1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Suspense. 2 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000 This is the Man in Black, here again to introduce Columbia's program, Suspense. 3 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Our starring Hollywood cast of characters reads as follows for tonight. 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:35,000 As Aunt Julie, one of those stark, severe and terrifying women who is encountered ever so often along the grimmer outposts of the American countryside. 5 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Miss Agnes Moorhead. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:44,000 As Carol Linden, the girl who returned to a scene of childhood happiness and found terror living in the house. 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Miss Ellen Drew. 8 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 As Paul Carroll's husband who had his own ideas as to the explanation of these strange events. 9 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Mr. Ted Reed. 10 00:00:53,000 --> 00:01:00,000 A first radio play by Larry Roman called Uncle Henry's Rosebush is tonight's tale of suspense. 11 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:08,000 If you have been with us before, you will know that suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. 12 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:19,000 In this series our tales calculated to intrigue, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold a solution until the last possible moment. 13 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:27,000 And so it is with Uncle Henry's Rosebush and the performances of Agnes Moorhead as Aunt Julie, Ellen Drew as Carol and Ted Reed as Paul. 14 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 We again hope to keep you in Suspense. 15 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Suspense 16 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 I shall tell you the story exactly as it happened. 17 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 There's no use pretending. 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I'll never forget and I know I'll not awake and find it all a dream. 19 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,000 It's real and for the rest of my life I shall know it's real. 20 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Paul's Rosebush 21 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Paul was to have his first vacation since we were married. 22 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 I suggested we visit my Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry who had a small farm upstate. 23 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 They had always been very kind to me. 24 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 When I was a child I used to spend my summer vacations with them. 25 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 They loved children. 26 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 I've often wondered why they never had any of their own. 27 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Some time ago I'd lost track of them. 28 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 They'd never seen Paul and I was certain they'd like to. 29 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Paul said it would be fine. 30 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 We'll surprise them I thought. 31 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 We were the ones who were surprised. 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Paul's Rosebush 33 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Just a few more miles Paul. 34 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 I remember this road. 35 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 We used to hike along it going to the village. 36 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Ah, this country air is wonderful. 37 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Two weeks of green grass and wicker chairs. 38 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 I can't think of anything better. 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 You'll love Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry. 40 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 They live alone, quiet and peaceful. 41 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 It'll be quite a change from the city. 42 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Yeah, they must be happy together. 43 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Oh they are but they're lonely. 44 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Smooth lawns and orchards. 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Flowers. 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Uncle Henry planted huge rose bushes around the porch. 47 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Every night as I crawled in the bed he used to bring me a rose. 48 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 They're his favorite flowers. 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Ah, vacation here we come. 50 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Come on Carl let's go. 51 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Just around the bend. 52 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Here we go. 53 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 There it is. 54 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Carl, look. 55 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Why Paul. 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Are you sure this is the place? 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Yes but all the weeds and the broken shutters. 58 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Looks as though it's been neglected for months. 59 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 I don't understand. 60 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Perhaps it's deserted. 61 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 It can't be. It's their home. 62 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Oh come on let's go up and see. 63 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:05,000 The dirt on this porch must be an inch thick. 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 No answer. 65 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Nobody here. 66 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Look Paul over there at the end of the porch. 67 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,000 The rose bush. 68 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Uncle Henry's rose bush. 69 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Why it's trimmed and neat. 70 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 It's the only thing that seems to be taken care of. 71 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Well then somebody must be here. 72 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Maybe they can tell us what happened to Aunt Julie and Uncle Henry. 73 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Knock again. 74 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Someone's coming. 75 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Well? 76 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 We're looking for a Mr. and Mrs. Connors. 77 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 They used to live... 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Why Aunt Julie? 79 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I didn't recognize you. 80 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 It's me Aunt Julie. It's Carol. 81 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 I wasn't expecting you. 82 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Paul's vacation. We thought we'd spend it here. 83 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Well you've been asking for us for years. 84 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 This is Paul, my husband. 85 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Carol's told me so much about you. 86 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Why did you come? 87 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,000 What? 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 I said why did you come? 89 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Aren't you glad to see us? 90 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Aunt Julie something's happened. 91 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Nothing's happened. 92 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Oh but it did. Tell me Aunt Julie we'll help. 93 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Of course we will. 94 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 You shouldn't have come. 95 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Carol if she doesn't want us let's go. 96 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,000 No Paul. This isn't like you Aunt Julie. 97 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Something dreadful has happened. I know it. 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Go Carol. Please go. 99 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Listen if it's money Aunt Julie, well we haven't got too much but you're welcome to it. 100 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 I tell you nothing's wrong. 101 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 But there must be. This house... 