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Silent Night, Bloody Night 1972 Remastered
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00:00:05One last time, I have to see this ground.
00:00:11It's beautiful now, as if nothing had happened here.
00:00:17Soon they will tear down the main house, and then nothing will be left.
00:00:21Nothing.
00:00:23Except what I remember.
00:00:27I grew up in the town nearby.
00:00:30Where my father was the mayor, and where this house stood waiting for me.
00:00:35It was built by Wilfred Butler.
00:00:39We had never seen him, and he never lived at home.
00:00:44Until the day before Christmas in 1950, he finally did come back.
00:00:51For the last time.
00:00:52And we went for a moment.
00:01:12Oh God.
00:01:12Oh God.
00:01:17Oh, you didn't mention that Instead of driving the busé.
00:01:34All of us believe that his death was an accident.
00:01:37No one knew that another person had come to Butler House that Christmas.
00:02:07As Deputy Coroner of the County of Arlington, State of Massachusetts, I hereby find, upon
00:02:14evidence of an autopsy conducted by the medical examiner of this county, that the deceased
00:02:19Wilford Butler died as a result of burns inflicted accidentally upon himself on his own premises
00:02:27during the afternoon of December 24th, 1950.
00:02:33No further inquiry shall be held over the body of the deceased, and this inquest is officially
00:02:39closed.
00:02:39All is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin mother and child.
00:03:22All is calm, all is calm, all is calm, all is calm.
00:03:34THE END
00:04:04THE END
00:04:36THE END
00:04:37After the coroner's inquest, on New Year's Day, they buried Wilford Butler.
00:04:42There was no one there to mourn him.
00:04:44It was the funeral of a stranger.
00:05:10I, Wilford Butler, being of sound mind and body,
00:05:17at least what the world considers sound,
00:05:21to hereby leave my house and its grounds and all personal effects within that house.
00:05:28To my only surviving relation, my grandson, Geoffrey Butler.
00:05:38And I solemnly charge him with one duty.
00:05:45Let him leave the house as I left it,
00:05:50standing untouched to remind the world of its inhumanity and cruelty.
00:06:00For 20 years, that house lay empty, exactly as Wilford left it.
00:06:08And then, last year, rumors began that it was finally being sold.
00:06:14The newspaper story traveled through the county to a state hospital for the criminally insane.
00:06:37The newspaper storyczne.
00:06:39The newspaper story
00:06:43We're supposed to hear from Daniel to the mayor and itsNE.
00:06:47Now, what happened?,
00:07:31The man who came to sell the house had never seen it.
00:07:35He was a lawyer from the city, just doing a job and enjoying it.
00:07:46Stop and look serious, please.
00:07:50Oh, you're hopeless.
00:07:54Oh, look.
00:07:56Hey, wait, where are you going now?
00:07:58The mayor's going to have a fit, yeah?
00:08:02One more shot.
00:08:04Come on.
00:08:07Stay there.
00:08:09I want one together.
00:08:11It's mine.
00:08:21For all the news as it happens, stay tuned to WLIX, your voice in the Northeast.
00:08:26This is Roger Fowler with local stories.
00:08:29First, today's headlines.
00:08:30A warehouse fire still rages in Elizabeth.
00:08:33Police suspect arson.
00:08:34That escaped invade at Margaretville State Hospital, still at large, still hunted by state police.
00:08:39And over in Roxbury, the city passes a controversial housing code.
00:08:43Constitution is now她's' way.
00:08:56Who is running?
00:09:01That escaped through my ship.
00:09:02It's mine now.
00:09:06Come on.
00:09:13Let's go.
00:09:50Well, didn't I tell you?
00:09:53It's beautiful.
00:09:54Can we see the rest of it?
00:09:57Honey, that was it.
00:09:59I think the mayor's waiting for me.
00:10:02My love is such an important man.
00:10:06I don't know.
00:10:06Right. Laura always says that.
00:10:10Darling.
00:10:11What?
00:10:13Don't be long.
00:10:17Honey, if you get bored, just look at the view.
00:10:21Sooner or later, that viaduct's gonna take us back home.
00:10:31Hold on.
00:11:01Mr. Carter.
00:11:03Mr. Mayor.
00:11:12Let me introduce you.
00:11:15This is Charlie Toman, who publishes our weekly newspaper, The Patriot.
00:11:19Mr. Toman?
00:11:23And this is Tess Howard.
