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First broadcast 7th/14th January 2013.
A psychic, Randolph James, is found dead in his consulting rooms, murdered.
Edwin Thomas - Reuben Beatty
Catherine Steadman - Polly Beatty
Tallulah Fox - Sarah Beatty
Fifi Fox - Sarah Beatty
Beatie Edney - Justine Skinner
Tuppence Middleton - Vicki Walmsley
Marty Cruickshank - Woman Interviewee (as Marty Cruikshank)
Neil Stuke - Professor Andrew Crane
Laurence Fox - DS James Hathaway
Kevin Whately - DI Robert Lewis
Carol Harvey - Mandy
Dominic Mafham - Frank McLean
Adam Wadsworth - Joshua Grace
Suzette Llewellyn - Susan Smith
Clare Holman - Dr. Laura Hobson
Emily Joyce - Jane Grace
Rebecca Front - Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
Sanjeev Bhaskar - Kanan Dutta
Lesley Vickerage - Katherine Dutta
Kirsten Foster - WTC Stapleton
Hermione Gulliford - Lucy Sopher
A psychic, Randolph James, is found dead in his consulting rooms, murdered.
Edwin Thomas - Reuben Beatty
Catherine Steadman - Polly Beatty
Tallulah Fox - Sarah Beatty
Fifi Fox - Sarah Beatty
Beatie Edney - Justine Skinner
Tuppence Middleton - Vicki Walmsley
Marty Cruickshank - Woman Interviewee (as Marty Cruikshank)
Neil Stuke - Professor Andrew Crane
Laurence Fox - DS James Hathaway
Kevin Whately - DI Robert Lewis
Carol Harvey - Mandy
Dominic Mafham - Frank McLean
Adam Wadsworth - Joshua Grace
Suzette Llewellyn - Susan Smith
Clare Holman - Dr. Laura Hobson
Emily Joyce - Jane Grace
Rebecca Front - Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
Sanjeev Bhaskar - Kanan Dutta
Lesley Vickerage - Katherine Dutta
Kirsten Foster - WTC Stapleton
Hermione Gulliford - Lucy Sopher
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00:00:00A few hours later.
00:00:17Come on, Sarah, please.
00:00:19Still a little bed.
00:00:23Good girl.
00:00:24Good girl.
00:00:25Okay.
00:00:27Yeah, good.
00:00:29Good girl.
00:00:30Good girl.
00:01:06Were you taken to church as a child?
00:01:08This is not about indoctrination.
00:01:10God was in my life before I was born.
00:01:13Is that what they taught you?
00:01:14At church?
00:01:16Is God the law?
00:01:17Yes.
00:01:19Can he see you doing wrong?
00:01:20Of course.
00:01:38How's my gorgeous girl?
00:01:41Both my gorgeous girls.
00:01:43There you go.
00:01:44Reuben.
00:01:45She's having her lunch.
00:01:46She needs routine.
00:01:48She needs changing, I'd say.
00:01:51And Daddy came back just in time, didn't he?
00:01:53He's on toast, okay?
00:01:55Why not?
00:01:56It was yesterday.
00:02:03Are you afraid of God's judgment?
00:02:06He's gracious and merciful.
00:02:09He's also vengeful.
00:02:11Angry.
00:02:12Like any concerned parent.
00:02:14Yes.
00:02:15One who imposes irrational rules no child can follow.
00:02:20It's up to us to rationalize what's in the Bible.
00:02:23The essence of faith is love.
00:03:01Hello?
00:03:02Hello, Mr.όσbeth.
00:03:04It's me.
00:03:05Don't forget, your first one's in in half an hour.
00:03:07Yeah.
00:03:08I'm on my way.
00:03:12Who's that?
00:03:12Vicky, there's a department meeting.
00:03:14She was just reminding me.
00:03:18Ruben.
00:03:24Love you.
00:03:42Your CD must be scratched.
00:03:45Don't you find the repetition meditative?
00:03:48If meditative is another word for monotonous, then yes.
00:03:51Very...
00:03:52Highly effective in combating stress.
00:03:54Eh, but I'm not stressed.
00:03:57You don't think you're stressed.
00:03:59You've assimilated it.
00:04:01God, Mama, watch out!
00:04:12Come on!
00:04:25There is someone trying to get through.
00:04:29She's a little disorientated.
00:04:32She didn't expect to go so soon.
00:04:34Can you see her?
00:04:35Does she look okay now?
00:04:37She's standing on a road.
00:04:41There was an accident?
00:04:43Yes.
00:04:44A car crash.
00:04:45She's in a safe and peaceful place.
00:04:48Any time you need to talk.
00:04:51If you can get a word in edgeways.
00:04:54That's Tina for you.
00:04:56I can't thank you enough, Mr. James.
00:04:58Randolph, please.
00:05:02Thanks.
00:05:05Not the best way to get a copper's number.
00:05:07It wasn't her fault.
00:05:08It was one of the crossroads.
00:05:09She's...
00:05:10You're sounding a bit tense, James.
00:05:12Do you remember to grab your CD from the car?
00:05:15Brilliant.
00:05:16Mac.
00:05:20Who's Mac?
00:05:23Was anyone in your family known as Mac?
00:05:26My name's MacLean.
00:05:28I'm sensing an older man.
00:05:31Gray hair.
00:05:33I can smell smoke.
00:05:35Sounds familiar.
00:05:38He's very proud of you, Frank.
00:05:40It can't be my dad, then.
00:05:42Well, I think it is.
00:05:44He's saying he appreciates everything you did for him towards the end.
00:05:50But it was a great relief to go.
00:05:52To escape my mother.
00:05:54He's laughing.
00:05:57He loves you very much.
00:06:01He's with family now.
00:06:03On the other side.
00:06:06This is so strange.
00:06:08It shouldn't be.
00:06:09You see, my dad...
00:06:12is in the pub down the road.
00:06:18So, I looked through his phone.
00:06:21How?
00:06:21Found a text message from his colleague, Vicky.
00:06:25She's pretty.
00:06:26Super bright.
00:06:27So are you.
00:06:27With lovely shiny hair that doesn't smell babysick.
00:06:30What did it say?
00:06:32This afternoon was fun.
00:06:35Can't wait to do it again.
00:06:36Right.
00:06:37And a kiss.
00:06:39Not a word to mum.
00:06:41Hell no.
00:06:42She'd kill to have you back home.
00:06:44You and Sarah.
00:06:47Give us our little flea pit any day.
00:06:50He better not be cheating, Josh.
00:06:53Not after everything I've given up for him.
00:07:06Neck okay, is it?
00:07:07After you shunt?
00:07:09Mm-hmm.
00:07:10Give it time.
00:07:27Hello?
00:07:30Mr. James?
00:07:35Mr. James?
00:07:38Mr. James?
00:07:39Mr. James?
00:07:40The
00:07:40James?
00:07:41The
00:07:56bankers
00:07:57have it ready?