102 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,000 You're her husband. I'm asking you to take her and go away. 103 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Come on Carol. We're not wanted. Let's go. 104 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 We're going to stay. 105 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Well there you are. She's your niece and you know how stubborn she can be. 106 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 We're going to stay. 107 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Where's Uncle Henry? 108 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I say where's Uncle Henry? 109 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 He's... he's not here. 110 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 But where is he? 111 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 He's not here. Isn't that enough? 112 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Well he'll be back. 113 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 He won't be. 114 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Oh but Aunt Julie... 115 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 He won't ever be back. 116 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 They stood there bewildered. 117 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Aunt Julie had run out of the room. 118 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Perhaps she was crying. I don't know. 119 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 I just knew that Uncle Henry was gone. 120 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 He had left her. 121 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 It seemed strangely impossible. 122 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 They'd always been so happy. 123 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:20,000 So supremely happy that it seemed that the only thing that could separate them on this earth was... 124 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Death. 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 And now this. I couldn't believe it. 126 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Paul and I walked into the living room. It was almost as dusty as the outside. 127 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,000 The curtains were dirty. The floor littered with old newspapers. 128 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,000 The entire room showed the same signs of neglect as the outside. 129 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 And when I recalled how neat Aunt Julie had always been with her housework... 130 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:49,000 All that feeling of apprehension crawled up my back. 131 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Frankly I was frightfully worried and... 132 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,000 And I could tell by the look on Paul's face that he was worried too. 133 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,000 I don't like it, Paul. There's something strange here. 134 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Yeah. I never saw a house in such a mess. 135 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 It's not just the house. It's more than that. 136 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Something much more. I'm sure of it. 137 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Well really, Carol, it's none of our business, don't you? 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Well, perhaps not, but you don't know Aunt Julie like I do. 139 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 She'd never ask for help. No matter how much she needed it. 140 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000 I'm just not trying, Paul. It's... 141 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 I suppose you're right. 142 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,000 They've always been so kind to me. I've got to help them. 143 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 But how can we, Carol? We don't even know what's wrong. 144 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 They were always so happy together. 145 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Somehow I can't believe they've broken up. 146 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Something else has happened. Something terrible. 147 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And I'm going to stand till I find out what. 148 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Well, in that case we'd better find a place to sleep. 149 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 All the bedrooms are upstairs. Come on. 150 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Right. 151 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Wow. Look at the dust on the banister. 152 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 I bet this place hasn't been cleaned in a month. 153 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Paul. Huh? 154 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Did you see the way she looks? 155 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Yeah. 156 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Gee, her face seems completely wrinkled with worry. 157 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 No wonder I didn't recognize her. 158 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 She seems much older and frightened. 159 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Well, do you think she's ill? 160 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 I don't know. I wish I did. 161 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Wow, look at that hall. Gloomy and dirty. 162 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Where do these doors go to? 163 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,000 That one's to Aunt Julie's room, and this one's Uncle Henry's. 164 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 The one across the way is a spare. I guess that's ours. 165 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Well, let's go in. 166 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Wow. What a mess. 167 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Well, might as well get busy cleaning. 168 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Yeah. There's nothing like a good round of house cleaning before supper. 169 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Paul, so long as Uncle Henry's not here, maybe we can take his room. 170 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,000 It's got an adjoining door to Aunt Julie's, and then in case she needs it, we'll be near. 171 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Okay. It doesn't matter to me which room we clean. Let's go. 172 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Yeah. This one over here. 173 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Well, this is... Paul, look. It's all clean and neat. 174 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Well, I'll be darned. It's the only clean place in the whole house. 175 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,000 I don't understand. Every room is inches in dirt, except this one. 176 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 The outside is completely neglected. 177 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Except the rose bush. 178 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Uncle Henry's room and Uncle Henry's rose bush. I don't get it. 179 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Well, look on the dresser there. Aunt Julie's picture and a pipe and tobacco. 180 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Why, that's Uncle Henry's favorite pipe. 181 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Drawers full of shirts, socks, underwear. 182 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Carol, if your uncle went away, why did he leave this? 183 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I don't know. 184 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Strange, but... 185 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 What's that paper, Paul? 186 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Why, it looks like... It is an insurance policy for $30,000 payable to your Aunt Julie in case Uncle Henry dies. 187 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Carol, this is... 188 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 What are you two doing here? 189 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Aunt Julie, I... 190 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 What are you doing here? 191 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Well, we thought that we... 192 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 What's that in your hand? 193 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 An insurance. 194 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Give it to me. 195 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 And keep out of this room. 196 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 We didn't look at it hard. 197 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,000 I didn't know how to take this. 198 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Uncle Henry's pipe and all his clothes were still in his room. 199 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 And yet, Uncle Henry was gone. 200 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 I couldn't understand why Aunt Julie got so angry. 201 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 I looked to Paul for an explanation. 