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There you are, sir. 9 00:00:17,096 --> 00:00:18,367 (BOTH) Thank you. 10 00:00:18,369 --> 00:00:21,392 11 00:00:21,843 --> 00:00:23,652 Read it 'ere first! 12 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:26,706 - [BACKGROUND MUSIC] - _ 13 00:00:26,708 --> 00:00:27,908 [CHAMPAGNE CORK] 14 00:00:28,004 --> 00:00:29,415 To the future! 15 00:00:29,417 --> 00:00:32,498 A bus on every street, a motorcar on every household. 16 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:33,908 Every household? 17 00:00:33,910 --> 00:00:35,787 Aren't we being presumptuous? 18 00:00:35,789 --> 00:00:37,210 Prophetic, my dear. 19 00:00:37,328 --> 00:00:41,260 In ten years time, this streets will be flooded by motorcars. Huh-hmm. 20 00:00:41,262 --> 00:00:42,462 [FOOTSTEPS COMING] 21 00:00:43,327 --> 00:00:44,527 [FOOTSTEPS GOING] 22 00:00:45,125 --> 00:00:48,125 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC] 23 00:00:56,395 --> 00:00:57,595 [WOMAN] What's wrong? 24 00:00:57,597 --> 00:00:58,998 What does it say? 25 00:01:01,168 --> 00:01:03,558 "From hell's heart, I stab at thee." 26 00:01:03,695 --> 00:01:05,591 - A threat? - A quote, 27 00:01:05,593 --> 00:01:06,898 from Moby Dick. 28 00:01:07,081 --> 00:01:09,251 - There's no signature. - No. 29 00:01:09,516 --> 00:01:11,383 Although, I have an inkling who sent it. 30 00:01:11,385 --> 00:01:14,385 31 00:01:18,718 --> 00:01:20,609 [SNORING] 32 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:23,303 [PORTAL CLANGING] 33 00:01:23,969 --> 00:01:25,310 [WINDOW OPENS] 34 00:01:26,234 --> 00:01:27,733 [FLAPPING SOUNDS] 35 00:01:29,948 --> 00:01:31,658 [METALLIC SCRAPING] 36 00:01:33,507 --> 00:01:36,021 [TENSE AMBIANCE] 37 00:01:41,854 --> 00:01:44,035 [FLAPPING SOUND] 38 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:47,708 39 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:00,237 [FLAPPING SOUNDS] 40 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:05,028 Aaaaaaah! 41 00:02:05,030 --> 00:02:08,161 - [LOUD SHRIEKING] - [HE YELLS] 42 00:02:08,163 --> 00:02:10,358 Sync and transcription by LittleDuck and vivelalto 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,589 Corrected by PetaG www.addic7ed.com 44 00:02:12,591 --> 00:02:13,791 [HEARTBEATS] 45 00:02:13,793 --> 00:02:15,679 - S01E04 - Spring Heel'd Jack 46 00:02:25,464 --> 00:02:26,881 Morning children! 47 00:02:29,964 --> 00:02:31,421 Eat your toast, Mary. 48 00:02:34,809 --> 00:02:36,154 School work? 49 00:02:36,971 --> 00:02:38,207 Just a story. 50 00:02:38,209 --> 00:02:40,104 Oh, really? What kind of story? 51 00:02:40,421 --> 00:02:41,801 A knight battling a dragon. 52 00:02:41,803 --> 00:02:43,696 Ah, to protect his kingdom? 53 00:02:43,698 --> 00:02:47,535 Or perhaps, rescue his one true love from its evil clutches? 54 00:02:47,537 --> 00:02:48,737 No. 55 00:02:48,815 --> 00:02:51,966 - He just loves killing dragons. - Or that... 56 00:02:54,702 --> 00:02:56,962 Were you able to visit Mother yesterday? 57 00:02:57,022 --> 00:02:58,850 58 00:02:58,859 --> 00:03:01,075 Yes.... um... 59 00:03:01,445 --> 00:03:02,884 no change, I'm afraid. 60 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:04,851 [SIGHS] 61 00:03:04,882 --> 00:03:07,637 But don't worry. Tuberculosis can't stop your mother. 62 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:08,913 Not for long. 63 00:03:09,179 --> 00:03:12,237 She'll be back to her old self any day now. 64 00:03:12,421 --> 00:03:15,482 On your tails, to wash your hands, and tidy your rooms. 65 00:03:15,616 --> 00:03:19,064 - Perhaps I can read my story to her. - Well, that depends, doesn't it? 66 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,063 Does the knight succeed in killing the dragon? 67 00:03:22,065 --> 00:03:23,391 Of course. 68 00:03:23,393 --> 00:03:24,973 Well, then, she'll love it! 69 00:03:25,094 --> 00:03:29,543 [PHONE RINGING] 70 00:03:31,457 --> 00:03:32,657 Hello? 71 00:03:32,659 --> 00:03:35,659 [GROOVY MUSIC] 72 00:03:39,832 --> 00:03:41,878 Oh, very understated. 