1 00:00:54,523 --> 00:00:56,403 Blast. 2 00:00:57,463 --> 00:00:59,523 Godfrey! 3 00:01:08,583 --> 00:01:10,682 Godfrey! 4 00:01:10,683 --> 00:01:14,322 Very sorry, sir. The power seems to be out. 5 00:01:14,323 --> 00:01:16,643 Yes, that's evident. Dreadful night. 6 00:01:16,644 --> 00:01:19,382 Indeed. That will be all, Godfrey. 7 00:01:19,383 --> 00:01:20,803 Of course, sir. 8 00:01:31,223 --> 00:01:33,003 Damn it! 9 00:01:40,463 --> 00:01:43,022 It can't be. Timothy? 10 00:01:43,023 --> 00:01:45,023 Dear God. Please don't, I'm sorry. 11 00:01:45,024 --> 00:01:48,843 I'm so very sorry, Timothy. Timothy! 12 00:02:13,963 --> 00:02:19,482 William! Hello. I came to see that you were all right. 13 00:02:19,483 --> 00:02:22,843 The electricity is out everywhere. It's only darkness, William. 14 00:02:22,844 --> 00:02:24,882 It's quite lovely, actually. 15 00:02:24,883 --> 00:02:28,182 I never get to see the city like this any more. 16 00:02:28,183 --> 00:02:30,142 How was your day? 17 00:02:30,143 --> 00:02:32,502 Fine. 18 00:02:32,503 --> 00:02:33,882 And? 19 00:02:33,883 --> 00:02:36,923 It was fine. And yours? 20 00:02:37,983 --> 00:02:39,923 Also fine. 21 00:02:49,783 --> 00:02:52,822 Sir. Doctor. 22 00:02:52,823 --> 00:02:55,981 A rotten old night out there. The rain's got the sewer blocked up, 23 00:02:55,982 --> 00:02:59,263 there's rats as big as pumpkins roaming the street. 24 00:02:59,264 --> 00:03:05,163 What brings you here, George? Sir, there's been a suspicious death at Beaton Manor. 25 00:03:14,763 --> 00:03:19,662 Well, Chauncey Beaton's neck was broken. In two places, it feels like. 26 00:03:19,663 --> 00:03:24,462 It appears he fell from that window. That would do it. 27 00:03:24,463 --> 00:03:29,162 Was it accidental then? Or was it suicide? Or was he pushed? 28 00:03:29,163 --> 00:03:31,163 I'll tell you what killed him. It was this house. 29 00:03:31,164 --> 00:03:34,002 What do you mean, ma'am? Claire. 30 00:03:34,003 --> 00:03:36,981 I'll say it aloud, what we've all said in whispers. 31 00:03:36,982 --> 00:03:40,183 That house is cursed. That house killed Master Chauncey. 32 00:03:45,023 --> 00:03:48,361 What do you mean the house killed him, ma'am? I mean it as I say it. 33 00:03:48,362 --> 00:03:52,323 It is cursed by voodoo. Bad magic. Very bad. That's enough, Claire. 34 00:03:52,324 --> 00:03:53,843 Please go inside! 35 00:03:55,923 --> 00:03:59,642 You have to excuse her, she's very superstitious. 36 00:03:59,643 --> 00:04:02,302 And you are? William Godfrey. 37 00:04:02,303 --> 00:04:04,502 The butler. I found the body. 38 00:04:04,503 --> 00:04:06,961 Mr Godfrey put the call in to us, sir. 39 00:04:06,962 --> 00:04:10,323 Yes. You mentioned you thought the death was suspicious. 40 00:04:16,943 --> 00:04:22,703 As I was standing above Mr Chauncey's body, I thought I saw someone standing in that window. 41 00:04:25,723 --> 00:04:29,083 My Lord, Sir. He's still there. George. 42 00:04:35,723 --> 00:04:39,523 Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary. Identify yourself. 43 00:04:39,524 --> 00:04:41,522 Ronald Beaton. 44 00:04:41,523 --> 00:04:44,342 Brother of the deceased. 45 00:04:44,343 --> 00:04:46,043 I take it he is... 46 00:04:47,103 --> 00:04:48,922 deceased? 47 00:04:48,923 --> 00:04:51,522 I'm sorry for your loss, Mr Beaton. 48 00:04:51,523 --> 00:04:54,423 Where were you at the time of the incident? 49 00:04:54,424 --> 00:04:56,502 Strange question. 50 00:04:56,503 --> 00:04:58,563 I had assumed Chauncey killed himself. 51 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:00,322 Why assume that? 52 00:05:00,323 --> 00:05:02,422 Suicide runs in the family. 53 00:05:02,423 --> 00:05:05,142 Please, sir. Your whereabouts? 54 00:05:05,143 --> 00:05:08,282 I was asleep. In my room. 55 00:05:08,283 --> 00:05:10,482 Can anyone vouch for this? 56 00:05:10,483 --> 00:05:14,102 I didn't push my brother out of a window, detective. 57 00:05:14,103 --> 00:05:17,942 The exertion would have killed me first. How so? 58 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:19,882 I have a bad heart. 59 00:05:19,883 --> 00:05:24,182 Two attacks already. The doctors say the next will be my last. 60 00:05:24,183 --> 00:05:26,842 What do the... 61 00:05:26,843 --> 00:05:28,702 staff say it was? 62 00:05:28,703 --> 00:05:30,603 They believe the house is cursed. 63 00:05:33,303 --> 00:05:35,362 It's not the house. 64 00:05:35,363 --> 00:05:37,843 This whole family is cursed. 65 00:05:38,223 --> 00:05:42,082 Sir. We've had reports of... Look at that! 66 00:05:42,083 --> 00:05:47,103 Several witnesses report hearing shouting just before the victim fell, sir. 67 00:05:47,104 --> 00:05:50,442 That must have been what awakened me. 68 00:05:50,443 --> 00:05:55,062 George, gather all the staff and residents in the drawing room. 69 00:05:55,063 --> 00:05:57,523 Sir. 70 00:06:04,203 --> 00:06:07,723 Who heard shouting in the moments before Chauncey Beaton fell? 71 00:06:10,423 --> 00:06:13,302 And who was shouting? Master Chauncey. 72 00:06:13,303 --> 00:06:16,381 What was he saying? He was shouting master Timothy's name. 73 00:06:16,382 --> 00:06:18,243 That would be our half-brother. 74 00:06:18,244 --> 00:06:20,182 And where is he? 75 00:06:20,183 --> 00:06:22,562 In that jar on the mantel. 76 00:06:22,563 --> 00:06:24,122 His ashes. 77 00:06:24,123 --> 00:06:26,542 He killed himself last February. 78 00:06:26,543 --> 00:06:29,642 Yes, I believe that was in the papers. 79 00:06:29,643 --> 00:06:33,822 My condolences. There are just two of us now. 80 00:06:33,823 --> 00:06:37,342 Yourself and...? Byron. My husband. 81 00:06:37,343 --> 00:06:40,522 He should be home shortly. 82 00:06:40,523 --> 00:06:45,902 Why would your brother Chauncey be shouting your dead brother's name? 83 00:06:45,903 --> 00:06:48,643 Perhaps he felt guilty. Guilty for what? 84 00:06:52,683 --> 00:06:54,262 Byron, it's awful. 85 00:06:54,263 --> 00:06:57,202 So it's true, then? Chauncey's dead? 86 00:06:57,203 --> 00:07:00,362 This is Detective Murdoch. 87 00:07:00,363 --> 00:07:05,941 A detective? I'm sorry to ask at this time, sir, but where were you this evening at 8 o'clock? 88 00:07:05,942 --> 00:07:07,903 On my way to meet a business acquaintance. 89 00:07:07,904 --> 00:07:09,582 They can confirm this? 90 00:07:09,583 --> 00:07:12,842 Actually, no. He never arrived. 91 00:07:12,843 --> 00:07:14,603 It's not surprising on a night like... 92 00:07:14,604 --> 00:07:18,902 You're not suggesting that I had anything to do... 93 00:07:18,903 --> 00:07:21,963 For God's sakes, man, it was a suicide! Who told you that? 94 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:25,402 I just assumed. 95 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:28,262 It's the curse. Who said that? 96 00:07:28,263 --> 00:07:32,983 The next person to breathe that word will be in a boat back to Haiti. Is that understood? 97 00:07:32,984 --> 00:07:37,002 No more of this mumbo-jumbo about voodoo and ghosts. 98 00:07:37,003 --> 00:07:43,122 If you'll excuse me, I have to change out of these damp clothes. A word, Mr Beaton. 99 00:07:43,123 --> 00:07:47,723 George, I want statements from everyone here, please. Sir. 100 00:07:51,553 --> 00:07:53,693 My apologies for that outburst, Detective. 