Not Rated | 30min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Series | Episode aired 1 December 1959
A woman called Esther has unsettling visions of buildings set alight by an arsonist and claims that her sister, whom she has not seen for many years, is responsible. She states that she is able to will her sister to come to town and a woman resembling Esther is seen at the station but disappears. Afterwards it is disclosed that the sister died many years ago in a fire.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus, Catherine Turney
Stars: John Newland, Norma Crane, Grant Williams
A woman called Esther has unsettling visions of buildings set alight by an arsonist and claims that her sister, whom she has not seen for many years, is responsible. She states that she is able to will her sister to come to town and a woman resembling Esther is seen at the station but disappears. Afterwards it is disclosed that the sister died many years ago in a fire.
Director: John Newland
Writers: Merwin Gerard, Lawrence B. Marcus, Catherine Turney
Stars: John Newland, Norma Crane, Grant Williams
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00:00Have you ever been certain your telephone would ring in the next 10 seconds?
00:05Or have you ever walked down a strange street and had the feeling that you knew what lay beyond the unturned corner?
00:11Yes? Then you've had a brief encounter with the world of the unknown.
00:16You are ready for the actual human experience that follows.
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01:04This is not merely a story of arson.
01:08They will put this fire out in time. No one will be hurt.
01:13But she who started the fire, what about her?
01:18You saw her face.
01:20She is not merely an arsonist.
01:24Look at her again.
01:3111 o'clock, exactly the same time as before.
01:35But many miles away.
01:42Bill, I'm going to be perfectly frank with you.
01:45I don't know what causes these feelings.
01:49They seem to be malaria, the way they come and go.
01:54But they're not quite like it.
02:04She'll be fine in the morning.
02:15That's the way it's been.
02:18In the morning.
02:25She's already passed the crisis.
02:28When did the fever come on?
02:31Around 10.
02:32Inside of 15 minutes it shot up to 103.
02:36It's the fourth time this year.
02:42I just don't know.
02:54Oh, dear.
02:55Another fire.
02:57At Leiburg this time.
03:00Fortunately, all the kids got out.
03:02The building was pretty well destroyed, though.
03:04Why, that's the fourth one this year, and they all seem to happen in the same sort of place.
03:08The last one was at a girls' school, you remember?
03:11I'd be willing to bet the same firebugs are responsible for all of them.
03:14Well, now, how could that be?
03:16The girls' school, well, it was just on the border of Canada.
03:19Leiburg is, well, it's only two hours from New York City.
03:25Hide it someplace.
03:26It always upsets her to read about these fires.
03:35Oh, good morning, Mr. Farley.
03:38Good morning, darling.
03:39Good morning.
03:40I don't know why it took me so long to get dressed.
03:48Well, such long faces for such a lovely morning.
03:54Well, you look so well.
03:56I declare I don't see how you can.
03:59And now, and now, Mrs. Harry, I do not want to hear another word about last night.
04:12Bill.
04:13Esther.
04:15Look, I...
04:19What's the matter?
04:21Well, you were awfully sick last night, and...
04:25Please.
04:27Please don't let's talk about it today.
04:30Please.
04:33All right.
04:36I love you.
04:50Oh, thank you.
04:54Where's the morning paper?
04:57It didn't come this morning.
05:00It always comes.
05:05What's the matter?
05:07What happened?
05:08Was there a fire last night?
05:09Now, don't upset yourself, please.
05:12What did you do with it?
05:13If you burned it...
05:14No.
05:15All right.
05:18Don't you tell him I told you.
05:21And please don't let it bother you.
05:23It's no concern of yours.
05:42Hello, Mrs. Quinton.
05:44Hello, Chief Wilson.
05:46It's very good of you to be so prompt.
05:48You said you had to see me.
05:50Yes.
05:52Won't you come in, please?
05:58Everybody's out so we won't be disturbed.
06:10Won't you sit down?