00:08:10the door was open yes so i went in do you see anyone in the building no no one at
00:08:16all any lights
00:08:17on in any of the other offices i don't think there were you've been here before yes i come to
00:08:23talk
00:08:23to jeff who's jeff my husband does he work here too no he's dead randolph james is a psychic
00:08:33oh right i'm sorry judge found this on the body jeff and i always like to matter
00:08:39tell him all my news about the kids for tea
00:08:45randolph james you say
00:08:54well he hasn't been shot strangled stabbed beaten bludgeoned or had his neck broken
00:08:59if we're listing all the things that haven't happened to him why not include that he hasn't
00:09:02been struck by lightning or savaged by wolves roby do i stand in your office asking have you caught
00:09:07them yet what is it about those eyes
00:09:14strong painkillers warm bath
00:09:16that's robbie sorted how about you when this identified him as randolph james but he's
00:09:21ruben beattie on his debit card so he's leading a double life randolph james is patching clairvoyant
00:09:28certainly looks like he's seen a ghost
00:09:43he was at the department maybe it's not ruben someone could have stolen his card
00:09:49that's right we need him identified
00:09:56do you need a minute
00:09:58i need to know
00:10:01thanks
00:10:22mrs beattie is it ruben what happened
00:10:25we're still waiting for the autopsy report until we decide otherwise we're treating your husband's
00:10:31death as suspicious what's he doing in some office reason to believe that he was moonlighting
00:10:35as a psychic that's absurd he's a junior research fellow at the department of psychology he's a
00:10:41scientist he investigates systems of belief why people believe could it have been part of his
00:10:48research
00:10:50you never mentioned it then again he was hardly home
00:10:57are you sure one of his clients found him she knew him as randolph james
00:11:10it just gets worse
00:11:12what does
00:11:15i'll never have secrets that's what you said
00:11:18when love strikes like this you've got to trust it
00:11:23murder precious ball
00:11:25it took us six days to get engaged
00:11:27and when we went together we were incomplete
00:11:30it couldn't function
00:11:33whirlwind romance eh
00:11:37that's what my mum said
00:11:56the sooner we get her back home the better
00:12:02right thanks
00:12:08not one word
00:12:12there was no meeting in the department of psychology yesterday afternoon
00:12:16not cancelled never scheduled
00:12:18sir ruben beatty lied to his wife why doesn't that surprise me
00:12:21yeah poor lass
00:12:22lost not only a husband but all her faith in him too
00:12:27stuck at home with a little then no idea what he was up to
00:12:30probably thinking the worst
00:12:32if he was moonlighting she didn't get a whiff of any cash
00:12:36bearing in mind what she was used to could have driven her to desperation
00:12:39yeah not kill though surely
00:12:41well she said her husband investigated people's belief systems
00:12:43he destroyed hers
00:12:47according to the landlord of his office building
00:12:49randolph james was six months into a 12 month lease
00:12:53rent was paid out of a building society in the name of ruben beatty
00:12:57he and his wife had a joint account that this one was set up in secret
00:13:00and he topped it up weekly with wadges of cash
00:13:03so far no other trace of randolph james
00:13:05it seems to be an identity confined to a psychic's chair
00:13:08why would ruben the postgrad scientist moonlight as randolph the clairvoyant
00:13:13well lots of scientists have irrational beliefs
00:13:15isaac newton thought the bible was a cryptogram set by the almighty
00:13:20walking wikipedia
00:13:21any more accurate
00:13:23he found four sets of forty quid at the scene
00:13:26which means he was doing it for the money
00:13:27he's just taking advantage of the recently bereaved
00:13:30some people are so gullible
00:13:32well if believing in the spirit well gets them through
00:13:35we didn't knock it
00:13:37you're on to his colleagues from the department of psychology
00:13:40maybe they had some idea what he was up to
00:13:44sorry to hear about your bump
00:13:47thanks ma'am
00:13:48let's bring back memories the collar
00:13:50only when it itches
00:13:52this is my home
00:13:54you're not thinking clearly
00:13:55why is it whenever i make a decision you don't agree with i'm not thinking clearly
00:13:59this flat belongs to the college
00:14:01ruben is no longer a student here
00:14:04little compassion wouldn't go amiss mum
00:14:06someone has to keep a clear head
00:14:07and we can always rely on that from you
00:14:09yes
00:14:09actually joshua because i'm the one that brought you up
00:14:12if i was pushy
00:14:13only you could turn ruben's death into a platform for your sacrifices as a single mother
00:14:21at least i got a good settlement out of your dad ruben's left you with nothing
00:14:27you always hated him
00:14:28i hated how he rushed you when you had so much potential
00:14:35they're going to ask you to leave sooner or later
00:14:38i can't
00:14:40not yet
00:14:42i've got your old room ready
00:14:46you'll have my support
00:14:48i know how hard it'll be
00:14:53think about it polly please
00:15:13apologies for the delay gentlemen
00:15:15took some time to find
00:15:17but if you screw your eyes up really tight
00:15:19you'll see a tiny puncture wound
00:15:23and a bite
00:15:23eight millimeter hypodermic needle
00:15:26delivering what
00:15:27an extremely powerful paralyzing agent called m99
00:15:31pharmaceutical name etorphin
00:15:33it's a controlled substance strictly for use on large mammals
00:15:37etorphin's a sedative he didn't seem very sedated when he died
00:15:40that's because first of all he was fed barbiturate
00:15:43how piece of cake
00:15:44for you maybe
00:15:47he was fed a piece of cake soaked with barbiturate
00:15:49but surely the barbiturate would have eventually stopped him breathing
00:15:52so why two drugs if you want him dead
00:15:55barbiturates operate in three broad stages
00:15:57sedation stage
00:15:59unconsciousness
00:16:00and death
00:16:01based on his weight and height
00:16:03i've calculated he was only given enough barbiturate to sedate him
00:16:06so his murderer wanted him woozy but not completely out of it
00:16:10yeah and then sometime after injected him with a lethal dose of etorphin
00:16:14like james said why not just finish the job with a lethal dose of barbiturate
00:16:17because that would involve a complete loss of control a lot of wild thrashing about
00:16:22could be messy could be noisy
00:16:24attract unwanted attention
00:16:27whereas a massive overdose of etorphin would shut down respiration in seconds
00:16:32explains the look on his face
00:16:35if he was conscious enough to know what was happening to him but unable to do anything to stop it
00:16:40but no physical pain
00:16:42on that front his murder was as considered
00:16:45as the most compassionate form of euthanasia
00:16:51if this at all things used to knock out animals we should get onto all the local vets
00:16:55see if any significant dosage has gone missing
00:17:21guess what we're not here but you know what to do
00:17:24and when to do it
00:17:26hello
00:17:28it's vicky
00:17:29vicky warmly
00:17:30from the department
00:17:32i just wanted to say polly i'm really sorry
00:17:37hello
00:17:40hello
00:18:02parapsychology
00:18:04the study of contested mental phenomena
00:18:07such as telepathy
00:18:10near-death experiences
00:18:12clairvoyance
00:18:14psychokinesis
00:18:17if any of you believe in such phenomena
00:18:20then knock three times
00:18:23or should i say more fool you
00:18:27no other species lives within such a complex framework of competing beliefs
00:18:34you will learn under my guidance how to conduct a rational attack on the subject's beliefs
00:18:41thereby identifying the mechanisms that retain them
00:18:45thank you very much
00:18:50that's all
00:18:51gentlemen
00:18:51professor crane
00:18:54inspector lewis
00:18:55this is detective sergeant happen
00:18:57i didn't have you down as volunteers
00:18:59it's such a shame about ruben
00:19:01professor crane
00:19:03this is vicky
00:19:04she worked alongside ruben
00:19:06we're sorry for your loss
00:19:09do you know how he was killed
00:19:11he was sedated
00:19:12and then given a lethal injection of itorphine
00:19:16oh my god
00:19:18excuse me that's not sorry
00:19:23it came as a great shock
00:19:25to the department
00:19:27do you have any idea why someone may have wanted him dead
00:19:30none whatsoever
00:19:31none whatsoever
00:19:31he was well liked
00:19:32he was very popular
00:19:33he was one of my best postgrads
00:19:36a true skeptic
00:19:39but he didn't believe in the paranormal
00:19:41of course not
00:19:42were you aware that he was practicing as a psychic in the center of town
00:19:46i'm sorry
00:19:47there must be some mistake
00:19:51excuse me i'm sorry
00:19:53i mean i had to take this
00:19:54uh
00:19:56gentlemen please
00:19:57thank you
00:20:01excuse me sorry
00:20:03excuse me
00:20:06yep
00:20:17vicky
00:20:18who's vicky
00:20:21hi mum
00:20:22darling
00:20:23it's a truly terrible thing that's happened
00:20:26but you need to think about restarting your life
00:20:29yours and sarah's
00:20:31she needs you to be strong
00:20:35holly
00:20:37holly
00:20:38yeah okay mum
00:20:40am you madly
00:20:41no
00:20:42yeah
00:20:42no
00:20:43no
00:20:44no
00:20:45no
00:21:06What the hell is Ruben up to?
