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00:00:00One last time, I have to see this ground.
00:00:11It's beautiful now, as if nothing had happened here.
00:00:17Soon they will tear down the main house, and then nothing will be left.
00:00:21Nothing.
00:00:23Except what I remember.
00:00:27I grew up in the town nearby.
00:00:30Where my father was the mayor, and where this house stood waiting for me.
00:00:35It was built by Wilfred Butler.
00:00:39We had never seen him, and he never lived at home.
00:00:44Until the day before Christmas in 1950, he finally did come back.
00:00:51For the last time.
00:00:52He had over the last time.
00:00:56We're going, put a GP you were going, Al.
00:00:58Yes, come back.
00:00:58We moved to Los Angeles.
00:01:00And it's almost half the tank was going to turn around.
00:01:02They were going to drain away.
00:01:04It's the same idea.
00:01:06I said this way.
00:01:09Trust me.
00:01:10You walk away see me.
00:01:11You can walk背DIMEN.
00:01:12All of us believe that his death was an accident.
00:01:37No one knew that another person had come to Butler House that Christmas.
00:01:42As Deputy Coroner of the County of Arlington, State of Massachusetts,
00:02:12I hereby find upon evidence of an autopsy conducted by the medical examiner of this county
00:02:17that the deceased Wilford Butler died as a result of burns inflicted accidentally upon himself
00:02:25on his own premises during the afternoon of December 24th, 1950.
00:02:33No further inquiry shall be held over the body of the deceased.
00:02:36And this inquest is officially closed.
00:02:39All is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin mother and child.
00:02:56The End
00:04:32After the coroner's inquest, on New Year's Day, they buried Wilford Butler.
00:04:42There was no one there to mourn him.
00:04:44It was the funeral of a stranger.
00:04:46I, Wilford Butler.
00:05:13Being of sound mind and body, at least what the world considers sound,
00:05:21to hereby leave my house and its grounds and all personal effects within that house,
00:05:28to my only surviving relation, my grandson, Jeffrey Butler.
00:05:37And I solemnly charge him with one duty.
00:05:44Let him leave the house as I left it, standing untouched to remind the world of its inhumanity and cruelty.
00:06:00For 20 years, that house lay empty, exactly as Wilford left it.
00:06:08And then, last year, rumors began that it was finally being sold.
00:06:13The newspaper story traveled through the county to a state hospital for the criminally insane.
00:06:22And then, last year, we'll be with you.
00:06:24We'll be with you.
00:06:24We'll be with you.
00:06:26We'll be with you.
00:06:29Oh, my God.
00:06:59Oh, my God.
00:07:29The man who came to sell the house had never seen it.
00:07:35He was a lawyer from the city, just doing a job and enjoying it.
00:07:40Stop and look serious, please.
00:07:50Oh, you're hopeless.
00:07:53Oh, look.
00:07:56Hey, wait.
00:07:57Where are you going now?
00:07:58The mayor's going to have a fit, kid.
00:07:59One more shot.
00:08:04One more.
00:08:07Stay there.
00:08:09I want one together.
00:08:11It's mine.
00:08:12For all the news as it happens, stay tuned to WLIX, your voice in the Northeast.
00:08:26This is Roger Fowler with local stories.
00:08:29First, today's headlines.
00:08:30A warehouse fire still rages in Elizabeth.
00:08:33Police suspect arson.
00:08:34That escaped inmate at Margaretville State Hospital, still at large, still hunted by state police.
00:08:39And over in Roxbury, the city passes a controversial housing code.
00:08:43What's that occurred to you in the Dentist?
00:08:45I'm against the Magic.
00:08:46Cancel ihn Rising.
00:08:47If you wait, keep pushing.
00:08:48Let it go on.
00:08:50Let it go, please.
00:08:50problema for you, Gracie.
00:08:51Let it go!
00:08:52Let it go, we're dead.
00:08:52Let it go.
00:09:01cuisine Nichts, harms Excuse me.
00:09:03Work the news as you might join the wrong Grant.
00:09:05It's mine.
00:09:06Money,осс,與 Holy Ghostats.
00:09:08It won't be a good good guy.
00:09:08It won't happen yet.
00:09:09Let's go.
00:09:39Well, didn't I tell you?
00:09:53It's beautiful.
00:09:54Can we see the rest of it?
00:09:57Honey, that was it.
00:09:59I think the mayor's waiting for me.
00:10:02My love is such an important man.
00:10:06Right. Laura always says that.
00:10:09Darling.
00:10:11What?
00:10:13Don't be long.
