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♪♪ (crickets chirping) (distant siren blaring) (dog barking) guy, the dog's barking. hmm? the dog's barking. honey, he'll bequiet in a minute. (whispering)gretsky!
gretsky, come here. gretsky. come on, gretsky. come here. (screaming) (dogs barking) 10-year-old kimberly dykstrawas found missing by her parentsearly sunday morning. although the back doorwas discovered open,
there wereno signs of forced entry. police have questionedkimberly's parents and ruled them out as suspects. quiet, please,please, quiet. can i have your attentionplease? the investigation is underway and we are following allpossible leads. if anyone knows anything, get in touch withus, please.
we haven'tbeen able to sleep and... we just want to saywe love you, sweetheart. still no breaks in the caseof kimberly dykstra who disappeared from herparents' home five days ago. neighbors and even strangers have even joined policein their search... police have verified thatthe body found last night is in fact10-year-old kimberly dykstra who disappeared without a tracenine days ago.
the body was found... i can't really say anythingabout the condition of the body or what the autopsyrevealed, but kimberly's parents did have a statementthey'd like me to read. (woman)certainly. "we would like to expressour gratitude "to all who've supported usduring this most difficult time. "your prayersand heartfelt wishes
have meant to more to usthan words can say..." it's just an anesthetic. how am i supposed toput the sutures in without an anesthetic? she doesn't likeneedles, man. she doesn't speak english. yeah, i figured that outfor myself. you sure she fell? you sure youdidn't hit her?
yeah, she fell, all right? look at her. she ain't got no balancewhen she drinks. well, just do mea favor and translate. tell her it's only goingto hurt for just a second and then she'snot going to feel anything and we can patch her right upand she can go home. would you tellher that please? (speaking spanish)
tranquila, okay? no, no! (crying) (radio announcer) it's 8:27 on this lovely tuesday morning, so let's check in for our traffic report with officer don! hi, don! (don) good morning. it's surprisingly smooth on the 110 north and the 134 west.
the 405 north is backed up as usual at this hour. that also goes for the 10 and there's a major pileup blocking all lanes of traffic on the 110 north near the marmion way exit, so all you pasadena-bound drivers might wanna consider a detour. hey, laura. laura, pick upthe phone, honey. i think i found something you'rejust gonna love.
it was owned by the same personfor almost 40 years, a widow. her son put herin a nursing home. as you can see, she tookreally good care of it. even kept the originalfurnishings. now, i certainly don't thinkyou'll have to renovate unless you want to,of course. now, my house--we live in an old place too, when we moved in, my husbandwanted to change it. i said, "barry, no,a place this beautiful,
it's like painting a moustacheon the mona lisa." (laughing) i hate to be forward, but youtwo are such a handsome couple. are you italian byany chance? uh, no, sorry. well, i am. i moved to californiato be an actress, but then i met my husband--he's a doctor, you know. (laura)oh, so's guy.
yeah, you mentioned that. maybe that'swhy you look so familiar. my husband's a plastic surgeon,he does all the big celebrities. tina hunt, the newscaster?that's barry. (laura)guy works in the er. yeah, it's temporary. the hospital was cuttingstaff and i just... ...i keep meaningto get a private practice, but you know, one thing,then another.
yeah, barry works on a lot offree victims-- accident victims. i'm sure you geta lot of those. yeah, that's generally what youdo get in the emergency room. are these floors new? yes, there are. i guess mrs. gitchellmust have redone it. that's the previous owner. she must have beencrazy about this place to have livedhere for so long.
she raised her children here. you can just sense it. it is the perfect placeto raise children. or, if you don't want any,it's perfect for that too. are there are a lot ofchildren in the neighborhood? oh my god, oh my god,that's how i know you. you're the ones withthe little girl who-- oh my god, i am sosorry for you. i watchedthe whole thing on tv.
i said to barry, i said, "barry, if that everhappened to my little girl, i don't know what i'd do." yeah, well, i guess... it's something you can't knowunless it happens to you. ♪ whom angels greet with anthems sweet ♪ ♪ while shepherds watch are keeping ♪ ♪ this, this is christ the king ♪ ♪ whom shepherds guard and angels sing ♪
♪ haste, haste to bring him laud ♪ ♪ the babe the son of mary ♪♪ (singing stops) (phone ringing) hey. is it busy there tonight? (guy) it's kind of slow, actually. did i wake you? no, i couldn't sleep.
so what'd you think? i don't think so. why not? you always said you wanted tolive in a victorian and uh, i realize it'sgoing to take some work, but i thought it might giveus a project, you know, keep us busy. you mean keep me busy,don't you? you're already busy.
laura, i'm not going to be working this shift forever. it's temporary. i could take a couple weeks off to get it started. i just, i worry about you. being alone all the time, coopedup with all those memories. but i want to remember. and i want you to, but... i also want you to live. (guy)laura!i've got some food down here!
that frog was so tiny,i couldn't even see it. and then i opened the topof the box to let it out and out it goes out of the boxand right out the window. i didn't think kimberlywas ever gonna forgive you. that was the whole reasonwe got that dog. (both laughing) man.oh, god. oh, he was so cute. although, you didn'tthink he was so cute
after he chewedyour shoes up that was the wholereason that you... i know, i put himoutside that night. we don't know if that'swhat led to... ah, it must have been. must have been. i mean, she, you know howmuch she loved that dog. you know every timeyou would put him out, she would go right downstairsand let him in again.
and there were nosigns of a break-in. there were no fingerprintsthat they found on dennis law inour house anywhere. he might havebeen wearing gloves. look, honey, we don't knowwhat happened that night. we never will. like i don't know what youdid with that dog either. nothing-- i didn'tdo anything to the dog. he just ran awayone day.
dogs do that, you know. because he knew youdidn't like him. yeah, well, i liked himjust fine. i really don't wantto talk about it anymore. what happened, happened. no amount of second-guessing isever going to change anything. i raped her,you know? it felt so good. can i show you howi did it?
guy. (window closing) (water dripping) (water gurgling down drain) (laura screaming) she just touched me! who? this, this girl. i had a bad dream and i camedownstairs and then i--
there was thisgirl standing here and then i heard the water and iwent into the bathroom and, and, and then i went to turnit off and she touched me. who was it? i don't know. i didn't seeher face. i just felt her. i'm scared. okay, all right,well, come on.
