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00:01:17Can't keep them waiting much longer. You know professor fielding. She'll make her appearance when she's ready
00:01:23Okay
00:01:30I said check one more thing
00:01:36Professor fielding what is the significance of this discovery? Well these arrowheads and sharpen stones prove that this is a hunting ground for several primitive human tribes
00:01:46What's next for you? Well a mandatory vacation
00:01:51Although I'd rather keep digging
00:01:53Uh professor fielding how does this date compare to your find in rochester in 2008?
00:02:02Well, I'd say this one is much better this time. We did not dig up an old septic tank
00:02:07Hi
00:02:10Great to see you
00:02:15Thank you. Thanks guys
00:02:18Adele
00:02:19Look at you all professional
00:02:21How are things at the massachusetts historic trust? Oh, I rule it with an iron fist
00:02:26Iron fist with manicured nails nice
00:02:29I guess i'm not down in the dirt like we used to be but you know historical preservation has always been my interest
00:02:34I'm glad things are going well
00:02:37Well, actually emma they're not. I need your help. What's wrong?
00:02:41Have you heard of the chandler castle? Oh that great place up in essex county
00:02:45Wanted to dig around in there my whole life the owners won't allow it
00:02:48Well, i'm working on a deal that would allow the state to purchase it through the trust
00:02:53But there's some fantastic finds up there the archaeologist on site and I really wish it were you claims to have made a quote-unquote
00:03:01groundbreaking discovery what discovery that's just it he won't tell anyone he says he's gonna reveal it next week
00:03:06It's an odd way to go about it. Who is he professor thomas webster?
00:03:11You know him just by reputation. It's a bit of an eccentric. That's a very nice word for what he is
00:03:17And there's another thing the one big artifact he's found so far
00:03:21He's missing wow
00:03:25Stolen looks like it and a number of artifacts paintings
00:03:31Sculptures all missing from the castle in the last week. This is serious you called the police yeah
00:03:36I let the sheriff know and he's investigating it
00:03:38But what would really make me feel better is if I had an archaeologist on site I could trust
00:03:43Okay, think something very wrong is going on at chandler castle
00:03:47Well
00:03:50As you heard I do have a week off coming up
00:03:55You know I can't resist a mystery ah I was counting on it
00:04:00I'll come up saturday with my grad students
00:04:03And I do want to bring in another consultant someone who knows more about art theft than I do whatever you need
00:04:08The castle's huge and they'd be happy to host us. I think it's best if we stick together
00:04:11Be just like old times
00:04:13Ha ha ha
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00:04:34What do you think an impressive structure
00:04:37It's pretty spooky though you have to admit
00:04:40Spooky is not a term we use much in archaeology well we sure use it a lot in tourism
00:04:44Now this castle even comes equipped with its own legendary curse does it
00:04:49Yeah something about ever since the colonial era all the chandlers dying one by one
00:04:55And have they well they're all dead except the one who's alive how'd they die
00:05:00Old age I think
00:05:02Spooky
00:05:04You'll pay for this webster i'll make sure of it
00:05:07Look where you're going hey
00:05:11Who is that a friend of professor webster's i think that was his friend when you meet him you'll understand
00:05:18Wow
00:05:34Hello miss adele hello and professor fielding i presume you presume correctly let me show it to your own
00:05:41Oh is that the butler actually that's the house manager german arlington but he thinks he runs the place
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00:05:57Professor fielding i trust you found your way
00:06:00Got a little turned around at the solarium but i figured it out
00:06:02They're expecting you at the library
00:06:04Either way that way we won't have to leave a trail of breadcrumbs
00:06:09Do you know the history of the castle why don't you tell me the castle was built by corvus
00:06:13chandler in 1867 but the chandlers have owned this land from time immemorial
00:06:19Corvus constructed the castle on the site of the chandlers ancestral home
00:06:24There he is though corvus is long dead his spirit lives on in this house
00:06:34Nice place corvus
00:06:41When a fire destroyed a portion of the old house corvus tore it down
00:06:46And built this castle in imitation of the walter scott books he loved in his youth
00:06:51He he's not telling you that silly story is he
00:06:55You know old man corvus
00:06:57He never read a book in his life in fact half these volumes they're just props
00:07:02Adele you are looking as lovely as ever and don't tell me is this professor fielding it is
00:07:08Brie chandler you do not look like an archaeologist
00:07:11I know you were expecting indiana jones you would look very good in the hat
00:07:14I tried i do not
00:07:17Adele have you reconsidered my offer to go horseback riding or have a candle at dinner or say swim the moonlight
00:07:24No you don't give up though do you oh yeah it's part of my charm
00:07:28ray
00:07:31We have a problem there's more stuff missing you better come and see this
00:07:35Which one was it an effie church landscape from the hudson river school oh that sounds pricey
00:07:44Yeah another church went for about 80 000 last year at an auction ouch so how many have been stolen
00:07:51Well i'm still taking inventory but with the fault for pottery pieces missing that makes eight
00:07:57What would i do without you perry oh how rude of me professor fielding this is my executive assistant perry quinn
00:08:03You're here to keep an eye on professor webster i'm just here to consult with him right
00:08:08Consult and keep an eye on we don't trust him professor fielding
00:08:13Are you talking about me a professor webster professor fielding
00:08:18I i read your latest paper on the early dutch settlers in newfoundland a very nice try
00:08:25Nice
00:08:26That's what i was going for
00:08:28I understand you're here to consult with me that's right well perhaps we should speak in my lab
00:08:33Away from the prying eyes of amateurs lead the way
00:08:41It's just a makeshift lab i'll build something more permanent later you will
00:08:45To showcase my discoveries these are just fragments that i found in the basement some wonderful finds
00:08:51It's garbage you can learn a lot from garbage
00:08:54I have more significant finds elsewhere
00:08:56You're going to share them with me in time i need to keep them out of the hands of the fools
00:09:03the fools
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00:09:05bray chandler he's only interested in how much money he can make perry quinn she just wants to make sure the
00:09:11silverware is accounted for adele fisher would be happy if i found the lost ark on the property
00:09:15because then she could bring in more tourists and serpent arlington just wants everyone to leave so he can
00:09:19have a castle to himself wow do you treat everyone with so much contempt they've earned it
00:09:25you know they can throw you off the estate at any time they'd never do that
00:09:29i know too much really i'm an archaeologist it's my job to dig up secrets
00:09:34do you have any idea how much money bray owes and to whom you see i have information like that on all
00:09:40of them they'll never get rid of me sounds like blackmail i prefer to think of it as leverage
00:09:48what about that missing dagger does your archaeological experience tell you where to look for that
00:09:56why don't you ask your friend adele about that what are you implying i don't imply
00:10:03i hint have you ever seen the dagger it's old circa 15th century you found this here it's called
00:10:14an athame a witch's dagger references to it appear in a tome from the middle ages the key of solomon
00:10:22are you one of those people who think colonial america was full of witches
00:10:26you've heard of salem what people accused of witchcraft not actual witches come on i was wrong
00:10:31about you you're as foolish as the rest of them oh wait so that's it you're done with me you don't
00:10:38understand what i'm saying whoever stole that knife did it for one of two reasons either because
00:10:42they knew how valuable it was or they want to perform a spell with it you said it not me oh you
00:10:47see this castle is built on the foundation of a much older structure much older down there in the
00:10:54basement where i'm digging near the centuries old crypt i'm finding the most amazing things fine
00:11:00let me see them no not now it's not time tonight meet me at eight o'clock i'll show you then
00:11:19you're right wow you said that
00:11:34agent connor fbi connor professor fielding hey hey hi um jim connor fbi antiquities division
00:11:46adele fisher hi hello wow you know an fbi agent she actually helped me solve a case recently
00:11:53you admit that i helped you well as a consultant thank you so much for coming
00:11:59you know when you asked for my assistance i was really happy to come
00:12:04so why didn't you tell me you had a dashing fbi agent on speed dial
00:12:19and why aren't you making a move it's a working relationship oh well i think that you should be
00:12:27working on that relationship i don't know i i think it would be complicated well you know a wise
00:12:36mentor once told me adele if it were easy it wouldn't be worth it
00:12:43wow that mentor of yours is really smart oh she is you don't want to get on her bad side
00:12:52oh hey what's your opinion about that uh french or italian dates from the 15th century
00:13:08that's uh 1400s right that's right why do you do it like that it's very confusing i will bring