73 00:03:42,313 --> 00:03:44,122 (HOUDINI) I know! It needs to be flashier. 74 00:03:44,285 --> 00:03:46,514 Come on, his most... incredible escape yet. 75 00:03:46,516 --> 00:03:48,560 His most... hair-raising escape. 76 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:51,494 His most... heart-pounding escape. 77 00:03:51,496 --> 00:03:53,345 How about death defying? 78 00:03:54,133 --> 00:03:55,544 - Ooh! - [BACKGROUND CONVERSATION] 79 00:03:55,781 --> 00:03:58,445 Well done! You ought to consider writing! 80 00:03:58,562 --> 00:04:00,601 Constable Stratton is waiting for us. 81 00:04:01,111 --> 00:04:02,409 Fantastic! 82 00:04:02,411 --> 00:04:04,091 83 00:04:04,093 --> 00:04:06,259 (HOUDINI) So... how high up was he? 84 00:04:06,576 --> 00:04:07,922 Seventh floor. 85 00:04:07,924 --> 00:04:09,518 (DOYLE) Clearly not suicide. 86 00:04:09,898 --> 00:04:12,394 You wouldn't have summoned us for a suicide. 87 00:04:12,396 --> 00:04:14,995 (STRATTON) Barrett Underhill was a business man, burning with optimism. 88 00:04:14,997 --> 00:04:17,435 A rising star on the burgeoning motorcar industry. 89 00:04:17,437 --> 00:04:20,336 And you don't think this was a simple murder either, I assume? 90 00:04:20,530 --> 00:04:22,062 There was a threatening note. 91 00:04:24,678 --> 00:04:26,801 "From hell's heart, I stab at thee." 92 00:04:26,803 --> 00:04:28,144 We have no idea who sent it, 93 00:04:28,146 --> 00:04:30,317 the doorman didn't notice anyone go up to the room, 94 00:04:30,615 --> 00:04:32,539 Underhill's wife was with him. 95 00:04:32,541 --> 00:04:34,215 They'd been celebrating earlier, 96 00:04:34,217 --> 00:04:36,205 she says she slept through the whole ordeal. 97 00:04:36,207 --> 00:04:37,407 And you believe her? 98 00:04:38,781 --> 00:04:40,876 Sergeant Gudgett does. 99 00:04:41,109 --> 00:04:42,623 Thinks it was an accident. 100 00:04:42,625 --> 00:04:44,069 Says she was quite distraught. 101 00:04:44,071 --> 00:04:46,311 And there was no evidence of a fight or struggle. 102 00:04:46,313 --> 00:04:48,968 So why do you think we'd be helpful? Or even interested? 103 00:04:48,970 --> 00:04:51,260 Or do you just wanna keep working with me? 104 00:04:51,262 --> 00:04:53,354 Well, I don't know that you'd be helpful. 105 00:04:53,356 --> 00:04:55,625 But I do know that you'll be interested. 106 00:04:55,844 --> 00:04:57,706 - Mister Gaines? - Excuse me. 107 00:04:59,773 --> 00:05:01,494 These are my two associates. 108 00:05:01,496 --> 00:05:02,698 Harry Houdini? 109 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:04,844 (STRATTON) And Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle. 110 00:05:04,969 --> 00:05:07,748 I tried to get tickets for your next show, it's all sold out. 111 00:05:07,750 --> 00:05:10,345 Yeah! That's because you've got the last two tickets. 112 00:05:13,123 --> 00:05:14,457 - (STRATTON) Mister Gaines? - [HOUDINI CHUCKLES] 113 00:05:14,459 --> 00:05:16,326 Could you please repeat, for these two gentlemen, 114 00:05:16,328 --> 00:05:18,857 what you told Sergeant Gudgett about what you saw last night? 115 00:05:18,859 --> 00:05:20,059 Certainly. 116 00:05:20,460 --> 00:05:22,256 I was standing right over there. 117 00:05:22,258 --> 00:05:24,113 It's was late. Dead quiet. 118 00:05:24,179 --> 00:05:25,382 not a soul in sight. 119 00:05:25,384 --> 00:05:27,097 - Aaaah! - Then out of nowhere... 120 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,467 - [FLAPPING SOUNDS] - What happened next was even stranger! 121 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:33,607 And, it was a man? 122 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:36,107 I don't know! God only knows but... 123 00:05:36,109 --> 00:05:37,354 whatever it was... 124 00:05:37,546 --> 00:05:39,444 it defied gravity with that leap. 125 00:05:39,446 --> 00:05:42,109 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC] 126 00:05:42,257 --> 00:05:43,481 - [PHONE RINGING] - _ 127 00:05:43,483 --> 00:05:46,301 Since when did you come to believe, you have the authority, 128 00:05:46,303 --> 00:05:49,948 to involve these two in a case, without my approval? 