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00:30Oh
01:00Oh
01:31Ghosts are a state of mind, an hallucination, a trick of the light.
01:36All the fear, what makes them real, comes from the imagination.
01:40So I think we can safely assume, Richard, that you don't believe in ghosts.
01:44You could say that, yes.
01:46So what would you say to someone who genuinely believed,
01:49who swore that they had seen a ghost?
01:52Well, I would say that you can't always trust your eyes.
01:55Would you mind if I demonstrate it? Yes, please do.
01:58Now, this is an illusion from the Victorian period.
02:02It's known as a spirit box. And it's empty.
02:05Yes, so it would appear.
02:09But if we could just take down the studio lights. Sure.
02:13Now, your eyes are telling you that the box is empty.
02:19But if we raise the lights,
02:21slowly, slowly, something begins to take shape.
02:26So, is it human? Or is it a ghost?
02:30It's not a ghost.
02:32It's your last guest, who's very kindly agreed to help me with this demonstration.
02:42Thanks very much indeed for staying on and being such a great sport.
02:45Thanks a lot. Thanks.
02:47Well, are you going to tell us how you did it?
02:49Yes, if I can just have the help of Stacey and Susanna for a moment.
02:53Ah, good. You remembered the spray.
02:56If I can just ask you, Angela, to spray the spirit box.
03:02Ah. Glass.
03:05There you are. You see, like many magic tricks,
03:07it's done with some glass and some light.
03:10You use the light to create the image inside the box
03:14when all the time Jane was in fact standing over there.
03:18So, ladies and gentlemen, everyone here tonight can truly say
03:22that they have seen a ghost.
03:24APPLAUSE
03:29Dr Richard Kramer, thank you very much indeed.
03:34But don't you go away, because we're going to be back right after the break.
03:39I can smell Vernon.
03:41Vernon?
03:43That's damn thing off.
03:47Richard, you're... Richard!
03:49Somebody get a doctor, quick!
04:05I'm Mrs Kramer.
04:06Oh, your husband's just over there.
04:10Is he going to be all right?
04:12We'll know for sure when we get the results of the CT scan.
04:15But he's comfortable now.
04:27Richard.
04:36What?
04:40Burning.
04:42He thinks he can smell burning.
04:44It's quite common after a stroke.
04:46It's just an illusion.
04:50How much further?
04:52Not far.
04:54We're nearly there.
04:58We've missed the turning.
05:00No, we haven't.
05:02Maybe I should stop and ask someone.
05:04Keep going. It's on the left.
05:07There's a broken wall.
05:09How do you know?
05:10Well, the estate agent said so.
05:12The estate agent never said anything about a broken wall.
05:16She did.
05:17She did?
05:19She must have.
05:22There you are.
05:47Mr and Mrs Kramer?
05:49Here we are.
05:53Now, then, if you'd just like to come through.
05:56This, you see, is the entrance wall.
05:59What's really lovely, now rather faded, Gloria, I'm afraid,
06:02because I think, as I told you,
06:04the present owner has gone bankrupt
06:07and did rather let things slide.
06:09Most unfortunate.
06:10Now, where shall we go now?
06:12Let's go to the front door.
06:14Yes, I did rather let things slide. Most unfortunate.
06:16Now, where shall we start?
06:18The kitchen.
06:19I know that's going to be of a special interest to you, Mrs Kramer.
06:22It is you who writes the column in the newspaper, isn't it?
06:24Not anymore.
06:25I gave it up after my husband was ill.
06:28Oh, right.
06:29Right through here.
06:31And down this way.
06:33Here we are.
06:35Now, what about this fridge, Mrs Kramer?
06:37I've never been much of a cook myself,
06:39but you could keep all sorts in here.
06:41Oh, my goodness me!
06:45There's no handle on the inside. Isn't that rather dangerous?
06:48Oh, you mean for your little boy? Oh, I'm sure he's very sensible.
