CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Speak of the Devil)
CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed.
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00:00Come in. Welcome. Welcome to Mystery Theatre. I'm Hyman Brown. Welcome to the sounds of
00:19suspense, to the fear you can hear. Make yourself comfortable, for there are ill winds blowing
00:25outside. This is a tale of a titanic struggle between two colossal forces. One natural,
00:34the other supernatural. The prize? A girl's soul. And in the clash of fire and water,
00:42there is the very devil to pay. Come with me now to the faraway Firth in Scotland to
00:49meet the first of the forces. It's the tide. It comes in faster than an express train.
00:58Is it always like this? Twice a day. Doesn't it ever break? It will, when it gets just
01:04about abreast of us. Isn't it exciting? That's one word for it. That's why you don't dare
01:10go out on the flats on foot. If the tide was due, you'd never make it ashore.
01:20Our mystery drama, Speak of the Devil, was written especially for the Mystery Theatre
01:27by Ian Martin and stars Jada Rowland and Nick Pryor. I'll be back shortly with Act One.
01:35They say he who dreams on the Solway will wake in another world. Not only is the tide a terror,
01:55but so are the quicksands. And far worse than either, the bogeys, the warlocks,
02:01the unnamed things that haunt Scottish history. The Scots word for our story is
02:08eldritch. It means uncanny, eerie, frightful, otherworldly. If you put out the light,
02:18Mrs. Petrie. Hold my hand, Mike. You'd better hold both mine. Why? You can't trust me in the
02:28dark. I'm sorry, Colonel Bruce. Now, Mike, Mary Ellen, I know you two young ones think a seance
02:38is a might daft, but it's not the way that Colonel, Mrs. Petrie, and I feel. Well, then maybe we'd
02:45better not stay. Oh, no. We need five of the circle. It's a blessing you're here, but please
02:51be serious. All of us have made contact with your dearest ones who have passed on through my
03:01control. Control? That's a messenger who brings us messages. Anna, too. He once was a slave in
03:11Babylon. Babylon? This is scary. Hang in, darling. Now, may we all join hands, please. I'm asking you
03:24not to break the chain of contact now. Clear your minds. Make them a blank, a quiet place. I'm
03:39reaching now, reaching away and above and out and over from here to the bonnie, bonnie other place
03:54that lies beyond our kin. We're biding here, Anna, too, asking you back into our circle. Will you not
04:11come back to us again? Oh, precious lady from across centuries, the time is not right, not right now. I beg you,
04:26Kishba is breathing fire tonight. No, there is evil. Stop it. Stop it. In heaven's name. Someone get the light.
04:50Yes, yes. It burned. It burned. Ellen, where's that damn light? Mary Ellen, are you all right? Yes, sir. What's all that smoke?
05:02That's just the incense we burned. I'm the one to blame for meddling in the business of the Lord. We'll not ever have a seance in this house again. I'm afraid I loosed some devil
05:18out of hell this night. Ouch! Don't regal so much. You stuck the pin in me, Aunt Jeanie. Oh, I'm sorry, Ellen. Oh, but it'll take more than a pinprick to burst your happiness.
05:37Thank you, Aunt Jeanie, for letting me come home to be married and for such a heavenly day. Oh, well, I'll accept the thanks for bidding you back to where you grew up.
05:47When Dad died so suddenly, I was lost. I didn't know what to do. Well, you did just the right thing. You came home. You're two modern young people who are a lot smarter than we old people are.
06:03It is proud I am to be part of the gamble you're making in your lives. I am all goosebumps. I'll get back into my jeans and sweater. I've got a skin just like I had last Wednesday night. Don't mention it. I should never have had you children in that circle.
06:22It was so scary. What happened? I don't know. It was some kind of trick, wasn't it? I don't play tricks. Well, it was Maggie, your mother, who had the second sight, you know. That wee wisp, so delicate and so, so vibrant.
06:43When she died, it tore the heart out of me. But Will went off to America and left me to bring you up. Well, it put my heart back. And then when you were 15 and almost grown up and he wanted you to join him, I was left alone again. How could I stop you going?
