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ENGLUND: Hidden away in news
reports from America's past

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are tales so frightening
that they must be true.

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I'm Robert England.

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Join me on a journey

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into the dark shadows
of our nation's history

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to uncover a trilogy of stories
as terrifying as they are real.

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♪♪

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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A mechanical marvel
torments its owner.

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Stop calling me!

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Enough is enough!

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A shadowy killer
authors a letter

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that ignites panic.

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And an obsession drives a
scientist to desperate lengths.

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No, this cannot be!

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Brace yourself for
"True Terror."

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[ Man screams ]

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[ Wind howling ]

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To make sense
of a cryptic message,

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it helps to identify
who it's from.

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But in the realm
of the macabre,

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the sender can be scarier
than the message itself.

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The three stories
I have for you now

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reveal just how uncertain
life can get

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when that sender is
of another world.

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Our first story takes us back
140 years,

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a time when a radical
new invention

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promised to make life better.

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The year -- 1878.

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And one of the nation's
first telephone customers

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is primed to learn
a horrifying lesson.

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Just about through,
Mr. O'Connor.

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Excellent, Mr. Gable.
Thank you.

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That's it. You have
a working telephone.

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Wow. Now, tell me again,
how does this work, exactly?

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You just turn
the crank...

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Mm-hmm.
...and it rings
the other phone.

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Right.

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You speak
through the mouthpiece.

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J.J. O'Connor's office is in
the heart of Newark, New Jersey.

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He's the manager
of the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery,

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located two miles away.

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His phone promises
to be a godsend.

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He and his wife, Doris,
have no reason to suspect

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that his direct line
to a graveyard

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might be a dangerous idea.

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You'll hear better
the closer it is.

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Right.

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This is 1878,

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and O'Connor becomes
one of the first of 3,000 people

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in the United States
to have a phone.

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Really,
it's only been like two years

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since Alexander Graham Bell
invented the thing.

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The very first phone book
was published that year,

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but it was only one page.

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Because there are
so few listings,

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no one needs a number yet.

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The calls go through
a central switchboard.

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Just like this.

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That's all
there is to it.

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O'Connor's phone is different
than most phones of the era.

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He doesn't need a switchboard.

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His phone goes directly
to the cemetery.

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You turn the crank, and it
makes the other phone ring.

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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♪♪

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Hello?

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J.J., is that you?

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Phineas, yes!

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Yes, it's me.

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[ Chuckles ] I can hear
you so clearly.

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ENGLUND: Phineas Rowe
runs the cemetery's office.

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This will do wonders
for our business.

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Oh, indeed. It is worth
every single penny.

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I honestly can't
believe it!

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Neither can I.

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It's amazing.

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♪♪

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J.J. O'Connor loves
his new marvel.

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♪♪

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Thank you very much
for your years of service.

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He actually saves
hundreds of dollars

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by dismissing
his whole crew of messengers.

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Yes, Phineas?

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Ordering the cemetery staff
to dig a new grave

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no longer takes hours,
but minutes.

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And the funeral
is tomorrow at 11:00.

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You have it completely
under control.

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I trust you
100 percent.

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Alright, thank you
very much.

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♪♪

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Care to have lunch?
Yes.

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Personal trips to the cemetery
become almost unnecessary,

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giving him more time
to spend at home with Doris.

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Marvelous, isn't it?

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♪♪

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ENGLUND:
The phone is everything

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J.J. O'Connor
craved it would be.

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[ Owl hoots ]

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But when dealing with matters
of the dead,

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one should be extra careful
what they wish for.

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♪♪

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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♪♪

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[ Ringing continues ]

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Hm?

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Who'd be calling now?

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[ Ringing continues ]

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I have no idea.

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Well, go find out.

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[ Ringing continues ]

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[ Ringing continues ]

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[ Static crackling ]

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Phineas, is that you?

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[ Crackling continues ]

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Phineas, is something wrong?
Hello?

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If you're there, say something!

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[ Crackling continues ]

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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♪♪

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Hello?

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[ Static crackling ]

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Hello?!

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Hello? Is someone ther--[ Crackling continues ]

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Stupid thing
must be broken.

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ENGLUND: While the unknown is
something that can strike fear,

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the first night of mystery calls

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appear to only elicit
O'Connor's unbridled irritation.

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This is outrageous,
gentlemen.

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Doris and I got
no sleep whatsoever.

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What's going on?

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I've checked
both of the telephones, sir,

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and there is nothing wrong
with either one of them.

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And none of us was in the office
after 6:00 p.m., J.J.

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I assure you, we all
left at the same time.

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Well, then, obviously,
some vandal broke in

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and is messing
with the thing.

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Right? Someone is playing
a prank on me.

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Secure the office.

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Put extra locks
on the doors and windows.

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♪♪

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O'Connor was convinced
some pranksters broke in

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and used his phone,
and after that,

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he was going to make certain
it wasn't going to happen again.

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Yah![ Horse nickers ]

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♪♪

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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REBEL: And despite
the added precautions,

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the strange calls continue
for the next six nights.

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[ Ringing continues ]

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Hello?Hello?Hello?

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Hello? Can you hear me?Hello?

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Hello?Hello?!

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If you're there, just say
something, please!

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Stop calling me!

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Stop.

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This isn't funny!

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You can imagine
J.J. O'Connor's frustration.

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His new phone is supposed to be
making his life easier,

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and instead,
it's driving him crazy.

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ENGLUND:
There's no sign an intruder
has entered the cemetery office.

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So for a man who believes
only in the rational,

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an unsolvable mystery
proves most disconcerting.

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My phone rings tonight,

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the prankster's footprints
here tomorrow.

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And what if you get a call
and the flour's untouched?

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That will not happen.

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For your sake,
I hope not.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ Clock ticking ]

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[ Telephone ringing ]

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♪♪

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[ Ringing continues ]

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♪♪

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This has to stop, J.J.!

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I know. I know.

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I can't take much more.

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I know.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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ENGLUND:
A week of sleepless nights
and the unknown --

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a week into madness,

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for which daylight
offers no salvation.

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♪♪

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[ Gasps ]

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[ Sighs ]

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Hello.

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Ghosts don't
leave footprints.

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Ghosts?

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Don't make me laugh.

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♪♪

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[ Gasps ]

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Easy, J.J.

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Just need a signature.

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Almost gave me
a heart attack, Phineas.

