Devil's Knot (2013)

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Well, that's all right, Mama

That's all right for you.

That's all right, Mama

Just any way you do.

You sing real good, Stevie.

I'm gonna buy you a Graceland, Mama.

Just like Elvis has got.

How about you buy me a Promised

Land, since he's got the other one.

- Okay.

- Come on, let's go.

Well, that's all right, Mama

That's all right for you.

Now on to the highlight

of the auction,

this Napoleon III marble

top mahogany writing table

is offered at an opening

bid of $15,000.

- I got $15,000. Do I hear 16?

- 16.

I hear 16. I got $17,000.

I got $17,000 going once.

17,000 going twice.

Do I hear 17,500?

I got 17,500, do I hear 18?

I got $18,000, do I hear 18,500?

I got 18,500, do I hear 19?

I got $19,000.

- Do I hear 19,500?

- 19,500.

- I got 19,500. Do I hear 20?

- 20,000.

I got $20,000.

- I got $20,000. Do I hear 20,500?

- $20,500.

I got 20,500. Do I hear 21?

- 21,000. - I got $21,000.

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I got $21,000 going once.

$21,000 going twice.

Sold to the gentleman

for $21,000.

It's Michael!

Can I go ride bikes?

What about your homework?

I did it, Mama. I want

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to show him my new bike.

Grandpa got it for me. It's so cool.

Please, Mama?

You know I have to

go to work at 5:00.

I know. I'll be back.

Boy, if you are not

back here by 4:30,

you're gonna be grounded for two weeks.

You hear me?

Yes. Thanks, Mama. See ya at 4:30.

Love you.

I love you, too.

Now y'all get out of here.

Terry, what are you doing?

Okay, do not mess me up.

I have to go to work.

I have to go to work!

Where's the boy?

He went out riding

bikes with Michael.

But I told him he

better by home by 4:30.

I went under the Black Train

Bridge and up that little road.

All the way up to Blue

Beacon Truck Stop.

And I parked my bike back there.

Where's Bubba?

I don't see the boy nowhere.

Well, when you do, you tell

him he's grounded. Two weeks.

- We'll find him. All right?

- All right.

See you all in a bit.

Bye, sugar.

And when we

all went down there,

we went across that big

old pipe to that place

in Robin Hood Woods they

call the Devil's Den.

And nobody knows what

happened but me.

Where's Stevie?

He didn't come home yet, Pam.

We couldn't find him.

And you last saw him when he

was cleaning the yard at 5:30?

That's right. I told him to

stay here till I got back.

I had to punish him for riding

his skateboard in the street.

Just a couple of

licks with my belt.

Officer Meek, do you copy?

This is Meek, go ahead.

We got a black male at

Bojangles Restaurant.

Suspect appears to be bleeding.

Could you respond? Over.

Affirmative. In route.

Just sit tight and give 'em time.

We'll be in touch.

Hey, we're not done here yet.

I got an eight-year-old son

- out there after dark!

- Hush now.

Y'all call about a bleeding man?

Yep. I'm the manager.

I called about it.

He came in about a half hour ago

- and went straight into the ladies'

bathroom. - The ladies' restroom?

Yes, ma'am. The women's room.

He was a black man.

He seemed mentally disoriented.

Had blood on his face.

He had a cast on his arm.

Yeah, we went right

in there after him,

- and there was blood all over

the walls. - Where is he now?

He wandered off just

a few minutes ago.

- I could show you the blood. - Hold on.

I'm gonna look around out here.

Well now, ain't you

gonna come inside?

We saw all three

of them go in there.

Why didn't you tell

me about this before?

Everybody's already here.

Stevie! Stevie! Stevie!

Can you hear me? Stevie!

Come on out!

You're not in trouble, honey.

Come on home!

Stevie! Stevie!

Can you hear me?

What if he drowned in it, Terry?

Have y'all got anybody out

there looking for my boy?

Three boys missing?

I'm aware of that.

We've been looking around in the dark

and there's all sorts of people out there.

There's neighbors, there's kids,

there's people I don't even know...

- Yes, listen...

- But I ain't seen one, but one...

- Ma'am, listen... - One police

officer out there all night long.

Listen. We are doing

everything we can.

Now, I appreciate your concern.

I got two boys myself.

Sometimes boys, they like to

run off and get into things.

My son is eight years old!

He sleeps with a nightlight on!

- He did not run away from home.

- Ma'am, you need to calm down.

I'll calm down when

you find my son.

We're in front of the school where

three kids are still missing.

People are worried.

Everyone here is concerned.

Uh, we're worried 'cause we haven't

seen him since about dinnertime.

I'm worried about Christopher.

We haven't seen him...

Coffee?

Thanks, Annie. Just the check.

You've been eating in here a lot lately.

Just 'cause you want to visit me?

Yeah. Not much cooking

at my place these days.

- I'm kind of glad we're so convenient.

- Keep the rest.

I've never been

this worried in my life.

Everyone here

seems to be looking around.

They're all completely worried.

Not really sure exactly

what's gonna be going on.

It's not just about these kids.

It's about everybody.

It's about the concern

as a community.

As you know, we have three

boys missing from Holiday Garden.

We have an entire community that's

concerned here, and that's understandable.

We got family members

involved, parents involved.

It's a very delicate situation.

I want you to be thorough,

but I want you to be easy

with your questioning.

I will personally be

directing this search.

Crittenden County Search and

Rescue is gonna be assisting us.

Memphis PD will help us out.

The electric company has got a

full list of vacant houses.

We got plenty of

civilian volunteers.

Obviously, this takes priority.

Everything else is in the back seat

from now on till we find these boys.

And let me tell you something.

We're gonna find these missing boys.

This is Steve Jones.

I'm in the woods by that little creek

they call Devil's Den. I found something.

I'm on my way.

We've

now found all three bodies.

Clothes and bicycles.

POLICE OFFICER #2 ON

Copy that.

No! No!

Stevie! Oh, God!

No!

Well, I just wanted to

ask y'all about some folks

who might have come by. I see

y'all had lots of visitors.

Mmm-hmm.

People been kind. And generous.

Did a young man named

Bobby DeAngelo stop by?

Yeah, he come by.

His parents are friends of ours.

Was there anybody with him?

Yeah. Um, this other boy, Chris.

Christopher Morgan.

They used to drive an ice cream truck

around here in the neighborhood.