00:21:10Going out on a limb, going against everything he ever believed in.
00:21:13Maybe he was questioning the rationalism imposed on him by Professor Bunchess.
00:21:18Excuse me.
00:21:22I wasn't as honest in front of Professor Crane as it might have been.
00:21:25About what?
00:21:26Ruben.
00:21:27What he was doing.
00:21:34Crane is old school.
00:21:36Conducts all his experiments under laboratory conditions.
00:21:39Our subjects know what they've signed up for.
00:21:43Ruben had this idea that he'd get better results in the field.
00:21:46Real people.
00:21:48People who've just lost their loved ones in the depths of despair.
00:21:52Nice.
00:21:53Do you believe in God and afterlife?
00:21:56No.
00:21:57But I don't believe in conning people either.
00:22:00How about you?
00:22:01Don't think that's relevant, is it?
00:22:03We all know there's nothing after death, but people cling on to the idea.
00:22:08They carry their lives on as normal.
00:22:11Why aren't they running down the street telling people that no one truly dies, or why aren't
00:22:15they killing themselves to be with their deceased loved ones?
00:22:18Faith and rationality aren't mutually exclusive.
00:22:21That's what we wanted to investigate, the mechanism that allowed that exact dissonance between
00:22:25what we believe and how we behave.
00:22:27So you taught Ruben the art of cold reading, rented an office, and stuck an ad in the local
00:22:33press?
00:22:34Yeah.
00:22:35Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
00:22:37You took money from people.
00:22:39To pay the office rent?
00:22:40Well, it's the best part the two grand left over.
00:22:45Ruben reckoned there was no difference between him or any other clairvoyant.
00:22:49Apart from he knew it was nothing more than a trick.
00:22:53He still helped them.
00:22:57Do you have any idea how lonely it feels, having this discussion without him to pack me up?
00:23:02If you want to know what loneliness feels like, ask his wife, how she could have done with
00:23:09some of that money.
00:23:12Are you having an affair with him?
00:23:16No.
00:23:17Do you have any idea who his clients were?
00:23:20He kept an appointment book.
00:23:22I never saw it, never knew their names.
00:23:24No, why would you?
00:23:25They weren't important, they were only subject.
00:23:33That appointment book wasn't in Ruben's office.
00:23:36Maybe he kept it at his flat.
00:23:38Take a look.
00:23:40Was she lying, do you reckon, about an affair?
00:23:43Not sure, but I do think she loved him.
00:23:46Vicky's defense of Ruben was that he knew he was exploiting people.
00:23:50That's disturbing.
00:23:51I find it more disturbing if he actually believed he could talk to the dead.
00:23:55Vicky was with Ruben all the time.
00:23:58His wife, Polly, hardly ever saw him.
00:24:00But would that give her a concrete motive for killing him?
00:24:03Well, I'm going to the Natural History Museum.
00:24:07Meet Cannon Dutter.
00:24:09Cannon Dutter?
00:24:10Oxford campaign for assisted dying.
00:24:12He works there.
00:24:15This Dutter, who did he lose?
00:24:17Teenage daughter in a diving accident.
00:24:20She was in a persistent venture that had stayed for a year.
00:24:23Why do you think it's personal?
00:24:24Most advocates of euthanasia have seen a loved one suffer.
00:24:27It overwhelms their belief in the sanctity of life.
00:24:33Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
00:24:35I presumed you've got in touch about the campaign.
00:24:37No, that's not what this is about.
00:24:39We've been investigating a murder where, to all intents and purposes, the victim's been put to sleep.
00:24:45Our pathologist says it has all the hallmarks of euthanasia.
00:24:49Most murder is unplanned and violent.
00:24:52This was planned and pain-free.
00:24:54Sedated with barbiturate, murdered with a torfin.
00:24:58It's a bit over the top.
00:24:59A single drop can kill a man within seconds.
00:25:01Are you familiar with the drug?
00:25:04My wife and I used to work as conservationists in Angola.
00:25:07We often used it to anaesthetise large animals.
00:25:09Elephants, mostly.
00:25:11The barbiturate was in a slice of cake.
00:25:13The barbiturates are traditionally bitter tasting.
00:25:16Sweet cake would disguise that.
00:25:18So, the victim was given cake.
00:25:22Sedated and then killed?
00:25:24Are you sure it wasn't some form of mercy killing?
00:25:27It wasn't killed immediately.
00:25:29We have reason to believe he was kept alive for quite some time.
00:26:12The whole point of euthanasia is to prevent prolonged suffering.
00:26:16It sounds like your murderer knew the technique and callously abused it.
00:26:21I'm sorry, but Catherine, my wife is waiting.
00:26:25Was there anything else?
00:26:26Oh, I'm sorry, by the way, about your daughter.
00:26:30It must be you.
00:26:31Well, just trying to remember her as she was before.
00:26:35Just celebrate that, you know.
00:26:38What was she like?
00:26:41She, uh, was so full of energy.
00:26:46She came on all our conservation trips from the age of five.
00:26:50And after the accident, we convinced ourselves there might be a miracle.
00:26:55Classic denial.
00:26:57But as time dragged on, we soon realized that all that lay ahead for Joe was just lying there.
00:27:03Wired up to some machine, feeling God knows what.
00:27:06Terrified, maybe.