00:13:14that up at the next historical dating convention could you you're joking right a little so all the
00:13:23rest of the stuff you found is from the 17th century yeah it doesn't really fit huh do you
00:13:28think webster lied about finding it here not necessarily it could be somebody brought it over
00:13:32from england as an heirloom who do you think stole it i don't really have enough information to make
00:13:39that kind of hypothesis what'd your gut tell you at harvard we were trained to trust the facts
00:13:43not our gut really at quantico they told us the exact opposite so give it a try not getting anything
00:13:52keep trying i'll tell you this webster's hiding something yes yeah you're learning oh
00:13:58it's eight o'clock wasn't webster supposed to come meet you i think so
00:14:16what don't you like about him i never said i didn't like him you didn't have to
00:14:20okay i think he's full of himself he thinks he's always right and everybody else is always wrong
00:14:27so in other words he's an archaeologist
00:14:30occupational hazard similar to fbi agents point taken
00:14:37what do you say we go surprise him we i think you should meet him
00:14:50oh good timing thank goodness for modern technology yeah
00:15:04professor webster
00:15:21hello professor webster
00:15:25where is he i don't know maybe he's in one of these oh not funny
00:15:30i didn't even know places like this existed except in vampire movies
00:15:35no chandlers have been burying their dead here since the 1700s see
00:15:43oh yeah poor guy died young yeah 40 was a ripe old age back then give me the 21st century anything
00:15:50okay how long has webster been working down here a couple weeks but he's made some fantastic finds
00:16:20you're never gonna find webster down there though your gut tells you my eyes tell me
00:16:33how did he die how did he get in here
00:17:03well he's dead all right
00:17:18but how do we get to him bust down the wall
00:17:23we could but i believe that would compromise the crime scene am i right agent connor yeah that's right
00:17:28well not to mention ruining the integrity of the historic site we don't want to do that no what we
00:17:34got to do is we got to find another way into that room hey this is really gonna upset my timetable
00:17:40i'm sure professor webster is very sorry that he's inconvenienced you
00:17:43okay okay but what if it's true what if the curse is real oh mary come on there is no curse you know
00:18:02the lights they always flicker in the scrummy house i'm worried about you bray i'll be fine after all
00:18:06i have you looking after me right emma i can call you emma right i need your help see i have these
00:18:14insurance documents on all the items that are missing in the castle i don't think this is the
00:18:18right time they're not exactly archaeological finds but they're very valuable so i was hoping you could
00:18:23show them to agent connor and just get his input sure it's athemy dagger yeah i added that on the list
00:18:30of insurance claims professor webster just found this a few days ago well perry's very efficient
00:18:38would you excuse me i need to talk to a doll for a second
00:18:43when the time is right i want you to let me take over the excavation i was hoping you would
00:18:49do you think this whole thing could be a significant find it could be or it could be something else
00:18:54when the police are done with the crime scene i intend to find out
00:18:58maybe something there will point to who killed webster
00:19:02agent connor now i'm not too proud to ask for some help if there does happen to be foul play here
00:19:08because uh we're a little short on seasoned investigators i'd be happy to oversee the
00:19:12investigation if you want
00:19:22you want to get a better look
00:19:39you don't know how the murderer get in there we don't know how the victim did you want to get a
00:19:44better look yes cool i've been developing a little robotic camera for exploring hard to get to places
00:19:52it might be just right for this let's see it
00:20:06roll it over there closer to the body oh you gotta love technology
00:20:18don't you understand it's all true and what's true the curse the curse of the channels it goes back
00:20:24centuries to the house that was here before the castle this'll be good you don't really believe in
00:20:30curses to you i didn't until now they say a witch that was burned at the stake place to curse in the
00:20:36chandlers in the 1680s okay first of all witches weren't actually burned at the stake in new england
00:20:43they were hanged secondly thomas webster wasn't a chandler yeah but he worked for the chandlers
00:20:49and so do all of us okay trust me the explanation for webster's death is not supernatural emma what
00:20:56does that say okay so so just because i'm an archaeologist you automatically assume i know latin
00:21:06oh oh you don't well as a matter of fact i do
00:21:10do you tell me what that says okay uh mal addictus qui hunt conticreonum firmamentum quad
00:21:21entrat morse illi which roughly translated means cursed be he that breaches the vault death to him
00:21:30that enters or words to that effect i told you it's true the curse it's real
00:21:40hey hey do you know the way to your room uh turn right at the suit of armor yes oh do you know
00:22:01that man who was arguing with webster this afternoon no but webster has a lot of strange associates
00:22:06what was that the wind no that was too spooky to be the wind sorry that that word again i'll give
00:22:15you a pass you don't think that it could be the what the curse go to bed hey you don't want to be
00:22:24roommates again do you go to bed adele okay good night corvus
00:22:36oh yeah you know it's traditional to ask that before you walk in sorry here coffee thank you
00:22:57what time is it it's six a.m oh how long have you been up oh i slept late got up at 5 30. oh
00:23:06i just decided to come over and do some consulting exactly
00:23:10murder yep so now i'm officially a consultant yeah i would have brought you an iron-on badge but i'm
00:23:15fresh out hey um i saw somebody threaten webster yesterday before he was killed yeah who
00:23:24he was middle-aged well dressed and yeah he drove an old silver rolls rice that's good consulting
00:23:34thank you listen i'm sorry but i'm gonna have to break down that wall what you can't i have to i have
00:23:40no choice i'm worried about destroying evidence too but i can't find a way to get in there and i can't
00:23:44just leave webster laying there lying there what i'm sorry it's a teacher in me i'll remember that for
00:23:49the exam when you have to knock it down uh workmen are coming to 11. okay that gives me till 11. to do
00:23:59what figure out how webster got in there how'd you sleep i never sleep well in a strange house
00:24:07and this is a pretty strange house see what i did there yeah i saw did you hear something last night
00:24:17oh you mean like the wailing of a doomed soul shut up it was the wind i can't believe anyone in the
00:24:2321st century actually believes in curses that stuff was ridiculous back in the salem days hey salem is
00:24:30nothing to laugh at i've studied the new england witch hunts in great detail that cost hundreds of
00:24:35innocent people their lives yeah i know that but mostly women and midwives who didn't fit into patriarchal
00:24:41society not to mention the conflict between traditional farmers and the new mercantile class
00:24:47wow it's amazing you can even make witch hunts sound boring oh thank you
00:24:52what was that i don't know come on
00:25:22there's no door so we saw on the robotic camera that there is no door and there's no point of entry on
00:25:32the inside so how did webster get in there hmm the body's over here professor
00:25:43in archaeology we start at the edges learn what we can and move to the center of the site
00:25:48didn't they teach you anything like that at quantico yeah we called it securing the perimeter ah you're
00:25:56learning you like more candles over there yes i like to see the place the way the people saw it back
00:26:05then they didn't have any electric lights just candles besides who knows how long the power will last down
00:26:15here
00:26:28huh look we're gonna need a crowbar
00:26:37what
00:26:42hold on
00:26:45where do you think that goes
00:27:12one way to find out
00:27:13robotic camera
00:27:17i prefer the old-fashioned way of course you do yeah come on help me wait wait wait wait wait i think
00:27:22i should go first why i have more experience with this than you do no no no it's not about
00:27:27experience because i'm a civilian no a woman there's no right answer to that question here
00:27:32okay look i'm gonna tie this around my waist and you're gonna hold on to one end no and then i'm
00:27:42gonna tug on it if there's trouble what kind of trouble well you know if i get stuck on something
00:27:48why why what do you think i meant like a ghost no
00:27:50i'm gonna try to get stuck on something like a ghost no no no no no
00:28:04Emma!
00:28:17Emma!
00:28:31Emma! Emma, you alright?
00:28:35Emma!
00:28:42Emma!
00:29:00Emma.
00:29:02You okay?
00:29:06Look at all this.
00:29:08What is it?
00:29:10What does it look like?
00:29:16I don't know. It's like some kind of altar of some kind.
00:29:19Close.
00:29:21It appears to be a witch's workshop, circa 1680.
00:29:28It's a wheel of the year, scrying mirror, all the tools of the trade.
00:29:35Yeah.
00:29:38This was Webster's discovery.
00:29:40Seems to be.
00:29:41Yeah.
00:29:42It's even a journal.
00:29:44So what do you think?
00:29:46I don't know.
00:29:48What about the body?
00:29:51Oh, it's your department.
00:29:53What do you think?
00:29:55Well, I need a medical examiner in here.
00:29:57Looks like he died from stab wounds to the back.
