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[ Sighs ] Well, this was a waste of time.

Not completely.

I haven't been camping since I was a boy.

It's nice to get out.

So that's our article?

Camping's a pleasant diversion.

You didn't think we were really

going to find anything supernatural, did you?

I was hoping.

Ahh. Well, nature calls.

[ Screeching in distance ]

What was that?

Nature calling.

Or do you believe in spirits after all?

Do it well away from the tent this time, would you?

GREGORY: No! No, please!

Aah!

Gregory?

Gregory?

Boo!

Very funny.

[ Growling ]

GREGORY: Who are you?

I'm not falling for that again.

GREGORY: Stand back! Leave me alone!

You can stop.

[ Growling ]

-GREGORY: Aah! -[ Squish ]

[ Groans ]

Gregory?

[ Groans ]

[ Growling ]

[ Gasps ]

Who are you?

-[ Growling ] -[ Screaming ]

George is on thin ice with his landlady, apparently.

She believes he's been having overnight visits

from a certain lady friend.

So he thinks helping her with the roof this weekend

will allay her suspicions?

Since George and Effie can't come,

perhaps we should call it off.

No, William. It's a camping trip.

It'll be fun.

Yes, but it will just be you and me and --

Huh? Huh?

-Who's ready for an adventure? -Oh.

The six of us are going to have such fun.

Rock-climbing and foraging and cave-exploring.

Unfortunately, George and Effie are busy this weekend.

Oh, what a shame.

Still, more time just the four of us.

That's just what I was thinking.

HENRY: Ruth is a bit nervous about sleeping in a tent.

I don't think she's ever actually been in one.

I'm sure she'll be fine.

She'll probably jump out of her skin at the least little noise.

That's women for you. Isn't that right?

Huh? Huh? [ Chuckles ]

-I'm right, yeah. -[ Chuckles ]

Oh, I hope the ride wasn't too rough on you.

Oh, no, Hennie. I'm made of tough stuff.

Where can I freshen up?

I'm sure we can find somewhere.

Seems like a fine town, doesn't it?

It seems like a town.

Perhaps we'll move to a place like this one day.

Oh. [ Chuckles ]

You have such a wicked sense of humor.

What's the shortest distance to the caves?

The map suggests going around the river,

but perhaps if we swung north --

Huh.

Not very helpful.

What did I tell you about giving him a tip?

Oh, the tip! I thought it was included in the --

I told you. I told you every time.

We have this discussion every time.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Sighs ]

Hello.

Beautiful town you have here.

We are from Toronto.

Good for you.

Yeah. We're -- We're going camping up in the hills.

In a tent.

For fun.

I'm William Murdoch.

My wife, Dr. Julia Ogden.

-Hello. -FLETCHER: I'm Fletcher Goss.

My son, Eli.

If you folks come here to camp, you come to the wrong place.

MURDOCH: Why do you say that?

Plenty of reasons. It's damp.

It's rotten with bugs.

Black fly season, you know.

They'll drive you mad.

Black flies this time of year?

ELI: They're not the only thing.

FLETCHER: Eli.

People who spend the night up there lose all sense.

The ones who remember.

The ones who are lucky.

Lived in this town 20 years. Never catch me up there.

Right, well, thank you, gentlemen.

-MAN: Turn back. -Excuse me?

You should go back to where you're from.

[ Clears throat ]

Who are they?

From the city.

Well, they shouldn't be here.

FLETCHER: That's what I told them.

But you know people from the city.

They don't listen.

Isn't it beautiful?

Yes.

And it won't be any beautifuller further on.

So please tell me we're stopping.

I'm exhausted.

I suppose this is as good a spot as any.

[ Sighs ]

Henry, collect some firewood and kindling.

HENRY: Sir.

Oh, no, Hennie, no, no, no.

We're tramping.

You needn't call the detective "sir."

Out here in the woods, we're all equals.

Isn't that right, William?

I suppose.

Well, thank you, Willy.

Will.

Butterfly!

Right, we'll need to erect the tents facing each other

with a distance of 10 feet between them.

10 feet?

Not 12 or 13 1/2?

-HENRY: Whoa! [ Groaning ] -[ Thudding ]

-Hennie! -Oh, dear.