Was it this young man?

Mmm-hmm. Yeah, that's him.

I think Pam fixed him a plate.

There was so much food.

Bobby asked us for a

picture once of Stevie.

He, uh...

He come over here and wanted

to show Stevie a ring

of some kind of metal or something

like a skull or a snake.

And then he asked me for

a picture of Stevie.

And I gave him one.

Okay. Okay.

Well, we're gonna need to

get some pictures of Stevie

to show to people we

interview, and, um...

Also, we're, uh, gonna

need to go ahead and get

blood and hair samples

from the two of you.

Just, you know, part

of our investigation.

Take it. Just take it.

Just take all of it.

- I don't want it.

- That's okay.

I don't want it. I don't want it.

Is that gonna help?

It's okay.

It's okay.

Oceanside PD. How may I direct

your call? Uh-huh. Right.

Hey. I'm Chris Morgan.

You wanted to talk to me?

Last time I seen Stevie was

about a year and a half ago.

When I sold him some ice cream.

I'm sure I sold ice cream

to all three of those boys.

Bobby and me went over to Stevie's house

'cause Bobby was close with them.

We wanted to show, um, remorse.

It felt good. They accepted me.

Uh, what was your overall

impression of Chris Morgan?

Well, look, there's

something going on here,

and it makes me a little suspicious that

he left for California in such a hurry.

- Okay, uh, you do me a favor?

- Sure.

- Could you re-interview him, please?

- Uh-huh.

- We're under a lot of pressure

down here. - Yeah, I bet.

You got your work

cut out for you.

- Yeah.

- Let me go at him again.

All right. Thank you, Detective.

You should, like... You gotta do

like album covers and sh*t, Jason.

Yeah, maybe. Maybe someday.

Heavy metal music. Ouija boards.

All these are gateways to a dark

world of violence and destruction.

Everything from vandalism,

animal mutilation,

to the ritual sacrifice of children.

Thousands of them every year.

My boy, Aaron... He's a

close friend of them boys.

I mean, Michael Moore and Chris

Byers is his two best friends.

Did you ride your bike

to Robin Hood Woods?

- Yes.

- Excuse me, Aaron.

When we ask you a question,

we want you to look in the

camera, if you don't mind.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Just look right in the lens.

Okay.

Were you present

- when those boys were k*lled?

- Yes.

What did the hospital

tell you, Damien?

At Charter Hospital, I was

diagnosed as manic depressive.

I'm in therapy now and on

imipramine for depression.

I'm just curious. How do

you think the k*ller felt?

They liked it. Happy.

It was a thrill k*ll.

How about you, Jason?

Did you know the three boys?

No, sir.

- Do you believe in God?

- Yes, I do.

How about you, Damien?

You believe in God?

Or the devil?

I believe in a god.

A female god.

And an evil force. Not a devil.

I used to be involved in the

Wiccan religion. White witchcraft.

When you would go out

to Robin Hood Woods,

- who would you go with?

- With Chris and Michael.

Did you ever see

anything out there?

We saw, uh, men.

I ran and Jessie caught me.

Um, he tied me up.

He tried to cut me on my side.

I kicked him.

Then he grabbed my hands

and made me cut Chris.

This is Detective Bryn Ridge of the

West Memphis Police Department,

currently in the office with

Jessie Lloyd Misskelley Junior.

Jessie, on Wednesday, May 5,

1993, early in the morning,

you received a phone call.

Is that correct?

Yeah, I did.

Jason Baldwin called me

and he asked if I could go

to West Memphis with him,

and I told him no.

I had to work and stuff.

And then he told me that he had to go.

So him and Damien, they went.

Then I went with them up to the...

Up to the Robin Hood.

Jessie and Damien

picked him up and put a

bucket where he was bleeding.

So you saw Damien strike

Chris Byers in the head?

- Right.

- What did he hit him with?

Well, he hit him with his fist

and bruised him all up real bad.

And then Jason, he turned,

and he hit Stevie Branch,

and that's when Michael

Moore, he took off.

So I chased him, grabbed him and

held him until they got there.

And then, and

that's when I left.

Who had a knife?

Jason. I saw him cut one

of those little boys.

There's someone

inside your house.

He's gonna k*ll you.

You have to run for it.

It's the police.

Michelle, get the door.

We're looking for Damien Echols.

Come on.

All right, go check the back.

You his sister? Folks not home?

- What are you doing?

- We were just watching a movie.

Come on, stop.

Jason Baldwin, you're

under arrest, too.

- What for?

- Capital...

Shut up!

- Capital m*rder.

- He didn't do anything!

You got the wrong people.

Hey, boss. West Memphis PD is

holding a press conference.

Police force and

families of the victims.

Damien Echols, Jason

Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley

were arrested last night, will

be charged in the murders

of the three boys we found last

month in the Robin Hood Woods.

Inspector Gitchell, do

you know the motive for the killings?

I do, but I can't comment

on that at this time.

Can

we interview them?

Were the three

defendants a member of a cult?

I can't comment on that either.

Well,

on a scale of one to 10,

how solid do you

feel your case is?

Eleven.

Apparently, the break in the case was

the confession of Jessie Misskelley,

one of the accused in

this horrific crime

that has shocked this

entire community.

Satanism is out there.

And you must be watchful

for the six indicators

of Satanic involvement.

Obsession with death. Satanic

paraphernalia. Kidnapping. Sexual abuse.

Cannibalism. And cremation.

And I believe that there may

be others who knew that,

that these three babies were going to be

sacrificed. My wife and I are scared.

Satan and his demons have already

been at work here in West Memphis.

Worship of evil debated

as motive in killings.

This article in the West

Memphis Evening Times

claims that people

who knew Damien said

he dressed in black and

carried a cat skull.

It also claims he wears the

number 666 inside his boots.

And then it goes on to

quote two unnamed girls,

one who said she's seen

Damien drink blood.

And another who said

Damien threatened

to cut off a boy's head off

and put it on a doorstep.

Sounds like an

energetic young man.

There is definitely a connection

between hard metal

music and Satanism.

Apparently, some residents suspect

a Satanic cult is responsible.

One local minister said Damien

Echols, the alleged ringleader,

had made, quote, a pact with the

devil and will be going to hell.

Another called the murders an

incarnation, a manifestation of evil.

And the upcoming

nuclear disarmament

talks in Ukraine.

