All language subtitles for Wire In The Blood - 2x02 - The Darkness of Lightالحلقة الثانية

And you feel you want to be in control?

I just find myself in
the strangest of places.

Last night I ended up in Highfield.

Found myself buying milk
in an all-night garage.

And no recollection
of how you got there?

None.

I just felt so stupid.

Kate, they're here.

Hello.

- Kate, I'm so sorry.
- Thanks for coming.

Not a particularly endearing sight

for my hotel guests,
wouldn't you agree?

- Yeah, we'll sort it.
- I want reimbursing.

I said we've had a chat with
the hotel owner afterwards.

He's worried about
loss of trade and deal

to the delay in
building his spa centre.

Nice to know he's got
his priorities right.

Hi. What have we got?

Female. Small but mature.
Been dead some time.

Considerable decay to
the bones and cells.

There's no soft tissue
or ligament present.

I'll examine them back home
and give you a better date.

Nothing to get excited about?

Well, something troubles me.

I'm no forensic archaeologist

but the soil compaction seems

incompatible with
the skeletal remains.

What's that in English?

The soil inside the skull
cavity is compacted tight,

but around the bones it's looser.

A recent grave for a very old body.

OK, do what you have
to and keep me informed.

Dr. Vernon,

there's another body
buried underneath it.

There's nothing to see, I told you.

Get back. Ladies and
gentleman, please!

DI Jordan will speak to you
when she has something to say.

In the meantime, go to the press office.

This is madness.

Someone said they've found a body.

I really don't know. I'm
just manning the tapes.

Is it one... or more than one?

- And you are?
- Just a guest.

Make that two, a male and a female.

Both buried under the first body.

Missing men and women
for the last 20 years.

What age did Vernon say?

He hasn't yet. Start young,

I remember wearing shoes like that.

Paula, would you
liaise with Forensic.

I want a comprehensive list
of clothing from the bodies.

Sure.

Wasn't there an unsolved in that area?

Yes. Er, ten years ago, the
other side of those woods.

Woman in her 40s,
called Linda Osbourne.

Out walking her dog. Died
of multiple stab wounds.

OK, dig it out, you never know.

Why the hell do you kill two people

and bury them under an old body?

I just miss him so much.

I know.

Carol.

Yeah. Yeah.

Right.

The bodies underneath
were male and female.

Both late teens to early 30s.

How old were the bones on top?

I've run some carbon
analysis tests.

She's been dead 500 years.

She's 500 years old?

Died around 1500, give or take 15 years.

Where do you lay your
hands on an ancient corpse?

You have to know where to look.

- It's a she?
- Oh, yes.

- Definitely female.
- And the others too were

directly underneath,
no to the side?

No. Right underneath,

but her jawbone was underneath them.

So it was her grave
first, she was dug up,

they were buried, her
bones placed on top.

Any implements, artefacts found?

No.

Was the grave marked
in any way or was it

known to have existed?

No mark, no.

It seems that no-one knew
about the grave locally.

Except the person
who buried these two.

You mentioned a previous case.

Nearby...

10 years ago, a woman was stabbed

to death when walking her dog.

Where exactly?

Off this photo,

about half a mile the
other side of this wood.

Her name was Linda Osbourne.

- Shallow grave?
- No, just left in the field,

where the attack took place.

Ah, what sort of dog?

It was a Labrador. Do
you want its colour?

- Not really.
- It was golden.

The dog might have prevented
the killer from disposing of the body.

How did young couple die?

There were rips in their clothing

consistent with stab wounds.

We have a match from the
clothing to a missing couple.

Richard Carter and Leanne Williams.

20 and 19. Both from
Bradfield. Went missing in 1998.

A young Romeo and Juliet,
parents didn't approve.

Conclusion was they
had eloped together.

His car was found burnt out

near Bradfield Railway Station.

- Anything other than clothing?
- Yeah, this locket.

It's got both their initials on.

OK, we go and see the
parents in the morning.

There's no need.

Leanne's mum's down in reception.

I had this feeling.
Suddenly it went all cold.

I felt this presence.

I knew something was wrong

and then I saw the evening paper.

I just knew.

It is them, isn't it?

We need you to identify a locket for us.

Could you do that?

Yes.

Was that where they used to meet?

Wha...?

Leanne stopped telling me anything

after my husband had a go.

He wasn't an easy man to disagree with.

And it was him who
disapproved of Richard?

He was a racist,

and I'm glad he's dead.

- Any thoughts?
- The motive wasn't robbery.

And if it was an attack by
a jealous ex-lover, then

one would have had more
injuries than the other.

Why take his car?

If it wasn't for the burial
beneath the 500-year-old corpse,

I'd say we were looking at a

frenzied, sexually
motivated attack.

I'll need to see the burial site.