101 00:07:55,033 --> 00:07:58,172 These people cling to the same superstitions 102 00:07:58,173 --> 00:08:00,493 their ancestors brought from Africa. 103 00:08:04,173 --> 00:08:05,892 It's a bloody disgrace. 104 00:08:05,893 --> 00:08:09,293 Sir, would you assume that your brother committed suicide? 105 00:08:10,893 --> 00:08:14,552 Chauncey was a troubled soul. 106 00:08:14,553 --> 00:08:18,853 Was his soul troubled by the suicide of your brother, Timothy? 107 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:25,733 Chauncey was heard yelling Timothy's name shortly before he fell to his death. 108 00:08:25,734 --> 00:08:27,392 Yes. 109 00:08:27,393 --> 00:08:30,331 Chauncey never got over it. None of us have. 110 00:08:30,332 --> 00:08:33,473 My poor wife, she found Timothy's body in the pool, you know. 111 00:08:33,474 --> 00:08:35,852 We were all devastated. 112 00:08:35,853 --> 00:08:38,473 Did Chauncey feel guilt over Timothy's death? 113 00:08:38,474 --> 00:08:41,052 I suppose we all did. 114 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:46,172 Before Timothy did himself in, he wrote letters to each of us, 115 00:08:46,173 --> 00:08:49,213 detailing the wrongs we'd committed against him and his mother. 116 00:08:51,233 --> 00:08:54,272 Are these...? Death masks, yes. 117 00:08:54,273 --> 00:08:56,032 A Beaton tradition. 118 00:08:56,033 --> 00:08:58,272 Death becomes us, you might say. 119 00:08:58,273 --> 00:09:03,732 I see. And what of these wrongs that Timothy wrote about? 120 00:09:03,733 --> 00:09:06,293 Did you ever meet Timothy? No. 121 00:09:12,013 --> 00:09:14,892 This was his final portrait. 122 00:09:14,893 --> 00:09:17,172 Yes, he was a mulatto. 123 00:09:17,173 --> 00:09:22,293 After our mother died, father took up with a member of the household staff. 124 00:09:22,294 --> 00:09:26,272 And Timothy was the product of that union? 125 00:09:26,273 --> 00:09:30,733 My brothers and I didn't take well to having a brown bastard sharing our name, as you might imagine. 126 00:09:30,734 --> 00:09:33,253 Why would I imagine that, sir? 127 00:09:34,313 --> 00:09:36,352 We treated him rather badly. 128 00:09:36,353 --> 00:09:38,773 His mother too, I'm afraid. And where is she? 129 00:09:38,774 --> 00:09:41,612 Chante died last year of pneumonia. 130 00:09:41,613 --> 00:09:43,612 Timothy blamed me for that. 131 00:09:43,613 --> 00:09:47,652 Apparently the doctor I brought in was inadequate. 132 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:49,691 And what wrongs had Chauncey committed? 133 00:09:49,692 --> 00:09:51,733 They quarrelled the night before he died. 134 00:09:53,313 --> 00:09:55,932 His last words to Timothy were harsh. 135 00:09:55,933 --> 00:09:58,411 I know Chauncey felt terrible about it. 136 00:09:58,412 --> 00:10:00,413 Enough for Chauncey to take his own life? 137 00:10:00,414 --> 00:10:03,332 Perhaps something about these walls 138 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,433 drives men to madness. 139 00:10:07,353 --> 00:10:10,151 That's rubbish. You're telling me that this Chauncey 140 00:10:10,152 --> 00:10:14,451 calls his brother Timothy a few names, then feels so bad that he throws himself out of a window? 141 00:10:14,452 --> 00:10:16,691 Sir, Timothy Beaton did kill himself. 142 00:10:16,692 --> 00:10:18,591 Possibly as a result of that quarrel. 143 00:10:18,592 --> 00:10:21,371 Perhaps it was too much for Chauncey to bear. Six months later? 144 00:10:21,372 --> 00:10:24,491 I understand regrets, Murdoch - I've had a few myself, but... 145 00:10:24,492 --> 00:10:26,813 I agree, it seems somewhat unlikely. 146 00:10:26,814 --> 00:10:30,852 But Chauncey was heard calling Timothy's name as he fell. 147 00:10:30,853 --> 00:10:34,151 Perhaps he was announcing his imminent arrival in the afterlife. 148 00:10:34,152 --> 00:10:38,811 I don't know, perhaps there is something to this curse business. Curse? 149 00:10:38,812 --> 00:10:41,011 Yes, Beaton Manor is said to be cursed. 150 00:10:41,012 --> 00:10:43,073 Well, that's it then. Good work, Crabtree. A curse. 151 00:10:43,074 --> 00:10:45,632 Of course! Bloody hell. 152 00:10:45,633 --> 00:10:47,731 Clearly we need to know more about this family. 153 00:10:47,732 --> 00:10:50,971 George, find out everything you can about the Beatons. Right away, sir. 154 00:10:50,972 --> 00:10:54,493 And the curse as well. But that's not to be your focus, George. 155 00:10:54,494 --> 00:10:58,292 Sir. You're just encouraging him, you know. 156 00:10:58,293 --> 00:11:01,951 Superstition has been used to cover up murder in the past. 157 00:11:01,952 --> 00:11:03,613 Perhaps someone is doing that now. 158 00:11:06,313 --> 00:11:12,411 Chauncey Beaton's skull was shattered in the fall, and his neck was indeed broken. He could have died on impact. 159 00:11:12,412 --> 00:11:16,251 Could have? It wasn't necessarily the fall that killed him. 160 00:11:16,252 --> 00:11:19,653 In the seconds before, he suffered a massive heart attack. 161 00:11:21,293 --> 00:11:26,111 But to fall out of a window, surely a heart attack would have dropped him right there on the floor. 162 00:11:26,112 --> 00:11:30,231 Yes, unlikely he'd think to step onto a window ledge. Point taken. 163 00:11:30,232 --> 00:11:34,391 Any idea what could cause a heart attack in a man barely 30 years of age? 164 00:11:34,392 --> 00:11:38,111 A number of things really. Birth defects, week arteries. 165 00:11:38,112 --> 00:11:42,273 Extreme shock. Like an attack by an assailant intent on murder? 166 00:11:42,274 --> 00:11:45,172 Perhaps. 167 00:11:45,173 --> 00:11:49,052 Did you know them at all, the Beatons? Not well. 168 00:11:49,053 --> 00:11:51,611 I met Timothy on a number of social occasions. 169 00:11:51,612 --> 00:11:54,391 He was a sweet man. A bit tormented, I sensed. 170 00:11:54,392 --> 00:11:58,771 You're aware he committed suicide? Yes. Do you have any idea why? 171 00:11:58,772 --> 00:12:02,153 It was rumoured that the woman he loved married one of his brothers. 172 00:12:02,154 --> 00:12:04,533 Byron, I believe. 173 00:12:05,593 --> 00:12:08,631 What have you learnt, George? Quite a lot, actually, sir. 174 00:12:08,632 --> 00:12:11,871 Would you like to ask me questions, or shall I regale you? 175 00:12:11,872 --> 00:12:14,011 I sense you are in a regaling mood. 176 00:12:14,012 --> 00:12:18,271 You would be correct. So, the Beatons are not actually Beatons. 177 00:12:18,272 --> 00:12:20,193 Their original family name was Beton. French? 178 00:12:20,194 --> 00:12:22,112 Then Haitian. 179 00:12:22,113 --> 00:12:26,131 They held large plantations in what was then Saint Dominique. 180 00:12:26,132 --> 00:12:29,791 They fled during the slave rebellion in 1791, but couldn't go back to France 181 00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:33,771 because they were still lopping off heads there, so they came to Canada. 182 00:12:33,772 --> 00:12:36,331 I understand they made the fortune in rubber trees? That's right, sir. 183 00:12:36,332 --> 00:12:39,391 They purchased large holdings in the Congo just before the rubber boom. 184 00:12:39,392 --> 00:12:43,171 Not so cursed after all. Sir, I believe they are cursed. 185 00:12:43,172 --> 00:12:47,693 Over the last century, only a single Beaton man has ever survived past the age of 50. 