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Sorry, old man.

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It's my own fault.

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Thanks, J.J.

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REBEL:
Under the right circumstances,
even the most logical person

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has to believe in the
possibility of the supernatural.

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♪♪

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O'Connor is desperate
for an explanation,

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so he has no other choice

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but to spend the night
in the cemetery office.

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[ Creaking ]

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♪♪

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ENGLUND: But this is a decision
that has O'Connor primed

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to learn an important lesson.

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♪♪

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There is only one kind of person
who can sleep in a cemetery.

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[ Man screams ]

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ENGLUND:
Newark, New Jersey, 1878.

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For weeks, a mystery caller

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has been keeping 36-year-old
J.J. O'Connor awake.

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Desperate for it to stop,

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he decides to spend the night
in the cemetery office.

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But sleeping at the graveyard

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means no one
will be resting in peace.

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♪♪

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[ Door creaks ]

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[ Footsteps ]

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Ea-- Easy, son!
It's just me!

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What are you doing here?

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I brought you some food.

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[ Gun uncocks ]

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Thanks.

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ERDEL: Stories of ghosts
haunting cemeteries

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aren't as common as you think.

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Paranormal experts say
that spirits haunt the places

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where they lived,
not where they were buried.

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ENGLUND: If anyone would know
if a cemetery is haunted,

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who better to ask
than the gravedigger?

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I appreciate the food.

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But you've been here so long,
you -- you know something.

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Don't you?

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A-Anything?

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You don't always see
them at night.

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But they're here.

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You can feel it.

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Some don't want
to be here.

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They don't want
to be dead.

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Those are the ones
you can see.

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The restless ones.

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♪♪

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One of them know how to use
your telephone, Mr. O'Connor.

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Well, ghosts don't exist,
old man.

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♪♪

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Then who's calling you?

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♪♪

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[ Dog barks ]

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[ Cat yowls ]

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O'Connor does his best to keep
vigil, but he dozes off.

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[ Sighs ]

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Now, when he wakes up,

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he discovers that the phone
receiver is off the hook.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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Idiot.

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Idiot.

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[ Gulps ]

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What did you expect?

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[ Chuckles ]

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00:13:39,008 --> 00:13:39,974
[ Screams ]

269
00:13:39,974 --> 00:13:42,801
♪♪

270
00:13:42,801 --> 00:13:44,284
[ Gasps ]

271
00:13:50,905 --> 00:13:53,767
MURPHY: By 4:00 a.m.,
O'Connor has had enough.

272
00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:55,146
Other than in his dream,

273
00:13:55,146 --> 00:13:58,594
no one has
come near the cemetery phone.

274
00:13:58,594 --> 00:14:01,111
But that doesn't mean
the haunting has stopped.

275
00:14:01,111 --> 00:14:03,905
[ Crickets chirping ]

276
00:14:03,905 --> 00:14:05,905
[ Telephone ringing ]

277
00:14:05,905 --> 00:14:09,698
ENGLUND:
It's funny how what one chooses
to believe and the truth

278
00:14:09,698 --> 00:14:12,491
can so often
find themselves at odds.

279
00:14:12,491 --> 00:14:14,249
[ Ringing continues ]

280
00:14:14,249 --> 00:14:17,077
I can't stand it
anymore!

281
00:14:17,077 --> 00:14:18,353
Doris...

282
00:14:18,353 --> 00:14:20,043
You can't talk me
out of it, J.J.!

283
00:14:20,043 --> 00:14:21,318
Doris, please.

284
00:14:21,318 --> 00:14:23,249
Enough is enough!

285
00:14:23,249 --> 00:14:25,008
[ Ringing continues ]

286
00:14:25,008 --> 00:14:26,663
Doris, we can
find another way.

287
00:14:26,663 --> 00:14:30,698
♪♪

288
00:14:30,698 --> 00:14:33,732
[ Ringing continues ]

289
00:14:33,732 --> 00:14:35,180
[ Door slams ]

290
00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:37,974
♪♪

291
00:14:37,974 --> 00:14:39,215
[ Ringing continues ]

292
00:14:39,215 --> 00:14:41,077
[ Ringing stops ]

293
00:14:41,077 --> 00:14:43,732
♪♪

294
00:14:43,732 --> 00:14:45,939
[ Static crackling ]

295
00:14:45,939 --> 00:14:49,077
♪♪

296
00:14:49,077 --> 00:14:50,836
Leave us alone.

297
00:14:50,836 --> 00:14:54,146
♪♪

298
00:14:54,146 --> 00:14:55,594
Please.

299
00:14:55,594 --> 00:14:59,836
♪♪

300
00:14:59,836 --> 00:15:01,180
Please?

301
00:15:01,180 --> 00:15:03,111
[ Crackling continues ]

302
00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:06,836
♪♪

303
00:15:06,836 --> 00:15:09,870
[ Exhales shakily ]

304
00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:10,939
[ Telephone ringing ]

305
00:15:10,939 --> 00:15:12,456
ENGLUND: Night after night,

306
00:15:12,456 --> 00:15:15,870
O'Connor's tortured mind
weakens, ready to crack.

307
00:15:15,870 --> 00:15:18,905
[ Indistinct voices whispering ]

308
00:15:18,905 --> 00:15:20,525
[ Ringing continues ]

309
00:15:20,525 --> 00:15:22,525
Can he save his sanity?

310
00:15:22,525 --> 00:15:24,939
Or is it already too late?

311
00:15:24,939 --> 00:15:27,077
[ Ringing continues ]

312
00:15:27,077 --> 00:15:29,491
♪♪

313
00:15:32,077 --> 00:15:34,767
[ Man screams ]

314
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,180
[ Telephone ringing ]

315
00:15:36,180 --> 00:15:38,767
ENGLUND: Over the course
of a month in 1878,

316
00:15:38,767 --> 00:15:41,663
mysterious phone calls
to J.J. O'Connor

317
00:15:41,663 --> 00:15:46,732
keep coming and coming
from the local cemetery.

318
00:15:46,732 --> 00:15:50,215
Convinced he's being tormented
by the dead,

319
00:15:50,215 --> 00:15:52,663
he faces the nightly intrusions

320
00:15:52,663 --> 00:15:55,180
with a tenuous grip
on his sanity.