In West Memphis, prosecutors

have confirmed that the State

will seek the death penalty for

all three teenage defendants.

Arkansas has ex*cuted four individuals

since the Supreme Court ruling

allowed the State to reinstate

capital punishment.

Two in 1990 and two more...

Can you believe

this, Glori?

The death penalty. And all

three of 'em teenagers.

My God, Jason Baldwin's only 16.

They'll need a good investigator,

and the court will never pay.

Tell those court appointed lawyers if

they want me, I'm offering my services.

Pro bono? Are you sure you

want to do that, boss?

I mean, we have got a lot

on our plate right now.

We got that big

insurance fraud case.

This just isn't the best time

to be working for a 'cause.

You know how I feel about these death

penalty cases. It's the least I can do.

I know, but this crime

is unthinkable.

What if they did it?

Have you thought of that?

And what if they didn't?

And even if they did,

I think three dead kids is enough.

I'm on my way.

Mr. Lax, I'm Dan Stidham.

I represent Jessie Misskelley.

This is Paul Ford from Jonesboro.

He represents Jason Baldwin.

And Val Price is the public

defender who's been appointed

to represent Damien Echols.

Please have a seat.

I understand Jessie has

recanted his confession.

Does that surprise you?

No. It's hard to believe

anyone would confess

to such a crime if

he hadn't done it.

Got any experts lined up?

I've got a doctor who

will testify that Jessie

reasons on the level of a

six to eight-year-old.

He was once diagnosed

as mentally Ret*rded.

- Do you think he's guilty?

- In my experience, most of them are.

So Mr. Lax, if

they're most likely guilty,

why volunteer to help

us build a case?

Because if you don't

have a strong case,

the State is going to

k*ll three young men.

And I can't stand by

and watch that happen.

Now, tell me about

Damien Echols.

He lives in a trailer park

with his family, on social assistance.

Difficult kid. He's had

serious run-ins with the law.

He spent time in

juvenile detention.

Now being as I've been his probation

officer for as long as I've been,

he always seems to me

to be like one of these

slasher movie-type guys.

His boots and coat,

heavy metal music,

long, stringy black hair.

Now, may I... Have you

seen his case file?

I mean, this boy is troubled. He's

been in and out of psychiatric wards.

And he said he was

involved in the occult.

Oh, yeah. Some of his followers

included Jason Baldwin.

And of course, his

pregnant girlfriend.

He's got her name

carved on his arm.

- And I worry about that baby.

- Why?

Because of the rumor that they're

going to sacrifice it to Satan.

You're saying you

actually believe that?

- You bet I do.

- Come on, Jerry.

All that occult-crime, Satanic-panic

stuff's been studied by the FBI

and they say it's all

smoke and no fire.

I know what I've seen

with my own two eyes.

And I'm telling you evidence of occult

activity was everywhere that summer.

In this old abandoned

schoolhouse...

I mean, Steve Jones

saw something.

It's like a picture I'd seen in a book

about the serial k*ller, Son of Sam.

Like somebody had

restaged the scene.

Or re-enacted it.

So ever since that summer.

I've been telling the local

police to watch him.

'Cause I knew something

bad was gonna happen.

I sent Steve Jones over

to Damien's house.

And he found all sorts of

crazy stuff in Damien's room.

Evidence of his

interest in the occult.

About a year ago, Damien told me

that the local devil worshippers

had reached the end of their

animal sacrifice stage.

And I'm talking about things

they do to receive power.

So that summer, he said they were

gonna take the next logical step.

Sacrifice a human. A human.

- Stevie.

- Pam. Dreaming again.

Dream.

Come here.

You have asthma and you smoke?

I guess I'm just

self-destructive.

I spoke to your probation

officer, Jerry Driver.

- He had a lot to say about you.

- I bet.

Said they found a lot

of stuff in your room.

- Evidence of your interest

in the occult. - My notebooks.

They're just song

lyrics I liked.

Quotes from my favorite

books and movies.

What about the

things you told him?

About devil worshippers planning

on making human sacrifices.

I was just messing

with his mind.

That you threatened to eat your

father and cut your mother's throat.

Driver's a liar.

It's not just Driver. There's a lot of

people saying things, damaging things.

Listen to this.

Why should I listen to you?

Why should I answer your questions?

Are you my lawyer?

No. I'm working with them.

You're working for them? What are

you, like a lawyer's assistant?

I'm an investigator.

But you won't be

representing me in court.

No. No, I'm not

allowed to do that.

So I'm just supposed to trust you?

Tell you everything?

If you want me to help you, yes.

Those cops are scary, okay?

They will do anything to get people

to say what they want to hear.

Why would so many people say

all these things about you?

Why did those girls say people

were witches back in Salem?

Any time anything weird

happens around here,

people blame it on

devil worshippers.

And on me.

What about the incident when you were

locked up at the JDC in Jonesboro?

They say you drank

some kid's blood.

I didn't attack him.

He offered it.

I did that with a knife.

That's my girlfriend's name.

I've been cutting

myself for a long time.

Why?

There's power in the blood.

It's how we get power.

Through drinking the

blood of others.

By biting, cutting.

And rituals.

I've been doing it since I

was, like, 10 years old.

These people think I'm a

Satanic leader. I'm not.

They think I'm in a cult.

I'm not.

I just have an

interest in witchcraft

as a way to power, to control.

Pam, do you feel the people who

did this were worshipping, um...

- Satan? Yes, I do. I do.

- Why?

Just look at 'em. They look like punks.

They look like freaks.

You don't look like that when

you're, like, a normal person.

And they listen to that music.

And everybody knows they...

I heard from a bunch of people

that they been hearing that they

been, you know, worshipping Satan

and k*lling dogs and

things like that.

You think the way they dress

had something to do with the...

Absolutely yes, I do. You don't dress

like that when you... When you, um...

- Pam, what are you holding?

- Oh, this? Um, this is

part of Stevie's

Boy Scout uniform.

I got it back yesterday, and I've been

wearing it on my head, like that.

Did he like scouting?

Oh, yeah. He loved it.

He loved it. He did.

He'd be so excited when he'd be having a

day that he'd go to Boy Scout meetings.

Um... Yeah, he did.

I saw you on TV.

What the hell are you doing?

You're supposed to

be in mourning.

You're not acting right.

What's that supposed to mean?

On the TV. Treating his scarf

like some kind of prop.