00:10:17Honey, if you get bored, just look at the view.
00:10:21Sooner or later, that viaduct's gonna take us back home.
00:10:23I don't know.
00:10:24I don't know.
00:10:33It's just a little.
00:10:35I know it's a little.
00:10:35I think she's fine.
00:10:37She's fine.
00:10:38I don't know.
00:10:39I don't know.
00:10:40I don't know.
00:10:41You're welcome.
00:10:41I'll have to go a little bit.
00:10:42Mr. Carter, Mr. Mayor.
00:11:12Let me introduce you. This is Charlie Toman, who publishes our weekly newspaper, The Patriot.
00:11:19Mr. Toman.
00:11:23And this is Tess Howard. She operates our switchboard.
00:11:26We call her the communications director.
00:11:31And this is Bill Mason, our sheriff.
00:11:40Won't you sit there, Mr. Carter?
00:11:42At the head of the table.
00:11:46I, uh, I didn't expect to meet you all together.
00:11:50It's quite a reception.
00:12:08All right, let's begin.
00:12:09As you know, I've been retained by Geoffrey Butler.
00:12:14The matter concerns the house that he inherited from his grandfather, Wilfred Butler.
00:12:21Go on, Mr. Carter.
00:12:23I, I believe that you offered to buy the house for my client.
00:12:30Offered? We begged him. We wrote letters and we...
00:12:33That's enough, Tess.
00:12:34Well, it's true.
00:12:37Trouble. It was always trouble.
00:12:39I can sympathize.
00:12:39I spent the last 20 years and more driving people away from there.
00:12:45Prowlers, burglars, kids.
00:12:48They're the worst.
00:12:50Chasing for nothing because of that will.
00:12:53That dribble about humanity.
00:12:55No, no, no. Inhumanity.
00:12:58What the hell is that, huh?
00:13:04Yes, well, he was a bitter man.
00:13:07Hate?
00:13:08Must have been very hard.
00:13:08It must have been hate.
00:13:15That man hated.
00:13:17Well, some people are like that.
00:13:19No, no, no, no, no.
00:13:49The question is...
00:14:19Well, do you still want the house?
00:14:21Are you offering it to us, Mr. Carter?
00:14:24Exactly.
00:14:27Why now?
00:14:30Well, that's Mr. Butler's business, isn't it?
00:14:34You know we're not rich.
00:14:37Most of us came here during the Depression.
00:14:41But we love this town.
00:14:44It's our home.
00:14:45And naturally, you want to improve it.
00:14:49Exactly.
00:14:51My client understands that, and he fully sympathizes,
00:14:54and he's willing to sacrifice the house
00:14:57for $50,000
00:14:59in cash
00:15:01by noon tomorrow.
00:15:03That's an awful lot of cash.
00:15:11It's also an awfully good bargain.
00:15:14You could go to Wilton.
00:15:16You could go now, to the bank.
00:15:21Am I clearly understood?
00:15:22You could go to...
00:15:23All that cash.
00:15:28Perfect.
00:15:29I'll wait for your answer until tomorrow.
00:15:33You're spending the night here?
00:15:35Yes.
00:15:37May I ask where?
00:15:38At the Butler house.
00:15:42We could put you up at the motel
00:15:44as our guest.
00:15:46No, no.
00:15:47The house is fine.
00:15:48The Paradise Motel.
00:15:51That's very kind of you,
00:15:52but I'm meeting Mr. Butler
00:15:53about some personal items.
00:15:55You'll want a phone.
00:15:57I can reconnect the line.
00:15:58Don't trouble, please.
00:16:00No trouble.
00:16:02You'll need a phone.
00:16:03Don't want to be stuck out there.
00:16:05Well, you've convinced me.
00:16:13By the way,
00:16:15have you known Mr. Butler a long time?
00:16:18No, I've never met him.
00:16:19He called me and asked me
00:16:20if I'd handle this for him.
00:16:21I said yes.
00:16:22He had the key delivered to my office.
00:16:24Mr. Mayor, Sheriff,
00:16:26Mr. Toman,
00:16:28Mr. Howard.
00:16:29See you all tomorrow.
00:16:32In fact, I'm looking forward
00:16:35to it.
00:16:45Slick.
00:16:45Really slick.
00:16:47He's a big lawyer, Bill.
00:16:48You've got to expect that.
00:16:50Don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:51Oh, you see the way
00:16:52he looked at us?
00:16:53You see his clothes?
00:16:54He's doing his job.
00:16:56Just don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:58You know what I like to see?