Henry!

HENRY: Yes.

Are you hurt?

HENRY: I'm all right.

Something broke my fall.

Something or some--

Oh!

[ Gasps ]

Henry, you simply must stop falling off cliffs.

Well, I hardly do it on purpose, dearest.

You appear to be not too much the worse for wear, Henry.

Well, actually, I think I've put my back out.

Henry, where are the tents?

Well, I saw them roll down towards the river, sir.

I suppose they've been carried downstream.

Excellent.

Do you think an awkward fall from the cliff killed him?

I won't know until I examine him properly,

but there's a large amount of blood on his head.

Time of death?

Less than 24 hours.

Likely last night.

Well, if he was wandering around in the dark,

he may not have seen the cliff edge.

I fell off the cliff in broad daylight, sir.

Yes.

He's not wearing shoes or a jacket.

It's rather odd if he was wandering around at night.

Julia, look.

Could that be his campsite?

RUTH: Hello?

Hello?

DR. OGDEN: Perhaps he was camping alone.

He wasn't alone.

RUTH: [ Gasps ] Oh!

Hennie, we cannot stay here.

I don't know, dear. They're just dead bodies.

They can't hurt us.

I know you're a man of the world, Henry.

But I am highly sensitive.

Oh.

Rigor mortis suggests he died

around the same time as his friend.

That's a fair bit of blood around his head.

Perhaps they were killed in the same way.

You don't believe the other man died from the fall?

DR. OGDEN: I have to examine the bodies.

[ Sighs ]

What kind of bird are these feathers from?

Eagle? Or wild turkey, perhaps?

Rather large.

RUTH: If only my Roger were still with us.

He was a world-renowned ornithologist.

He would tell us in the shake of a lamb's tail.

HENRY: I didn't think he had much of a reputation

outside of Mimico.

Mimico is part of the world.

HENRY: Sir.

Do you think the bird could have done it?

I highly doubt that, Henry.

[ Scoff ] Good Lord, it wouldn't surprise me.

You can never trust birds.

-BRACKENREID: Oh, oh, geez. -Oh, what's that?

Never you mind. [ Sniffs ]

Mmm. Something smells good.

What's for dinner?

What I'm cooking isn't for tonight.

It's for tomorrow night.

We always go out for our anniversary.

But this one is special.

So I thought I'd make us a feast with all of your favorites.

So what do we eat tonight?

-Thomas, honestly, I just -- -[ Glass shatters ]

Stay there, Margaret!

Right! Which one of you did that?

I've told you all before. Clear off!

You don't want to be messing with me.

Yeah?

The second man also suffered a heavy blow to the head.

MURDOCH: Do you think he fell, as well?

Or perhaps he was bludgeoned?

I can't be certain right now.

I'll need to wash them to get a better look.

Well, there's no time for that tonight.

The sun will be setting soon, and we need to set up camp.

I'm not staying here.

We don't have our own tents.

There are dead bodies right over there.

This is possibly a crime scene.

We shouldn't sleep here until I've had a chance

to at least examine the area thoroughly.

We passed a cabin on the hike here.

Right, about a mile back.

We can make it there before nightfall.

RUTH: [ Gasps ] What?

[ Sighs ]

I don't know what's worse,

being out there or being in this abandoned shed.

It's a cabin.

Whatever it is, it's dirty and small, and I hate it.

No one's been here in years.

I wonder what became of them.

Perhaps they found a real home.

Perhaps they were mining nearby.

William.

Look.

John and Albert Owens.

Written by their parents.

This last one is dated 10 years ago.

October 30, 1897.

10 years to the day.

Something must have happened.

[ Wind howling ]

Perhaps they just left in a hurry.

Maybe something scared them off.

-Maybe this place is haunted. -Oh.

Don't be silly.

Why would a ghost want to live here?

[ Chuckles ] Don't worry, Ruthie.

They probably just went home or got murdered.

Sausage?

Hopefully no animals get the scent of those two bodies.

A postmortem will be difficult if wolves get to them first.

Perhaps the man at the tent fell and hit his head

and then the other man --

Ran for help but unfortunately went off the cliff.

Yes.

But why didn't he help his friend?

Why did he just run away?