06:11Thank you very much.
06:22What was it you wanted to tell me, Mrs. Quinton?
06:27It's about those fires.
06:30I should have come to you some time ago, but I just couldn't bring myself to.
06:34But now I'm afraid the children might be burned to death.
06:38Oh, you mean those orphanage fires, you see?
06:40They are terrible, but thank God they're nowhere around here.
06:44But they will be.
06:46Because she will be here.
06:49Who?
06:51My sister, Emily.
06:53Mrs. Quinton.
06:55I know that she is the one that's responsible for setting all of those fires.
06:59How do you know that?
07:01I know...
07:05because I...
07:07I can feel her mind working.
07:11What do you mean you can feel her mind?
07:16I always knew what she was thinking.
07:19You see, we're identical twins.
07:22I haven't seen her since we were ten, but I know what she's thinking.
07:27I see.
07:29What about your sister, does she know what you're thinking?
07:32No.
07:33No.
07:35And she never knew that I could read her mind.
07:40She had such terrible, horrible thoughts.
07:45Mrs. Quinton, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.
07:48Everybody thought that she was kind and good and wonderful.
07:52That's what she wanted them to think.
07:54But I knew what she really was.
07:57And when those hideous fires started to break out,
08:00I kept hoping that somebody would catch her and put her away.
08:04Mrs. Quinton, have you talked this over with your husband?
08:11No.
08:13No, you see, my husband doesn't know I have a twin sister.
08:18Why not?
08:21Well...
08:24when I was 17, I left my hometown and I came to New York.
08:30That's where I met my husband.
08:33And, well, it didn't seem to be any reason for me to tell him about the past.
08:38But now...
08:41I'm afraid.
08:43Well, sorry, I'll take care of it once,
08:46and just don't you worry about a thing, Mrs. Quinton.
08:49Do you have to involve my husband?
08:52I mean, you know, you can imagine how ashamed I am
08:55if there were any scandal in his family.
08:57No, no, no, I'll keep it very quiet.
09:00Just don't you worry, Mrs. Quinton.
09:06Oh, my Esther.
09:09Esther, please.
09:11I knew he'd go straight to you.
09:14I should have known he'd do it.
09:16But I can't help it if he doesn't believe me.
09:19Bill, Bill, you've got to do something.
09:21You've got to do something to stop her.
09:23You must be for it. It's too late. You must do something.
09:29I'm sorry.
09:32I'm sorry.
09:35I am sorry. I should have told you a long time ago.
09:38I know it. I am sorry.
09:42But, Esther, we don't...
09:44we don't even know where you...
09:46where Emily is.
09:50But she was in Lieberg last night.
09:53That's where the fire was, wasn't it?
09:56Mrs. Quinton, please, listen for a moment.
09:59If it's true that you know what your sister's thinking...
10:04If it is true!
10:08I swear to you that it is true.
10:12And working on the theory that you have a sister named Emily.
10:17You don't... you don't believe that?
10:20Well, it's... it's hard to believe.
10:24You've never mentioned her before.
10:29Would you... would you believe me...
10:32if Emily called me on the phone tonight?
10:43I can will her to call me.
10:48What?
10:50I can will her to call me.
10:55I can.
10:58If you can do that...
11:00then will her to stop setting fires.
11:03But I can't do that, Dr. Parks.
11:05Don't you think I have tried?
11:07Don't you think I've really tried?
11:14Bill...
11:17Bill, you don't believe a word I've said, do you?
11:22Well, darling...
11:25first you say that you can will her to do one thing...
11:28and then you say that you can't will her to do something else.
11:31But don't you see?
11:33I can't... I can't change what she really is.
11:37Emily is evil, Bill!
11:40She's evil!
11:43Oh, you think... you think that I'm all imagining this, don't you?
11:47Don't you think that?
11:48No, no, you're worn out from the fevers.
11:50Sometimes people get strange fancies when they're ill, isn't that right?