321
00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:57,043
[ Breathing shakily ]

322
00:15:57,043 --> 00:15:59,215
[ Ringing continues ]

323
00:15:59,215 --> 00:16:05,767
♪♪

324
00:16:05,767 --> 00:16:07,353
[ Ringing stops ]

325
00:16:11,732 --> 00:16:13,974
[ Ringing resumes ]

326
00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:16,525
♪♪

327
00:16:24,870 --> 00:16:27,249
It sounds crazy,

328
00:16:27,249 --> 00:16:31,180
but the press account
is very clear

329
00:16:31,180 --> 00:16:34,146
that he disconnected the phone

330
00:16:34,146 --> 00:16:36,491
and the phone kept ringing.

331
00:16:36,491 --> 00:16:38,732
[ Telephone ringing ]ENGLUND: With every ring,

332
00:16:38,732 --> 00:16:42,629
O'Connor descends deeper
into madness.

333
00:16:42,629 --> 00:16:45,732
A man found wonder
in technology,

334
00:16:45,732 --> 00:16:49,353
but in the end,
lost his temper, his wife,

335
00:16:49,353 --> 00:16:53,870
and, finally, his mind.

336
00:16:53,870 --> 00:16:56,594
Whatever message
the calls to J.J. O'Connor

337
00:16:56,594 --> 00:17:00,456
were trying to convey
remains a mystery.

338
00:17:00,456 --> 00:17:04,249
I guess there are some things
we aren't meant to know.

339
00:17:04,249 --> 00:17:05,836
40 years later,

340
00:17:05,836 --> 00:17:10,353
an entire city received
a different kind of message,

341
00:17:10,353 --> 00:17:15,146
one whose meaning was as clear
as it was terrifying.

342
00:17:15,146 --> 00:17:18,215
The source --
a form of evil

343
00:17:18,215 --> 00:17:21,594
America had rarely confronted
up to that time,

344
00:17:21,594 --> 00:17:25,698
what came to be known
as the serial killer.

345
00:17:28,456 --> 00:17:31,284
It's 1919,
and the city of New Orleans

346
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:33,318
is besieged by a madman

347
00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:35,974
slaughtering the innocent
at will.

348
00:17:35,974 --> 00:17:45,939
♪♪

349
00:17:45,939 --> 00:17:48,180
His particular method of murder

350
00:17:48,180 --> 00:17:51,043
gives rise
to a ghastly nickname.

351
00:17:52,353 --> 00:17:54,525
[ Door creaks ]

352
00:17:54,525 --> 00:17:58,008
♪♪

353
00:17:58,008 --> 00:17:59,663
The Axeman.

354
00:17:59,663 --> 00:18:01,560
What are you doing?!

355
00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,111
[ Screams ]

356
00:18:05,180 --> 00:18:08,008
[ Camera shutter clicks ]

357
00:18:08,008 --> 00:18:12,698
WELLS: The Axeman's first victim
was in May of 1918.

358
00:18:12,698 --> 00:18:15,491
♪♪

359
00:18:15,491 --> 00:18:19,146
And by March of 1919,
he's killed five more people.

360
00:18:19,146 --> 00:18:20,939
MAN: What's this?
Number six?

361
00:18:20,939 --> 00:18:22,905
Yep.

362
00:18:22,905 --> 00:18:24,663
Number six.

363
00:18:24,663 --> 00:18:27,422
All of them
in the same way, too.

364
00:18:27,422 --> 00:18:30,870
MURPHY: What makes the Axeman
so terrifying,

365
00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:33,939
that he seems to randomly
choose his victims

366
00:18:33,939 --> 00:18:36,284
by breaking into their homes
in the middle of the night

367
00:18:36,284 --> 00:18:38,698
and cutting their throats
with a razor blade

368
00:18:38,698 --> 00:18:42,560
or axing them to death
while they sleep in their bed.

369
00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,422
ENGLUND: With each new victim,
the tabloid fodder grows,

370
00:18:46,422 --> 00:18:49,215
one blood-soaked headline
after the next.

371
00:18:49,215 --> 00:18:51,560
What's his name?

372
00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,594
Uh...

373
00:18:54,594 --> 00:18:56,732
Romano -- Joe.

374
00:18:56,732 --> 00:18:57,939
Joe Romano.

375
00:18:57,939 --> 00:19:00,387
There is a chilling pattern
that emerges.

376
00:19:00,387 --> 00:19:03,732
Now, almost all the victims
are Italian-American,

377
00:19:03,732 --> 00:19:07,008
and two of them
have small grocery stores.

378
00:19:07,008 --> 00:19:09,663
WELLS: Other than that,
there's really nothing

379
00:19:09,663 --> 00:19:13,284
that the police can find to link
these victims in any way.

380
00:19:13,284 --> 00:19:16,422
Extra, extra!
Read all about it!

381
00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:19,422
Axeman murderer
takes his eighth victim.

382
00:19:19,422 --> 00:19:21,146
It seems like the Axeman

383
00:19:21,146 --> 00:19:25,629
just wants to inflict
pain and terror on his victims.

384
00:19:25,629 --> 00:19:27,698
[ Creaking ]

385
00:19:27,698 --> 00:19:31,801
ENGLUND:
The panicked can only hope
that the terror will end.

386
00:19:33,387 --> 00:19:34,801
[ Thud, screaming ]

387
00:19:34,801 --> 00:19:36,491
But the city's tormentor

388
00:19:36,491 --> 00:19:39,732
has a more diabolical plan
in store.

389
00:19:39,732 --> 00:19:43,249
♪♪

390
00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:46,767
WELLS: On the morning
of March 14, 1919...

391
00:19:46,767 --> 00:19:49,491
Extra, extra!
Read all about it!

392
00:19:49,491 --> 00:19:53,077
...at the peak of this
terror in the city,

393
00:19:53,077 --> 00:19:55,663
this fear and paranoia,

394
00:19:55,663 --> 00:19:59,353
the Axeman actually writes
a letter to the Times Picayune,

395
00:19:59,353 --> 00:20:01,939
which they publish,
and in that letter,

396
00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:05,525
he gives a very odd promise
to the people of New Orleans.

397
00:20:23,249 --> 00:20:25,146
[ Thud, screaming ]

398
00:20:31,077 --> 00:20:33,525
[ Thud, screaming ]

399
00:20:33,525 --> 00:20:36,318
MURPHY: No serial killer
has ever telegraphed his plans

400
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:37,801
of killing a victim,

401
00:20:37,801 --> 00:20:40,249
right down to the hour
and even the minute.