Well, whatever happened, we won't be solving it tonight.

You're right.

Perhaps we should try to enjoy our trip just a little.

-Yes. -[ Chuckles ]

But why did he slash the tent on the side?

Maybe he saw something terrifying.

I thought we were going to try to enjoy our trip.

Oh, yes.

[ Both chuckle ]

Ah! Oh!

[ Laughing ] Yes.

-[ Animal howling ] -RUTH: What was that?

-HENRY: A wolf howling. -RUTH: Ah!

HENRY: A very faraway wolf.

-How far? -A mile.

-Hennie! -Uh, five miles.

Why don't you just go back to the cabin?

Oh, no, no, I'm not letting you go to a well alone.

Not after that business on the cliff.

I mean, I've always wanted to be a widow, just not yet.

You hate this, don't you?

Why did you even want to come on this trip?

I-I thought it would be fun.

Really?

I don't need a cruise down the Rhine

or a carriage ride through Paris.

I'm a simple woman now.

And simple women like camping.

Ruth.

One day I'll give you the vacation you deserve.

Oh, Hennie.

You know, while we're here, maybe you could cut down a tree

or build a fire or some other manly thing.

-[ Snarling ] -[ Gasps ]

What was that?

If anything threatens my wife, I'll kill it with my bare hands.

[ Snarling ]

Although we can get water tomorrow, too, so...

[ Growling ]

Ruth, you can come with me and assist with my examinations.

Actually, Julia, I can't.

Why not?

I've yet to touch a dead body.

You work at a hospital.

People die there all the time.

Oh, I know, but I prefer not to deal with it.

If I just let them lie there,

usually somebody comes along and takes them away.

Well, today you can be that somebody.

-Oh, um... -[ Door opens ]

MURDOCH: Several maps of the area.

This one has some caves circled.

These books are all about ghosts.

"Eerie Happenings in Ontario."

It was checked out of the university library.

DR. OGDEN: Can you hand me that one?

They all are.

It would appear these young men were students.

Hmm.

You can study ghosts at university?

DR. OGDEN: You can clean those.

There, Michael Mullins and Gregory Hunter.

They were studying the phenomenon of spirit hauntings.

"Collective Illusions at the Beginning of the Century."

They've written something here

about the entrance to the underworld.

"Father Brébeuf says that the Petun Indians

called the entrance Ekarenniondi."

Well, perhaps they believed the entrance

was somewhere near here.

Do you think they found the underworld?

No, Henry.

Well, they saw something that night, sir.

Whiskey.

Perhaps they were just inebriated.

DR. OGDEN: William, we've finished our examination.

How are you doing, Ruthie?

I think I should go for a walk, Henry.

I just -- Oh!

They both have injuries consistent with a fall

or a violent blow to the head.

But there are also these.

Their skulls were punctured?

Both of them.

Their skulls have four identical holes in the top.

So all from the same weapon.

Is that what killed them?

It's impossible to know which injury came first,

the holes or the blunt impact.

What did you find out?

They were university students.

What were they doing out here?

Looking for the entrance to the underworld.

Uh.

I'll go with Henry into town and alert the authorities.

Why is it only swarming around me?

HENRY: I told you not to wear perfume, darling.

Don't be ridiculous, Henry.

You may as well tell me not to wear clothing.

Aah! Get it! Get it!

Aah! [ Screams ]

Can I come with you? Please?

HENRY: Come here. No, it's -- It's okay. It's gone.

-Whoa, no, it's not! -RUTH: Oh, Henry!

[ Indistinct talking ]

[ Indistinct whispering ]

Oi!

Were you lot outside my house last night?

I want your names.

Your parents should pay for my window

and give you a bloody good hiding.

Right.

[ Chuckles ]

Cowards.

Are those the children who broke our window?

They were wearing Halloween masks.

I never trust anyone who hides their face.

I am glad we didn't let Bobby go out on Halloween.

What a rotten invention.

Aye.

When I was a kid, we used to have mummers

come and knock on our door at Christmas.

Scared the life out of me.

Two young men?

I didn't see anybody go up there.

I'm not surprised they didn't come down, though.

Why is that, ma'am?

No one goes around those caves. Ever.

Is someone telling you not to go there?

