02x04 - The Kirkwood Haunting

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[Music] hi Rita you're late yeah I know I had to stop by the lab and check out those proofs on the mayor's press conference

you better get in there he's having a bad day Mr Jameson Peter's here it's

about time I'm sorry I'm late Mr Jameson I get hung up at the L you have a special

assignment up in Westchester and it's something that concerns me personally San do you happen to remember the Harvey

Kirkwood incident a couple of months ago yeah sure he was an arms manufacturer right and he got k*lled in some kind of

an accident yes I knew Kirkwood we belong to the same clubs he was kind of a hot tempered guy you know the type

yeah I sure do well um was there any kind of Foul Play No no I'm convinced the accident

was just that an accident but take a look at this I got this letter from his

widow Lisa last week does that look to you as a someone is trying to buk her out of her money she says here how the

house is haunted by the spirit of her dead husband oh that's utter nonsense but I'm afraid she's bought it the

Kirkwood Fortune is set up in a living trust that leer controls after death it

all goes to charity including a hefty share for the associated helping hand your favorite charity well that's beside

the point I happen to like the lady she called me this morning sounded very confused and frightened half Reser have

quit because of this ghost business she's going to sign the entire trust over to some business called the psychic

Research Institute run by some man named valari on Harvey's

instructions I convinced her that she should wait until you drove up to Kirkwood took a look around you better

do it right away I have a feeling that it's urgent why me well you're a graduate student in physics I figure you

could spot a phony when you see one and there might be a story in it okay

I'll get on it right away I know I can trust you to be tactful this lady's been through an

ordeal in the past few months don't worry

sir I know you can hear me Harvey Kirkwood please tell us what you

want

Harvey

I feel it I feel his presence I'm here why do you disturb

me it's Harvey's

voice we want to know why you have remained here why are you

EarthBound g*ns r*fles revolvers

b*ll*ts I can find no peace no

rest my wealth was grounded in death men

k*lling Lisa I'm here Harvey Release

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hello I'm Peter Parker from The New York Daily Bugle oh newspaper man H that's right I have an appointment to see Mrs

Kirkwood we don't care too much for newspaper people around here I'm trying to help Mrs Kirkwood if I can now will

you open the gate please okay but you better be good to the

misses

now this here Road will take you right straight up to the big house don't wander around because the late Mr

Kirkwood kept part of the estate just like his own private zoo and some of the animals roam free around the enclosure

oh that's terrific just stick to the main road I'll do

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baren stop it behave

yourself good dog Mr Parker I'm Lisa Kirkwood Peter Mr

Jameson tells me you might be able to help I'm just about at my Wit's End I

don't know what's real and what isn't anymore

yeah this desk was in perfect order an hour ago we heard noises and the maid

came in and found it like this I called Dr POI immediately this isn't the first

time it's happened and that isn't all I discovered

this now compare that with this letter of Harvey's the handwriting is the same I

have no doubt well it does look like the same handwriting but I'm no expert I've

been researching the psychic field for over 30 years now I try to gather enough data to substantiate any claim to

Paranormal phenomena there is an abundance of evidence in this case such

as four different Witnesses have seen a light materialize over this chair well

doctor a light can be rigged a note can be forged I wish it were that simple to

dismiss but I'm afraid there's too much that's happened Footsteps in the hall

upstairs door slamming in the middle of the night glasses broken I haven't been able to sleep my

staff has left me but I don't care I'll do anything to help Harvey

find peace well I'm certain we're all interested in the truth of this matter are you a Believer Mr Parker I

try to keep an open mind perhaps you could help us get to the truth how can Peter help now he's a photographer he

could come back tomorrow and try to photograph The Apparition it might satisfy all

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doubts this is the film you requested Peter I personally haven't had a chance to try it but uh several photographers

have had success with it in ghost hunting thanks I'll let you in on the results good it's a pretty impressive

setup you've got here very few people realize the pains we go through to authenticate phenomena we're about to

conduct an experiment on a subject's ability to influence magnetic fields

you're welcome to observe if you wish oh no I I really should be getting back up to Kirkwood

oh Dr Davis yes do you believe in

spirits I'm not sure Paras psychology is a young

science but Tales of hauntings have been recorded for centuries they represent a rich

collection of phenomena that are not easy to ignore have you ever heard of an Anthony

polari of the psychic Research Institute I don't know him

personally I met him 3 years ago to colloquium I found his book um ghosts of

Hudson Valley interesting do you think he's legitimate oh I never heard anything to the contrary but that

doesn't mean I would vouch for him I don't know his work well enough I prefer phenomena that can be

brought into the lab and tested under controlled conditions telepathy

psychokinesis Clairvoyance very few ghosts are willing to come to the laboratory and be tested