(breathing heavily) oh, for god's sake, laura... what?come here. what? how did thatget in here? i dunno, we left the windowsopen, probably just climbed it. it was notthe cat, guy. i felt her, i saw her. (birds twittering)
yeah, hello. okay, great. all right, see you. (laura)i see we havea landline now. huh? oh, uh, yeah. that was the movers. they're over at our old house. think maybe i'll goover and supervise. (chuckling)i'll go.
i don't think there's a needfor both of us to go. why don't you stayhere and finish up? i mean, unless youreally want to go. okay, it's all right,run along. i can be fine here. you sure?yeah. all right, i'll see you, honey. hello? (man) yeah, who's this?
laura, who's this? kenneth-- did you just call me? no. sorry, never mind. (clicking disconnect) guy! excuse me,i beg your pardon. i was looking for my cat. cat?
yeah, kind of abig white thing, uh. i live a couple housesdown and uh... she used to belongto the previous owner. yes, we've seen her. you have? well, not right now, butthe other night, she got in and she nearly scaredme to death. oh, i'm sorry about that. i try notto let her out,
but, you know, shestill thinks mrs. gitchell ownsthe house and, you know. she, she had a lot of cats and she gave me a couple justbefore her son put her in... are you okay? i was-- yes, i-i--just a minute ago, i-i was in there and... i'm sorry, whatwere you saying? mrs. gitchell gave you...
yeah, a coupleof her cats. i mean, she hadabout 20 of them. she was a batty old thing. why? well, i only moved in herea couple years ago, but, uh... you know, she never cameout of the house. used to stay in there and-- even in the middleof the night, you'd see allthe lights blazing,
and i'd hear her in therescreaming, talking to herself. i'd come over just to make sureshe was okay, but, even then, she never let me inside. then, of course, the kids allstarted talking about that. they would? well, you know how kids are. you know, they-- got an oldhouse, an old lady living in it. they say she's a witch,you know, things like that. you know kids.
i imagine yourdaughter's the same way. what are youtalking about? oh, isn't thatyour daughter? the girl i saw in thewindow looking down? where?! well, right up there. i saw her lookingin the window down here just before you ran out. ah!
sweetheart, are you okay? but... it... it was almostseven months ago. and we had justgotten back from a recital that my daughterhad given. and i heard the dog barking and you know, my daughter,she loved that dog so much. so we think that maybe she wentdown and let him in. and then she vanished.
and it was 10 days beforewe knew where she was. (neighbor)but you did find her? well, we didn't. we had a lot of strangershelping us look for her and two of them found her. they were two kids thatlived not that far away. and one of them wasthe one that killed her. oh my god! guys, we found her!
oh, no. oh, god. oh... oh... he had molestedother kids in the past and... he was a minor atthe time, so the police neverreally did anything. (sighing) (sniffling) and he only lived four blocksaway, but i'd never seen him.
but he'd seen us,that's for sure. and the policethink that he was probably stalking kimberly forquite some time. was he convicted? they arrested him, and they found a lotof circumstantial evidence linking him to kimberly, but the case never cameto trial. right after thearraignment, he hung himself,
which is something i stilldon't understand because how couldthe police not have known that he was a riskfor suicide? but they left himalone and he killed himself and we never got ourday in court. and that was reallyimportant, you know? i just wanted to hear himsay that he had done it just so i could... know for sure he had.
yeah. i'm very sorry youhad to go through that. i realize it's notthe same, but, uh... my wife, uh, she diedabout five years ago. that's why i moved here. i couldn't stayin the other place. too many memories. yeah, us too. would you mind looking ata picture of my daughter?
i-i know you onlysaw that girl-- but i don't really see howit could be your daughter. to a fresh start!hear, hear! now, if you have anycomplaints about the food, don't blame laura. this is my ownlittle creation. i call it chicken guy. a plate of vegetables foryou, claire. i remember another creationwith uh, with lamb.
you didn'tlike the lamb? not especially. (laura)oh, good lord. i mean, this house looksfantastic. you and laura continue to outdome and claire in every way. (laura)oh, not really. don't they, sweetheart? and a little broccoli andcarrots and everything. oh, thank you,thank you.
i think this houseis haunted. i'm sorry,laura, but i do. there's something... there's a very peculiarenergy here. i felt itthe second i walked in. i told you.(guy)you coached her. no, i didn't.i didn't say a word. you're right.there's a strange energy here. the very first nightwe were here,
i felt something or someone standing next to me inthe bathroom. i felt it there too. i feel iteverywhere. well, i don't feel anything,how about you, guy? no, i don't, which i findvery interesting. really? you findthat so interesting. what's that supposed to mean? it just means why are youalways the one who feels it?
why doesn't it everhappen to me? it just happened to claire. i wouldn't takethat very seriously. claire's alwaysfeeling things. (laura)jason... thank you so much, jason. it's true. i just wish she'd feel morebuying some lottery tickets. (guy laughing)
i'm sorry, claire,that''s funny, come on. (laura)look, she's not the only onewho has seen stuff-- neil. the other day, he saw a girlstanding up in the window upstairs in that bedroom. neil?that's our new neighbor. oh. and it was the same day thathappened in the bathroom. oh, come on now. you're not going to say thatthat was writing, honey.
that was just, that was a coupleof strokes left by a paintbrush. you left them there yourselfwithout realizing it. you don't believe that.i do. i did notmake this up, guy. wait a minute, what, what areyou guys talking about? come on, i'll show you.come on. now?you're gonna go now? yeah, it's right here. we're eating.