- Can it wait until tomorrow?
- Please.

- It's been a long day, yeah.
- Ooh, yes, very smart.

- Interview?
- Funeral.

- Carol.
- Sir?

What's this I hear about
these bizarre burials?

No idea, sir.

Mrs. Draper.

Just a minute.

Norton Park Hotel,
how can I help you?

Can I speak to Mrs. Draper, please?

Yes, of course. Mrs. Draper.

I'm sorry, she's gone
out for the evening.

- Who shall I say called?
- Her husband.

Thank you.

- Emily hit me.
- No, he's lying.

Quiet! Come on, guys,
please. Play upstairs.

- That was your fault.
- No, it wasn't.

To the car park!

All over to the car
park. The car park!

Two people dead.

The fire started in the area of the bed.

Usually see this sort of thing
with electric-blanket fires

but there aren't any in the hotel.

Their mattresses are
all fire-resistant.

The speed of the spread suggests
an accelerant has been used.

And the blokes who
burned to death...

were in the room upstairs.

What happened to the
person in this room?

A woman called Joanna Draper.

Unaccounted for.

She wasn't on the roll call of guests.

Her car's gone. No-one saw her leave.

Above floor level.

What about it?

There are eight basic motives for arson.

Fraud.

There's pyromania.

Crime concealment.

Vanity.

Revenge.

There's civil disorder, political

Oh, and kid's playing with matches.

I think in this case we can
disregard the last three.

Anybody try and play the hero, saving
people from a fire they started?

Yeah, yeah, the hotel owner?

He tried to get people out,
was beaten back for tha flames.

- No-one else?
- No.

What we've also got here's a total

and a deliberate targeting of the bed.

What does the bed mean?

Well, it depends what it represents.

Female arsonists tend to
set fires closer to home...

and in daylight.

Their motives are more
self-destructive, self-punishing -

"My room... my bed...

"my marriage?"

But I wouldn't discount fraud.

Surely it's connected to
the bodies up by the wood.

We only found them yesterday.

Isn't this just a simple cover-up?

Where's the similarity in
the underlying signature?

The threat here is to a building
and a non-specific group of people...

But...

- Assistant Chief Constable...
- I'm not making any comment.

I'm here solely to be briefed
by the investigating officers.

My wife was in the building,
I need to go through.

- Your name, please.
- Mark Draper.

One second, sir, I'll get on the radio.

- JOANNA!
- Mr. Draper, please!

JOANNA!

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Mr. Draper.

Mr. Draper, it's not your
wife. Come this way, please.

We have no evidence to suggest

your wife died in
the fire, Mr. Draper.

We don't even think
she was in the hotel,

her car had gone.

Thank God!

We do need to trace her, though.

So do I.

That's when I came down when
I heard the radio this morning.

She hadn't been returning my calls.

When did you last speak to her?

Three days ago.

Why was your wife staying
in the hotel, Mr. Draper,

when you only live 30 miles away?

She's a journalist.

Sometimes when she's
working on something

she stays away from home.

What was she working on?

I have no idea.

Look, I don't see how this is relevant.

The fire was started
in your wife's room.

- And you think...?
- No,

we don't think
anything, Mr. Draper,

We just want to find her.

Was she different when she left?

Had you rowed?

No. She seemed all right.

Seemed?

Look, sometimes... she
does get a bit down.

The day before she left
wasn't particularly good.

Yes, we did, we did row.

By down, you mean depressed?

Kind of.

Post natal. When Emily was born.

But that was six years ago.

That's why she went back to work.

We thought she was over it.

She wouldn't have done this.

Well, if she was out,
she can't have done.

We need to find her so that we can
eliminate her from the investigation.

Thank you, Mr. Draper,
we'll be in touch.

Did you notice, in her room?

She hadn't taken any of
her clothes or makeup.

So she was planning on coming back.

Or she had a breakdown.

Sometimes people like to
leave their own life behind.

And then sit fire to it?!

But arson can be an attempt to

regain power or a feeling of success

in a life that's been
spiralling out of control.

Usually it's the loss of love

or a job that precipitates
an arson attack.

She might be fearing
returning to work after

the loss of confidence
having had a child.

Check if she had a
history of drug abuse.

OK.

The bed might represent the
place she gave birth to the child

and the resentment she felt.

A lot of arsonists used
to wet the bed as children.

Could be the place she felt ridiculed.

Right, so we're looking

for a bed-wetting arsonist.

- That's really useful, Tony.
- That's only pyromaniacs.

Underlying frustration
at their lack of control.

Fraudsters don't.

Revenge attackers don't.

That's women, as well.

Or gay men.

So, whose funeral was it you went to?

A friend from the department.

He was 44.

- Brain tumour.
- God, sorry.

There are some killers
you just can't profile.

Joanna Draper. No previous convictions.