186 00:12:47,694 --> 00:12:50,232 Really? How did they die? 187 00:12:50,233 --> 00:12:54,752 Seven sudden deaths, probably heart attacks, five suicides 188 00:12:54,753 --> 00:12:57,591 and three accidental deaths, two of which involved a horse. 189 00:12:57,592 --> 00:13:00,331 Or horses. If that's not cursed, I don't know what is. 190 00:13:00,332 --> 00:13:04,571 I suspect this curse is nothing more than bad luck coupled with 191 00:13:04,572 --> 00:13:08,351 the melancholy of having too much money and too little purpose. 192 00:13:08,352 --> 00:13:09,931 Who was the one lucky survivor? 193 00:13:09,932 --> 00:13:12,773 Henry Beaton, the father of the four brothers. 194 00:13:12,774 --> 00:13:16,532 He died at the age of 60, three years ago, from a... 195 00:13:16,533 --> 00:13:19,033 Heart attack? Most likely, sir. 196 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,193 Does it strike you as odd that the brothers all lived at Beaton Manor? 197 00:13:24,194 --> 00:13:26,393 Odd indeed, sir. Peculiar, even. 198 00:13:31,013 --> 00:13:33,472 What have we here? 199 00:13:33,473 --> 00:13:35,291 I would have spoken to you last night. 200 00:13:35,292 --> 00:13:38,711 I meant to, but after Master Byron's outburst I felt that... 201 00:13:38,712 --> 00:13:41,273 Say what you came to say, Mr Godfrey. 202 00:13:41,274 --> 00:13:46,852 Well, how does one say such a thing without being judged insane? 203 00:13:46,853 --> 00:13:49,433 I promise no such judgment. 204 00:13:51,633 --> 00:13:54,052 Over the last two weeks, 205 00:13:54,053 --> 00:13:58,293 my niece Claire and other members of my staff have reported seeing 206 00:13:58,294 --> 00:14:02,312 an apparition wandering through the halls of Beaton Manor. 207 00:14:02,313 --> 00:14:04,512 A ghost? 208 00:14:04,513 --> 00:14:08,492 I dismissed this, of course, until last night. 209 00:14:08,493 --> 00:14:11,892 After you left, I saw him myself. 210 00:14:11,893 --> 00:14:18,052 It was the man I'd seen in the tower window just after Master Chauncey died. 211 00:14:18,053 --> 00:14:19,733 Did you recognise this man? 212 00:14:22,553 --> 00:14:27,353 As God is my witness, Sir, it was Timothy Beaton. 213 00:14:31,673 --> 00:14:34,873 Who here believes they have seen the ghost of Timothy Beaton? 214 00:14:36,773 --> 00:14:38,612 No-one? 215 00:14:38,613 --> 00:14:41,933 You can all rest assured that no matter what you say here, 216 00:14:41,934 --> 00:14:45,452 your jobs are safe. Isn't that right, Mr Beaton? 217 00:14:45,453 --> 00:14:48,172 Yes, of course. So I'll ask again. 218 00:14:48,173 --> 00:14:51,193 Who here has seen this ghost? 219 00:14:52,253 --> 00:14:54,432 Last week in the east wing. 220 00:14:54,433 --> 00:14:57,313 He had on the clothes he was wearing when they pulled him from the pool. 221 00:14:57,314 --> 00:15:03,332 We've heard footsteps too. But there's never anybody there. This is absurd. 222 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:07,092 Ghosts don't exist. How do you know that, Byron? 223 00:15:07,093 --> 00:15:12,952 Don't souls arise from their bodies? They don't linger, Ronald. Maybe some do. 224 00:15:12,953 --> 00:15:15,032 The tormented souls. 225 00:15:15,033 --> 00:15:17,332 With unfinished business, 226 00:15:17,333 --> 00:15:19,871 like vengeance for wrongs done. You've been drinking. 227 00:15:19,872 --> 00:15:23,171 With good reason. Did we not deny Timothy his blood right? 228 00:15:23,172 --> 00:15:26,611 Did we not hound his mother to an early grave? Not in front of the staff! 229 00:15:26,612 --> 00:15:29,953 Did you not steal the only woman he ever loved? And drive him to take his own life? 230 00:15:32,413 --> 00:15:34,593 How dare you! Gentleman. 231 00:15:36,213 --> 00:15:41,511 If I were Timothy, I'd find my way back to us if I had to pass through hell to do it. 232 00:15:41,512 --> 00:15:45,773 George, I want a record of every sighting. Who, what, where and when. 233 00:15:45,774 --> 00:15:47,913 Sir. 234 00:16:03,213 --> 00:16:04,673 Mrs Beaton. 235 00:16:07,513 --> 00:16:08,933 Thank you. 236 00:16:11,193 --> 00:16:14,013 I understand you were once courted by Timothy. 237 00:16:17,733 --> 00:16:19,773 Everything Ronald said is true. 238 00:16:21,493 --> 00:16:24,092 Timothy killed himself because of me. 239 00:16:24,093 --> 00:16:27,352 You can't possibly know that. No? 240 00:16:27,353 --> 00:16:31,433 He wrote a letter the day he died telling me as much. 241 00:16:33,933 --> 00:16:36,192 I searched for him. 242 00:16:36,193 --> 00:16:38,253 I was frantic. 243 00:16:39,873 --> 00:16:42,573 Yes, your husband mentioned you found the body. 244 00:16:44,193 --> 00:16:47,393 Timothy was at the bottom of the courtyard pool. 245 00:16:47,394 --> 00:16:51,872 He'd tied a sack of rocks about his waist. 246 00:16:51,873 --> 00:16:55,853 He'd had to smash through the eyes with a sledgehammer to do it. 247 00:16:55,854 --> 00:17:00,893 Mrs Beaton, if you don't mind, who signed Timothy's death certificate? 248 00:17:02,653 --> 00:17:05,491 Dr Gladsford? He's highly reputable, William. 249 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:09,671 I was just wondering if he may have been hasty in his conclusions. 250 00:17:09,672 --> 00:17:12,391 You think Timothy Beaton's still alive? 251 00:17:12,392 --> 00:17:14,131 I'm asking if it's possible. 252 00:17:14,132 --> 00:17:16,493 It would explain why people keep seeing him. 253 00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:19,552 Unless he really is a ghost. 254 00:17:19,553 --> 00:17:21,152 Julia. 255 00:17:21,153 --> 00:17:23,413 William. 256 00:17:25,193 --> 00:17:27,512 I have Dr Gladsford's report here. 257 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:29,493 If you wouldn't mind. 258 00:17:31,493 --> 00:17:33,651 Well, there were no vital signs. 259 00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:37,291 No heart beat or breathing. His skin was cold to the touch. 260 00:17:37,292 --> 00:17:41,093 These observations were taken a full hour after Timothy was pulled from the water. 261 00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:43,232 I wouldn't call this hasty. 262 00:17:43,233 --> 00:17:45,271 So the report is unassailable? 263 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:48,491 Given these facts, I would have drawn the same conclusion. 264 00:17:48,492 --> 00:17:50,253 Timothy Beaton is dead, William. 265 00:17:50,254 --> 00:17:54,712 Whatever's stalking the halls of the manor, it isn't him. 266 00:17:54,713 --> 00:17:57,472 So, you're from Haiti then? No. 267 00:17:57,473 --> 00:17:59,992 Master Timothy used to take us there. 268 00:17:59,993 --> 00:18:03,212 He said it was our family's true home. 269 00:18:03,213 --> 00:18:07,552 Family? So you and Timothy were related? 270 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:09,992 He was my cousin's son, you know. 271 00:18:09,993 --> 00:18:12,132 Her name was Chante. 272 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:14,652 Ma'am, forgive me for asking, 273 00:18:14,653 --> 00:18:20,852 but if the Beaton family mistreated Timothy and your cousin, why did you stay on? 274 00:18:20,853 --> 00:18:25,732 Well, despite everything, they loved the manor house. 275 00:18:25,733 --> 00:18:27,532 It's where they belonged. 276 00:18:27,533 --> 00:18:29,752 It's where I belong. 277 00:18:29,753 --> 00:18:33,652 So someone's being impersonating Timothy Beaton's ghost? 