A masked maniac terrorises the same small community where a murderer known as the 'Phantom Killer' struck decades earlier.
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00:00:35In the spring of 1946, in the small town of Texarkana
00:00:39on the Texas-Arkansas border,
00:00:41a series of horrific murders were committed
00:00:44by a masked assailant known only as the Phantom Killer.
00:00:49For three harrowing months,
00:00:51the Phantom stalked the back roads of Texarkana
00:00:54following young couples looking for privacy
00:00:57to isolated areas where their screams for help
00:01:00would go unanswered.
00:01:02Though several arrests were made
00:01:04in connection with their brutal slayings,
00:01:06which ended as suddenly as they began,
00:01:08the killer's identity was never confirmed.
00:01:12Indeed, many people who lived through that nightmare time
00:01:15believed the Phantom spent the rest of his days free,
00:01:19walking the streets of Texarkana quietly and anonymously
00:01:23until his assumed death.
00:01:25In 1976, a film inspired by the infamous Moonlight Murders
00:01:30was released.
00:01:32Every year on Halloween, the town that dreaded sundown
00:01:35is screened somewhere in Texarkana
00:01:39in tribute to the Phantom's legacy of death and blood.
00:01:44Today, Texarkana is a place haunted by its past,
00:01:48defined by a mystery that was never solved
00:01:51and a tragedy that could never be forgotten.
00:01:54The following happened in Texarkana last year.
00:02:00SCREAMING
00:02:04SCREAMING
00:02:27You're not enjoying this, are you?
00:02:31Oh, I just don't like these kinds of films so much.
00:02:35Why don't you say so?
00:02:38We can go.
00:02:40Really? Do you mean it?
00:02:43SCREAMING
00:02:58Man, last time I saw this movie was when I was, like, 12.
00:03:05God bless you in the Texarkana Devilship Church
00:03:08and bless you to stop the devil with gospel.
00:03:14Hello, sister.
00:03:16Take a look at this now.
00:03:18This is a godless field that you're watching here.
00:03:21And I want you to listen to my broadcast on Friday
00:03:24and come to church on Sunday.
00:03:26I'll tell you all about it.
00:03:33Welcome back. This is KYGL, oldies on the border.
00:03:36It's Halloween night, so if you're sitting at home
00:03:39waiting for the trick-or-treaters to come by,
00:03:41we'll keep you company with our usual background music.
00:03:44Real people died, you know, young man.
00:03:46Real people died.
00:03:48That's right. That's right.
00:03:50It's a godless field.
00:03:57That's good you leave. This is a godless field.
00:04:00It's good that you're leaving.
00:04:11It's good that you're leaving.
00:04:37What?
00:04:41What?
00:04:43What?
00:04:45What?
00:05:11The only reason I play football
00:05:13is because I'm an ASMU.
00:05:15Yeah?
00:05:17How about you? Where'd you apply?
00:05:19Yeah.
00:05:21You did apply, right? You're, like, super smart.
00:05:24No, no, yeah, I did.
00:05:26I applied to UT Austin,
00:05:29NYU, and Cal State.
00:05:32Wow.
00:05:34That's impressive.
00:05:36Oh, I probably won't get in, but, you know, I might.
00:05:39You should.
00:05:43My dad used to write for the Gazette, actually.
00:05:46My grandma says it's in my blood, so...
00:05:48Even though no one reads it, I like writing for the paper.
00:05:51I could do that from here and stay close to my grandma.
00:05:54If I don't get in.
00:05:56Right.
00:06:02Well, I'm glad you finally said yes.
00:06:05Me, too.
00:06:13Yeah.
00:06:31What?
00:06:33Did I do something wrong?
00:06:35Yeah.
00:06:40What the hell is she doing?
00:06:44He's just a peeping Tom. He's not gonna do anything.
00:06:47Corey, we don't know that.
00:06:51But look.
00:06:54See?
00:06:56He just wanted to show.
00:07:00He's just some asshole from the drive-in.
00:07:07Let's just go, though. Is that okay?
00:07:10Yeah.
00:07:14Get out of the car.
00:07:16I'm Jamie. See you in the car.
00:07:18Get out of the fucking car, or I'll shoot her in the face.
00:07:35Does your mama and daddy know where you were tonight, boy?
00:07:38The movie? Yes.
00:07:42What about yours?
00:07:44They're dead.
00:07:50Take your pants off.
00:07:52What?
00:07:54Take off your fucking pants.
00:07:56Corey, just do it.
00:07:59Okay. All right.
00:08:03Come on, man.
00:08:05Get down on the fucking ground.
00:08:07Okay. All right. I am.
00:08:11I'm not gonna run anywhere.
00:08:13Now, please, can...
00:08:16Can you just let her go?
00:08:18No.
00:08:20Please don't kill him.
00:08:22You.
00:08:24Turn around.
00:08:26Do not look back.
00:08:32If you want money, I can get you money.
00:08:35I don't want money. What do you want?
00:08:37I said don't look back.