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Harvey died in an automobile accident at dusk it still scares me when it gets

close to that time it's understandable Lisa it hasn't been that long oh it it

isn't the length of time it's just that I feel terribly guilty about

it Harvey and I didn't exactly have a harmonious marriage in fact we were fighting most

of the time screaming and yelling at each other throwing

things I I don't even remember what set it off but he stormed

out some men drink others drive

fast but I can't help feeling that he' still be alive if we hadn't had

that last

fight he's [Music]

here stay close worry

I think we better see what's [Music]

happening try not to be frightened Mrs kwood I'm trying but it isn't

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s that's in front of our [Applause] bedroom

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where's that coming from in the Attic but it's been sealed off for years

I'd like to check it out I don't think you can get up there maybe I can from the

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outside

how did he get in the atti doesn't really

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that should take care of Mr

Parker

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okay oh yeah sure I I just slipped while climbing down what

happened I don't really know but at least I got a couple of pictures

so there was something there yes you were not hallucinating

hallucinating what you saw could have been a hallucination caused telepathically and projected by yourself

oh but then I wouldn't have been able to photograph it correct you have a number of theories in

parapsychology to explain hauntings none of them are very

satisfactory Dr Davis are these pictures from some other hauntings I'd prefer to call them

unexplained phenomena one Theory I find particularly interesting is that an object holds on

to psychic Impressions and a sensitive person can touch it and receive those impressions psychometry well if an

object can do this and perhaps a room or a whole house can retain the impressions

of an individual like Harvey Kirky no the force I felt was much too

strong to be any kind of impression doctor is it possible that

these effects could be faked totally a fraud done with lights

and a projector well then how about mine do

you think they're authentic look here this pattern in the light too

intense and these beans could have been projected but it's impossible to tell

for certain your Kirkwood haunting Bears further

investigation you're supposed to be a scientist and you bring me back pictures of ghosts well what if she isn't being taken are you trying to tell me that

that ghost is for Real no I'm not telling you it's for real well of course it isn't for real because there is any

such thing I'm just saying that there is phenomenon here that is worth looking into what phenomenon have you gone crazy

Mr Jameson there is an entire department of parapsychology at the University now are they all idiots yes they are that's

all a lot of funk I see well you can stick your head in the sand but you can't make these things disappear I can

take you off this assignment but you won't not until I checked out all the facts and I think it's time I go and

have a good look at the Institute of psychic research

I told you you wouldn't get him to change his mind we he would not budge I mean I have never met anybody who is so

close to new ideas well you know what happens to people with an open mind garbage falls into

it yeah well if anybody wants me I'll be picking up some garbage at the psychic Research Institute Julie was trying to

reach you she's at the psychic Research Institute Julie well how come

checking out the Kirkwood story [Music]

[Applause] too but you have to admit that there is a lot of fraud in the psychic field Dr

polarski oh of course there is and also much that warrants investigation like

the ghost up at Kirkwood well now how did you find out about that the cook quit and needed

money so she contacted the register they knew I was working on a story about hauntings so they turned her over to

me well I'm afraid I'm not at Liberty to talk about it Mrs Kirkwood has requested

no publicity look Dr polarski now there's a lot of bad press on so-called psychic

phenomena you have an incredible track record in ghost hunting I may not believe it completely

but if you can prove it to me I'll back you in the article something as big as the ghost of a well-known figure like

Harvey Kirk would clinch it you're a very persuasive young lady Miss Masters and I'm afraid my answer is

still no it would cause me to break Faith with my client and you wouldn't want to put me in that position would

you you have to have an appointment and the doctor's booked up through next week that's all right Mary I know Mr Parker

hi Peter and now how did your photos turn out well there was some evidence of light forms but nothing concrete oh

could you send me some copies I could use them for the file well sure I'd be delighted doctor do you keep files on

all of your cases here I'd be very interested to know how you operate in institution like this well we're mainly

a nonprofit organization our funding comes from donations research Grant now

and then everything is open here you're quite welcome to look at our Books thank you I'd like to do that let me see

then there uh you might find these uh duplicate files

to be interesting they explain my work much more eloquently than I

could take them and uh study them at your

leisure oh might I suggest Miss Masters that you join Mr parer you'll find quite a few fascinating cases there for your

article thank you

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what seen a ghost here's a guy who died about a year ago and he left his trust to polsi in

