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It all begins with a curse.

Milk sours.

Vermin enters your house.

Your crops are blighted,
then your cattle die,

but there are no signs
of disease.

Family members are stricken
with seizures.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Children cough
themselves to death.

The only explanation is...

Witchcraft.

1645...

One man set out
to rid England of its witches.

That man was Matthew Hopkins,

the Witchfinder General.

We're looking for a modern-day
Matthew Hopkins

and he killed hundreds
before he was stopped.

Better start looking
for gingerbread houses then.

(LAUGHING) You're an idiot!

I don't believe
in witchcraft either,
but that doesn't matter.

Witches exist.

They are people who think
that their rituals
and superstitions

have real power.

They believe,
and so does the killer.

You all have your tasks.
Go.

RAY: Did I tell you the locals
call this the witchy house?

They're all spooked
by Dorothy's burning.

Have you seen these?

They're similar to ones
from the first crime scene.

Do you think
the killer did them?

Well, if he did,
who are they for?

Who can read these?

Come on.

JOSEPH: Is this
Dorothy's sister Cecilia Cade?

WOMAN: Yes, DI Chandler.

-Is she okay? Can she talk?
-Yes, she seems calm
at the moment.

(CONVERSATION CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY)

(CONVERSATION CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY)

-Okay, we'll take it
from here.
-Okay, sir.

Miss Cade,
my name's DI Chandler.

What is your name?

-It's DS Miles.
-Please take a seat.

Thank you.

To think of some poor soul
burnt alive at the bottom
of the garden.

Dorothy agrees with me,
a most ghastly thing.

Dorothy?
You've spoken to Dorothy?

Of course. She wanted to
speak about nothing else
ever since it happened.

She's there.
Dorothy's sitting beside you!

(EXCLAIMING IN SHOCK)

I'm really sorry, sorry.

I beg your pardon.

-All right, steady, relax!
-Just calm down. All right?

Okay, right,
call for paramedics!

-All right.
-Go!

(ALARM RINGING)

The quilt's a record
of their history in the craft.

CADE: Dorothy's not happy
with you seeing things

that gentlemen shouldn't see!

I've had enough of this.

Sorry, Dorothy.
No offence.

-I've gotta get out.
-Miles?

He came to see Dorothy.

Can you tell me
anything about him?

Well, he was heavy,
he made the floorboards creak,

but he was light on his feet,

so I should think he was tall,

well-built.

About the... About the same
age as yourself.

And did you hear him speak?

He never said a word.

I know, I shouldn't have
walked out like that.
I'm sorry.

What happened in there?

It was Cecilia.
She gave me the creeps.

You?
Afraid of a spinster?

Well, don't you ever
get spooked? Ever?

Don't you believe in any kind
of supernatural phenomenon?

She needed answers,
I suppose.

She did everything she could
to try to talk to him.

Mediums. Empaths. Psychics.

They all came to the house
and they all took her money.

It went on for years.

She drove herself insane
trying to find him.

I'm sorry.
I didn't know that.

But my father was
not a cruel man.

If he could have given
her a sign, he would have.

So, no, I don't believe.
It's false hope.

Bysack's being
seen by the doctor.

He thinks it's acute
alcohol withdrawal.

It's the same marks again.

-Bysack must be connected.
-That's what I was thinking.

You find them
carved into doorways

and around windows
and fireplaces
in 16th century houses.

They were used
to ward off evil
along with witch bottles

and the practice of putting
a dead cat in the walls.

It's a ritual.
Bysack makes the marks
to protect the killer.

So, if we can find
more of these marks,

it might lead us
to the next victim.

-KENT: Mansell!
-What?

Found it.

Yeah, they're here too,
which makes sense,

since Whitechapel is
the gates of hell,

according to Buchan.

There's more here as well.

Well, how are we gonna tell
what each one means?

We can't stake them all out.

(SIGHS)

This isn't a good murder site.
There's too many people, CCTV.

I think we're wrong about
what the marks mean.

Excuse me. Do you know
anything about these marks?

-Who told you?
-Does it matter?