00:16:59Two of them like that
00:17:00when talking to each other.
00:17:02Neither one of them
00:17:02would know what to believe.
00:17:03I love you, too.
00:17:05Honey, when I get home,
00:17:06I'm going to have
00:17:07a nice surprise for you.
00:17:10Oh, no, I can't tell you
00:17:11what it is now.
00:17:12It wouldn't be a surprise,
00:17:13now, would it?
00:17:15No, no, I can't come home now,
00:17:17but it'll be very soon.
00:17:18Very soon.
00:17:21Honey, of course I miss you.
00:17:23Yes, yes, I miss Mommy, too.
00:17:29Laura, how are you, kid?
00:17:36Look, I'll call tomorrow.
00:17:39No, I want to call.
00:17:40I want to talk to Jenny.
00:17:44Yeah, well, as a matter of fact,
00:17:45I'm having a fine time.
00:17:48Well, same to you, darling.
00:17:55What do you mean, hostile?
00:17:56I was wondering
00:18:16if we get it,
00:18:19what then?
00:18:23Take it down!
00:18:24Okay.
00:18:29Okay.
00:18:31I'd better get going.
00:18:33Do me a favor, Tess.
00:18:35Call Diane, tell her I'm going to
00:18:36Wilton, and I'll be back late.
00:18:38I'll be back.
00:18:50Bye.
00:18:50Let's go.
00:19:20Let's go.
00:19:50It's fantastic, isn't it?
00:19:59Yeah.
00:20:00Yeah, butler wasn't kidding.
00:20:03Nobody's lived here for years.
00:20:05That would be such a waste.
00:20:08It's his grandfather's monument.
00:20:11You know, there's a caretaker who keeps this place just the way he left it.
00:20:16What kind of monument is this?
00:20:20Well, that's the trouble.
00:20:22Nobody remembers anymore.
00:20:24That's what usually happens in America.
00:20:27I remember this.
00:20:30And he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I'm his own.
00:20:35And he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own and the joy he shares as he's buried there.
00:20:54You're not serious.
00:20:59You used to hear that at funerals.
00:21:01At funerals?
00:21:02Yes.
00:21:03I was a kid in Chipley, Georgia.
00:21:06There's also Chipley, Florida.
00:21:08But they have both been subsequently eradicated from the map.
00:21:15None other has ever known.
00:21:19It's不到 there.
00:21:45The only thing opened was a delicatessen, so I brought you pastrami, salami, potato salad, macaroni, everything you like.
00:22:00I'll have bologna and macaroni.
00:22:05No, no, no, some of that potato salad.
00:22:08Did you pick the wine, too?
00:22:10The delicatessen man took a personal interest in its selection.
00:22:13Oh, well, we got lucky again. That's early 1970. That's hard to come by.
00:22:19Can I have some, too?
00:22:21Of course, of course, I might.
00:22:27Mmm, thank you.
00:22:43It must have been wonderful.
00:22:47What?
00:22:50The people who lived here, they must have had a wonderful life.
00:22:56Well, I hope they did.
00:22:58Wilford Butler must have believed in something.
00:23:00Believe it?
00:23:01Look at that stone fireplace.
00:23:03Parquet floor.
00:23:04The mahogany.
00:23:05This table.
00:23:06And you probably think this place is made of wood, right?
00:23:09Well...
00:23:10Wrong.
00:23:11You know what his grandson told me?
00:23:13Underneath that wood, there's two feet of stone.
00:23:15The foundation is eight bricks wide.
00:23:18Now, someday, they're going to come in here, and they're going to tear this place down,
00:23:20and they're going to build little tract houses all over this property on quarter acre and half acre lots.
00:23:28And that bulldozer's going to come up that hill toward this house.
00:23:32And it's going to get the surprise of its life.
00:23:37They built a kingdom out here.
00:23:39Only nobody's left.
00:23:41No?
00:23:42Butler has a grandson.
00:23:43No, no.
00:23:44Well, he's probably like the rest of us, wants money.
00:23:48You know, he's asking $50,000 cash for this place, and for the only way he can get,
00:23:53oh, he can get at least $250,000.
00:23:56But he won't take his time.
00:24:00So he'll get screwed.
00:24:07Do you want to go upstairs now?
00:24:10Soon.
00:24:10You know, one of the great pleasures in life is the pleasure of anticipating pleasure.
00:24:19Isn't it?
00:24:21We are very close now, aren't we?
00:24:25Sure, honey.
00:24:27Very close.
00:24:33I don't see any beds yet.