00:27:07We knew that her life was being needlessly prolonged, but we were refused permission to do anything about it.
00:27:14We wanted to protect her, spare her from suffering.
00:27:17Any parent would feel the same.
00:27:20We brought her home.
00:27:21It just felt like the right thing to do.
00:27:24Then, uh, fate intervened.
00:27:27Chest infection.
00:27:30Not many people in our situation have that blessing.
00:27:39My, uh, wife torments herself about it every day.
00:27:44Why weren't we able to do anything to help her?
00:27:47Well, or else you found a way to move on.
00:27:49Well, at least keep moving.
00:27:57You still think it's wrong to want to put somebody out of that pain.
00:28:01Just because I'm uncomfortable with it doesn't make it wrong.
00:28:07Who are they?
00:28:08Detectives.
00:28:10I don't like the police hounding us at every turn.
00:28:13It wasn't about the campaign.
00:28:15They just had some technical questions about a murder case.
00:28:19How was your morning?
00:28:20Oh, well, I made it.
00:28:22To the hairdressers.
00:28:24They had no idea what to say.
00:28:26Which makes a change.
00:28:28Hmm.
00:28:33Why keep the clairvoyant experiment a secret?
00:28:36Apparently Crane likes to have his imprimatur on everything.
00:28:39The plan was to do the research without anybody knowing about it,
00:28:42and then make a big splash in their own right with some kind of a book.
00:28:46Well, why didn't he tell his wife?
00:28:47Were Ruben and Vicky more than just colleagues?
00:28:50Not, according to Vicky.
00:28:53Somebody went to his office with the sole intention of scaring him half to death
00:28:57before finishing the job off with an animal tranquilizer.
00:29:00There must be some significance to the way he was killed.
00:29:04Well, he abused a lot of vulnerable people's trust in there.
00:29:06We need to know who they are.
00:29:08Here, listen to this.
00:29:10National DNA Database has got an ID match on a hair follicle found in Ruben's office.
00:29:15Belongs to a Justine Skinner.
00:29:18She's in our system for breaking into a neighbour's house and killing their cats.
00:29:22Bring her in.
00:29:26Yeah, I'll do that.
00:29:27You go back to Ruben's flat.
00:29:28Check that uniform didn't miss anything.
00:29:31OK.
00:29:32OK.
00:29:59So, let's go.
00:30:20Ruben's death, yes.
00:30:22I hope this won't compromise things too much.
00:30:26You can appreciate it.
00:30:28I've...
00:30:30Thank you, Vicky.
00:30:43I'm going to take a look.
00:30:46I'm going to take a look.
00:30:48It's alright.
00:31:14I don't find anything.
00:31:17College have cleared it out.
00:31:21All trace of us gone.
00:31:23Like we were never here.
00:31:26Where are you living now?
00:31:29My mum's.
00:31:31It's fine.
00:31:32Except for the fact she's there.
00:31:38I want to have good memories, but all I can think about is him and Vicky.
00:31:45I hate the thought of her grieving for him.
00:31:48She has no right.
00:32:05You took your time?
00:32:06You were expecting me?
00:32:08Yeah.
00:32:08Ruben told me you'd come.
00:32:35I didn't find anything except for Polly Beatty.
00:32:38She's not in a good way.
00:32:40Is this the woman that killed the cats?
00:32:43Yeah.
00:32:44She was arrested for burglary and criminal damage just under a year ago.
00:32:48She broke into a neighbour's house and lethally injected four cats.
00:32:52CPS decided not to prosecute because of her mental health issues at the time.
00:32:58Maybe she's had a relapse, send her attention from cats to people.
00:33:17Ruben came to me not long after he'd passed.
00:33:21He told me you'd need my help.
00:33:24Justine, the questions I'm about to ask you have nothing at all to do with the spirit world.
00:33:29Do you understand?
00:33:32I'm not stupid, Inspector.
00:33:36We know that you visited Ruben on the day he died.
00:33:39Why was that?
00:33:41I wanted to talk to my mother.
00:33:45My channels were blocked.
00:33:46I get angry, you see?
00:33:49No good for anyone.
00:33:51So I thought I'd try new blood.
00:33:53But he was no good.
00:33:55A charlatan with a fake name.
00:33:57How did that make you feel when you found that out?
00:33:59Disappointed.
00:34:01I told him so, too.
00:34:05He won't tell me how he was killed.
00:34:08He was given a lethal injection.
00:34:11Sound familiar?
00:34:14I wasn't well.
00:34:17What did you use to put your neighbour's cats to sleep?
00:34:20I can't remember.
00:34:23I had blackouts.
00:34:25Days.
00:34:27Grief.
00:34:28Drink.
00:34:30Anger.
00:34:32It all broke down.
00:34:33Who were you angry with?
00:34:37I was my mother's sole carer for 25 years.
00:34:41She had cats.
00:34:42Four of them.
00:34:44When she died, she gave them to the neighbour and everything else to cat's protection.
00:34:50Left me with nothing.
00:34:53I could hear them next door.
00:34:55Mewling.
00:34:57Taunting me.
00:34:59So I broke in.
00:35:02I did to those cats what I wished I'd done to her.
00:35:08She let me down.
00:35:10Ruben Beattie let you down.
00:35:11Now I can't get rid of him.
00:35:14You okay?
00:35:17Justine?
00:35:17He's trying to tell me who killed him.
00:35:21There's a woman in danger.
00:35:23Who?
00:35:25Such anger in his office.
00:35:28Someone wants him to feel terrible fear.
00:35:32A woman.
00:35:34No.
00:35:35No.
00:35:36A man.
00:35:37Justine, if you're trying to throw me off the scent here...
00:35:43I know him.
00:35:44He's a psychic.
00:35:47Frank.
00:35:49Frank.
00:35:52McLean.
00:36:08Thanks for coming all the way out here at such short notice.
00:36:12You worried about being seen with me?
00:36:14No offence.
00:36:15But you look like a policeman.
00:36:18Oh dear.
00:36:19Promise me this stays off the record.
00:36:22That'll be safe.
00:36:23It's about Ruben.
00:36:24You want us to find whoever killed him, don't you?
00:36:29You loved him, didn't you?
00:36:34Three weeks ago...
00:36:36I was asked by Professor Crane...
00:36:38to help him devise an experiment for an external agency.
00:36:40What sort of experiment?
00:36:42Sleep deprivation.
00:36:43How it affects willpower.
00:36:45Breaks it down.
00:36:46And the external agency?
00:36:49Let's just say...
00:36:50There's military involvement.
00:36:53Whose military?
00:36:54Ours, the state, private contractor.
00:36:56And for what purpose?
00:36:57Torture.
00:37:07I honestly don't know.
00:37:11Ruben got wind of the project...
00:37:12and told Crane he thought it was unethical.
00:37:15He was probably right, but I...
00:37:16I think he was just pissed off that Crane asked me to assist and not him.
00:37:20Because he'd miss out on a fee?
00:37:23It was more of an ego thing.
00:37:26How did Crane feel about Ruben finding out?
00:37:29Well, Ruben told Crane that if he didn't pull out of the project...