(claire)one second.i want to see this. don't wait. what are you talking about? (laura)it's weird, claire. yeah? see right there?you can justmake it out. you see it? (claire)yep. i turned my back for just asecond and there it was.
and something else was paintedupstairs on the upstairs window and i'm telling you right now,i did not put it there. i'm not crazy. nobody said you were. (laura) so how do you think it went? pretty good. oh, i think it was much better than pretty good. i think it went great. you think so? maybe i should be a singer.
hey, i thought you said you were going to be a doctor? maybe i can do both. i'll go around and be a doctor and when people are sick, i'll sing and make them feel all better. you think it's that simple, huh? naturally. (laura laughing) hello. (man) hello, uh, uh, listen, all right.
it's after midnight, okay? uh, i have to work tomorrow, so let's-let's just stop this, okay? let's just cut this out. who is it? it's a wrong number,that's what it was. jesus christ, look at me. the phone rings,i'm jumping out of my skin. i hope you're happy.
you and all yourspook talk. and your sister too. you're drunk. yeah?yeah. well, you've been drunka lot too, you know. hey, you know howmany times i've come home in the last two months,i find you passed out? how many times have you ever come home and findme passed out?
none! that's how many! i can't talk to youwhen you're like this. talk. when do you ever want to talk? you've been shutting me outever since it happened. the other night,that was the first time we've made love sincei can't remember when. you honestly believe that you'rethe only one who's suffering? but no.
i make one mistake. i put the goddamndog out and i gotta pay for itfor the rest of my life! you're the one that heard him! why didn't you go outand let him in? because i didn't wantto make you mad. you just flipped outabout your lousy shoes and i didn't wantto hear it again. hey!
i told youwhen we got that dog that i wanted him tostay outside but you let kimberlyspoil him so bad, he started barking the secondanybody put him in the yard. he was barking in the yard because dennis law washanging around the house! that's, that's why yougot rid of him. you blame him when all he was tryingto do was warn us.
it was an accident, laura! you want to know whathappened to the dog? i backed over him, okay? he's dead. i'm sorry he died. jesus. he'd gotten out andi was late for work and i... i just-- i missed him, that's all.
he was just sittingin the driveway and... you know he neverhad any sense about cars. so why didn't youtell me? why'd you lie to me-- because i know that you'dsay i did it on purpose, but i swear to god, i didn't. i would have replaced himif i could have. we still can. we can go tomorrowand get a new dog if you want.
oh, sure, guy. let's replace the dogand while we're at it, we'll just replacekimberly too. we can go make some love,that'll make you happy. laura, laura!shut up! so what happened here? a fight. cut up a little. broke my fingerpretty good.
it's not broken,it's dislocated. want to see the x-ray? you don't remember me,do you? it's me, ben. i found your little girl. oh yeah, right. take this down to the lab. i'm sorry, i, uh... i only saw you that onetime at the arraignment.
yeah, i'm sorry about that. i wanted to walkover and say something, but i felt kindaweird, you know? me being friends withdennis and all. yeah, well, uh... i guess we don't always knowthe people we're close to. no, i knew dennismy whole life. he didn't do it. i mean, when we found her,
he was so upset andcrying and shit. i just... i don't think hewould have acted like that if he had done it at all. guilt will makeyou do funny things. but i really don'tthink he did it. i mean, i knowthe police said he fooled around with littlegirls and stuff, but, he was just a kid himselfwhen he did that, you know? he was a really normal guy.
look, he did it, okay? there was all kinds of evidencelinking him to kimberly. yeah, but i think the policeplanted that stuff. i mean, kind oflike oj, you know? everybody was freaking out, so they want to grab somebodyright away and you know, dennis lookedkind of weird, so... dennis was weird. let's just havea look at your finger.
i don't think hekilled himself either. i think the police went inthere and hung him themselves. you know, ben, let's just changethe subject, all right? now we're going to haveto pop this back into joint and it might hurt a little. the way i figure it, theyknew he was going to get away because they didn't haveanything on him, you know? but they could never let thathappen, so they strung him and-- laura?
(guy)can i help you? oh, you're guy, right? i'm neil solomon, i-- yeah, i know who you are. you're the one whofilled laura's head with all that ghost bs. not exactly,i just told her-- i know what you told her. you got a big mouth,you know that?
and if laura was still here, i'd tell her notto speak you to anymore. oh, she's not here? we're separated. your work hereis done, okay? you can go home now. (sizzling) (insects chirping) (groaning)
(girl)i'll do whateveryou want me to do. ♪ so bring him incense, gold and myrrh ♪ ♪ come peasantking to own him ♪laura? ♪ the king of kings salvation brings ♪ ♪ let loving hearts enthrone him ♪ ♪ haste, haste to bring him... ♪ ♪ this, this is christ... ♪ kimberly? (clanking)
she doesn't wantto see you. (laura)who is it? you were right. the letters m-o-n... i wonder whatthey stand for. send money. oh, jason. are you sure that's what theletters were? that's what theylooked like.
i didn'texactly stick around-- oh, hi, uh, mrs. goldstein? it's guy dykstra. you sold us the house on kilkeaa few weeks back? no, yeah, we're very happythere, um, but i was wondering, do you know how to contactthe former owner? i found some things therei'd like to return to her. you related to mrs. gitchell? you related or just friends?
uh, we're friends, but wehaven't seen her for a while. you best prepare yourself. she's onecrazy old witch. what do you mean? you'll see. (knocking on door) mrs. gitchell? you have company. (mrs. gitchell)who the hell is it?
