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[music]
>> When a man shuts himself off from his
neighbors,
when he conducts mysterious experiments
behind locked doors, there's bound to be
talk.
There were those who whispered that old
Dirk Van Prin was a sorcerer and worse.
He might never have been remembered at
all had not his research led him to the
discovery
of a most unusual formula for making
glass.
>> Mr. Van Prin, it's Mrs. Ames.
>> What do you want?
>> The silversmith left a package for you.
>> Just leave it outside the door, please.
>> Can I bring up your supper now, Mr. Van
Prin?
>> Never mind. Just leave the house.
>> Oh, you ought to take something, Mr. Van
Prin. I'll fetch up some nourishing soup
before I go. It's really no trouble.
You haven't had a bite all day.
>> Good night, Mrs. Ames.
>> Yes, sir. Good night.
>> [music]
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>> Dirk Van Brin hanged himself before
dawn.
His story might have ended there if he'd
had the courage to smash those
spectacles.
But like many another scientist, he
couldn't bear to destroy his own
creation.
Too bad.
Because years later, others tried them
on.
In The Cheaters, our story for tonight,
a junk man named Joe Henshaw, played by
Mr. Paul Newlan,
>> [music]
>> a little old-fashioned lady named Marion
Alcott, played by Miss Mildred Dannock,
>> [music]
>> her nephew, Percy Dean,
played by Mr. Jack Weston,
and finally,
a man who discovered the real purpose of
the spectacles, Sebastian Grimm,
played by Mr. Harry Towns.
What they saw through those yellowed old
lenses, they never forgot.
And neither will you, my friends,
because as sure as name's Boris Karloff,
this
is a thriller.
>> [music]
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[music]
>> What do you want to load up on more junk
for? Store's full of it now.
Just have a lot of raggedy old clothes
and some busted up furniture. That's
junk.
How much did you bid?
>> Not much.
>> How much, Joe?
>> A hundred dollars.
>> A hundred dollars?
You promised me we'd unload this crummy
place, get into a decent business.
>> Hey, you want to take it easy. The kid's
coming.
>> I don't care who's coming. How are we
ever going to get out of here? You keep
spending every DIME ON MORE JUNK.
>> NO MORE, MAGGIE. Not in front of the kid
again, you hear? No more.
>> Hey, Joe.
>> Hey, how are you, Maggie?
>> Morning, Charlie.
>> Here's your mail.
>> Why don't you admit it, Joe, and get
yourself a pair of glasses?
>> I see what I need to see.
>> Yeah. Maybe we ought to leave it that
way.
Sit down, Charlie. I'll pour you some
coffee.
>> Hey, that's great. I didn't get a chance
to get any breakfast.
>> You eat on your own time. You go get the
truck.
>> Okay, Joe.
Where are we going?
>> Joe's bought another blind lot from the
city.
>> Maggie.
>> Paid a hundred dollars. And I'll bet no
other salvage operator bothered to bid
on it.
But my Joe's got sporting blood. My
Joe's a gambler. Hi, Joe.
>> Where is the stuff?
>> The old Bleeker house.
>> The Bleek- why that place IS 200 YEARS
OLD. WHY IT'S BEEN BAD luck since BEFORE
THE FIRST WAR.
>> YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT? You just do
your job and let me run my business.
>> Wait a minute, Joe. I didn't say
anything. Did I Did I say anything,
Maggie?
>> You leave Charlie alone.
You want to pick on somebody, pick on
me.
>> I'm warning you. Not again in front of
the kid.
>> Hey, hey, you two. Knock it off, huh?
Maybe Joe's got a good idea.
>> Fat chance.
>> Well, I heard of a salvager one time
that found a half a million dollars in
war bonds in an old house.
Confederate war bonds.
>> Go get the truck.
>> [laughter]
>> Yes, sure, Joe.
>> Keep your eye on him, Charlie. You find
something that double I want to know
about it.
>> That's fine talk from a wife.
Maggie,
will you listen?
I bid that place because Della Handy
down at city hall would
tip me off.
Della Handy said up in the attic there
was some old furniture. Maybe there's
some real antique pieces.
>> Charlie's waiting.
>> Maggie, you got to take a chance once in
a while. Maybe our luck will change.
>> From bad to worse.
>> Look what's happened to you, Maggie.
Ever since I hired that kid you've been
treating me like dirt.
>> Oh, don't start that again.
>> All right.