06:51Oh, have you seen Matt?
06:53He's probably wandered off somewhere.
06:54Don't worry about him. He won't come to any harm.
06:57He's probably hunting ghosts.
06:59Ghosts?
07:00Oh, there's always been a ghost at Wind Whistle Hall.
07:03A friendly one, I'm sure.
07:05I'd better go and find him.
07:08Well, it's a very interesting property.
07:10I'm glad you're interested.
07:15Oh!
07:16Sorry I startled you.
07:18I found him wandering around. This is yours.
07:20Thanks.
07:21Oh, where did you get to?
07:23I was exploring.
07:24This is Mr Walker.
07:25He's the previous owner.
07:27The Building Society owned it.
07:29I used to live here.
07:31It's a lovely house.
07:33You must be sorry to lose it.
07:34I am.
07:35I'm just showing Mr and Mrs Kramer around.
07:38Are you up from London?
07:40Yes. Yes, my husband was ill recently.
07:42And there's nothing like the country air.
07:45So, do you like my house?
07:48Yes.
07:51Are you going to buy it?
07:57We might.
08:08Night, night. Sleep tight.
08:10The bed bugs bite.
08:37I brought your pills.
08:38Oh, thanks.
08:40Is Matthew in bed already?
08:42Yep.
08:43How's the book?
08:45Oh, it's coming along, I think.
08:47Ball Erectory.
08:48The most haunted house in England.
08:51Well, you should write about us.
08:53Mrs Cross said there was a ghost here.
08:55I hardly think that Mrs Cross is an expert on the paranormal, do you?
08:58It would be funny, though, wouldn't it?
09:00I don't think so.
09:01I don't think so.
09:02I don't think so.
09:03I don't think so.
09:04I don't think so.
09:05It would be funny, though, wouldn't it?
09:07If this house turned out to be haunted.
09:09It wouldn't be funny.
09:10It would be extremely embarrassing.
09:15I'll get it.
09:16No, it's all right, I'll get it.
09:17No, I'll go.
09:19I need the exercise.
09:25Evening.
09:26Evening.
09:27I hear you're having trouble with the pipes.
09:29Yes, that's right.
09:30It's Peter, isn't it?
09:31Mm-hmm.
09:32I rang Williams in the village.
09:33I sometimes do the odd job for him.
09:34I see.
09:36Well, you'd better come through.
09:40You probably know these pipes better than anyone.
09:42That's right.
09:44Gosh, you've got a lot to do.
09:46Yes, thank you.
09:48Snowy.
09:59Well, definitely Charles and Maggie, yeah?
10:01Yes, yeah, absolutely.
10:03Ah.
10:06There's a culprit.
10:08It's Matthews.
10:12How much do we owe you?
10:14No, that's OK.
10:16Williams will send in the bill.
10:19Can we offer you a drink?
10:21No, thanks, it's OK.
10:22It's late.
10:26Yes.
10:29Well.
10:33You certainly have made a lot of changes.
10:36Always try to make it our own.
10:39Well, I'll leave you to it, then.
10:41I'll see you out.
10:44How long did you live here, Peter?
10:48Six, seven years.
10:51Rosie, my wife, and I bought it.
10:55Then she died.
10:57Oh, I'm sorry.
10:59Don't be.
11:01She loved this place as much as I did.
11:04Sometimes I think maybe she's still here.
11:09In spirit, anyway.
11:14We're having a dinner in a couple of weeks.
11:18I hope you can come.
11:20Thanks, that'd be nice.
11:29Well.
11:31Good night, sir.
11:33Good night, Peter.
11:37I'm off up, darling, all right?
11:39Do you know?
11:41Sometimes I just don't understand you.
11:44Who else are you going to invite to dinner?
11:46The postman?
11:48The dustman?
11:50I just thought it was the right thing to do.
11:53You could have been a bit more considerate.
11:55Why?