Acting like a

g*dd*mn silly fool.

I'm not acting at all, Terry.

Are you?

Is that what you've been doing?

I think maybe you're

glad Stevie's gone.

'Cause you were always hard on him.

Way too hard.

What the hell are

you talking about?

Every time I spent

time with him,

or I fell asleep with him

'cause he was afraid,

you blamed him.

You was jealous of him.

You shut up!

What? You'll hit me? Now that

he's gone, I'm all you got left?

Go ahead. Hit me. Hit me.

I dare you, hit me.

Mommy? Daddy?

You hear that?

You ain't the only

one I got left.

You're supposed to be

a grieving mother.

You start behaving like one.

You hear me?

Daddy, they asked me a

lot of questions over and over.

Tons of questions, and I

tried to make them happy.

But I did not do it.

Superior Court of Crittenden

County, come to order.

Since Mr. Misskelley has

retracted his confession,

I presume he will not be testifying

against his co-defendants.

That is correct, Your Honor.

Then I rule his trial

be severed from theirs

because they would be denied

their constitutional right

to cross examine their accuser.

- Anything else?

- No. Thank you.

Separate trials.

Jessie's gonna be tried on his own.

m*rder*r! m*rder*r!

Satan worshippers!

Hey, I

tried you at home.

I need to talk to you about

something, in person.

Will you meet me for lunch

tomorrow, 1:00 at the Arcade?

It's really important.

Okay. Good night.

Tell me what happened

when you got to Robin Hood Woods.

Jessie started running

and caught Steve.

Then Michael and Chris

jumped out of the tree.

Then, um, they took them,

and, um, they k*lled them.

Jessie and Damien picked him up

and put a bucket where

he was bleeding.

Then they poured it in a

glass and made me drink it.

And nobody knows what

happened but me.

- What would you like?

- May I have a tea, please?

- Sweet or unsweet?

- Unsweet, please.

And you would like coffee, black,

with a glass of water, right?

Right. Thanks, Annie.

- Annie.

- I'm in here a lot these days.

She's very pretty.

She likes you.

She just likes a good tip.

Thanks for meeting me.

I know you're very busy.

It's good to hear from you.

What's so important, Maggie?

The State Police. They called me.

Then they came by my office,

and they were asking all these

questions about you, about your past.

They knew everything about

our divorce proceeding.

They knew everything.

It's like they were digging for

something to use against you

and expected me to help, as if I'd be

out to get you because of the divorce.

I was so insulted, I was so angry, and

I said what they were doing was wrong.

I may have even made some

legal threats to them.

I mean, you're a respected man in

this city. You're not on trial here.

It's fine.

Thanks for telling me about

this and for having my back.

Here you go.

My attorney said he

sent you the agreement.

I got it. I think

maybe I misplaced it.

He can send another one.

It's just that with all the

paperwork in the case,

you know, things get jumbled up.

Anyway, I'll find it.

Ron, I'm worried about you.

These boys that you're helping,

from what I've seen on TV

and read in the papers...

The police seem so certain.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Yes. Yes, I am.

It's just that sometimes you

take these things so personally.

You know, you lose perspective.

You get obsessed.

That's right, Maggie.

You know when I see something

like this happening,

when I see a town lose

three of its children,

then sacrifice three more for revenge,

then I do take it personally.

And maybe I do get a

little bit obsessed.

So I'll just keep doing things my way.

You don't have to worry about me anymore.

You know, if the police are so goddamned

certain about their case then tell me this.

Why are they coming to me,

harassing my ex-wife?

You know, I just remembered, I

have to be in court. Early.

So thanks again for what you did.

And I'll sign the papers.

Ron, please don't.

And then we followed

Detective Allen into the woods.

All the way down

to Ten Mile Bayou.

Near the big drainpipe behind

the truck wash. And, uh...

This trial's a waste of time.

We all know he's guilty.

We ought to just fry him

and get it over with.

Then maybe these journalist parasites

can go back to wherever they come from.

Crawled on my hands and knees

and felt along with my hands

and came to a piece of cloth.

This ended up being

a white shirt

that was jabbed into

the mud with a stick.

I moved further along the ditch

and came to what would be the

second body.

This is the body of Steve Branch

after I pulled him from the water.

Stevie.

Who can

solve this problem?

- Mrs. Wilson?

- Yes.

- I'm so sorry to interrupt, I...

- That's okay.

I just, uh, found this,

this homework that

Stevie did that day.

Before. And I'm just wondering

if you, you could grade it.

- Sure.

- Thank you.

It's perfect, as usual.

He was very good at math.

He studied real

hard at everything.

He was a good boy.

Yes, ma'am, he was.

Thank you.

- Mrs. Hobbs?

- Yes.

Inspector, during the course of your

conversation with Mr. Misskelley,

was there a portion of a tape

played for the defendant?

Uh, yes, sir. I played this.

And nobody knows

what happened but me.

And after hearing the tape, what

was the defendant's reaction?

Jessie immediately stated that

he wanted to tell us about it.

Then he said that he was present

when the boys were m*rder*d.

Now, you got in front

of you pictures

of the three boys

that were k*lled.

Now, which one of these three is

it you say you saw Damien hit?

Misskelley has indicated the

third photo, which will be...

Michael Moore.

Are you pointing... Uh,

that's the Byers boy.

Christopher?

Yeah. Is that who

you're pointing at?

Uh-huh. Yeah.

What time did all

this take place?

About 12:00 noon.

Okay. Was it after

school let out?

I... I don't go to school.

These little boys...

- No, no, no. They...

- They skipped school.

The little boys didn't skip

school that day, did they, Inspector?

No, the little boys did not.

When Jessie said the murders

took place around noon,

you knew that wasn't

correct, did you not?

That's right.

Jessie, uh, what time did the

boys come into the woods?

What, I would say

about 5:00 or 6:00.

Earlier, uh, you said 7:00 or 8:00.

What time is it?

It was 7:00 or 8:00.

It was... Are you...

You are sure of that?

Yeah, yeah. It was

getting dark outside.

Okay.

And what did they use to

tie the boys up with?

Rope.

How were the boys tied when

the bodies were discovered?

They were tied by their

own shoestrings.

Why didn't he know those things?

Why is he wrong?

If Jessie was there,

why didn't he know?

It don't matter, Pam.

It does matter.

He did it. He did.

Activity which is

common in my 20 years' career.