The Institute are you suggesting POI might have knocked the guy off no he had a history of heart trouble his death was

expected what is it then well it's just so similar to Lisa kkin situation the will the living trust

the idea could have been planted [Music]

it well it's probably

nothing you need something real I've got to get up to Kirkwood but Mrs Kirkwood won't see me no she doesn't like

reporter but I've got to tell you I am less concerned with the story than protecting her

how I don't know our situation has improved we have

closed the merger with Simpson Jennings steel and I am pleased to report a 10% rise in profits in the first qu that

tape so much I'm sick of his voice have to keep in shape I'm pleased to report a 10% rise

in profits in the first quarter we were lucky he was so public no my

friend we were lucky he had that accident I couldn't have pled any

better everything's ready I planted the device in the library you're sure no one

saw you I'm sure now what about Parker doctor I thought you said he couldn't survive

your ultra sound treatment I don't know how he did but if all goes well tomorrow it won't matter are you positive sh'll

sign the lawyers are already preparing the documents then I think it would be appropriate if Mrs Kirkwood joined her

lately departed husband via a similar [Music]

accident darkward call she said it was urgent you go right ahead Miss Parker M

told me you were all right for a newspaperman now you know about staying

away from the animals sure do [Music]

right I know Mrs Kirkwood would talk to me if I could just explain that I'm not trying to give her bad publicity sorry

no chance look doesn't she want to k*ll all the rumors about hauntings and ghosts

and well to be honest about her being so upset that she's behaving

irrationally she says she wants no part of no news people period and that's

it Peter I'm so glad you could come before dark what's happened I'll show you

Baron come on Baron come on Baron Baron it's all right come

on you see I can't get him into the room here let me try there's a good

boy come on Baron come on in the room come

on boy here Baron come here what's the matter with you bar come

here now come on over here boy come on in here

bar come in [Music]

here

well there are lots of reasons why a dog might be afraid of coming into a room uh he could have been beaten in it

once of course I'm concerned about that too the theory is that animals are more

sensitive to Spirits so in other words doctor it's your theory that the ghost is settled in this room that's right I

think we should discount the dog unless we can verify it how we could try an experiment with one of the animals from

the estate well there's no possible way that the animal could have been in the

library you mean bring one of the wild animals from outside into the house in a

cage

it's starting to get dark well if there are no objections I'll make the arrangements oh please do

I'd like to put this to rest once and for all doctor how long will it take you to get set

up half hour at a guess I'll be [Music]

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Masters I hope you realize that in a few more seconds you would have been that Bear's

dinner how do you always manage to be in the right place at the right time stay away from here it's too dangerous look

Spider-Man I'm very grateful for your help but I know something is going on up at that Mansion I have to get up there

don't be a fool go [Music]

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we've been waiting we're ready to begin I'm

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he's not coming out of the [Music]

cage it's gone

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something bothering you Mr Parker it shouldn't but it does well I

don't create these situations I either prove or disprove them well maybe we should try this experiment in another

room the experiment is sufficient as it stands I'm not satisfied I don't have to satisfy

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you I've seen enough thank you for your

concern Peter but I think you should leave now all right Mrs

gwood if the documents are ready I no longer have any doubts I'll do whatever Harvey

wishes

thank you a drink no thank you just to Mark

the conclusion of a very difficult time all

right

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Comfort contentment and happiness I'd settle for peace of

mind

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Lisa can you hear me Lis

sir good night Mrs Kirkwood didn't didn't you hear Harvey's voice

just now Harvey Lisa come to me

please you must have heard that just now again I'm

sorry must be going mad of course not miss Kirkwood often message is directed to

and can it only be heard by one

person Lisa can you hear me

Lisa are you all right Lisa come to the Garden I feel so strange would you like

me to call a doctor no I must

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go Julie Julie what are you doing here what's bugging you why shouldn't I be

here look there are times when a story is not the most important in the world particularly when you've got it and I'm trying to get it anything I get I will

share with you I just don't want you to get hurt how by

whom I think Lisa Kirkwood's in danger where is she the house is a couple

hundred yards that way why don't you go call the police I'll see if I can find her

she's on her way all

right sounds like our cat's [Music]

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put the phone [Music]

down don't turn around do exactly as you're told and you

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now this is how they did

it when the cougar tried to come into the opening he was forced back by an electric

charge your dog was kept out of the room by high frequency sounds that humans can't

hear Lisa I'm calling you

gance learned to imitate your husband's voice I found stereo speakers concealed in the

room I've been such a fool you wanted to believe and they made

it easy for

you I think it's time I left Kirkwood I'd like to travel for a while that sounds

like a terrific idea what about the trust I'll change the will of course charity will get

it it's what Harvey really [Music]

wanted