She freelances investigative articles

and sells them around the
cheaper weeklies and monthlies.

From dodgy washing machines

to "Elvis Is My Cat".

She does have a history of
dependency, not drugs, alcohol.

Could be... but it might not be her.

You walk into a normal scene
of crime and there you have it,

everything laid out
for you like a jigsaw.

But fire consumes, it destroys.

That's why people use it
to disguise other motives.

Fraud, crime concealment, revenge.

Kevin,

anything on the husband?

Runs a small marketing company,

register at home address.
They're both directors.

Find out how it's doing

and how it was doing
before they had kids.

OK, was this marriage
falling apart?

Get into their phone records

and their mobiles,
particularly hers.

Had she started
taking more money out?

If she was back on the
booze, how was she funding it?

Why haven't we found her car?

Until Joanna is ruled out,
she is very much ruled in.

Any more on Richard
Carter or Leanne Williams?

Er, just thoughts, Carol.

The hotel owner, Mr. Roth,
and his solicitor are here.

OK, come on, Kev.

Don, Linda Osbourne's body,

any scene-of-crime photos?

So, put Linda on the map for me.

I think she was there.

So, the way Linda was found was this.

Well...

Maybe she was moved.

Not buried but moved.

Richard and Leanne.

Yeah.

All facing the same direction.

Where was the skull of
the 500-year-old body?

Up by their heads.

All north.

Are you thinking they're connected?

I don't know what I think.

- You're insured, aren't you, Mr. Roth?
- Yes, of course, I am.

- And how's business been?
- Could always have been better.

Do you know anyone who might
have a grudge against you?

No, I don't.

OK, I'll need to see your
accounts for the last three years

and I'd also like to
access your bank details.

- For what reason?
- I'd have thought the deaths

of two innocent people were enough.

I'd also like to see
your fire certificates.

You believe I would kill my own guests?

It's the woman in room 115 that
you should be speaking to, not me.

Yeah, we will when we find her.

It's a conscious act.

You know what you're doing.

Why are you doing it?

You kill, you dig, you remove.

Then you... bury...

and then...

North.

And she's 500 years old.

North.

Carol Jordan.

Don.

Right, get Vernon down there.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

Sorry.

Oh, yes, Doctor Hill, hello, yes, sorry.

- The same arrangement?
- It appears so.

About 15ft from the other bodies.

What the hell is going on here?

Again,

ancient human remains

reburied above a recent victim.

Died within the last four years.

Size of the forehead suggests he's male.

Angle of the jaw indicates middle-aged.

Any possibility that
the older remains

have been buried in
a different direction

and could originally
have been faced west?

All the bones we've found are consistent

with this being the
original line of burial.

The same as the bones
buried underneath.

What difference does that make?

The ritual of burial 500 years ago,

everyone was buried facing west.

It was called the
Direction of Last Things.

To be buried facing north means

you were denied a Christian burial.

Yeah, but how would a killer today

even know this was a burial site?

- There's no record of it.
- Exactly.

How would they know that?

Any chance of finding out
how the older victims died?

Might be possible.

But they can't be copycat killings.

How would they know what to copy?

I don't know, but somehow
they obtained knowledge

of deaths centuries
ago that are unrecorded.

Well, that's impossible...

isn't it?

Five bodies, six if we
include Linda Osbourne,

500 years apart.

Same burial technique,
same location.

Well, what we have here
couldn't have happened.

- Ah, Dr. Markham.
- Thank you.

In everything we do,

we have our hinterlands.

Conscious or unconscious,
we only go so far.

It's not that we're scared,
we just act out of habit.

We never go beyond where
it's comfortable, do it?

I don't know.

It's the same with killers.

I live here.
This is my perimeter.

I don't go here.

We stay where we know, inside
our boundaries, our hinterland.

But what's this got
to do with the bodies?

Why couldn't this happen?

The dumpsite is usually at
the edge of the hinterland.

If Linda Osbourne is one of our victims,

then this is the dumpsite
And the killing ground.

People kill in environments
they know. It's someone local.

Yes, but it's the same hinterland
that someone had 500 years ago.

Same location, burial and,
I believe, method of death.

It's as if the same person killed

these people 500 years apart.

- That's impossible.
- Yes, I know that.

But it's like they died and
have come back to kill again.

Good afternoon, Jenny.

Are you going to lunch, Mr. Hill?

Mm? No. Do you have maps?

Of course, when for?

Can I photocopy this?

No, but I can sell you a copy.

Thank you.

Well, what have you got
for us today, Inspector?

Has the woman from 115 materialised?

Or did you just want to treat us
to more of your delightful company?

As requested...

Interviewing John Roth
with solicitor G. Markham

in the presence of DI Carol
Jordan, DS Don Merrick.

The time is 12:30.