202 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,000 I could tell he had something on his mind, but I didn't dare ask him what it was. 203 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 And he didn't say. 204 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 After Aunt Julie's outburst, we went back to the spare room and cleaned it. 205 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Then we washed and started downstairs for supper. 206 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Watch your step, Carol. 207 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 These aren't the strongest looking stairs. 208 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 It'll be all right. 209 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Paul, what do you make of Aunt Julie's behavior? 210 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Frankly, Carol, I'm worried. 211 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 I'm frightened. 212 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 May as well admit it. 213 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 There's something stranger that frightens me to death. 214 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 I don't think there's anything to be frightened of. 215 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,000 It's just that... 216 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 There, that's the last step. 217 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 This way to the kitchen. 218 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 All right. 219 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Oh, as I was saying, I don't think there's... 220 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Look out, Carol! 221 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 That was close. 222 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 That vase just missed you. 223 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Vase? 224 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Yes, and it was a heavy one. 225 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 The one at the top of the stairway. 226 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 It would have hit me. 227 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Yeah. 228 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Oh, Paul, I'm frightened. 229 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Look, coming down the stairs. 230 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 What happened? 231 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 The vase fell. 232 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Just missed Carol. 233 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Well, don't worry about it. 234 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 I didn't like the vase anyway. 235 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 The vase? 236 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 What about Carol? 237 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 She almost got killed. 238 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Never mind, Paul. 239 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 It was an accident. 240 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 An accident? 241 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 We were just going in for supper, Aunt Julie. 242 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Care to join us? 243 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Well, I... 244 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Come on, Aunt Julie. 245 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 It'll do you good. 246 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Oh, all right. 247 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Here. 248 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 You two sit right down. 249 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I'll have something prepared in a minute. 250 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 I'm not very hungry. 251 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Oh, nonsense, Aunt Julie. 252 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 I'll fix something that'll make your mouth water. 253 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,000 You know, when Carol and I get through cleaning this place up, 254 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 it'll look just like new. 255 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Yeah? 256 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Sure. 257 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I think when Carol and I have a family, 258 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 we'll take them to a farm. 259 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Really? 260 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Yes, yes. 261 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000 You know, this place would be swell for children. 262 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Oh, what do you mean? 263 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Oh. 264 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Oh. 265 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Oh. 266 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 What did I say? 267 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 What's the matter? 268 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 What's the matter with Aunt Julie? 269 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Where is she going? 270 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I don't know. 271 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 I was just trying to make conversation. 272 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Just talked about children on a farm. 273 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 That's all. 274 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Oh, Paul, unfightfully word. 275 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Do you think we ought to call a doctor for her? 276 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 I don't know. 277 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 We have to do something. 278 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,000 She certainly doesn't look too well. 279 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 But maybe she isn't really sick. 280 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 What do you mean? 281 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Well, maybe if your Uncle Henry did leave her, 282 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 well, then maybe... 283 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 You mean, you mean she still loves him? 284 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 It's possible, but... 285 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Oh, but you don't really believe it. 286 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Oh, Carol, I don't know what to believe. 287 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 I just know something's wrong. 288 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Uh-huh. 289 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 I'm not hungry, Paul. 290 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Me either. 291 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Let's go for a walk. 292 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Maybe we can figure something out. 293 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 The country's so peaceful and beautiful in the night. 294 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Yes, it is. 295 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 I wish you could enjoy it. 296 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 But I can. 297 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Don't try to fool me. 298 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Your first vacation in years, and you run into this. 299 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Well, we have to help her. 300 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Of course. 301 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 But how? 302 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Yes, we don't even know what's wrong. 303 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,000 She not only won't tell, but we can't get near her 304 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 long enough to talk to her. 305 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Suppose Uncle Henry really did leave her. 306 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 He may have gone off in a huff. 307 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 That would account for the clothes being here. 308 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Well, perhaps. 309 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 And suppose she still is in love with him. 310 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Well, that would account for... 311 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Oh, but even if that's so, 312 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 could that make her feel so badly? 313 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Make her act like this? 314 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Not talking, neglecting everything? 315 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Everything except his room and his flowers. 316 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 I don't know. 317 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 A woman's love is a strange thing. 