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The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the CBS Radio Mystery Theater for the network, added this twice-weekly (Saturdays and Sundays) anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on CBS radio affiliates which carried it.
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00:00The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater.
00:14I'm Tom Bosley, and it's time again to enter the wonderful world of your imagination through the magic of radio.
00:23Do you believe in ghosts?
00:25Oh, I don't mean the kind wrapped up in sheets that run around shouting boo.
00:31Nobody believes in the spooks we conjure up on Halloween.
00:35But sometimes things happen that are so strange we don't know what to believe.
00:42The sort of thing that takes place in dreams when we see and hear things that aren't really there.
00:50Or are they?
00:55Our adventure story, A Different Ghost Town, was written especially for the General Mills Radio Adventure Theater by Elizabeth Pennell.
01:04I'll be back shortly with Act One.
01:06Our adventure takes place in an area where the word ghost has a special meaning.
01:18Back in 1848, when gold was discovered in California, people came from everywhere.
01:24Towns sprang up overnight, lasted until the gold fever was over, and then disappeared.
01:30They became ghost towns.
01:33Some have been restored.
01:35But there's one...
01:37Well, first, let's meet Joan and David.
01:42Their parents own adjoining summer homes at Lake Tahoe, right on the border of California and Nevada.
01:48Near where a lot of the gold mining country used to be.
01:52It's school vacation time, and when David is not tinkering with his old car, he's driving around the countryside.
02:00This warm summer morning, Joan is with him.
02:03I could have sworn, Joan, that when I was up on that hillside before, I could see the remains of an old town.
02:11Didn't you take some pictures, David?
02:13Sure.
02:13And I found out that there had been an old mining town called Discovery.
02:18We certainly didn't discover anything today.
02:22And, honestly, David, I've had enough.
02:26I hope you're heading home.
02:27Sure thing.
02:29Oh, it's much too warm for any more exploring.
02:32I'm all for getting back to the lake for a swim.
02:35Beautiful idea.
02:38Uh-oh.
02:39Don't tell me this tilapia is developing more problems.
02:43And you've been working on it all week.
02:47Joanie, I'm...
02:48I'm sorry.
02:49I've done a terrible thing.
02:50You may never forgive me.
02:52We're out of gas.
02:54And miles from anywhere.
02:57Ah, at least we're at the top of a hill.
02:59If I can push us just a little way, we'll be on the downside and we can roll closer to the main highway.
03:06I don't think I'll ever speak to you again.
03:08Ah, okay, but right now you better help me or we'll never get back to civilization.
03:14Oh, what do you want me to do?
03:16Sit at the wheel of the car and then be ready to move over in a hurry when I jump in.
03:21I'll try.
03:23Whew.
03:24It's hot out here.
03:26And it feels like a dust storm coming up.
03:28Hello?
03:30Hello?
03:31David, there's someone behind us.
03:35Oh, what a lucky break.
03:37Who's there?
03:38Who's there?
03:38We need help.
03:39My goodness, Dave.
03:41Do you see what I see?
03:43Oh, I'll be.
03:45It's an old guy in a covered wagon.
03:48You're going in the wrong direction.
03:52Howdy.
03:54Howdy.
03:55Howdy, I guess.
03:57Only, well, who are you?
03:59My name's George.
04:01Mostly, I'm known as the old-timer.
04:04Well, Mr. Old-timer, if you came from a farm around here, I'll bet you know where I can get some gas.
04:10Huh?
04:11Gas?
04:12Yes.
04:13He acts as though he never heard of it.
04:15What do you want it for?
04:16Well, to start my car.
04:18I've run out.
04:19Oh, so that's what makes them newfangled things go.
04:23It's unbelievable.
04:24Well, if you don't know where there's a gas pump, uh, maybe you'll take us to the nearest, uh, main-traveled road.
04:32Oh, would you, Mr. Old-timer?
04:34I think it would be fun to ride in a covered wagon.
04:37Oh, you're right, Miss Joan.
04:39But we aren't traveling toward the main road.
04:42How did you know my name?
04:44Oh, you and Mr. David were expected.
04:47Today's the day.
04:49I've been waiting for you up over the last hill.
04:53I couldn't understand why you went right by.
04:56We've been looking for what's left of an old town called Discovery.
04:59Uh, no town by that name around here.
05:02Then where do you come from?
05:05Well, I'm from Morado.
05:06That's where I'm taking you.
05:08Well, if that's the closest town, I guess we'll have to go there for help.
05:12Come along, then.
05:13Climb in your wagon.
05:15Oh, just a minute.
05:16I want to get my straw hat out of the back of the car.
05:19Okay.
05:20Boy, I've done a lot of hitchhiking, but, uh, a rig like this, it's a first.
05:26Hurry up, Miss Joan.
05:28We mustn't be late.
05:29Oh, help me up, David.
05:31It's a high step.
05:33Good.
05:34Get up.
05:42Mr. Old Timer, level with us, will you?
05:45What's all this, uh, costume bit?
05:48Uh, I don't understand what you're asking me.
05:51Move the wagon and you, dressed in those clothes.
05:54Are you having some kind of fare?
05:56Is this an anniversary or celebration?
05:58Oh, it is a special day of the year, if that's what you mean.