No one has to tell me. I know.

There's evil up there.

Evil?

What on earth is she talking about?

I have no idea.

The people in this town are rather odd.

I don't like it here, William.

Oh, Mr. Goss. A moment.

Ah, youse are back.

Yes.

We found two men in the hills last evening, deceased.

-Is that so? -Yes.

I'm a police officer, and the circumstances of their deaths

were unusual, to say the least.

Well, those hills are cursed.

Cursed?

You heard me.

Where'd you sleep last night?

Up by the caves?

Uh, our tents were lost.

We slept in an abandoned cabin.

[ Scoffs ] You see, they disappeared, too.

Who?

The men from that cabin.

You not catching on, are you?

First was them Owens brothers, now those boys you found.

It got hungry.

Who did?

The Head Piercer.

DR. OGDEN: Uh...

The Head Piercer?

Half man, half bird.

MURDOCH: Mr. Goss

Go ahead, laugh.

I seen it.

I apologize. I meant no disrespect.

But do you know of anyone else

who was up near those caves two nights ago?

Nobody human.

You stay up there much longer, you'll see for yourselves.

The Head Piercer's killed plenty over the years.

You want to be next?

Send this telegram to the provincial detective's office

in Gravenhurst right away.

[ Chuckles ] You folks are always in a hurry, aren't you?

The two young men that we found dead near their tents

believed they were searching for the gateway to the underworld.

Do you know anything about that?

The Ekarenniondi.

My grandfather told me all about it.

It's the pathway to the Village of Souls.

Where is it?

You want to go up there?

I don't much like sending people to their death.

MURDOCH: Two young men are dead.

We're going to find out why.

We know why.

Are you talking about this Head Piercer creature?

It's called the Oscotarach.

It guards the Ekarenniondi.

You want to take your chances? Fine.

Follow the Talbot Trail.

Come to the end, you'll see the caves to the west.

I believe those two young men came through town here.

Did you see them?

Yes, two young lads came in here a couple of days ago.

I tried to warn them, just like you.

But they wouldn't listen.

Anyone else see those two young men?

Fletcher Goss told me about two other young men

who disappeared about 10 years ago.

The Owens brothers.

Anyone know anything about that?

I remember the Owens.

Nelson.

They were boasting of finding gold in the caves.

They tried to sell their claim for $100

Did they sell their claim?

NELSON: Disappeared before they could.

Did you ever see any of the gold they claimed to have found?

They had a nugget.

But I never seen any in the caves.

Figured they were lying.

But some believed them.

Shut up, Nelson. No one cares what you thought.

Did anyone search for them?

Their father came around asking some questions.

I told him that we didn't know anything,

it was best to leave it alone.

-You didn't help him? -ELI: No.

Wasn't anything to be done.

NELSON: Folks say it was the creature.

I can tell you don't believe it.

But it's real.

And you've seen it?

ELI: I have.

My father, too.

Me too.

I know, you and your wife think we're touched.

But the Head Piercer has lived around here for centuries.

[ Hums nervously ]

Would you like some tea?

Hennie, you never ask me that.

Are you all right?

I'm worried about you.

Well, of course I'm totty all sorts.

I just touched two dead bodies,

and we're in this filthy, derelict shed.

Well, do you want to leave?

Leave?

Don't be ridiculous.

We're in the beautiful, rugged wilderness.

And I'm with my rugged mountain man.

[ Both chuckle ]

Oh! There's something outside!

-Don't get killed! -[ Door opens ]

[ Rustling ]

[ Screeching ]

Henry, I don't like this.

It's horrible.

Go back inside.

DR. OGDEN: The piercings in the skulls

could have been made by any long, sharp implement,

including large talons.

Talons?

You believe in this Head Piercer?

Well, new creatures are being discovered all of the time.

A new dinosaur fossil was recently uncovered,

tyrannosaurus, the largest yet.

Yes, but none of these have ever been found living.

Perhaps this tyrannosaurus had feathers.

This local creature, it might just be a descendant.

You'll have to forgive me, Julia, but in my experience,

the killer is almost always human.

This must be it.

DR. OGDEN: The entrance to the underworld.

And you're quite sure about this?

No, but let's have a look anyway.