318 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 If you left me, I don't know what I'd do. 319 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Well, if that is the case, 320 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 the thing to do is to make her forget. 321 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 That won't be easy. 322 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 No, I don't imagine it would be. 323 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 But suppose we take her to the city with us 324 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 until she forgets. 325 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Well, we could ask her at least. 326 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Yeah. Yeah, come on. Let's go find her. 327 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Oh! 328 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Watch out! You almost fell. 329 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 I tripped. I'm all right. 330 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Look, Paul. 331 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 What? 332 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Look what I tripped over. 333 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 It's a mound of freshly dug earth. 334 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,000 What's that for? 335 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Paul. Paul, it looks like a grave. 336 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Oh, don't be silly. 337 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Why, it's just a... Forget it. 338 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Come on, let's find Aunt Julie. 339 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Paul, that... 340 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Forget it. 341 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Say, what's that building over there? 342 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 That's the barn. 343 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 There used to be a swell old cow there 344 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 with a bell around her neck 345 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 and chickens and ducks and all sorts of pets. 346 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 This must have been a happy place. 347 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 It was, but now... 348 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Paul, standing by the barn, it's Aunt Julie. 349 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Come on, let's ask her now. 350 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Aunt Julie! 351 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 What are you doing? 352 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Following me? 353 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,000 How could you? 354 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Well, it was a nuisance. 355 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Oh, Aunt Julie. 356 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Oh, a cat with its neck wrung. 357 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 This was the first indication 358 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 of Aunt Julie's ruthlessness. 359 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,000 It seemed so unlike Aunt Julie that I knew. 360 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 She was always kind. 361 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,000 There was no mistaking the anger in her eyes 362 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 as she stood there in the dim moonlight, 363 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 the strangled cat in her hands. 364 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 She killed it, she said, because it was a nuisance. 365 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 If she could do that, 366 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,000 what else was she capable of doing? 367 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Paul and I went into the house. 368 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 We went upstairs and put the finishing touches 369 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 in our room and went to bed. 370 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 I couldn't sleep. 371 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 As I watched the moon make its slow, 372 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,000 solitary way across the heaven, 373 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 I kept thinking. 374 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 Paul and I are also a nuisance. 375 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Paul and I are also a nuisance. 376 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Toward midnight, I became drowsy 377 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 and was just beginning to fall off to sleep 378 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,000 when I heard footsteps in the hall. 379 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Paul! 380 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 What? 381 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Paul! Paul, wake up! 382 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 What is it? 383 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Shh! I hear footsteps in the hall. 384 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 Footsteps? 385 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,000 I don't hear anything. 386 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 There. Hear it? 387 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Yeah. 388 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Must be Aunt Julie. 389 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,000 What would she be doing up this time of night? 390 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 I don't know, but who else could it be? 391 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 I'll go see. 392 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 I'm coming with you. 393 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Quiet. Don't put on the light. 394 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 I can't see. 395 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Yes, now I can. 396 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 It is Aunt Julie. 397 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,000 She's walking down the hall. 398 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000 I think she's coming this way. 399 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Quiet. 400 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Shh. I think she's... 401 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 What's she got in her hand? 402 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Looks like a scissors. 403 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Scissors? 404 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Yes. 405 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 What would she be doing with... 406 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Carol, she's coming this way. 407 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Get back in bed, quick. 408 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000 What? 409 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Get in bed. 410 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:17,000 All right, now. Quiet. 411 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 She went out. 412 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 What? 413 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 Yeah. She just looked in and left. 414 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 Do you think she knew we were awake? 415 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,000 I don't see how. 416 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Let's follow her. 417 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 All right. Where's my other slipper? 418 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:42,000 There. All right, come on. 419 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 She's going downstairs. 420 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Come on and be quiet. 421 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 I think she's going outside. 422 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Let's go. 423 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Not so fast. 424 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Give her a chance to get out. 425 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:59,000 There she's out. Come on. 426 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Look, Pa. 427 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 She's cutting a bunch of roses off the bush. 428 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,000 She's taking them around to the back of the house. 