06:02Uh, how about that, Joan?
06:04Our day's not wasted after all.
06:05We've picked a winner.
06:07Uh, where did you say you were taking us?
06:08My orders are to take you to Murado.
06:12What do you mean, your orders?
06:14Why, you, you come to help us, both of you.
06:19Just as I'm here to help you.
06:21Well, that's fine.
06:22But I know this countryside pretty well, and there's no town called Murado.
06:27Oh, it's because you've never been here on this particular day of the year.
06:32The whole town doesn't just spring up overnight.
06:35Down in the valley.
06:36Hey, look now, that's Murado.
06:39Weren't we up here before, David?
06:42What?
06:43Why is everything so different?
06:45How could we have missed it, Joan?
06:47Well, there are houses.
06:48Real houses.
06:50Not a very big town, but, oh, there must be a restaurant.
06:53I'm getting hungry as well as thirsty.
06:56Oh, uh, we got a tavern, a church, a jail.
07:00Well, what's the population?
07:02Well, that depends.
07:05Depends on what?
07:06Well, it depends on which way you're counting.
07:08Backwards or forwards or in between.
07:11I'm beginning to feel like Alice in Wonderland.
07:14Turn along there, Jezebel.
07:18Look at those old-fashioned signs up ahead.
07:21And the darling little shop.
07:24Quick, David.
07:25It must be a movie set.
07:27Well, it's the only logical answer, but, uh, where are the cameras?
07:31I don't know what you young people are talking about, but I've done my duty.
07:37I've brought you to Murado.
07:38Oh, holy, Jezebel!
07:40Oh, it can't be a movie set.
07:46These houses are really old.
07:49Well, then how could we have missed them?
07:51And this street.
07:53And even this adobe wall.
07:54Well, they've all been here at least a century.
07:58But where are the people?
08:00It's so quiet.
08:02There's no one around this time of day.
08:04It's spooky, David.
08:06It certainly is.
08:08Well, then take us to someone who can explain what this is all about.
08:12Well, that was a dusty ride.
08:15We'll begin at the town pump.
08:16Ah, that's a good beginning.
08:19Oh, what a rusty old cup.
08:23But I'm so thirsty.
08:24I'd drink from anything.
08:26Oh, I don't need a cup.
08:28Just let me get my face in that stream of water.
08:30How does it taste?
08:31Mm, not nearly cold enough.
08:33It has a funny flavor.
08:35Well, it hasn't been pumped up in a long time.
08:38Oh, boy, I feel better.
08:42Now, let's look down to business.
08:44Well, I'll show you the cheap points of it.
08:47Please, Mr. Oldtimer.
08:48We'd like to see your town.
08:50But first, isn't there a telephone or a CB or some means of communication?
08:56Oh, I can't help you, miss.
08:58Scouts used to take our messages.
09:01Although there's no reason to send a message.
09:04There are two very important reasons.
09:06First, to let our families know we're all right.
09:09And second, to find a way out of here.
09:11Is this some sort of joke?
09:14It's deadly serious.
09:17David, this has gone far enough.
09:19Did you plan this whole thing just to fool me?
09:22Joanie, are you crazy?
09:23No, but I think you are.
09:26I suspect you just pretended to run out of gas.
09:29And this has all been planned.
09:32I wish I were clever enough to set up a gag as good as this one.
09:35Are you listening to me, both of you?
09:38This has been planned.
09:40Ah.
09:41And you're going to stay in Morado.
09:45Well, I suppose we'll have to for an hour or two.
09:49You've come home, Joan Shelby.
09:52Stop talking silly, Mr. Oldtimer.
09:55Even if you do know my last name as well as my first name.
09:58Well, that goes for you, too, David Harris.
10:02Oh, this is fantastic.
10:05Morado is a place where once you come, you stay forever.
10:11David, there must be someone we can go to.
10:15Uh, take us to the mayor.
10:18Or the police chief.
10:20Someone in charge.
10:21You won't find them now.
10:23Not a soul until the stroke of noon.
10:26Why not?
10:27Someone must live in these houses.
10:30Where are all the people?
10:32They're asleep, Joan.
10:34They're sound asleep.
10:36Well, we've been expecting you.
10:40Everybody's anxious to meet you.
10:42I don't believe it.
10:43How could we be expected?
10:45Uh, that looks like a general store over there.
10:47Uh, maybe I can find someone who can tell us...
10:50There's no one there yet, young fella.
10:53Well, I'm going in anyway.
10:54Come with me, Joan.
10:56Yes.
10:58Everything's so deathly still.
11:01So eerie.
11:03What a sound.
11:04Oh, you hear a sound all right.
11:07In the barn across the road.
11:08That's where the sound always comes from.
11:11What sort of sound?
11:12Find out for yourselves.
11:15You told us this was a very special day.
11:18I'm sure it is.
11:19It's the hottest day of the year.
11:22We don't need you to tell us that.
11:24Who are you?
11:26How do you know her name?
11:30Predestination.
11:31Don't ask me why.
11:32All I know is that you're the ones I was told to bring here this time.
11:37I don't get it.
11:39What do you mean, the ones?
11:42Why, the ones who were chosen.
11:46What are you talking about?
11:48Chosen for what?