[ Water dripping ]

There are tools here.

Pickaxes, rope.

DR. OGDEN: Mining tools.

MURDOCH: But we aren't anywhere near the Laurentian Plateau.

As far as I know, there have been no significant finds here.

[ Dr. Ogden gasps ]

William. Look.

MURDOCH: The Owens brothers.

DR. OGDEN: This must be where they found gold.

MURDOCH: Where they claimed to have found it.

They've been here for years.

10 years, judging by what we found in the cabin and...

DR. OGDEN: The position of their bodies

suggests they were put here already dead.

Where no one would find them.

[ Rumbling ]

DR. OGDEN: William.

We're trapped!

[ Growling ]

What was that?

Just the rocks settling.

[ Growling ]

It sounded like some kind of creature.

[ Both grunt ]

William.

We're going to lose the light soon.

There's no way we're going to move these boulders.

Our only hope is to move further into the cave

and find another exit.

You're right, but what if there's something else in there?

William, I do love you.

I love you, too.

Don't worry. We've gotten out of worse.

William, look! I see daylight.

Ha! There, see?

Stand back.

I'll try to open it up so that we can crawl through.

Oh.

-Aah! -Oh!

[ Chuckles ]

It's just a couple of garter snakes.

[ Screaming ]

Margaret, Margaret! What's wrong?

Snakes!

They threw them through the hole in the window.

BRACKENREID: Bloody kids.

Thomas!

Get...them...out!

Calm down. It's just a couple of garter snakes.

MARGARET: Ohh!

CHILD: Trick or treat!

Thank you!

[ Indistinct talking ]

Mrs. Brackenreid.

[ Coughs ]

There.

Not too worse for wear.

The boulders must have come from up there.

It wasn't an earthquake

No, someone levered the boulders, caused them to fall.

To trap us in the cave.

We could have been killed.

That may have been the plan.

[ Growling ]

Carefully.

[ Sizzling ]

Delicious. What a find.

Henry, they grow in the dirt.

Don't all vegetables grow in the dirt?

These are fungi. You'll love them.

Oh, no, I'm not going anywhere near those.

Moomama called mushrooms the devil's fruit.

Why?

Henry, why must you question everything?

I don't know. I --

No, it's all right.

I suppose that's what makes you such a great policeman.

[ Screeching in distance ]

Did you hear that?

No, angel wing.

Your favorite.

Turtle soup.

Lovely. Thank you.

This is just the first course.

There's plenty more to come.

Before we eat, I've got a little surprise for you, Margaret.

Oh?

Happy anniversary, darling.

Oh, Thomas!

[ Chuckles ] Ah.

What is it?

-It's the hat that you wanted. -It is not.

That's the one that you pointed at in the window

when we walked past the millinery shop last week.

No, the one I wanted was a midnight-blue velvetta

with taffeta rosettes.

This is --

-What is this? -I don't know what it is.

You're the one that pointed at it.

Oh, I would never have pointed --

Aaaah!

It's a monster!

It's not a bloody monster.

It's those little buggers from down the street.

-[ Groans ] -BRACKENREID: Right.

This time I'm going to get them.

MARGARET: You will do no such thing.

We will ignore them and continue with our dinner.

I'll just find somewhere to put this.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sizzling ]

Mm.

[ Laughing ]

RUTH: Henry.

[ Roars ]

[ Laughing ]

RUTH: [ Echoing ] Henry, what is so amusing?

[ Echoing ] Why are the walls alive?

What are you talking about?

HENRY: The walls.

They're breathing.

Henry, you're scaring me.

I'm growing taller!

No, darling.

Y-You're the same size.

I can touch the ceiling.

[ Laughs ]

Henry, you're sweating.

And -- And drooling.

And you're frightening me.

Let's -- Let's get you to lie down.

-No! -Oh!

You can't make me!

No, 'course not, Hennie.

I, um...

I can't make you do anything.

-You can't leave me. -Oh.

I have to protect you.

[ Laughing ]

It's me. It's Ruth.

Henry?

Henry.

Henry!

[ Laughing ]

What's got you laughing?

I know you told me to leave it alone,

but I couldn't help myself.

What did you do?

I tied some fishing line to the two lampposts

at the bottom of our walk.