00:29:59Hmm.
00:30:00What is that?
00:30:03What is that?
00:30:07I would call this an extremely suspicious death, likely murder.
00:30:12You can tell that without doing an autopsy?
00:30:14Well, he had a knife wound to his back.
00:30:15There was no knife in the crime scene.
00:30:17Agent Connor, I think I'm going to take you up on your offer to lead this investigation.
00:30:21What is that?
00:30:23Uh, that is a Kabbalist's murder.
00:30:25I would call this an extremely suspicious death, likely murder.
00:30:28You can tell that without doing an autopsy?
00:30:30Well, he had a knife wound to his back.
00:30:31There was no knife in the crime scene.
00:30:33Agent Connor, I think I'm going to take you up on your offer to lead this investigation.
00:30:47What is that?
00:30:48Uh, that is a Kabbalistic symbol.
00:30:51It represents a stone-throwing spirit.
00:30:53Stone-throwing?
00:30:55You don't think?
00:30:57No, it couldn't be.
00:30:58Could it?
00:31:00What's it say?
00:31:01It looks like the journal of a woman named Abigail Endicott.
00:31:04She was a servant in the Chandler household.
00:31:07Apparently she was accused of witchcraft and put a curse on the Chandler estate and all its bloodlines.
00:31:13Whoa!
00:31:14Well, if it's authentic, which hasn't been determined.
00:31:15What if it is?
00:31:16Oh my gosh!
00:31:17That would make this place such a tourist attraction.
00:31:20Coming through.
00:31:25Any sign of a knife?
00:31:26Nothing yet.
00:31:28Okay, well we got it confirmed.
00:31:30Webster died from a stab in his back.
00:31:33Ah.
00:31:34Maybe by something like this?
00:31:39Yeah, that fits the bill.
00:31:40Yeah, that's the Athame dagger.
00:31:42Oh, the witch's dagger.
00:31:46Well don't look at me, that's what Webster called it.
00:31:48Question is, who has it now?
00:31:50No.
00:31:51And who used it to kill Thomas Webster?
00:32:06So, the guy I saw outside the castle lives here?
00:32:09That's what we're here to find out.
00:32:10So how'd you find him?
00:32:11Some fancy detective work?
00:32:13Uh, well, you mentioned that you saw an old silver Rolls Royce.
00:32:18So I called a friend of mine at the FBI.
00:32:20And he ran a search of this area.
00:32:22And this is the, the hit that came back.
00:32:25Wow, that's...
00:32:26Impressive.
00:32:27I was gonna say cheating, but...
00:32:31So are we gonna talk to him?
00:32:32I prefer to talk to him alone.
00:32:35But I need you here to ID him.
00:32:37Make sure it's the same guy.
00:32:38It's a stakeout.
00:32:40Yeah, I guess, you know, in a sense.
00:32:42Did you get any donuts?
00:32:44Why would you ask that?
00:32:45Well, cause everybody knows that you eat donuts on a stakeout.
00:32:48I can't, it's...
00:32:52I knew it!
00:32:57You don't have to be right about everything, Professor Fielding.
00:33:01Believe me, I'm not.
00:33:04It doesn't seem like it.
00:33:06I learned a long time ago that...
00:33:08If I wanted to be taken seriously as...
00:33:11An archeologist, I had to be sure of myself.
00:33:14Everyone was gonna second-guess me, so...
00:33:17I couldn't second-guess myself.
00:33:22That's smart.
00:33:24Well...
00:33:28Emma...
00:33:31Do you think you...
00:33:32Maybe you and I could go...
00:33:33Somebody's coming.
00:33:41Is that him?
00:33:43No.
00:33:45You sure?
00:33:46Yeah.
00:33:57Okay.
00:34:00I guess...
00:34:01It's not gonna be that easy.
00:34:04Nothing worthwhile ever is.
00:34:17Hello, Sherman.
00:34:19Hello, Professor.
00:34:21This isn't the first, you know...
00:34:23First what?
00:34:24First murder in this house.
00:34:26You wanna tell me about it?
00:34:28Old Man Chandler was a saint.
00:34:30As long as he was alive, this place was safe.
00:34:34I took care of it.
00:34:36Once he died, it all changed.
00:34:39And you think he was murdered?
00:34:41That's not how they told him.
00:34:42That's not how they told him.
00:34:45You see...
00:34:46Old Man Chandler had begun to lose touch with the world.
00:34:49Dementia?
00:34:51He ran from the house one night, convinced that a ghost was pursuing him.
00:34:55He was found dead in the woods.
00:34:56Apparently, he tripped and hit his head on the stony path.
00:35:00You don't believe that?
00:35:02He walked that path every day of his life for 70 years.
00:35:05What do you think happened?
00:35:09Some say it was the curse of the Chandlers.
00:35:12I say...
00:35:15Look at who inherited and ran through the fortune in less than three years.
00:35:18So, you think Bray killed his father and Webster?
00:35:22I don't think anything.
00:35:24I'm just the house manager.
00:35:27Now, if you'll excuse me, Professor, this chandelier...
00:35:31won't clean itself.
00:35:48You okay?
00:36:06Yeah, yeah, yes.
00:36:08It's just my back...
00:36:10crawling through those tunnels and they didn't number on it.
00:36:12Bothered you for long?
00:36:13You know, for a while.
00:36:14Ever since I got shot.
00:36:15You know, you never told me how that happened.
00:36:18You wanna talk about it?
00:36:19I-I talk to people about it.
00:36:21You never talk to me.
00:36:22Is that gonna help?
00:36:24Wouldn't hurt.
00:36:26Maybe later.
00:36:28So, uh, who do you think killed Professor Webster?
00:36:31Well, there's no shortage of people with motives at the castle.
00:36:35Such as?
00:36:36Sherman.
00:36:38He hates the idea of the castle being sold.
00:36:40Maybe he thought killing Webster would put the kibosh on that idea.
00:36:43So the butler did it?
00:36:45Well, the groundskeeper, but I don't think so.
00:36:49What else?
00:36:51What about Bray?
00:36:53Because Webster was hoarding all these valuable antiquities,
00:36:56and maybe Bray wanted to get a hold of him.
00:36:59Something tells me Bray doesn't want to get his hands that dirty.
00:37:03Oh. Perry?
00:37:04Why Perry?
00:37:06Why Perry?
00:37:07She was always talking about the curse.
00:37:08Oh, so she's doing that to throw us off the trail.
00:37:10But then why did she do it in the first place?
00:37:12What else?
00:37:13That's it.
00:37:14What about Adele?
00:37:16No!
00:37:17Yes.
00:37:18She hated Webster, too.
00:37:19And he all but accused her of stealing the knife.
00:37:21So maybe she killed him to keep him quiet.
00:37:23No, no way!
00:37:24Why?
00:37:25Because you like her?
00:37:26Well, I don't think she would kill him.
00:37:27I don't think she would steal the dagger.
00:37:29Why would she?
00:37:30What would she do with it?
00:37:31I don't know.
00:37:33I don't know.
00:37:35But I'm gonna find out.
00:37:37I'm gonna go look back in the Webster's past to see if there isn't anything I haven't overlooked.
00:37:41What should I do?
00:37:42Well, talk to people.
00:37:45Find out about things.
00:37:47Investigate.
00:37:48Well, no, no, no.
00:37:50It's like when you're an archaeologist and you're on site and use something up.
00:37:55Use a shovel to...
00:37:56Digging.
00:37:57Dig up.
00:37:58Yes.
00:37:59That's it.
00:38:09Ms. Fisher!
00:38:11Hello, Agent Connor.
00:38:13Hey, can I ask you something?
00:38:14Of course.
00:38:15What about?
00:38:16Well, it's about Professor Fielding.
00:38:20Oh.
00:38:22Oh.
00:38:23Is it?
00:38:24Okay.
00:38:25No, I just...
00:38:26I wanted to say if...
00:38:32I mean, how long have you known her?
00:38:34Agent Connor, are you nervous?
00:38:35No.
00:38:36No.
00:38:37Do you...
00:38:38You want to know if she's said anything about you?
00:38:39Is that it?
00:38:40Not...
00:38:41You know, if...
00:38:43I mean...
00:38:44Well, I can say this.
00:38:45If you like her, you're on the right path.
00:38:50Really?
00:38:51Yeah.
00:38:52I mean, she hasn't said anything.
00:38:53She doesn't share much.
00:38:54But, um...
00:38:55I know her well.
00:38:56I can tell.
00:38:58You've known her a long time?