11:50On the hottest day of the year, when the heat haze spreads across the western desert, seeps into the valleys,
11:57Morata comes to life and claims two people from the modern world.
12:04How do you explain this situation?
12:10It would seem that Morata truly is a ghost town.
12:14Is the old timer an imaginary being?
12:17Some sort of hallucination brought on by too much exposure to the sun?
12:22Joan and David are really in a fix.
12:26They're beginning to feel trapped in this strange, silent town.
12:31The old timer has assured them that he's not alone.
12:34And I assure you, we'll meet some other ghosts when we continue shortly with Act Two.
12:40Two young people on vacation are stranded on a lonely road when their car runs out of gas.
12:52They're picked up by an old man driving a covered wagon who somehow knows their names.
12:58And he takes them to the deserted town of Morata.
13:02In vain, they ask of the way to a gas station or telephone.
13:05Well, Joan and David are curious about their surroundings, but I think you can understand why they're also becoming a little frightened.
13:15Come along now. I'll show you to your quarters.
13:18I think you said your name is George?
13:20Exactly so.
13:21Well, the time has come to talk seriously, George. Man to man.
13:26Oh, there's plenty of time for that.
13:29So, let's look around the tavern.
13:35Hmm, that hinge could certainly use some oil.
13:39Come on in, Miss Joan.
13:41Well, I don't think I want to.
13:43Oh, there's nothing to be afraid of.
13:45Come along.
13:46See?
13:48This here is the main dining room.
13:51Oh, what wonderful pewter place.
13:54My mother would lose her mind in here.
13:56Yeah, and in here is the kitchen.
14:01Mrs. Jeffries keeps us spotless.
14:03And what a funny old-fashioned stove.
14:06Oh, no time at all.
14:08A place will be humming.
14:09You'll like it here.
14:10I don't aim to be here.
14:12But you will be.
14:13We understand you're studying to be a nurse.
14:16Yes, but...
14:18And David's handy with the mechanical things.
14:21Mm-hmm.
14:21Uh-huh.
14:22And you'll both be very...
14:24Oh, my goodness.
14:26It's later than I thought.
14:27They'll all be coming.
14:28It's about time.
14:30Bring them on.
14:30Oh, you'll see them precisely at 12 o'clock.
14:33Go out on the street.
14:35Right now, I have to leave you.
14:38I'll be back at high noon.
14:40You haven't answered any of our questions.
14:42The bell at the church steeple will strike the hour.
14:45And then at 12 o'clock, it'll all be over.
14:48I'm frightened, David.
14:59What time is it?
15:00My watch says three minutes to 12.
15:02Thank goodness we don't have long to wait.
15:05I wonder where all these so-called people are hiding.
15:09Let's walk up to the top of the hill and see if they're coming.
15:12Listen, David.
15:14Don't you hear it?
15:15Hear what?
15:16A baby crying.
15:19The sound is coming from that barn.
15:20Come on.
15:21That means someone else must be there.
15:24Someone we can talk to.
15:26Ah.
15:27This barn door is stuck tight.
15:29Bang on it.
15:30Someone will let us in.
15:32Hello?
15:33Hello in there.
15:35Please, let us in.
15:37If they've left that child alone,
15:39we'll have to force our way in.
15:42Here, help me open the door.
15:43It's very heavy, but if we both pull hard...
15:46I don't think this one's been used in years.
15:51Pull harder.
15:53Ah.
15:57Dank and musty.
16:00What a place for a baby.
16:02The sound comes from over here.
16:04No.
16:06The sound is over there.
16:08Well, it's right here.
16:10Right here in this corn crib.
16:12No.
16:13I miss Marilyn Hay in the corner.
16:15Well, you're right.
16:17But Joan...
16:19I know.
16:22There is no baby.
16:24Oh.
16:26This is ridiculous.
16:28Somebody has wired this place for sound.
16:31I mean, that old-timer may be a good actor,
16:33but he can't fool me much longer.
16:35Then please, David.
16:37Pull out the wires.
16:39I can't stand that frightful sound.
16:42The speakers must be over here.
16:44No.
16:45No.
16:46Over here.
16:48David.
16:49You did it.
16:51Thank goodness.
16:53I didn't touch a thing.
16:55The crying just stopped.
16:57All by itself.
16:59And now...
17:00I hear something else.
17:02Off in the distance.
17:03It's the clock in the church steeple.
17:07It's starting to strike twelve.
17:09Now perhaps we'll learn what this is all about.
17:14Five.
17:17Six.
17:17I'm sort of scared.
17:20But this is exciting.
17:22Let's go back into town.
17:23Look, David.
17:25Out on the road.
17:26Hooray.
17:28Hooray.
17:29Those two men in the field.
17:31Let's talk to them.
17:32Well, there's something wrong with them.
17:35They...
17:35They aren't moving.
17:37Like statues.
17:39Or posing for a picture.
17:42Those kids.
17:43They look real enough.
17:44Mm-hmm.
17:44They're playing rugby.
17:46Only they're not.
17:47They're frozen.
17:48In position.
17:50That's it.
17:51Twelve o'clock.
17:53And look.
17:54Look, twelve is the magic number.
17:56Everybody's moving now.
18:00Hey.