278 00:18:33,653 --> 00:18:37,371 There's no other explanation, sir. Pardon me, sirs, but there is. 279 00:18:37,372 --> 00:18:39,551 Perhaps it's time to consider the unthinkable. 280 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:42,451 That Timothy Beaton's ghost is wandering Beaton Manor. 281 00:18:42,452 --> 00:18:46,551 I know how that sounds, but what do we really know about the afterlife? 282 00:18:46,552 --> 00:18:49,153 People say there's a heaven, but nobody's ever seen it. 283 00:18:49,154 --> 00:18:51,192 People have seen ghosts. 284 00:18:51,193 --> 00:18:55,191 And not just at Beaton Manor. My Aunt Primrose saw the ghost of my uncle... 285 00:18:55,192 --> 00:18:59,853 Not your bloody aunts again. This constabulary will not go chasing after goblins! 286 00:18:59,854 --> 00:19:01,412 Not goblins, sir. 287 00:19:01,413 --> 00:19:04,411 Goblins are small gnomish creatures that dwell deep within... 288 00:19:04,412 --> 00:19:07,411 Whatever our beliefs or disbelief s, something happened at Beaton Manor. 289 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:09,913 Now, George, you've made a list of the occurrences? Sir. 290 00:19:11,453 --> 00:19:14,712 Sightings in red, audible events, 291 00:19:14,713 --> 00:19:16,891 footsteps and what not, marked in blue. 292 00:19:16,892 --> 00:19:20,511 Each numbered in chronological order beginning with November 8th. 293 00:19:20,512 --> 00:19:23,491 This all started 10 days ago? Yes. Always at night. 294 00:19:23,492 --> 00:19:25,513 Usually between midnight and 3am. 295 00:19:25,514 --> 00:19:28,252 Nine incidents? That's one per night. 296 00:19:28,253 --> 00:19:31,073 Right. We're going to be spending a night at the manor. 297 00:19:31,074 --> 00:19:35,492 Sir. If there is a ghost, I want it haunting my jail cell. 298 00:19:35,493 --> 00:19:36,953 Understand? 299 00:19:39,493 --> 00:19:42,172 You'll be fine, George. 300 00:19:42,173 --> 00:19:45,693 I appreciate that you're conducting an investigation, Detective. 301 00:19:45,694 --> 00:19:47,592 But the hour is late. 302 00:19:47,593 --> 00:19:49,951 Both of the masters of the house are asleep. 303 00:19:49,952 --> 00:19:53,531 It's not our intention to disturb them. Very well, then. 304 00:19:53,532 --> 00:19:56,293 I'll be in the servants' quarters if you require anything. 305 00:19:56,294 --> 00:19:57,913 Thank you. Goodnight. 306 00:20:01,793 --> 00:20:04,231 Right then, George, you and Higgins take the east wing, 307 00:20:04,232 --> 00:20:07,571 the inspector and I will take the west wing and we'll reconvene here in the morning. 308 00:20:07,572 --> 00:20:10,751 Keep the chat down. We don't want to scare the ghost away. 309 00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:13,293 Sir, I suspect the reverse is more likely. 310 00:20:13,294 --> 00:20:15,253 Just get to it, Crabtree. 311 00:20:16,833 --> 00:20:18,432 He's still watching us. 312 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:21,092 Yes. 313 00:20:21,093 --> 00:20:23,053 It's quite unnerving. 314 00:20:23,748 --> 00:20:29,186 Six months after my Uncle Percy died, my Aunt Primrose awake to find him standing at the foot of the bed. 315 00:20:29,187 --> 00:20:30,746 Maybe she was still dreaming. 316 00:20:30,747 --> 00:20:34,906 I once awoke to find a group of dwarfs staring down at me, and I was terrified. 317 00:20:34,907 --> 00:20:37,466 I must admit I find them a bit unnerving myself. 318 00:20:37,467 --> 00:20:42,546 Anyways, once I awoke fully, I realised there was nothing but piles of clothing. 319 00:20:42,547 --> 00:20:45,986 I appreciate your point, Higgins, but my aunt wasn't dreaming. 320 00:20:45,987 --> 00:20:50,686 When Uncle Percy turned around, she saw a slit down the middle of his jacket. 321 00:20:50,687 --> 00:20:54,126 So? So, it turns out my Uncle Percy had put on a few pounds before he died. 322 00:20:54,127 --> 00:20:57,226 The undertaker had to cut his jacket to fit him into it. 323 00:20:57,227 --> 00:20:59,128 The thing is, my aunt didn't know that. 324 00:20:59,129 --> 00:21:02,267 Really? God's truth. 325 00:21:02,268 --> 00:21:04,087 That is spooky. 326 00:21:04,088 --> 00:21:07,466 If you want spooky, I've been reading about this Haitian voodoo. 327 00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:10,608 They have creatures called zombies. They're the living dead. 328 00:21:10,609 --> 00:21:13,668 How can they be alive and dead? 329 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:26,819 What is it, sir? 330 00:21:26,820 --> 00:21:29,380 I hear footsteps. 331 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,700 Coming from up ahead. 332 00:21:39,140 --> 00:21:42,600 Whoever it was must have gone into one of these rooms. 333 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,919 Empty. The same. 334 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,459 Bloody hell. Maybe there is a ghost. 335 00:21:58,460 --> 00:22:00,198 Sir, you don't really believe that, do you? 336 00:22:00,199 --> 00:22:03,118 I grew up near the Yorkshire moors. There's more ghosts than sheep. 337 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,800 I don't believe in ghosts per se, but who's to say what goes on? 338 00:22:06,801 --> 00:22:11,279 The George Crabtree philosophy. Very funny, Murdoch. 339 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,719 More footsteps, sir. 340 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,140 Coming from behind us. 341 00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:19,639 Mr Godfrey. 342 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,019 I'm going to bed shortly. 343 00:22:22,020 --> 00:22:26,540 Is there anything you require? No, thank you, Mr Godfrey. Good night. 344 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,699 Did you just shiver? Yes. 345 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:40,520 They say that when you shiver suddenly, it means a ghost just passed through you. 346 00:22:40,521 --> 00:22:43,319 How do they know that? 347 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,159 I don't know. 348 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,819 Sounds speculative. 349 00:22:48,820 --> 00:22:50,280 Perhaps. 350 00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:58,859 What was that? 351 00:22:58,860 --> 00:23:01,899 It came from... 352 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,820 This is the room Chauncey Beaton fell from. 353 00:23:04,821 --> 00:23:06,419 Who's there? 354 00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:08,280 Show yourself! 355 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,739 It's just a cat, Crabtree. 356 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:15,499 In Haiti, black cats have a certain... 357 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:19,440 dark magic about them. Mojo, I believe it's called. Mojo. 358 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:22,019 I don't like the sound of that. 359 00:23:22,020 --> 00:23:25,860 It's nothing. They have these dolls that you stick pins into. 360 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:30,220 What's with these windows? 361 00:23:34,140 --> 00:23:36,420 That's him! That's the ghost. 