07:06I didn't want to go. I know, but you were his flesh and blood. I found a way out of my loneliness. Nights when the roar of the tide used to come boiling up the firth outside the windows there. I thought I could hear Maggie calling to me. But when the wind was scurrying out of the northeast, I'd hear her voice on the wings of the blow.
07:30And I began to think maybe I had the call, too. That's when I started the seances. Until the other night? Yes. I'll never hold a seance again. So the subject is closed. I realize I'm just a foolish old woman. I've never been so scared. Promise me to put it out of your mind. What's past is past. Your future is all that matters.
07:58It seems so right to be back as if as if something were calling me. Oh, you're cold. I'll start up the fire. No, no, don't bother. I just miss my American central heating. I think I'll go outside in the sun for a minute or two.
08:17Oh, go take a good, brisk turn down the road while I finish this hem. That's a good idea. But don't go down the firth road. Take the high road. Why? Well, I saw your Michael off this morning for the Solway. You don't want to run into the bridegroom on the wedding day. It's bad luck.
08:36Kiss me, Ellen. Aunt Jeanie thinks it's bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other on the wedding day. You can't fault that. Back in Nebraska, my mother used to feel the same way. But that's just old fashioned. And Aunt Jeanie something else? Darling, your Aunt Jeanie sure is something else. Good or bad?
09:04About 90 percent good. I just don't dig the spirit kick. We won't have any more of that. It was awful, though, wasn't it? It's all kind of self-hypnosis. That terrible raspy voice, whatever it was saying. Ellen, there wasn't any voice. You didn't hear it? I heard something that sounded like your aunt choking herself to death. But the first voice.
09:32That, that's just the old girl practicing a little ventriloquism. No, no, that awful burning smell. Well, I will admit I like the Herakrishna incense better. Come on, Ellen, let's forget all that mumbo jumbo. Hey, dig that crazy character out there. Fishing in those little pools in the flats? What's crazy about that? On horseback? But everyone does because of the tide. The tide? I forgot.
10:02If we hadn't been up in Glasgow wedding shopping, I'd have shown it to you. Look out there to the west. If that ghillie is up on his horse, it must be. Oh, yes, here it comes. And there he goes. You'd think the devil was on his tail. What's his hurry? Look, the tidal bore. It's coming. You mean that big wave down at the mouth of the estuary? Yes, it's the tide. It comes in faster than an express train. Listen.
10:28Holy Maloney. Is it always like this? Twice a day. Worse than the Ottoman in the spring. Doesn't it ever break? It will when it gets just about abreast of us. Isn't it exciting? That's one word for it. That's why you don't dare go out on the flats on foot. If the tide was due, you'd never make it ashore. Oh, Michael, it's so thrilling and so good to be alive. I love you. What'd you say? I love you.
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13:16Oh, be gentle with her, Michael.
13:20She's so sensitive and delicate,
13:24like her mother that died all those years ago.
13:26We'll keep her from any harm.
13:28Good night, Aunt Jeanie.
13:30Good night, Michael, dear.
13:34If we can.
13:38If it's in human hands to be able to...
13:42Snuff my candle out, if you will,
13:44old Reekie.
13:46But hear me this.
13:48You'll not have Mary Ellen.
13:50You'll not have her
13:52like my sister Maggie.
13:58Old Reekie could be translated
14:00Old Smokey.
14:02It's another name for the devil.
14:04Jeanie should know better
14:06than to mention him,
14:08for the old proverb says,
14:10speak of the devil
14:12and his horns appear.
14:14Let's see when Mystery Theatre
14:16returns shortly with Act Two.
14:32Dreams are made to die
14:34with the opening of day,
14:36and superstition fades and falters
14:38in the sunlight.
14:40So by the following morning,
14:42we could hope our bride and bridegroom
14:44would wake and rise on the right side
14:46of the bed.
14:48Let's find out as Michael comes
14:50downstairs.
14:52Oh, good morning, Michael. I'm in the kitchen.
14:54Come on out.
