,619 --> 00:44:23,412 Hello. 964 00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:26,081 - Good day, sir. - How can I help you? 965 00:44:26,290 --> 00:44:29,960 I'm looking for Rowena Beaton. I'm told she's staying here. 966 00:44:30,169 --> 00:44:33,422 Yes, but I didn't know she was expecting visitors. 967 00:44:33,630 --> 00:44:35,132 Let me call for her. 968 00:44:37,634 --> 00:44:39,762 Rowena? 969 00:44:39,970 --> 00:44:43,140 A gentleman is here to see you. 970 00:44:43,349 --> 00:44:44,892 And your name, sir? 971 00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:45,976 Aldington Bird. 972 00:44:46,185 --> 00:44:47,561 Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bird. 973 00:44:47,770 --> 00:44:48,771 The same. 974 00:44:48,979 --> 00:44:50,230 And you are? 975 00:44:50,439 --> 00:44:52,358 Detective William Murdoch... 976 00:44:54,777 --> 00:44:57,154 ...of the Toronto Constabulary. 977 00:45:02,993 --> 00:45:04,328 Damn you. 978 00:45:11,877 --> 00:45:13,837 It was all a sham, then? 979 00:45:14,046 --> 00:45:16,715 Every caress, every sigh of affection. 980 00:45:16,924 --> 00:45:18,342 I'm afraid so. 981 00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:21,845 Rowena was a willing pawn in your brother's revenge. 982 00:45:22,054 --> 00:45:24,056 Whatever compassion she had for you 983 00:45:24,264 --> 00:45:26,892 was subverted by her desire to be with Timothy. 984 00:45:27,101 --> 00:45:28,477 It was my fault. 985 00:45:28,685 --> 00:45:31,772 Would it have been so hard to treat him with respect? 986 00:45:31,980 --> 00:45:33,649 Something to contemplate. 987 00:45:33,857 --> 00:45:36,693 I actually felt triumphant when I stole Rowena from him. 988 00:45:36,902 --> 00:45:38,987 Or thought I had. 989 00:45:39,530 --> 00:45:41,824 Shameful. I've deserved this. 990 00:45:42,032 --> 00:45:45,119 Begging your pardon, sir. No one deserved this. 991 00:45:45,327 --> 00:45:48,038 What would they have done with the estate? 992 00:45:48,247 --> 00:45:50,165 I suppose sell off Beaton Manor. 993 00:45:50,374 --> 00:45:52,000 I should probably sell it myself. 994 00:45:52,209 --> 00:45:53,127 But who would want it? 995 00:45:53,335 --> 00:45:54,711 The cursed house of a cursed family. 996 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,506 An all-too-human curse. 997 00:45:57,714 --> 00:45:59,967 No ghosts, no magic. 998 00:46:00,175 --> 00:46:01,927 I suppose you're right. 999 00:46:02,136 --> 00:46:04,513 Dwelling on it is not worth it. 1000 00:46:04,721 --> 00:46:07,182 Perhaps I'll open our doors to the public. 1001 00:46:07,391 --> 00:46:09,935 People love these so-called haunted houses. 1002 00:46:10,144 --> 00:46:11,228 An intriguing idea. 1003 00:46:11,437 --> 00:46:14,690 I might haunt it when I die. 1004 00:46:14,898 --> 00:46:18,235 Which, given my family history, could be any day now. 1005 00:46:21,405 --> 00:46:24,491 That was a joke, Detective. 1006 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:26,201 I'm glad to hear it. 1007 00:46:26,410 --> 00:46:28,537 Well... 1008 00:46:28,745 --> 00:46:31,373 ...thank you for everything. 1009 00:46:31,582 --> 00:46:33,125 Good day, Mr. Beaton. 1010 00:46:33,333 --> 00:46:34,960 And superstition be damned. 1011 00:46:35,169 --> 00:46:36,253 Good luck. 1012 00:46:50,392 --> 00:46:51,727 Mr. Beaton? 1013 00:46:51,810 --> 00:46:53,479 Mr. Beaton?