ralph? is that you? where the hellyou been, ralph? i've been cooking all day. (guy)um, it isn't ralph,mrs. gitchell. i live in the houseyou used to own. well... come over here so i can geta better look at you, huh? who are they?
oh, that's my wife, laura,and her sister claire. laura livesat the house with me. do you like spaghetti? my baby, he don'tlike spaghetti, but i makehim eat it anyway 'cause it's realgood for you. oh, yeah, spaghetti is a vitalpart of a balanced diet, yeah. but, uh, look,i was wondering, um, we've been having some strangethings go on at the house.
for instance,the computer and printer and tv will go on for no reasonand there's-- well, we foundwriting on the wall. writing? that's right. well, those mexicans, they spray crapevery now and again. i don't like those mexicans. there's more and moreof them all the time.
well, i don't think this hasanything to do with mexicans. you never, back whenit was your house, you never noticed anythingstrange going on? they killed thosekennedy boys. both of them. good thing,i say. chasing allthose girls around. that's when you ruineverything, when you chasethe girls around.
my baby, he knowsthat for sure. your baby? i got two. only one's alive. i promised myself no one would evertake him away. they'd have to gothrough me first. and the other one,what about him, or-- was it a him?
what the hellyou talking about? your baby, mrs. gitchell. he wasjust two weeks old. just two weeks. and he upsand dies. it was the year that, that... yes? where the hell haveyou been all day? i've beencooking all day!oh!
she got you, huh? yeah, she got me the sameway one or two times, man. thanks for the warning. laura, you remember stephaniewatkins, don't you? remember that girli used to live with right before i met jason? well, she used to be friendswith a psychic-- forget it. no, no, get the number.
anything's moreproductive than this.excuse me. now, i specificallyasked claire not to tell meanything about you you and you haven't,have you, claire? i haven't, no. now there's a wonder. there's no place herefor that kind of attitude. if you're not going totake this seriously, you can just leave now.
or i will. there weren't be any moredisruptions to the proceedings. will there, jason? no, there won't be. now, this is not a sã©ance,it's a reading. i'm not going to bewriting anything down. i just use thisto help me concentrate. understood? justanswer yes or no. (all) yes.
now i'm going to ask youa few questions and whenever i ask one, i want youto answer yes or no. yes. i'm not trying tolead you in any way. this just helps meto stay focused. understood?yes. there's a girl. she's a veryyoung girl.
i can't quite tell her age. but her name beginswith a c... no... a k. does this mean anythingto you? this girl, she's saysshe's your daughter. she says she lovedyou both very much but she was taken awayfrom you very suddenly. she was murdered. just yes or no, please. she says somethingabout singing.
she says she singsfor you both all the time. she knows you feel bad aboutthe way she left. she wants youto feel better. does this make anysense to you? she says she knows this hasbeen very hard on you both. she knows you blame eachother for what happened. and it makes her very sad. she hears you fighting all thetime and she wants you to stop and realize thatshe's always with you
everywhere you go. is this understood? now, this housewhere you're living, she says it's no accidentthat you're here. she led you herefor a very special reason. there is a man. his name is... i can't see it. this man is the reasonshe's no longer with you.
she's been trying totell you about this man for the longest time. and this is not the manthe police were blaming. the true man... can't make it out. his name is... priest? is he a priest? but this is the manwho took her from you. he's taken others before andhe will take others again
unless you stop him. she says you have to do whateveris necessary to stop him. even if you have to takethe life of this man yourselves, you must do it. there are childrenall around him and he's planning to doto others what he did to her. what is his name? can you please be quiet? no, no, it's gone.
you're just likestephanie said you were. didn't you hear me tellyou before we started not to say one word? she said she was sorry. it's too late for that,isn't it? this young girl hada very important message for her parents andyou went and... (grunting) what is it?
(guy)sergeant mcdonald? oh, look at this. oh, boy, it's goodto see you. uh, are we interrupting? no, no, have a seat. i'm just finishing up writinga freakin' arrest report. what did youdo to your face? oh, i cut myself shaving. that's some nick.yeah.
how you two holding up? oh, we're good.well... not a day goes by thati don't think about you. that's nice to hear. no, i'm serious. i got in a prayerrequest at church. the whole congregationis praying for you. thank you. my wife asks after you.
kimberly toucheda lot of people. yes, she did.she really did, yeah. so you're stillin the same place? no, we moved. oh, that's good,that's good. must have been toughliving in that house. it was very tough. a house or... yeah, it's a house.
it's real nice,we like it just fine. uh, but, the last few weeks,we've, uh, we've really started to have some serious doubtsabout the case. doubts? yeah, we're just not convinceddennis law was guilty anymore. i know it sounds strange, but we just want tospeak to you about it. let me ease yourminds about that right now.
there's not a question in mymind that he's guilty. not a one. i'm not talking aboutjust the hard evidence. the hair, the fiber, the rest. i'm talking abouta gut feeling. when you do this workas long as i have, you get a senseof these things. well, that's whatyou told us at the time. well, for instance, the hairyou found on kimberly's body.
it matched dennis law's. that's whatyou told us, right? but if he's the onethat found the body, isn't it just possiblethat that's the reason the hair was found--no! kimberly... she wasraped repeatedly. you know. the hair that wefound on her body was in coagulated blood.
you don't bleedafter you die. that hair wasembedded in there. of course, he knewexactly where to find her. but he was looking everywhere,wasn't he? i mean, that wasn'tthe only place he looked and why would he go right to herif he didn't want to get caught? dr. dykstra, can you tell mewhere this is going? 'cause it's been monthsand months and up until now, i was under the impressionthat you had no doubts.
we just have good reasonto think the case should be reopened. and the reason is? we just do. we think someoneelse is responsible and it's very likely he'sgoing to strike again. and that person is? we don't know. you two aren't makingthis easy on me.