00:08:41What are you doing? What are you doing?
00:08:43Shut the fuck up. What are you doing?
00:08:45Shut the fuck up.
00:08:47Shut the fuck up. What are you doing?
00:08:49Fucking you, man. What are you doing?
00:08:53Please, no.
00:08:55Please.
00:09:11You fucked.
00:09:41Fuck.
00:09:49This is for Mary.
00:09:51Make them remember.
00:10:01Paul.
00:10:04What are you doing?
00:10:06No, please, don't hurt me.
00:10:09What are you doing?
00:10:14Help.
00:10:38Help.
00:10:54Oh, no, please, don't hurt me.
00:10:56It's okay. It's okay.
00:11:00This is Dixar Cannon 9-1-1.
00:11:02What is your emergency?
00:11:04We're at the Twin Star Drive-In.
00:11:07Someone injured?
00:11:09Yes, a girl and maybe her boyfriend.
00:11:11I don't know. He's hysterical.
00:11:13All right, all right, all right.
00:11:16He was on top of me.
00:11:18He could have killed me, but he didn't.
00:11:21You say the Phantom told you something?
00:11:23I don't know why, but he said he was doing it for someone named Mary.
00:11:28Were you drinking?
00:11:30Doing any drugs?
00:11:32Did the doctors find any drugs in her?
00:11:34Well, as a precaution,
00:11:36we're going to have someone in front of your house.
00:11:39I can do that.
00:11:43Until we get some more information,
00:11:45Jamie, we'd like to ask you not to discuss any of this with the press.
00:11:51They've been all over this story, as you can imagine.
00:11:54Once again, for those just joining us,
00:11:5624 hours after the shocking, phantom-inspired murder
00:12:00of a 17-year-old high school student,
00:12:02no arrests have been made.
00:12:04It is unreasonable to try and find meaning
00:12:07in this grotesque and godless crime,
00:12:10but that is exactly what we must do as a community.
00:12:13Like a lost reel from the town that dreaded sundown,
00:12:16the attack on Halloween night took place
00:12:18at the Twin Star Drive-In,
00:12:20Like a lost reel from the town that dreaded sundown,
00:12:23the attack on Halloween night took place
00:12:25in a secluded, wooded cul-de-sac just off Highway 6,
00:12:28an area that used to be called Lover's Lane,
00:12:31and like...
00:12:43Grandma, do you remember anything about the murders?
00:12:47Oh, dear girl, barely.
00:12:49That's what I heard later.
00:12:51You know, your great-grandpa and your great-grandma
00:12:54lived in this house when it happened.
00:12:57I remember my mama once said
00:12:59that it was like the town was being tested
00:13:01and nobody knew why.
00:13:03Even the grown-ups were scared.
00:13:07He was the boogeyman, they said.
00:13:11Can't catch the boogeyman.
00:13:13Can't kill the boogeyman.
00:13:15His father is the devil and his mother is a whore.
00:13:21You know, before that summer,
00:13:24everybody would leave their doors unlocked.
00:13:29And after the summer, you saw a stranger.
00:13:32You wouldn't wave hello.
00:13:34You'd just cross the street.
00:13:36And what about when they made the movie?
00:13:39What about it?
00:13:41Were people still afraid?
00:13:44The phantom? No, that faded.
00:13:47Nobody knew exactly who he was or what he did,
00:13:52just that he had lived in this town
00:13:56and attacked some teenagers on Lover's Lane.
00:14:01And then the movie brought it all back.
00:14:06SIGHS
00:14:08SOBBING
00:14:35CLICKS
00:14:41CLICKS
00:14:46ENGINE REVS
00:14:59SCREAMS
00:15:05CLICKS
00:15:24This is for Mary.
00:15:26GASPS
00:15:28HUMILITY, DEVOTION, SACRIFICE
00:15:32DOOR OPENS
00:15:59FOOTSTEPS
00:16:08SOBBING
00:16:17Are you sorry?
00:16:20I just wanted you to know that he was so brave.
00:16:23You left my baby boy!
00:16:25You're a slut! You're a slut!
00:16:28You're a goddamn slut!
00:16:31You left my baby boy!
00:16:33You left my baby!
00:16:36Given what you've been through,
00:16:38I'd like to prescribe a mild anti-anxiety medication
00:16:42to help you to man up.
00:16:44No, thank you. I've spent the last seven years
00:16:46on all different kinds of medication
00:16:48after my parents passed away.
00:16:50I'm not interested in anything like that.
00:16:52So, I read that you applied to colleges
00:16:56to study, um...
00:16:58Creative writing.
00:17:00Not sure it's something I'm ready for or made for that.
00:17:03And leave in town, I...
00:17:05I don't want to. Especially not now.
00:17:08What about these dreams you've been having?
00:17:12What do you think they're about?
00:17:14About Cory?
00:17:18Wow.
00:17:21Cory asked me out, and I was flattered.
00:17:25I don't get asked out all that much.
00:17:29So I just wanted to show him that I...
00:17:38That I was grateful?