362 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,900 There he goes. 363 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:46,440 Where did he go? 364 00:23:48,020 --> 00:23:49,900 Higgins, fetched Detective Murdoch. 365 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:53,459 By myself, George? 366 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:54,920 Just go. 367 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:03,718 This ghost impersonator escaped out the window, right, Murdoch? 368 00:24:03,719 --> 00:24:06,218 Sir, it's three storeys straight down. 369 00:24:06,219 --> 00:24:08,240 A man doesn't simply disappear, George. 370 00:24:08,241 --> 00:24:10,779 Yes, but if it's not a man... 371 00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:13,819 Perhaps he went into his death mask. 372 00:24:13,820 --> 00:24:17,380 Perhaps you're right, Higgins, perhaps this is where his soul resides. 373 00:24:17,381 --> 00:24:19,959 Bloody hell, it's back there. 374 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,180 You two stay here. Keep an eye open. 375 00:24:28,980 --> 00:24:31,179 Well? 376 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:33,359 He's dead, sir. 377 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,180 Murdoch. What in God's name is going on in this house? 378 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,878 How did this happen? Right under our very noses? 379 00:24:44,879 --> 00:24:47,018 Sir, we don't know what happened. 380 00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:49,678 For all we know, Ronald Beaton died of natural causes. 381 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:51,420 You don't believe that, do you? 382 00:24:51,421 --> 00:24:53,559 I can't say that I do, sir. 383 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,298 Right, theories. Facts, sir. 384 00:24:55,299 --> 00:24:58,278 Three of the four Beaton brothers have died in the last six months, 385 00:24:58,279 --> 00:25:00,758 two within the last three days. All heirs to a fortune. 386 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:02,778 With just one brother left standing. 387 00:25:02,779 --> 00:25:04,320 Let's get Byron Beaton in. 388 00:25:04,321 --> 00:25:05,800 Yes, sir. 389 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,879 Who's that, sir? 390 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,380 The Beaton family lawyer. I thought I'd have a chat. 391 00:25:12,381 --> 00:25:14,039 Very good. 392 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,499 It's an unusual will, 393 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,079 in that the estate in its entirety 394 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,439 was passed on to all four sons in the form of a joint tenancy. 395 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,339 What's that? Well, Inspector, 396 00:25:27,340 --> 00:25:30,899 it's a form of estate common to married couples. 397 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,578 Upon the death of one, it automatically passes to the other. 398 00:25:34,579 --> 00:25:37,400 Except in this case it passes to the surviving brothers. 399 00:25:37,401 --> 00:25:39,339 Very good. 400 00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:42,838 Why would old man Beaton do it like that? Two reasons. 401 00:25:42,839 --> 00:25:44,578 One is Beaton Manor itself. 402 00:25:44,579 --> 00:25:50,660 The house and the property alone are worth close to $60,000, and that is not counting the furnishings. 403 00:25:50,661 --> 00:25:54,179 Right. You can't divide up a property like that. 404 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:59,620 Well, you could if you sold it, but then it would no longer be Beaton Manor, would it, Inspector? 405 00:25:59,621 --> 00:26:04,359 I suppose not, Mr Ailmer. What is the second reason? 406 00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:08,679 There was a concern expressed by one of the siblings 407 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:12,419 that the youngest son, the mulatto... 408 00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:16,199 Timothy. That Timothy intended to bequeath 409 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,959 his portion to the household servants, 410 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,519 which might be fine if he were the last to survive. 411 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:27,639 But I trust you can see the implications if he wasn't. I'll do my best. 412 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,619 Which brother expressed this concern? 413 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:33,219 The eldest, Byron. 414 00:26:33,220 --> 00:26:36,998 You're aware you stand to inherit the entire Beaton fortune. 415 00:26:36,999 --> 00:26:38,898 Of course I'm aware. I'm not an idiot. 416 00:26:38,899 --> 00:26:42,658 Wasn't it at your urging that the estate be bequeathed as a joint tenancy? 417 00:26:42,659 --> 00:26:46,180 That was to prevent Timothy from making a mockery of the Beaton name. 418 00:26:46,181 --> 00:26:50,139 He despised us. Even his suicide was an act of hatred. 419 00:26:50,140 --> 00:26:53,199 I'm not convinced it was a suicide. 420 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,799 I beg your pardon? 421 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,680 Anyone could have tied the weights around his waist, 422 00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:58,519 broken through the ice. 423 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,440 For all I know he was dead already. 424 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:04,459 You're suggesting I killed Timothy. 425 00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:07,580 No, I'm suggesting you killed all three of your brothers. 426 00:27:07,581 --> 00:27:10,039 One by one. 427 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,939 I'm sorry. 428 00:27:12,940 --> 00:27:16,518 This line of questioning is too offensive to continue. 429 00:27:16,519 --> 00:27:18,760 You have no alibi for Chauncey's murder. 430 00:27:18,761 --> 00:27:20,599 What about Ronald's death? 431 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,059 I was sleeping in my bed. 432 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:26,159 I assume your wife can attest to this. 433 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,099 No, I'm afraid I can't. 434 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:31,240 Last night we went to sleep together, but... 435 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:37,198 He snores. I asked him to sleep in the guest room next to ours. 436 00:27:37,199 --> 00:27:40,600 But I can assure you, he was in that room when Ronald died. 437 00:27:40,601 --> 00:27:43,179 How can you be certain? 438 00:27:43,180 --> 00:27:47,898 When I awoke to Ronald's screams, I went into the hall to investigate. 439 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,678 Byron's door was still locked. 440 00:27:49,679 --> 00:27:51,580 He didn't come out into the hall as well? 441 00:27:51,581 --> 00:27:53,479 He sleeps soundly. 442 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,798 But he did emerge when Godfrey pounded on the door to awaken him. 443 00:27:57,799 --> 00:28:00,880 You say you awoke to the sound of Ronald screaming. 