OK, we've learned that
last week you increased

the sum your hotel was
insured for to £1,250,000.

That's a sudden
increase of £500,000.

In line with the rise of property.

Had I stayed at the old values,

I would have been under-insured.

Do you know Joanna Draper?

No, I don't.

Did you know that she
suffered from depression?

No.

Did you ask her to burn your hotel down?

That's absurd.

Any chance of a...

window being opened?

I don't know how it happened.

Maybe it's haunted.

Somebody from beyond the grave.

Or a curse.

Perhaps we incurred
God's displeasure.

And he sent flames to engulf us.

It wasn't me!

Why would I go to the
bother of extending my hotel

just to have it burned to the ground?

Mr. Roth, you stand to
gain at least £500,000

as a result of this fire

and I think that is
possible you realised that

no-one would want
to stay in a hotel

where human remains
littered the grounds.

And having met Joanna Draper...

...you decided to use her.
You set fire to her hotel room

knowing that she'd be blamed.

Mr. Roth.

Mr. Roth, are you all right?

Perhaps we should suspend the interview.

Oh, my God!

Don, get ambulance.

Get him on the floor.

Could you just step back now, please?

- Thank you.
- Do you know what happened?

He's been out for six
and a half minutes.

- Can you open your eyes?
- I can't get a pulse.

He just keeled over.

Charging to 200.
Stand clear. Shocking.

Again. Shocking.

Charging to 300.
Stand clear. Shocking.

Congratulations, Detective Inspector.

My office, one hour.

Mrs. Joanna Draper.

I don't want excuses,
Detective Inspector.

I'm not giving you anything.
I'm offering to go on leave, sir.

That's not up to you decide.

I want to know how these inquiries
have turned into such disasters.

There are no explanations, sir.

Then you'd better find some.

How do we find human remains

at a place that goes up
in flames that same night?

How did one suspect go missing,

and the other die
under your questioning?

How is it we find three murder victims

buried beneath human remains
that are over 500 years old?

We don't know, sir.

Then tell me what we're thinking, Carol.

I have to give answers to people

who are asking questions of me.

The latest rumour is we've
called in some mediums.

- That's rubbish, sir.
- Good.

Tell me something that isn't.

Well, the chief suspect
for the fire, Joanna Draper,

is missing, but we've found her car.

What about the murders?

Well...

Dr. Hill says that we should
consider the possibility that

the same killer has...

in some way been
killing for 500 years.

Paula, where's Carol?

In with Brandon.

Me and my big gob.

Carol.

There'll be an inquiry.

I'll be lucky if I'm
suspended on full pay.

The interview's on tape, it'll
show you did nothing wrong.

He's dead, Tony.

Do you have any godchildren?

No.

Ironic, really,

that I've just agreed to
be the spiritual guardian

of a newborn soul.

You know right from wrong, Carol.

Do I? Then how come
my life's such a mess?

Why are you here, anyway?

I don't believe Joanna
Draper started the hotel fire.

Tony, I really have to
move beyond theories now.

The size of the fire
and threat to life

doesn't fit with Joanna
Draper personality.

If she had developed pyromania

and started a fire, it
would have been in her house.

Not a hotel. She was depressed, Carol.

It would have been a cry for help.

The arson equivalent
of an aspirin overdose.

It's lethal, yes, but
not to other people.

Not spraying accelerant

and causing the deaths
of innocent people.

What sort of personality
does that then?

I don't know.

I'm certain the mode
of operating here

is concealment of another act.

- Which is?
- The murder of Joanna Draper.

So why didn't we find
her body at the hotel?

Because it was removed.

Where are the things
from Joanna Draper's car?

The laptop's with the engineers,

some is with Forensic, the rest is here.

This was placed
inside the Bible.

Where did you get this?

In the woods, near the hotel,
where the bodies were found.

This links Joanna
Draper to that site.

These carvings also appear
in the ruins of Norton Priory.

On four pillars. It's
the same in the wood.

One carving for each tree,

each tree forms a corner
of a prefect rectangle.

There's even a log with daffodils.

- So?
- It's an altar.

Somebody's building their own church.

And filling their own graveyard?

I think it's darker than that.

How dark can you get?

I don't know, exactly.

That's great that is!
That's fantastic.

Is that what I tell
Brandon and the press?

That what we have here
are dark and evil forces.

Surely, if we've linked Draper
to the site, it could be her.

Maybe she started the fire
and killed Richard and Leanne?

Check the Linda Osbourne files.

I'm sure there's a reference to fire.

These are ritual killings, Carol.

Location, burial, death.

All done with significance
and, for some reason,

linked back 500 years.

I think Joanna Draper's
our latest victim.

- You are impossible boy.
- No, I didn't not!

I'm not going to play with you again!

Let's go and play in the garden.