14:56Morning, Aunt Jeanie.
14:58Well, how is the bridegroom today?
15:00Well, the bridegroom's first rate.
15:02It's the bride who's not.
15:04Oh, what's wrong with the wheelhouse?
15:06Oh, I don't know.
15:08I think now you were right last night.
15:10Huh? Right?
15:12About what?
15:14She had some kind of a
15:16bad dream.
15:18But if she did,
15:20she won't tell me about it.
15:22What do you think it might have been?
15:24Oh, I don't know.
15:26She's a sensitive wee thing,
15:28and she's back in the part of the house
15:30where her mother died.
15:32That was Maggie's room you're in.
15:34Maybe I should never have put you there.
15:36Anyway, I'll get her tea
15:38and go on up and have a wee chat.
15:50And I couldn't tell Mike. I couldn't.
15:52Not after what we...
15:54my wedding night.
15:56How could I dream
15:58anything so...
16:00so vile and hideous?
16:02That great,
16:04great, gross presence
16:06bearing down
16:08on me.
16:10Breath so sick.
16:12The lips slathering
16:14and that awful
16:16fur, fur all over.
16:18Oh!
16:20And the fire burning me.
16:22And that
16:24scorching smell.
16:28Oh, Aunt Jeanie,
16:30what a nightmare.
16:32Now, then that's all it was.
16:34But it seemed so real.
16:36Well, it wasn't.
16:38Because when I came by, you were sleep and sound.
16:40Drink your tea now.
16:42It's a good thing you married
16:44that nice American boy with his head
16:46screwed good and tight.
16:48Mike.
16:50He'll blow all the cobwebs out of your head.
16:52And he's going
16:54to have a good chance to.
16:56What do you mean?
16:58I mean you two
17:00are going to have a nice honeymoon
17:02all alone for a big, long month.
17:04Where are you going?
17:06Oh, I've got an old girl school chum
17:08who lives just outside Blackpool
17:10at St. Anne-on-Sea.
17:12For years she's wanted me to visit.
17:14I'm not going to drive you out of your house.
17:16Oh, you're going to do more than that, Mary Ellen.
17:18You and your handsome
17:20bonnie husband are going to move
17:22downstairs to my room.
17:24Away from this drafty old flue.
17:26And while I'm gone, I'm going to get it fixed
17:28so the fire will burn clean.
17:30And I'll not take no
17:32for an answer.
17:42I thought Scottish weather was supposed
17:44to be terrible. Rainy,
17:46damp, no sunshine.
17:48This has been a very
17:50particular May. Our honeymoon.
17:52Yes.
17:54Sorry it's over? Desolate.
17:56Still,
17:58with Aunt Jeannie back,
18:00maybe you'll get a little more work done on the book.
18:02Darling, I have been
18:04busy in research.
18:06It is a love story.
18:08Speaking of that, do you think...
18:10Look down the road.
18:12I can't. Your front's in the way.
18:14That's Dr. Ferguson bringing Aunt Jeannie back.
18:16Our month is up.
18:18Speaking of your front,
18:20do you know how you've blossomed
18:22in the last four weeks?
18:24Good playboy. Let's concentrate on other
18:26physical problems. How do we get out of
18:28a hammock without breaking a limb?
18:32Welcome home, Aunt Jeannie.
18:34Mary Ellen, precious.
18:36You've turned into
18:38a real Scots lassie.
18:40You've got the bloom on your cheeks.
18:42It's happiness. And those warm
18:44spring winds from the west. Hello, Dr. Ferguson.
18:46A wheel, Mrs. Tilson.
18:48As a physician, I can only concur
18:50with your aunt's diagnosis.
18:52Picture of health.
18:54And how are you, Mr. Tilson? Never better, sir.
18:56Oh, I can believe that.
18:58Well, I really have to be back on rounds.
19:00Thank you for meeting Aunt Jeannie at the station.
19:02It should have been me.
19:04Without a car?
19:06You'd have had hard shrift getting me aboard Old Bess
19:08since the carriage broke its wheel.