00:17:41Yeah.
00:17:45So...
00:17:47When he suggested that we leave the movie,
00:17:50I thought we could go someplace,
00:17:52and even if we just kissed for a little while,
00:17:54he would like me more.
00:17:57You didn't do anything wrong, Jamie.
00:18:05He's just a really good person.
00:18:10He's just a really good person,
00:18:12and he didn't deserve that.
00:18:15He tried to protect me.
00:18:19Jamie.
00:18:21Try writing about this.
00:18:24Might help you find a way through it.
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00:18:57Watch it, baby!
00:19:02You!
00:19:12I'm sore. I need a break.
00:19:17There's a machine by the stairs.
00:19:20If they got cookies, give me some cookies.
00:19:23I need the sugar.
00:19:25I love you, baby.
00:19:27I love you, baby.
00:19:41Hey, I'm not going to come back.
00:19:43I know it's you.
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00:20:47No!
00:20:49No!
00:20:57Get off!
00:21:02Help me!
00:21:04Help!
00:21:06Help!
00:21:09Help!
00:21:17No!
00:21:22No!
00:21:28No!
00:21:38No!
00:21:57Hello?
00:21:59I'm going to do it again and again
00:22:03until you make them remember.
00:22:06I think I need to tell someone.
00:22:09Well, you just did. Me.
00:22:12I mean, like a reporter at the news or something.
00:22:14He said he was going to do it again,
00:22:16and if he has a message and he's using me to get it out,
00:22:18I have to say something.
00:22:20And he's using you, why?
00:22:24Because he likes you?
00:22:27I don't know.
00:22:30I don't know.
00:22:33Miss Lerner, I promise you,
00:22:36we will investigate this.
00:22:38I will personally make sure that it's investigated.
00:22:46I just don't understand why he thinks we deserve this.
00:22:51Well, I'll tell you what.
00:22:54I wasn't born in Texarkana,
00:22:56but I've been around here long enough to know one thing.
00:23:00I said just about everyone around here
00:23:02has got some kind of blood on their hands.
00:23:09Three weeks after the shocking death
00:23:11of high school senior Corey Holland,
00:23:13the town of Texarkana has awoken yet again
00:23:16to another gruesome act of violence.
00:23:18This time, two people were found dead.
00:23:20Corporal Daniel Torrens was coming home
00:23:22to spend Thanksgiving with his girlfriend,
00:23:24Kendra Collins, when they checked into this motel.
00:23:27At a few minutes past midnight,
00:23:29the couple was attacked and killed,
00:23:31their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition.
00:23:34A heart full of hate, that'll do it.
00:23:36A soul consumed by vengeance, sin.
00:23:39The sheriff's office has been in contact
00:23:41with the Texas Rangers to help with the investigation.
00:23:44But in the meantime, a town hall meeting's been scheduled.
00:23:50Reverend Cartwright, will you lead us in a word of prayer?
00:23:58Our dear Heavenly Father,
00:24:00we ask you to deliver us through this trial,
00:24:03shield us during this time of fire and blood,
00:24:07of confusion and despair.
00:24:09We ask you to lend us some of your strength
00:24:12and give it to these fine young men and women,
00:24:15that they may help guide us
00:24:17through this forest of fear and darkness.
00:24:19This town where I was born, where I grew up,
00:24:23is the only place I've ever known.
00:24:25Amen.
00:24:29The mayor's asked us to hold this forum
00:24:32and give you an update and hear your concerns.
00:24:34Well, an update would be great.
00:24:35People are saying the Phantom is back,
00:24:37that after 60-some years he's come back
00:24:39and that we need to be ready.
00:24:40Ma'am, he'd be 100 years old.
00:24:42Every time we show that G.D. movie,
00:24:44there's a G.D. party out there!
00:24:46The Phantom is our dirty secret.
00:24:48That movie will never be shown in Texarkana again,
00:24:51not on the Texas side.
00:24:53And not on the Arkansas side either.
00:24:55And while you're at it,
00:24:56why don't you tear down that statue of Jim Bowie?
00:24:58Isn't he holding one of them G.D. knives?
00:25:00Why don't you rip that down?
00:25:02Everyone knows some piece of the story,
00:25:04but the whole truth has been all but buried.
00:25:06We're all so surprised that the Phantom's back.
00:25:09Of course he is.
00:25:10You can't leave a candle burning in a window for someone
00:25:13and then be surprised when he finally shows up.
00:25:16Amen.
00:25:17Amen.
00:25:18Most of the people alive back then are no longer with us,
00:25:21or they just don't want to remember.
00:25:24But everything comes back.
00:25:26The past is alive, all around us.
00:25:30Sackers of evil.
00:25:32That's my daddy's city.
00:25:36Hi.
00:25:38The library's paper archives only go back for 10 years.
00:25:41They said I should come here if I was looking for articles
00:25:43in the Gazette from the 40s and 50s.
00:25:45About the Phantom?
00:25:47Yes.
00:25:48All the best stuff is upstairs, in the jail.