11:53I am not insane, Bill! Don't you understand? I'm not insane!
11:57I am not ill! I'm not insane!
11:59You're not sane, Ernest! I'm not saying it!
12:05Emily will call here at 10 o'clock tonight.
12:12And when she does, I want you to answer the phone, Bill.
12:15And I want you to be here, Dr. Parks and Chief Wilson.
12:20And then... and then perhaps you'll believe me.
12:28I... I hope it won't be too late.
12:44Well, if it's all right, I'll be going along, then.
12:47Oh, certainly, Chief.
12:49Again, my apologies for wasting your time this way.
13:00Hello? Hello?
13:04Ga... Ga... what?
13:07Gainestown, New York calling.
13:09What?
13:10Yes, this is the Quentin residence.
13:12Hello? Hello!
13:16This is William Quentin. Esther's upstairs.
13:19Who's calling, please?
13:22Emily Harkness.
13:25Can you wait a second, please? I'll get Esther.
13:28Hello?
13:34Central. Central, we were cut off.
13:40Oh, thank you.
13:43She hung up.
13:45What did Emily say?
13:47She said, this is Emily Harkness. Is... is Esther there?
13:50When I asked her to wait, she...
13:53she laughed in a strange way and... and hung up.
14:01Bill! Bill!
14:04Bill! Bill! Bill!
14:07Stop her! Stop her! She started...
14:09She started another fire again.
14:11Esther, darling, we just spoke to her on the phone.
14:13No, no, it's... it's the convent school this time.
14:16It's in the back. It's spreading all through the building, Bill.
14:19We... we just spoke...
14:20Stop her!
14:21Listen to me, we just...
14:22It's a fever again, Bill. Take her upstairs.
14:27Vernon, stop her. Vernon, stop her. Stop her!
14:40Hello, Central? Chief Wilson.
14:42I'd like to make a long-distance call.
14:44Gainestown, New York.
14:46The police station, please hurry.
14:49Hello? Hello?
14:52This is Chief Wilson calling from Cedar Falls.
14:55Do you have a convent or parochial school in Gainestown?
15:00St. Anne's?
15:06St. Anne's?
15:08Thank you for your information. I'll explain later.
15:14Hello, Central?
15:16Please connect me with St. Anne's School.
15:19Gainestown, New York.
15:27Hello, St. Anne's School?
15:28Yes, this is Sister Agatha speaking.
15:32Cedar Falls? Police chief?
15:36No, no, I wasn't asleep. What can I do for you, sir?
15:40Have you had a fire there this evening?
15:42A fire? Certainly not.
15:47Wait just a minute.
15:54I can't talk now.
16:01What happened? There is a fire.
16:04I heard people yelling. I heard the bells.
16:10I'm going to get action on this right now.
16:18There's no sense bothering Gainestown. She moves too fast for that.
16:22She must live somewhere.
16:24Your wife said she hadn't heard or seen her for some time, but other people have.
16:29Where did Mrs. Quentin used to live?
16:31Waterville. She was raised in the orphanage there.
16:33I'm off to her right now.
16:37Bill, please tell me the truth.
16:40Did anything happen last night that was bad?
16:44I mean, I'm not talking about the phone call from Emily.
16:50Everything's all right.
16:52Try to eat something, dear.
16:54I'll try.
16:57Mr. Quentin, Chief Wilson.
17:00Yes.
17:02Esther.
17:07What happened? Tell me. Did you find her?
17:10Did you? Did you find her?
17:12Darling, this is a business matter. Let me handle it.
17:14No.
17:16Mrs. Quentin should hear this too.
17:18I just got back from Waterville.
17:20I had a long talk with the superintendent of the orphanage there.
17:23Go on.
17:25Mrs. Quentin did have a twin sister, Emily, all right.
17:29They shared a room together when they were kids.
17:32When they were 10 years old, there was a fire in that room.