00:11:25How do you do?
00:11:25She operates our switchboard.
00:11:27Oh, really?
00:11:27We call her the communications director.
00:11:31And this is Bill Mason, our sheriff.
00:11:40Won't you sit there, Mr. Carter, at the head of the table?
00:11:47I didn't expect to meet you all together.
00:11:50It's quite a reception.
00:12:08All right, let's begin.
00:12:10As you know, I've been retained by Jeffrey Butler.
00:12:14The matter concerns the house that he inherited from his grandfather, Wilfred Butler.
00:12:22Go on, Mr. Carter.
00:12:25I believe that you offered to buy the house for my client.
00:12:30Offered?
00:12:31Lord.
00:12:31We begged him.
00:12:32We wrote letters and we...
00:12:34That's enough, Tess.
00:12:34Well, it's true.
00:12:37Trouble.
00:12:37There's always trouble.
00:12:39I can sympathize.
00:12:40I spent the last 20 years and more driving people away from there.
00:12:45Prowlers.
00:12:46Burglars.
00:12:47Kids.
00:12:48They're the worst.
00:12:49Chasing for nothing because of that will.
00:12:53Dribble.
00:12:53That dribble about humanity.
00:12:56No, no, no.
00:12:57Inhumanity.
00:12:58What the hell is that, huh?
00:13:04Yes, well, he was a bitter man.
00:13:07Hate?
00:13:08Must have been very hard.
00:13:09It must have been hate.
00:13:15That man hated.
00:13:17Well, some people are like that.
00:13:26He's a good man.
00:13:27I've had that...
00:13:48I could figure it out.
00:14:17The question is, well, do you still want the house?
00:14:21Are you offering it to us, Mr. Carter?
00:14:24Exactly.
00:14:27Why now?
00:14:30Well, that's Mr. Butler's business, isn't it?
00:14:34You know we're not rich.
00:14:37Most of us came here during the Depression.
00:14:41But we love this town.
00:14:44It's our home.
00:14:46And naturally you want to improve it.
00:14:49Exactly.
00:14:51My client understands that and he fully sympathizes and he's willing to sacrifice the house for $50,000 in cash
00:15:01by noon tomorrow.
00:15:03Well, that's an awful lot of cash.
00:15:11It's also an awfully good bargain.
00:15:13You could go to Wilton.
00:15:15You could go now to the bank.
00:15:20Am I clearly understood?
00:15:25All that cash.
00:15:28Perfect.
00:15:29I'll wait for your answer until tomorrow.
00:15:32You're spending the night here?
00:15:35Yes.
00:15:37May I ask where?
00:15:39At the Butler house.
00:15:42We could put you up at the motel as our guest.
00:15:46No, no.
00:15:47The house is fine.
00:15:48The Paradise Motel.
00:15:51That's very kind of you.
00:15:52But I'm meeting Mr. Butler about some personal items.
00:15:55You'll want a phone.
00:15:57I can reconnect the line.
00:15:58Don't trouble, please.
00:16:00No trouble.
00:16:02You'll need a phone.
00:16:04Don't want to be stuck out there.
00:16:09Well, you've convinced me.
00:16:13By the way, have you known Mr. Butler a long time?
00:16:18No, I've never met him.
00:16:19He called me and asked me if I'd handle this for him.
00:16:21I said yes.
00:16:22He had the key delivered to my office.
00:16:24Mr. Mayor, Sheriff, Mr. Tolman, Mr. Howard.
00:16:29See you all tomorrow.
00:16:32In fact, I'm, uh, I'm looking forward to it.
00:16:45Slick.
00:16:45Really slick.
00:16:47He's a big lawyer, Bill.
00:16:48You've got to expect that.
00:16:50Don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:51Oh, you see the way he looked at us?
00:16:52You see his clothes?
00:16:53He's doing his job.
00:16:56Just don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:58You know what I'd like to see?
00:16:59Two of them like that.
00:17:00We're talking to each other.
00:17:02Neither one of them would know what to believe.
00:17:04I love you, too.
00:17:05Honey, when I get home, I'm going to have a nice, nice surprise for you.
00:17:10Oh, no, I can't tell you what it is now.
00:17:12It wouldn't be a surprise, now, would it?
00:17:15No, no, I can't come home now, but it'll be very soon.
00:17:18Very soon.
00:17:21Honey, of course I miss you.
00:17:25Yes, yes, I miss Mommy, too.