00:39:00Uh...
00:39:01Yeah, gosh.
00:39:02I guess it's been about seven years now.
00:39:04We met on a dig in South America and I was working for the State Department.
00:39:07I was just an aide.
00:39:08You know, she was already the famous Professor Fielding.
00:39:12But, um...
00:39:13She took me under her wing.
00:39:15She mentored me.
00:39:16And, um...
00:39:17I wouldn't have this job with the Historic Trust if it weren't for her.
00:39:20Hmm.
00:39:21By the way, how's the Trust doing?
00:39:22Not great.
00:39:23The new administration doesn't think we serve much of a purpose.
00:39:27So...
00:39:28They want to cut our funding.
00:39:29So you must have a lot riding on this acquisition.
00:39:31I do.
00:39:32That's right.
00:39:33Although you could...
00:39:35Probably get any other job, right?
00:39:37Could I?
00:39:39How many positions like mine are really out there?
00:39:41I'd, uh...
00:39:42I'd have to start over.
00:39:45Sorry.
00:39:50Okay.
00:39:53Um...
00:39:56Did you just interrogate me?
00:39:58I did.
00:40:00Didn't hurt too much, did it?
00:40:01Uh...
00:40:09Brie showed me the insurance documents.
00:40:11You have an eye for antiques.
00:40:13Yeah, my house dates back to the 1700s.
00:40:16I mean, it's not grand enough to be of any interest,
00:40:18but you might be able to find what makes it special.
00:40:21No, I'd love to see it.
00:40:22Well, I'd like that.
00:40:24I'm worried, Professor Fielding.
00:40:26About what?
00:40:27The curse.
00:40:28I know that you think it's silly,
00:40:30but what if it's real?
00:40:32What if something unearthly
00:40:33is being released into the world,
00:40:35and it's just gaining in strength?
00:40:37Oh, Perry.
00:40:38One man has already died.
00:40:40Brie could be next.
00:40:42You really care about him, don't you?
00:40:44He's my boss.
00:40:54Examining pottery shards.
00:40:57This is exciting.
00:40:58I wish you could have a look at that stuff down in the cellar.
00:41:01You said it.
00:41:02That stone, for example.
00:41:04It's a scrying mirror.
00:41:05They use stone instead of glass to peer into the future.
00:41:10You don't really believe that, do you?
00:41:12No, the point is that they did.
00:41:14Back then.
00:41:16And that Kabbalistic symbol carved into the wall?
00:41:18It's the same design that was on the missing dagger
00:41:20and drawn in the dirt near Webster's head.
00:41:21The symbol of the stone-throwing spirit,
00:41:23which is also represented by an owl.
00:41:25Cool.
00:41:26Okay, so who do you think was the...
00:41:28Come on.
00:41:30Come on.
00:41:38Okay, we have to tell somebody about this.
00:41:40Professor Fielding.
00:41:41Yes.
00:41:42We thought you should know there's been a rock throwing.
00:41:43Come again?
00:41:44At the lab.
00:41:45There have been stones thrown at us.
00:41:46I tried to record it, but...
00:41:47Well, who threw them?
00:41:48That's just a thing.
00:41:49Nobody.
00:41:50Yeah, there was no one there.
00:41:51Just a minute!
00:41:52Oh, God.
00:41:53Okay.
00:41:54Come on.
00:41:55Come on.
00:41:56Oh, look.
00:41:57Cameras of Fielding.
00:41:58Yes?
00:41:59We thought you should know there's been a rock throwing.
00:42:00Come again?
00:42:01At the lab.
00:42:02There have been stones thrown at us.
00:42:03I've tried to record it, but...
00:42:04Well, who threw them?
00:42:05That's just the thing.
00:42:06Nobody.
00:42:07Yeah, there was no one there.
00:42:10Just a minute.
00:42:14Just a minute.
00:42:22It's you.
00:42:23How you doing, Trap?
00:42:24I don't go by that name anymore, Connor.
00:42:26I've turned my life around.
00:42:27I'm clean and straight as an arrow.
00:42:30Uh-huh.
00:42:31You were arrested two weeks ago
00:42:32on suspicion of fencing stolen merchandise.
00:42:35Well, you can't expect a man not to have a few slip-ups.
00:42:38I'm only human.
00:42:39Besides, they let me go.
00:42:41Because you gave him information.
00:42:42You a criminal informant now, Trap?
00:42:46I don't like labels.
00:42:48Listen, anyone been in here trying to sell this this week?
00:42:52In the last week, no.
00:42:53Any more questions?
00:42:55What's that?
00:42:58What's what?
00:42:59What's what?
00:43:00What's that?
00:43:03If I'm not mistaken, that's an F.E. Church
00:43:05from the Hudson River School.
00:43:06Good eye.
00:43:08Where'd you get it?
00:43:10Well, it's not hot if that's what you're thinking.
00:43:11No, sir.
00:43:12I'm selling it on commission.
00:43:13Really?
00:43:14I happen to know that was taken from the Chandler mansion.
00:43:18That that's the property of Bray Chandler.
00:43:21Sure it is.
00:43:22He's the one who brought it here.
00:43:24Along with all this other stuff.
00:43:25How's this chandelier cleaning going?
00:43:36Just fine, Professor.
00:43:40Is there anyone with a slingshot around here, Sherman?
00:43:44Don't be ridiculous.
00:43:46I'd never permit it.
00:43:47The glass in these windows was pressed in the 1850s.
00:43:50It's irreplaceable.
00:43:51You take great pride in this house, don't you?
00:43:54I do.
00:43:55You don't like the idea of it being sold to the state.
00:43:59If your family had worked the same land for generations,
00:44:03how would you feel to see it turned over for the government to run?
00:44:06How about it being turned over to Bray?
00:44:09Bray?
00:44:10Of course not.
00:44:12This house should belong to the Arlington's.
00:44:15We've taken care of it, nurtured it through the centuries.
00:44:18If the world were fair.
00:44:20But the world isn't fair.
00:44:22No, it's more like nature.
00:44:24Survival of the fittest, you know.
00:44:26But Bray isn't the fittest.
00:44:27Don't make me laugh.
00:44:29Of course he thinks he's better than everybody, but he's not.
00:44:31Tell me about it.
00:44:33Oh, I could.
00:44:33I could tell you things about Bray Chandler.
00:44:38I don't think you could.
00:44:40I think you're bluffing.
00:44:41Bluffing?
00:44:42You don't know.
00:44:44You don't know the truth about how old man Chandler really died.
00:44:47Why don't you say it?
00:44:49Did Bray Chandler?
00:44:51Oh, my ears are burning.
00:44:54What are you about to say about me, Sherman?
00:44:55You okay?
00:45:10Just barely.
00:45:12Sherman.
00:45:14Did you do that deliberately?
00:45:16Of course not, sir.
00:45:17The rope slipped.
00:45:19I see.
00:45:20Right as I was walking underneath it.
00:45:22I'm afraid so, sir.
00:45:23Clean this mess up right now.
00:45:26As you wish, sir.
00:45:35I'll tell you more.
00:45:37Meet me at the end of the path behind the house.
00:45:40After dinner.
00:45:53Hey, where have you been?
00:46:05Ah, following leads.
00:46:06You?
00:46:07Digging.
00:46:08Yeah?
00:46:08Did you find anything?
00:46:09I don't know yet, but Sherman's going to tell me.
00:46:11I'm meeting him now.
00:46:11Sherman.
00:46:12Yeah.
00:46:14Listen, I found out who's stealing Bray Chandler's antiques,
00:46:17and you're never going to guess who it is.
00:46:19Bray Chandler.
00:46:21You're no fun.
00:46:22I bet he's stealing from himself, selling the pieces,
00:46:24and collecting on the insurance.
00:46:25I'm surprised it didn't occur to you.
00:46:27It did, but I had to confirm it because I'm a professional investigator.
00:46:29What am I?
00:46:30You're a gifted amateur.
00:46:32Yeah, I'll take the gifted.
00:46:33Come on.
00:46:37Why don't you let me meet Sherman instead?
00:46:39Why?
00:46:40He wants to talk to me.
00:46:41I'd like to protect my consultants.
00:46:43If I'd known you were going to act like this,
00:46:45I never would have told you about it.
00:46:46What are you talking about?
00:46:47I'm the FBI.
00:46:48Please.
00:46:49Okay, you can follow me,
00:46:50and if he pulls out a knife, you can arrest him.
00:46:52After he stabs you?