00:24:36Keep looking, honey.
00:24:38Butler said the place is furnished.
00:24:39It's furnished.
00:24:53It's furnished.
00:25:09Anything doing?
00:25:15No, sir.
00:25:15But look at this.
00:25:17More football, huh?
00:25:18Look how they smarved that quarterback.
00:25:20Look at his arm.
00:25:21Got no time now.
00:25:22Oh, Tass.
00:25:24How about that telephone up at the Butler house?
00:25:26Is it working?
00:25:29Well, try it now.
00:25:30I'll wait.
00:25:30Hello?
00:25:43Oh, yes.
00:25:45Miss Howard.
00:25:47Yeah, the phone's working fine.
00:25:49Very nice of you to go.
00:25:54Good night.
00:25:57Honey, I'm going down to the car to get some cigarettes.
00:26:00Be back in a minute.
00:26:01Okay.
00:26:02Don't get lonely.
00:26:03Oh, no.
00:26:04Oh, my God.
00:27:22Sure.
00:27:24It's the most amazing thing.
00:27:26These cigarettes come in these very small packages these days.
00:27:31Oh, that's for me?
00:27:34Mm-hmm.
00:27:36Can I open it?
00:27:38Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:40Our Christmas is day after tomorrow.
00:27:43Is that an order?
00:27:44Yes, ma'am.
00:27:47That's an order.
00:27:47Oh, my God.
00:28:01Oh, my God.
00:28:05Oh, my God.
00:28:05Let's go.
00:28:35Let's go.
00:29:05Let's go.
00:29:35Let's go.
00:30:05Let's go.
00:30:36Go ahead now.
00:30:39Mr. Carter?
00:30:40I'm not Carter.
00:30:41Who is this?
00:30:45The owner.
00:30:47Butler.
00:30:48I'm worried, Sheriff.
00:30:50Carter's not here.
00:30:53Speak up.
00:30:53I can't hear you.
00:30:55I can't.
00:30:56I'm sick.
00:30:57Can you come here?
00:31:00What is it?
00:31:01What's wrong?
00:31:02His car's here, but he's gone.
00:31:05Won't you come?
00:31:07Okay, okay.
00:31:08Now, you stay put in that house.
00:31:10I'll wait for you.
00:31:11Please, hurry.
00:31:13I'm afraid.
00:31:14Now, take it easy.
00:31:16I'm coming.
00:31:25Mr. Butler, are you done?
00:31:27Tess, I've come back.
00:31:31What's that?
00:31:32Tess, I want to see you again.
00:31:36Hello?
00:31:37Who is this?
00:31:39You know me, Tess.
00:31:41It's Mary Ann.
00:31:44Tell the mayor.
00:31:46Tell them all.
00:31:47I'm waiting in my father's house.
00:31:53Tess, it's so lonesome here.
00:31:58Don't be long.
00:32:03Hello?
00:32:05Hello?
00:32:06Hello?
00:32:17Oh, my God.
00:32:47Where is everybody?
00:33:04Hello?
00:33:06Oh, Maggie.
00:33:07Thank goodness.
00:33:09What is it, Tess?
00:33:10Something's come up.
00:33:12Something urgent.
00:33:13Can you start early?
00:33:14Oh, honey, I'm watching TV.
00:33:15Maggie Daly, you get yourself over here.
00:33:18Where is it?
00:33:20Just get moving, Maggie.
00:33:22Just please, hurry.
00:33:24Aw, we'll be paying for all� создers,
00:33:32and we'll be , begins with a conference to meet you.
00:33:35Will beuction for all�airs and look for allan dents.
00:33:36Bye.
00:33:40Bye.
00:33:41Bye.
00:33:42Bye.
00:33:43Bye.
00:33:44Bye.
00:33:45Bye.
00:33:45Bye.
00:33:46Bye.
00:33:47Bye.
00:33:48Bye.
00:33:49Bye.
00:33:50Bye.
00:33:52Bye.
00:33:52Bye.
00:33:52Let's go.
00:34:22Let's go.
00:34:52Come in.
00:34:58It's open.
00:35:03Okay, mister, that's far enough.
00:35:05What do you want here?
00:35:08Mayor.
00:35:09Try again.
00:35:10My father's not home.
00:35:12And don't move.
00:35:13You want me to put my hands up?
00:35:15No.
00:35:16Just stay there.
00:35:17What are you staring at?
00:35:20I seem to remember you from the road.
00:35:22That's why I'm holding a gun.
00:35:24You scare me.
00:35:25That makes sense.
00:35:26Thanks.