11:57I'll pop round to his house tomorrow and mend his taps.
12:00He's not just the plumber.
12:02This used to be his house.
12:04Exactly.
12:06And now it's my house.
12:08It's my house, too.
12:10And I'll invite who I like.
13:00Hello?
13:30Hello?
14:00Sophie!
14:02Sophie, there's a crow in the room.
14:04A what?
14:06A crow.
14:08I need to shut these doors.
14:10Try and get hold of it.
14:12Gently, Richard. Gently.
14:14There. Here we go.
14:16That's it.
14:17I'll get the door.
14:19OK.
14:21I'll get the door.
14:23I've got it.
14:25I've got it.
14:27I've got it.
14:29I've got it.
14:31I've got it.
14:33I've got it.
14:35I've got it.
14:37I've got it.
14:39I've got it.
14:41There we are.
15:08Oh, here.
15:09A cup of tea?
15:10Er, no thanks.
15:19Sophie?
15:22Sophie!
15:23Yes?
15:24Have you touched this?
15:26I touched what?
15:27This! This! My computer!
15:29No, of course I haven't.
15:33Bloody thing.
15:34Where's Matthew?
15:36Oh, Matthew wouldn't play with your computer.
15:39I can't believe this.
15:41What have you lost?
15:42The whole thing. It's wiped.
15:44The whole file.
15:48Look, this is ridiculous.
15:49Someone must have touched it!
15:54Do you think you could have a word with Matthew, darling?
15:57What about?
15:59He can't sleep.
16:00He says he had a nightmare last night.
16:03My bad.
16:04Yeah, something about a lady.
16:06Oh, a lady.
16:08This is the story of Borley Rectory,
16:12which was supposed to have been the most haunted house in England.
16:17Whoever slept there would wake up screaming.
16:23Because they would see this terrible disembodied floating hand
16:28at the end of their bed.
16:31But Winfrey wasn't frightened.
16:33He had a good dinner and a few glasses of wine
16:36and fell asleep.
16:38A little later, as the clock struck 12,
16:42he woke up and screamed.
16:45Ah!
16:47Because there, at the end of the bed,
16:50he saw the terrible hand floating towards him.
16:56But Winfrey had a gun.
16:58He reached out for it and took aim at the floating hand.
17:02He could just make it out in the darkness.
17:04And he fired.
17:05Ah!
17:06And he screamed again.
17:08And that's how Winfrey shot off his big toe.
17:12You see, there was no floating hand at all.
17:15It was his foot all the time.
17:35I don't believe this.
17:37There was no evidence of woodworm on the surveyor's report.
17:40Well, looks like you got him now, old man.
17:46You better call someone in.
18:05Your friend Peter says we've got woodworm.
18:08Oh, no.
18:10I mean, look at that.
18:11It's rotten right the way through.
18:13But I thought we'd had the house all checked out.
18:16I'm going to write to those surveyors.
18:18Yeah, I'm sure you will.
18:22You all right?
18:23Yeah, I'm fine.
18:24It's not too late to cancel, you know, if you don't feel up to it.
18:27Oh, I'm OK, really, darling.
18:30Mmm. Smells nice.
18:32Smells nice.
18:33Turkey a la wind whistle.
18:39Richard, I'm busy.
18:41I said I'm fine.
18:43Get out of the kitchen. Give me some room.
18:47You're vaulting.
18:56Matthew?
18:58Yes, Dad?
18:59Not too near the pot.
19:00OK.
19:01Come here. I want a word with you.
19:03All right.
19:04Come on.
19:07Come on.
19:17Did you get lost?
19:18I can't get over this, Richard. It was made for you.
19:21Well, thanks. There's a lot we want to do today.
19:23I'd build a sun lounge off the living room.
19:25With that view of yours.
19:26What? A conservatory? Peter!
19:29Isn't that what you used to do, Peter?
19:32Build conservatories?
19:34I had a business, yes.