We'll settle this later.
>> [music]
[music]
>> It's going to cost you money to haul
this stuff to the dump.
>> Who asked you to worry?
>> Possible.
Hey, maybe the valuable stuff's in here.
>> Joe, look at all these old books. Maybe
there's some rare editions here.
>> Looks like another load for the dump.
>> Maybe we can get something for this old
desk.
>> Some deal. You ought to sue the city,
Joe.
>> Advice from you I don't need.
>> Yeah.
Maggie's going to froth and foam when
she hears about this.
>> Why don't you go and tell her? GO ON,
GET OUT OF HERE.
GET OUT.
>> OKAY, JOE.
>> [music]
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[music]
[bell]
>> WHAT'S ALL THIS?
>> Happy birthday, darling.
>> But it's not my birthday.
>> Oh, please don't spoil it, Joe, dear.
I know your birthday was last week and I
forgot. Now I want to make it up to you.
And Joe,
I'm sorry for the way I acted this
morning.
>> You're You're sorry?
What's happened? Did that kid tell you I
found a basket full of diamonds or
something in the open?
>> Charlie said it was nothing but rubbish.
And all of a sudden I realized how
disappointed you must have been
and how rotten I've been.
Rotten and unselfish, Joe.
And I'm sorry.
>> Oh, well.
You know, maybe I've I haven't been so
easy to live with, either.
>> Go wash up now. Dinner will be ready in
a little while.
Where'd you get those funny old
cheaters, Joe?
>> Uh at the baker place.
>> Oh.
You're ruining your eyes wearing
somebody else's glasses.
>> What happened to the other letter,
Maggie? There was four here this
morning.
>> It's only a bill from the gas company.
I took care of it for you.
You old fool.
If you hadn't been too cheap to buy a
pair of glasses, I'd have lost the
pleasure of facing you.
>> [music]
>> Huh?
>> If you hadn't been too busy to buy a
pair of glasses,
I'd have lost the pleasure of spoiling
you.
>> [bell]
>> Enjoy it while you can, Joe.
Tomorrow you'll be dead.
>> [bell]
>> What?
>> Enjoy it while you can, dear. Tomorrow
you'll be dead tired from hauling all
that rubbish.
>> [music]
>> What did you say the other bill was
from?
>> From the gas company.
They want to buy this property, Joe.
For [bell] a lot OF MONEY.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE. I BROUGHT YOU A JUG
of your favorite poison.
>> And if this doesn't kill you, I will,
egg man.
>> And if this doesn't fill you up, I'll
flip, man, cuz it cost ME A BUNDLE.
>> [laughter]
>> WHAT'S THE MATTER, JOE? YOU SICK?
COME ON. WHAT YOU need is a little
drinky. How about it, Maggie?
>> Oh, I don't know, Charlie. The doctor
said IT
>> HEY, COME ON. IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
>> Just one then.
>> You should have been an actress, baby.
>> Fill his right to the top, honey.
The quicker we get him drunk, the
quicker we get him over the old house.
>> Hey, come on, Joe.
There's pie in your eye.
>> Many happy returns, darling.
>> The three of us are going on a midnight
treasure hunt, Joe.
>> You're going to have a nasty accident,
darling.
>> If I tumble down the stairs, don't kid
me, I'll club you with a board.
You'll leave the same kind of marks.
Come on.
Have another.
>> Charlie, I said just one.
>> Oh, COME ON. DON'T BE A PARTY POOPER.
>> HONEY,
this is one party I wouldn't spoil for
the world.
>> You're beautiful, Maggie.
In a few hours, you'll be all mine.
>> I never thought it'd be so exciting.
Gee, I love you, Charlie.
>> Uh Charlie, you uh
you got an education?
>> Sure.
>> What does uh
v e r i
t a s What does that mean?
>> Well, it's veritas. It's uh It's Latin.
It means truth. Truth.
>> Where you going, Joe?
>> Oh, I'm going to put the truck in the
garage.
>> Oh, wait a minute, Joe. Look, sit down,
will you? I mean, I Look, I I didn't get
a truck, huh?
>> No, you uh you got your fancy clothes
on.
It's too bad.
>> Look, what does he mean, "Too bad. I got
my fancy clothes on. Too bad.
>> Who knows what that stupid old coat
means?
>> Wait a minute, honey. Wait a minute. I'm
not sure.
>> You're losing your nerve?
>> No, no.