444 00:28:00,881 --> 00:28:02,819 That's right. 445 00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:08,300 From the time you heard the screams to the time you exited into the hall, how much time had elapsed? 446 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,099 Two minutes. At the most. 447 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,998 In two minutes, Byron would have had to travel from where he was 448 00:28:14,999 --> 00:28:20,598 in the west wing all the way to the room that he slept in on the second floor. I've paced it out. 449 00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:23,238 How long did it take you? Just under a minute. 450 00:28:23,239 --> 00:28:28,458 You could've covered that distance in half the time. What if he encountered someone? 451 00:28:28,459 --> 00:28:31,178 People heard Ronald scream. They were coming out of their rooms. 452 00:28:31,179 --> 00:28:34,338 Yes, that is a problem. But it is possible in theory. 453 00:28:34,339 --> 00:28:37,320 Sir, surely the ghost was instrumental in Mr Beaton's death. 454 00:28:37,321 --> 00:28:40,699 It was, George. What? But the ghost was Timothy. 455 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:42,798 I saw it. It looked right at me. 456 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:44,660 I believe the ghost was Byron. 457 00:28:44,661 --> 00:28:47,660 And I intend to demonstrate how he did it. 458 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,939 William. 459 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:38,579 Come in, come in. I see you've completed the mould. 460 00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:40,359 Latex rubber, you say? 461 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,818 Yes. Recent additives have made it pliable and strong. 462 00:29:43,819 --> 00:29:47,618 The process would have been familiar to a rubber magnet like Byron. 463 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:51,540 Speaking of, I have completed the post mortem on young Ronald. 464 00:29:51,541 --> 00:29:53,499 Heart attack? Massive. 465 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,420 Almost goes without saying. 466 00:29:57,940 --> 00:29:59,660 Very good, William. 467 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:06,519 You'll need to shade in the eyebrows and so forth. 468 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,239 Colour the skin. 469 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,259 Yes, I'll need to cut holes for the eyes and nostrils. 470 00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:15,740 Wouldn't there be a gap between the mask and the skin around the eyes? 471 00:30:15,741 --> 00:30:19,739 I believe that Byron glued the mask to his face. 472 00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:22,660 Try it on. I... 473 00:30:23,740 --> 00:30:25,140 All right. 474 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,860 William, you are a sport. 475 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:37,980 By the way, there's a lecture tonight on the Michaels and Morley experiment. Seven o'clock. 476 00:30:37,981 --> 00:30:40,559 Yes. I'd love to, but... 477 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,619 Yes, I know, it's last minute. 478 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:45,380 But I'll drop by anyway. If you're free, we can go. 479 00:30:45,381 --> 00:30:48,399 Murdoch, I've been thinking... Bloody hell. 480 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,959 Good God, man. It's quite effective. 481 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,479 Is this how Byron did it, then? Yes. 482 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,518 The mask would need a few more details, but I believe so, yes. 483 00:30:57,519 --> 00:30:59,880 All you have to do now is find that mask. 484 00:30:59,881 --> 00:31:03,079 Is this absolutely necessary? 485 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,020 I'm afraid it is, Mr Godfrey. 486 00:31:05,021 --> 00:31:07,599 Stop this! Stop this now! 487 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,520 Not until we find what we are looking for. 488 00:31:09,521 --> 00:31:11,460 By whose authority? 489 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,439 We found nothing, sir. 490 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,160 I'll have your badge, Murdoch. 491 00:31:17,161 --> 00:31:20,500 Yes. Just give me a moment, Mr Beaton. 492 00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:24,380 You've checked everywhere, George? 493 00:31:24,381 --> 00:31:27,119 Sir. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall. 494 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,160 Then it must be behind the walls. 495 00:31:29,161 --> 00:31:31,719 Behind, sir? Think, George. 496 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,440 This so-called ghost you followed, he didn't simply disappear. 497 00:31:35,441 --> 00:31:39,079 He had to have some means of escaping undetected. 498 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,578 Isn't that right, Mr Beaton? I don't know what you're talking about. 499 00:31:42,579 --> 00:31:46,958 There are secret passageways throughout this house, are there not? Fine. 500 00:31:46,959 --> 00:31:50,458 George, please, fetched a crowbar. I won't have you destroy my house! 501 00:31:50,459 --> 00:31:53,480 Then tell me where the entrance to the passageway is. 502 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,340 George, fetch the lanterns, please. 503 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,079 After you, Mr Godfrey. Sir? 504 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,020 Go ahead. 505 00:32:50,020 --> 00:32:53,838 Do these passageways go throughout the whole house? Yes. 506 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:59,778 Emory Beaton and his family escaped with their lives through secret passageways built in the house 507 00:32:59,779 --> 00:33:02,178 during the slave rebellions in San Dominique. 508 00:33:02,179 --> 00:33:06,498 Advantageous to have a ready escape in the event your slaves rise up against you. 509 00:33:06,499 --> 00:33:09,058 This must be where the foot falls you heard last night came from. 510 00:33:09,059 --> 00:33:14,940 Yes, George. I believe we heard Byron on his way to make his ghostly appearance to you and Henry. 511 00:33:16,540 --> 00:33:18,660 I'm sure you're mistaken, sir. 512 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,780 Careful here. Some of these boards are loose. 513 00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:31,500 George. 514 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,539 Sir, that must be the mask the killer used. 515 00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:54,139 Yes, George. 516 00:33:54,140 --> 00:33:56,140 Arrest Byron Beaton. 517 00:34:03,316 --> 00:34:05,556 What are you thinking, sir? 518 00:34:07,616 --> 00:34:11,295 This is a quality piece of work, very detailed. 519 00:34:11,296 --> 00:34:13,055 Even sewn the eyebrows. 520 00:34:13,056 --> 00:34:15,114 What have they used for the eyes, stained glass? 521 00:34:15,115 --> 00:34:18,554 Easier to see through, I suppose. Why not just cut out the eyeholes? 