(EXHALING)

Right, if someone
finds a kind house,

where they'll give you
a bit of work in the garden,
they leave a mark.

If it's a house
where they'll like...

Get angry and chase you off,
they leave a mark.

This is our private language.

It's what keeps us alive.

Look at this.

That's a bit unexpected.

JOSEPH: You made these marks
in your cell.

Warm bed. Good food.

Tell them what
they want to hear.

Sorry.

You didn't kill Alex Zukanov,
did you?

I tried to,
but he got away,

and then I got arrested.

But why confess to a murder
you didn't commit?

'Cause it's scary living
on the streets.

You see things, you...

You hear things
that you people
wouldn't believe.

I was tired, all right?

I...

I wanted somewhere safe
to sleep, somewhere warm.

I found that here.

I'm afraid you'll have
to remain in custody
for a couple of days.

Thank you.

It's funny that
old lady's dead, too.

Alex went to her house
all the time.

RAY: No suspects, two dead
and probably more to come,

and you reward him
for wasting police time?

He's given us a link between
Alex Zukanov and Dorothy Cade.

We have two dead witches
who knew each other.

Perhaps they were
part of a group?

A coven.
It's possible.

How many's a coven?
A baker's dozen?

Got to be 13, innit?
A coven. Unlucky for some.

You know, crooked nose
or a third nipple.

RAY: Bet she had one
of those, too.

No. She had ten fingers,
like us.

Then, what's the...

The challenge is to
find the odd one out.

They all look the same.

Then don't look at them.

but it's not...
It's necrotic.

RAY: Who does that one
belong to, then?

There were only two people
at the bottom of the garden

so I would say, the killer.

So, he tied Dorothy Cade
to a stake,
and his finger fell off?

Yeah.

Cecilia said she could
smell something sweet
and sickly in the house.

Rotting flesh.
That's your man.

This piece of gauze
was found at the scene.

It's from a bandage.

My guess is the killer
is wrapping himself up.

It suggests he has
a long-term, chronic
health condition,

something like diabetes,
or issues with
his circulation.

It mainly affects
the extremities,
so fingers, toes, the nose.

How long before he dies?

EDWARD: The accused
is placed on trial.

Evidence is heard
of enchantments,

and curses and possessions.

Once they admit to being
consorts of the devil,

they're forced to denounce
other witches until
the whole coven is exposed.

Alex denounced Dorothy.

Who did Dorothy denounce
while she was being burned?

Whose name did she give
in order to extinguish
the flames?

Dorothy belonged
to a lot of groups
and had a lot of friends.

The WI. She volunteered
at animal shelters,
quilting circle.

Any one of these people
could be next.

Oh, Ed, will you come
and have a look
at something for me, please?

(PHONE RINGING)

DC Mansell.

WOMAN ON PHONE:
Liar. Cheat. Bastard. Liar.

-JOSEPH: Mansell?
-Sir?

The killer is suffering from
gangrene. Check with
GPs and hospitals.

-See if anyone's asked
for treatment recently.
-Yes, sir.

Would you like a lolly?

That's it.

Come closer.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Time for milk, Morgana?

(CAT MEWING)

Yes, here you go, my babies.

Here we are.

That's a good girl.

Yes.

Yes, lovely.

(CAT YOWLING)

What is it, Lilith?

(HISSING)

DI Chandler.

WINGFIELD ON PHONE:
Joe, I'm sending you my files.

-Wingfield, is that you?
-She's onto me.

I don't have much time.

Someone has to
carry on the work.

-Have you been threatened?
-It's up to you to find

the agent provocateur
before she destroys you.

-Wingfield...
-I wish you the best.

Riley, would you mind
checking on Wingfield for me?

-The MI6 man?
-Yes. Very paranoid.

-Thinks he's being
hunted down.
-Well, is he?

I don't know.
It could be all in his head.

-Take a uniform with you.
-Okay, sir.

(SHUDDERING)

(GASPS) I'll tell you!
I'll tell you!

(WHIMPERING)

-Night.
-No chance of that.