00:25:51I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:25:53I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:25:55I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:25:57I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:25:59I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:26:01I don't think I'll be able to find it.
00:26:03All the best stuff is upstairs, in the jail.
00:26:17Listen up!
00:26:21As of this moment, the Texas Rangers are in charge of this investigation.
00:26:25Specifically, I am.
00:26:27They moved everything in here when they decommissioned the prison.
00:26:30Now we just use it for storage.
00:26:32For archives and files.
00:26:34It's in here.
00:26:36Trust me.
00:26:38I understand how you feel right now.
00:26:40I once had a Texas Ranger come into my house and it wasn't easy.
00:26:44Sparkplug, give us the room.
00:26:51Now, let's get down to business.
00:26:54I want open, clear lines of communication between Texas and Arkansas.
00:26:58One person from each side reporting directly to me.
00:27:02So are you just casually interested?
00:27:04I don't think we'll figure out who the Phantom is now unless we figure out who he was back then.
00:27:09Cool.
00:27:10We have two jobs, friends.
00:27:12To capture this bastard and to keep the good people of Texarkana from killing each other out of fear.
00:27:17We are not hunting a ghost.
00:27:20We are after a flesh and blood, cold-blooded killer.
00:27:24Who, up to this point, has not made one mistake.
00:27:28I do respect Ranger Morales.
00:27:30Call me Lone Wolf.
00:27:32I think very highly of myself.
00:27:34And I've also earned it.
00:27:37I do respect Lone Wolf. He was videotaped.
00:27:40I'd like to see that footage.
00:27:42Oh, and the movie, believe it or not.
00:27:45I've never had the pleasure of seeing it.
00:27:48Everything from 1945 to 1952 is going to be in here.
00:28:08You know how that works, the microfiche?
00:28:11They were going to throw it out, and I said, hey, why?
00:28:13You know, it works. Bring it here.
00:28:19Well...
00:28:22Well, thanks.
00:28:27Yeah. Good luck.
00:28:49Oh, shit. Sorry.
00:28:51You're Jamie Lerner, aren't you?
00:28:55I'm Nick.
00:28:57I went dead inside with you.
00:29:00We were in the same chem class.
00:29:03We were?
00:29:05Yeah, you sat in the front to the side. I sat in the back to the other side.
00:29:08When I recognized you, I thought, oh, I'm going to die.
00:29:11I thought, oh, I'm going to die.
00:29:13I thought, oh, I'm going to die.
00:29:15I sat in the back to the other side.
00:29:17When I recognized you, I thought, holy shit.
00:29:21That's her.
00:29:23I hope she's okay.
00:29:27That's all. I just wanted to see if you were okay.
00:29:34Yeah, I am.
00:29:36Oh, and I'll give you this.
00:29:39It's the greatest hits the Gazette published back when it was happening.
00:29:42And then they did a retrospective.
00:29:44I know it's a bit of a distraction, but you can don't worry about it.
00:29:46Just go ahead.
00:29:49Thanks.
00:29:52Well, I'll just be downstairs, manning the desk if you need anything.
00:30:14Oh, shit.
00:30:45From the KYG on the border family to your family, stay safe out there.
00:30:50If you do go out, go out in a group.
00:30:52And don't play hero.
00:30:54You see someone that looks suspicious coming your way,
00:30:56cross to the other side of the street, will you?
00:31:14Okay.
00:31:44Oh, my God.
00:31:46They couldn't catch me 66 years ago, and they never will.
00:31:50I come and go as I please.
00:31:52I kill when I please.
00:31:54You may think I'm a horrible, sick murderer, but I'm not.
00:31:59I love my neighbors.
00:32:01I wish they would stop and let my soul rest in peace.
00:32:05Oh, you see, I am the soul of Texarkana.
00:32:07I am the reckoning foretold.
00:32:10Oh, look, I can understand how this can be upsetting,
00:32:13but it's also most likely a fake.
00:32:16Well, the Zodiac, he sent a manifesto to the press.
00:32:19Yes, so did the Son of Sam and the Axeman of New Orleans,
00:32:23but to reporters, not teenagers.
00:32:25We all realize it could be a hoax, Deputy,
00:32:28but until it's 100% confirmed,
00:32:30we will take it and this young lady seriously.
00:32:33I want my entire team to hear what you have to say.
00:32:35If you think it's important, we think it's important.
00:32:38Well, um, I've been researching the original case
00:32:43and going through the court transcripts.
00:32:45Do you know who Benjamin Sewell is?
00:32:47He was a car thief arrested in 1946 in Texarkana
00:32:51for possession of a stolen automobile.
00:32:53A lot of people think that he was the Phantom
00:32:55because, well, the killing stopped once he was arrested.
00:32:57How long was he in for?
00:32:5930 years.
00:33:00And then Benjamin Sewell died, Ms. Lerner.
00:33:03Yes, sir, he died last summer in a hospital in Fort Worth.
00:33:07I spoke to a nurse that worked at the hospital
00:33:10since before Benjamin died.