19:10You know, Jeannie, you should put that
19:12old horse out to pasture.
19:14Now she's nothing left to pull.
19:16I couldn't do that. We're too used to each other.
19:18Poor old soul.
19:20All right, Dr. Ferguson. Away you go.
19:22Great you are. See you soon.
19:24I'll take your bags up to the house,
19:26Aunt Jeannie. Oh, give me a hug first.
19:28That's right.
19:30Now, off you go.
19:32And me and Mary Ellen will have a week's
19:34chat on the way up to the house.
19:36Goodbye, Percy.
19:40I should never have said that.
19:42He hates the name.
19:44I'm not sure I blame him.
19:46Oh, well.
19:48That's not what's on my mind.
19:50How are you, dearie?
19:52You can see for yourself.
19:54Oh, don't say anything
19:56to Mike yet, but I just have to
19:58tell someone. Aunt Jeannie,
20:00I think...
20:02I know I'm pregnant.
20:10Well, Mrs. Stilson.
20:12Tell me. Am I pregnant?
20:14Oh, the test will prove it, but I'll bet on it.
20:16And let me say that you're
20:18the loveliest expectant mother I've
20:20ever had under my care.
20:28A little morning sickness is to be expected
20:30in these early months.
20:32Still... There's nothing wrong, Doctor.
20:34Ah, a young, healthy woman.
20:36What could be wrong? Still, we must
20:38take precautions. I'm writing out some medication
20:40for you that I want you to take each day.
20:46But what does Dr. Ferguson
20:48say is causing it?
20:50It's nothing, dear.
20:52Just some little hitch.
20:54Honey, we both had
20:56thorough physical checkups before we came
20:58to Scotland. The RH
21:00factor is ruled out. Why should you...
21:02Lots of women have morning sickness.
21:04It isn't only in the morning, Helen.
21:06I'll talk to
21:08Dr. Ferguson. Maybe we
21:10should change the medication.
21:17Mary Ellen, dear.
21:19I've talked to Dr. Ferguson,
21:21and he's completely puzzled.
21:23I'm not sure that I am,
21:25though. Is
21:27there anything you
21:29want to tell me?
21:31What can I tell you, Aunt Jeanie, that
21:33I haven't told him?
21:35Are you... Are you
21:37in pain?
21:39I've talked to the doctor about
21:41that. It...
21:43It isn't pain. It...
21:46I don't know.
21:48Helen,
21:50are you...
21:52Are you dreaming again?
21:54Of what? Of...
21:56Of the presence.
21:58I don't want to talk
22:00anymore.
22:02I just want to sleep.
22:04Only I don't want
22:06to.
22:08I don't want to sleep at all.
22:10It's just that
22:12I'm so tired.
22:14So tired.
22:20You have to
22:22help me, Aunt Jeanie. How, Michael?
22:24Dr. Ferguson says that
22:26physically Mellon should be all right.
22:28The baby seems to be thriving.
22:30It's her mental state that...
22:32Do you know she won't go to
22:34sleep at nights? She forces
22:36herself to stay awake?
22:38What is it she's afraid of dreaming
22:40about, Aunt Jeanie?
22:42It is that, isn't it?
22:44I can't tell you just what she's deeming.
22:46I'm too far out of touch since I went
22:48away. But
22:50I do know one thing.
22:52The only way to stop
22:54it is to get her away from here.
22:56As easy
22:58as that? Oh, not so easy,
23:00maybe. She's bound and determined
23:02on having you finish your book first.
23:04Ah, the devil take the book.
23:06Mellon comes first.
23:12You sure you don't mind, Michael?
23:14I'm very sure we're going
23:16home to have
23:18your baby 3,000 miles
23:20away. Oh,
23:22darling, I don't know
23:24what to say. It...
23:26It can't be
23:28too soon for me. Well, it's
23:30sooner than you think. We're
23:32booked out of Glasgow tomorrow
23:34afternoon, home for America.
23:36I don't know. I
23:38should be feeling all sorts of things.
23:40I know, but
23:42the only one I can really feel
23:44is relief.