18:00Hey there, kid.
18:01Kid, stop.
18:02Stop the game for a minute, will you?
18:04Hey.
18:05He went right by us if he didn't hear you.
18:07Well, they don't hear us.
18:09Or see us.
18:10I thought I called hold of a girl's arm.
18:12Only my hand went right through the air.
18:17Well, look.
18:18There are a couple of solid-looking citizens.
18:20Those men over by the pile of logs chopping wood.
18:23Sir?
18:27Sir, would you tell us, uh...
18:29Uh, please.
18:31We don't want you to stop your work.
18:33But, uh, we need your help.
18:36Hey.
18:36Hey, come on, you guys.
18:38Stop working for a minute.
18:40It's no use.
18:41They don't seem to hear or see us.
18:45Oh, this can't be.
18:46This is...
18:47It's not real.
18:49There's ghosts.
18:50Oh, God.
18:50Come on.
18:51I don't believe in ghosts.
18:52This man is real.
18:53And his axe is sharp enough to split this wood.
18:55David, don't.
18:57You can't grab his arm.
18:58You'll be hurt.
18:58Mister, you drop that axe and listen to me.
19:00Oh.
19:01Oh.
19:02Oh.
19:03He...
19:03He not only stopped work,
19:06he stopped breathing.
19:09I thought he was real.
19:11But his eyes...
19:13Look at his eyes.
19:15Let go of him.
19:16Oh.
19:20It can't be.
19:21It simply cannot be.
19:23He's going right back to work again.
19:27All have that same look in their eyes.
19:30Like they're living somewhere else.
19:32Oh, there has to be some explanation.
19:34It's all too strange.
19:37Let's get as far away as we can from these robots.
19:42Oh.
19:43Let's...
19:45Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
19:47Maybe...
19:48Maybe we can figure this thing out.
19:54David?
19:55Huh?
19:57Did...
19:57Did I fall asleep?
20:00Oh, well, you may have dozed off a bit.
20:02We started out very early this morning,
20:05and the sun is hot enough to make anybody drowsy.
20:07Oh, I...
20:09I feel so strange.
20:12Lightheaded, I imagine,
20:13from lack of food.
20:15Personally, I am starving.
20:17And that's the first part of my plan.
20:20To go down to the tavern and get some food.
20:23What tavern?
20:25Honestly, where are we?
20:27We're still right here.
20:28In Murado.
20:30Do you really believe there is such a town as Murado?
20:34You can see it from here,
20:36just as clearly as I can.
20:38Come on.
20:39Where are we going?
20:41Back into town.
20:42Oh.
20:43I don't think I can stand any more of those ghostly people.
20:47But it's very important.
20:49Look, we'll hire some horses,
20:50and then we'll ride out to the highway.
20:52Oh, that's the best idea you've had all day.
20:59Oh, everyone's awake now.
21:01And they're all so busy.
21:03Well, they may be busy,
21:05but they're not exactly awake.
21:07You don't hear them talking, do you?
21:09Ah.
21:10Let's head over there to the blacksmiths.
21:12That should be the place to find out about horses.
21:15Well, they're my two young friends.
21:18How are you getting along?
21:19It's the old-timer.
21:21You and me have to have some straight talk.
21:23Oh, it's all very simple.
21:25You heard the clock struck 12?
21:27Yes.
21:27We heard the clock,
21:29and we can see the people better.
21:31Well, everything will work out within the hour.
21:33Oh, good.
21:34Between now and then,
21:35get us something to eat
21:36and arrange for us to get back to civilization.
21:39Oh, oh, no.
21:40Nothing of the sort.
21:42You're staying here.
21:43But we don't belong here.
21:45Those other people,
21:46they're, you know, they're...
21:47I told you time and time again.
21:51You've been selected.
21:53You weren't telling the truth.
21:55You said we would be welcome.
21:57Oh, that comes later.
21:58How much later?
21:59When we all go away together.
22:03Hmm.
22:03Mr. Old-timer,
22:04I don't want to go anywhere with you.
22:07Right now,
22:08I want to go home.
22:09I only do what I'm supposed to do
22:11for Murado.
22:12There is no such places, Murado.
22:15Right before your eyes, Miss Joan.
22:18Oh, I've had enough of this, Joan.
22:20Let's, let's go to the blacksmith shop.
22:24David,
22:25what beautiful horses.
22:28Oh, please,
22:29please let them be real.
22:31Oh, of course they're real.
22:33We've come to the right place at last.
22:36Excuse me.
22:37Excuse me.
22:39Please stop for a minute.
22:40It's very important.
22:42You'll have to shout louder.
22:45We want to hire two horses.
22:47No use talking to old Sam.
22:49He's deaf and dumb.
22:51They're all deaf and dumb.
22:53Every one of them.
22:54Old-timer,
22:55who do we see about hiring a couple of horses?
22:58There's no sense in hiring.
23:00You'll be assigned your own horses soon enough.
23:04Someone is waiting for you.
23:07You've actually found someone who can help us?
23:10Come on along now.
23:11We're going back to the tavern.
23:16That sign in front of the tavern is new.
23:19It wasn't there before.
23:21Oh, the people have been working.
23:23Oh, right this way,
23:24through the swinging door.