402
00:20:40,249 --> 00:20:43,077
This is what makes the Axeman
of New Orleans so terrifying.

403
00:20:43,077 --> 00:20:45,905
♪♪

404
00:20:45,905 --> 00:20:48,974
The cops
can't find this guy?

405
00:20:48,974 --> 00:20:50,491
This is crazy.

406
00:20:50,491 --> 00:20:51,905
Huh.

407
00:20:51,905 --> 00:20:53,491
Someone's got
to stop him.

408
00:20:53,491 --> 00:20:56,801
♪♪

409
00:20:56,801 --> 00:20:59,905
George Columbo is
a New Orleans bricklayer.

410
00:20:59,905 --> 00:21:03,767
His friend Carlo Grazioli --
well, he's a dockworker.

411
00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:06,284
They're among
the 20,000 Italian immigrants

412
00:21:06,284 --> 00:21:08,318
that are living in the city
at this time.

413
00:21:08,318 --> 00:21:09,663
Look what he says here.

414
00:21:12,146 --> 00:21:15,077
He's gonna murder
on March 18th,

415
00:21:15,077 --> 00:21:16,801
15 minutes after midnight.

416
00:21:16,801 --> 00:21:22,456
♪♪

417
00:21:22,456 --> 00:21:24,456
ENGLUND: George Columbo
isn't the kind of man

418
00:21:24,456 --> 00:21:26,698
who takes a threat lying down.

419
00:21:26,698 --> 00:21:28,698
During the Axeman's
reign of terror,

420
00:21:28,698 --> 00:21:31,215
plenty of people did
write letters

421
00:21:31,215 --> 00:21:34,077
taunting the Axeman right back.

422
00:21:34,077 --> 00:21:35,836
And the newspaper
prints them, too.

423
00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:38,284
Now, this spectacle
has everybody reading the paper

424
00:21:38,284 --> 00:21:40,215
to see what happens next.

425
00:21:40,215 --> 00:21:43,318
Extra, extra!
Read all about it!

426
00:21:43,318 --> 00:21:45,939
Man challenges Axeman!

427
00:21:45,939 --> 00:21:49,491
ENGLUND: Is challenging
a sadistic killer a bold stand

428
00:21:49,491 --> 00:21:51,836
or senseless bravado?

429
00:21:51,836 --> 00:21:53,422
[ Axe slices ]

430
00:21:53,422 --> 00:21:57,594
Either way, the countdown
to the fateful day has begun,

431
00:21:57,594 --> 00:22:00,146
and it promises
to end in murder.

432
00:22:00,146 --> 00:22:02,836
♪♪

433
00:22:06,043 --> 00:22:08,146
[ Man screams ]

434
00:22:08,146 --> 00:22:09,801
Extra, extra!

435
00:22:09,801 --> 00:22:11,594
Women and children
are at danger!

436
00:22:11,594 --> 00:22:13,249
♪♪

437
00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:15,836
ENGLUND: In March of 1919,

438
00:22:15,836 --> 00:22:17,974
a serial killer
known as the Axeman

439
00:22:17,974 --> 00:22:21,905
has been tormenting the city of
New Orleans for almost a year.

440
00:22:21,905 --> 00:22:23,146
MAN:
What are you doing?!

441
00:22:23,146 --> 00:22:24,525
[ Screams ]

442
00:22:24,525 --> 00:22:29,318
♪♪

443
00:22:29,318 --> 00:22:31,249
In a letter printed
in the newspaper,

444
00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:33,456
the Axeman warns
that he will kill again,

445
00:22:33,456 --> 00:22:37,422
on March 18th at 12:15 a.m.

446
00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:39,698
Extra, extra!
Read all about it!

447
00:22:39,698 --> 00:22:41,180
And in that letter,

448
00:22:41,180 --> 00:22:43,663
he gives a very odd promise
to the people of New Orleans.

449
00:22:48,043 --> 00:22:49,836
..."in the nether regions"...

450
00:22:56,077 --> 00:22:59,456
The city takes this bizarre
warning of jazz music

451
00:22:59,456 --> 00:23:00,732
very seriously.

452
00:23:00,732 --> 00:23:03,249
[ Jazz music plays,
indistinct conversations ]

453
00:23:03,249 --> 00:23:06,111
♪♪

454
00:23:06,111 --> 00:23:09,594
In New Orleans that night,
everyone was listening to jazz.

455
00:23:09,594 --> 00:23:13,111
People had jazz bands
in their homes.

456
00:23:13,111 --> 00:23:15,249
People went to jazz clubs.

457
00:23:15,249 --> 00:23:18,180
It's said that every jazz player
in the city

458
00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:19,525
had a job that night.

459
00:23:19,525 --> 00:23:22,456
The city was filled with jazz.

460
00:23:22,456 --> 00:23:25,525
ENGLUND: That night,
George Columbo hurries home,

461
00:23:25,525 --> 00:23:28,801
unafraid of the serial killer
in his city.

462
00:23:28,801 --> 00:23:31,732
He's publicly invited
the Axeman over,

463
00:23:31,732 --> 00:23:34,974
and it would be rude not
to be there when he shows up.

464
00:23:34,974 --> 00:23:36,974
[ Crickets chirping ]

465
00:23:36,974 --> 00:23:45,939
♪♪

466
00:23:45,939 --> 00:23:51,629
♪♪

467
00:23:51,629 --> 00:23:53,353
[ Sighs ]

468
00:23:53,353 --> 00:23:57,043
Alright. 30 minutes to go,
you psycho.

469
00:23:57,043 --> 00:24:00,732
♪♪

470
00:24:00,732 --> 00:24:02,732
[ Bottle thuds ]

471
00:24:02,732 --> 00:24:08,146
♪♪

472
00:24:08,146 --> 00:24:10,318
♪♪

473
00:24:10,318 --> 00:24:13,732
[ Clock ticking ]

474
00:24:13,732 --> 00:24:15,801
[ Floorboards creak ]

475
00:24:15,801 --> 00:24:17,905
♪♪

476
00:24:17,905 --> 00:24:19,836
[ Sighs ] Alright.