429 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Come on. 430 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Here. Now get down behind this bush. 431 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Look, Pa. 432 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:19,000 She's going over to that mound and placing the roses on it. 433 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Pa. 434 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Shh. But, Pa, it looks like... 435 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Quiet, Carol. She's kneeling beside it. 436 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Now she's getting up and coming back. 437 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Get down. 438 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 She's gone. 439 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Pa, do you know what that is? 440 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 I got a pretty good idea. 441 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Uncle Harry's roses with Uncle Harry's grave. 442 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,000 I said it. I said it without thinking. 443 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Of course we had no way of knowing Uncle Henry was dead. 444 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,000 We had no way of knowing that that was Uncle Henry's grave or that it was a grave at all. 445 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:16,000 But at that moment, stooping behind the bush and the blackness of the country, we felt it, not knowing why. 446 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Paul and I went back to our room as quickly and as silently as possible. 447 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Needless to say, we didn't sleep anymore. 448 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:27,000 We just kept looking at each other, asking ourselves questions, trying to analyze our feelings. 449 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Soon we could see the streaks of dawn coming up over the treetops. 450 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,000 And we slept the early morning hours, trying to... 451 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,000 We were trying to convince each other that our thoughts were ridiculous. 452 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Frankly, I don't think we succeeded. 453 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Finally we decided not to mention it, to go on with the cleaning the next day as we'd planned, to make believe nothing had happened until we had proof. 454 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:54,000 That day we spent cleaning and all day Aunt Julie was nowhere to be seen. 455 00:19:54,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Yet I had a strange feeling that something, someone was watching our every move. 456 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Toward evening, Paul and I sat down for a bite to eat. 457 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 More coffee? 458 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Oh, thanks. 459 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 I wonder where Aunt Julie is. 460 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 I don't know, Carol. 461 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 That's a strange aunt you've got. 462 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Yes. 463 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Oh, look, the window. 464 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 What is it? 465 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Oh, I thought I saw someone looking in. 466 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 What? 467 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 There's no one there now. 468 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 But I'm sure I saw... 469 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Probably just a shadow. 470 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Yes, I'll be just a shadow. 471 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 You're on edge, Carol. 472 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 I'll be all right. Finish your coffee. 473 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 I'll start cleaning the bathroom. 474 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 We'll both work on the kitchen, and I'll take care of the downstairs. 475 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 All right. 476 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Paul, you look worried. 477 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 You know, this whole crazy business... 478 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Let's not talk about it. 479 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 But putting roses on a... 480 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 I'm sorry, Carol. 481 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 It's you I'm really worried about. 482 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 If something should happen to you, I'll never forgive myself. 483 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Nothing will happen. 484 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 I'll finish your coffee. I'll start cleaning the bathroom. 485 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Okay, Carol. 486 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 I won't be long. 487 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Hmm. 488 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Well. 489 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Isn't too bad. 490 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 There's the sink. 491 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Some hot water. 492 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 There, that's it. 493 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:28,000 I'll wash the rag around the sink bowl. 494 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Oh! 495 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Oh. 496 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Oh dear. 497 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Just the wind. 498 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 I guess I'm getting jumpy. 499 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Hmm. 500 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 This place won't be half bad when it's clean. 501 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 The medicine chest. 502 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Clean the mirror. 503 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 And the shelves. 504 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Oh. 505 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Paul. 506 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Paul. 507 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Come here. 508 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 What's the matter? 509 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Look, there in the medicine chest. 510 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Where? 511 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 What's a hypodermic needle? 512 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 What would a hypodermic needle be doing here? 513 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Well, it's not likely to be here for nothing. 514 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Look, alongside of it. 515 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 A bottle of...what's it say? 516 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 It's awful looking stuff. 517 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Open the bottle. 518 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 That corks in tight. 519 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 There. 520 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Oh, nauseating. 521 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Stuff like that would kill a person. 522 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 Paul, it's not a joke. 523 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 I'm sorry, Carol. 524 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Do you really think Aunt Julie... 525 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 I don't know. 526 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 It can't be, Paul. It can't be. 527 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Maybe not, but we better find out. 528 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 And quickly, Carol, there's one more thing to do. 529 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,000 I'm going to see if that's really Uncle Henry's grave. 530 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Don't you see? I have to. 531 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 If it is, we're in danger. 532 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 I'm still not sure that falling vase was an accident. 533 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 We have to find out about this business once and for all. 534 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 I'm coming with you. 535 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 We walked out toward the back of the house. 536 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 And through my mind flashed the succession of events. 537 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 The neglected house, 538 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Aunt Julie's insistence that we leave, 539 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 the roses, the grave, the insurance policy, 540 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 and now the hypodermic needle in that infernal oil. 541 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 All the evidence pointed to but one conclusion. 