19:36But it went under.
19:40Do you live in the village?
19:42This used to be Peter's house before we moved in.
19:45Oh!
19:47I'm glad it found people who look after it.
19:50Well, ladies and gentlemen,
19:52I would just like to thank you for coming to this,
19:56our inaugural dinner.
19:58And there is one special guest I'd like to welcome, too.
20:03When we first moved into Windmistle Hall,
20:06the estate agent told us that the place was haunted.
20:11You can imagine what effect that had on me.
20:14A ghost wouldn't dare haunt you, Richard.
20:16Absolutely.
20:17And as this is a housewarming dinner,
20:20and also in light of certain events
20:23that have taken place here recently,
20:25I think it's only fair that we should welcome the ghost as well.
20:29Richard.
20:30Are you sure?
20:32Why not?
20:33Since we are forced to share accommodation with some departed spirit,
20:37we ought to make friends.
20:39So, will you please raise your glasses?
20:44To the ghost.
20:46Whoever and wherever you are,
20:50will you please show yourself?
20:53I don't think this is funny, Richard.
20:58You're doing it, you must be.
21:00Richard.
21:04Matthew.
21:08My partner in magic.
21:24It was on a thread, wasn't it, Matthew?
21:26Yep.
21:27That's right, Matthew and me.
21:28You see, Matthew, that's the way to make a ghost.
21:33Oh, God!
21:34Look!
21:40Oh, it's disgusting!
21:42Oh, Jesus.
21:47Richard.
21:49No.
21:54No.
22:04Bloody fiasco.
22:07I'll kill that butcher.
22:11So, what do you think happened?
22:16Sophie?
22:19Sophie!
22:23Oh, good night, darling.
23:04When was that last test?
23:07It was really short, we only had half an hour.
23:11Oh, that's all right.
23:42Richard.
23:54Richard, we have to talk.
23:56Not now, Sophie.
23:57Yes, now.
24:01I think this house was a mistake.
24:04What?
24:06It's doing things to you, Richard.
24:12Why are you drinking so much?
24:14Oh, come on, don't start that again.
24:16It's one of the reasons you were ill.
24:18Unlikely.
24:21Well, I don't like it.
24:26Well, I do.
24:30There's something in the house.
24:35Like what?
24:38Richard, I was nearly killed when that light fell.
24:43Matthew's having nightmares.
24:45You lose work off your computer.
24:47We find woodworm where there is no woodworm.
24:49And then there was that dinner.
24:51So, what are you saying, Sophie?
24:53That we've got a ghost?
24:56We're living in a haunted house?
24:58Yes.
24:59A haunted house?
25:00Yes.
25:01We've got a ghost and you think we should leave?
25:03Yes, yes, yes.
25:04Well, I don't believe in ghosts.
25:06Oh, don't tell me.
25:07Yes, but I don't believe in ghosts professionally.
25:10What do you think would happen
25:12if the press heard that I left this house because it was haunted?
25:15What do you think that would do to my credibility as a writer?
25:18It's out of the question.
25:20There are no ghosts.
25:22What else has to happen here before you change your mind?
25:40No!
25:56Snowy!
26:00Snowy!
26:04Right, that's it, young man.
26:06Come on, lights out.
26:11Night, night.
26:13He's never run away before.
26:18Snowy's very clever.
26:20Like Intintin.
26:22He's probably having a nice adventure somewhere.
26:25No, he isn't.
26:27The lady's taken him.
26:29What lady?
26:31You know.
26:32I do not know.
26:34The one in my dream.
26:36She's taken him and will never come back.
26:38Oh, come on, Matthew.
26:40Stop being silly.
26:42Go to sleep. There is no lady.
26:45Night, night.
27:08Night, night.
27:39GUNSHOT
27:51Richard?
28:09Richard?
28:19Snowy?
28:22Richard?
28:39Snowy?
28:46Richard!
28:49Snowy?