00:37:31he'd go to the department board with a complaint.
00:37:33And that would have stopped the project?
00:37:35I don't know.
00:37:36It might have been enough to jeopardise Crane's involvement.
00:37:39So what are you telling me?
00:37:40Crane had Ruben killed in order to silence him?
00:37:44You told me that Ruben was killed using two drugs.
00:37:47Barbiturate and atorfin?
00:37:48Hmm.
00:37:49Well, some barbiturates are used to form the basis of...
00:37:53so-called truth drugs.
00:37:55Used by intelligence organisations all over the world.
00:37:58Isn't it possible that they used that to find out what Ruben knew about the project?
00:38:03And then killed him when they realised he knew too much?
00:38:05Why didn't you tell me this before?
00:38:08I've never felt this scared before.
00:38:12Some of us don't have the safety net of life after death.
00:38:17I should go.
00:38:18You want a lift?
00:38:19No.
00:38:21I can't be seen with you.
00:39:02You want to talk to me about Randolph James?
00:39:10Uh, yeah.
00:39:12Present your warrant card to the camera.
00:39:26Lovely place.
00:39:28Business is clearly good.
00:39:30Yes, I've never subscribed to the belief that work should be its own reward.
00:39:33I much prefer actual money.
00:39:35You must be very good at what you do.
00:39:37You're the only creatures that are aware that life has a beginning, middle and an end.
00:39:43Every life has a story.
00:39:44And for a small fee, I help my clients find a shape to theirs.
00:39:48Using psychic ability.
00:39:50Whatever you take me for, Inspector, don't take me for a fool.
00:39:53You and I both know that I'm one step up from the fairground.
00:39:56The skill lies in presenting the logical as mystical.
00:40:00For example, how did I know why you've come to see me?
00:40:02Because I've got a notorious website on which I'm roundly critical of so-called fellow practitioners.
00:40:08And I also assume you've seen my latest blog post.
00:40:11I haven't, actually.
00:40:25Randolph James, a terrific stage name that sadly wasn't matched by his cold-reading skills.
00:40:32Unless we maintain a certain standard, we all get tarred with the same crappy brush.
00:40:36Someone's got to sort the wheat from the chaff.
00:40:39And that's you.
00:40:41I don't trust anyone else in this world or the next.
00:40:45I take it you know that Randolph James has been murdered.
00:40:49I heard a whisper, yeah.
00:40:50So when did you post this?
00:40:56Tuesday night.
00:40:58If you didn't know about it, how come you're here?
00:41:01Did somebody point you in my direction?
00:41:03I'm not at liberty to say.
00:41:06Keith Poland.
00:41:09Liz Burkwood.
00:41:11Jodie Osborne.
00:41:14Justine Skinner.
00:41:16Randolph James' real name was Reuben Beatty.
00:41:20How hostile did you really feel to old him, Mr. McLean?
00:41:28When did you visit him?
00:41:30Well, I always go twice.
00:41:32The first to check them out and the second to confirm my first impression.
00:41:35I forwarded Randolph the same courtesy.
00:41:38And then I destroyed him.
00:41:40What?
00:41:42Online.
00:41:48I don't think Frank McLean's our killer.
00:41:51He needs phony psychics to prop up his self-esteem.
00:41:54What was your secret meaning?
00:41:57Worrying.
00:41:58Meet you outside the Department of Psychology.
00:42:00Yeah.
00:42:11I don't think Frank McLean's our killer.
00:42:24What's this about?
00:42:25Crane was devising a secret military experiment.
00:42:27He wanted Vicky on board, but not Reuben.
00:42:29Reuben threatened to sabotage it.
00:42:31What kind of experiment?
00:42:32Which means that Crane, Vicky, or whoever Crane was working for had ample reason to want him out of the
00:42:37way.
00:42:37Yeah, but what?
00:42:39No, isn't that...
00:42:40Yeah, that's Vicky.
00:42:41Vicky!
00:42:42Can we talk?
00:42:45Vicky!
00:42:51Jimmy.
00:42:56Vicky!
00:43:20Look after her.
00:43:22You're right.
00:43:24Help me.
00:43:26What's the matter?
00:43:29Someone get an ambulance, please.
00:43:31Look for me.
00:43:36Tell me you'll be okay.
00:43:38You'll be fine.
00:43:40We'll get an ambulance, please.
00:43:57I'm frightened.
00:44:01I'm frightened.
00:44:02Pray with me.
00:44:04Pray with me.
00:44:15I'm frightened.
00:44:22I'm frightened.
00:44:24I'm frightened.
00:44:25I'm frightened.
00:44:26I'm desperate.
00:54:37You know, we're no different, you and I.
00:54:41You know, we're no different, you and I.
00:54:42Here you are trying to break me down.
00:54:44Except your subjects aren't criminals.
00:54:46So your subjects aren't criminals or liars.
00:54:48You've no real evidence, therefore you've no reason to keep me here.
00:54:54It's quite in keeping with the blindness of your faith.
00:55:00My little test.
00:55:04Those who don't believe in God.
00:55:06Those who don't believe in God readily admit it.
00:55:11I'm keeping you here because I think Vicky was telling the truth.
00:55:15And you're not.
00:55:18Then talk to me when you have some proof.
00:55:24You can tell how busy we've been.
00:55:26And this is without the drop-ins and the holiday makers.
00:55:29Thanks.
00:55:31When was the last time you used a torfin?
00:55:34Less than a year ago.
00:55:35It was awful.
00:55:37A dressage horse slipped and broke its leg during training for a national competition.
00:55:42It hit the ground and rolled onto its rider, a teenage boy.
00:55:46He was crushed from the waist down.
00:55:48His mother was running the session, a championship rider herself
00:55:51and very ambitious for her children to follow in her footsteps.
00:55:55We suspected she'd been pushing the horse and son too hard.
00:56:01Into my heart an air that kills.
00:56:03From yon far country blows.
00:56:06What are those blue remembered hills?
00:56:08What spires, what farms are those?
00:56:12This is the land of lost content.
00:56:14I see it shining plain.
00:56:17The happy highway's where I went.
00:56:19And cannot come again.
00:56:44So what happened to the boy?
00:56:47He's been more or less confined to a wheelchair ever since.
00:56:51The horse had to be put down.
00:56:52Not a good day.
00:56:54Everyone was screaming and panicking.
00:56:57So amid all this chaos, your stock room could have been left unlocked for a time.
00:57:02Yes, I suppose.
00:57:05Staff.
00:57:07Staff.
00:57:08Customers.
00:57:09Vo...
00:57:10Vollies?
00:57:11Volunteers.
00:57:12Can't get enough of them.
00:57:16Justine Skinner.
00:57:19Thanks, Lucy.
00:57:30Crane's alibi checked out, sir.
00:57:32What about this work Vicky said he'd taken on, this contract?
00:57:36No, he's holding out on us.
00:57:37He says it's some hysterical fabrication on Vicky's part.
00:57:41Can't rule that out.
00:57:43Well, whether she was right or wrong, he was spooked by something.
00:57:45Unless he was just grieving.
00:57:48How did you get on?