00:35:27Does everybody carry one here?
00:35:29You can ask the sheriff when he gets here.
00:35:31I'll call him.
00:35:32I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the sheriff's office is empty.
00:35:36How do you know?
00:35:39I was just there.
00:35:41Who are you?
00:35:44Jeffrey Butler.
00:35:47Oh, you're the one who's selling the house.
00:35:50Yes.
00:35:50Have you any ID?
00:35:54Come on.
00:35:55Don't laugh at me.
00:35:57I want your ID.
00:35:58Some maniac escaped from Margaretville.
00:36:00You're the one who's selling the house.
00:36:05Okay.
00:36:13Put it on the table.
00:36:19Now go back.
00:36:30California license.
00:36:34Lucky you.
00:36:36Would you like to see my maniac card from the asylum?
00:36:41They'll give you one when you escape.
00:36:43There's a big Scarlet M on it so people won't get confused.
00:36:47Okay.
00:36:48Look, I'm sorry about the gun.
00:36:50My father's in Wilton getting your money.
00:36:55All I want to do is to get into my house.
00:36:57This sheriff's deputy might have a key.
00:37:00He's about the only one I know of.
00:37:03But where's he?
00:37:04You go down the road about a mile and a half
00:37:06till you come to a white house with a white fence.
00:37:09And then you can't miss it.
00:37:12Thanks.
00:37:13That's okay.
00:37:15Merry Christmas.
00:37:19Same to you.
00:37:27If I don't call back in an hour.
00:37:30What?
00:37:31Call the mayor.
00:37:33Or Mr. Tone.
00:37:34And nobody else.
00:37:37Promise me you'll do that.
00:37:39Well, sure.
00:37:41Mark it down, honey.
00:37:43So you'll have it.
00:37:45Sheriff to 301.
00:37:47I'm heading west on route 5 to Butler House.
00:37:50You'll hear from me.
00:37:57What the hell?
00:38:03Is that light out there?
00:38:27I'm going to try back.
00:38:50I'm going to try back.
00:38:52Sorry.
00:38:53I'm going to try back.
00:38:55Oh, my God.
00:39:25Oh, oh.
00:39:42Hi.
00:39:43Hi.
00:39:44Did you find the deputy?
00:39:45No, I wasn't there.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:49I was thinking.
00:39:51Isn't your lawyer supposed to be at the house?
00:39:53The door was locked.
00:39:55His car was there, so I borrowed it.
00:39:58You mean you stole a car?
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:03Keeping it warm.
00:40:04What if he needs it?
00:40:06Let him find me.
00:40:08Who's coming to dinner?
00:40:10Oh.
00:40:11Daddy.
00:40:12We always have dinner every Thursday.
00:40:15Do you want something?
00:40:17No, I ate at Paradise Hotel.
00:40:19Yeah, I know. It's awful.
00:40:21What about a drink?
00:40:23Yeah.
00:40:27It's cheap bourbon, but that's a big favorite around here.
00:40:33Do you want ice?
00:40:34No, straight.
00:40:40You look tired.
00:40:41I am tired.
00:40:44Well, here's to a fast dollar.
00:40:46Cheers.
00:40:51Why did you decide to sell the house?
00:40:57I needed the cash.
00:41:02After all these years?
00:41:05I need it now.
00:41:10What's it like on the inside?
00:41:11You know, I've never seen the inside.
00:41:15When I was a child, my father told me to stay away from it,
00:41:17or something terrible might happen.
00:41:20Sort of like a haunted house.
00:41:24I haven't seen it either.
00:41:26You're gonna sell it, and you've never seen it?
00:41:28Yeah.
00:41:29I don't know.
00:41:30I don't know.
00:41:31It's too bad.
00:41:32It's about the only place to see around here.
00:41:35Oh, I forgot.
00:41:36Someone keeps calling with a message from my father.
00:41:40She says that she's waiting at your house.
00:41:43In the reception room.
00:41:46What woman is waiting in my house in the reception room?
00:41:49Oh, I don't know.
00:41:50It's not a voice that I know.
00:41:52I'd better go out then.
00:41:57Can I come too?
00:41:59What for?
00:42:01I'm for she.
00:42:05I suppose you'll be going back to California soon.
00:42:12California?
00:42:13You said you lived there, remember?
00:42:14No, I'll be traveling.
00:42:17Jeff, look.
00:42:18It's the sheriff's car.
00:42:22There's a light.
00:42:23There's a light.
00:42:51There's a light.
00:42:54Look at that tombstone.