But only this once. I'll
never trust you again.

Daddy!

It's a different killer
from the 500-year-old case.

- It must be a copycat.
- No, it isn't.

Copycats killers involve
imitation of modus operandi

perpetrate with a different
motivation. Here...

the motivation it's the same.

It can't be the same killer, Tony!

No, but it can be the
same ritual, Carol,

spanning over 500 years.

In all rituals, everything
means something,

weddings, funerals, even christenings.

Or sacrifice.

How many peoples could be involved?

I have no idea, Carol.

I just know these
are ritual killings.

We've got an ID on our unknown victim.

Teeth and skull
are a perfect match.

William Shaw, aged 45.

Went missing at the end of 2000.

Three days after he went missing,

his house was burnt out.

One of his children died.

Did you find any reference to
fire in the Linda Osbourne files?

Yeah. We originally
thought it was a robbery,

her purse had been taken.

The photos of her
children were found, burnt,

near her body.

They're targeting
children with fire.

Get Kev and Paula over to the
Drapers' as quickly as you can.

When's Mummy coming back, Daddy?

I don't know.

I miss her.

Shit.

Mark, are you there? It's DS Jeffries.

- I'm going in.
- I'll get the Fire Brigade.

You're OK, it's all right.

Yaeh, she's all right.

Thank God.

Listen, get the family
checked out at the hospital,

I'll arrange for a safe house.

Carol.

Joanna Draper was a victim.

I think I know
where's she's buried.

Where?

We have here is an imperative

to dispose of the bodies
around the hotel site,

and in any serials of killings

the location of the first
victim is usually significant.

On all the original maps
dating back 500 years,

one thing remains constant,

a line...

passes through this property.

And all the bodies are
found on one side of it.

The parish boundary.

- What does that mean?
- Well, not a lot today,

but this site wasn't
chosen today, it was chosen

500 years ago,

and 500 years ago, this
boundary was everything.

Social, political, religious.

We are dealing with
ritual killings with

the mindset based 500 years ago

and Joanna Draper is buried
somewhere along this boundary.

What are you...?

- You're not Catholic, are you?
- No.

So, what's the point in being here?

I know it's in the
parish but this church

wasn't around 500 years ago.

Yeah, but William Shaw was
part of the congregation.

No regular it came enough.

His child's funeral was here.

Excuse me, we're
from Bradfield CID.

We're looking for Father Peter.

He's away.

Do you know where we can contact him?

You can't, he's on retreat.

Back the day after
tomorrow if it can wait.

Thanks.

You were right.

I found blade marks on
both the earlier skeletons

but they're different
to our modern victims.

Unidentified male

has again been repeatedly stabbed

but the early skeletons
are more interesting.

Different injuries?

On both, several ribs were broken.

Heavy impact, large blade.

- Could it be a sword?
- Yes, it could be.

Everybody get up there. We've found it.

Call Forensics, get DI Jordan here now.

Pointing north.

It's Joanna Draper.

Looks like multiple stab wounds.

Why?

May the voices of St.
Catherine and St. Michael

guide you in your task

as they guided our beloved saint.

- Amen.
- Amen.

We want to keep you under
police protection, Mark.

It might not be safe
for you or your children.

What have we done?

Why us?

I'll need you to come in for a formal
identification of her effects tomorrow.

I want to see her.

- That won't be possible, I'm afraid.
- It's all right.

I think your dad needs to see you.

- Daddy.
- Oh, God!

I can't cope with
this, let's go, please.

Is this her, your Goddaughter?

Yep.

Once we were all that innocent.

What sort of people would do this?

I mean,

how do you burn children, having
already killed their fathers or mothers?

How do you set fire to a
hotel and not feel anything?

Because you're following
strict patterns and rules.

They're evil bastards,
Tony. It's not human.

Well, unfortunately, Carol,
that's exactly what it is.

What I don't understand
is what the ritual is.

Why these people?

We know how they die and are
disposed off, but not why.

Your head says it's a group of people,

but where's the evidence
of ceremonial death?

There's plenty of ceremonial burial.

If the killing was
ceremonial or sacrificial

it would be one big blow.

Dismemberment. Here we have
a single frenzied attack.

They died where they met their killer
and that just doesn't make sense.

You drive!

Ignore me.

- Home?
- Yeah.

This is a compliment, I can't
do this with anyone else.

Norton Witch.

Witch.

Witchcraft.

Somebody's out there,
Carol. Somebody's doing this.

A person.

People don't suffer multiple
stab wounds out of thin air.

I'm just telling me what we have,
sir. Where the evidence leads.

Exploring the idea of ritual killings is
what gave us Joanna Draper's body.

We're following her movements.

We're onto something but
what that will prove to be?

We've no idea.
We are definitly onto something.

I hope so.