It's
It's only that
>> It's only what, darling?
>> Maggie, Maggie, what you do to me?
>> [music]
[screaming]
[screaming]
[screaming]
>> Joe.
Why?
Jesus.
Jesus.
>> You don't do something like this just
because your wife's been cheating on
you, Joe.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
>> I'm not imagining it, Clarence. She's
put something into my tea.
I'm not a complete fool. No matter what
Oliver and Ed would think, I'd know when
my tea's [music] been drugged.
Because today's Thursday. Her bridge
club [music] meets downstairs every
Thursday, and every Thursday after lunch
I get so sleepy. I have to stay in bed.
Oh, any simple fool could see why
[music] she doesn't want me.
She's afraid I'll meet her friends.
Speak my mind.
No, I'm not ungrateful.
I'm completely aware of the sacrifice
Olive and Edward
gone to become here and look after me
since [music] Mr. Alcott's death.
But there's no excuse for keeping me a
prisoner in my own home.
I'm hungry, Clarence.
Diet? Oh, pooh.
My heart's perfectly normal. It's just
that I
I get a little out of breath sometimes.
[music]
Here she comes. Please, promise me
you'll come back this evening.
Bless you.
Bless you, Clarence.
At least I have one friend left.
>> Enjoy your lunch, Mother Alcott?
Oh, I see you drank all your tea.
>> Wouldn't you be disappointed if I
hadn't?
>> Dr. Richards would be disappointed,
dear. You know what he said about
keeping up your liquid intake.
Sleepy?
>> No.
>> Oh.
Will you try closing your eyes for a
little while? And if you can't nap, you
just ring and I'll help you downstairs.
>> I wouldn't intrude on your bridge party,
Olive.
>> Oh, you'd be an asset to any party,
Mother Alcott.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
[music]
>> May I help you?
>> These are lovely.
I don't see the color I require.
>> What color are you looking for?
>> Yellow.
Bright yellow.
>> I'll see if we have any in stock.
>> Oh, dear.
No.
Those are horrid shades. I'm
I'm afraid I'll have to inquire
elsewhere.
>> [music]
[music]
>> A lovely little escritoire. How much are
you asking for it, Mr. Henshaw?
>> It's sold, and my name's Bergen.
Henshaw's dead.
>> Yes.
>> Don't you read the papers? He brained
his wife and a boyfriend, and the cop
shot him. The gas company owns this
place now. They bought it from Henshaw's
relatives. They're going to put up an
office building, so I bought out his
inventory.
>> I see. Do you mind if I browse around a
bit?
>> help yourself, lady.
Oh, yeah.
Uh see something you like, lady?
>> Yes.
How much are these?
>> Uh
two bits.
>> [music]
>> Oh, Mother Alcott, we've been so
worried. It's almost 7:00.
>> You know what the doctor said about you
going out alone?
>> Where have you been?
>> If you must know, I
I've been fitted for some glasses.
>> Why? Aren't they attractive?
Don't you think so, Edward?
>> Yes, yes, very unusual.
The perfect touch for that Halloween
costume the old bat's wearing.
Just the perfect touch for the custom
look everyone's wearing.
>> I see you've been [music] shopping
again.
You doddering old thief.
Now Edward'll have to return all the
junk you've stolen.
>> It'll be the last time you'll make
trouble for me, old girl.
Your next trip will be to the morgue.
You look so pale, Mother Alcott. Let me
take you up to bed. No.
>> No, I I [music] I can manage for myself.
>> Oh, darling, we're already late. You
won't mind if Clarence brings up your
tray to you. He phoned to say he was on
his way.
>> We'll wait for him if it makes you
nervous being alone, Mother Alcott.
>> I think we should wait.
>> Oh, she'll be all right. She'll probably
make Clarence take her out night
clubbing.
Goodbye, Mother Alcott. Sweet dreams.
They'll be your last after tonight.
>> Miriam.
Miriam, it's Clarence.
Well,
how was my best girl tonight, hmm?
I hear you were out on the town this
afternoon.
>> Clarence,
they're going to kill me.
>> No, no, no, Miriam, that's no way to
talk.
>> No, it's true.
>> Why, this looks delicious.
>> Clarence,
as trustee of my late husband's estate,
it's your duty to listen to me.
>> Now, where would you like to sit?
And what's wrong with right here by the
fire, hmm?