522 00:34:18,555 --> 00:34:22,394 He would have needed glue then to hold the mask on. Not enough time, I suppose. 523 00:34:22,395 --> 00:34:24,416 Well, congratulations, Murdoch. 524 00:34:24,417 --> 00:34:26,735 Another one solved. 525 00:34:26,736 --> 00:34:29,896 Perhaps. Perhaps? Perhaps? What does that mean? 526 00:34:29,897 --> 00:34:33,395 Sir, this mask could hang Byron Beaton. 527 00:34:33,396 --> 00:34:37,134 Why did he not just throw it in the fire when he returned to his room? 528 00:34:37,135 --> 00:34:40,494 He couldn't have expected us to find it in the secret passageway. 529 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:43,634 But then why appear to you and Higgins as Timothy's ghost? 530 00:34:43,635 --> 00:34:46,034 What was to be gained from that? You're over-thinking this, Murdoch. 531 00:34:46,035 --> 00:34:47,774 No, sir, I don't believe I am. 532 00:34:47,775 --> 00:34:51,134 The killer wanted us to find those passageways and the mask. 533 00:34:51,135 --> 00:34:54,894 Why? Because it explains the appearance of Timothy's ghost 534 00:34:54,895 --> 00:34:58,556 and points the finger directly at Byron as the killer. A frame up? 535 00:34:58,557 --> 00:35:00,495 Possibly. 536 00:35:00,496 --> 00:35:02,954 Then if it wasn't Byron, who else could it have been? 537 00:35:02,955 --> 00:35:06,276 Who first introduced us to the notion of a ghost? 538 00:35:06,277 --> 00:35:08,095 Godfrey. 539 00:35:08,096 --> 00:35:13,454 Yes, but he was disingenuous about it - even dismissing his niece, Claire, for being superstitious. 540 00:35:13,455 --> 00:35:15,656 But why? What did he have against the brothers? 541 00:35:15,657 --> 00:35:18,535 Did you say Claire was his niece? Yes. 542 00:35:18,536 --> 00:35:23,775 Claire told me she and Timothy's mother, Chante, were cousins. 543 00:35:23,776 --> 00:35:25,395 They were? 544 00:35:25,396 --> 00:35:31,215 But if they were cousins, and Claire is Godfrey's niece... 545 00:35:31,216 --> 00:35:35,315 You're mad! Why would I impersonate a ghost? 546 00:35:35,316 --> 00:35:37,355 Vengeance, Mr Godfrey. 547 00:35:37,356 --> 00:35:41,994 Did you murder Chauncey Beaton? Did you frighten Ronald Beaton to death? 548 00:35:41,995 --> 00:35:45,054 For what reason?! The Beatons have always been good to me. 549 00:35:45,055 --> 00:35:47,136 But they treated Timothy badly. 550 00:35:47,137 --> 00:35:49,555 They treated his mother even worse. 551 00:35:49,556 --> 00:35:51,214 And what concern would that be to me? 552 00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:54,056 Because your daughter was Timothy's mother. 553 00:35:54,057 --> 00:35:57,316 Which means Timothy was your grandson. 554 00:36:01,636 --> 00:36:03,136 Yes. 555 00:36:04,916 --> 00:36:07,155 But I swear to you, 556 00:36:07,156 --> 00:36:09,216 I wasn't the one wearing that mask. 557 00:36:09,217 --> 00:36:11,615 I didn't kill anyone. Mr Godfrey... 558 00:36:11,616 --> 00:36:14,335 I didn't kill anyone! 559 00:36:14,336 --> 00:36:18,255 We encountered Godfrey here, 1.14am. 560 00:36:18,256 --> 00:36:22,055 George and Henry found the ghost here at 1.20am. 561 00:36:22,056 --> 00:36:27,236 Which gave him six minutes to change into Timothy's clothes and scare the bejesus out of Crabtree and Higgins. 562 00:36:27,237 --> 00:36:28,995 It's tight, Murdoch. 563 00:36:28,996 --> 00:36:31,135 And he's not a young man. No. 564 00:36:31,136 --> 00:36:32,775 Sirs? Yes, George? 565 00:36:32,776 --> 00:36:35,474 Bad news, I'm afraid. No less than three maids swear they saw 566 00:36:35,475 --> 00:36:38,674 Godfrey come out of his room moments after Ronald's screams were heard. 567 00:36:38,675 --> 00:36:40,936 Out of his room? You're sure? Sir. 568 00:36:40,937 --> 00:36:43,635 That's down in the servant's quarters. 569 00:36:43,636 --> 00:36:46,516 A man can't be in two places at once, Murdoch. 570 00:36:46,517 --> 00:36:48,576 So, what's your theory now? 571 00:36:53,916 --> 00:36:56,275 Murdoch? Murdoch! 572 00:36:56,276 --> 00:36:58,415 Sir. 573 00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:03,535 George, you said the ghost looked directly at you. That's right. 574 00:37:03,536 --> 00:37:05,876 Gentlemen, I believe we have to return to Beaton Manor. 575 00:37:12,956 --> 00:37:14,636 And this is exactly as you saw him? 576 00:37:14,637 --> 00:37:18,675 Yes... But? 577 00:37:18,676 --> 00:37:21,035 Well, it's hard to explain, sir. 578 00:37:21,036 --> 00:37:26,115 The ghost looked at me. And these eyes stare straight ahead. Exactly. 579 00:37:26,116 --> 00:37:28,934 Now you're saying that the killer never wore a mask? 580 00:37:28,935 --> 00:37:31,796 That's right, sir. Because he couldn't look Crabtree in the eye? 581 00:37:31,797 --> 00:37:34,155 Sir, eye contact is unmistakable. 582 00:37:34,156 --> 00:37:38,094 It's powerful. One can always tell when someone is looking at them. 583 00:37:38,095 --> 00:37:40,914 But only seeing eyes are capable of this. 584 00:37:40,915 --> 00:37:43,776 The eyes of the mask are dead, they don't connect. 585 00:37:45,376 --> 00:37:47,315 So, Timothy did it. 586 00:37:47,316 --> 00:37:50,514 Except that he's good and dead, so it was either his ghost or his twin, 587 00:37:50,515 --> 00:37:52,436 which he didn't have, so we're back to the ghost. 588 00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:55,655 Or perhaps it was his zombie. 589 00:37:55,656 --> 00:37:58,694 It wasn't his bloody zombie, either. What is a zombie, anyway? 590 00:37:58,695 --> 00:38:02,994 Sir, it is a man who wakes from the dead after a certain voodoo spell. 591 00:38:02,995 --> 00:38:07,256 And did he reconstitute himself from his burnt ashes, as well? 592 00:38:07,257 --> 00:38:11,495 George, where did you learn about these zombies? 593 00:38:11,496 --> 00:38:13,436 From my readings, sir. But the maid, Claire, 594 00:38:13,437 --> 00:38:15,955 knows more about them than I do. 595 00:38:15,956 --> 00:38:17,775 Readings? 596 00:38:17,776 --> 00:38:20,036 I don't know much about it, Mr Murdoch. 597 00:38:20,037 --> 00:38:22,535 I stay away from that kind of magic. 598 00:38:22,536 --> 00:38:24,576 Tell me what you do know, Miss Claire. 599 00:38:26,176 --> 00:38:28,995 The bokor, he's a magic man. 600 00:38:28,996 --> 00:38:30,795 A sorcerer. 601 00:38:30,796 --> 00:38:34,836 He rubs some kind of magic powder into you and it kills you dead. 602 00:38:34,837 --> 00:38:37,255 But you don't stay dead. 603 00:38:37,256 --> 00:38:42,355 When you wake up, your soul is gone and it stays gone. 604 00:38:42,356 --> 00:38:44,715 That's all I know. 605 00:38:44,716 --> 00:38:48,194 It's a shame Master Timmy's dead, he could have told you everything. 606 00:38:48,195 --> 00:38:52,816 He knew about this? Every time we'd go to Haiti, he'd go to bokors to learn their secrets. 607 00:38:52,817 --> 00:38:56,315 I think he wanted to be a bokor himself, 608 00:38:56,316 --> 00:39:00,035 turn his brothers into zombies. 609 00:39:00,036 --> 00:39:02,115 A powder? What sort of powder? 610 00:39:02,116 --> 00:39:07,434 All I know is that when taken into the body the poison induces a death-like trance, 611 00:39:07,435 --> 00:39:09,474 from which the person eventually awakens. 612 00:39:09,475 --> 00:39:13,216 And you think Timothy could have taken this powder to fake his own death? 