00:57:490.25 milligrams of etorphine stolen from Garsing sometime in the last year.
00:57:55And guess who volunteers there?
00:57:57Justine Skinner, the cat killer.
00:57:59What, you're saying Justine Skinner killed Reuben?
00:58:02Well, she was in his office.
00:58:04Yeah, but she was right here in custody when Vicky Warnsley died.
00:58:07Well, maybe she had an accomplice.
00:58:09Maybe one of her clients proved malleable to suggestion.
00:58:12Whatever.
00:58:13She's our only link between Reuben and the etorphine.
00:58:16So we'd better keep an eye on her.
00:58:48What do you want?
00:58:50It's your kosher, darling.
00:58:51You'd know.
00:58:57I've got Vicky here, jogging.
00:59:03That's where I called her name.
00:59:10No, see?
00:59:11She's on the ground.
00:59:11Whoever did it's gone.
00:59:18Stop it there.
00:59:21Can you wind that back?
00:59:29There, just stop it there.
00:59:33Can you blow that bit up?
00:59:40Anyone make out if they're male or female?
00:59:46Someone's just called asking to speak to you in connection with the BT murder.
00:59:50Do they have a name?
00:59:51Joshua Grace.
00:59:52He says he's Polly Beatty's brother.
01:00:18He says he's Polly Beatty's brother.
01:00:22He says he's Polly Beatty detective with Sergeant Hathaway.
01:00:26Is it Joshua or Josh?
01:00:29Josh.
01:00:34Don't be nervous.
01:00:36Anything you tell us here is just between us.
01:00:39OK.
01:00:40What do you want to tell us, Josh?
01:00:44You know the day Reuben was murdered?
01:00:46In that office?
01:00:48Yeah.
01:00:49Oh.
01:00:51OK.
01:00:52Take your time.
01:00:55Mum went there.
01:00:57Where?
01:00:58To Reuben's office in Oriel Street that day.
01:01:01I know because I was in a car.
01:01:05What time is this?
01:01:07After school, about half three.
01:01:09I didn't think anything of it.
01:01:10She's always running errands.
01:01:12But then Polly told me where Reuben's office was.
01:01:16How did your mum and Reuben get on?
01:01:20Mum likes to get her own way.
01:01:22She wants her daughter to get a first in psychology
01:01:24or her son to be a championship rider.
01:01:28You don't really have much say.
01:01:30Look what I had to do to get out of it.
01:01:32Did this happen at Gartham?
01:01:37I don't think Mum killed him or anything.
01:01:39But she might know something.
01:01:46Get over to their house and talk to the mother.
01:01:49If she doesn't admit she was in Reuben's office that day,
01:01:51take her fingerprints.
01:01:53Or compare them with the unidentified one's soccer fan.
01:02:18Hello, Polly.
01:02:19Have you found out you did her?
01:02:21Not yet.
01:02:21It's your mum, then.
01:02:25This is Detective Sergeant Hathaway.
01:02:27He's investigating Reuben's murder.
01:02:28Oh, do sit down.
01:02:29I hope you've got some news for us.
01:02:33I think it might be better if I spoke with your mother alone.
01:02:36This is about Reuben.
01:02:37I have every right to stay.
01:02:39Darling, why don't you go and check on Sarah?
01:02:48Mrs. Grace.
01:02:48Jane, please.
01:02:51Did you know that Reuben was renting an office on Oriel Street?
01:02:54Yes.
01:02:55That's where he was killed, right?
01:02:57Did you know before?
01:02:59No, of course not.
01:03:00We have evidence that suggests you did
01:03:02and that you visited him the day he was killed.
01:03:05What?
01:03:06I'd advise you at this juncture that withholding information
01:03:08in a murder inquiry is a very serious offence.
01:03:13Mom.
01:03:18Yes.
01:03:19I did know.
01:03:21About the office.
01:03:22What?
01:03:23He was never at home.
01:03:24I presumed he was having an affair.
01:03:26I followed him one day from the department.
01:03:28You spied on him.
01:03:29Someone had to make you see sense.
01:03:31I knew you'd just keep on making excuses for him.
01:03:33You just wanted to get rid of him.
01:03:34I thought if I could give you a concrete reason.
01:03:36So why didn't you, Mom?
01:03:38Oh, believe me.
01:03:38I wanted to.
01:03:39Why didn't you tell me?
01:03:40Because I never found him with another woman, all right?
01:03:50Why did you go to Reuben's office the day he was murdered?
01:03:57Jane.
01:04:01To talk to him.
01:04:05To confront him.
01:04:09He told me he was doing some counselling on the side.
01:04:12Asked me not to tell Polly.
01:04:16I said I didn't trust him.
01:04:21And...
01:04:22I offered him money to divorce her.
01:04:26He did what?
01:04:28He said he didn't care whether I trusted him or not.
01:04:32He told me he loved Polly.
01:04:34He was hoping to surprise her.
01:04:36With a deposit for a proper family home.
01:04:40For her and Sarah.
01:04:45I didn't tell you before because the next thing Reuben was dead.
01:04:50I knew how it would look.
01:05:00This is a serious offence.
01:05:02You were the last person to see Reuben alive and you didn't come forward.
01:05:04I didn't kill him.
01:05:09Joshua told you, didn't he?
01:05:11Joshua told you, didn't he?
01:05:23You all right?
01:05:24Yeah.
01:05:26In a way, Mum's done me a favour.
01:05:29At least now I know he did love me.
01:05:33But I can't shake the idea of him and Vicky having an affair.
01:05:37They weren't.
01:05:44Maybe I should talk to her.
01:05:46You can't.
01:05:47She was murdered yesterday.
01:05:50You've been convinced that they were having an affair gives you a motive.
01:05:55You can't think I killed them.
01:05:58No, no.
01:05:59I was angry with both of them, yes.
01:06:01But only because I didn't want to lose him.
01:06:03I love him more than anything.
01:06:05I could never...
01:06:07He's the father of my child.
01:06:10Have you told us everything you know?
01:06:12Yes.
01:06:17Except...
01:06:22Yeah.
01:06:24Justine's not picking up, so I'm going round there.
01:06:27I want to know what happened to that at all fiend from the Galsington Riding School.
01:06:31What did Josh's mother have to say?
01:06:33She admits going to see Reuben.
01:06:35She denies killing him.
01:06:36She had motive.
01:06:37She had opportunity.
01:06:38But...
01:06:38No reason to kill Vicky.
01:06:42I'll call you back.
01:06:45I was looking for answers.
01:06:47I couldn't make any sense of it.
01:06:57I'm gonna need to take this.
01:07:06Come on.
01:07:08Come on.
01:07:09Come on.
01:07:22Justine.
01:07:25Justine.
01:07:26Justine.
01:07:26Who did this to you?
01:07:31Frank McClain.
01:07:42Frank McClain.
01:07:44The guy she reckons killed Reuben.
01:07:46As a result, some message from beyond the grave.
01:07:49Yeah, yeah.
01:07:50But she did warn us that there was a woman in trouble.
01:07:53Yeah, who?
01:07:53Vicky Wormsley or herself?