this case is closed. i need a name,compelling evidence, that i can take to my superiorofficers in order to reopen it. and it has to becompelling evidence. kimberly told us. we had a psychic come inand give us a reading, and kimberly, she told us thatthe killer is still out there and he's going to strikeagain unless he's stopped. i see.
a priest. jay said that she'd beenkilled by a priest. but i don't everremember kimberly coming into contact with one. well, we didn't know she'd comeinto contact with dennis law until the police picked him up. if she ever had comeinto contact with him. god, that poor kid. he killed himself oversomething he never even did.
he did something,all right. may not have killed kimberly, but he molesteda couple of other kids. i'm not so sure anymore. i mean, all we've got to go onis what the police have told us and if they were wrongabout kimberly, god knows what elsethey're wrong about. yeah, that's whatthe kid in the er said. oh, speaking of that,what time is it?
oh, probably time foryou to go to work. honestly, i wish you'dget a different shift. i will. want me to dropyou at claire's? no, that's okay. i'd feel better ifyou weren't here alone. no, i want to be here. i need to be. (car starting)
(car driving away) (cat meowing) (microwave door shutting) (woman)i'll do whateveryou want me to do. do you like that? do you like it wheni do that? (distant moaning) (microwave beeping) neil.
well, there you are. i thought you husband saidyou'd moved out of town. i did, briefly. but neil, i'm afraid... i'm afraid there'sbeen an accident. uh, what? your cat? your cat... i don'tknow how she did it, but she got insideour microwave
and somehow it wasturned on and, and... this is your cat. oh, well. it's not like i don'thave plenty of others, huh. hey, uh, why don't you comeinside for a second? there's some peoplei'd like you to meet. ladies! this is, this is, uh... sweetheart, i'm so drunk,i can't even remember your name.
laura. uh, this is evelyn danderand her daughter julie. they've been in thisneighborhood ever since-- oh, you don't wantto know how long. laura just moved intothe gitchell place. the witch house. oh, now, julie,that's terrible. mrs. gitchell was nota witch. she was just a little crazy.
we used to callit that. god, what a weirdold thing she was. every time we'd goanywhere near there, she'd crack the door openand say, "get away." and her son, what a creep. he was not a creep, he wasa perfectly nice young man. that's what you think. you remember we usedto have that sprinkler? mm-hmm.
well, every time we'dplay with it, he would just sit on thefront stoop staring at us. i mean, we were only 10or 11 at the time, and he'd just besitting there staring like we were farrah fawcettor something. what are you saying,that he, what, that he... a pervert? yes. now, julie, that's not fair. you took piano lessons fromkenneth for three whole months
and he never once triedanything. he sure looked at me funny. he was just shyand who can blame him, having a mother like that? but you know, when i first mether, she was perfectly normal. but then,of course, mr. monk died, and she marriedthat ralph gitchell, and, oh,what a nightmare he was. he and his daughter both.
you could hear them yelling allthe way down at my place. you know, i believethat's what drove her crazy. and that's what madekenneth shy too. poor boy. you know, i don't think i everonce saw him with a girlfriend. because he's a pervert. ♪ what child is this who laid to rest ♪ ♪ on mary's lap lay sleeping ♪ ♪ the babe the son of mary ♪
♪ come peasant king to own him ♪ ♪ the kings of king salvation brings ♪ ♪ let loving hearts enthrone him ♪ ♪ christ the king whom shepherds guard ♪ ♪ and angels sing ♪ ♪ haste... ♪ (laura) hi, this is laura and guy dykstra's residence. please leave a message. (beeping)
(man) look, i don't know who you are or why you're doing this, but i want this to stop. do you understand me? one more time and i am calling the police. (phone disconnects) (operator recorded message) we're sorry. your call cannot be completed as dialed. please check the number and dial again. good night.
so, what wascollege like? you ever go awayon spring break? no, no, i never did. didn't you want to hangout with girls gone wild? what do you knowabout girls gone wild? i am a girl gone wild. i can dance justlike them. wanna watch? molly!
mrs. dykstra? what are youdoing here? i was just taking a walk. long time, no see. um, i'm sorry, i know you,but i don't remember... uh, last christmas. your daughter... right, oh, the recitalhere at the school. yeah.yes.
weren't you the oneplaying the piano? i was, yes, yes.ah. or though, i did seeyou the other day at the wiltonarms nursing home. oh, that's right. i knew i recognized your face,but i couldn't quite place you. well, you know, you onlymet me that one time. yeah, uh... i was going to say hello,but, you know, uh...
i felt kind of awkward. oh? why? well, you know, uh,i really respect your privacy, and, uh, or though, the nursedid say to me that you had been to seemy mother, lenore gitchell? yes, that's right. we boughther house. you did?mm-hmm. oh, uh, how funny.
'cause i-- usually the attorneyhandles all that, so, you know, i really don't havea head for business. ah, well, i'm sure there'splenty of things you are good at say, how haveyou been, molly? whose class areyou in now? (molly)mr. monk's. oh, that's you, right? yes, i remember kimberlytalking quite a bit about you. really? that's strange,
because you know, i reallydidn't know her at all. was your daughter murdered? jenna, that'svery rude! now you apologize. oh, no, no. i don't mindif she's so blunt. there are a lot of prettyawful people out there. predators. you know what i mean?
i hope you're just as blunt if you ever have totell on one of them. so, uh, how's the house? you're remodeling? no, not really. we've been verypreoccupied, you know? turns out there's a lotof unanswered questions about kimberly's death. oh? i thought they caughtthe person who did it.
yes, so did we. we thought so too, but wehave reason to believe that the person who didit may still be out there. you don't happen to knowanything, do you? me? well, i mean, you were thedirector of the recital. maybe you saw someoneor noticed something or maybe sheconfided in you.no-no-no-no. i taught her musiconce a week.