00:33:11Now, come on, we don't have time for this.
00:33:13Hold on.
00:33:14She said a young man used to visit him, his son, they thought.
00:33:17What if it's him?
00:33:19The passing of his father set him off
00:33:21and he came back here to finish his father's work.
00:33:24Benjamin Sewell did have a son, Ms. Lerner,
00:33:28but he died in a bar fight 2 years ago.
00:33:31He did?
00:33:33It's all right, Jamie.
00:33:35We went down that same rabbit hole.
00:33:40This is KYGL, oldies on the border,
00:33:43and if you've got us on, you're probably getting ready
00:33:45for the big football game this weekend,
00:33:47the Texas High Tigers versus the Arkansas High Razorbacks.
00:33:51It's gonna be a blood match, folks.
00:33:53But as always...
00:34:00He said shoot me if I got any closer.
00:34:03Well, that's his job.
00:34:06How'd it go at the station?
00:34:09Uh, not so well.
00:34:11It's no surprise.
00:34:13Grandma, this is...
00:34:14Nick Strain.
00:34:15I went to the same high school as Jamie.
00:34:17And now?
00:34:19I work at the archives, a researcher.
00:34:21I found you some really cool stuff
00:34:22from back when they were making the movie.
00:34:24You know, some of those people are still around.
00:34:26Uh, no college, huh?
00:34:28Just making some money first.
00:34:30Family?
00:34:31Grandma?
00:34:32My parents moved to Denton last year,
00:34:34so I'm living with some buddies.
00:34:36I'll be in in a minute, okay?
00:34:38All right.
00:34:44Sorry about that.
00:34:45Can I sit down?
00:34:47You know, they did tons of research
00:34:49for the movie, the director and son.
00:34:55Thanks for bringing me this stuff.
00:34:58Yeah.
00:35:00Can I ask why you're helping me with all this?
00:35:04I always wanted to talk to you.
00:35:11Why didn't you?
00:35:15Didn't think I'd get very far.
00:35:18I never saw you with a boyfriend or friends
00:35:21or asked around, and...
00:35:23I was like, what's her story?
00:35:26And someone told me about...
00:35:28About my parents.
00:35:30Or...
00:35:31That for the last seven years,
00:35:33I've been totally out of it.
00:35:38My parents didn't really move to Denton.
00:35:41I just said that because...
00:35:44I didn't want your grandma to think I was this...
00:35:47You know...
00:35:49Basket case.
00:35:51Which, of course, now I really seem like one.
00:35:54Where are they?
00:35:56Well, my dad killed himself last year.
00:36:01He was an alcoholic, and...
00:36:07My mom kind of...
00:36:11She just kind of lost it after that.
00:36:15She's at Trans Allegheny.
00:36:18It's a loony bin.
00:36:22Oh, hey, um...
00:36:24They're having a vigil tonight at the school
00:36:27for...
00:36:28This older and his girlfriend.
00:36:32And for Cory.
00:36:36You wanna go?
00:36:44You don't mean that fella they call the lone wolf
00:36:46who can't swim?
00:36:48That's right.
00:36:50Since I'm in charge of this investigation,
00:36:53things are gonna have to be handled my way.
00:36:55We got a cold-blooded killer here.
00:36:57A man who nobody sees.
00:36:59A phantom who, so far, hasn't made any mistakes.
00:37:10What are you doing?
00:37:11No, please, don't hurt him.
00:37:17I guess he was crazy of me to think I could help the police.
00:37:21But I'm gonna keep researching.
00:37:23Keep writing.
00:37:25Their stories need to be told, so...
00:37:51Hmm.
00:38:22I'm sorry.
00:38:24I'm sorry.
00:38:26I'm sorry.
00:38:33Ahh!
00:38:35Wait, I wanna go!
00:38:37Wait, what's going on?
00:38:39Go, go, go!
00:38:41Go, go, go!
00:38:43Go, go, go!
00:38:45Go, go, go!
00:38:47Go, go, go!
00:38:50Arrest him! Arrest him!
00:38:52On the ground!
00:38:54I killed Danny, but I got him.
00:38:56I got his ass!
00:39:03No. No, Nick, wait!
00:39:05I need to know!
00:39:19I'm sorry.
00:39:45Excuse me. May I, please?
00:39:50Ladies and gentlemen, Sheriff Underwood has just informed me
00:39:53that the man who killed Corey Holland,
00:39:55the man who killed viciously that couple,
00:39:58that man has been shot, I'm told.
00:40:00And I don't know what his condition is,
00:40:02but I do know that no one else was hurt.
00:40:05And that that, finally, is something that we can give thanks for.
00:40:10Reverend Cartwright,
00:40:12would you please lead us in a brief prayer of gratitude?
00:40:17Sweet Heavenly Father, we have been delivered.
00:40:20We praise the men and women who have led us through this darkness.
00:40:23Sweet Jesus, thank you for your mercy.
00:40:26Amen.