01:07:55Well, the afterlife's obviously a bit vague on the specifics.
01:07:59So we've certainly got enough to go after McClain for assault.
01:08:02Well, that's not all we've got, sir.
01:08:05What the hell does all this mean?
01:08:07Well, according to Vicky, Reuben did his psychic hearings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
01:08:11So these are his clients' initials and the order of the appointments.
01:08:15How many times did Justin's gonna visit him?
01:08:17Just the one.
01:08:18And he died on a Tuesday?
01:08:21Well, he's booked up for most of the next few weeks.
01:08:24So there should be a JS in here somewhere.
01:08:28Our clients became regulars.
01:08:29He must have been good.
01:08:31I never realised how many people felt for this kind of thing.
01:08:34Brief makes people irrational.
01:08:36Can't blame them for that, I suppose.
01:08:38You can blame the parasites that feed off them.
01:08:40It would come as a hell of a blow to find out that this was some sort of giant scam.
01:08:46Maybe someone did.
01:08:51There she is. Justine Skinner and FM.
01:08:54Frank McClain.
01:08:55He was booked at three.
01:08:56Says he left early.
01:08:58KDSS.
01:08:59Susan Smithy found Reuben's body.
01:09:00Lewis.
01:09:03Ah, right.
01:09:04Thanks.
01:09:06So KD was due in after she left.
01:09:09We have McClain in custody.
01:09:22Hello, Frank.
01:09:25Would you please do me the courtesy of explaining why I'm here?
01:09:35Justine Skinner is in hospital.
01:09:38When you left her for dead.
01:09:39Oh, please.
01:09:40She blacked out.
01:09:42If she hadn't been able to reach her phone.
01:09:44An hour later.
01:09:45She'd probably still be lying there now.
01:09:48Well, I am sorry about that, but it's nothing doing me.
01:09:52I got you so wrong.
01:09:55I thought, here's a man that wouldn't kill somebody when he can break them down with words.
01:10:01Never had you down as a coward who would beat up a defenseless woman.
01:10:07When I saw you, I thought, now here's a man that won't present any great challenge with his simple questions
01:10:13and his dumb open face.
01:10:16And I wanted to find out who'd incriminated me, so I fired some names.
01:10:20And you reacted to Justine Skinner.
01:10:23I cold read you in a heartbeat.
01:10:26Shouldn't you say lax, Inspector?
01:10:27A psychic and his colleague have been murdered and now another psychic has been viciously attacked.
01:10:33Forensics are crawling over her home as we speak.
01:10:39I only meant to scare her.
01:10:41She's a vulnerable woman.
01:10:43You violated the sanctuary of her home.
01:10:45She set me up.
01:10:47She said she'd seen a vision of me in that, uh, dead bloke's office.
01:10:52All because I'd written on my blog that she was a disturbed cat murdering spinster.
01:10:59So I confronted her and, uh, she came at me and I pushed her away.
01:11:05And that was all.
01:11:09Can you read my face now, Frank?
01:11:15I've never known a man of so much arrogance and self-bullied.
01:11:19Not anymore, he's a mess.
01:11:21What you've said before about what if Ruben's clients found out he's a phony,
01:11:25that whatever got them through their pain was a lie.
01:11:27I imagine they'd feel broken.
01:11:29Wouldn't Professor Crane's subjects feel the same?
01:11:32Crane says that he wants to work out why people believe in the paranormal,
01:11:36but he's also desperate to prove that any faith, including religion,
01:11:40is pernicious because it affects people's ability to think rationally.
01:11:44He wants to push his subjects to the limits of their beliefs.
01:11:47Maybe he pushed one of them too far.
01:11:50Vicki and Ruben conducted his experiments.
01:11:53Maybe one of their subjects wanted revenge.
01:11:57Who's that?
01:12:00Mom?
01:12:02Professor Crane is out of bounds.
01:12:05What?
01:12:07Crane is out of bounds.
01:12:09Says who?
01:12:11Doesn't matter who.
01:12:12But, Mom, we need to get into his research files.
01:12:15You think he's involved?
01:12:16Well, we haven't ruled out the idea that he might have killed Ruben and Vicki
01:12:20to protect some potentially lucrative source of income.
01:12:23But there's also a second line of inquiry we'd like to pursue with him.
01:12:27In that case, I'll rephrase. Professor Crane is going to be out of bounds.
01:12:32As of when?
01:12:32First thing tomorrow morning.
01:12:34And you really can't tell us why or who gave you the instruction?
01:12:37You've got ten hours.
01:12:39I wouldn't waste your time trying to get anything out of me.
01:13:04This is borderline harassment.
01:13:06Your alibi checks out.
01:13:07Then what are you doing here?
01:13:09Why are you so jumpy, Professor?
01:13:10It's because your colleagues have been murdered and you don't want to be next.
01:13:15Don't you care what happened to Ruben and Vicki?
01:13:17What good would that do?
01:13:19She was running for her life.
01:13:21Didn't know if she was safe at home, in the lab, in a crowd.
01:13:25I'm not big on sentiment.
01:13:28They weren't like children to me, but I was very fond of them.
01:13:31And I am so bitterly sorry that I ever got them involved in this sleep deprivation experiment.
01:13:37But please, I cannot disclose any details about my employers.
01:13:43That's not why we're here.
01:13:45How do you select subjects for your experiments, Professor?
01:13:48We mainly use adverts in the local press or the Oxford journals or the department's website.
01:13:54Is there a specific type of individual you look for?
01:13:56It varies from one experiment to the next.
01:13:58But why are you now interested in the subjects?
01:14:01We think it's possible one of them killed your students.
01:14:06We're looking for someone with the initials KD.
01:14:10Right, well, the details will be in here somewhere.
01:14:31So how does this work? People tell you what they believe and you disprove it?
01:14:36Yeah, we question it. We counter their beliefs with logic.
01:14:41We try and understand why they hold on to such views, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
01:14:48They come to us voluntarily. They know exactly what to expect.
01:14:52If we break them down, then their conviction must have been shaky in the first place.
01:14:56Of course it has nothing to do with you browbeating them into submission.
01:15:00This last list of volunteers is three months ago. There's no one with the initials KD.
01:15:05The last investigation was a few weeks ago. Vicki led it under my supervision and Ruben assisted. Here it is.
01:15:22An investigation into the mechanism upholding spiritual conviction.
01:15:29Sir.
01:15:31What is it?
01:15:33I think I know who killed Vicki and Ruben.
01:15:53Heal down. No. Down. Down.
01:15:56What's going on?
01:15:56I'm in Dutta.
01:15:57I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murders of Ruben Beattie and Vicki Wormsley.
01:16:02Who else is in the house?
01:16:04No one. My wife goes swimming at this time.
01:16:06Right. Get him down the station.
01:16:08Sir.
01:16:08But I haven't done anything wrong.
01:16:12Search the place thoroughly. Any evidence of it at all?
01:16:22I'm placing a photograph of Ruben Beattie in front of Canon Dutta.
01:16:27You recognize this man?
01:16:30Yes.
01:16:32From the news.