23:26What a difference.
23:28It's been completely cleaned up.
23:30And it's so crowded.
23:33Mrs. Jeffries?
23:35Where's Mrs. Jeffries?
23:36Right here.
23:37Welcome back, old-timer.
23:39Good to see you.
23:40Happy to be back, Marianne.
23:42Well, did you bring them?
23:43Oh, of course I did.
23:44They're right here.
23:45David,
23:46she's talking about us.
23:48At least she can talk.
23:49The girl.
23:50What's she like?
23:51Oh,
23:52it's a pretty little thing.
23:53I'm standing right here.
23:55Why can't she see me?
23:56And the boy?
23:57A fine,
23:58strapping youth.
23:59I'm so glad they come.
24:02I've been aching for the girl.
24:04Oh,
24:04how nice it'll be
24:05to have a daughter in the house
24:07and a helper in the dining room.
24:09What's her name?
24:10My name is Joan.
24:12And please,
24:13talk to me.
24:14Not about me.
24:16Well,
24:16old-timer,
24:16I've got lots to do
24:18and not much time.
24:19I must get back to the kitchen.
24:21Oh,
24:21David,
24:22she's just like all the others.
24:24She can't see us
24:25or hear us.
24:26What are we going to do?
24:35For a moment,
24:36it looked as though
24:37our young friends
24:38might have found an ally.
24:40But this Mrs. Jeffries
24:41seems to be just as much
24:43a puzzlement
24:43as all the others.
24:45Joan and David
24:46are having
24:47a most unusual adventure.
24:49There are many things
24:50about ghost towns
24:51which cannot be easily explained.
24:54Just think of all the towns
24:56which used to be on our maps
24:57and are no longer there today.
24:59Just ask yourself,
25:01where are they?
25:03Who knows what spirits
25:05may haunt the hills
25:06and valleys
25:06of our countryside?
25:09I'll be back shortly
25:10with Act Three.
25:16This town of Murado
25:18grows stranger by the moment.
25:20At first,
25:21the streets were deserted.
25:23Then at precisely 12 o'clock,
25:25the place came
25:26to life.
25:27At least in a way,
25:28it did.
25:29People appeared,
25:30all of them seeming
25:31to have an occupation
25:32or destination.
25:34But our adventurers,
25:35Joan and David,
25:36find it quite impossible
25:38to communicate.
25:39Their escort,
25:40the old-timer,
25:42is the only one
25:43with whom they can have
25:44any conversation.
25:46Why didn't that lady
25:47back in the tavern
25:48answer me?
25:49Oh,
25:49there's no use
25:50talking to anyone
25:51at this stage.
25:52They can't hear you.
25:53She didn't have any trouble
25:54hearing what you said.
25:55Well,
25:56now,
25:57that's different.
25:58And why wouldn't you
26:00let us have something
26:00to eat?
26:01It's not one o'clock yet.
26:02We're starved.
26:04You think,
26:04we got up before six
26:05and we'll...
26:06But that was
26:07in the other world.
26:08You won't be hungry
26:09any longer
26:10when the clock
26:11strikes one.
26:12Come along now.
26:13We're due
26:14at the schoolhouse.
26:20Hey,
26:21that looks normal enough.
26:23A bunch of kids
26:24playing ball.
26:24That's right.
26:26David,
26:27this will be
26:27one of your posts.
26:28Old-timer,
26:30I'm tired of your jokes.
26:31Oh,
26:32I'm not joking.
26:34Listen to me,
26:35boys.
26:36I've brought you
26:37your new coach.
26:39Hey,
26:39what's that kid
26:40think he's doing?
26:41Which one, David?
26:42It's the little guy
26:43at the plate.
26:44He doesn't know
26:44the first thing
26:45about holding a bat.
26:46Why don't you show him?
26:47Well, I will.
26:48Listen, you rookie.
26:49Stop it, David.
26:50You're not their coach
26:51yet,
26:52but you will be.
26:54Old-timer?
26:56Hello.
26:56Hello,
26:57Miss Marston.
26:58How's the school going?
26:59Oh, fine.
27:01Have you brought
27:02the young people
27:02who were promised?
27:03Yes, indeed.
27:04Here we go again.
27:06And the boy
27:06will take over
27:07all outdoor sports
27:08right away?
27:09Oh, absolutely.
27:10Oh, I believe
27:10you said the girl
27:12is interested
27:12in becoming a nurse?
27:13Yeah,
27:14so I understand.
27:15Oh, fine.
27:17Because I'm counting
27:17on her to help out
27:18with our first aid course.
27:20Oh,
27:20when the time comes,
27:22you can introduce
27:22them both
27:23to our program.
27:25Oh, well,
27:26school's over
27:26for the day.
27:27One o'clock
27:28is approaching,
27:29and I must
27:31get to my station.
27:31You are leaving
27:32the new recruits
27:33in my care.
27:34Oh, you'll find
27:35them right here.
27:37I'll be in the classroom
27:38correcting papers.
27:39Are we supposed
27:40to hear that
27:41so we follow
27:42her inside?
27:43Well, let's not.
27:44Let's just stay
27:45right here.
27:47Oh,
27:47that's all we need.
27:49One of those
27:50sudden mountain storms.