you know,that's it... really. i barely knew her. thought i'd ask. you see him?yeah. he's guilty as sin. (woman)oh, mr. monk,there you are. did you receive my message? message? well, your mother hada slight heart attack.
oh? but don't worry--she pulled through as always. good. (lenore)who is it? is that you, ralph? it's not ralph,mother. it's me, kenneth. oh... it's my baby. oh, i don't feelso good.
i know. ohh... oh, ohh... i feel so bad. those nurses,they're so mean. that's becausethey're mexican. oh, that's all thereis anymore. mom. mrs. dykstra, she cameby the school today.
the woman whobought the house. dykstra. yeah, do you remember, shecame by a few days ago, okay? you remember you had somestrange visitors. i get that all the time. okay, but this was-- this was a womanand her husband and i think it wasanother woman too, okay? you remember?
you know, ralph came by and he brought some ofhis whores with him. the nerve of that man. ralph's dead, mom, okay? these are the peoplewho bought your house. mom? mom, what did yousay to them? did they ask about me? but she does.
she always asksabout you. she's dead, mom, okay? i hope you didn't say anythingto the dykstras about them. you didn't, did you? she comes in the night and she sits atthe foot of my bed and she tries to hurt me. and then she wants meto hurt you too, but... no way am i gonnahurt my baby.
i know you must have saidsomething to the dykstras, mom. mrs. dykstra, she was askingthe strangest questions. i tell you not to chasethe girls around. lord, no, there she is,she's right behind you. oh, oh, oh. mom, there's nobody there. oh, yes. oh, she comes back and backand she hurts my kittens and she hits me and ohh...
i swear to god she's justabout driven me out of my mind. she has, mom. make her go away. i don't want to seeher no more, please. i don't want tosee ralph neither. okay, mom.okay? i'll make her go away. okay, okay, okay. i love you, mom.
i love you too, baby. i love you. no! my mom! my mom, i think she hadanother heart attack! okay.go, go. molly. hi--you want a ride? no thanks.
aw, come on. it's not likewe're strangers. besides, we gota present for you. oh yeah? so how's school? how's mr. monk? he's been absent lately. his mom died, so he's been goingto the funeral and, you know, stuff like that.
oh, that's not good. we've got a reallymean substitute. she's really dumb too. like the other day, she was showing usthis math problem and she got it wrong. so what'dyou get for me? i hope it's nothingkimberly owned. i mean, she had real nice stuffand everything, but, you know,
it'd feel real funnyowning something that used to belongto a murdered person. so, in your opinion, mr. monklikes girls better than boys? well, he yells at them more,but they really deserve it. and he'll talk to us at recessabout really cool stuff. he's notlike most teachers. he's sort of like akid himself. and what does hetalk to you about? what's this?
it's a dvd of you singingat the pageant last christmas. and that's my present? yeah, we figured youdidn't have one. thanks. so molly, what i was tryingto get at before is does mr. monk evertalk about anything that's inappropriatefor a girl your age? well, she meansadult-type stuff. uh, thingsthat might be personal.
well, he talksabout michigan. he used to live there. and he saw a bear one time whenhe was walking in the woods and he pretendedlike he was dead. does he ever keepyou after school or give you rides home or... well, he's a realfriendly guy. well, except with the boys. i dunno.
jenna says he's a fag. but he's a reallynice fag. uh-huh. so, has he evertried to touch you or ask you to siton his lap or anything? why do you guys keepasking me about mr. monk? he's a real friendly guy. even my momthinks he's nice and she's never likedany of my teachers.
we just want to know some thingsabout your life, that's all. we used to see you a lot and now we don'tsee you so much anymore. yeah, you must feel kindof sad without kimberly. we do. well, you too, right? well, you know,i thought i would, and sometimes i thinkabout her, but my mom told me ishouldn't 'cause it's morbid.
and you know, she wasn'talways that nice to me. she used to brag aboutall the nice things she had and how her dad was a doctorand everything. she thoughtshe was all that. can i use the bathroom? sure. (girl)she wasn't alwaysthat nice to me. who is that? i mean, the wholestory was so crazy.
her mother didn't reallybelieve her, but she kept asking why wetook molly back to the house and molly kept saying we wereasking questions about mr. monk, and boy, we had a hell ofa time explaining that. we don't want this guyto get skittish. he might skip townor something. something like that. you know, it doesn'teven sound like kimberly wouldattack another child.
no, it doesn't. and to put a catin the microwave? i know, that isreally strange, right? but she's mad about it,that's all. the least of the problems. she justwants, she, i mean, the guy who did it is runningaround free and she's angry aboutit and who can blame her? i mean, the police won't evenreopen the case
unless they get somehard evidence, quote unquote. but don't worry. we'll get some. we've got a private detectivepoking around in his background. yeah, that sure iscosting a pretty penny. i just don't think thecat in the microwave-- yeah, but it's worth it. kimberly said thathe'd do it again and you know he hadto have left a trail.
but what if he hasn't? well, then we'll kill him. have you lostyour mind completely? you can't run around sayingthings like that. what, do you want to go to jail? if that's what it takes. we don't even knowif this is the guy yet. oh, we know. we may not haveany proof yet, but deep down,
both of us know he's the one. and like claire said,we may never get any proof, and what are wesupposed to do, just stand back and let himhurt other innocent children? of course not. so how are we supposed to stophim unless we kill him? it's not goingto come to that. how do you know? well, it might,but you can't run around
shooting your mouthoff beforehand. you gotta besmarter than that. you gotta be assmart as he is. what makes you thinkhe's so smart? he got away with it,didn't he? (classical music playing) (girl) kenneth. (laura) yes? i know who this is,why aren't you speaking?