23:46Oh, such blessed
23:48relief.
23:50Oh, for the first
23:52time in as long as I can remember,
23:54days,
23:56weeks, I just
23:58want to go to sleep.
24:00Good night, darling.
24:02Rest.
24:04Sweet dreams.
24:06You'll keep me safe.
24:08You won't let me come
24:10to any harm.
24:12For better or worse,
24:14in sickness and in health,
24:16until death
24:18do us...
24:22Sleep, poor baby.
24:24Rest.
24:28I love you, Michael.
24:30I love you.
24:32Keep our baby safe.
24:34Don't let...
24:36Don't let...
24:48Ellen! Ellen! What is it?
24:50Oh, I don't... I don't know.
24:52It's pain.
24:54Like a knife.
24:56I think maybe...
24:58Maybe I'm gonna lose the baby.
25:00You're gonna be all right, Ellen. Don't worry.
25:02Get... Get Dr.
25:04Ferguson. You're gonna call him now.
25:06You'll be all right. I'm fine.
25:08Just get him. I'll send
25:10Ancini up to you while I phone.
25:12Ancini. Ancini!
25:14What is it? What is it, Michael?
25:16Ellen, maybe a miscarriage. What's Dr.
25:18Ferguson's number? Oh, you'll know. Get him
25:20by the phone. He's out of order again, Glo.
25:22Hello?
25:24Laddie, Laddie, it's no use.
25:26It won't be fixed before morning. I'll go to the neighbors.
25:28It's a party line. If one's out,
25:30they're all out. Oh, God! How far
25:32is it? It's a good three miles. Who's got a car?
25:34Only Colonel Petrie.
25:36And he's away up to Edinburgh for his regimental
25:38reunion. All right, then I'll go on foot.
25:40Ancini, go up and help her. I'll make it
25:42as fast as I can. By the way, Michael,
25:44can you ride a horse?
25:46Yes. Good. Then take old Bessie.
25:48There's a bridle and saddle by her in the barn.
25:50She'll get you there faster. Take care of her,
25:52Ancini. Don't let anything happen to her.
25:54Right along the Firth Road
25:56till you come to town. He's the third
25:58house in on the right.
26:00Take care of yourself.
26:08What's taking Michael
26:10so long? Oh, just
26:12lie still. Don't bring back
26:14the pain. It's
26:16funny. I thought
26:18it was going to tear me in two.
26:20And then within ten minutes after Michael
26:22left the house, it just stopped suddenly.
26:24As if...
26:26What's that? Oh, it's a
26:28car. That'll be the doctor. I'll let him
26:30in.
26:32Be quiet now.
26:38Oh, come on in, doctor.
26:40What took you so long? I tried to phone you
26:42the moment I found out, and I got here as soon as...
26:44Oh, then you know.
26:46Of course I know. What do you
26:48think's been taking care of Mary Ellen?
26:50Now you get on up to her...
26:52Where's Michael?
26:54Oh, Jeanie, Michael is dead.
26:56Dead?
26:58How? Here, let me close
27:00the door.
27:02Was Michael writing to
27:04try to fetch me? Of course.
27:06She thought she was
27:08losing the baby.
27:10What happened to him?
27:12Bess must have thrown him. Oh, she
27:14never threw a body in her life. She was as gentle as...
27:16Something must have frightened her, driven her
27:18frantic. Jeanie, this is
27:20a terrible thing to tell you, but
27:22I examined the boy, and his body
27:24was covered with hoof marks.
27:26He was literally
27:28trampled to death.
27:34So Ellen has kept
27:36her baby, and lost her
27:38husband. Some
27:40evil force shadows this
27:42innocent and tragic girl,
27:44and still may threaten her.
27:46Those hoof marks, were
27:48they from the horse, or in some
27:50dark, unfathomable way,
27:52were they supernatural?
27:54A demon's footprint?
27:56Perhaps we'll know
27:58when Mystery Theater returns
28:00with Act Three.