00:46:53Very funny.
00:46:53No, I'm not joking.
00:46:54Look, just let me see what I can get out of him.
00:46:58Okay.
00:46:59Stay close.
00:47:01Sherman?
00:47:15Sherman, are you here?
00:47:25Sherman?
00:47:26Where are you?
00:47:27Sherman?
00:47:43Connor, you better be behind me.
00:47:46I'm behind you.
00:47:52Connor!
00:47:53Connor!
00:47:57I'm behind you.
00:48:27This man's also been stabbed in the back.
00:48:29I'd call that an even more suspicious death.
00:48:31Does it appear to be the same type of blade
00:48:32that killed Professor Webster?
00:48:36Hard to say for certain
00:48:37until I can perform an autopsy,
00:48:39but it looks like it to me.
00:48:41Still no sign of that dagger.
00:48:44We haven't had a murder in this town
00:48:45in over ten years.
00:48:47Now we've had two in the same week.
00:48:49We're going to find who's responsible for this.
00:48:51Miss Quinn.
00:49:05Agent Connor.
00:49:07I just wanted to ask you a few questions
00:49:09about Sherman and Arlington.
00:49:10Oh, poor Sherman.
00:49:13You were close?
00:49:14Well, no, but he was the life's blood of this house.
00:49:18He did his best to maintain it.
00:49:19He was trying to tell us something,
00:49:21and I think it may have something to do
00:49:22with Bray's father's death.
00:49:24Well, it was sudden.
00:49:26And suspicious.
00:49:30Sherman believed that Bray may have been involved.
00:49:33Bray?
00:49:33Oh, that's absurd.
00:49:35He couldn't have ever thought back.
00:49:36He got back.
00:49:43That's the curse.
00:49:45I could be next.
00:49:47I could be next.
00:49:56Now that the police are done here,
00:49:58it's time to make this place more accessible.
00:49:59You want to join in?
00:50:03Well, come on.
00:50:04You said you were supposed to do more than just observe.
00:50:07Work.
00:50:08All right.
00:50:10What do you think?
00:50:11Here?
00:50:12That looks good.
00:50:12Yeah?
00:50:13Yeah, that's good.
00:50:14Whoa.
00:50:15Oh.
00:50:15Oh.
00:50:17Oh.
00:50:18Oh.
00:50:18Oh.
00:50:20Oh.
00:50:22Oh.
00:50:24Oh.
00:50:26Oh.
00:50:28Oh.
00:50:29Hey, Mr. President.
00:50:49Can I ask you a question?
00:50:50Agent Connor, yes.
00:50:51It's about Walden Chandler's death.
00:50:54Old man Chandler?
00:50:55Yeah.
00:50:56That was three years ago.
00:50:58Found in the woods behind the castle.
00:51:00Died from a fractured skull.
00:51:01Fractured from the fall?
00:51:02Possibly.
00:51:03I can't say how the blow happened, only that it killed him.
00:51:05Could he have sustained the blow before he fell?
00:51:07Maybe, but he was old.
00:51:08It's not uncommon for the elderly to have a fatal fall.
00:51:10But you're not sure.
00:51:11Well, I'm not a detective.
00:51:12That's your job.
00:51:13How did Bray Chandler react to it?
00:51:16He said it must have been his time.
00:51:19It's not much of a reaction.
00:51:20For years of being away, Bray showed up the day after his father's death.
00:51:27He arrived just in time to take over the castle and his inheritance.
00:51:30And you think that's suspicious?
00:51:33Well, as I said, I'm not a detective.
00:51:35But if Walden was killed?
00:51:37Bray Chandler would be the prime suspect.
00:51:39And he'd have plenty of reason to kill Webster and Sherman to keep them quiet.
00:51:43See, that's why I'm glad I'm not a detective.
00:51:46At least you didn't blame the Chandler curse.
00:51:47Well, I can understand why people believe it.
00:51:50Really?
00:51:51That fire that burned down the original Chandler house.
00:51:55It killed Corvus' father.
00:51:56And Corvus himself died falling down a flight of stairs.
00:52:00Not one of the Chandler heiresses died a natural death.
00:52:05Okay.
00:52:06Thanks.
00:52:06So, what do you think?
00:52:19Okay.
00:52:19Abigail was in Samuel Chandler's employ in 1689.
00:52:25Samuel accused her of witchcraft.
00:52:28She vowed revenge on him and the entire Chandler family.
00:52:34She called on the stone-throwing spirit to do her bidding.
00:52:39And this is ridiculous.
00:52:41What do you mean?
00:52:42It's so dramatic.
00:52:43You know what?
00:52:44No, it's too dramatic.
00:52:45It's too perfect.
00:52:46It's like a movie.
00:52:48This is what people think that witchcraft is like in New England.
00:52:51Exactly.
00:52:51It's terrific.
00:52:52Oh, no.
00:52:53It's like this scrying mirror.
00:52:55Like, I've never seen a scrying mirror.
00:52:57I've read about them, but never a primary source.
00:53:00It's always a second-person account.
00:53:03It's...
00:53:06Carrie?
00:53:08Carrie, would you come here?
00:53:12Would you look at that?
00:53:14Do you see that?
00:53:16Oh, no.
00:53:17You see that, don't you?
00:53:19How highly polished that is?
00:53:20What?
00:53:21It's polished using a buffer.
00:53:23Mm.
00:53:24An electric one.
00:53:26And that means?
00:53:28Well, it means it was placed here in the 20th or 21st century.
00:53:33And that means?
00:53:35This whole find might be a hoax.
00:53:43So, you really think it's a hoax?
00:53:46I'm not saying that.
00:53:47Just that there are questions.
00:53:49Just when I think we had something.
00:53:51I had a whole press release written up.
00:53:53I gotta go make some calls.
00:53:54The truth is what it is, even when it's inconvenient.
00:54:02Where's my cell phone?
00:54:04Oh, here it is.
00:54:06Oh, thanks.
00:54:08I'm a fielding.
00:54:09Oh, yeah.
00:54:11I'll be right there.
00:54:18Emma.
00:54:20What's going on?
00:54:21Shh.
00:54:22It's a stakeout.
00:54:24What for?
00:54:27Well, it's for the rock tour.
00:54:29Why?
00:54:31Well, we don't have many leads.
00:54:33And if it's not a spirit throwing the rocks...
00:54:35It's not.
00:54:36What?
00:54:38I want to find out who it is.
00:54:50The eagle has landed.
00:54:52Does that mean someone's throwing rocks?
00:54:54Yeah.
00:54:55Please, just say that next time.
00:54:56It came from behind those trees.
00:55:13Hey!
00:55:16Adele?
00:55:16I can't believe you arrested Adele.
00:55:31She's not under arrest.
00:55:32She's under suspicion.
00:55:33Oh, please.
00:55:34Well, you saw her.
00:55:34She was throwing rocks.
00:55:35I didn't see her throw rocks.
00:55:36Did you see her throw rocks?
00:55:38I...
00:55:38We saw her holding the rocks.
00:55:41Circumstantial evidence.
00:55:41Are you a lawyer now?
00:55:43I don't want to talk to her.
00:55:45Okay, we'll talk to her together.
00:55:46Fine.
00:55:47Why?
00:55:49Well, maybe she'll open up to you.
00:55:51Okay.
00:55:53But I think she was framed.
00:55:54I definitely don't think she threw those rocks.
00:55:57I threw some rocks.
00:55:58What?
00:55:58I only threw a couple.
00:55:59Like, two or three.
00:56:00I thought you wanted me to.
00:56:02Me?
00:56:02Yeah, you sent me that text.
00:56:04Go to the woods.
00:56:05Do what you need to do for publicity.
00:56:06I never sent you a text.
00:56:08But you did.
00:56:08Here.
00:56:10Can I see that?
00:56:10Well, yeah.
00:56:14Who sent this text from your phone?
00:56:16I don't know.
00:56:16I mean, I know that's my phone, but I don't understand.
00:56:18I never sent that text.
00:56:20Was your phone at your site any time this afternoon?
00:56:22No.
00:56:23Well, um, sort of.
00:56:26We were excavating and the phone was in my jacket pocket.
00:56:29But did you have a pass lock on it?
00:56:30A code?
00:56:31I find them annoying.
00:56:32I find them annoying.
00:56:32Perfect.
00:56:33But why would throwing rocks be what you need to do for publicity?
00:56:37Well, you said you were going to prove the curse was a hoax, and then that would ruin
00:56:41my plan for publicity for the castle.