00:17:29Uh, Laura, how are you, kid?
00:17:36Look, I'll call tomorrow.
00:17:39No, I want to call.
00:17:40I want to talk to Jenny.
00:17:44Yeah, well, as a matter of fact, I'm, uh, I'm having a fine time.
00:17:51Well, same to you, darling.
00:17:55What do you mean, hostile?
00:18:14I was wondering, if we get it, what then?
00:18:23Tick it down.
00:18:27Okay.
00:18:29Okay.
00:18:31I'd better get going.
00:18:33Do me a favor, Tess.
00:18:35Call Diane, tell her I'm going to Wilton, and I'll be back late.
00:18:38I'll be back late.
00:19:13You can Defend.
00:19:27And if we get it, Doctor.
00:19:27No consent.
00:19:28I love you.
00:19:32Okay.
00:19:33Okay.
00:19:38We'll be back.
00:19:38I love you.
00:19:54it's fantastic isn't it yeah yeah butler wasn't kidding
00:20:03nobody's lived here for years that would be such a waste it's his grandfather's monument
00:20:11you know there's a caretaker who keeps this place just the way he left it what kind of monument
00:20:18is this well that's the trouble nobody remembers anymore that's what usually happens in america
00:20:26i remember this and he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me i'm his own
00:20:37and he walks with me and he talks with me
00:20:43and he tells me i am his own
00:20:47and the joy we share
00:20:57you're not serious
00:20:58i used to hear that at funerals
00:21:00at funerals
00:21:02i was a kid in chipley georgia
00:21:06there's also chipley flower day
00:21:09but they have both been subsequently eradicated from the map
00:21:15none other
00:21:16as ever
00:21:18no
00:21:19no
00:21:26no
00:21:27no
00:21:27no
00:21:27no
00:21:28no
00:21:32no
00:21:50The only thing opened was a delicatessen, so I brought you pastrami, salami,
00:21:55pedo salad, macaroni, everything you like.
00:22:00I'll have bologna.
00:22:03And macaroni.
00:22:05No, no, no.
00:22:05Some of that potato salad.
00:22:08Did you pick the wine too?
00:22:10The delicatessen man took a personal interest in its selection.
00:22:14Oh, well.
00:22:14We got lucky again.
00:22:16That's early 1970.
00:22:17That's hard to come by.
00:22:19Can I have some too?
00:22:21Of course.
00:22:22Of course you may.
00:22:44It must have been wonderful.
00:22:47What?
00:22:50The people who lived here.
00:22:52They must have had a wonderful life.
00:22:56Well, I hope they did.
00:22:58Wilfred Butler must have believed in something.
00:23:00I believe it.
00:23:01Look at that stone fireplace.
00:23:03Parquet floor.
00:23:04The mahogany.
00:23:05This table.
00:23:05You probably think this place is made of wood, right?
00:23:09Well...
00:23:10Wrong.
00:23:11You know what his grandson told him?
00:23:13Underneath that wood, there's two feet of stone.
00:23:15The foundation is eight bricks wide.
00:23:18Now, someday they're gonna come in here and they're gonna tear this place down and they're gonna build little tract
00:23:22houses all over this property on quarter acre and half acre lots.
00:23:28And that bulldozer's gonna come up that hill toward this house.
00:23:33And it's gonna get the surprise of its life.
00:23:36They built a kingdom out here.
00:23:39Only nobody's left.
00:23:41No?
00:23:42Butler has a grandson.
00:23:43No.
00:23:45It's probably like the rest of us wants money.
00:23:48You know, he's asking $50,000 cash for this place and if the only win he can get all he
00:23:53can get at least $250,000.
00:23:56But he won't take his time.
00:24:00So he'll get screwed.
00:24:07Do you want to go upstairs now?
00:24:10Soon.
00:24:12You know, one of the great pleasures in life is the pleasure of anticipating pleasure.
00:24:19Isn't it?
00:24:21We are very close now, aren't we?
00:24:25Sure, honey.
00:24:26Very close.
00:24:33I don't see any beds yet.
00:24:36Well, keep looking, honey. Butler said the place is furnished.
00:24:51Yeah. It's furnished.
00:25:14Anything doing?
00:25:15No, sir. But look at this.
00:25:17More football, huh?
00:25:19Look how they smeared that quarterback. Look at his arm.
00:25:21Got no time now.
00:25:22Go test.