00:40:28Now, we've had a quiet night here,
00:40:31but I do believe that it would be appropriate
00:40:33for us to have a little music that we could dance to.
00:40:36So, gentlemen, I'm going to lead you off.
00:40:39One, two, one, two, three, four.
00:40:48Whoo!
00:40:56What was she doing?
00:40:59The worst dance move ever.
00:41:04Right on now.
00:41:06Yes, sir.
00:41:18Turn here.
00:41:31Remember when we used to come over here and smoke cigarettes?
00:41:35Thought we were such hot shit.
00:41:48So?
00:41:53How does this work?
00:41:56I don't know.
00:41:59I thought maybe you could, you know...
00:42:03What?
00:42:05You know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
00:42:10you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
00:42:16you know,
00:42:20go down there
00:42:23and suck it.
00:42:26Suck it?
00:42:28I don't know, maybe a little.
00:42:30What, is it hard?
00:42:32Yeah. Isn't yours?
00:42:35Yeah.
00:42:40You first, and then I'll do you.
00:42:44Maybe we could jerk off together.
00:42:50Two, five, come on, hurry up, come on!
00:43:14Come on.
00:43:44Come on.
00:43:56Run, Danny! Run!
00:43:58GUNSHOT
00:44:00No! No!
00:44:04No!
00:44:07RUNNING WATER
00:44:14SCREAMS
00:44:16SHRIEKS
00:44:18SHRIEKS
00:44:20SHRIEKS
00:44:22GRUNTING
00:44:31SNORES
00:44:36Who is that guy at the vigil?
00:45:02Name's Paul Mason.
00:45:04Freshman over at Texarkana College.
00:45:07He's a messed up kid.
00:45:09He's not the Phantom?
00:45:11Some stupid teenager.
00:45:13Went out looking to get shot and left a suicide
00:45:15note in his dorm room.
00:45:18But just because he wanted to die
00:45:20doesn't necessarily mean he's not the Phantom, right?
00:45:22No, Jamie.
00:45:23I did not want to tell you this, but there was
00:45:36another murder last night.
00:45:37It was two boys.
00:45:39We're checking security cameras at the scene,
00:45:41but it does look like it happened
00:45:42after Paul Mason was shot.
00:45:43It was Sunday, March 3, 1946.
00:45:55The beginning of a reign of terror
00:45:57for the people of Texarkana and surrounding
00:45:59areas of Arkansas and Texas.
00:46:02That's the most god awful thing I've done in a long while.
00:46:06They asked me if your sons were dead
00:46:12before he mutilated their bodies.
00:46:15I lied.
00:46:17I told them those words.
00:46:20I could tell they had passed before the words do it.
00:46:24Maybe they had.
00:46:26They cried.
00:46:28These two grown men, I've known them all their lives,
00:46:35except boys.
00:46:38We catch him, we kill him.
00:46:39That'll make it better.
00:46:43That'll at least bring them peace.
00:46:46I agree.
00:46:47To that end, after our friend kills
00:46:51those kids with the trombone, who does he go after next?
00:46:56In the movie, after the trombone killing,
00:46:58there's a double homicide at the farmhouse.
00:47:02Every damn house out here is a farmhouse.
00:47:06Texarkana looked normal in the daylight hours,
00:47:09but everyone dreaded sundown.
00:47:14Maybe I was wrong, Nick.
00:47:16Maybe there is no connection to the past
00:47:18and the Phantom is just the boogeyman,
00:47:21like my grandma says.
00:47:24The first time I heard about the Phantom, I was eight years old.
00:47:27I was at a sleepover at my friend Chrissy's house.
00:47:30Cold as ice, hot as water.
00:47:33I called my parents to come pick me up.
00:47:40And that was the night of the crime.
00:47:52That night in the woods, he was on top of me
00:47:55and I thought this is it.
00:48:03You know, what should have happened
00:48:05when I was eight years old.
00:48:06It's finally caught up to me now.
00:48:10Dead.
00:48:12It's following me and it's only a matter of time.
00:48:18I guess I'm a little messed up.
00:48:20I don't think you are.
00:48:21Well, yeah, that's just because you are too.
00:48:23Good.
00:48:29What are you doing?
00:48:30No, it's not OK.
00:48:32I thought that...
00:48:33I can't believe you just did that.
00:48:36Look, I'm sorry, I just thought that we had this...
00:48:38I need you to get out of the car right now.
00:48:41Nick, I mean it, get out of the car.
00:48:46Are you serious?
00:49:02Oh, that looks just fine.
00:49:04Mm-hmm, that's very nice.
00:49:06You got everything now, the scallops,
00:49:08the potatoes and the ham?
00:49:12Ranger.
00:49:13Hank.
00:49:14Well.
00:49:15Merry Christmas.
00:49:17Merry Christmas, Robert.
00:49:18Merry Christmas, Joe.
00:49:20What can I do for you, gentlemen?
00:49:22This is a special day.
00:49:24I'm here to see you.
00:49:25I'm here to see you.
00:49:26I'm here to see you.