I'm not talking about Jessie lessening

his involvement in the crimes.

I'm saying is it common for

the police to simply ignore

all those big, obvious

problems with his story

and assume that everything else he's

telling you has got to be correct?

Jessie simply got confused.

That's all.

I repeat. I am acutely aware there's

a great deal of emotion involved.

But this court will not

tolerate any verbal outburst,

any display of

emotion whatsoever.

The verdicts read as follows.

"We the jury find Jessie Lloyd

Misskelley Junior guilty"

"of m*rder in the first degree

in the death of Michael Moore."

"And of second degree m*rder in

the deaths of Christopher Byers"

"and Steven Branch."

It's almost over, Pam.

We're gonna win.

The sentence. How do you

feel about the sentence?

Do you think it was a just

and a proper sentence?

Life plus 40? Well,

it's fine with me.

It's one down, two to go.

And the good Lord said Lucifer

and a third of the angels

were cast out of heaven.

He didn't need 'em.

'Cause he took their minds

and manipulated them.

And they prayed to their Devil

and they prayed to their Satan,

and did all kinds of

Satanic worship services.

Wild, crazy orgies,

I've been told.

There's a w*r going on.

It's a w*r between Satan,

Lucifer and the Lord.

Mrs. Hobbs?

Hey.

You stay away from us.

You don't talk to her.

Understand?

You hear me? You bother my

wife, and by God, it's on.

All right, Terry, let's go home.

Come on. Come on.

And I say bring it on. For me

this place is like hell on Earth.

'Cause I know three babies were k*lled.

I know my son was castrated.

And lay on that bank

and bled to death.

I know he was choked.

How's the documentary

coming along?

Y'all been here

every day, right?

Interviewing families.

Must be fascinating.

Yeah. We're, uh, getting

some pretty good stuff.

Especially John Mark Byers

seems to like the attention.

Well, he's not shy,

that's for sure.

Did he ever do or say

anything unusual?

I don't just mean holding forth

for cameras and reporters.

I mean, like something

suspicious or strange?

Yeah. He did do something strange.

Very strange.

He gave this as a gift

to the documentary crew.

So when were you planning

on telling us about it?

Mr. Fogleman released the records

concerning this knife yesterday.

But you've known about it for months.

How could you not tell us about it?

Well, we had to send it to

the lab first. DNA testing.

There was blood on the knife.

Just a little bit.

I'll show you right here.

Lock joint where the blade folds back.

Just not much.

Where you might miss it if you're

trying to wipe the blade clean.

That did cross my mind.

On January 26, 1994, Gitchell asked

you, "Have you used the knife?"

And you said, "I never used it.

Hopefully I was going to use it"

"for deer hunting, but I never had the

opportunity to use it on a deer."

That's right. But the reason that I said

that was 'cause I never hunted with it.

I didn't mean that I didn't try

to use it to cut some venison.

Did Inspector Gitchell tell you,

"We found blood on this knife"?

I don't remember.

Check your transcript. Page 7.

Now, I'll ask you again.

Did Gitchell tell you,

"We found blood on this knife"?

Yes, sir.

Did Gitchell tell you the blood

on the knife was Chris' blood?

I don't remember.

It might be in here.

Did you tell Gitchell,

"I have no idea"

"how Chris' blood could

be on that knife"?

Yes, sir. I would

not have any idea.

Did you have any idea how

human blood was on the knife?

Well, yes. As I was

trying to use the knife

to cut some venison and make

some beef jerky with it,

I cut my thumb.

Mr. Byers, do you recall saying,

"I don't even remember nicking myself with

it cutting the deer meat or anything"?

- Is that the answer you gave?

- Yes, sir.

And is it the truth?

At the time that he was

questioning me, I didn't...

I mean, I might not

have remembered.

But then later on in the day, I could have

remembered and talked to him about it then.

You all right, buddy?

You did great.

I wasn't expecting that.

I ran and Jessie caught me.

Uh, he tied me up.

How did they tie you up?

Rope.

Then he grabbed my hands

and made me cut Chris.

Jessie and Damien picked him up and

put a bucket where he was bleeding.

Then they poured it in a

glass and made me drink it.

They poured his blood

in a glass and made you drink it?

Yes, sir.

Aaron, you're not...

You're not making this up, are you?

No.

- I mean, you and I are buddies, right?

- Yeah.

We're buddies. You wouldn't be

telling me a story, would you?

No.

How do I know that you're

telling me the truth?

I don't know.

Good afternoon.

My name's Ron Lax.

I'm an investigator working

with the attorneys

who represent Damien

Echols and Jason Baldwin.

Um, please, I can't talk to you.

Okay?

I don't want to get involved.

Mrs. Hutcheson, you're

already involved.

You feature prominently in

the prosecution's case.

And from what I can tell,

you're the only real link

between Jessie Misskelley

and Damien Echols.

No.

No, I can't talk about it.

You gotta ask Don.

- Detective Donald Bray?

- Yes.

Yes, he... You just ask Don.

I gotta go now, I'm sorry.

So why did Vicki Hutcheson come see you?

Was she in trouble?

She, uh, looked to be part of a credit card

scam at a truck stop where she worked.

So I called her in.

She brought her kid in the day

after those boys went missing.

I just wanted to let you

know that my boy, Aaron,

is a close friend of

them missing boys.

Michael Moore and Chris Byers

are his two best friends.

You think you might know something

to help the police find them boys?

I'd say it's very possible.

Right, honey? It is possible.

We questioned Aaron. He told us

about the meetings in the woods.

It made sense to me. I already

knew about the Satanic cult.

You knew about the cult?

We been expecting something like this to

happen around here for quite a while.

How did you confirm

Aaron's story?

Questioned Vicki.

Asked her if there was anything she knew

about an occult or devil worshippers.

She said no.

But then she said, "How

about I go play detective"

"to see what I can find out?"

Jessie!

You're a real sweetie to come over

here today and do this in this heat.

It's all right.

Do you know that

boy, Damien Echols?

Yeah. He's kind of weird.

Mmm.

Well, I really want to meet him.

Do you think you

could fix us up?

Vicki!

Vicki, this is Jason

Baldwin and Damien Echols.

Come on in, boys.

Let's have a drink.

Thanks, Jessie.

I'll see you around.

I told Damien that I want to

learn more about Satanism.

And, um, and he invited

me to an esbat.