There's been another one.

Another possible dead witch.

What happened?

She drowned.

That's what they did,
isn't it?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GASPING)

(EXHALES)

(DRIPPING)

(DRIPPING CONTINUES)

I'll be home soon, okay?

Just a little bit later
than I thought.

Don't cry, sweetheart.

I know. I love you, too.

Was Cherry Thrapston
part of Dorothy Cade's
quilting circle?

We're through here.

Spinster, bald,
three black cats.

We only need a cauldron
and we've got
a witch's full house.

The bathroom?

Well, he didn't drown her
in the kitchen sink.

You'll have to go in
without me.

What,
you can't walk 10 feet?

I thought I could do it,
but I...

I can't.

This isn't a crack house
with corpses torn up
and blood everywhere.

-You've seen worse.
-Yeah, I'm sorry.

Drownings bother me. I can't.

-Snap your rubber band.
-I can't. It broke.

-I'll get you another one.
-No! It was from
Morgan so...

There was only one.

Well, that bathroom's
too small for us all anyway.

Thanks.

Hello. You're just in time.
We're pulling her out.

Right, it's a quick
check on him,

make sure he's all right,
then we're off.

(CRASHING)

(CAR ALARM BLARING)

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

(MOBILE RINGING)

(SIRENS WAILING)

Riley...

-Are you all right?
-Wingfield fell
out of the sky.

I didn't see anybody.

I'm sure there's nothing
you could do.

Well, if I'd have stayed
in the car

for ten more seconds,
I'd be dead.

Come on, love,
we'll get you home.

I'm glad you didn't
try and catch him.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

What are the chances
of Wingfield falling
out of a window?

-He was suicidal.
-No.

-The last time I spoke to him,
he was scared.
-When was that?

No doubt you
have a transcript
of the conversation.

-Why don't you read it?
-I can assure you
nothing sinister is going on.

Why are you so paranoid,
DI Chandler?

Don't play mind games with me.

Hysteria is contagious.
You know, you should
be careful.

You're starting to sound
like Wingfield.

Tell me that was a Tango.

I had to blur the edges, Skip.

-I hate autopsies.
-You can't drink in here.
Are you an idiot?

It's just between
me and you, Pops.

There's no harm done.
Just don't tell Mum.

-You don't fear me
any more, do you?
-Fear you?

-No, Skip. You're a pussy cat.
-I'm a pit bull!

-Where's Joe?
-He sends his love.

Didn't you faint the last time
you were here?

Me? No.

You must have got me
mixed up with
someone pathetic.

I love a bit of guts.

This was a wet drowning.

-Any other type?
-Well, yeah,
there is actually.

Dry drowning is when
the cold water causes
a laryngeal spasm.

Wet drowning is caused
by water entering the lungs.

RAY: How long did it take?

Well, you drown more quickly
in fresh water.

So it was quick?

No. The killer put salt
into the bath water

to make it last
as long as possible.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

-What's this?
-They're from Wingfield.

You can't read these,
you'll go blind.

He really wanted me
to have these
to continue his work.

Well, you could, if you were
barking mad and had
nothing better to do.

Wingfield thought
the information in these files
were to blame for his death.

Someone's gonna
have to read them.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

RILEY: Knock, knock!

Ah, I like presents.

Well, this is
a gift horse, Ed.

Oh...

Crispin Wingfield, MI6.

There could be
great secrets here.

Yeah, well,
you've got to find them.

Um...

Do you want some help?
Got a lot of boxes here.

Um, yes,
be my guest.

Right, now we will have
a look at the contents
of the stomach.

I... I hear you had
a bit of a close call.

You know,
at your book launch...

The little old lady that
wasn't your mum?

Yes.

She spoke to me,

and she wondered
how I did the job,

never knowing
if I'd make it home
to see my kids.

Ah.

And now you're thinking
she may have had a point?

The only hazards I face
are eye strain and paper-cuts.

-And mould.
-Yes!

Yes, my biggest enemy
is fungus. (LAUGHS)

Well, not to worry,
you'll be safe down
here with us.