29:01Richard!
29:08Richard!
29:30Anything in your address, sir?
29:32He went missing 24 hours ago.
29:35His name's Snowy.
29:37We got him from Battersea Dogs' home six years ago.
29:40For our son.
29:42It's very unlike him to go missing.
29:48Well, I'm sure he'll turn up, sir.
29:51Just leave us your address and...
29:53I've put that on the back of the photo.
30:00Windwhistle Hall.
30:03Hmm.
30:05I was there, you know.
30:07I was the one who found her.
30:10Who?
30:11Rosemary Walker.
30:15Peter Walker's wife?
30:18You mean...
30:20she died at the hall?
30:22That's right, sir.
30:23Fell off the roof in a thunderstorm.
30:26Went straight through into the conservatory.
30:28That's where I found her.
30:30Hanging there.
30:45My God.
30:48I'll never forget it.
30:51Her face.
30:54It wasn't like a face at all.
30:57More like a...
30:59a musk.
31:01Cold, white.
31:13What was she doing on the roof?
31:16In a storm.
31:18Sleepwalking.
31:20That was what it said in the report.
31:22But, uh...
31:24I don't know.
31:26I've never seen anyone look so frightened.
31:35Where was Peter Walker at the time?
31:37He was away on business.
31:40I had to break news to him when he got home.
31:45It broke the man.
31:47That's what it did.
31:49You were never the same after that.
31:52But then...
31:54I don't suppose I would have been either.
32:24Sophie.
32:27It's okay. You're gonna be okay.
32:54Sophie.
33:10Sophie.
33:13Oh, Peter.
33:15I know.
33:17I know it hurts.
33:20You're not afraid.
33:25Where's Richard?
33:27It's okay. It's okay.
33:33Peter.
33:35Sophie.
33:37No.
33:44No, Peter.
33:53It's okay.
33:58No. No.
34:00Peter, please.
34:04No.
34:06Please.
34:37Peter.
34:39Peter.
34:41Peter.
34:43Peter.
34:45Peter.
34:47Peter.
34:49Peter.
34:51Peter.
34:53Peter.
34:55Peter.
34:58Peter.
35:07Get away. Get away.
35:15Oh, no.
35:36Oh, no.
36:06Oh, no.
36:36Peter.
36:52Peter.
36:54Can I have a word?
36:56I have to finish this.
36:59150 quid for five days' work and they want it by the weekend.
37:02Well, it won't take a moment.
37:07I wanted to ask you about your wife.
37:13She's still there, isn't she?
37:15What do you mean?
37:18My wife, Rosemary.
37:20She's still there.
37:22I don't believe that.
37:24I felt her there at that dinner.
37:27I lived in that house after she died and she haunted it.
37:30I should know.
37:32Ah, yes. The House of Horror.
37:34I've heard.
37:36Oh, you don't have to believe in ghosts.
37:38But then, you've never really been touched by one, have you?
37:45Were there many accidents?
37:49Too bloody many.
38:04Oh, no.
38:35Sophie, you made me jump.
38:39This house is getting to you, isn't it?
38:42Oh, come on. Admit it, Richard. You're as scared as I am.
38:45It's got nothing to do with the house.
38:49Well, maybe you're right.
38:51Maybe it's just us.
38:55Sophie, don't be ridiculous.
38:58We never really talked about it, have we, Richard?
39:02The things weren't right between us long before you fell ill.
39:06They haven't been right for a long, long time.
39:10Look, it's been a difficult time for me.
39:12I've had to deal with it.
39:14I've had to deal with it.
39:16I've had to deal with it.
39:18I've had to deal with it.
39:20I've had to deal with it.
39:22I've had to deal with it.
39:24I've had to deal with it.
39:26Look, it's been a difficult year for both of us.
39:30You're upset about Snowy.
39:32Yes.
39:34Yes, I'm upset about Snowy.
39:37And I'm upset about nearly being killed twice.