00:25:24How about that telephone up at the Butler house?
00:25:26Is it working?
00:25:27No.
00:25:28No.
00:25:29Well, try it now. I'll wait.
00:25:43Hello?
00:25:45Oh, yes. Miss Howard.
00:25:48Yeah, the phone's working fine.
00:25:51Very nice of you to go.
00:25:54Good night.
00:25:57Honey, I'm going down to the car to get some cigarettes.
00:26:00Be back in a minute.
00:26:01Okay.
00:26:02Don't get lonely.
00:26:03No, no.
00:26:19No, no, no.
00:26:23I'm wrong.
00:26:32Sure.
00:26:37Hasn't done a business, Darnett.
00:26:37Oh, don't learn everything.
00:26:41Do you see better katyana?
00:26:41Yes, Pauly.
00:26:42Was it going to be no really bad?
00:26:45No, Mr. Ambrouse, do you see better?
00:26:46You're going to ease the clock.
00:26:46Yeah, it'll kill you.
00:27:17Did you get your cigarettes?
00:27:19Yes, yes I did.
00:27:21May I have one?
00:27:22Sure.
00:27:24You know, it's the most amazing thing.
00:27:26These cigarettes come in these very small packages these days.
00:27:31Oh, that's for me?
00:27:34Mm-hmm.
00:27:36Can I open it?
00:27:38Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:40Our Christmas is day after tomorrow.
00:27:43Is that an order?
00:27:46Yes, ma'am, that's an order.
00:27:50I don't know.
00:27:52I don't know they ought to start.
00:27:54Oh, no.
00:27:59I don't know if you want to.
00:28:00Oh, no.
00:28:04Oh, no.
00:30:28Sheriff Mason.
00:30:30Bill, someone's calling from Butler House.
00:30:33Okay, put them on.
00:30:36Go ahead now.
00:30:39Mr. Carter?
00:30:40I'm not Carter.
00:30:44Who is this?
00:30:45The owner.
00:30:47Butler.
00:30:48I'm worried, Sheriff.
00:30:50Carter's not here.
00:30:53Speak up.
00:30:53I can't hear you.
00:30:55I can't.
00:30:56I'm sick.
00:30:58Can you come here?
00:31:00What is it?
00:31:01What's wrong?
00:31:02His car's here, but he's gone.
00:31:05Won't you come?
00:31:06Okay, okay.
00:31:08Now, you stay put in that house.
00:31:10I'll wait for you.
00:31:11Please, hurry.
00:31:13I'm afraid.
00:31:15Now, take it easy.
00:31:16I'm coming.
00:31:25Mr. Butler, are you done?
00:31:27Tess, I have come back.
00:31:31What's that?
00:31:32Tess, I want to see you again.
00:31:36Hello?
00:31:37Who is this?
00:31:39You know me, Tess.
00:31:41It's Mary Ann.
00:31:43Tell the mayor.
00:31:46Tell them all.
00:31:48I'm waiting in my father's house.
00:31:53Tess, it's so lonesome here.
00:31:58Don't be long.
00:32:04Hello?
00:32:04Hello?
00:32:06Hello?
00:32:06Hello?
00:32:46Oh, my God.
00:32:47Where is everybody?
00:32:53Oh, my God.
00:33:00Where is everybody?
00:33:04Hello?
00:33:06Oh, Maggie.
00:33:07Thank goodness.
00:33:09What is it, Tess?
00:33:10Something's come up.
00:33:12Something urgent.
00:33:13Can you start early?
00:33:14Oh, honey, I'm watching TV.
00:33:16Maggie Daly, you get yourself over here.
00:33:18What is it?
00:33:20Just get moving, Maggie.
00:33:22Just please, hurry.
00:33:49Don't leave me.
00:33:51I'm going to find Chengland.
00:33:52I'm fartés.
00:33:52I love you.
00:33:54You'll walk right now.
00:33:57Let's go.
00:34:24Let's go.
00:34:54Come in.
00:34:58It's open.
00:35:03Okay, mister, that's far enough.
00:35:05What do you want here?
00:35:08Mayor.
00:35:09Try again.
00:35:10My father's not home.
00:35:12And don't move.
00:35:13You want me to put my hands up?
00:35:15No.
00:35:16Just stay there.
00:35:19What are you staring at?
00:35:20I seem to remember you from the road.
00:35:22That's why I'm holding a gun.
00:35:24You scare me.