477
00:24:19,836 --> 00:24:26,836
♪♪

478
00:24:26,836 --> 00:24:28,043
[ Telephone ringing ]

479
00:24:28,043 --> 00:24:31,318
[ Exhales sharply ]

480
00:24:31,318 --> 00:24:33,077
[ Ringing continues ]

481
00:24:36,456 --> 00:24:37,836
[ Ringing continues ]

482
00:24:37,836 --> 00:24:38,974
[ Ringing stops ]

483
00:24:38,974 --> 00:24:40,180
Hello?

484
00:24:40,180 --> 00:24:41,456
Carlo: George, it's me.

485
00:24:41,456 --> 00:24:43,215
It's coming up
on you know what time.

486
00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:44,767
Everything okay
over there?

487
00:24:44,767 --> 00:24:46,870
Yeah, everything's fine.
Why wouldn't it be?

488
00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:50,043
[ Receiver clicks ]

489
00:24:50,043 --> 00:24:51,836
[ Sighs ]

490
00:24:51,836 --> 00:24:56,767
♪♪

491
00:24:56,767 --> 00:24:58,801
[ Bottle thuds ]

492
00:25:03,663 --> 00:25:06,801
♪♪

493
00:25:09,215 --> 00:25:10,663
ENGLUND:
With each passing minute,

494
00:25:10,663 --> 00:25:13,663
the specter of death
draws closer,

495
00:25:13,663 --> 00:25:17,008
as does the fierce resolve
to defy it.

496
00:25:17,008 --> 00:25:19,215
[ Clock ticking ]

497
00:25:19,215 --> 00:25:21,801
♪♪

498
00:25:21,801 --> 00:25:24,180
Life is never more intense

499
00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:26,905
than the instant
it is threatened.

500
00:25:26,905 --> 00:25:29,180
[ Ticking continues ]

501
00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:32,111
♪♪

502
00:25:33,284 --> 00:25:35,629
[ Dogs barking in distance ]

503
00:25:35,629 --> 00:25:40,008
♪♪

504
00:25:40,008 --> 00:25:43,456
March 18th, at 12:15 a.m. --

505
00:25:43,456 --> 00:25:46,939
the night, the hour,
and the minute

506
00:25:46,939 --> 00:25:49,525
marked by a murderous madman --

507
00:25:49,525 --> 00:25:51,836
has arrived.

508
00:25:51,836 --> 00:25:55,180
[ Barking continues ]

509
00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:57,077
[ Footsteps ]

510
00:25:57,077 --> 00:25:59,353
♪♪

511
00:25:59,353 --> 00:26:01,318
[ Footsteps continue ]

512
00:26:01,318 --> 00:26:04,663
[ Door creaks ]

513
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:13,732
♪♪

514
00:26:13,732 --> 00:26:19,767
♪♪

515
00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:22,732
[ Breathing shakily ]

516
00:26:22,732 --> 00:26:25,560
[ Quietly ] Come on.

517
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,043
Come on.

518
00:26:27,043 --> 00:26:29,008
[ Footsteps continue ]

519
00:26:29,008 --> 00:26:32,491
[ Dogs barking ]

520
00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:41,111
♪♪

521
00:26:46,077 --> 00:26:49,215
[ Man screams ]

522
00:26:49,215 --> 00:26:51,043
[ Dogs barking ]

523
00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:54,456
[ Footsteps ]

524
00:26:54,456 --> 00:26:56,870
[ Breathing shakily ]

525
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:59,284
♪♪

526
00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,525
[ Door creaks ]

527
00:27:01,525 --> 00:27:04,732
♪♪

528
00:27:04,732 --> 00:27:05,801
[ Shouts ]

529
00:27:05,801 --> 00:27:08,077
[ Thudding ][ Shouting ]

530
00:27:08,077 --> 00:27:11,215
♪♪

531
00:27:11,215 --> 00:27:12,629
[ Bat clatters ]

532
00:27:12,629 --> 00:27:15,491
ENGLUND: In 1919,
George Columbo defends himself

533
00:27:15,491 --> 00:27:18,629
against the infamous Axeman
of New Orleans.

534
00:27:18,629 --> 00:27:21,180
But he discovers
he's made a tragic mistake.

535
00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:22,249
No, no, no, no.

536
00:27:22,249 --> 00:27:26,594
♪♪

537
00:27:26,594 --> 00:27:28,870
MURPHY:
There are no reported victims
of the Axeman

538
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:31,318
on March 18, 1919 --

539
00:27:31,318 --> 00:27:34,249
only the tragic death
of Carlo Grazioli,

540
00:27:34,249 --> 00:27:35,801
an innocent man

541
00:27:35,801 --> 00:27:38,560
who only came to check
on the safety of his friend.

542
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,008
No, Carlo. No, no, no.
No, no, no, no!

543
00:27:41,008 --> 00:27:43,629
Carlo. No.

544
00:27:43,629 --> 00:27:45,387
No, no. Carlo!

545
00:27:45,387 --> 00:27:48,008
ENGLUND:
After that fateful night,

546
00:27:48,008 --> 00:27:51,318
the Axeman disappeared
into the mists of history,

547
00:27:51,318 --> 00:27:54,422
like the fading notes
of a jazz solo,

548
00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:56,215
never to be caught

549
00:27:56,215 --> 00:28:00,629
and his murders
never to be solved.

550
00:28:00,629 --> 00:28:05,870
Seldom has one killer
so petrified an entire city --

551
00:28:05,870 --> 00:28:11,043
proof that fear is an emotion
we can't hide from.

552
00:28:11,043 --> 00:28:12,698
In our next story,

553
00:28:12,698 --> 00:28:17,249
evil existed not where a madman
cut life violently short,

554
00:28:17,249 --> 00:28:20,801
but where one obsessively
tried to prolong it.

555
00:28:20,801 --> 00:28:23,077
Mm.

556
00:28:23,077 --> 00:28:26,353
This -- This is a horrific tale

557
00:28:26,353 --> 00:28:29,801
about a man named Carl Tanzler.

558
00:28:31,663 --> 00:28:35,008
In a small town
outside of Dresden, Germany,

559
00:28:35,008 --> 00:28:38,801
young Carl is born
into a middle-class family,

560
00:28:38,801 --> 00:28:43,215
where he is destined to live
an average, ordinary life.

561
00:28:45,629 --> 00:28:52,111
That is, until a bizarre event
changes everything.

562
00:28:52,111 --> 00:28:59,801
♪♪

563
00:28:59,801 --> 00:29:01,732
[ Door slams ]

564
00:29:01,732 --> 00:29:03,732
[ Crickets chirping ]

565
00:29:03,732 --> 00:29:08,870
♪♪

566
00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:10,801
Don't be afraid, Carl.