>> I heard them say it. I mean, I
I heard them think it. I don't know, but
I think it had something to do with
these spectacles.
>> And after you've had your supper, we'll
go downstairs
and watch TV.
Come along now, young lady.
Come.
Get your last meal.
I know just the thing to wet your
palate, a little brandy.
Now,
if you promise not to tell on me,
I'll go and find Edward's decanter.
I'm going to need a drink before I shove
you down the stairs,
you senile old scarecrow.
>> Clarence,
who inherits when I'm dead?
>> What an odd question to ask. Well, you
know. Edward and Olive, provided they
maintain you in this house as long as
you live, which won't be long, Miriam.
And for arranging your fatal accident,
by giving half to me.
Oh, Miriam, you're ill. You do need a
stimulant.
I'll be right back.
>> [music]
[music]
>> You know, there's one thing I've always
admired about Edwin.
He keeps excellent brandy.
>> It's a status symbol for him, I suppose.
>> And yet he never touches it himself.
[music]
I've said it once, I've said it a
hundred times.
Unbend a little, Edwin. Live, live,
live, live.
Well, you're not going to let your
generation down, are you, Miriam? You
know how to live.
>> [music]
>> But you're overdoing it a bit, you old
hag.
What's wrong, Miriam? Aren't you going
to join me?
Ah, Miriam.
You're not going to let an old friend
drink by himself.
Take it.
I don't want any trouble pushing you
down the stairs.
Miriam.
>> [laughter]
>> What is most precious between friends,
Clarence?
The truth.
>> [laughter]
>> Here comes my lord.
Cha-cha.
Here comes my lady.
Limbo, limbo.
So divine. He pours himself a glass of
wine.
Clarence.
You're not saying anything.
Dear, sweet Clarence.
Always ready to listen to
an old lady's troubles.
And my head's going round and round and
round and round.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
>> Well, I still think we're rushing
things.
>> Oh, nonsense. It's It's been nearly a
year since Clarence and the old lady
died. People have found other things to
talk about.
>> I wonder.
>> Well, they all accepted, didn't they?
>> Well, they'd come once,
out of curiosity if for no other reason.
>> Well, I couldn't care less, as long as
Torgeson enjoys himself.
Doesn't know it yet, Alice, but he's
going to sponsor me into the Gentry
Club. I intend to be somebody in this
town, and Torgeson will be my advocate.
It's why I invited Sebastian Grimm and
his wife.
>> Sebastian Grimm? That writer?
Why, he's nothing but a uh
>> A dissolute bounder, yes.
Yes, that's how dear sweet Mother
Abigail would have characterized him.
Well, he's a necessary evil to my plan
for the evening.
Just bad-mannered enough to get bored
with our party and suggest a poker game.
Torgeson's weakness.
>> But you hate gambling.
>> Nevertheless,
I intend to show Torgeson that I know
HOW TO LOSE LIKE A GENTLEMAN.
>> WHAT?
WHY, EDWARD,
you look positively [laughter]
>> Like Benjamin Franklin, the symbol of
wisdom and stability?
>> Yes.
>> Well, that's exactly the impression I
wish to create.
Now, don't panic, my dear.
We have more money than most of them
have right now.
Won't be long before they'll be courting
our favor.
Your servant, madam.
>> [laughter]
>> The costume is very impressive, Dean.
>> Well, thank you very much.
>> I'd swear I was in the presence of the
industrious Benjamin Franklin himself,
except for one flaw.
>> And what's that, Grimm?
>> Every schoolboy knows that Franklin wore
spectacles.
>> [laughter]
>> He has you there, Dean.
Ben Franklin without spectacles is like
FDR without a cigarette holder.
>> [laughter]
>> Why don't we all go someplace where we
can indulge in Thorgenson's favorite
form of larceny?
>> Edward, why don't you men use the
library?
>> Well, all right. I I think I can find a
stack of cards and some chips somewhere.
This way, gentlemen, please.
>> Sorry, Dean. Aces full.
>> Well, well, well.
I was positive I had you beat that time,
Thorgenson.
>> You lose your money like it had
smallpox.
>> Oh, it's the contest I enjoy, Grim. The
give and take.
Winning and losing secondary.
>> [laughter]
>> Spoken like a gentleman.
>> Thought you men might like something
from the buffet.
Oh, and Edward,
look what I found among Mother Alcott's
things.
>> Well, I'll be.
>> Remarkable.