542 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 I couldn't believe it, and yet, 543 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 there it was, motive and method. 544 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 And now we were going outside 545 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 to dig up the last remaining evidence. 546 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Well, this is it, Carol. 547 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Sure you want to watch? 548 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 I won't stay in this house alone. 549 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Look at the beautiful roses around it. 550 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Hurry up, Paul. Let's get it over with. 551 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Okay. Here goes. 552 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Here goes. 553 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 I never thought I'd turn into a grave digger. 554 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 This dirt isn't packed tight. 555 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Easy to dig. 556 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 It's getting dark. 557 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Yeah. 558 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 I think I'll run in and get a lantern. 559 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 I'll be right back, Carol. 560 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 All right. 561 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Every one of those lengthening shadows 562 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 looks like a ghost. 563 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 It gets dark quickly in the country. 564 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 I was afraid, but I knew 565 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Paul would be back in a minute. 566 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 I picked up the shovel and began to dig. 567 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 Oh, dear. That's better. 568 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 I'm not so nervous. 569 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 I'm working. 570 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Is that you behind me, Paul? 571 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Bring the lantern closer. 572 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Gee, it's so dark. 573 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Paul. Paul, I... 574 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Look at Henry. 575 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 What are you doing? 576 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 What are you doing to my grave? 577 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Put it back. Put it back. 578 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Oh, my flowers, my beautiful flowers, 579 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 my lovely roses. You've hurt them. 580 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 You've hurt my roses, and I won't let you. 581 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 I won't. I won't. 582 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Keep away. Keep away, Uncle Henry. 583 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 I won't let you hurt my roses, my sweet delicate roses. 584 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Take your hands away. Take them. 585 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 You broke them. 586 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 You killed them. Stop it. Stop it, Henry. 587 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 I'm going to kill her after she did my roses. 588 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Henry. Henry. Henry. 589 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Oh, forgive me, Henry. I didn't mean... 590 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Are you all right, Carol? 591 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 Yes. Yes, I think so. 592 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,000 What happened? What... 593 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Uncle Henry? 594 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 Aunt Julie saved my life, Paul. 595 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 And we thought she... 596 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Oh, can you ever forgive us, Aunt Julie? 597 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 You didn't know? 598 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 That he wasn't dead at all? 599 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 No. No, he wasn't. 600 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 He was living in his room all the time, Carol. 601 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 I was taking care of him. 602 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 When you two insisted on staying here, 603 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 I kept him out of sight. 604 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Oh, I didn't want to kill him, 605 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 and I had to. 606 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 He would have killed Carol. 607 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Aunt Julie. Oh, if you only had left 608 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 when I asked you to. 609 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 But perhaps it's better this way. 610 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000 He never got that violent before. 611 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I could always take care of him. 612 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 The hypodermic needle and the sedative 613 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 calmed him when he got a little wild, 614 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 but then... 615 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 then when I saw him strangle the cat, 616 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 I knew he was getting completely out of hand. 617 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Yes, it's... it's better this way. 618 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 He's better off dead. 619 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Poor Uncle Henry. 620 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 The grave and the roses 621 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 were a whim of his. 622 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 A whim. 623 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 And look, 624 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:34,000 he fell right in his own grave. 625 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 And so closes the story, 626 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Uncle Henry's Rosebush, starring 627 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 Agnes Moorhead, Ellen Drew, and Ted Reed. 628 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Tonight's tale of... 629 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000 suspense. 630 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 This is your narrator, the man in black, 631 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 who conveys to you Columbia's invitation 632 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 to spend this half hour in suspense 633 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 with us again next week, same time, 634 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 when we will present 635 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 another flowery bouquet 636 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 of suspicion 637 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 and terror, and a 638 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,000 homicidal maniac at large. 639 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Only this time, the roses 640 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 will be white. 641 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 The story will be The White Rose 642 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Murders by Cornell Woolrich. 643 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 The tale of a killer who 644 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 trademarked his crimes by leaving 645 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000 a white rose on the victim. 646 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Our star will be 647 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Maureen O'Hara. 648 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 The producer of these broadcasts is 649 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 William Spear, with Ted Bliss, the director, 650 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Bernard Herrmann, and Lucian 651 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Mahowich, conductor and composer, 652 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 and Larry Roman, the author, 653 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 collaborated on tonight's... 654 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:48,000 suspense. 655 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 This is CBS, 656 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 the Columbia Broadcasting 657 00:27:52,000 --> 00:28:06,000 System.