567
00:29:10,801 --> 00:29:13,905
I would never harm you.

568
00:29:13,905 --> 00:29:15,525
Come to me, boy.

569
00:29:15,525 --> 00:29:18,836
♪♪

570
00:29:18,836 --> 00:29:20,663
Who are you?

571
00:29:20,663 --> 00:29:24,180
I am your family,
your blood.

572
00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:27,491
Only, I have been dead
a long, long time.

573
00:29:27,491 --> 00:29:30,491
CLARKE: Carl Tanzler wrote
in his memoirs that as a boy,

574
00:29:30,491 --> 00:29:32,594
he was visited by a ghost --

575
00:29:32,594 --> 00:29:35,629
an ancestor --
his great-great-aunt --

576
00:29:35,629 --> 00:29:39,525
a woman named Countess
Anna Constantia von Cosel.

577
00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:42,560
Give me your hand, Carl.

578
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:49,491
♪♪

579
00:29:49,491 --> 00:29:51,663
The apparition goes on
to tell Carl

580
00:29:51,663 --> 00:29:55,318
about someone he will meet
when he is much older

581
00:29:55,318 --> 00:29:56,836
who will change his life.

582
00:29:59,249 --> 00:30:03,456
A beautiful raven-haired
Spanish beauty

583
00:30:03,456 --> 00:30:06,525
with long, black hair.

584
00:30:06,525 --> 00:30:10,353
This woman will be
the love of your life.

585
00:30:10,353 --> 00:30:13,387
She will be
your destiny, Carl.

586
00:30:13,387 --> 00:30:14,905
Do you know
what that means?

587
00:30:14,905 --> 00:30:20,043
♪♪

588
00:30:20,043 --> 00:30:22,629
Remember this, always.

589
00:30:22,629 --> 00:30:29,732
♪♪

590
00:30:29,732 --> 00:30:32,525
ENGLUND:
The words of the apparition
are forever burned

591
00:30:32,525 --> 00:30:34,870
into young Carl Tanzler's
brain --

592
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:38,215
and, more importantly,
into his heart.

593
00:30:38,215 --> 00:30:40,939
♪♪

594
00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:43,284
CLARKE: After that,
Carl Tanzler and his family

595
00:30:43,284 --> 00:30:47,146
moved from his native Germany
to Australia.

596
00:30:47,146 --> 00:30:48,939
He met plenty of women,

597
00:30:48,939 --> 00:30:53,043
but none that he felt
he was destined to be with.

598
00:30:53,043 --> 00:30:56,836
As an adult, Carl Tanzler
immigrates to the United States.

599
00:30:56,836 --> 00:30:59,387
He ends up in Key West, Florida,

600
00:30:59,387 --> 00:31:02,939
where he works in a hospital
as an X-ray technician.

601
00:31:02,939 --> 00:31:04,111
Hm.

602
00:31:06,284 --> 00:31:07,939
I think that, uh --

603
00:31:07,939 --> 00:31:14,215
♪♪

604
00:31:14,215 --> 00:31:15,663
Yes?

605
00:31:15,663 --> 00:31:18,767
ANNA: A beautiful, raven-haired
Spanish beauty.

606
00:31:22,905 --> 00:31:24,767
[ Gasps softly ]

607
00:31:24,767 --> 00:31:28,939
ENGLUND: There,
in a Key West hospital, appears

608
00:31:28,939 --> 00:31:33,560
the living, breathing
fulfillment of the prophecy.

609
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,732
You've been looking
at my X-rays and...?

610
00:31:37,732 --> 00:31:40,560
The patient is
Maria Elena de Hoyos,

611
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,836
a beautiful 21-year-old woman

612
00:31:42,836 --> 00:31:45,146
being treated for tuberculosis.[ Coughing ]

613
00:31:45,146 --> 00:31:46,905
She came from a poor family

614
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:50,215
that had emigrated
from Cuba to Florida.

615
00:31:50,215 --> 00:31:53,525
I know
I'm not a doctor...

616
00:31:53,525 --> 00:31:55,629
but I think
I can help you.

617
00:31:55,629 --> 00:31:59,767
♪♪

618
00:31:59,767 --> 00:32:01,077
Thank you.

619
00:32:02,663 --> 00:32:05,698
Maria had a pretty severe case
of tuberculosis,

620
00:32:05,698 --> 00:32:08,215
and at that time,
TB was often a death sentence.

621
00:32:10,663 --> 00:32:12,698
Mr. Tanzler.

622
00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:13,836
Maria.

623
00:32:13,836 --> 00:32:16,525
You know, I told you
to call me "Carl."

624
00:32:16,525 --> 00:32:19,353
ENGLUND: Carl's infatuation
is immediate.

625
00:32:19,353 --> 00:32:21,870
He devotes virtually
all his attention to Maria.

626
00:32:21,870 --> 00:32:24,077
[ Coughing ]His focus on her

627
00:32:24,077 --> 00:32:28,836
gravitates towards fixation.

628
00:32:28,836 --> 00:32:32,180
Carl never tells Maria
about the prophecy

629
00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:34,560
or how he feels about her.

630
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:35,974
After all,

631
00:32:35,974 --> 00:32:39,491
how do you tell someone
that they are your destiny?

632
00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:44,456
♪♪

633
00:32:44,456 --> 00:32:47,318
Maria's condition is
getting worse and worse,

634
00:32:47,318 --> 00:32:48,801
and she's withering away

635
00:32:48,801 --> 00:32:51,801
in front of the people
that love her the most.

636
00:32:51,801 --> 00:32:53,594
Maria!

637
00:32:53,594 --> 00:32:55,629
Please --
say something.

638
00:32:55,629 --> 00:32:58,111
♪♪

639
00:32:58,111 --> 00:33:01,284
No, this cannot be!

640
00:33:01,284 --> 00:33:05,801
ENGLUND: There is nothing
more solitary than grief.

641
00:33:05,801 --> 00:33:09,560
And each of us
overcomes it in our own way.

642
00:33:10,974 --> 00:33:14,456
I have some postmortem
procedures that I have to do.

643
00:33:16,767 --> 00:33:17,801
Please.

644
00:33:20,249 --> 00:33:21,939
It will only take
a few moments.