28:12For two weeks,
28:14Ellen, after the
28:16first wild emotion when she heard
28:18of Mike's death, has
28:20retreated into herself.
28:22Her face, white and drawn,
28:24her eyes, black and empty,
28:26like two holes burned
28:28in a blanket. Now,
28:30as the doctor comes down,
28:32after examining her... How is she
28:34today, doctor? No change.
28:36Listless, unreachable,
28:38hopeless. And her health?
28:40The baby?
28:42The baby.
28:44There's no doubts of its vitality.
28:46Oh, I have a terrible time
28:48getting her to eat anything. Well, you must be
28:50more successful than you think, Jeannie. There's
28:52nothing the matter with Mary Ellen physically.
28:54No, it's her mental
28:56health that concerns me. The poor
28:58burden has been through a terrible shock, Percy.
29:00Eh, I know. You...
29:02You don't think there is any chance
29:04of her losing her mind?
29:06Jeannie, Mary Ellen is
29:08beyond me and my knowledge.
29:10Somehow we've got to call in a
29:12psychiatrist. Oh, Percy.
29:14What is it you're afraid of for Mary Ellen?
29:16Well, you don't like
29:18my medical terms. I want to know.
29:20Very well, then.
29:22Schizophrenia.
29:24More specifically, dementia precox.
29:26Paranoid type, I guess. Oh, well, what
29:28does all that mean? Oh, withdrawal
29:30from life, delusions of all kinds,
29:32persecution, unseen enemies,
29:34that sort of thing. Oh.
29:36The second sight.
29:38Just...
29:40Just like all of us. Now, that's
29:42enough of that nonsense. You're all
29:44sensitive, delicately balanced women,
29:46but all things being equal, perfectly
29:48normal. Well,
29:50I have other calls to make. Oh, well,
29:52I'll walk you to the door.
29:54Any
29:56instructions for Mary Ellen?
29:58Oh, just that she keep on with the
30:00sedation I've provided.
30:02And Jeannie, try to persuade
30:04her to let me call in another doctor.
30:06I'll...
30:08I'll see what's best to do.
30:10Be very careful.
30:12I'll do what's
30:14right.
30:16I think maybe tonight I'll take a run up to Glasgow
30:18and have a consultation with a
30:20friend of mine there, Dr. Engle. Good man.
30:22Maybe I could persuade him
30:24to run back down here with me, just
30:26to observe her. Oh, by the way,
30:28till I see what I can do first, eh?
30:30All right.
30:32Another day or so can't do any harm.
30:34I hope.
30:43Who is it?
30:45It's Aunt Jeannie, Mary Ellen.
30:47May I come in?
30:49If you want.
30:51I thought you
30:53might like a wee cup of tea.
30:55No, thanks.
30:57What are you staring at?
30:59Out the window.
31:01The Solway.
31:03The tide just came in.
31:05Roaring
31:07and boiling
31:09so fast.
31:11And now the water's all smooth.
31:13And with the sun
31:15on it, everything's
31:17wiped clean.
31:19I wonder if it
31:21heals as it washes
31:23over. What are you thinking about,
31:25child?
31:27I'm thinking about the first time
31:29I showed the tide to
31:31Michael.
31:33The day we were
31:35married.
31:37The day you said it was bad luck for us
31:39to see each other before the wedding.
31:41I was just joking about
31:43superstitions. Nobody
31:45believes those old wives' tales.
31:47Nobody believes so many things
31:49that are outside the ordinary.
31:51So many things they say
31:53don't exist but might be.
31:55Did you
31:57see Michael's body after?
31:59What?
32:01Did you see the marks of the hooves?
32:03Don't talk about that, lass.
32:05I know they said the horse trampled him.
32:07I asked Dr. Ferguson about the
32:09hooves and he wouldn't tell me.
32:11You'd tell me, wouldn't you, Jeannie?
32:13Tell you
32:15what? Were they like
32:17horseshoes?
32:21Or were they cleft in two?
32:23Were they cloven
32:25hooves? In the name of God, what are
32:27you saying? I'm not speaking
32:29of God. I'm speaking of the devil.