00:35:25That makes sense.
00:35:26Thanks.
00:35:27Does everybody carry one here?
00:35:29You can ask the sheriff when he gets here.
00:35:31I'll call him.
00:35:32I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the sheriff's office is empty.
00:35:38How do you know?
00:35:39I was just there.
00:35:42Who are you?
00:35:44Jeffrey Butler.
00:35:47Oh, you're the one who's selling the house.
00:35:50Yes.
00:35:52Have you any ID?
00:35:54Come on.
00:35:55Don't laugh at me.
00:35:57I want your ID.
00:35:58Some maniac escaped from Margaretville.
00:36:05You're the one who's selling the house.
00:36:12Put it on the table.
00:36:19Now go back.
00:36:31California license.
00:36:34Lucky you.
00:36:36Would you like to see my maniac card from the asylum?
00:36:41They'll give you one when you escape.
00:36:43There's a big Scarlet M on it so people won't get confused.
00:36:47Okay.
00:36:48Look, I'm sorry about the gun.
00:36:50My father's in Wilton getting your money.
00:36:55All I want to do is to get into my house.
00:36:58This sheriff's deputy might have a key.
00:37:00He's about the only one I know of.
00:37:03But where's he?
00:37:04You go down the road about a mile and a half
00:37:06till you come to a white house with a white fence.
00:37:09And then you can't miss it.
00:37:12Thanks.
00:37:13That's okay.
00:37:15Merry Christmas.
00:37:19Same to you.
00:37:27If I don't call back in an hour.
00:37:30What?
00:37:31Call the mayor.
00:37:33Or Mr. Tone.
00:37:34And nobody else.
00:37:37Promise me you'll do that.
00:37:39Well, sure.
00:37:41Mark it down, honey.
00:37:43So you'll have it.
00:37:45Sheriff to 301.
00:37:47I'm heading west on route 5 to Butler House.
00:37:49You'll hear from me.
00:38:01What the hell?
00:38:03Is that light out there?
00:38:04I'm going to see you.
00:38:06Bye.
00:38:06Bye.
00:38:16Bye.
00:38:19Bye.
00:38:24Bye.
00:38:27Bye.
00:38:38All right, let's go.
00:39:23Oh, my God.
00:39:42Hi.
00:39:42Hi.
00:39:43Did you find the deputy?
00:39:45No, I wasn't there.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:48I was thinking.
00:39:51Isn't your lawyer supposed to be at the house?
00:39:53The door was locked.
00:39:55His car was there, so I borrowed it.
00:39:58You mean you stole the car?
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:01Ah, keeping it warm.
00:40:04What if he needs it?
00:40:06Let him find me.
00:40:08Who's coming to dinner?
00:40:10Oh, Daddy.
00:40:12We always have dinner every Thursday.
00:40:15Do you want something?
00:40:17No, I ate Paradise Motel.
00:40:20Yeah, I know. It's awful.
00:40:22What about a drink?
00:40:24Yeah.
00:40:27It's, uh, cheap bourbon, but that's a big favorite around here.
00:40:33Do you want ice?
00:40:35No, straight.
00:40:40You look tired.
00:40:41I am tired.
00:40:43Well, here's to a fast dollar.
00:40:46Cheers.
00:40:56Why did you decide to sell the house?
00:40:59I needed the cash.
00:41:02After all these years?
00:41:04I need to know.
00:41:07Huh.
00:41:10What's it like on the inside?
00:41:13You know, I've never seen the inside.
00:41:15When I was a child, my father told me to stay away from it, or something terrible might happen.
00:41:20Sort of like a haunted house.
00:41:24I haven't seen it, either.
00:41:26You're going to sell it, and you've never seen it?
00:41:28Yeah.
00:41:30I don't know.
00:41:31It's too bad.
00:41:32It's about the only place to see around here.
00:41:35Oh, I forgot.
00:41:36Someone keeps calling with a message from my father.
00:41:40She says that she's waiting at your house.
00:41:43In the reception room.
00:41:46What woman is waiting at my house in the reception room?
00:41:49Oh, I don't know.
00:41:50No, it's not a voice that I know.
00:41:55I better go out then.
00:41:57Can I come too?
00:41:59What for?
00:42:01I'm pushy.
00:42:05I suppose you'll be going back to California soon.
00:42:09Hmm?
00:42:11California.
00:42:12You said you lived there, remember?
00:42:14No, I'll be traveling.