>> Huh, does that satisfy your sense of
historical accuracy, Mr. Grim?
>> Madam, I'm flabbergasted.
>> Can't see much.
>> Might improve your game.
Deal the cards, Thorgenson.
>> Think I [sighs] need more chips, Judge.
>> [music]
>> Delighted to take your money, you fat
little fool.
>> Huh?
Delighted?
>> It'll take more than a patriot's costume
to cloak your intentions, you tedious
little poser.
>> Oh, here's a love.
The word
veritas is across these spectacles.
>> Yeah.
>> Latin for truth.
>> Yeah.
>> Probably made with his honor in mind.
It is supposed to be your calling, isn't
it, Judge Fluke?
>> And what exactly is your calling, Mr.
Grimm?
>> I'm an unpublished author.
Unsung.
Unfulfilled.
A soul in search of the eternal veritas
of life.
And a decent hand.
Mhm, three nines.
That's more like it.
This time I'll give them a run for their
money.
>> Huh.
Not even a miserable pair.
I better stay in for one bid, though.
Make Thorgeson think he's forcing me
out.
The jerks.
They're all waiting for me to clobber
them.
If they only knew I've held out a pair
of aces from the last hand.
>> Aren't you going to look at your hand,
Dean?
>> I'd like to tell the boys at the club
how the stupid little climber pretended
to lose like a gentleman.
Wonder if he really did do away with the
old lady.
What's he staring at me for?
Can he see the cards under my arm?
Yes.
>> Yes, I see the cards under your arm,
Thorgeson. Two aces.
>> What did you say?
>> You held them out from the last hand.
>> Are you accusing Mr. Thorgeson of
cheating?
>> I am simply stating a fact.
>> You'd better retract that accusation,
Dean. If you know what's good for you.
>> It's all right, Judge.
It's the liquor talking.
Let's get on with the hand.
>> No.
Nobody comes to my house and takes my
money and laughs at me.
Oh, no.
Cuz I see you all for what you really
are, all of you.
Raise your arm, Thorgerson.
>> Go on, raise it.
>> Two cards under your arm.
They were
>> Here they
Here they are.
Here they are.
He hid them while we weren't looking.
>> What do you say, Thorgerson?
>> What can I say without becoming a
bad guest?
>> You mean that Dean?
>> Of course. He gathered in the cards the
last trick.
He hid those two aces because he wanted
to embarrass me. I can't imagine why.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
YOU'RE LYING.
>> Am I?
Did you see me hide those cards under my
arm?
>> No.
Nobody.
>> Then how did you know they were aces?
>> It's
these spectacles.
I
I'm not certain what there is about
them, but I I just knew. I
>> There you are, Judge. I leave the
verdict to you.
>> I think we all know who the cheater is.
>> No, he was the one that WAS HOLDING OUT
THE TWO CARDS.
HE'S THE CHEATER.
WELL, ADMIT IT.
WHAT TO TELL THEM?
TELL THEM. [screaming] TELL THEM. TELL
THEM.
>> REALLY?
>> TELL THEM.
>> GO ON. TELL THEM.
>> TELL THEM.
>> DEAN.
>> TELL THEM.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> TELL THEM.
>> DEAN.
>> TELL THEM.
>> STOP.
>> TELL THEM.
>> [screaming]
>> TELL THEM.
>> NO.
>> [music]
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO HIT HIM SO HARD.
WELL, DO SOMETHING, THORGERSON, BEFORE
HE BLEEDS TO DEATH.
>> Too late, I'm afraid.
>> [music]
[music]
[music]
>> I admit that when I picked the
spectacles off the floor, I was merely
curious.
And then the inscription veritas
intrigued me. And the exchange between
Dean and Thorgerson, when Thorgerson
asked, "Did you see me put the cards
there?" Dean said, "No."
Thorgerson asked, "Then how did you know
that they were aces?"
>> And what did Dean say?
>> These spectacles
I'm not certain what there is about
them,
but I just knew.
Ellen, I tell you I'm on to something.
>> I know.
You're saying it's just another of my
hairbrained projects.
I'll be bored with in a few weeks.
Well, you're wrong. You're dead wrong.
Look.
A rough draft of my new book, complete
except for the last chapter.
>> Sebastian.
>> Here is the villain, or the hero, if you
prefer.
The Cheaters.
That's going to be the title of the
book, Ellen.
The Cheaters.
>> A book about a pair of glasses?