What the hell is that?

I had to look it up. It's a...

It's a gathering of witches.

It was in an open field,

under the full moon.

Damien drove me there in his

car, it was a red Ford Escort.

So me, Damien and Jessie...

The people were dressed all in black,

and you couldn't see their faces.

And they started to undress each other.

And I asked Damien

to drive me home.

I couldn't stay 'cause

I was so afraid.

You were afraid.

Afraid for your life?

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry but that

sounds like a load of crap.

Damien's got no license.

He doesn't even drive.

None of his friends or family

have a red Ford Escort.

I'm just telling you

what she told me.

And the esbat seemed to fit

what Aaron had been telling us.

About people painted black, chanting,

doing what men and women do.

But did you ever find any

evidence to corroborate

these tales Aaron

and Vicki told you?

Or anything that would link

these murders to Damien?

No physical evidence.

But we got something else.

We got Jessie's confession.

So Vicki's plan failed, right?

Damien gave her nothing. He never

said anything that implicated them.

Yeah, but Vicki's plan got Jessie involved,

which led him right into the lion's den.

They got their confession

from him instead.

And Jason Baldwin gets caught in the

net just by picking the wrong friend.

Ain't that what our mamas

always warned us about?

Are they gonna put

Aaron on the stand?

Hell no. Have you seen

those interview tapes?

I mean, that kid's talking about

drinking from a bucket of blood.

His story's turned out to be

nothing but pure fantasy.

Ain't nothing but lies.

No way they'll let the jury see how

absurd his confabulations are.

So the jury's never gonna hear

from this kid who's been the

catalyst for the entire case.

Oh, but they did hear from him.

Remember Gitchell's ridiculous

manipulations with the tape recorder?

"Nobody knows what

happened but me."

They have to use stunts like

that, what else they got?

The State sent 600 items to the lab

and out of all that they got nothing

that directly links Damien, Jason

and Jessie to that crime scene.

Look at this.

Remember how Gitchell

told the press

that the case number ending

in 666 was a coincidence?

This police report was

signed by Detective Ridge

three days after our case was assigned,

and the case number ends in 555.

They actually changed our case

number to the number of the beast?

This is a g*dd*mn witch hunt.

Our boys were never suspects

in this case. They were targets.

And once they set their

sights on Jason and Damien,

they stopped looking

for anybody else.

But we don't have to.

We can keep looking.

Ron, we tried to go

through everything,

but they keep sending

us mountains of stuff.

Whatever it takes.

We may not be able to prove

our boys didn't do it.

We might be able to prove the cops never

really tried to find out who did.

I was there.

Don't you see?

And nobody knows what

happened but me.

About a year ago Damien told

me that the local devil worshippers

had reached the end of their animal

sacrifice stage. So that summer he said

they were gonna take

the next logical step.

Sacrifice a human. A human.

At any time

Wednesday were you in Robin Hood Woods?

No.

Were you present when

those boys were k*lled?

No.

Do you suspect anyone of having

k*lled those three boys?

No.

Do you know who k*lled

those three boys?

No.

- Did you k*ll any of those three boys?

- No.

I know, but this

crime is unthinkable.

What if they did it?

Have you thought of that?

Do you want some dessert? I have

that chocolate pie you like.

No thanks, Annie. I'm fine.

You seemed upset when you

were in here the other day,

having lunch with that lady.

She's really pretty.

- She's my ex-wife.

- Oh.

Not ex for too long, huh?

So you okay lately?

I've been worried about you.

Thanks, Annie, I'm fine.

You know what I'm

doing on this case?

Sure, I do.

You understand why I

have to help them.

If you don't help those

poor boys, who will?

Nobody will. Nobody but you.

Arise and be baptized.

Washing away your sins.

Calling on the name of the Lord.

God will never put more

on you than you can bear.

Occult books talk about

the life force of the blood.

Usually the younger the victim,

the more power or force it has.

And do the type of injuries give

an occult overtone to the murders?

Yes. In some occult rituals,

people are over-k*lled.

The body is repeatedly

k*lled over and over,

with many cuts and blows.

So would you say that this crime

has the trappings of occultism?

Of Satanic worship,

in particular.

Dr. Griffis, to get your PhD, what

classes were you required to take?

Uh, none.

And how were you accepted into enrollment

at Columbia Pacific University?

I had to fill out, uh,

several series of papers.

Did you have to fill out a

little flyer like this?

"Call toll free for information

on how to become a doctor."

This is a mail order

college, isn't it?

- University.

- They run a TV ad. Have you seen it?

Yeah, you can send in a request

for what you want your degree in.

Did you know this was a

correspondence school? I didn't.

Judge, the witness has a mail order

PhD from a non-accredited school

that required no classes.

We object to Dr. Griffis as an expert.

Well, I'm not sure within Arkansas

you need a degree of any kind

to be considered an expert

in a particular field.

And I'm not persuaded at all by your

argument about a mail order PhD.

So I'm ruling him as qualified as

an expert in the area of occult.

I'm looking for the manager, Marty King.

Is he here?

He's in the back.

I'll fetch him.

Looks like business

is pretty good.

A whole lot better than it was now

that they've caught them Satanists

who m*rder*d them little boys.

I'm the manager.

What can I do for you?

My name is Ron Lax.

I'm an investigator,

and I was wondering if I could

ask you a few questions

about the night of May the 5th?

Well, certainly, I'll be glad

to help out however I can.

Hey, boss. Here's one I don't

remember seeing before.

Who's Christopher Morgan?

Did you in any way participate in causing

the death of any of those three boys?

No.

Do you know for sure who

caused those boys to die?

No.

Are you holding back any information

about those three boys?

No.

The polygraph showed deception.

He says you went off the chart.

I don't know why I failed it.

Must have been nervous.

This is so f*cking screwed up!

Chris, I have a legal obligation

to get to the truth...

- I'm telling you the truth. - Or to

exonerate you if you weren't involved.

But based on the

polygraph results,

I don't feel like you're

being completely honest.

What do you want me to do?

Do you want me to lie to you?

Okay, I'm gonna lie. I k*lled them.

And all the other bullshit.

- Are you arresting me?

- No, I am not.

You

can't do things like that.

Well,

maybe I freaked out,

and blacked out,

and k*lled the three little boys and

f*cked 'em up the a*s or something.

- Is it possible you could have done it?

- No!