27:52Now we'll have to
27:52go into the schoolhouse.
27:53Yeah, well,
27:54come on then.
27:55I'm going right
27:56up to her desk
27:56and demand
27:57that she look at us
27:59and talk to us.
28:00We've tried that before.
28:02I even remember
28:03her name.
28:04Miss Morriston.
28:05That's what
28:06the old-timer
28:06called her.
28:08Miss Morriston.
28:09Well,
28:10I'll be.
28:11What is it, Dave?
28:13Look.
28:14Look what she's
28:14taking out
28:15of that drawer.
28:16Nothing but
28:17a ballpoint pen.
28:18That's what I mean.
28:19Think about it.
28:21Well,
28:21I don't see anything
28:22unusual about a ball.
28:23Of course there is.
28:25If Morata was a town
28:27that goes back
28:27to the 1840s...
28:29Oh,
28:30of course.
28:32Where did she
28:33ever get a pen
28:34like that?
28:35Uh-huh.
28:36And she's not
28:36like any of the others.
28:38She doesn't look
28:39any different to me.
28:40Her eyes, Joan.
28:41I'll swear
28:42that she can see us.
28:44Miss Morriston.
28:45Please,
28:46Miss Morriston.
28:47I'm Joan
28:48and this
28:49is David.
28:51You were talking
28:52to the old-timer
28:52about us.
28:53See?
28:54She nodded her head.
28:55Say something to us.
28:57Say that you see us.
28:59That you understand
29:00what I'm saying.
29:02Where did you get
29:03that pen,
29:03Miss Morriston?
29:04Is it yours?
29:06Oh,
29:06she nodded her head.
29:07Hey,
29:07she's writing us
29:08a message.
29:09Um,
29:10you
29:11are
29:12in danger.
29:15Terrible
29:15danger.
29:17Oh,
29:17I know it.
29:18I know it.
29:19But what
29:20can we do?
29:21She's writing more.
29:22What does it say?
29:24Get
29:24away
29:26from here.
29:28We want to,
29:29Miss Morriston.
29:30We want to.
29:31But how?
29:33Run,
29:34she says.
29:35Go as far away.
29:36As
29:37fast as you can.
29:39Oh,
29:39I believe her,
29:40David.
29:41We better do
29:42what she says.
29:43Oh,
29:43just a minute.
29:44Miss Morriston,
29:44if that pen
29:45came from...
29:47Oh,
29:49my poor
29:50young people.
29:52I'm desperately
29:53sorry,
29:53but it's too late.
29:55You can
29:55talk.
29:57We can all
29:57talk now.
29:58It's one o'clock
29:59and everyone's
30:00on their way
30:01to the town hall.
30:02Then,
30:03we'd better
30:03join them.
30:04Do you really
30:05want to stay
30:06in Mirado?
30:07We want to get
30:08back to Lake Tahoe.
30:10Only I need
30:11gasoline for my car.
30:12Lake Tahoe?
30:13Gasoline.
30:16Car.
30:17I won't let
30:17them take you.
30:18Oh,
30:19then help us.
30:20Please help us,
30:21Miss Morriston.
30:22You must do
30:23exactly as I say.
30:24It may not
30:25yet be too late.
30:26We're listening.
30:27Don't go near
30:29the town hall.
30:31We thought
30:31we could get
30:31horses there.
30:32And I'd like
30:33to talk to the mayor.
30:34No,
30:34no,
30:34believe me.
30:35Then,
30:35what should we do?
30:36Go to that barn.
30:38Up on the hill?
30:39Go there
30:39and find the stall
30:41with a big
30:42bale of
30:43hay.
30:44That's where
30:44we heard
30:44the baby
30:45crying.
30:45Get down
30:46on the floor
30:47behind that
30:47bale of hay
30:48and I pray
30:50they'll pass you by.
30:51Who is this
30:52they?
30:53Why do we
30:54have to hide?
30:55Ask no more
30:55questions.
30:56Just go at once.
30:57Well,
30:57why don't you
30:58come with us?
30:59Oh,
30:59how I wish
31:00I could.
31:01Here,
31:01take this pen.
31:03It brings back
31:03too many memories.
31:06Can't we stay here
31:07till the storm
31:08blows over?
31:09Not a moment
31:09to lose.
31:10Even now
31:11it may be
31:11too late.
31:12Oh,
31:12run for your
31:12lives.
31:18Well,
31:19at least
31:19no one's
31:19been here.
31:21This barn
31:21door's as hard
31:22to close
31:23as it was
31:23to open.
31:24I'll help you.
31:25Oh,
31:26I don't know
31:26why we're
31:27doing this.
31:27I mean,
31:28what is there
31:28to hide from?
31:30Listen,
31:30David,
31:31do you hear
31:32what I hear?
31:35It sounds like
31:36an Indian celebration.
31:37I bet
31:38we're missing
31:38all the fun.
31:39I smell
31:40smoke too.
31:41Look,
31:42David,
31:43the village
31:43is on fire.
31:45Oh,
31:45I'm glad
31:46the wind
31:46is blowing
31:46in the other
31:47direction.
31:48David,
31:49come over
31:49and you're
31:50stolen,
31:50honey.