00:49:27I'm here to see you.
00:49:28I'm here to see you.
00:49:29I'm here to see you.
00:49:30I'm here to see you.
00:49:31Is there a place the three of us can go and talk, Joe?
00:49:42I didn't send this email.
00:49:45Well, the FBI traced it back to you, Joe, so...
00:49:50Why'd you send it to the girl to muddy up the waters?
00:49:52I don't know what to tell you.
00:49:55Here's what I think.
00:49:56I don't think you killed anybody.
00:49:58But I do believe you sent this message.
00:50:01I hear you at night, preaching.
00:50:05Nothing much for me to do in my hotel room,
00:50:07so I wonder, are you doing this for publicity or...
00:50:10He chose that girl to be his herald, his messenger.
00:50:15He is doing the Lord's work.
00:50:19He's killing our kids, Joe.
00:50:21My church is more full than it has been in years.
00:50:25People are coming to me asking for redemption, for salvation.
00:50:29They're scared, Hank.
00:50:31They want to walk on the righteous path again.
00:50:35I want to call the mayor.
00:50:38And then I want to call my lawyer.
00:50:46Merry Christmas, ma'am.
00:50:48Merry Christmas.
00:50:50I was wondering if Jamie's around.
00:50:55He's kidding, right?
00:50:58He's kidding, right?
00:51:06I'm sorry about what I did.
00:51:08No, I'm sorry.
00:51:09I can't believe I made you walk home.
00:51:13I took the bus.
00:51:20Hey, I wanted to tell you.
00:51:22I found out Charles Pierce Jr. is alive.
00:51:25He's the son of the director of the town...
00:51:27The town that dreaded sundown?
00:51:29Look, I know it's a long shot, but...
00:51:31In that movie, they find Texarkana just as much as the murders did.
00:51:36Anyway, he lives here, in Texarkana.
00:51:39Near here, out by the dredge.
00:51:41You talked to him?
00:51:43No, I've been asking around about him.
00:51:45He does odd jobs for the city.
00:51:46He doesn't even have a cell phone.
00:51:48But worth a try, right?
00:51:50If I can get in touch with him.
00:51:52Yeah, definitely.
00:51:54Thanks.
00:51:57This is for you.
00:52:31This one's for all the brave men and women
00:52:33who are out there each and every night
00:52:35patrolling the streets, doing everything they can...
00:52:37We do not, and I repeat,
00:52:39we do not believe that Reverend Cartwright is the Phantom.
00:52:42We have taken Reverend Joseph Cartwright...
00:52:45Get me started, Elmer.
00:52:52Every Christmas, Ardell.
00:52:54They don't have you working tonight.
00:52:58Well, I just arrested one of Texarkana's
00:53:01most prominent citizens for sending an email, so...
00:53:07That's enough for tonight.
00:53:09That's enough for tonight.
00:53:11That's enough for tonight.
00:53:42Mm.
00:53:45Mm.
00:53:47Mm.
00:53:57Mm.
00:53:59Mm.
00:54:01Mm.
00:54:12Mm.
00:54:19Hank.
00:54:21Hank!
00:54:23Aah!
00:54:32Aah!
00:54:41Aah!
00:55:12Mm.
00:55:30Aah!
00:55:37Aah!
00:55:39Aah!
00:56:09Aah!
00:56:21Mark it.
00:56:33My daddy...
00:56:35was a genius visionary.
00:56:37Could have been the next Orson Welles
00:56:39if he'd gone to Hollywood,
00:56:41but he wanted to stay in Texas
00:56:43and tell our stories.
00:56:45You know, Texas stories,
00:56:47not all that Hollywood bullshit.
00:56:51Oh, that. Yep, that's pretty cool.
00:56:54Yep, that's the original.
00:56:57Go ahead and touch it if you want.
00:56:59No, thank you, sir.
00:57:01Go ahead.
00:57:03That's okay. I don't... I don't want to.
00:57:06Um, Mr. Pierce,
00:57:08I'm writing something about the Phantom,
00:57:10about his legacy in our town, and...
00:57:12Well, I can tell you who the killer is.
00:57:14Would that be interesting to you?
00:57:16Yeah.
00:57:18Oh, all right.
00:57:20Well, my father,
00:57:22when he was doing his research,
00:57:24he talked to everyone.
00:57:26Most people believe that Benjamin Sewell was the Phantom.
00:57:30No, he wasn't. No, no, no.
00:57:32Sewell was not the killer.
00:57:34No, they railroaded that poor son of a bitch.
00:57:36The police just wanted someone to be the killer.
00:57:38How do you know that for sure?
00:57:40How do I know? I don't know.
00:57:42You can't know.
00:57:46Oh.
00:57:48You know, I'll tell you a story
00:57:50that my father told me
00:57:52about Hank McCready.
00:57:54Hank McCready?
00:57:56A few days after the last murder up there,
00:57:59a few days after the last murder up at Stark Farm,
00:58:02the police on the Arkansas side,
00:58:04they found a body
00:58:06all in pieces.