Any mischief-makers come near this house,

they're gonna go flying ass over elbow!

[ Both laughing ]

Thomas.

[ Knock on door ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Coughing ] Little miscreants!

Wait till I get my bloody hands on you!

[ Henry laughing ]

Tall woman! Come back!

-Oh! -DR. OGDEN: Ruth!

Is someone chasing you?

It's Henry. Something's gotten into him.

Oh!

Why are you so filthy?

Really, Julia, I know we're tramping,

but a lady must have standards.

What's wrong with Henry? Where's he going?

That man from town was right. People go mad up here.

I'll take Ruth back to the cabin.

MURDOCH: I'll find Henry.

Perhaps the fresh air has made him feverish.

Feverish? He's delirious!

-[ Snarling ] -What was that?

And don't tell me that was nothing.

That was definitely something.

[ Dr. Ogden screams ]

-The Head Piercer! -What?

You two, inside the cabin.

Be careful, William!

[ Growling ]

[ Grunting ]

RUTH: Henry!

MURDOCH: It's quite the costume, Mr. Goss.

We found feathers matching these outside the tent

of Michael Mullins and Gregory Hunter.

You don't understand.

MURDOCH: You were also in possession of these.

Perfect size and weight to pierce a man's skull.

ELI: I can explain.

I should hope so.

ELI: I just went up there to scare them.

They came looking for a monster.

I wanted to show them one

so that they'd leave and never come back.

You did more than that.

ELI: One of them came out of the tent and saw me.

I was gonna scare him and run away, but he charged at me.

So you killed him.

I picked up a rock and I threw it.

I didn't mean to kill him.

And the other man?

He ripped his way out of the tent,

ran into the woods and right off that cliff.

You realize I only have your word to go on.

ELI: It's true.

They were accidents, both of them.

Then why pierce their skulls?

It was horrible.

But I needed to make it look like the Head Piercer did it.

So the myth would be proven to be true.

We know about the Head Piercer, and we keep away.

No one in this town wants outsiders sniffing around.

You more than most, Mr. Goss.

What are you hiding?

[ Scoffs ]

Oi!

I want a word with you lot!

Whoa! Oh. Oh!

[ Groaning ]

Aaah!

-[ Children screaming ] -[ Laughs ]

And stay away! Ha!

Bloody hell, Margaret.

Oh.

Dinner?

What a woman.

You'll stay here until morning,

then you'll be taken into custody.

What about the deer?

MURDOCH: Pardon?

Someone strung a skinned deer in a tree.

Was that you?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I just know it was you.

I am an excellent judge of character.

William.

Do you think he's responsible for the cave-in?

He claims he didn't do it.

What about the skeletons in the cave?

They've been dead 10 years, Julia.

He would have been only a boy.

Then who could have killed them?

Eli Goss is hiding something.

Mrs. Bennett knows more than she's letting on.

I'll go into town and question her again.

I'll come with you.

Who's going to watch over him?

Oh, uh, Henry and I can manage.

[ Laughing ]

I don't think Henry's capable of much at the moment.

Oh, he's almost back to normal.

Mr. Goss could be dangerous.

But he's well-tied, and --

I'm not worried about him.

William, look.

What is it that I'm looking at?

Psilocybe semilanceata.

It's a mushroom that causes hallucinations.

Some folks in town say

that those who go into these hills go mad.

This could be an explanation.

Oh! Ruth said Henry ate mushrooms last night.

Of course.

Well, the effects do last several hours,

but he should be back to normal soon.

Normal.

Mrs. Bennett.

Uh, please put down the ax.

[ Chuckles ]

So, you're still here.

We went to that cave you told us about yesterday.

Did you, now?

Yes, and there was a cave-in. We almost died.

These things happen.

It's a bit too much of a coincidence for my liking.

Just what are you accusing me of?

We found skeletons in the cave.

Two men were killed about 10 years ago.

John and Albert Owens.

I don't know anything about that.

But if there are bodies in there,

I'd have to say it's the Head Piercer.

There were no piercings in their skulls.

Now, that's unusual.

There's a fair bit of blood there.

What's that from?

I was butchering meat for my store.

Oh, well, then I should like to buy a cut.