31:51The Indians
31:52are much
31:52close.
31:53Oh,
31:53this is no
31:54celebration.
31:54They're on
31:55the war path.
31:55It may mean
31:56business.
32:03Oh,
32:04no more
32:05Indians.
32:06No more
32:07storm.
32:08Can we,
32:08can we leave
32:09the barn
32:10now?
32:10I should
32:11hope so.
32:14Why,
32:15it's much
32:15cooler than
32:16it was.
32:17Maybe that
32:18nice Miss
32:18Marston
32:19will tell us
32:19where we
32:20can get
32:20something
32:20to eat.
32:22Joan,
32:24look,
32:25look.
32:27What,
32:28why,
32:28it's
32:29gone.
32:31Not a
32:31trace
32:32of the
32:32town
32:32of
32:33Morado.
32:34David,
32:34in which
32:36direction
32:36is your
32:37car?
32:37Well,
32:38I'd say
32:39it's that
32:40way.
32:40Let's
32:41start
32:41walking.
32:42But it's
32:42still going
32:43to be
32:43out of
32:43gas.
32:44I just
32:44want to
32:45know that
32:45the car
32:46is real
32:47and that
32:48it's
32:49there.
32:49All
32:49right,
32:50let's
32:50get
32:50moving.
32:54I don't
32:55think I'd
32:55have been
32:56much good
32:56as a
32:57pioneer.
32:58I think
32:58you're
32:58doing
32:58very well.
33:00Oh,
33:00but I'm
33:00hot and
33:01hungry and
33:03thirsty
33:04in.
33:05Hey,
33:05I think I
33:06see something
33:06up on the
33:06road there.
33:07It's a
33:08car.
33:09Oh,
33:10David,
33:10we're back
33:11in civilization.
33:13All right.
33:15Hello.
33:16You belong to
33:17the car down
33:17the road?
33:18Oh,
33:18are we glad
33:19to see you.
33:21Here's my
33:22badge.
33:22I'm Officer
33:23Johnson.
33:23This doesn't
33:24look like a
33:24police car.
33:25Oh,
33:25I left that
33:25with Sweeney,
33:26my partner.
33:27Come on,
33:28climb in.
33:28You don't
33:30happen to
33:31have a
33:31sandwich,
33:32do you?
33:33No,
33:33but down
33:34by the
33:34gas station
33:35there's a
33:35hamburger
33:35joint.
33:36Say,
33:37why did
33:37you youngsters
33:38come in
33:38this direction
33:39to look
33:39for help?
33:40Because we
33:40got a ride
33:41in a
33:41covered
33:41wagon.
33:43Very
33:43funny.
33:44We
33:45couldn't
33:45figure it
33:46out and
33:46we saw
33:46the sign
33:47in your
33:47car.
33:48What
33:48sign?
33:49I
33:49left one,
33:49David,
33:50when I
33:50went back
33:51to get
33:51my hat.
33:52What
33:52did it
33:52say?
33:53Well,
33:53it said
33:53you were
33:53out of
33:54gas and
33:54had gone
33:55for help.
33:55But that's
33:56what fooled
33:57us.
33:57We look
33:57for you
33:58on the
33:58main road.
33:59Then how
34:00come you're
34:00back here?
34:01It was
34:01lunchtime.
34:02I decided
34:03to mosey
34:03around these
34:04back roads
34:04in my
34:05own car.
34:06I'm
34:06kind of
34:07a ghost
34:08town buff.
34:09Ever
34:09been to
34:10the town
34:10of Discovery?
34:11Oh,
34:12I've been
34:12looking for
34:13it for
34:13a long
34:13time.
34:14So have
34:14I.
34:16And that's
34:16where we
34:16were heading
34:17today,
34:17but we
34:18never made
34:19it.
34:20We got
34:20somewhere
34:20all right,
34:21but it was
34:22a different
34:22ghost town.
34:23Yeah?
34:24What one?
34:25Did you
34:25ever hear
34:26of Murado?
34:27Say,
34:28you've been
34:29reading the
34:29same books
34:30I have.
34:31You know
34:31about that
34:31legend?
34:32What
34:32legend?
34:33Well,
34:34the whole
34:34town
34:35disappeared
34:35back in
34:36about
34:371849.
34:39That's
34:40what you
34:40think.
34:41Well,
34:41that's
34:41what the
34:41book says,
34:42and I
34:42can quote
34:43it.
34:44It says
34:44that back
34:44in August
34:45of that
34:45year,
34:46a band
34:48of blood
34:48thirsty
34:49Indians
34:49swooped
34:50into the
34:51little town
34:51of Murado
34:52and killed
34:53all but
34:53one of its
34:54inhabitants.
34:55All but
34:55one.
34:57Who was
34:57left?
34:58The lone
34:58survivor was
34:59a baby
35:00boy who
35:01was found
35:01asleep in
35:02a horse
35:02stall in
35:02the barn.
35:04Afterwards,
35:05someone rescued
35:06him and they
35:06heard him
35:07crying.
35:08What year
35:08was this?
35:09Well,
35:09I think it
35:10was Gold Rush
35:10year,
35:111849.
35:12But there's
35:13more to the
35:14story.
35:14Oh,
35:14go on.