613 00:39:13,217 --> 00:39:16,135 Yes. Do you think it's possible? 614 00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:18,556 William, I haven't even had my morning tea. 615 00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:20,935 Yes, I'm aware of that, but... 616 00:39:20,936 --> 00:39:24,335 Well, I suppose it's possible in theory. 617 00:39:24,336 --> 00:39:27,596 The poison of the puffer fish can paralyse the diaphragm 618 00:39:27,597 --> 00:39:30,695 and slow the heart rate to almost zero. 619 00:39:30,696 --> 00:39:32,676 The puffer fish is from the Caribbean? 620 00:39:32,677 --> 00:39:34,315 I believe so. 621 00:39:34,316 --> 00:39:37,396 Could this poison have constituted the bokor's powder? 622 00:39:38,976 --> 00:39:41,575 I suppose, it's possible. 623 00:39:41,576 --> 00:39:45,354 But you can't slow the body's heart rate down without consequences. 624 00:39:45,355 --> 00:39:48,476 The brain requires a constant flow of oxygen - 625 00:39:48,477 --> 00:39:50,395 or tea! 626 00:39:50,396 --> 00:39:55,955 The maid also said that when these zombies awoke, their souls were gone. 627 00:39:55,956 --> 00:40:00,274 Perhaps what they perceive as a lack of a soul is actually brain damage. 628 00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:02,954 Could this be done without suffering such damage? 629 00:40:02,955 --> 00:40:06,194 Well, you'd have to slow the body's metabolic function. 630 00:40:06,195 --> 00:40:09,896 To do that you'd need to cool the body to just above freezing. 631 00:40:09,897 --> 00:40:15,455 By plunging it into a frozen pool in February. 632 00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:19,575 Puffer fish? There's a fish that's actually called puffer? 633 00:40:19,576 --> 00:40:24,334 Yes, sir. The effects of the fish's poison last approximately 12 hours, 634 00:40:24,335 --> 00:40:28,034 long enough to get a declaration of death and to make a death mask. 635 00:40:28,035 --> 00:40:30,194 How did Timothy avoid being cremated? 636 00:40:30,195 --> 00:40:33,734 I suppose he snuck out of the casket when he was sure no one was around. 637 00:40:33,735 --> 00:40:38,994 Would have been some trick to find a stiff for the coffin before it went up in smoke. Not for a man of means. 638 00:40:38,995 --> 00:40:40,894 Cadavers have been bought and sold in the past. 639 00:40:40,895 --> 00:40:43,154 He couldn't have done all this by himself. No. 640 00:40:43,155 --> 00:40:45,436 I believe he had an accomplice. Who? 641 00:40:45,437 --> 00:40:47,975 I've given this some thought, sir. 642 00:40:47,976 --> 00:40:52,494 Timothy may be alive, but he can't very well collect on his inheritance. No. 643 00:40:52,495 --> 00:40:55,214 It all goes to Byron at this point. That's right. 644 00:40:55,215 --> 00:40:58,996 And if Byron is to hang, then who would collect once he was dead? 645 00:40:58,997 --> 00:41:00,715 The wifey. That's right. 646 00:41:00,716 --> 00:41:02,996 The same woman who discovered Timothy's body. 647 00:41:02,997 --> 00:41:06,335 The same woman who was once courted by Timothy. 648 00:41:06,336 --> 00:41:08,856 That should be the last of it. 649 00:41:11,516 --> 00:41:13,475 Going on a trip, Mrs Beaton? 650 00:41:13,476 --> 00:41:15,315 Yes, Detective. 651 00:41:15,316 --> 00:41:17,875 I'm going to Montreal for... 652 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:20,555 well, I don't know how long. 653 00:41:20,556 --> 00:41:24,416 I just know that if I stay in this house another day, I'll go mad. 654 00:41:24,417 --> 00:41:27,375 Yes, I understand. Bad memories. 655 00:41:27,376 --> 00:41:30,995 My husband murdered his own brothers. 656 00:41:30,996 --> 00:41:33,236 What could make him do such a thing? 657 00:41:35,956 --> 00:41:39,156 There must be some kind of evil in these walls. 658 00:41:39,157 --> 00:41:42,515 Is this a permanent move, then? 659 00:41:42,516 --> 00:41:45,195 I don't know. And what of the estate? 660 00:41:45,196 --> 00:41:47,195 Let the lawyers have it. 661 00:41:47,196 --> 00:41:49,835 I want nothing to do with it. 662 00:41:49,836 --> 00:41:54,815 As far as I'm concerned, it is all cursed. 663 00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:56,355 Good day, Detective. 664 00:41:56,356 --> 00:41:58,076 Good day, Mrs Beaton. 665 00:41:59,656 --> 00:42:01,696 Sir, you're not just going to let her leave? 666 00:42:01,697 --> 00:42:03,995 She's not leaving us, George, 667 00:42:03,996 --> 00:42:05,576 she's leading us. 668 00:42:26,196 --> 00:42:28,316 Won't be long, Tom. 669 00:42:30,636 --> 00:42:34,475 Hello. Good day, sir. How can I help you? 670 00:42:34,476 --> 00:42:38,056 I'm looking for a Rowena Beaton. I'm told she's staying here. 671 00:42:38,057 --> 00:42:41,835 Yes, but I didn't know she was expecting visitors. 672 00:42:41,836 --> 00:42:42,796 Let me call for her. 673 00:42:44,196 --> 00:42:46,196 Rowena? 674 00:42:47,776 --> 00:42:50,395 A gentleman is here to see you. 675 00:42:50,396 --> 00:42:53,395 And your name, sir? Aldington Bird. 676 00:42:53,396 --> 00:42:55,076 Pleasure to meet you, Mr Bird. 677 00:42:55,077 --> 00:42:57,515 The same. And you are? 678 00:42:57,516 --> 00:42:59,356 Detective William Murdoch... 679 00:43:00,836 --> 00:43:03,956 of the Toronto Constabulary. 680 00:43:08,856 --> 00:43:10,836 Damn you. 681 00:43:17,716 --> 00:43:19,815 It was all a sham, then? 682 00:43:19,816 --> 00:43:22,995 Every caress, every sigh of affection. 683 00:43:22,996 --> 00:43:27,554 I'm afraid so. Rowena was a willing pawn in your brother's revenge. 684 00:43:27,555 --> 00:43:34,094 Whatever compassion she had for you was subverted by her desire to be with Timothy. It was my fault. 685 00:43:34,095 --> 00:43:36,954 Would it have been so hard to treat him with respect? 686 00:43:36,955 --> 00:43:38,995 It's something to contemplate. 687 00:43:38,996 --> 00:43:41,876 It actually felt triumphant when I stole Rowena from him - 688 00:43:41,877 --> 00:43:44,475 or thought I had. 689 00:43:44,476 --> 00:43:46,995 Shameful. I've deserved this. 690 00:43:46,996 --> 00:43:50,154 Begging your pardon, sir, no one deserved this. 691 00:43:50,155 --> 00:43:52,474 What would they have done with the estate? 692 00:43:52,475 --> 00:43:54,634 I suppose sell off Beaton Manor. 693 00:43:54,635 --> 00:43:57,636 Should probably sell it myself, but who would want it? 694 00:43:57,637 --> 00:44:00,355 A cursed house of a cursed family. 695 00:44:00,356 --> 00:44:02,395 An all-too-human curse. 696 00:44:02,396 --> 00:44:04,335 No ghosts, no magic. 697 00:44:04,336 --> 00:44:06,115 I suppose you're right. 698 00:44:06,116 --> 00:44:08,875 Dwelling on it is not worth it. 699 00:44:08,876 --> 00:44:11,416 Perhaps I'll open our doors to the public. 700 00:44:11,417 --> 00:44:16,275 People love these so-called haunted houses. An intriguing idea. 701 00:44:16,276 --> 00:44:18,835 I might haunt it when I die. 702 00:44:18,836 --> 00:44:21,716 Which, given my family history, could be any day now. 703 00:44:25,356 --> 00:44:27,935 That was a joke, Detective. 704 00:44:27,936 --> 00:44:29,535 Glad to hear it. 705 00:44:29,536 --> 00:44:34,475 Well, thank you for everything. 706 00:44:34,476 --> 00:44:36,075 Good day, Mr Beaton. 707 00:44:36,076 --> 00:44:38,996 And, superstition be damned, good luck. 708 00:44:52,036 --> 00:44:53,875 Mr Beaton? 709 00:44:53,876 --> 00:44:55,336 Mr Beaton!