00:42:57Pretty cheerful.
00:43:02Who bears the cross shall wear the crown.
00:43:05Wilfred Butler.
00:43:07My grandfather.
00:43:10Oh.
00:43:15Someone left their sunglasses in the snow.
00:43:18They're the sheriff's.
00:43:20My lawyer's missing.
00:43:22So is the sheriff.
00:43:24You get strange phone calls.
00:43:27And now someone's fascinated by my grandfather's grave.
00:43:32Let's get out of here.
00:43:34You still want to go to my house?
00:43:36Yes.
00:43:39But I don't want to go alone.
00:43:42Listen.
00:43:43I'm not nervous.
00:43:44Well, of course you're not.
00:43:45Oh, it's the cold.
00:43:46I'm shaking from it.
00:43:49Let's get out of here.
00:43:52Okay.
00:43:53We'll get help in town.
00:43:54It's 10 minutes drive.
00:43:56I'm not.
00:43:57I'm not.
00:43:59I'm not.
00:44:00I'm not.
00:44:02I'm not.
00:44:03I'm not.
00:44:05You don't want to go.
00:44:06Come on.
00:44:36Good night, Mr. Towman.
00:44:44Have a nice holiday.
00:45:06Good night.
00:45:36Good night.
00:46:06Mr. Towman, wait.
00:46:21No, please.
00:46:22I have to talk to you.
00:46:27I'm sorry.
00:46:28This is Jeffrey Butler.
00:46:29He's the one who's selling the house.
00:46:31He can't get inside the place.
00:46:33And my father's gone to Wilton.
00:46:35So we wondered...
00:46:37Anything wrong?
00:46:45He'll tell us.
00:46:48Tess has gone to his house.
00:46:53Why would she go there?
00:46:54I don't know.
00:46:57Anyway, she won't get in.
00:46:59You say it's locked.
00:46:59He says she hates the place.
00:47:06Would you like to drive there?
00:47:11Diana could stay here and lock herself in.
00:47:14I need a key.
00:47:15I need a key.
00:47:16I need a key.
00:47:18Let's go.
00:47:48Oh, man, this isn't my house.
00:48:10It's Tess's.
00:48:18Well, Tess isn't here.
00:48:43Are you satisfied?
00:48:48She must have gone to my place.
00:48:51Why wouldn't she go there?
00:48:57She hates it.
00:49:02Maybe she went to see the woman who's there.
00:49:04Someone called the mayor's house before.
00:49:08Said she'd be waiting.
00:49:16What is it?
00:49:17I've got a daughter.
00:49:18I've got a people who have gone to see the lady.
00:49:19Look.
00:49:20I've got a girl.
00:49:21I've got a girl.
00:49:21What?
00:49:22Come on.
00:49:22Come on.
00:49:23Come on.
00:49:23Come on.
00:49:24Come on.
00:49:25Come on.
00:49:26Come on.
00:49:27Oh, my God.
00:49:57Hello, Jeff?
00:50:04Hello.
00:50:06Is anybody there?
00:50:09Who is this?
00:50:13I'm Diane Adams.
00:50:15I spoke to you before.
00:50:18Bring your father to the house.
00:50:23This is Marianne.
00:50:25Tell him I have the diary.
00:50:30I'm waiting.
00:50:32Who are you?
00:50:35He'll know.
00:50:37Christmas Eve, 1935.
00:50:45Hello?
00:50:46Hello?
00:50:48Hello?
00:50:505, 6, 7, 8, 7, 0, 4, signal 10, 7, 0, 4, C, Charlie, 7, 0, 4, signal 10, 7, 0, 4, C, Charlie.
00:51:20Oh, my God.
00:51:50Oh, my God.
00:52:20Sheriff, I saw your car.
00:52:36Bill, is that you?
00:52:54Boo!
00:52:56Boo!
00:52:57Boo!
00:52:57Boo!
00:53:00Tess, you can't see me, but I can see you.
00:53:10Tess, you can't see me, but I can see you.
00:53:24Oh, yes, I remember that face.
00:53:29You're older now, and fatter, but still, Tess.
00:53:40And you're frightened, aren't you?
00:53:46Don't be afraid.
00:53:48I want to help you.
00:53:51Take my hand.
00:53:54Take it, Tess.
00:54:10The person on the telephone said 1935, Christmas Eve.
00:54:16But that's not the beginning.
00:54:18In 1927, Butler House was restored by Wilfred Butler.
00:54:24After that, I find social notes, parties, nothing special.