35:15Well,
35:16only this
35:16is the
35:17part I
35:17don't
35:17believe.
35:18Tell us
35:18anyway.
35:20Well,
35:20you see,
35:20it's just
35:21a legend,
35:21like I
35:22said,
35:22but once
35:23a year,
35:24the residents
35:24of Murado
35:25come back
35:26to haunt
35:27the place.
35:28What do
35:28you think
35:29of that?
35:29It's
35:30true.
35:31Today's
35:31the day.
35:33You put
35:34me on.
35:35Look,
35:35honestly,
35:35we've seen
35:36the ghosts.
35:37One of
35:37them gave
35:38me this
35:38pen.
35:40A
35:41ballpoint?
35:42Oh,
35:42now I
35:43know you're
35:43joking.
35:44No ghost
35:45from back
35:45in those days
35:46would have
35:46anything like
35:47that.
35:47Oh,
35:47but you
35:48see,
35:48we were
35:49in the
35:49schoolhouse
35:50and...
35:50Oh,
35:51I'm sure
35:51plenty of
35:52tourists go
35:52poking all
35:53around this
35:53area looking
35:54for souvenirs
35:55and hoping
35:56to pan
35:56some gold.
35:58I'm afraid
35:58you'd never
35:59believe us
36:00if we told
36:00you what
36:00we've been
36:01through today.
36:02Well,
36:02I'd sure
36:02like to
36:03find some
36:03evidence
36:03that there
36:04was a
36:04town up
36:05over that
36:05hill.
36:06Look,
36:06if you
36:07really want
36:07to know,
36:07why don't
36:08you come...
36:08The gas lead station
36:08and hamburger
36:09stand are just
36:10up ahead.
36:11Oh,
36:11we're very
36:12grateful for
36:12the ride.
36:13I hope
36:14there's a
36:17big main
36:18highway.
36:18It's straight
36:19and flat
36:20and you
36:21might think
36:21it's rather
36:21boring.
36:23But back
36:24about four
36:24years ago,
36:25we found
36:26an empty
36:26car out
36:27there.
36:28Well,
36:28didn't you
36:28find out
36:29who it
36:29belonged to?
36:30Oh,
36:30we found
36:31out that
36:31all right,
36:32but we
36:33never did
36:33find the
36:34people who
36:34had been
36:34riding in
36:35it.
36:36A hot
36:36day,
36:37just like
36:37today.
36:38There was
36:39a big
36:39dust storm.
36:40Looked
36:41like smoke
36:41coming up
36:42behind that
36:42hill.
36:43Who are
36:43the occupants
36:44of that
36:44car,
36:45Mr.
36:45Johnson?
36:46Two ladies.
36:48Do you
36:48know their
36:49names?
36:50I don't
36:50remember now.
36:51I think
36:52one was
36:53a Mrs.
36:54Jeffries
36:55or something
36:55like that.
36:56She was
36:56a housewife
36:57who left
36:57a husband
36:58and a son.
37:00That was
37:00a son
37:00and a
37:01daughter.
37:02And the
37:02other?
37:03Oh,
37:03she was
37:04a school
37:04teacher.
37:05Named
37:05Miss
37:06Morrison?
37:07Why,
37:08yeah,
37:08that's the
37:09name.
37:09You read
37:10about them,
37:10did you?
37:11Never mind.
37:13Only take
37:14our advice.
37:15Just don't
37:15go looking
37:16for discovery
37:17or
37:18Murado
37:18on the
37:19hottest
37:19day
37:20of the
37:21year.
37:29If you're
37:30fond of
37:31ghost town
37:31stories,
37:32you won't
37:33settle for
37:33a mirage
37:34caused
37:35by heat
37:35haze.
37:36That may
37:37be what
37:37some people
37:38say when
37:39Joan and
37:39David tell
37:40of their
37:40strange
37:40adventure.
37:42But our
37:42young friends
37:43know how
37:44lucky they
37:44were to
37:45return with
37:45a story
37:46to tell.
37:47If they
37:48hadn't had
37:48help in
37:49making an
37:49escape just
37:50in time,
37:52their disappearance
37:53would have
37:53been as
37:53mysterious as
37:55that of the
37:55two ladies
37:56who never
37:57did come
37:58home.
37:59A final
38:00word shortly.
38:01If you go
38:07looking for a
38:08ghost town,
38:09try not to
38:10find Murado.
38:11Oh, it's
38:12all right to
38:12think about it
38:13out there in
38:14space.
38:15But once a
38:16year when that
38:17community settles
38:18back in its
38:19old place on
38:20the map,
38:21beware.
38:23The old
38:23timer may be
38:24out to get
38:25you.
38:26And if they
38:26catch you in
38:27Murado,
38:28it is said
38:29that you'll be
38:29there forever.
38:31Just remember,
38:33the barn's the
38:34only safe place
38:36to hide.
38:37But better
38:38still, stay
38:39home on the
38:40hottest day of
38:41the year and
38:43keep cool.
38:43our cast
38:47included Corrine
38:48Orr, Roger
38:50Barron, Court
38:51Benson, and
38:52Evie Juster.
38:53The entire
38:54production was
38:55under the
38:55direction of
38:56Hyman Brown.
38:59This is Tom
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