i know who this is too. it's mrs. dykstra,right? that was you onthe line before, wasn't it? i don't know what you're talking about. mrs. dykstra,someone has been calling me at all hours of the night, and obviously if i call back this number and you pick up the line-- it wasn't me.
well, who was it then? who do you thinkit is? i think it's you,mrs. dykstra. i think for some reason,you have it in your head that i had something to dowith kimberly's death and now you're playingsome kind of game with me and i would reallylike to know why. look, i reallycan't talk right now. and my husband needs touse the phone.
oh, is yourhusband there right now? because i would like to speak with him and maybe he can tell me what you're refusing to. mrs. dykstra. mrs. dykstra! i'm sorry, i-- (rattling) claire. does jason stillhave that handgun?
he called melast night. he asks me if i'm aloneand i am alone, you know? it's just for protection,i swear. can i borrow it? you know he knowswhere i live. please? is she okay? she's fine. she just had a bad night.
she's not going to move backin here again, is she? no, she's okay. are you goingto take a shower? why, you think i need one? uh, yeah. thanks a lot. laura, please... don't do anythingthat you might regret. (man)he's never even gottenso much as a speeding ticket.
and i did a checkon missing kids dating back to 15 years ago and his name nevercomes up as a suspect on a single one of them. great. i'm not finished yet. i said he wasn'ta suspect, but... he was questionedalong with his mother when his stepsister disappearedalmost 10 years ago.
stepsister? apparently, his old manbought the farm when monk was just a kid. and his mother married thisguy named ralph gitchell. now, um, he's got a record. he was arrested twice forslapping the old lady around and he looks like he slappedmonk around too. anyway, he had thisdaughter named, um... elena, who wasliving with them
and kept on staying thereeven after gitchell died. appears that elena hadsome troubles of her own because mrs. gitchell had hersent away to a reformatory. i don't know why. all the records are sealed. but, um, she ran away fromthe home about 10 years ago and has been missingever since. and monk was questionedabout it. yeah, the old lady too.
they didn't have anythingon either one of them, so that's as far as it went. get this. at the time, monkwas teaching at heppelwhiteelementary, right? almost as soonas elena vanishes, he quits his job in themiddle of the school year and moves off to michigan. and that's where he stayeduntil just about a year ago.
did you check therecords in michigan? yeah, but nothing comes up. so i talkedto his principal and she says he's the greatestteacher that they ever had and blah, blah, blah,blah, blah, but you know, that's what people often sayabout, um, pedophiles. they tend to work around kids. they almost always workharder than everybody else just not to arousesuspicion and uh,
they almostalways start early and there's almost alwaysincest involved. so you think maybe hisstepsister was his first victim? in more ways than one. (kenneth)okay, i'm goingto dispose of this. i don't want anyoneelse to read it. but i don't want youpassing notes, okay? this is class. you learn in class, okay?
so, remember thatfor next time. see you at therecital-- don't be late. go play. what's wrong with you? you've been acting strangeever since i got back. something wrong at home? well... i wish you'dtell me what it is, because from that look onyour face, it can't be good. you promise you won'tlaugh at me?
i got attackedby a ghost. you saidyou wouldn't laugh! i'm sorry, i'm sorry,okay, i'm sorry. it's just, really, there'sno such things as ghosts. yeah there is too. no one believes me,but there's ghosts. all of a suddenit just attacked me. for no reason at all. okay, and, um...
where did this happen? mrs. dykstra's house. and what wereyou doing there? yes, i remember elena. oh, she was a completenightmare. but you know,i always felt sorry for her having ralph gitchell fora father. you could see exactlywhere she got it from. (julie)well, ralph gitchelldidn't go around
dressed likea slut, did he? she was already a slutin the sixth grade and she stole from me. you remember that down jacketi had when i was 11? yeah, she stole itand sold it for drugs. oh, julie, please. children that agedon't do drugs. you are so naiã¯ve. so do you knowwhat happened to her?
i hope you don'tmind me asking, but we were just curiousabout the history of the house. well, it wasthe strangest thing. she kept on running away andgetting into trouble with the police--this was after ralph died. then mrs. gitchell,the poor thing, wanted her realmother to take her back, but she refusedto do it. smart.
no, she just didn'thave a lot of money. mexican, you know. then finally mrs. gitchellhad her declared incorrigible and sent her toa reform school and then she ranaway from there and nobody everheard from her again. probably killedturning a trick. oh, julie, please--she was just a child. so you mentioned before
that you thought kennethwas a pervert. i mean, i dunno, that'swhat you called him, right? do you think he wasa molester? i think it'svery possible. that's not true. if anyone was molesting her,it was ralph gitchell, but not kenneth. he wouldn'thurt a fly. if it was human anddressed the way she did,
yes, he definitelywould have. you're right. he's too clever. i can't live with myselfknowing that he's out there walking around free--i can't sleep at night. oh, laura...you know what, look. i've given notice atthe hospital, so, uh, in a couple weeks i'llbe home all the time and maybe you cansleep better that way.
where are all my ties?you know, that'sa good idea. that's when we'll do it. we'll takea trip, okay? and we'll go to the mountainsor someplace and we'll checkin to a hotel, right? and then when everybody'sasleep, we'll drive back tothe city and we'll kill him. we'll kill him. why not?how?
we'll poison him. and we'll have anair-tight alibi too. it'll take a couple of hoursand then we'll drive back up to the mountainsand then in the morning, everybody will seeus checking out. hey, you can't be in twoplaces at the same time, right? you know what, i am not going tohave this discussion with you. you know what--would you just listento yourself for a moment? how are we supposedto get away
without anyonehearing the car? we'll drive two carsup and we'll park one within walking distanceof the hotel. and how are we supposedto get access to monk's place? and, and, and what if somebodysees us there? and what if heputs up a fight? like the fight you'regiving me right now? yes, becauseyou're not thinking. i'm thinking, guy!