645
00:33:21,939 --> 00:33:26,491
♪♪

646
00:33:26,491 --> 00:33:28,111
Please...

647
00:33:28,111 --> 00:33:30,249
if you don't mind,
close the door.

648
00:33:30,249 --> 00:33:32,249
[ Crying ]

649
00:33:34,663 --> 00:33:35,939
[ Door closes ]

650
00:33:35,939 --> 00:33:42,732
♪♪

651
00:33:42,732 --> 00:33:49,525
♪♪

652
00:33:49,525 --> 00:33:53,111
ENGLUND: A moment alone
with his beloved Maria --

653
00:33:53,111 --> 00:33:54,422
A strange request,

654
00:33:54,422 --> 00:33:58,215
yet seemingly
so natural for Carl.

655
00:33:58,215 --> 00:34:05,525
♪♪

656
00:34:05,525 --> 00:34:12,698
♪♪

657
00:34:12,698 --> 00:34:19,870
♪♪

658
00:34:19,870 --> 00:34:21,525
[ Sobbing ]

659
00:34:21,525 --> 00:34:24,215
Death is usually
the end of a love story --

660
00:34:24,215 --> 00:34:26,456
anystory, for that matter.

661
00:34:26,456 --> 00:34:29,870
But this isn't the end for Carl
and his lovely Maria.

662
00:34:29,870 --> 00:34:32,905
In fact,
it's just the beginning.

663
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:34,663
[ Sobbing continues ]

664
00:34:34,663 --> 00:34:36,560
♪♪

665
00:34:40,111 --> 00:34:42,767
[ Man screams ]

666
00:34:42,767 --> 00:34:47,629
We commend you,
our dear Maria, to Almighty God.

667
00:34:47,629 --> 00:34:50,767
We entrust you to our creator.

668
00:34:50,767 --> 00:34:51,974
[ Woman sobs ]

669
00:34:51,974 --> 00:34:54,422
ENGLUND: Carl Tanzler
had spent his whole life

670
00:34:54,422 --> 00:34:57,525
looking for the woman
he believed was his destiny,

671
00:34:57,525 --> 00:35:01,698
but when he finally found
his raven-haired Spanish beauty,

672
00:35:01,698 --> 00:35:05,836
she was quickly and cruelly
snatched away from him.

673
00:35:05,836 --> 00:35:09,043
Carl insists on paying
for Maria's funeral,

674
00:35:09,043 --> 00:35:10,663
and he pays for her to have

675
00:35:10,663 --> 00:35:14,146
a good-size mausoleum
at the cemetery.

676
00:35:14,146 --> 00:35:15,353
You're a good man, Carl.

677
00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:19,870
ENGLUND:
Death compels us to let go,

678
00:35:19,870 --> 00:35:24,215
but for Carl,
saying goodbye is impossible.

679
00:35:24,215 --> 00:35:28,456
♪♪

680
00:35:28,456 --> 00:35:31,180
CLARKE: For years,
Carl would go to Maria's grave.

681
00:35:31,180 --> 00:35:32,663
He would spend time with her,

682
00:35:32,663 --> 00:35:35,318
talking to her
and praying for her.

683
00:35:35,318 --> 00:35:39,215
This went on day after day,
year after year.

684
00:35:39,215 --> 00:35:43,043
But over time,
this wasn't enough for Carl.

685
00:35:43,043 --> 00:35:45,077
[ Crickets chirping ]

686
00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:49,767
♪♪

687
00:35:49,767 --> 00:35:51,249
[ Door opens ]

688
00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:55,939
ENGLUND: To fulfill the prophecy
made by a long-dead relative,

689
00:35:55,939 --> 00:35:59,870
Carl brings Maria's corpse home.

690
00:35:59,870 --> 00:36:02,077
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

691
00:36:02,077 --> 00:36:05,939
♪♪

692
00:36:05,939 --> 00:36:09,663
You look beautiful, my love.

693
00:36:09,663 --> 00:36:11,387
Radiant.

694
00:36:11,387 --> 00:36:13,180
CLARKE:
What no one knew --

695
00:36:13,180 --> 00:36:16,422
during all those visits
to Maria's tomb,

696
00:36:16,422 --> 00:36:20,801
Carl was injecting her body
with formaldehyde.

697
00:36:20,801 --> 00:36:24,870
♪♪

698
00:36:24,870 --> 00:36:27,663
At this point, she would
be reasonably well preserved.

699
00:36:27,663 --> 00:36:30,111
Certainly, there would be
somedeterioration.

700
00:36:30,111 --> 00:36:31,732
♪♪

701
00:36:31,732 --> 00:36:34,560
[ Carl humming ]

702
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,560
Her internal organs,
for example,

703
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,077
would have collapsed by now
and rotted away.

704
00:36:39,077 --> 00:36:41,318
♪♪

705
00:36:41,318 --> 00:36:44,698
ENGLUND: Carl is finally
with the woman he loves --

706
00:36:44,698 --> 00:36:50,043
Maria Elena de Hoyos,
his raven-haired Spanish beauty.

707
00:36:50,043 --> 00:36:52,905
No one knew
what Carl was up to --

708
00:36:52,905 --> 00:36:54,422
in part, due to

709
00:36:54,422 --> 00:36:57,663
the mausoleum looked perfectly
normal from the outside.

710
00:36:57,663 --> 00:37:00,698
Carl was going to work
every day at the hospital,

711
00:37:00,698 --> 00:37:04,491
and then he was returning at
night to the love of his life.

712
00:37:04,491 --> 00:37:10,663
♪♪

713
00:37:10,663 --> 00:37:16,801
♪♪

714
00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:19,836
I know most people won't
understand our love, Maria.

715
00:37:19,836 --> 00:37:28,008
♪♪

716
00:37:28,008 --> 00:37:30,111
So it'll have to be
our secret.

717
00:37:30,111 --> 00:37:40,043
♪♪

718
00:37:40,043 --> 00:37:42,905
ST. AMAND: Even with all that
formaldehyde Carl had used

719
00:37:42,905 --> 00:37:44,663
to preserve Maria's body,

720
00:37:44,663 --> 00:37:47,732
he can't completely stop her
from deteriorating.

721
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:50,077
You poor thing.

722
00:37:50,077 --> 00:37:53,215
That's nothing
to be embarrassed about.

723
00:37:53,215 --> 00:37:56,077
You just...
need a little touch-up.