I was considering sugesting

that you put in for
Detective Chief Inspector.

But I think we should
just wait and see.

Kate? What are you doing back?

I figured the quicker I got back,
the quicker I might start to cope.

I'd like to take you up on your offer.

Coming over to talk.

I came round last
night but you were out.

Yeah, I stayed out, yeah.

Well, when would be a good time for you?

Me, I've got all the
time in the world.

- Tony.
- Kate, can I call you later?

Just say it's not convenient,
Tony. It's easier that way.

- Kate, I...
- What's up with her?

Her husband died.

Where are we going?

Why the bloody hell have
you brought me to the museum?

I knew you wouldn't
come if I told you.

What I want you to remember

is that with any chain of killings,

the psychology of the killer is always
at its purest with the first victim. OK.

- OK.
- Variations may occur

but essentially that is
where the template is set.

OK, so we're here to
research Linda Osbourne?

No, the woman who was
killed 500 years ago.

- The witch.
- The witch?!

You're not serious?

Why do you think they were
called the burning times?

Now, what we have is
a skeleton of a female

who was killed during those times.

- Henry.
- Tony.

- This is DI Carol Jordan.
- How do you do?

Hello.

She wasn't burnt, she
was killed with a sword.

She was buried like a witch.

Right, so Leanne and Richard

and Linda Osbourne
were all witches?

I didn't say that.

I said our original victim
was killed for being a witch.

After their trials, witches

were always disposed
of outside the parish,

never in consecrated ground.

The idea was that they should
never be able to rest in peace.

Their souls had to stay in
limbo which was thought of

as a kind of periphery of hell.

And we had witches in Norton?

Allegedly, there was
a trial of two women.

There are several versions of the story.

In some, they were hung,

- in others, they were burnt.
- Nothing about a sword?

Not as far as I'm aware, no.

But one part of the story
is always consistent.

If one of their
bodies was ever found,

the result would be a ball of fire,

usually from the
burning of another witch.

- It doesn't prove anything, you know.
- No.

But if they were killed for witchcraft

how does that tie with our victims?

The ferocity of the attack means

there was more than just mistrust.

I know.

And the fires, why are
they targeting children?

I think that's an
act of purification.

These things were seen as contagious.

Why stop at the
mother when she could

have passed it on to the children?

Who could be doing this?

500 years ago, it was the church.

I'm afraid whichever way
you look at the motive,

these are religious killings.

You know, if Brandon finds out

that I've asked you to
explore this, I'll deny it.

- Do you understand that?
- Yep.

OK, explore it.

What religion was she?

Church of England.

Was she practising or was that
just what she said on her passport?

We weren't churchgoers,
if that's what you mean.

- You got married in church?
- Yes, we did.

And you had your children baptised?

Yes.

How do you explain the brand-new
Bible in the back of the car?

I don't know.

Had she been
exploring any religion?

No, I don't think so.

Did she believe in God?

I'm sorry, I don't
see the relevance.

I just need as big a picture
of Joanna as you can give me.

No, I don't think she
did believe in God.

Well, I'm hoping she's
being proved wrong right now.

Do you know what
she was working on?

No.

Was there anything in Joanna's life

you were aware of, that
could have got her killed?

No, nothing.

What hand do you write with?

- Me?
- Yeah.

My right. Why?

You don't have to lie, Mark.

I'm trying to find your wife's killer.

I-I-I'm not lying.

Right-handed people who look
to the left when answering

questions are
remembering the truth,

those who look to the right
before answer the question

are creating information.

So, you're opening or closing the body.

You do it subconsciously.

Why was there a Bible in her car?

What was she working on
that put her in danger?

I don't know.

Mark, is there something
you're not telling us?

Why wouldn't I do that?

My wife is dead.

Why would I hold anything back?

Because, sometimes we avoid
confronting things we're afraid of.

Let's say I was in your position

and I knew something.

Something small, might be relevant,
might be nothing, but it's something...

...and I don't know
if it's important or not

but I'm afraid it might be and
I'm afraid that if I tell anyone,

it might bring on what
I'm most afraid of.

You can understand, that could you?

Afraid of whoever killed
Joanna might come back here

and finish what they started.

It was a priest.

What was?

Who she was meeting.

He was helping her with her story.

What was the story about?

- What about his name?
- That's all.

And that's what you were afraid of?

Nothing's going to happen, Mark.

- Detective Inspector.
- Er, no.

The Bishop's office said
you'd like to see the archive.

- Please.
- Thank you.

People seem to be obsessed
with the Norton Witches.

The abbey was French, I believe.

Run by monks from
Rheims and Burgundy.

There's nothing, I'm sorry.

We thought you'd have
details of the trial.

Only if it took place
within the jurisdiction

the Ecclesiastical Court's.