I have never hurt

anyone intentionally.

Maybe there's two sides to you.

Maybe I'm Chris and Hyde.

I'm Ron Lax. Come this way.

Chris, what are you doing here?

Chris!

Your Honor, the defense

calls Christopher Morgan.

Your Honor, may we approach?

Your Honor, I think they are going

to try to cross-examine him

from the Oceanside police report,

and we submit that it's irrelevant.

My understanding was that this

young man retracted his statement.

We want to question Mr. Morgan to suggest

that the police case was far from certain.

Why would his testimony

be relevant?

Your Honor, we all want to question witnesses

that the police viewed as suspects

before narrowing their

focus on the accused.

I'm not gonna allow you to

drag in every possible suspect

unless you've got something that tie those

persons to some event in this case.

Judge Burnett, don't you think a

confession suffices as a tie-in?

Your Honor, they could just talk to

anybody on the street and they could say,

- "Do you admit doing these murders?"

- Come on!

This is not just anybody off the street.

This was the Oceanside PD

questioning him at the request

of the West Memphis PD.

All right. All right. I'm gonna

begin the hearing. Anything else?

Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to

need to conduct a hearing in camera so.

- I'm gonna ask you...

- What?

To go back to the jury room.

Bailiff, will you

clear the courtroom, please?

Your Honor...

All right, folks. All spectators,

members of the press,

please leave the courtroom.

You, too, Mr. Lax. I don't believe

you're an officer of the court.

Mr. Morgan, please step

forward to be sworn in.

Why are they

questioning Chris Morgan?

And why aren't we allowed

to hear what he says?

Bobby DeAngelo asked for a picture of my

son and brought Chris Morgan into my home.

I have a right to

hear what he says.

Yes, you do, Mrs. Hobbs.

We all do.

On May 17th, 1993, were you

questioned in Oceanside, California...

Yes. FORD: And in a

videotaped statement...

We are going to be all right. Justice

is gonna be served, and we love you,

and we are just thinking of you and

just praying for you constantly, okay?

So you said it just to get out?

Yeah, after 17 hours I

believe anybody would.

Now, before you made the

statements in question,

did you tell the officers

in a state of anger that.

"If you want me to lie to you, I'll lie

to you and tell you that I did it"?

- Yes.

- Uh-huh.

And immediately after that, did

you again deny any knowledge

- of involvement in these murders?

- Yes.

All right. Anything else?

Jessie Misskelley denied that he did it,

admitted he did it, then denied it again

and he's in prison!

This man did the same thing.

And we are asking you to allow us

to present this testimony to the...

No.

We are entitled to raise

reasonable doubt.

That's what we're trying

to do with this testimony.

Raise it or create it?

Both!

Burnett wouldn't

let him testify.

It was so important

to get that kid on the stand

- to show how arbitrary it's been.

- I know.

But the judge says

that's not relevant

because Morgan told the

cops he was gonna lie.

Besides, Fogleman says

there's no tape for the part

- of the interview where Morgan

confesses. - What? No, that's bullshit.

You can't see part of the tape because

Morgan put a tissue across the lens.

I saw it. I watched

the whole thing.

But you can see it

when he confesses.

Yeah, but

Fogleman said...

The audio's there for all of it, even when

the lens is covered. You tell them that?

You guys even watch the

entire six hours of tape?

- We have a synopsis from

the Oceanside PD. - A synopsis?

Since when do we depend

on police reports?

Ron, we did not have

enough time or money.

But you should have

told Burnett...

I should have told him what?

Now, you want to try these cases, Ron?

Maybe you should have gone to law school.

You let us do our job and

you focus on doing yours.

I'm... I'm sorry, Ron. But we...

We are overwhelmed.

Fogleman is burying

us in materials.

13,000 documents from the

police investigation alone.

We don't have enough time. We don't

have enough manpower. Money.

And frankly? Burnett?

He's just not giving us a chance.

That's all right, you

That's all right, Mama.

Just anyway you do.

That's all right

That's all right.

Well, that's all right, Mama

That's all right with you.

Anyway you do.

Anyway you do That's all right.

And what a challenge

that was to persevere...

Jason, the prosecutor's office

wants to offer you a deal.

If you agree to testify

against Damien,

they'll only seek a sentence

of 20 years. Not death.

Now, you could be out in

10 years, maybe less.

That's still a

long time, though.

In 10 years you'll be what?

26 years old?

You'll have your whole

life ahead of you.

The case against you is weak.

But they're going to do everything they

can to tie you to Damien and his beliefs,

the things he said and done.

And despite the lack of

evidence, it is very possible

that Damien will go down for this.

And if he does,

there's a good chance he's

gonna drag you down with him.

I can't do it. I can't tell a

lie about him. It ain't right.

I can't.

When you were at the

softball field,

did you hear somebody say

something about the murders?

Yes, sir. I heard, um, Damien Echols

say that he k*lled the three boys.

I heard Damien Echols say he

k*lled all three of those little boys.

And before he turned himself in,

he was gonna k*ll two more.

And he already had one

of them picked out.

Is the person who made that statement

present in this courtroom?

Yes, sir.

Would you point that

person out for the jury?

Right there.

May the record reflect that the

witness has identified Damien Echols.

If anybody else is in this courtroom, who

was present when that statement was made,

would you point that

person out for the jury?

Your Honor, may the

record reflect

the witness has identified

the other defendant,

Jason Baldwin.

Sir, are you all right?

After that I called the police.

And by the time Officer Meek came to the

drive-through, the man was already gone.

And the next day, uh, after the

bodies were found, and, uh,

Detective Ridge and Allen

came over and took a report.

They came over straight

from the crime scene,

and one of them

asked me, he said,

"Did the black man appear

to have muddy feet?"

"Like me, because we've been out there

all morning long in the water and mud."

Okay. And when you looked

at him, what did you say?

Um, I said, "Yes, sir."

'Cause his pants and shoes were

muddy and wet up to the knees.

"Just like you."

Detective Ridge,

on May 6th, 1993,

you went to the

Bojangles Restaurant.

Did you take blood scrapings from

inside the women's restroom?

Yes, sir. I found trace remains in the

ladies' bathroom of the Bojangles.

Detective, what is the date you sent the

scrapings to the crime lab to be analyzed?

They were never sent.

All right. Where are the samples

at this time, Detective?

I don't know, sir.

They were lost.