It's all gone.

Sold out that quickly, did it?

It wasn't for my store.

It was a deer.

For the Head Piercer.

You take it food?

That way it stays away from us.

I do my part to keep this town safe.

Mrs. Bennett, the Head Piercer does not exist.

You don't know that.

We apprehended Eli Goss last night.

-MRS. BENNETT: What for? -He was in a costume,

masquerading as the Head Piercer.

Why would he do that?

He was trying to drive us away from here.

Helping someone keep something secret.

You're lying.

Get out of my store.

We have found four murdered men.

You claim to be keeping people safe.

Help us understand what's happening here.

I've already told you.

You wouldn't listen.

Where's your claim registry kept?

I don't have to show you anything.

The law says otherwise.

What do you have to hide?

MRS. BENNETT: Here.

I don't know what you think you're gonna find in there.

Julia, look at this.

You on the chair, you stay right there.

I'm going to make some tea. And, no, you can't have any.

MURDOCH: Fletcher Goss.

What do you two want?

Were you out mining?

That's none of your business.

Have you found any gold yet?

You bought your claim for a dollar, is that right, Mr. Goss?

And what if I did?

The Owens brothers were trying to sell it for $100.

But then it was freed up when they mysteriously disappeared.

DR. OGDEN: We know what you did, Mr. Goss.

You killed those two men 10 years ago.

We found their skeletons in a cave.

[ Scoffs ]

Bollocks.

MURDOCH: Those caves contain no Archean rock.

Only sedimentary.

You will never find gold in there, Mr. Goss.

They said it was there.

They lied.

Well, damn them to hell.

10 years.

10 years I've been digging for that gold!

You couldn't let it go, because you killed for it.

Mean, boastful men they were.

And they made a fool of me!

I'm placing you under arrest, Mr. Goss,

for the murders of John and Albert Owens.

I've taken your son into custody, as well,

so come peacefully.

Eli? Why? What's he got to do with this?

He's been dressing up as Head Piercer

to scare people off the hills.

He's killed a man,

and he's responsible for another man's death.

Why would he do a damn thing like that?

To keep people away from those caves.

So no one would find out what his father did.

He was just a boy.

He was there that night, but we never even spoke of it.

Let me talk to him, please.

Margaret, about last night.

I know that dinner didn't exactly go to plan.

Those children may not have tortured us

if you hadn't gotten so angry with them.

But did you see how they ran?

[ Both laugh ]

They thought the dead had risen from the grave

-when they saw you! -Mm-hmm.

I'm sorry I got you the wrong hat.

[ Scoffs ] Nonsense.

I haven't laughed that hard in years.

Happy anniversary, Thomas.

Happy anniversary, darling.

[ Door opens, closes ]

-He's gone. -Where's Ruth?

Oh, thank God you're all right.

Dr. Ogden. Henry is cured.

Oh, poop.

Dr. Ogden knew about those mushrooms.

She said I was lucky.

Some of the other kinds are poisonous.

You see. Moomama was right.

They took me by surprise.

And I'll admit I had a few too many.

Perhaps if I just ate one or two --

Henry, no.

I'm gonna bring a little bit back to Toronto.

Henry Higgins-Newsome, you surprise me.

Why, my dear, I'm full of surprises.

Fletcher Goss has confessed to the murders

of John and Albert Owens.

You'll find their skeletons in the cave.

We'll see they get a decent burial.

And these two?

MURDOCH: Michael Mullins and Gregory Hunter.

University students.

Eli Goss killed Hunter.

And Mullins died accidentally.

Eli Goss escaped.

He's somewhere out in the woods.

We'll find him.

-I could stay. -No need.

We know the territory around here.

He won't get far.

What brought you folks out here?

A simple camping trip.

Remind me not to go into the woods with you,

Detective Murdoch.

Mrs. Bennett really did believe in the Oscotarach.

Simply a misguided attempt to protect the townsfolk.

Strange, she hasn't opened the store today.

It's the Lord's Day, Julia. It's not unusual.

Let's go home.

MRS. BENNETT: You shouldn't have done what you did, Eli.

Look what I brought you.

[ Muffled ] No, no! No! No!

Nooooo!

[ Growls ]