00:58:10They'd been run over by a train.
00:58:12Now, this is the Arkansas police who say,
00:58:14oh, it's the Phantom.
00:58:16He committed suicide.
00:58:18No more Phantom.
00:58:20Based on what?
00:58:22Nothing. It's based on nothing.
00:58:24But Hank McCready's pregnant wife,
00:58:27she demands an autopsy,
00:58:29and then it come out he wasn't run over.
00:58:31He was stabbed more than two dozen times
00:58:34right next to the tracks.
00:58:36My daddy, he had a theory about that.
00:58:40He said that the Phantom killed McCready,
00:58:43you know, his last victim,
00:58:46his final goodbye,
00:58:48and then he hopped a train to California.
00:58:52Mr. Pierce, I've read everything there is to read on this.
00:58:55I've never even heard of this Hank McCready.
00:58:57It should have been front-page news,
00:58:59but, well, the Arkansas police were finding McCready.
00:59:03The Texas police, they're arresting Sewell,
00:59:06and so you've got two different camps
00:59:08each saying they got the Phantom,
00:59:10and what neither of them's piecing together
00:59:12is that Sewell was in custody when McCready was killed,
00:59:15proving that neither one was a Phantom.
00:59:17So Sewell was in jail,
00:59:20and then did anything ever come from McCready?
00:59:23Oh, he's dead.
00:59:25Yep, and dead men don't complain much,
00:59:28but his pregnant wife, Mary, she's pissed as shit.
00:59:31Her name's Mary?
00:59:33My daddy tracked her down in 1974,
00:59:35and, oh, she was still bitter.
00:59:37She said the Texarkana
00:59:39had done worse than killed her husband.
00:59:41It had shat on his memory,
00:59:43and in the process, it was shitting on her life.
00:59:46It was shitting on her son's life.
00:59:48Who? You think it's the Phantom?
00:59:51No, no!
00:59:54I'm sorry.
00:59:56Hank McCready's dead.
00:59:58His son is dead.
01:00:00His grandson is still alive.
01:00:03That's your Phantom right there.
01:00:05You're making this shit up.
01:00:07No, boy, listen to me.
01:00:09I am telling you what I know to be true,
01:00:11that Mary McCready did pour poison
01:00:13about Texarkana into Hank Jr.'s ear.
01:00:16Hank did the same thing to his son.
01:00:18They did consciously or unconsciously,
01:00:20they bred themselves a killer.
01:00:23Mr. Pierce, do you have any proof of this being true,
01:00:27or is this just something that your father told you?
01:00:41My daddy asked me to make a sequel of the town,
01:00:46to finish the story he started
01:00:48and to set the record straight about the McCreadys.
01:00:55He was my best friend.
01:00:59Now he's deceased.
01:01:04I tracked down Mary McCready in 1986.
01:01:07I found that scary old bitch in her deathbed,
01:01:10and she warned me.
01:01:12She said that her grandson would do
01:01:15what her son didn't have the balls to do,
01:01:18make Texarkana pay for its sins.
01:01:24Yeah, and no one else has thought of this?
01:01:27Not like the police or the FBI
01:01:30or the goddamn fucking Texas Rangers?
01:01:32Do you believe his story?
01:01:34Are you kidding me?
01:01:36The man lives on a boat.
01:01:39Wait, do you believe him?
01:01:42I don't know.
01:01:45Hey, I'm just saying,
01:01:47if McCready did have a grandson,
01:01:50he'd probably be in his 20s or his 30s.
01:01:53Come on.
01:02:10As far as we know, fucking Charles B. Pierce Jr.
01:02:13could be the killer.
01:02:15He doesn't have a reason to be.
01:02:17His story was told. His father's story was told.
01:02:19Yeah, up until the sequel.
01:02:21But they're a part of the legend.
01:02:23They're in the movie. They're there somewhere.
01:02:25All of them except for...
01:02:27McCready.
01:02:29Now, his name wasn't even mentioned in the papers.
01:02:31He doesn't have a plaque anywhere.
01:02:33He's not even in the movie that they show every damn year.
01:02:36They'd be upset.
01:02:38It's an injustice, Nick.
01:02:40It's an injustice.
01:02:48Now, this is a very sad day for us all.
01:02:52It always is when you lose an officer of the law
01:02:56in the line of duty.
01:02:58Now, I did not work with Deputy Tillman long,
01:03:01but you all know him a lot better than that.
01:03:04How many of these have you gotten?
01:03:06This is the second notice of acceptance.
01:03:09Grandma, I just met somebody, and I think...
01:03:11I am not gonna let this mess
01:03:13be the most important thing in your life.
01:03:16Grandma, it already is.
01:03:18I have talked to your uncle in California,
01:03:20and he said that we can stay with him
01:03:22as long as need be.
01:03:24Pack up.
01:03:26We'll leave before daybreak.
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01:04:11I'm already packed.
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01:04:33I hate that.
01:04:37I could come visit, though.
01:04:42Yeah, of course.
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