00:56:43So I thought, you know, I'll go throw some rocks.
00:56:46A few harmless rocks.
00:56:47And maybe people will think maybe the curse is real.
00:56:50Oh, I did it for the sake of tourism.
00:56:53Oh, Adele.
00:56:54I never threw any before.
00:56:55Really, I didn't.
00:56:56I don't know who threw those.
00:56:58That was my first time.
00:57:00Adele Fisher, I'm placing you under arrest for the murders of Thomas Webster and Sherman
00:57:04Arlington.
00:57:05What?
00:57:07I found this in your room.
00:57:11If you could stand, please.
00:57:14This way.
00:57:16You have the right to remain silent.
00:57:18Anything you say, you can and will be used to.
00:57:22She didn't do it.
00:57:24What?
00:57:25Okay, then why was the knife in her room?
00:57:27Somebody set her up.
00:57:28What about the text?
00:57:29She could have sent that to herself.
00:57:31Why on earth would you do that?
00:57:32Well, to make it look like she got framed.
00:57:34What if she did?
00:57:36Listen, outside of mystery novels, hardly anyone ever gets framed.
00:57:40I mean, in life, if it looks like you did it, generally you did it.
00:57:42But why would she do it?
00:57:44Why would she kill Sherman?
00:57:46He knew that she'd kill Webster.
00:57:48But why would she kill Webster?
00:57:49I don't know.
00:57:50Because they hated each other.
00:57:51I mean, they perpetrated a hoax together and maybe they had a disagreement.
00:57:55Listen, look, if she's the killer, then, you know, she's locked up.
00:57:59And if she's innocent, well, then at least she's safe in there.
00:58:02Angry but safe.
00:58:05What do we do?
00:58:06I need to do some more digging.
00:58:08You think everything in the hidden chamber is a fraud?
00:58:10I can't say yet.
00:58:12Maybe some of it's real.
00:58:13Definitely not all.
00:58:15Who's capable of pulling off a hoax like that?
00:58:19Webster.
00:58:20Webster?
00:58:21Why would he do it?
00:58:22Uh, fame, attention, money.
00:58:25There's a lot of money in archaeology?
00:58:27There's a market for anything rare.
00:58:28It's time for us to visit an old friend of mine.
00:58:34Okay.
00:58:35Just a minute.
00:58:47Just a minute.
00:58:48Oh.
00:58:48You again.
00:58:51Hey, Trap.
00:58:52How you doing?
00:58:53Wanted to introduce you to my friend, Professor Emma Fielding.
00:58:56We came by to take a look at that merchandise you're holding for me in the back.
00:59:01Be my guest.
00:59:02So, uh, you're sure that this is the guy that brought this stuff in?
00:59:11It's him, all right.
00:59:13Yeah?
00:59:14Not him.
00:59:15Nope.
00:59:17Never saw him before.
00:59:20What about him?
00:59:21Professor Webster?
00:59:23Nope.
00:59:24Haven't done business with him in a while.
00:59:26You know Professor Webster?
00:59:29I knew him.
00:59:31He died.
00:59:32Haven't you heard?
00:59:32Yeah, we heard.
00:59:34How are you acquainted with him?
00:59:35Well, I don't just deal in stolen goods, you know.
00:59:37I'm also a legitimate businessman with several legitimate businesses.
00:59:40Such as?
00:59:43I broker deals.
00:59:45What kind of deals?
00:59:47Between people who have interesting items and people who want interesting items.
00:59:51It's all legal and above board.
00:59:53At least I thought it was.
00:59:54Oh, you're going to have to explain that.
00:59:58The professor would supply me with historical artifacts that had questionable provenance for select clientele.
01:00:06Articles stolen from museums?
01:00:08I don't ask where they're from.
01:00:10I'm just what you would call a conduit for certain wealthy people with a taste for history.
01:00:17What went wrong?
01:00:18Well, maybe you better talk to Victor Bradford.
01:00:23Victor Bradford.
01:00:24Wow.
01:00:40Yeah.
01:00:41Wow.
01:00:43Seems like a pretty impressive collection.
01:00:45Yeah, some of these things could be in a museum.
01:00:48Really.
01:00:49They should be in a museum.
01:00:51Yes, I've been told that.
01:00:54Sebastian tells me you're someone I'd very much like to meet.
01:00:57Was he right?
01:00:58Emma Fielding.
01:00:59Professor Fielding.
01:01:00Yes, of course.
01:01:01Uh, well, I have followed your work somewhat throughout the years.
01:01:04It's an honor for me to share my treasures with a scholar of your renown.
01:01:08Please allow me to show you my collection.
01:01:10Oh.
01:01:12That's him.
01:01:14Oh, the guy who was fighting with Webster the day he was killed.
01:01:17Now, these are marvels, an actual piece of the Mayflower's figurehead, a set of Paul
01:01:30Revere's spoons, and a saddle once owned by George Washington, treasures of American
01:01:36history.
01:01:37Wow.
01:01:38Sebastian said you had a remarkable collection.
01:01:40Yes.
01:01:40Well, Sebastian's not the most reliable source, but he has his ear to the ground.
01:01:44He took me off to many of the items I've collected over the years.
01:01:47What about Thomas Webster?
01:01:50Oh, Professor Webster.
01:01:52Terrible thing that was.
01:01:53Mm-hmm.
01:01:54Terrible.
01:01:55But yes, he himself supplied me with many lovely pieces over the years.
01:02:00A wonderful relationship.
01:02:02Why did you have a fight with him the other day?
01:02:05The other day?
01:02:06Mm-hmm.
01:02:06I didn't.
01:02:08You did.
01:02:09I'm the one who ran into at Chandler Castle.
01:02:13Oh.
01:02:13Oh, yes.
01:02:14Of course.
01:02:15Well, you see, the thing is, Webster was a bit of a prickly fellow, and one was bound
01:02:20to have the occasional altercation with him from time to time.
01:02:23It was nothing serious.
01:02:29What's that?
01:02:32Oh, that's nothing.
01:02:34Nothing at all.
01:02:36Nothing of note.
01:02:37I'm still waiting on the authentication.
01:02:39It was just something cheap that I picked up.
01:02:41I'm sure it's nothing.
01:02:41That doesn't look like nothing.
01:02:46I'm sorry.
01:02:46I didn't catch your credentials earlier.
01:02:49Mr.
01:02:49I'm Jim Connor, FBI.
01:02:52Antiquities Division.
01:02:54But don't worry.
01:02:55This isn't an official visit.
01:02:56You eat like that all the time.
01:03:07Yeah, every chance I get.
01:03:08What, what do you need?
01:03:09Salad and vegetables?
01:03:10Mm-hmm.
01:03:10Yeah, it's healthy.
01:03:12Mm-hmm.
01:03:14Life's too short.
01:03:16Yeah, I did if you eat like that.
01:03:17So, what do we know so far?
01:03:23Okay.
01:03:24Let's start with Bray Chandler.
01:03:27Okay.
01:03:28We know he's been stealing his own priceless possessions.
01:03:31Mm-hmm.
01:03:32Why?
01:03:33Tell me.
01:03:33Uh, well, he's fencing them and collecting the insurance.
01:03:38Two for the price of one.
01:03:40Double dipping.
01:03:41Why?
01:03:42Uh, because he needs the money.
01:03:43He spent his inheritance.
01:03:45Okay.
01:03:46What about Victor Bradford?
01:03:47Well, he's definitely hiding something.
01:03:49Yeah.
01:03:50You can agree on that.
01:03:50Mm-hmm.
01:03:52The documents?
01:03:53I didn't get a very good look at them, but they looked like they were mid-17th century Anglo-American.
01:03:59It certainly wasn't nothing.
01:04:01Mm-mm.
01:04:01And it was in a shipping tube, like he'd just gotten it back from somewhere.
01:04:04He said he was getting authenticated.
01:04:06Mm-hmm.
01:04:06If you had a mid-17th century Anglo-American document, who would you go to?
01:04:12Professor Raymond Hopley at Harvard.
01:04:14He's considered the expert.
01:04:17Mm-hmm.
01:04:18Who are you calling?
01:04:20I'm calling Harvard.
01:04:20Professor Hopley.
01:04:22You can't just call Harvard.
01:04:24These are busy people.
01:04:25You have to make an appointment.
01:04:26What, do you have Harvard on speed dial?
01:04:28Hi, this is Agent Jim Conner from the FBI.
01:04:30I need to speak to Professor Raymond Hopley.