Inquisitions and witches'
trials were in the civil courts,

beyond our jurisdiction.

But I thought the Church
were central to these trials?

Only in so far as we're responsible
for the beliefs of community

but it was the people who
tried the witches and heretics.

Of course.

Heretics.

Yes, maybe they're mentioned in
the correspondence of the time.

Although, of course,
after the split of 1431,

the records are largely incomplete.

It's highly likely that the splinter
group presided over the trial.

Where would they have been based?

Nowhere. They became a secret religion.

What happened in 1431
that caused the split?

The execution of Joan of Arc,

driven by the voice of
God to defeat the English.

It split France as
it split the abbey.

Those who supported the English stayed,

those who believed in
Joan, those who believed

that she really had
heard the voice of God,

and was not a witch or a
heretic, went underground.

All the symbolism
is about St. Joan,

killing with the sword,

burning and cleansing the heretic.

That's what our
victims were killed for,

acts of heresy, not witchcraft.

Tried and killed in
secrecy for not believing.

Switch on the news every night.

How many people are killed
in the name of religion?

It's happening all over the world.

People persecuted for their
beliefs retreat in to himselfs

and eventually become intolerant
and intransigent sects.

And anyone who opposes the
doctrines or principles of that sect

pay for it with their lives.

And you think this
religion still exists?

Why not? Other religions
have lasted far longer.

OK. Let's suppose you're right

and what we have here is
an underground religion

who by nature are secret.

How do we find out who they are?

Richard and Leanne's parents
thought they'd eloped.

Had they contacted a vicar?

Did any of them go
to church? If so,

which churches did they go to?

We're looking for religious
connections to our victims.

Any line of inquiry.

Mark Draper used the word
"priest".

Vicars are Church of
England. Priests are Catholic!

The Church of England
didn't exist 500 years ago.

Norton Abbey was Catholic.
It's a Catholic parish boundary.

William Shaw went to the
Catholic church in Renton.

The priest there is on
retreat until tomorrow.

Well, that's what we were told.

- He's not here.
- Carol.

We need Father Peter's address.

Yes, yes, all right.

Cleanse him.

Careful, Don.

Wait!

Get some people over
to the parish boundary,

they may be trying to bury him.

It's him, isn't it?

He's the victim.

Yeah.

So, when did Joan of Arc do this, then?

She was a saint, he was a
priest, what was his heresy?

I don't think so, Tony.

I still believe in
everything I've said, Carol.

You're right about the ritual
but this is just slaughter.

Have they found the body?

- No.
- A priest! Is nothing sacred?

What was his heresy?

What did he do to offend their beliefs?

He helped Joanna Draper.

We believe she was near the truth.

Linda Osbourne was the only
body that hadn't been buried

and Joanna stayed at
the hotel to be close

to where Linda's body was left.

It was the story
Joanna was investigating

and we know she met Father Peter.

They both died because of it.

Why kill him so long
after meeting Joanna?

Because he wasn't around to be killed.

He was on retreat.

How do you identify
a group of people

who share the same idea?

Well, without betrayal, you can't.

So this could go on indefinitely?

Well, it depends how
well organised they are.

What's odd here is that sect murders

are usually of the
people within the group,

not outsiders.

And when they do, usually, it's...

mass murder. It's 10, 20, 50.

What do they care?
The cause is just.

Here there's a lot of anger.

Lots of ceremony after the event

but an absence of it
during the assault.

Killing a heretic should be ceremonial.

You are dispensing God's justice.

And you're sure that the
motivation is a ritual

religious killing?

- 100 per cent.
- Come in.

They've found Father Peter's body.

- On the parish boundary?
- Facing north.

So far I've counted over 50 stab wounds.

50?

More than twice the other victims.

OK, what we go from here,
what haven't we tried?

Is there a particular
concentration of wounds?

No, they're all over the body.

I suppose we should be grateful
that priests don't have children.

Why is there so much anger?

Everything else fits...

...except the anger.

What are you doing?

Starting again.

Linda Osbourne. Walking her dog.

Heretics. Sword. Burial.

Burial again. Stabbed.
North. Stabbed. Anger.

Anger. Anger.

William Shaw. Richard
Carter. Leanne Williams.

Car Fire. Fire. Fire.

Reburied. Stabbed. Hotel. Joanna.

Children. Father Peter.

Anger. Boundary.
Knife. Anger. Fire.

Ceremony. Joan of
Arc. Voices. Anger.

Knife. Knife. Calm. Stab.

Fire. Fire. Linda.
Ritual. Richard. Leanne.

Joanne. Ritual. Father Peter. Knife.

They use a knife, not a sword.

The sword is ritual,
the knife is murder.

Why didn't I see it before?

They were both present
one at the killing, one at the burial.

Two people?

No, not two people, one person.

- Two personalities.
- Schizophrenic.