39:41But most of all, I'm upset about us.
39:43Look, Sophie, will you calm down?
39:45Snowy was Matthew's pet.
39:47And now he's dead because you wouldn't listen.
39:49Well, how am I going to tell him, eh?
39:51You've always got all the answers. Will you tell me that?
39:54Where are you going?
39:55I'm going upstairs.
39:56Look, I want to talk to you.
39:57No, you don't. You want to lecture me, just like you always do.
40:00Well, I've had enough.
40:03Matthew.
40:07My Lord.
40:09Don't move him.
40:24I'll see you tomorrow, nurse.
40:26Good night, Mrs Kramer.
40:40He's got a fractured skull and he's broken his arm.
40:44Jesus.
40:49But he's going to be all right.
40:52As soon as he's well enough, I'm taking him back to London.
40:56That's not the answer.
40:58Oh, yes, it is.
41:00I'm going. I've made up my mind.
41:02Oh, well, if you've made up your mind.
41:07Just what exactly are you leaving, Sophie? The house or me?
41:10You can come if you want to.
41:12No, I do not want to.
41:14You think I can run away from my house?
41:16There are no ghosts.
41:19I couldn't live with myself if I left.
41:22Why is it so important to you, Richard?
41:25What are you afraid of?
41:29Put your seatbelt on, nurse.
41:33Hey, manage.
41:39Bye, Dad.
41:46Bye.
42:04Fell off the roof in a thunderstorm.
42:07Went straight through into the conservatory.
42:11That's where I found it.
42:13Hanging there.
42:40Oh, God.
43:11I've never seen anyone look so frightened.
43:15What was she doing on the roof in a storm?
43:20Sleepwalking.
43:22That was what it said in the report, but I don't know.
43:40No!
43:50No!
44:10No!
44:13No!
44:36Like many magic tricks, it's done with some glass and some light.
44:42Okay.
45:13No!
45:29Rosemary, my wife.
45:31She's still there, isn't she?
45:34I don't believe that.
45:36I felt it there, at that dinner.
45:40She loved that house.
45:42I lived in it after she died and she haunted it, I should know.
45:46Oh, yes. The house of horror, like that.
45:48You don't have to believe in ghosts if you don't want it.
45:51But then you've never been touched by one, have you?
46:09No.
46:39Who are you?
46:41Who are you?
47:09Stop!
47:16You're a ghost, aren't you?
47:18Walk for it!
47:34He didn't believe in ghosts.
47:36In the end, he was right, wasn't he?
47:39There are no ghosts.
48:06We have entrusted our brother to God's merciful keeping
48:10and we now commit his ashes to the ground.
48:17Earth to earth.
48:20Ashes to ashes.
48:23Dust to dust.
48:26In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life
48:30through our Lord Jesus Christ.
48:33Who died, was buried and rose again for us.
48:37To him be glory forever and ever.
48:47In we go.
48:49These doors are wet.
48:51Now then, here we are.
48:53This is the entrance hall.
48:55Oh, yes.
48:57Glorious, isn't it?
48:59The building's quite old.
49:01It was finished in about 1837.
49:03Took about five years to build.
49:05The architect was a man called Joseph Ackroyd.
49:08I believe he was quite an eminent architect at this time.
49:11Come on, let's go up the stairs.
49:13You'll find that there's a lot of lovely detail in the house.
49:16I believe you're moving here up from London, aren't you?
49:19From Versailles, actually.
49:21Oh, very good.
49:23Then there's a very sweet picture in the wall.
49:27Then there's a very sweet painting.
49:32Well, now, this is the master bedroom.
49:37Lovely views.
49:39I've always thought that this would make a beautiful family home.
49:44Provided you're not afraid of ghosts.
49:46Ghosts?
49:48Oh, Wind Whistle Hall has always had its ghost.
49:51A friendly one, I'm sure.
49:53Wouldn't you say?