01:04:32Uh-huh.
01:04:34Urgent matter.
01:04:35Yes.
01:04:37Or you could just do that.
01:04:39It's the FBI.
01:04:42Hello, Professor Hopley.
01:04:44I believe you may have authenticated a document for Mr. Victor Bradford.
01:04:47Oh, it was a forgery.
01:04:51Can you fill me in on the details, Professor?
01:04:59Ah, one more thing, Mr. Bradford.
01:05:01And this time, it is an official visit.
01:05:07This was to have been the cornerstone of my collection, my prized possession, the founding document of American governance, the Mayflower Compact.
01:05:18But that's impossible.
01:05:20There are no original copies of the Mayflower Compact.
01:05:22That's what I thought until Professor Webster convinced me otherwise last year.
01:05:26To the tune of $100,000.
01:05:29I simply had to have it.
01:05:30But it's a fake.
01:05:32How do you know that?
01:05:33Well, if it was found that news feeds would be blowing up all over America, you couldn't keep it quiet.
01:05:39It's too big a part of American history.
01:05:41You see, I wanted to believe so badly, I allowed my heart to run away with my head.
01:05:46My ancestors came over on the Mayflower.
01:05:49I'm a direct descendant of William Bradford.
01:05:52To own a document like this would be like closing a circle of heritage for my family.
01:05:57Well, you must have had it authenticated.
01:05:58Yes, of course, by experts.
01:06:00I had the parchment analyzed.
01:06:02I had the ink evaluated by one of the nation's leading authorities.
01:06:05It all checked out.
01:06:08And then, about a year after I bought it, the ink started to run.
01:06:16I couldn't believe it.
01:06:18After almost 400 years, the ink now starts to run.
01:06:22So I had another authority analyze it.
01:06:25That's Professor Hopley at Harvard?
01:06:26Yes, that's right.
01:06:27And he had a much different answer.
01:06:30The ink contained oils native only to South America.
01:06:33The parchment had been aged artificially.
01:06:36It was not the Mayflower Compact.
01:06:40I'd been had.
01:06:41How did the first experts get it so wrong?
01:06:44Maybe because the first set of experts split the money with Webster.
01:06:47Why didn't you report that to the police?
01:06:49Because you were too humiliated to be taken in by such an obvious fraud.
01:06:57You would have been a laughing stock.
01:06:59I preferred to handle this more quietly.
01:07:01So I went to Professor Webster.
01:07:02I demanded that he return the money to me.
01:07:05And he laughed.
01:07:05So I gave him an ultimatum.
01:07:09I told him either he'd have the money for me by the end of the week or there would be hell to pay.
01:07:13The end of the week came around and he had nothing.
01:07:15And he didn't care.
01:07:17He challenged me to go to the authority so that I would look like an idiot.
01:07:20You were angry.
01:07:22Yes, I was.
01:07:27Angry enough to kill him?
01:07:28Why didn't you arrest Bradford?
01:07:47Didn't you see his eyes?
01:07:49What, kill her eyes?
01:07:50Yes!
01:07:50Well, unfortunately there's no full ophthalmological method of spotting murderers.
01:07:55Besides, he claimed he was at an estate sale when the murder happened.
01:07:57So I think I should go look into that.
01:07:59Corroborate his alibi?
01:08:00Aha!
01:08:01Now you're learning.
01:08:03Pursue all avenues.
01:08:04The one of them leads to the truth.
01:08:06But what else does Bradford's story tell us?
01:08:09Okay, Webster was a scam artist.
01:08:12And the hoax at Chandler Castle was one of his scams.
01:08:15How does that make him money?
01:08:17It wouldn't.
01:08:19Unless someone was paying him to do it.
01:08:21Well, but, but if he made all that money conning Bradford, why would he need more?
01:08:25Trust me, the one thing I understand is an FBI agent.
01:08:27People don't commit crimes because they need money.
01:08:29They commit crimes because they want more.
01:08:31So tell me, who would pay Webster to create the hoax?
01:08:34Uh, Bray Chandler?
01:08:36He was broke, totally out of money.
01:08:39He was selling the castle to the trust.
01:08:41And he needed it to be more valuable so he could charge more money.
01:08:44But if Bray had no money, then how would he pay Webster?
01:08:46Maybe that's why he was selling off his antiquities.
01:08:49Why do you get to ask all the questions?
01:08:51Because I'm the FBI.
01:08:52That's what I do.
01:08:53Besides, I like the way you think.
01:08:59If you have any questions for me, just go ahead.
01:09:02Any questions?
01:09:03Mm-hmm.
01:09:03Well, within reason.
01:09:05How'd you get shot?
01:09:06I was investigating a counterfeiting rape.
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:26I got myself cornered in this old warehouse with some criminals.
01:09:29And my contact was a federal agent who was undercover with the gang.
01:09:36Really?
01:09:37Do you do that sort of thing?
01:09:39Yeah.
01:09:40All the time.
01:09:44Anyway, she intervened to help me and, you know, blew her cover.
01:09:48Her cover?
01:09:51Well, let me finish.
01:09:52Sorry.
01:09:52So, you know, things got pretty hairy from there.
01:09:57There was a lot of gunfire.
01:09:58But it was my fault that she blew her cover, so I was not going to let her take a bullet for that.
01:10:04So you saved her?
01:10:07Yeah.
01:10:08The way I see it, she saved me.
01:10:14Any more questions?
01:10:17No.
01:10:17Oh, good.
01:10:20I'm going to go check out Bradford's alibi.
01:10:22So you want me to drop you off at the castle?
01:10:25There's a question I never thought I'd hear.
01:10:29Yeah.
01:10:45Hey, excuse me.
01:10:45Is this the Peterson estate sale?
01:10:49Oh, it will be.
01:10:50We don't open to buyers until tomorrow.
01:10:52Oh, tomorrow.
01:10:53Oh, must have the date wrong.
01:10:56Are you the owner of the estate?
01:10:57Oh, no.
01:11:00As a matter of fact, I'm running this sale for the estate company.
01:11:04Eleanor Lawton.
01:11:04Hi, Jim Connor.
01:11:06You know, usually when I miss an appointment, I, uh, it's a bad thing.
01:11:09But, well, at least I met you.
01:11:12Oh.
01:11:12So, uh, can I help you with anything else?
01:11:16Oh, no.
01:11:17I mean, not unless you've seen Victor Bradford.
01:11:19I'm supposed to meet him here.
01:11:20Oh, Victor.
01:11:21He comes to all the estate sales, but he won't be here until tomorrow.
01:11:24Yeah, tomorrow.
01:11:26You know, this happened last week.
01:11:27I missed him at the Anderson estate sale.
01:11:28Oh, what a shame.
01:11:29He made several large purchases.
01:11:32He did.
01:11:32He was there.
01:11:33Okay.
01:11:33Okay.
01:11:35All right.
01:11:35I'll see you around.
01:11:36Well?
01:11:47Bradford's alibi checked out.
01:11:49Killer's eyes notwithstanding.
01:11:51Where does that leave us?
01:11:54What about him?
01:11:58You think Bray's our man?
01:12:00It's a theory.
01:12:02Yeah, you think he killed his father, too?
01:12:04It's a terrible thought.
01:12:05It is.
01:12:06And then he would have had to kill Sherman to stop him from giving you proof.
01:12:10Maybe he killed Webster?
01:12:12It could be.
01:12:13Can you prove it?
01:12:14No.
01:12:14Are you kidding me?
01:12:15I'm a long way from proving anything.
01:12:17What are you going to do?
01:12:28Hey, Bray.
01:12:29You got a second?
01:12:31Want to ask you something?
01:12:32Of course.
01:12:33Anything for the FBI.
01:12:34What would you like to know?
01:12:35Well, we were just wondering.
01:12:37Did you kill Professor Webster?
01:12:39What?
01:12:39What about Sherman Arlington?
01:12:41Did you kill him, too?
01:12:41Is this a joke?
01:12:42And your father?
01:12:44Did you kill him?
01:12:45Okay, that's not funny.
01:12:45Oh, but the first two were.
01:12:47What are you talking about?
01:12:48We know that you've been selling things off from the house.
01:12:51That doesn't make me a murder.
01:12:53Okay, I want you out of this house right now.
01:12:55No, she hasn't finished her research.
01:12:57Yeah, the research is over.
01:12:57What was I supposed to accomplish?
01:13:03If he's guilty, he'll show his hand.
01:13:06What if he's innocent?
01:13:07Then I just got you fired.