01:16:33Ruben Beattie was sedated with barbiturates and then fatally injected with etorphin.
01:16:39You came to see me about. It likened it to euthanasia.
01:16:42But to me it sounded more like torture.
01:16:45Torture.
01:16:46You're familiar with barbiturates, Mr. Dutta?
01:16:49I give Catherine, my wife, a barbiturate-based pharmaceutical to help her sleep.
01:16:54But you also had access to etorphin, didn't you, when you and Catherine worked as conservationists in Angola?
01:17:02Yes, but I don't know I'm here.
01:17:05Why do you think I did this?
01:17:16Did you volunteer for an experiment at the Department of Psychology three weeks ago?
01:17:22To examine the resilience of spiritual belief when challenged by a sustained attack of logic and reason?
01:17:31Yes. Why?
01:17:33I'm placing a second photograph in front of Canon Dutta.
01:17:39Do you recognize this woman?
01:17:45I'm not sure.
01:17:48Vicky Wormsley led the experiment, assisted by Ruben Beattie.
01:17:54Sat opposite.
01:17:55You persistently challenged your spiritual beliefs.
01:17:59That can't have been easy.
01:18:05Professor Andrew Crane oversees the experiments for the university's Department of Psychology.
01:18:13You just said you volunteered, Mr. Dutta.
01:18:16And yet you don't seem sure that you met any of the people involved.
01:18:23Ruben Beattie was also a practicing psychic under the name of Randolph James.
01:18:30His appointment book tells us that you visited him regularly for the past three months.
01:18:35Your last appointment was on the day he was murdered.
01:18:38So why are you pretending you never met him?
01:18:44I was ashamed.
01:19:06When Joe died, I wanted to stay strong for my wife.
01:19:12But the grief was eating me away.
01:19:16So you went to see a psychic?
01:19:23Yes.
01:19:25You brought her back.
01:19:27Just like she used to be.
01:19:38Find anything?
01:19:39The wife's name is Catherine Dutta with a K.
01:19:43Dutta's covering for her.
01:19:45She was at the lab.
01:19:47She was a volunteer for Crane's experiment.
01:19:49And that's where she saw Ruben.
01:19:52And Vicky.
01:19:53And Crane.
01:19:57We just found the atorfin.
01:19:59Get over to his place.
01:20:09Catherine with a K.
01:20:12The initials in Ruben's appointments book are K.D.
01:20:16Where is she?
01:20:17Where's your wife, Mr. Dutta?
01:20:19Let me speak to her.
01:20:20She isn't home yet.
01:20:22A man's life could be at stake.
01:20:24Stop trying to protect her!
01:20:25She lost her daughter.
01:20:26You have no idea how close they were.
01:20:39When Joe died, Catherine looked for her everywhere.
01:20:45Wanted to talk to her.
01:20:47She said the psychic helped.
01:20:49She wasn't living in the real world.
01:20:52All that seemed to matter to her were those sessions
01:20:55with Randolph James.
01:20:59I was losing her.
01:21:01To our dead daughter.
01:21:04Signed up for the experiment to prove to myself
01:21:06that Joe was gone.
01:21:09But I wasn't the one that needed convincing.
01:21:13So I sent Catherine in my place.
01:21:16In Crane's lab.
01:21:18She saw her psychic.
01:21:20He wasn't called Randolph.
01:21:22It was Ruben, post-graduate.
01:21:25Cold, detached, self-absorbed.
01:21:28She hasn't been right since.
01:21:32Whatever she's done.
01:21:34It's down to me.
01:21:55Any sign of Crane?
01:21:57Not here.
01:21:58The neighbour saw him settle for a run about 15 minutes ago.
01:22:01Oh, he could be anywhere.
01:22:03There.
01:22:05Said he always stops in at the market when he goes for a jog.
01:22:08Meet me down there.
01:22:35You see a short guy, Oxford professor, comes in here and has to drink everyday.
01:23:04See you?
01:23:05Nothing.
01:23:08Thanks, sir.
01:23:26Professor Crane!
01:23:28Professor!
01:23:42Are you all right?
01:23:44I've only a man.
01:23:46Talk to me!
01:23:47Please!
01:23:52She got the brace.
01:23:57Oh, God.
01:23:57Oh, God.
01:24:13Where did you get the atorphine?
01:24:18Catherine?
01:24:21We used it on elephants in Angola.
01:24:26I smuggled it in, ready for when Joe died so I could join her.
01:24:32But I was too scared.
01:24:35In case Joe wasn't there and it all just went black.
01:24:39Is that when you went to see his side gig?
01:24:44I must have been a walkover.
01:24:46Because I couldn't stop talking about her.
01:24:49But it didn't matter.
01:24:51It was good.
01:24:53It was like she was in the room.
01:24:57Told me she was healthy.
01:25:00Having fun.
01:25:03Missing me.
01:25:07Cannon wanted me to do the spiritual conviction experiment.
01:25:12I thought I could stay strong.
01:25:16But it was in a sterile lab and this girl was grilling me.
01:25:21Mocking me.
01:25:23While her boss looked on.
01:25:25Observing me like a rabbit in a cage.
01:25:29They were wiping Joe out.
01:25:31All I wanted to do was get out of there.
01:25:33See my psychic.
01:25:37And then I did see him.
01:25:39My psychic.
01:25:41In that lab.
01:25:44Randolph James.
01:25:48The man who brought Joe back to me.
01:25:51Did he see you?
01:25:53He didn't look at anyone.
01:25:55He was lining people up to be passed on to the professor.
01:26:01Why did you sedate Reuben before you killed him, Catherine?
01:26:05He was happy enough to speak for Joe.
01:26:08I wanted him to know what it felt like to be her.
01:26:11And Vicky?
01:26:12She was just a young girl doing her job.
01:26:17She had no belief to take.
01:26:21So I took her life instead.
01:26:42The world represents the ending of one cycle of life before the next begins.
01:26:48It teaches us that true happiness lies in giving ourselves back to the world.
01:26:53Taking what we've learned and moving forward.
01:26:57But the emphasis is on moving forward.
01:27:00Does that make sense?
01:27:02Yes.
01:27:03I'm looking for a new house for us two.
01:27:06And my brother.
01:27:20Great about your neck, eh?
01:27:23Yeah.
01:27:23Who'd have thought rugby tackling a syringe-wielding murderer would be such good physio.
01:27:28An inch and a half of foam away from certain death.
01:27:34Just think, if you hadn't made it, I might have had to go and see a psychic.
01:27:38Would have been a very one-sided conversation.
01:27:40You say that now.
01:27:42You'd miss me if you were gone.
01:27:49So, you don't think Justine was the real thing?
01:27:53She knew Ruben had been killed before we told her.
01:27:56It's strange she didn't tell us something we didn't already know.
01:28:00Strange how the higher powers are so ambivalent, eh?
01:28:07Come on. Let's get back.
01:28:09I don't think I want to.
01:28:19I used to feel like that.
01:28:22What happened?
01:28:24The next case.
01:28:27Can we just sit here for a minute?
01:28:31Of course we can.
01:28:43Okay.
01:28:56We're here for a minute.
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