I've got my eye on you.

(BOTH LAUGH)

-Tea?
-Please.

Yeah.

There is undigested food here,

so I would say death occurred
less than two hours
after this meal.

I spent the first three months
of this pregnancy

with my head in a bowl.

Not a good look
for a pathologist.

What's this?

There's writing on it.

What kind of writing?
Like symbols?

No.

It's an apology.

"I'm sorry I..."

What's that say?

"Named."
I think it says "named".

"Nick"?
Is that a Nick?

That's all there is.

RAY: "I'm sorry I named Nick."

I think Cherry's given us
the name of the next victim.

(DOG BARKS)

Here, Charlie. Here, here.

Here, here. Wait.

Good.

(DOG YELPING)

Charlie?

"Nicola Green.
Wig maker."

The diminutive of Nicola
is Nicky, isn't it?
Rather than Nick.

It's like the diminutive
of Emerson is Emma.

(CHUCKLES) It's very original.
Haven't heard that
since school.

Doesn't look like
she had many friends,

just work colleagues.

It's quite sad, really.

(DOG WHIMPERING)

Charlie?

Charlie?

It's all right, Charlie.
It's all right.

(DOG WHIMPERING)

(GRUNTING)

JOSEPH: Okay, so we know
Nick Hempstead is missing,

and we also know
he has no interest
in the occult.

If Nick was not a witch,
not into any of that stuff,

then why did Cherry name him?

Maybe she picked
the only person she knew

who had a chance
of fighting off the killer.

Maybe she thought
the killer would spare him

'cause he clearly
isn't a witch?

Well, didn't make
any difference, did it?
He's still missing.

-What do you see?
-Victims.

-A coven of witches.
-Yeah, that's what
the killer sees.

We need to challenge
our assumptions.

-What if Cherry
wasn't a witch either?
-She looks the part.

Three black cats,
sensible shoes and a wig
make you a witch?

-It helps.
-(ALL LAUGHING)

What about the Cades?
Why do we think
they were witches?

RAY: Well, they lived
in the witchy house

and the blind lady
scared the hell out of me.

There was no cauldron,
spell books, or crystal ball.
No evidence.

Alex Zukanov
did talk to a rat.

It's his pet.
Everyone talks to their pets.

I see four ordinary people.

We were wrong.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(PANTING)

Ed, I need to know more
about these witch hunts.

Oh, uh, any specifics?

I want to know why
innocent people
were persecuted.

Right, well,
just give me a second.

(DRIPPING)

Misogyny, with persecution
being a way to punish
uppity women.

No, we have as many
male victims as we do female.

Well, 17th century Europe
suffered from a culture
of persecution,

targeting the Jews,
the lepers and homosexuals.

Politics? The McCarthy
witch hunts were all about
rooting out communists.

No, we...

We need a reason why
our killer would think

that perfectly ordinary people
might be witches.

Fungus!

-What?
-There is another idea.

In 1646, the Thames froze
and the roads were snow-bound

and so food couldn't
be transported.

People were forced
to rely on stores of rye,

but the rye was
contaminated with fungus.

What does this fungus do?

It causes ergot poisoning.

You are not
seeing my sister!

It's a bit late
for that, mate!

(INDISTINCT YELLING)

Pack it in!
Stop it, that is an order!

(GROANING)

I was just about to do that.

I will not have
this kind of behaviour
in my incident room.

-Are we clear?
-Yes, sir.

-Sir.
-Tidy up.

No imps.

There's no imps.

-Maybe you aren't a witch.
-No, I'm not.

I told you I'm not,
and I don't know
anyone who is.

I don't know any witches.

Hmm.

(SCREAMING)

Okay, uh...

So, ergot poisoning causes
convulsive seizures and mania.

It has also been said to be
the cause of accusations
of bewitchment

and there are examples
of whole communities

-believing that
they were cursed.
-Mmm.

Or a finger?

If the killer has
ergot poisoning?

He'd be suffering
from psychosis with delusions.

-Happens often, does it?
-(SCOFFS)

Not since the 19th century.