00:54:30Then, in 1930, Butler's wife, Catherine, dies of tuberculosis.
00:54:37In August 1933, it starts.
00:54:41Wilfred Butler's daughter is cruelly attacked and raped.
00:54:46Her name is Mary Ann, the same name as the caller who left those messages tonight.
00:54:52She's 15, then.
00:54:56On May 2, 1934, Mary Ann Butler gives birth to a son, Jeffrey Butler.
00:55:04Jeff.
00:55:08Early in 1935, Butler House is turned over to a Dr. Robinson as an asylum for mental patients.
00:55:16And then, Butler goes on to say that he has committed his own daughter.
00:55:22Mary Ann will live at the asylum.
00:55:26There's no end to this story.
00:55:28It's been carefully cut out of all the papers.
00:55:32Why would Toman do that?
00:55:34All right, they say it was 1.04, listen.
00:55:37Let's goください.
00:55:38I want to crash the portion without a toothpick.
00:55:45I finish the portion, sorry.
00:55:47Let's go, step!
00:55:50I'll die.
00:55:52I'll die.
00:55:53You scared me.
00:56:21What happened?
00:56:23What happened is, uh, Tess has 40 birdcages.
00:56:28Toman is hysterical.
00:56:30Everybody's at my hospital.
00:56:31Me, it's cold outside, and you forgot to lock the door.
00:56:35Jeff, how old are you?
00:56:39How old am I?
00:56:40You mean how many years have I lived?
00:56:42No.
00:56:43There's a lot in the paper about your family.
00:56:45I don't want to talk about my family.
00:56:48Wait a minute.
00:56:49There's a woman calling, and she says her name is Mary Ann.
00:56:51That was your mother's name, wasn't it?
00:56:55My mother died in childbirth.
00:56:59That's when I started traveling.
00:57:01It's not what the papers say.
00:57:06What's your point?
00:57:06I just thought that you should read something for your own good.
00:57:14Nothing you could tell me about my past or future would be for my own good.
00:57:17Where is the paper?
00:57:25It's on the table.
00:57:26It's on the table.
00:57:26It's so stupid to lie.
00:57:50I missed the whole event.
00:57:51Jeff, maybe your mother's still alive.
00:57:55Maybe she's waiting for you at the house.
00:58:01I don't know.
00:58:08Come on.
00:58:10No more side trips.
00:58:11Let's go out there.
00:58:12I don't know.
00:58:30I don't know.
00:58:31Atonement card!
00:59:01Jeff, look!
00:59:31Oh, my God!
00:59:48Stay back!
00:59:49It's Talman!
00:59:50Stay back!
00:59:52She's dead.
01:00:20Oh, my God!
01:00:32Oh, my God!
01:00:37Oh, my God!
01:00:55His hands.
01:01:02Somebody cut off his hands.
01:01:05You killed him.
01:01:07You killed Talman.
01:01:09He's asking for help.
01:01:12You killed him.
01:01:16Get in the car.
01:01:21You killed him.
01:01:33You killed him.
01:01:35You killed him.
01:01:37Oh, my God.
01:02:07What's her house?
01:02:32The keys.
01:02:34He took them.
01:02:37That's a good one.
01:03:07Hello?
01:03:10Hello, Mr. Mayor.
01:03:13Yes, what?
01:03:15This is Marianne Butler.
01:03:18I'm calling from my house.
01:03:21Won't you come over here, Mr. Mayor?
01:03:26We're having a reunion.
01:03:29Everyone's here.
01:03:32Even your daughter.
01:03:37My daughter.
01:03:40No, my daughter.
01:03:42I'm going over here.
01:03:45I will meet you and see her.
01:03:51You see me?
01:03:54I love you.
01:03:58I love you.
01:06:04I remembered what she had been.
01:06:10There was never a lovelier, happier child.
01:06:34Ladies and gentlemen, quiet please.
01:06:36I, uh, I post toast.
01:06:39Uh, doctor, please.
01:06:41By Christmas of the first year, I knew that I must act.
01:06:45Not for myself, but for my helpless child.
01:06:48Led him to create this institution.
01:06:50Our friend.
01:06:51I had no plan.
01:06:53All I knew was that I must take her from these men.
01:06:57With their promises.
01:07:00Their lies.
01:07:01Shall we?
01:07:01For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny.
01:07:18Which nobody can deny.
01:07:21Which nobody can deny.
01:07:23I knew that they would gorge themselves into a stupor that afternoon.
01:07:35It was their celebration.
01:07:38I expected no less.
01:07:40Since they had come into my house, they had acted as if they owned it.