00:42:17Jeff, look.
00:42:18It's the sheriff's car.
00:42:26Google me...ены.
00:42:33I don't
00:42:33know it. Let's go
00:42:33again.meno. Oh,
00:42:33my God.
00:42:34sheriff's uncle... He occurs. Goodbye.
00:42:34Goodbye. Goodbye.
00:42:34Goodbye.
00:42:35Goodbye.
00:42:36Goodbye.
00:42:38Goodbye.
00:42:40Edward Consol
00:42:41freeland's
00:42:41office.
00:42:42êµ° facilities. You go out to me.
00:42:44Goodbye. Goodbye.
00:42:45Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
00:42:46Goodbye.
00:42:46Goodbye.
00:42:48Goodbye.
00:42:50There's a light.
00:42:54Look at that tombstone.
00:42:57Pretty cheerful.
00:43:01Who bears the cross shall wear the crown.
00:43:04Wilfred Butler.
00:43:06My grandfather.
00:43:09Oh.
00:43:14Someone left their sunglasses in the snow.
00:43:17They're the sheriffs.
00:43:20My lawyer's missing.
00:43:22So is the sheriff.
00:43:24You get strange phone calls.
00:43:27And now someone's fascinated by my grandfather's grave.
00:43:32Let's get out of here.
00:43:34You still want to go to my house?
00:43:36Yes.
00:43:38But I don't want to go alone.
00:43:42Listen.
00:43:43I'm not nervous.
00:43:44Well, of course you're not.
00:43:45Oh, it's the cold.
00:43:46I'm shaking from it.
00:43:49Let's get out of here.
00:43:52Okay.
00:43:53We'll get help in town.
00:43:54It's ten minutes drive.
00:43:55Let's get out of here.
00:43:56Let's get out of here.
00:43:58Let's get out of here.
00:43:59Let's get out of here.
00:43:59Let's get out of here.
00:44:00Let's get out of here.
00:44:02Let's get out of here.
00:44:02Let's get out of here.
00:44:09Let's get out of here.
00:44:12Let's get out of here.
00:44:13Let's get out of here.
00:44:13Let's get out of here.
00:44:14Let's get out of here.
00:44:15Let's get out of here.
00:44:16Let's get out of here.
00:44:17Let's get out of here.
00:44:18Let's get out of here.
00:44:21Let's get out of here.
00:44:38Good night, Mr. Towman.
00:44:44Have a nice holiday.
00:44:53Good night.
00:45:22Let's go.
00:46:00The deputy's not here, but Toman is.
00:46:03Who's Toman?
00:46:05Come on, you'll see.
00:46:19Mr. Toman, wait!
00:46:21No, please, I have to talk to you.
00:46:27I'm sorry, this is Jeffrey Butler.
00:46:29He's the one who's selling the house.
00:46:31He can't get inside the place.
00:46:33And my father's gone to Wilton.
00:46:35So we wondered...
00:46:44Is there anything wrong?
00:46:45He'll tell us.
00:46:48Tess...
00:46:51has gone to his house.
00:46:53Why would she go there?
00:46:54I don't know.
00:46:57Anyway, she won't get in.
00:46:59You say it's locked.
00:47:04He says she hates the place.
00:47:06Would you like to drive there?
00:47:11Diana could stay here, lock herself in.
00:47:14I need a key.
00:47:15A few months...
00:47:17A few months.
00:47:18Good.
00:47:24Good.
00:47:43I didn't find, babe.
00:47:43Who's the master?
00:47:44Here's to me.
00:47:44Here's to me.
00:47:44Opening.
00:48:08Oh, man, this isn't my house.
00:48:11It's Tess's.
00:48:41Well, Tess isn't here.
00:48:43Are you satisfied?
00:48:48She must have gone to my place.
00:48:51Why wouldn't she go there?
00:48:57She hates it.
00:49:02Maybe she went to see the woman who's there.
00:49:05Someone called the mayor's house before.
00:49:08Said she'd be waiting.
00:49:16What is it?
00:49:21Hey, look, I'm sorry.
00:49:28I'm sorry.
00:49:37I don't know.
00:49:43Come on.
00:49:58Hello, Jeff?
00:50:05Hello.
00:50:06Is anybody there?
00:50:09Who is this?
00:50:13I'm Diane Adams.
00:50:16I spoke to you before.
00:50:18Bring your father to the house.
00:50:24This is Marianne.