But he thinks
it's happened here?

It fits.

Where would someone
get ergot poisoning?

Badly stored cereals,
somewhere damp and cool.

Well, there's lots of
dodgy windmills
all over Whitechapel.

I was thinking of bakeries.

There was an artisan bakery
off Brick Lane

specialising in
sour doughs, rye breads,
that kind of thing.

It was flooded last year
and had to close.

That's a lot of bad luck
for one man.

RAY: We've met him before.

The homeless bloke,
where Zukanov lived.

If Washington has
ergot poisoning,
he's gonna die, isn't he?

No! He just needs
medical attention.

He can survive this.
He can be saved.

Bysack! Bysack!

Where's Washington?

He has a plague.

We... We didn't
want him here.

Where's he gone?

Crawled off somewhere
to die, I guess,

somewhere quiet.

Like a rat.

He's not to die
under any circumstances.

No suicides or death leaps
or anything like that.

Mansell, you go
around the back.

Rye.

(SNIFFING) It stinks.

(DRIPPING)

(GASPS)

Boss.

(DOG WHIMPERING)

-(SHUSHING)
-(WHIMPERING)

JOHN: I know
there's more of you.

Give me a name
and I'll spare your eyes!

No!

No! No!

No, there's more of them!

They have to be
sent back to hell!

-JOSEPH: John Washington,
I'm arresting you...
-Nick?

Can you hear me?

You're going to be okay.
You're safe now.

and will make a full recovery.

And Washington?

The necrosis is so advanced,

I would measure his time
in hours rather than days.

Thanks.

Look, this is just
a coincidence.
It's bad luck.

No. I failed again.

(GASPS)

I need to find the one
that cursed me.

You weren't cursed.

You ate mouldy rye
in your bakery

and gave yourself
ergot poisoning.

(WHIMPERING)

No, I didn't
flood my shop...

Or make my child
cough to death...

Or make my wife leave.

I can't be cured,

because medicine
can't cure evil.

I need to find who did this,
or I can't get better.

The people you killed
weren't witches.

No, I just didn't find
the right ones.

It's still out there.

I was so close.

So close...

So close.

So close. So close.

So close...

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

(DRIPPING)

(SIGHS)

Here.

If you say or do anything
to put Erica off of me,

you're dead.

And if you go near her again,
you're dead.

(CHUCKLES)

You two getting along now?

Yeah. All sorted.

Because I'm watching you.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Who's there?

(FOOTSTEPS STOP)

(FOOTSTEPS RESUME)

Come here!

(LIGHTS CRACKLING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(SIGHS)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Go on, then!
Show yourself!

I ain't scared of you!

I'm not scared of you,
either.

Sorry, I...

Thought you were someone else.

Septicaemia.

Once the infection took hold,

there was nothing
the doctors could do.

I'm sorry.

Another killer
escapes justice.

I think you're being
too hard on yourself.
You saved Nick's life.

If you told me
500 years ago I was cursed,
I'd have believed you.

Here.

Here's to bringing
one in alive.

Why Whitechapel?

How can so much horror
be visited on such
a small area?

How can you hear a bottle open
all the way down
in the archive?

-Come in.
-I'm so sorry to intrude,

but I have a matter
of some urgency
to share with you.

-Have a drink.
-Oh... Yes.

After you hear this,
we'll all need one.

Um...

As you know,
Wingfield was trying to
catch a provocateur.

-It's a madman's map.
-Yes, so it would seem.

This is us. Here.

Well, we know
he was watching us from
the hotel across the road.

Did you know
he was also watching
John Washington's bakery?

Fascinating, isn't it?

Washington thought his life
had been blighted by a witch.

Wingfield was following
an ancient evil

that visited the bakery.

They were after
the same person?

EDWARD: Wingfield seemed
to think so.

And he followed them
to this building.

Are you saying there's
a demon in this station?

Right.
That's enough for one night.

Well, you criticise me
for not being open-minded.

I'm sure there's
a rational explanation
for all the connections,

we just need to find it.

I hope we do.