What? PRICE: You

mean blood evidence

that you took for the purpose of

sending to the crime lab is just lost?

Yes, sir.

That's my mistake. I lost

a piece of evidence.

Now, Damien, this book on

witchcraft, where did you get that?

The library had these books they were

getting rid of for 10 cents each.

Damien, there's some pages in

there that are underlined in red,

references to the devil.

That was already

done when I got it.

I think somebody had a report to

do 'cause all through the book

there's like little notes, dates,

and stuff like that in the margin.

Okay.

Damien, why do you

like to wear black?

I was told I look good in it.

And it helped me

deal with people.

It would make them think "He's

weird." And it kept them away.

You've looked into the Satanic

side of the occult, correct?

- I'm familiar with it.

- You familiar with Aleister Crowley?

Based on his writings, he believes

in human sacrifice, doesn't he?

He also believed

he was God, so...

His writings indicated that children

were the best type of human sacrifice.

- Correct?

- Yes, sir.

But Crowley has no particular

significance to you?

I know who he is. I've read about him,

but I've never read anything by him.

Do you recognize this?

What is that?

It's a paper I had on

different alphabets.

Where you could write

things nobody could read.

Whose names are written on it?

Mine. Jason's.

Our newborn son's, and one

that says Aleister Crowley.

So the only other name on

this document besides yours,

your best friend and your

son is Aleister Crowley.

If you say so.

Now, when he interviewed you before

your arrest, did you tell Officer Ridge

that you'd been a member of a

white witch group for five years?

I told him I was a Wiccan.

I've never been a member of a group.

- Oh, he made that up?

- Yes.

Officer Ridge also asked you why

would someone k*ll these kids

and your response was that the person was

sick or a Satanist. Is that correct?

He asked me was it possible if they could

be Satanists, and I said "Yeah, I guess."

When Officer Ridge asked you how do you

think the person feels who did this,

your answer was, "Probably

makes them feel good."

"Gives them power."

Is that correct? Or, I guess,

Officer Ridge made that up, too.

No. I used common sense on that.

If someone was doing it,

they must have wanted to.

And if they were doing something they

wanted to it must make them happy.

So in your mind it

is common sense

that k*lling three eight-year-olds

would make you feel good?

Whoever did it must have.

Is there anything wrong with

wearing black in and of itself?

No.

Anything wrong with this heavy

metal stuff in and of itself?

No.

The Book of Shadows.

Anything wrong with that?

No.

But you don't look at these

things individually.

You have to look at

them as a whole.

And when you look at all this

circumstantial evidence as a whole,

it proves that these defendants

committed this m*rder.

Now, all this Satanic stuff?

It doesn't matter whether I believe it.

It doesn't matter whether the

defense attorneys believe it.

It doesn't even matter

whether you believe in it.

The only thing that matters is

what these defendants believe.

Now, you look at history,

at all the people that have been

k*lled in the name of religion,

it is a motivating force.

It gives people who want to do evil

the justification for what they do.

And when you look

at it all together,

you begin to see

inside Damien Echols.

You see inside that person.

You look inside,

and there's not a soul in there.

The first verdict

reads as follows.

"We, the jury,

find Damien Echols"

"guilty of capital m*rder"

"in the death of Stevie Branch."

"We, the jury, find

Damien Echols"

"guilty of capital m*rder in

the death of Chris Byers."

"We, the jury, find

Damien Echols"

"guilty of capital m*rder in

the death of Michael Moore."

No! No! No!

"We, the jury, find

Jason Baldwin"

"guilty of capital m*rder in

the death of Stevie Branch."

"We, the jury, find

Jason Baldwin"

"guilty of capital m*rder in

the death of Chris Byers."

"And we, the jury,

find Jason Baldwin"

"guilty of capital m*rder in

the death of Michael Moore."

Now, do either of you have any

legal reason to give the court

as to why a sentence

should not be imposed?

No, sir.

'Cause I'm innocent.

Pardon, I'm sorry, I

didn't hear that.

Because I'm innocent.

Well, the jury has heard the

evidence and concluded otherwise.

Mr. Baldwin, you are hereby adjudicated

guilty on three counts of capital m*rder.

You are hereby sentenced to the

Arkansas Department of Corrections

to a term of life without

the possibility of parole.

Mr. Echols, you have been

adjudicated guilty on three counts

of capital m*rder as well,

the death of Michael Moore,

Chris Byers and Stevie Branch.

You are remanded to the

custody of the Sheriff

and to immediately be transported to

the Arkansas Department of Corrections

where on the 5th of May, 1994,

a lethal quantity

of an ultra short-acting barbiturate.

In combination with a

chemical paralytic agent,

will be injected into your

body until you are dead.

Mrs. Hobbs.

I'm Ron Lax.

I know who you are.

And I don't hate you either. Or them

lawyers. Just don't forget about us.

- Don't... Don't let yourself

forget about us. - I won't.

I can't.

Ever since I saw your face

on TV that first day,

I read the case files,

saw the photographs of your son.

I'll never be able

to forget any of it.

And I know that you may not be able

to feel much compassion right now

for the boys accused of this crime.

I understand that, I really do.

But if these boys are innocent,

would you want three more families

to lose their children, too?

I found this in Terry's things.

It's Stevie's pocket knife.

His Grandpa Hicks gave him.

- Your father?

- Yeah, my father.

Stevie loved this knife.

Just like his new bike.

Everything his grandpa ever gave him.

He'd take it with him everywhere.

He always had it.

- I think he would have had it that day.

- The day he was k*lled?

I don't know why they

didn't find it on him.

And I don't know why my

husband would have it now.

You suspect your husband might have

something do to with all of this?

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know anything anymore.

After hearing

Jessie's confession,

and all those things

he didn't know

and the bloody man at Bojangles,

and Mark Byers and

that bloody knife.

And those girls up on the stand,

acting like this is all just

some sort of game to them.

And what about Chris Morgan? They told

me that he confessed out in California,

and they wouldn't even let us hear

what he had to say on the stand.

It seems like everybody, the

police, the judge, everybody,

they all know who they

want to think did this.

I don't know anymore.

Neither do I.

But I know in my heart that Damien,

Jason and Jessie did not do this.

Well that's all right,

Mama That's all right for you.

That's all right, Mama

Just any way you do.

That's all right.

Is that too tight?

You'll be back soon.

Real soon, sweetheart.

I promise.