32:31Or some
32:33demon that haunts my dreams.
32:35No, this is no time for foolish fancies.
32:37You mustn't let dreams spill over
32:39into your real life. Or is it
32:41the other way around? Mary Ellen,
32:43I don't know what it is you
32:45have on your mind, but you can... Get me to Michael.
32:47Let me talk to Michael. He'll
32:49know. He can tell me
32:51what to do. Take me
32:53to Michael and Jeannie. Take me
32:55to him.
32:57How can I, Mary Ellen?
32:59You know he... I know he's
33:01dead. I know
33:03he's passed beyond. But you can
33:05reach him. You
33:07can hold a séance and... No. Oh,
33:09no. I swore I never would again after
33:11what... After what happened that night when something got
33:13loose? Some evil presence?
33:15Something from...
33:17Auntie,
33:19you let him loose.
33:21The least you can
33:23do is help me undo
33:25the harm. I can't. I won't.
33:27I'll get the doctor. You dare to bring
33:29him here and I'll kill myself.
33:31I swear it. Child, you're out of your...
33:35No. Not yet.
33:37But if you don't have
33:39that séance and let me
33:41find out from Michael what to do,
33:43I will be.
33:45I'll lose my mind.
33:47You've got to promise.
33:49Promise. Oh, calm down, child.
33:51Calm down. Tonight.
33:53Now. No, that isn't possible.
33:55There's... There have
33:57to be more than two to form a circle. Then call in
33:59the colonel and that other woman, anyone. Just promise
34:01me. Promise.
34:03I need him. I need
34:05Michael. Promise,
34:07Angini. Promise.
34:09My God, forgive
34:11me. I... I...
34:13I promise.
34:21May we all
34:23join hands, please.
34:25Clear
34:27your minds.
34:29Make them a blank.
34:31A quiet place.
34:33Open
34:35and hushed.
34:37I'm reaching
34:39now. Reaching
34:41away and above
34:43and out
34:45and over from here
34:47to the bonnie,
34:49bonnie other place
34:51that lies beyond our ken.
34:53Can you
34:55hear me,
34:57Anatu?
34:59Can you come to
35:01me into
35:03our circle?
35:07Anatu,
35:09we're reaching for you.
35:13Oh, I can't
35:15make contact. Ask for Michael.
35:17I have no way to him.
35:19Then let me.
35:21Try it.
35:23Everyone,
35:25concentrate.
35:27Be still.
35:29Be still.
35:31Michael.
35:33Michael, I need you.
35:35Come
35:37to me.
35:43I'm here, darling.
35:45Oh, Michael.
35:47I love you.
35:49I love
35:51you.
35:53We'll be together
35:55again.
35:57Michael.
35:59It's not our child
36:01you're carrying.
36:03Get rid
36:05of him.
36:07Michael.
36:11It's no use,
36:13child. There's no contact tonight.
36:15We can break the ring.
36:17Will someone turn on the light,
36:19please?
36:21I'm that sorry,
36:23Mary Ellen. It's
36:25all right, Aunt Jeanie.
36:27You gave me what I wanted.
36:29I found out what I
36:31needed to know.
36:41Oh, I'm afraid that's quite
36:43impossible, my dear.
36:45How awkward is that, Dr. Ferguson?
36:47Then help me.
36:49I can't, dear. It's too late.
36:51What do you mean,
36:53too late?
36:55When you came to me a few weeks ago
36:57and we determined your pregnancy,
36:59you must have known that I would know
37:01it was already well-advanced.
37:03But it wasn't.
37:05Michael and I were only married a month
37:07before that. You should know that.
37:09Of course I know that,
37:11my dear, but
37:13facts. You're carrying
37:15a child that's past midterm.
37:17And abortion now is just too
37:19dangerous.
37:21Past midterm?
37:23Four and a half months?
37:25My guess is at least five.
37:27That fast?
37:29Oh, God, no.
37:31It mightn't wait.
37:33It could be born any minute.
37:35There's no one to help me but
37:37myself. Well, I'll drive you
37:39home, child, and I'll
37:41give you something to get a little rest.