>> Uh
These are not ordinary glasses.
I'm convinced
that because these spectacles were
misused,
five people met violent deaths.
>> Five people?
>> And I have them all documented.
Do you remember the Henshaw murders?
>> Yes.
>> The police officer that shot Henshaw
stated that when Henshaw came at him
with the crowbar, he was screaming, "The
cheaters! The cheaters!"
>> That was the motive for the murders,
infidelity.
>> No.
I don't think that Henshaw was referring
to his wife and her lover.
And I don't think he was attacking the
police officer.
He was trying to destroy the cheaters.
>> Oh, that's nonsense.
>> Nonsense, eh?
Don't be so quick to reject the idea.
I also looked up the Olcott inquest in
the Olcott murder.
Olive Dean stated that on the day the
Olcott lady put the hatpin in Clarence
Cramer's chest, she'd been downtown. And
among the things she brought back with
her was a pair of funny old glasses. I
talked to the man that took over
Henshaw's store. He remembers selling
these very glasses
to Miriam Olcott for 25 cents.
>> I I
still don't see the significance of
them, Sebastian.
>> You don't?
Well, I'll tell you.
I believe that these spectacles
enable the wearer to know the naked
absolute truth
about anything or anybody.
>> Have you tried them?
>> No.
>> Why not?
>> Because they weren't intended for mind
reading.
I think they were intended for seeing
the truth about oneself.
That's the real purpose of these
glasses, Helen.
That's what Van Print was after when he
discovered the secret of this
funny yellow glass.
>> Van Prin?
>> According to our local historical
society, he built the old house out on
Bleecker Road.
His neighbors called him a sorcerer.
What do you suppose they'd have called
Edison, or Einstein, or Fermi?
Know thyself.
>> Put them away, Sebastian.
>> What's the matter?
Afraid I'll put them on and see you for
what you really are?
>> No, don't.
>> Don't worry, darling.
When I put these on,
it'll be for something important.
Go and get your coat.
>> Where are we going?
>> Going out to the old house on Bleecker
Road.
>> What for?
>> Atmosphere.
I want the authentic atmosphere
when I report on Van Prin's experiment.
By the way, Ellen,
that's going to be the title of my last
chapter.
Know thyself.
>> [music]
>> The city was supposed to tear this old
[music] place down last year.
Lucky for me they didn't.
>> Sebastian.
>> What is it?
>> What happened to Van Prin after he put
on the glasses?
>> What difference does that make?
>> I want to know.
Sebastian, you you still haven't
answered my question. What happened to
Van Prin?
>> His old desk is still upstairs and the
same mirror that he used.
>> You've been here before?
>> This morning.
To answer your question,
he hanged himself.
Wait here.
Helen,
I know you think this is a fool thing
for me to do, but
I have to.
It's the only way I have of satisfying
my
>> [snorts]
>> twisted sense of the dramatic. You
understand that, don't you?
>> Sebastian, please. Let's get out of
here.
>> No. I've come this far.
>> You don't have to prove yourself to me
or to anybody.
>> Darling, how would it look if I ended my
book by saying I lost my nerve?
>> Oh, Sebastian, please. Please come home.
This is wrong.
It's unholy.
>> I imagine that's what Van Prin's
ignorant neighbors said. It's unholy.
Well,
if Satan's waiting up there,
so be it.
>> [laughter]
>> Helen,
>> Yes.
>> Do you know that the greatest men in
every century have been hated and
ridiculed by men like
Thorgenson and Judge Flueger?
Van Prin knew that.
>> Oh, Sebastian, please come down.
>> So, he made the cheaters to find out if
he was one of the great ones.
Evidently, he was disappointed.
Wish me luck.
>> Oh.
>> [music]
>> Who's there?
Who's in this room?
>> Just you, Sebastian Grimm.
You're not afraid of your own voice, are
you?
>> No.
>> So, you want the truth about yourself,
do you?
>> Yes.
>> The junk man, the old lady, and Edward
Dean read only the minds of others.
Think of the agony they suffered.
>> They were afraid.
They let their emotions get out of
control.
>> But you're different.
You can master your emotions.
You even dared to look into your own
mind.
>> Yes.
>> Very well then.
Bring the light closer.
>> [music]
[music]
>> You are all.
You are my
>> [screaming]
>> Oh, let me in.
>> Go.
>> Let me in.
Let me in.
>> Please.
>> Please.
>> [music]
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