00:50:27Tell him I have the diary.
00:50:30I'm waiting.
00:50:32Who are you?
00:50:35He'll know.
00:50:37Christmas Eve, 1935.
00:50:44Hello?
00:50:47Hello?
00:50:49Hello?
00:51:005, 6, 7, 8, 7, 0, 4, signal 10, 7, 0, 4, C, Charlie, 7, 0, 4, signal 10, 7,
00:51:100, 4, C, Charlie.
00:51:20Oh, my God.
00:51:51Oh, my God.
00:52:33Sheriff, I saw your car.
00:52:51Bill, is that you?
00:52:55Bill?
00:52:55Bill!
00:53:11Bill!
00:53:16Tess, you can't see me, but I can see you.
00:53:23Oh, yes, I remember that face.
00:53:29You're older now, and fatter, but still, Tess.
00:53:39Tess, and you're frightened, aren't you?
00:53:45Don't be afraid.
00:53:48I want to help you.
00:53:51Take my hand.
00:53:54Take it, Tess.
00:54:09The person on the telephone said 1935, Christmas Eve, but that's not the beginning.
00:54:18In 1927, Butler House was restored by Wilfred Butler.
00:54:24After that, I find social notes, parties, nothing special.
00:54:29Then, in 1930, Butler's wife, Catherine, dies of tuberculosis.
00:54:37In August 1933, it starts.
00:54:40Wilfred Butler's daughter is cruelly attacked and raped.
00:54:46Her name is Mary Ann, the same name as the caller who left those messages tonight.
00:54:53She's 15, then.
00:54:56On May 2, 1934, Mary Ann Butler gives birth to a son, Jeffrey Butler.
00:55:05Jeff.
00:55:07Early in 1935, Butler House is turned over to a Dr. Robinson as an asylum for mental patients.
00:55:16And then, Butler goes on to say that he has committed his own daughter.
00:55:22Mary Ann will live at the asylum.
00:55:26There's no end to this story.
00:55:28It's been carefully cut out of all the papers.
00:55:32Why would Toman do that?
00:55:34You're a Hearer.
00:55:35Oh, my God.
00:55:36Oh, my God.
00:55:40Oh, my God.
00:56:19you scared me what happened what happened is Tess has 40 bird cages Toman is hysterical
00:56:30everybody's in my hospital me it's cold outside and you forgot to lock the door
00:56:36Joe how old are you how old am I you mean how many years have I lived no there's a
00:56:43lot in the paper
00:56:44about your family I don't want to talk about my family wait a minute there's a woman calling
00:56:50and she says her name is Mary Ann that was your mother's name wasn't it my mother died in childbirth
00:56:59that's when I started traveling it's not what the papers say
00:57:06what's your point I just thought that you should read something for your own good
00:57:14nothing you could tell me about my past to future would be for my own good
00:57:24where is the paper it's on the table
00:57:47it's so stupid to lie I missed the whole event
00:57:53Jeff maybe your mother's still alive maybe she's waiting for you at the house
00:58:01I don't know
00:58:08come on no more side trips let's go out there
00:58:12I don't know
00:58:15I don't know
00:58:15it's so stupid to lie
00:58:17I don't know
00:58:18I don't know
00:58:22you
00:58:24I don't know
00:58:28I don't know
00:58:34I don't know
00:58:57It's Tolman's car.
00:59:07It's it.
00:59:45Oh my God!
00:59:48Stay back!
00:59:48It's Tolman!
00:59:50Stay back!
00:59:52Look!
00:59:53Look!
00:59:54Look!
00:59:55Look!
00:59:56Look!
01:00:19He's dead.
01:00:21He's dead.
01:00:31He's dead.
01:00:58His hands.
01:01:02Somebody cut off his hands.
01:01:05You killed him. You killed Tolman.
01:01:10He's asking for help.
01:01:12You killed him.
01:01:17Get in the car.
01:01:34Get in the car.
01:01:49Get in the car.
01:01:53Get in the car.
01:02:02Get in the car.
01:02:05Get in the car.
01:02:11Get in the car.
01:02:29Get in the car.
01:02:32The keys. He took them.
01:03:09Hello?
01:03:10Hello, Mr. Mayor.
01:03:13Yes, what?
01:03:15This is Marianne Butler.
01:03:18I'm calling from my house.
01:03:21Won't you come over here, Mr. Mayor?
01:03:26We're having a reunion.