37:51She's sound asleep now, Jeanie.
37:53Let's go downstairs and talk.
37:55Poor wee angel.
37:57So thin and
37:59pale and haunted.
38:01Come away. Let her rest.
38:03No.
38:05No.
38:07What you gave,
38:09you'll never take away.
38:11Mine.
38:13Never?
38:15It's never going to be.
38:17Help me.
38:19God, help me.
38:21The tide.
38:23The tide.
38:25Yes, that's the way.
38:27The tide.
38:29The tide.
38:31Yes, that's the way.
38:33Full moon. The time was right.
38:35And for her own
38:37protection, I see no other way, Jeanie.
38:39But to lock her away.
38:41Well, we're not locking her up. It's a
38:43sanitarium. It's a really lovely place.
38:45I don't think I could do it to her.
38:47I'll care for her.
38:49Jeanie dear, if Ellen had
38:51preeclampsia or a threatened miscarriage
38:53or any one of a number of other diseases
38:55of pregnancy, she would have to be
38:57hospitalized. Now, think of it that way.
38:59All right, Percy, if you think
39:01it's best. It's the only way.
39:03Oh, no, Doctor.
39:05Mine is the only way.
39:09That sounded like the front door.
39:11Ellen, go on.
39:13I'll check upstairs. You look outside.
39:15But I thought you said
39:17she...
39:19Dear Lord, I got the
39:21premonition. Mary Ellen?
39:23Mary Ellen?
39:25Are you out there?
39:27Jeanie, Jeanie, it's Mary.
39:29She's gone. I gave her enough sedation
39:31to knock her out, but she's gone.
39:33I heard she's out on the firth. Come on,
39:35Jeanie. We've got to catch her before the
39:37time.
39:49You'll never have him.
39:51He'll never be born.
39:57You can't stand against me.
39:59One way? You fell from
40:01hell. One thing you
40:03can't stand against?
40:05The ancient enemy. Look.
40:07Listen.
40:11Michael.
40:13I'm coming home.
40:15There wasn't
40:17a chance.
40:19We couldn't have saved her.
40:21My
40:23poor wee motherless
40:25lamb.
40:27It didn't
40:29take her long to follow her
40:31poor husband.
40:33But the child...
40:35It hadn't been
40:37too long.
40:39It had been
40:41too long.
40:43But the child... It hadn't been
40:45born, and she didn't
40:47want it. It wasn't
40:49Michael's, you know.
40:51Are you sure of that?
40:53Oh, yes. It was five months
40:55old, at least from the size.
40:59A monster. No, I didn't
41:01say that.
41:03Still, I was thinking of x-rays.
41:05There was something
41:07strange about that embryo.
41:09I can't quite explain.
41:11It was nothing you could
41:13have understood, Doctor.
41:15So,
41:17at the last,
41:19it was all
41:21the Lord's will.
41:23And maybe for
41:25the best,
41:27at least
41:29Michael and
41:31my Mary Ellen
41:33are in God's
41:35pocket.
41:37At last.
41:41I'll
41:43be back
41:45in a moment
41:47with a final thought.
41:53Who dreams
41:55on the Solway
41:57will wake in another world.
41:59Our story has come full circle.
42:01For us, it's
42:03the end. Let's hope
42:05that for Ellen and Michael,
42:07it's only a beginning.
42:09If you believe some incubus
42:11possessed poor Ellen, driving
42:13her and her husband to their death,
42:15there's another explanation.
42:17Insanity did
42:19run in her family.
42:21So, either way, even if
42:23there was a devil to pay,
42:25it was still all in the mind.
42:27Our cast included
42:29Jada Rowland, Nick Pryor,
42:31Bryna Rayburn, and Ian
42:33Martin, Associate Director
42:35Marlon Swing.
42:37This is Hyman Brown,
42:39Producer-Director, inviting
42:41you to return to our mystery theater
42:43for another adventure
42:45in the macabre.
42:47Until next time, then,
42:49pleasant dreams.