Delusional schizophrenia.

The wood, the carvings, the church.

The working habitat of one person.

Even the altar with the
daffodils. It's domestic.

But the arch.

I don't know about the arch.

What arch?

In the wood. It had been cut.

Abbeys.

Sacred journey for the dead
but only those who believe.

- The ritual.
- Yes, the ritual.

The belief structure's there.
The ritual is carried out.

The reasoning, the
heresy, the execution,

the burial and the cleansing.

All committed in line with the
ritual of the religion of 1431

except it no longer exists,
except in our killer's head.

They tried heretics. They
killed them with a sword.

They buried and reburied them.

Kept them in limbo, that's why the
soil in the skull was compacted.

They'd been left for 400 years.

And then somebody comes along.

Somebody who knows about the split,

Someone who identifies
with St. Joan.

Someone who thinks they have a
sword but actually uses a knife.

So these heresies
weren't a sin against God,

- they were a sin against the killer?
- Yes!

Probably nothing more than
trespassing on the sacred site.

Maybe Linda's dog peed on the altar.

Richard and Leanne might have had
sex in the church. We won't know,

but what they saw was Joanna
Draper interested in the site.

Asking questions

Delusional paranoia conjures
up all sorts of conspiracy theories.

But what had Father
Peter done wrong?

Most common delusion?

Perceiving a relationship
that doesn't exist.

- Like stalking?
- Yes, Don.

He hadn't done anything.

Friendship, love, work, marriage.

Our killer bilieve Father
Peter was part of their delusion

and having been seen
talking to Joanna Draper,

having betrayed them in their
eyes, he just had to die.

Who are we looking for? A man? A woman?

Well, this person
identifies with St. Joan.

Woman.

Linda Osbourne was killed 10 years ago.

Delusional onset is usually
in late teens, early 20s

so she'll be in her late 20s to mid 30s.

She'll be known as odd.

She won't have many friends.

A loner. She'll live
a Spartan existence.

She sees herself as a disciple.

She'll display
inappropriate behaviour.

Imaginary conversations.

Her history of mental illness
will be well documented

but she won't be a model patient.

Argumentative and
probably prone to self-harm

and highly intelligent,
but you'll never know

because when you catch
her she won't speak.

She'll live locally to the wood.

A walk or a bus ride away.

She won't want to be far away.

It's the centre of her world.

OK, concentrate on patients
from Renton and Norton.

GPs should have a record
of psychiatric cases.

Exercise extreme caution
when approaching her

because as we know this
woman is extremely dangerous.

Does anyone want a tea?

Lyndsey McCoy?

Hi, I'm looking for Sarah Bailey.

This is it. In here.

Ma'am.

Don, it's her.

Her name is Isobel Lomas.

She's 34 years old.

Academically bright.

Had a place at university but
her performances tailed off.

No job.

Tried to commit suicide four times.

Was admitted to hospital once.

She... tried to push... the end
of an arrow into her breast.

Same injury Joan of
Arc received in battle.

We've checked her home,
there's no sign of her.

She'll try for the Draper children.

I'm on my way.

No, we haven't seen anybody.

Yaeh. Everyone's accounted for.
Doors and windows are locked.

Shit!

Listen, everyone. I
need you all outside now.

- What's going on?
- Just get Simon and get out.

- Simon. SIMON!
- Daddy.

SIMON!

Listen, stay there.
All right. Good girl.

- Come on, Simon. Out.
- Don,

- Simon! Open the door!
- We need a fire engine.

She's here and she's torched the garden.

Simon, what are you doing?

Simon, open the door.

Simon!

Simon!

Come on! Simon, open the door.

Simon!

When do I cleanse him?

Who are you talking to?

I could stone him.

I think he prefers the torch.

- There's someone in there.
- Petrol.

- She's got Simon in the bathroom.
- What does she want?

We haven't engaged with her yet but

we can smell petrol.

Pass me the torch.

Carol, she's delusional.
She thinks she's a martyr.

You can't negotiate.

Simon!

Please be seated.

Will the parents and
godparents please step forward?

- Do you reject Satan?
- I do.

- And all his works?
- I do.

And all his empty promises?

I do.

Do you believe in God
Almighty, the Father,

the creator of heaven and earth?

I do.

Repeat after me,

"I renounce all evil."

I renounce all evil.

- I want copies ASAP.
- I will.

Bloody hell.

Last time I saw him he had a face.

Can you spare some change, please?

I think I know the type
we should be looking for.

Finally plucked up the
courage to come and talk to me.

How about I have you strung up?

If I carry on like
this, an innocent man,

well, innocent of these murders,
will spend his life in jail.

Then I go all out for Cochran.

- He's not your man.
- I'm not going down for this.

You take the witness
stand and you lie.

I'm just answering your questions.