01:07:44They had behaved like poor relations, half guilty,
01:07:47but finally unable to control their appetites.
01:07:53Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:23After dinner, they danced and drank as they usually did.
01:08:29All the time, Robinson would smile and reassure me.
01:08:33They expected me to believe because I had no choice.
01:08:40Wilfred, trust me.
01:08:44He really believed Marianne would be well.
01:08:47He saw a light. There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:08:55There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:09:06Stay here, Doctor. I'll get more champagne.
01:09:11He was ready. I knew it.
01:09:13Drunk and fat and full of his own importance.
01:09:17I left then.
01:09:43I left my house.
01:09:49I left my house.
01:09:53I left my house.
01:11:00My cruelty to Marianne was inhuman.
01:11:05I know that.
01:11:06I had loved her.
01:11:09I had fathered our child, Jeffrey.
01:11:11I had brought her to this.
01:11:15But I swear that on that afternoon,
01:11:18all I wanted was to save my child.
01:11:21My hope was to get her away from that house.
01:11:40But also, I wanted to set free those other wretches
01:11:43who had so long been abused by the doctors.
01:11:45I know that I can't believe in my life.
01:11:51I know that I can't believe in my life.
01:11:52I know that I can't believe in my life.
01:11:55I knew what they might do if these inmates were freed.
01:12:19And this is my guilt.
01:12:24I knew.
01:12:26And still, I freed them.
01:12:29I knew.
01:12:38I knew.
01:12:39I knew.
01:12:41I knew.
01:12:41I knew.
01:17:45I have lived in prisons and asylums lived anonymously as an animal I have wandered
01:17:56in bitterness until all seasons have become as one and that is a season of
01:18:05vengeance
01:18:15Jeff
01:18:38Jeff
01:18:44Wilfred Butler is still alive
01:18:48This is still his house
01:18:52Your grandfather died in 1950
01:18:57He was burned to death
01:19:00In this house
01:19:02My grandfather poured gasoline over a squatter he found here
01:19:07But Tom wanted to believe he was dead
01:19:11They still do
01:19:14This house was an asylum
01:19:23There was a massacre by the inmates
01:19:27Tess, Tolman, the sheriff
01:19:31Your father
01:19:33No
01:19:35All inmates
01:19:36They killed my mother
01:19:38In this room
01:19:39Who's that?
01:20:04Who's that?
01:20:12Who's there?
01:20:12Who's there?
01:20:26Oh, my God.
01:20:56No.
01:20:57Oh, my God, no.
01:21:09Daddy.
01:21:11Daddy.
01:21:16Diane.
01:21:19Jeff.
01:21:21Jeff.
01:21:23No.
01:21:24No.
01:21:26Jeff, why?
01:21:28Why?
01:21:29Sorry.
01:21:31No.
01:21:32Marianne.
01:21:36Marianne.
01:21:37No.
01:21:39Maria.
01:21:41Don't run away.
01:21:42Don't.
01:21:43I'm your father.
01:21:45Don't be afraid.
01:21:46I won't hurt you.
01:21:48Please.
01:21:50It's all right.
01:21:54I won't hurt you.
01:21:56I need you.
01:21:58Help me.
01:22:00I will see you.
01:22:02I've waited for you.
01:22:04Please.
01:22:06Please.
01:22:08Please.
01:22:24Help me.
01:22:25Help me.
01:22:30Help me.
01:22:32Help me.
01:22:34Help me.
01:22:46I spent that night weeping.
01:22:49By morning there were no more tears.
01:22:54I know that my father and Jeffrey both thought they were shooting at killers.
01:23:02But they were simply the last victims in that house of victims.
01:23:12And now a year later they will tear down Wilfred Butler's monument.
01:23:17But they can never destroy my memories of what happened here.
01:23:47and their eyes of what happened here.
01:23:48The night in the dark city.
01:23:50I want to piss off me quick.
01:23:51He's a sort of trauma.
01:23:52And there actually happened to them.
01:23:53There was a night in the dark sky.
01:23:54And there was a day in the dark city.
01:23:55So many times have stood up to them.
01:23:56And the day in the dark city.
01:23:57They were into yesterday and he came out to you.
01:23:59And there's a nightmare to be a woman named,
01:24:00and that wasn't for sure before them.
01:24:01I got to think of the evidence of the dark city to numa building.
01:24:03And I was going to be a new life myself.
01:24:05It's much better for you.
01:24:07For me and I got to be a dream for you.
01:24:08I'm going to heaven, and I got to be a dream for you.