you're not-- no, weboth talk about the police rushing to judgment, you're doingthe exact same thing. the police aren't goingto take care of this and he's goingto kill again. that's justwhat kimberly said. kimberly neversaid a goddamn thing! yes, she did!we don't know whothat is or what. it's kimberly, ofcourse it's kimberly.
how do you know?because it is,goddamn it! it is!i know what-- i see whatyou're up to. you want to makeme mad, huh? you want to make me somad that i'll... it won't work.i don't want tomake you mad. i want justice!justice, my ass. it's absolutejustice. ...to manipulateme, laura.
i'm notmanipulating you. we've run out ofevery other option, but i am not going to letyou push me into it. then i'lldo it alone. i've done everything alone,every step of the way of this marriage,i've done everything alone. fine, you know what, youcan get caught alone too. guy--okay, i'm sorry! (man)there you go, okay.
good, good, good. prehung door, which already has the framing on it. inside our hall and our wall right now. there we go, just put it up in there. okay, now one of the most important things we want to make sure-- (thunder rumbling) surprise. what doyou want?
you mean you aren't happyto see me? then i get home from workand she's still up. my boyfriendnever put her to bed and then she's running aroundwith a jar of peanut butter and then inext thing i know, she falls and her, look ather forehead, it's broken. can't take itright now. (woman)she says she's yourdaughter. now she's never goingto have a date, look.
excuse me justa second. (girl) come home. who is this? monk's in the house. laura, is that you? ...it won't open and shut properly. it'll swing open and stay open or it'll swing shut-- laura--pick up the phone. i know you're there--pick up the phone.
i just want to make sure you're okay. please pick up the goddamn phone. too late now. what aboutscarring? is she going tobe scarred for life? huh-- is there somethingi can do? yeah, there's somethingyou can do. you can get a jobwith regular hours so you can keep a bettereye on your kid.
excuse me,rudeness. i'm sorry. i'm having sometrouble at home. i apologize. yeah... troubleat home. don't move,sweetie. we all havetrouble at home. it's all right. (distant screaming)
mrs. dykstra. (gasping) i knew it! i knew youwere here! please, putthe gun down.no. you killedmy daughter! no, i never touchedkimberly. oh yes you did,you liar! but i didn't--yes, you did!
it's elena,she's back. don't youunderstand? my mother, she tried totell me that. put the gun down andi'll explain everything. (siren blaring) see, elena, she wasn'tlike a normal child. her and her father... they were bothpure evil. my mother, shewas too good, you see.
even after ralph died, she refused to throwelena out in the street. you weremolesting her. no, sheseduced me. why don't you people everhave anything good to eat? oh well-- i hear theyhave really good food in jail. you know, i think you are reallygonna like jail, kenneth. and i think those big old blackguys are gonna like you a lot. kenneth.
call the police. you are going right back whereyou came from, little lady. i'm not going to putup with your foolishness, not one moreminute. sorry, i'm not goingback to that place. i'm leaving and you are gonnagive me the money to do it with. otherwise, your littleloverboy's going to jail. i know all aboutyou two. it's too bad mr. kennethnever told you about me.
what is shetalking about? oh, go on, kenneth. it's perfectly normalfor a man your age to sleep witha 15-year-old. bet all the weirdosare doing it. even if we hadgiven her the money, it wouldn't have madeany difference. she just wanted moreand more and more, so... so what?so we had nochoice.
(kenneth)she wasn't likea normal child. she, she, shewas a killer herself. she killed ouranimals. she stole, she lied andshe's trying to do it again. she's trying to convince youthat i killed kimberly when i never did. don't you daresay her name. i didn't do anythingto kimberly. liar.
i'm goingto take her now and i'm going to puther somewhere where she can't hurt youor me or anyone ever again. (clicking) put it down,all right? i'm not goingto hurt you. just calm down andwe'll talk this out. listen, i've gotmoney, all right? i've got some money.
if you want money,if that's what you want-- you don't understand! stop--just stop! stop! stop it, stop it,stop it! laura! i thought you werekilling her! i was aboutto call the police! your-your-your wife!
she was screaming! i didn't--laura! ...the door! i couldn'tget it! laura, laura! (kenneth, whispering)help me. i hope that'snot another cat. no, no, no. it's just alittle present.
i realize it isn't much,but after all-- i didn'tdo that much. oh, yes, youreally did. if you hadn't have toldthe police it was self-defense, guy could have gotten intoso much trouble. well, it wasself-defense, in a way.well... come on inside, let'ssee what you got. ooh, present,present, present. oh, that is reallygood stuff.
you shouldn't have. hey, why don't you come in andhelp me do a little taste test? no, no, no,i really can't. the movers are comingtomorrow morning and, well, we still have so muchpacking to do. where'd you sayyou were going? aberdeen, oregon. what the hellyou gonna do there? sweetheart, you're gonnaget bored to death.
no, no. i think it'sgonna be okay. guy's brotheris there and guy's gonnastart his private practice. and after everythingthat's gone on here, i think we needa change of pace. eh, you'reprobably right. thanks again, neil. you nevertold me.
do you still thinkmonk killed your daughter? i don't think we'llever know for sure. but he killedsomeone's child and we made good and surehe won't do it again. bye. ♪ on mary's lap lay sleeping? ♪ ♪ while shepherds watch are keeping? ♪ ♪ haste, haste to bringhim laud ♪ ♪ the babethe son of mary ♪
♪ so bring him incensegold and myrrh ♪ ♪ come peasantking to own him ♪ ♪ the king of kingssalvation brings ♪ ♪ let loving heartsenthrone him ♪ ♪ this, thisis christ the king ♪ ♪ whom shepherds guardand angels sing ♪ ♪ haste, hasteto bring him laud ♪ ♪ the babe the sonof mary ♪