17:36Emily died in that fire.
17:38She didn't. She didn't. She didn't. She didn't.
17:41I tell you, she didn't. She didn't die.
17:43She didn't. I tell you that she didn't.
17:45No, she didn't. She didn't die. No.
17:49Bill.
17:51Bill, listen.
17:53Now, you... you talked with Emily on the phone.
17:58And... and Dr. Parks.
18:00You... you heard him.
18:02And... and so did Chief Wilson.
18:04Now, you... you can't deny that, either of you.
18:07Can't... can you?
18:11You can't. You just can't deny that you heard them!
18:17And... and wouldn't I have known
18:19if my very own sister were burned to death in a fire?
18:22Esther, darling, for heaven's sake.
18:26I... I remember that fire.
18:30The curtains.
18:32The curtains, they were... they were ablaze.
18:36And they... they caught fire to a dress.
18:39And she was burned, but she didn't die!
18:42I tell you that she didn't die!
18:44I tell you she didn't die!
18:49She's... she's getting stronger.
18:51She's getting stronger! Please, you've got to stop her!
18:53Stop her! Please, Bill!
18:55And will her to come here.
19:00Bill. Oh, Bill, do you believe me?
19:02Yes, darling, yes.
19:04You do. You believe...
19:05Will her to come here.
19:07Yes.
19:10Yes.
19:12Yes.
19:13Bill, what are you doing? You're losing your mind.
19:16She did call, Doctor.
19:17Somebody called.
19:18Somebody called at ten o'clock.
19:20Just as Esther said.
19:22And that somebody said she was Emily Harkness.
19:29Will her to come here.
19:49Emily.
19:53Emily.
19:56Take the train tonight.
19:59Emily.
20:01The train.
20:03I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
20:05How's Mrs. Quinn?
20:06She'll be all right.
20:07Once we find Emily and put her away.
20:09I told you...
20:10I don't care what you told me.
20:12Emily Harkness did call here last night and there was a fire in Gainestown.
20:15The superintendent in Waterville must have made a mistake in the records.
20:17It wasn't a matter of just checking the records.
20:19The man was there at the time.
20:21He remembers the girls well.
20:23He remembers what happened.
20:24So does my wife.
20:26She said that her sister did not die in the fire and I believe her.
20:31I didn't just check with the superintendent.
20:33I checked with three other people who were there at the time.
20:36They said that Emily was a sweet, lovable girl.
20:39And that her sister, your wife...
20:41They didn't say that Mrs. Quinton started the fire.
20:43It may have been an accident.
20:45May have been an accident?
20:47What are you trying to say?
20:49All I'm trying to say is after it happened, Esther went into a high fever.
20:52She was out of her head for quite some time.
20:55After she got over it, she never mentioned her sister again.
20:58The folks at the orphanage thought it was better that way.
21:01I prefer to believe what I heard last night with my own eyes.
21:04I don't know what you're talking about.
21:06I don't know what you're talking about.
21:09I prefer to believe what I heard last night with my own ears.
21:12Good night, chief.
21:24I wish we hadn't left Esther alone.
21:26She's not alone.
21:28Mrs. Harney's with her.
21:39It's warm in here.
21:43There it is.
22:04Go.
22:08Go.
22:20Emily?
22:22Emily!
22:39Emily!
22:42Wait!
22:53Emily!
23:09Esther?
23:13Esther?
23:15Esther?
23:22She's burned.
23:24She's burned.
23:26She's...
23:28burned.
23:30She's burned.
23:36The phenomenon of bilocation,
23:40the power which enables a person to be in two places at once,
23:44has been reported many times.
23:46In a sense,
23:48the one entity becomes two.
23:51The second is sometimes called the etheric double.
23:56In this instance,
23:58a person may have been subconsciously aware of the truth,
24:02that the evil Emily was actually her other self,
24:06and so deliberately consigned both entities to the flames.
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