724
00:37:56,077 --> 00:38:00,077
♪♪

725
00:38:00,077 --> 00:38:06,318
♪♪

726
00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:10,180
CLARKE: When her eyes rotted,

727
00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:13,111
Carl replaced them
with glass eyes.

728
00:38:13,111 --> 00:38:20,111
♪♪

729
00:38:20,111 --> 00:38:21,663
It's just a labor of love.

730
00:38:21,663 --> 00:38:28,939
♪♪

731
00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:35,870
♪♪

732
00:38:35,870 --> 00:38:38,077
We'll have to watch out
for this sort of thing,

733
00:38:38,077 --> 00:38:39,870
I suppose.

734
00:38:39,870 --> 00:38:41,767
When her skin would deteriorate,

735
00:38:41,767 --> 00:38:45,353
he would cover it in silk
and seal it with wax.

736
00:38:48,594 --> 00:38:52,939
Just as beautiful as the first
day I saw you, my love.

737
00:38:52,939 --> 00:38:57,284
ENGLUND: What the ravages
of time and nature destroy,

738
00:38:57,284 --> 00:39:00,249
Carl lovingly does his best
to restore.

739
00:39:00,249 --> 00:39:03,801
♪♪

740
00:39:03,801 --> 00:39:07,663
[ Humming ]

741
00:39:07,663 --> 00:39:10,801
Incredibly, Carl lived
this way with Maria's corpse

742
00:39:10,801 --> 00:39:13,111
for seven years.

743
00:39:15,525 --> 00:39:18,284
But I've never been
so happy in my life.

744
00:39:18,284 --> 00:39:19,732
[ Humming ]

745
00:39:19,732 --> 00:39:21,801
[ Knock on door ]

746
00:39:21,801 --> 00:39:24,974
♪♪

747
00:39:24,974 --> 00:39:26,284
Can I help you,
gentlemen?

748
00:39:26,284 --> 00:39:28,594
You Carl Tanzler?

749
00:39:28,594 --> 00:39:29,836
Yes.

750
00:39:29,836 --> 00:39:31,905
We have permission
to search the premises.

751
00:39:31,905 --> 00:39:34,180
Step aside, please, sir.

752
00:39:34,180 --> 00:39:37,043
[ Thunder rumbling ]

753
00:39:37,043 --> 00:39:38,767
ENGLUND:
The police come calling that day

754
00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:41,456
with warrants
and suspicious minds.

755
00:39:41,456 --> 00:39:45,870
They don't care about sacred
prophecies or undying love.

756
00:39:45,870 --> 00:39:50,249
It all started with a trip to
the cemetery by Maria's father.

757
00:39:50,249 --> 00:39:53,318
He discovered
that her coffin was empty.

758
00:39:53,318 --> 00:39:55,525
And since Carl was
the only other person

759
00:39:55,525 --> 00:39:58,525
with a key to the mausoleum,
they suspected

760
00:39:58,525 --> 00:40:02,043
he might have something
to do with the missing body.

761
00:40:02,043 --> 00:40:03,456
ST. AMAND: Carl is charged

762
00:40:03,456 --> 00:40:06,698
with malicious and wanton
disfigurement of a burial

763
00:40:06,698 --> 00:40:09,180
for removing Maria's body
from her grave.

764
00:40:10,353 --> 00:40:11,629
Believe it or not,

765
00:40:11,629 --> 00:40:13,732
the case against Carl
is thrown out

766
00:40:13,732 --> 00:40:16,077
because the statute
of limitations for the crime

767
00:40:16,077 --> 00:40:19,422
of stealing a corpse
has run out.

768
00:40:19,422 --> 00:40:23,387
ENGLUND: Carl is free,
but a broken man now.

769
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:26,663
The strange prophecy that guided
his life is shattered.

770
00:40:26,663 --> 00:40:29,353
♪♪

771
00:40:29,353 --> 00:40:31,974
The love of his life, gone.

772
00:40:31,974 --> 00:40:34,456
♪♪

773
00:40:34,456 --> 00:40:36,491
The authorities
take Maria's body

774
00:40:36,491 --> 00:40:38,525
and bury her
in a secret location

775
00:40:38,525 --> 00:40:41,491
so that Carl
can never find her again.

776
00:40:43,215 --> 00:40:46,008
CLARKE: Carl Tanzler moves away
to another part of Florida

777
00:40:46,008 --> 00:40:48,836
after this bizarre incident

778
00:40:48,836 --> 00:40:52,008
and then quietly lives out
the rest of his life.

779
00:40:52,008 --> 00:40:55,698
He never repents over
what he did to Maria's body.

780
00:40:55,698 --> 00:41:00,629
In his mind, they were meant
to be together forever.

781
00:41:00,629 --> 00:41:04,560
♪♪

782
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,870
ST. AMAND: Many years later,
a neighbor of Carl's

783
00:41:06,870 --> 00:41:12,077
smells something terrible coming
from the inside of his house.

784
00:41:12,077 --> 00:41:13,146
[ Gasps ]

785
00:41:13,146 --> 00:41:14,456
[ Screams ]

786
00:41:14,456 --> 00:41:17,387
Oh, my God.
[ Gasps ]

787
00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:20,387
CLARKE: Carl is 75 years old
when he's found dead.

788
00:41:20,387 --> 00:41:23,284
When they find his body,
he's with a dummy

789
00:41:23,284 --> 00:41:27,008
that he's made up
to look like Maria.

790
00:41:27,008 --> 00:41:33,560
It's one last ghoulish note
to a very strange love story.

791
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:37,146
ENGLUND: Ah, the things
some people will do

792
00:41:37,146 --> 00:41:38,939
in the name of love.

793
00:41:38,939 --> 00:41:42,387
♪♪

794
00:41:42,387 --> 00:41:47,008
As for you,
consider yourself warned.

795
00:41:47,008 --> 00:41:51,629
It only takes one ominous
message to darken your destiny,

796
00:41:51,629 --> 00:41:54,043
whether it's from
a long dead ancestor,

797
00:41:54,043 --> 00:41:56,318
a sinister stranger,

798
00:41:56,318 --> 00:42:01,215
or from unknown forces
beyond our comprehension.

799
00:42:01,215 --> 00:42:03,422
That's something
for you to dwell on

800
00:42:03,422 --> 00:42:07,491
until our next descent
into true terror.

801
00:42:07,491 --> 00:42:13,043
♪♪