01:13:09Thanks for that.
01:13:10I'm going to go take another look downstairs.
01:13:13You know, in case it's my last chance.
01:13:15I'm going to go follow Bray.
01:13:16I'm going to go follow Bray.
01:13:46I'm going to go follow Bray.
01:14:16I know who the murderer is.
01:14:17Meet me in the crypt.
01:14:46Perry.
01:14:48Emma.
01:14:49What are you doing?
01:15:03I thought you didn't like exploring down here.
01:15:07What with the curse and all?
01:15:10Or should I say hoax?
01:15:14It's a good one.
01:15:15All the finds were old.
01:15:18Genuinely old.
01:15:19Although they weren't found here.
01:15:23They were collected and placed here by someone who knew how.
01:15:27Who?
01:15:29Who?
01:15:30Oh.
01:15:31I don't have to tell you.
01:15:34You supplied the artifacts, didn't you?
01:15:36From your ancestral home.
01:15:38Oh.
01:15:38My ancestors weren't witches.
01:15:41Of course not.
01:15:42That's why Professor Webster had to add all the writing on the wall.
01:15:46And alter the artifacts just a little bit to make it convincing.
01:15:50Okay.
01:15:51That's ridiculous.
01:15:53Although he didn't do a very good job.
01:15:55There was a mark on the mortar.
01:15:57Remember the letter Q for Quinn?
01:16:00Your last name.
01:16:02Why on earth would I do that?
01:16:06That's what I couldn't figure out.
01:16:09You wouldn't benefit from the sale of the castle.
01:16:13Or from increasing the value with the hoax.
01:16:16Only Bray would.
01:16:18That's right.
01:16:20Yeah.
01:16:21And then I got it.
01:16:24You're in love with Bray.
01:16:26Bray, you try to hide it, but it eats you up inside.
01:16:30Don't be ridiculous.
01:16:31You knew that Bray was in financial trouble.
01:16:34That he was selling his antiques and saying they'd been stolen.
01:16:40So what if I knew?
01:16:41You thought if you engineered the sale of Chandler Castle, you could help Bray.
01:16:48And if you built up this idea of a curse, then you could turn the castle into a real tourist attraction.
01:16:53And you could help Bray.
01:16:56And then Bray would be grateful.
01:16:59And he'd notice you.
01:17:00And you could win his heart.
01:17:04Oh, that.
01:17:06It's very romantic of me.
01:17:09Do you think so?
01:17:10I think it's kind of sad.
01:17:13Besides, how could I get Professor Webster to help me?
01:17:19Oh, you offered to pay him.
01:17:21But then, I think he probably demanded more money, so you killed him.
01:17:27Go on.
01:17:28This is very interesting.
01:17:29Wow.
01:17:30What better way to cement the idea of a curse than with a mysterious death?
01:17:33And I suppose I killed Sherman, too.
01:17:41How come?
01:17:42Almost simple.
01:17:43I think he figured out it was a hoax, and he was going to tell me.
01:17:49Did I throw the rocks, too?
01:17:51Yeah.
01:17:53And I think you hid the knife in Adele's room and tried to frame her because you were jealous of all the attention Bray was always paying her.
01:18:00You're making me sound like a crazy person.
01:18:02No, I think you are.
01:18:04I think only a crazy person would think that could hoodwink the entire archaeological community.
01:18:09And I think Webster knew that.
01:18:10He was playing you.
01:18:12He was making the hoax last as long as he could so he could milk you for all he could.
01:18:17He thought he was clever.
01:18:19But he didn't know what he was dealing with, did he?
01:18:24No.
01:18:26And I don't think you do, either.
01:18:28You might say you're too smart for your own good.
01:18:38Looks like we'll have to chalk up another death to Abigail's curse.
01:18:42Hey, hold on.
01:18:49Hold on a minute.
01:18:49Why should I?
01:18:51Because I'm the FBI.
01:18:52I can find you wherever you go.
01:18:55Look, I didn't do it.
01:18:58Okay, I know I look guilty.
01:18:59I always look guilty.
01:19:00This is just how I look.
01:19:01I don't think you killed anybody.
01:19:05But I think you know who did.
01:19:06I don't.
01:19:07Okay, I'm not that smart.
01:19:08I was just born rich.
01:19:10If it wasn't for Perry, I'd be living on the streets.
01:19:12Well, Perry.
01:19:13Yes.
01:19:14She has the brains.
01:19:15It was her idea to report the sub missing and to claim the insurance money.
01:19:18Where is she now?
01:19:19I don't know.
01:19:21Hey, come on.
01:19:22Come on.
01:19:23Do you think anybody's going to think Abigail's using a .38 for her curse now?
01:19:30No.
01:19:32But they'll believe the curse made you commit suicide.
01:19:37Oleander.
01:19:38Just like they used to use in the old days.
01:19:42Quick and painless.
01:19:45Sorry.
01:19:47You're going to have to shoot me.
01:19:49How are you going to explain that?
01:19:50Well, I'll be a little inconvenienced at first.
01:19:57But you'll definitely be dead.
01:19:58Ah!
01:19:59Ah!
01:20:00Ah!
01:20:00Ah!
01:20:01Ah!
01:20:01Ah!
01:20:02Ah!
01:20:02Ah!
01:20:03Ah!
01:20:04Ah!
01:20:04Ah!
01:20:05Ah!
01:20:06Ah!
01:20:07Ah!
01:20:08Ah!
01:20:09Ah!
01:20:10Ah!
01:20:11Ah!
01:20:12Ah!
01:20:13Ah!
01:20:14Ah!
01:20:15Ah!
01:20:16Ah!
01:20:17Ah!
01:20:18Ah!
01:20:19Ah!
01:20:19Ah!
01:20:20Ah!
01:20:21Ah!
01:20:22Ah!
01:20:22Ah!
01:20:23Ah!
01:20:24Ah!
01:20:24Ah!
01:20:25Ah!
01:20:25Ah!
01:20:28Ah!
01:20:32Ray!
01:20:34Oh!
01:20:35What?
01:20:36How could you?
01:20:37It was the curse.
01:20:39It was, it was Abigail's curse.
01:20:44You killed them!
01:20:45No.
01:20:46You killed them!
01:20:47I...
01:20:47I...
01:20:49I... I did it for you.
01:20:51You're under arrest. Stand up.
01:20:53Bray.
01:20:55You have the right to remain silent.
01:20:57Anything you say can and will be used against you
01:20:59in the court of law.
01:21:01Okay. You're gonna be okay.
01:21:13Didn't Adele look so happy to be out of jail?
01:21:15Yeah.
01:21:17Bray's gonna be okay.
01:21:19He's gonna have serious back pain for the rest of his life.
01:21:21He'll probably get jail time himself for all that insurance fraud.
01:21:24You know, it'll be good for him.
01:21:25Maybe it'll make him grow up a little bit.
01:21:27You know, Perry did all of that for love.
01:21:30Throwing all those rocks, making all those weird noises in the night.
01:21:34She even arranged for that close call with the axe
01:21:37to convince us of the curse.
01:21:38She killed two men.
01:21:40All for unrequited love.
01:21:42It's one of the three motives of murder.
01:21:45Revenge, money, and love.
01:21:47I think it's the saddest motive.
01:21:49Wow.
01:21:51And, uh, think you were such a romantic?
01:21:57It's been nice working with you again.
01:21:59Yes. Yes, it has.
01:22:01In spite of the danger and tragedy and all.
01:22:05We should really try hanging out together when there's not a murder involved.
01:22:11That'd be a nice change.
01:22:14You know, I do have one question.
01:22:16Only one?
01:22:17Yeah.
01:22:18What really happened with Bray's father?
01:22:20Was he murdered or not?
01:22:23I don't think Perry killed him.
01:22:25No, I don't either.
01:22:26So either it was an accident like they thought or...
01:22:30Or?
01:22:33The curse.
01:22:34I know.
01:22:35No!
01:22:36No, no.
01:22:45See you around, Agent Connor.
01:22:47I'll see you around, Professor.
01:22:56Hey, um, hey, hey.
01:22:57We should probably, you know...
01:23:01We should probably have a coffee sometime together.
01:23:05Consult?
01:23:06Yes, exactly.
01:23:08Consult.
01:23:11Be nice.
01:23:17I'll see you next hour.
01:23:20Bye.
01:23:25Bye.
01:23:26Bye.
01:23:29Bye.
01:23:30Bye.
01:23:31Bye.
01:23:33Bye.
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