01:03:30Everyone's here.
01:03:32Even your daughter.
01:03:48We're going through the door.
01:03:53Good.
01:04:04We're doing well.
01:04:04It seems like it needed.
01:06:08I remembered what she had been.
01:06:10There was never a lovelier, happier child.
01:06:34Ladies and gentlemen, quiet please.
01:06:36I, uh, I post-toast a doctor, please.
01:06:41By Christmas of the first year, I knew that I must act, not for myself, but for my helpless child.
01:06:51I had no plan.
01:06:53All I knew was that I must take her from these men with their promises, their lies.
01:07:01Shall we?
01:07:02All right.
01:07:09For he's a jolly good fellow.
01:07:11For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny,
01:07:21which nobody can deny.
01:07:30I knew that they would gore themselves into a stupor that afternoon.
01:07:35It was their celebration.
01:07:37It was their celebration, I expected no less.
01:07:39Since they had come into my house, they had acted as if they owned it.
01:07:44They had behaved like poor relations, half guilty, but finally unable to control their appetites.
01:08:02A little short for her, she couldn't panic when had pretty eyes Hilary better.
01:08:12She was alive after June, except for her child, she didn't even care for her friends.
01:08:13About 6 months of coaches, both spouses should have gone.
01:08:22For the first day she married, she specifically replied,
01:08:24After dinner, they danced and drank as they usually did.
01:08:28All the time, Robinson would smile and reassure me.
01:08:33They expected me to believe because I had no choice.
01:08:39Wilfred, trust me.
01:08:43He really believed Marianne would be well.
01:08:47He saw a light.
01:08:48There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:08:54There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:09:06Stay here, Doctor.
01:09:09I'll get more champagne.
01:09:10He was ready.
01:09:12I knew it.
01:09:13Drunk and fat and full of his own importance.
01:09:15I left then.
01:09:53There was a boy to leave.
01:09:57I left the window at the end of a long tunnel.
01:09:59I left the window at the end of a wrap.
01:10:03I left all the days of the morning and I left the window.
01:10:03I left the window at the end of a night.
01:11:00My cruelty to Marianne was inhuman.
01:11:04I know that.
01:11:06I had loved her.
01:11:08I had fathered our child, Jeffrey.
01:11:11I had brought her to this.
01:11:14But I swear that on that afternoon, all I wanted was to save my child.
01:11:36My hope was to get her away from that house.
01:11:39But also, I wanted to set free those other wretches who had so long been abused by the doctors.
01:12:01I know that.
01:12:15I knew what they might do if these inmates were freed.
01:12:20And this is my guilt.
01:12:24I knew.
01:12:26And still, I freed them.
01:12:53I knew.
01:13:18I knew that.
01:18:36Jeff.
01:18:43Jeff?
01:19:22This house was an asylum.
01:19:24there was a massacre by the inmates
01:19:27Tess, Toman, the sheriff
01:19:32your father
01:19:33no
01:19:35all inmates
01:19:36they killed my mother
01:19:38in this room
01:20:06who's that
01:20:11who's there
01:20:46butler
01:20:53oh no
01:20:55no
01:20:57oh my god no
01:21:01oh
01:21:09daddy
01:21:11daddy
01:21:16Diane
01:21:18Jeff
01:21:20Jeff
01:21:22no
01:21:24no
01:21:25Jeff
01:21:26why
01:21:27why
01:21:28sorry
01:21:29look
01:21:34Marianne
01:21:36no
01:21:38no
01:21:40don't run away
01:21:42don't
01:21:43I'm your father
01:21:44don't be afraid
01:21:46I won't hurt you
01:21:47please
01:21:49it's alright
01:21:51I won't hurt you
01:21:54I won't hurt you
01:21:56I won't hurt you
01:21:57I need you
01:21:59I will see you
01:22:02I waited for you
01:22:05please
01:22:07please
01:22:29help me
01:22:32help me
01:22:34help me
01:22:46I spent that night
01:22:48I spent that night weeping
01:22:49by morning there were no more tears
01:22:57I know that my father and Jeffrey both thought they were shooting at killers
01:23:02but they were simply the last victims in that house of victims
01:23:12and now a year later they will tear down Wilfred Butler's monument
01:23:19but they can never destroy my memories of what happened here
01:23:23oh
01:23:36I
01:23:37I
01:23:37I
01:23:37I
01:23:37I
01:23:45for
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