129 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:53,579 I only sought their opinion, about the phantom the doorman witnessed. 130 00:05:53,587 --> 00:05:55,130 What phantom?! 131 00:05:55,132 --> 00:05:56,583 Wasn't worth mentioning. 132 00:05:56,585 --> 00:05:58,118 (MERRING) And why not pray tell? 133 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,286 Because it's crazy! It's late, 134 00:06:00,288 --> 00:06:02,356 the doorman's tired, maybe he was drinking, 135 00:06:02,357 --> 00:06:03,825 and then... splat! 136 00:06:03,828 --> 00:06:05,857 There's a dead guy on the pavement! 137 00:06:05,859 --> 00:06:07,370 (HOUDINI) The traumatised doorman looks up. 138 00:06:07,372 --> 00:06:09,122 It's dark, his heart is pounding! 139 00:06:09,124 --> 00:06:11,015 He sees something leaping. 140 00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:13,906 The silhouette of a large bird, an owl taking flight? 141 00:06:13,908 --> 00:06:15,712 Grey herons are nesting all over town. 142 00:06:15,714 --> 00:06:18,017 One of 'em whitewashed my best suit on my way to church. 143 00:06:18,019 --> 00:06:19,219 Ah-ha! 144 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,546 It was an accident. 145 00:06:21,831 --> 00:06:24,821 The man was drunk, he lost his balance and he fell out of the window. 146 00:06:24,823 --> 00:06:26,976 What about the threatening note slid under his door? 147 00:06:26,978 --> 00:06:28,540 - (HOUDINI) Pfff. - Just coincidental? 148 00:06:30,122 --> 00:06:33,502 Barrett Underhill recently sold a fleet of motorized omnibus to this city. 149 00:06:33,504 --> 00:06:36,365 I'm sure there are plenty of livery stable very upset with him. 150 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:39,136 An excellent place to begin our investigation. 151 00:06:39,138 --> 00:06:40,855 - Your investigation? - I'm not as quick 152 00:06:40,857 --> 00:06:43,778 to dismiss the possibility that a crime was committed here. 153 00:06:43,780 --> 00:06:45,878 Whether by human, or phantom. 154 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,169 - The law must be upheld. - And you, 155 00:06:48,171 --> 00:06:50,626 if you think if was an accident, why bother joining him? 156 00:06:50,628 --> 00:06:52,440 Because I too, wanna uphold the law... 157 00:06:52,581 --> 00:06:53,853 of physics! 158 00:06:53,855 --> 00:06:57,379 Underhill was killed by gravity, not by some phantom defying it. 159 00:06:57,381 --> 00:07:00,652 160 00:07:01,796 --> 00:07:03,008 (MAN) Stratton. 161 00:07:03,994 --> 00:07:05,204 [DOOR CLOSES] 162 00:07:07,128 --> 00:07:09,837 You'll have to get start without me, I'll join you shortly. 163 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:11,246 Why? Is something wrong? 164 00:07:11,248 --> 00:07:12,748 Just a message from my pharmacist. 165 00:07:12,750 --> 00:07:15,558 Some medicine I ordered has arrived. I'm going to pop off and fetch it. 166 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,571 Are you ill? Ah, I'm a doctor, remember. Perhaps I can help. 167 00:07:18,573 --> 00:07:20,346 Just a mild catarrh. I'm fine. 168 00:07:29,209 --> 00:07:30,443 (HOUDINI) Help me out here. 169 00:07:30,445 --> 00:07:31,648 Catarrh? 170 00:07:31,650 --> 00:07:36,052 Excessive mucus caused by what you'd refer to as the common cold. 171 00:07:37,267 --> 00:07:38,616 Did she look sick to you? 172 00:07:38,868 --> 00:07:40,623 Didn't to me, not even a sniffle. 173 00:07:45,130 --> 00:07:46,489 How is your wife doing? 174 00:07:46,491 --> 00:07:48,233 Any update on her condition? 175 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:50,427 No, but she will be fine. I'm certain of it. 176 00:07:50,429 --> 00:07:52,030 Must be tough on your kids. 177 00:07:52,032 --> 00:07:53,898 We're all fine, managing... 178 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:55,590 quite well. Thank you. 179 00:07:57,095 --> 00:07:59,305 You know it's okay to not be fine, right? 180 00:07:59,736 --> 00:08:02,456 You don't always have to keep that upper lip stiff. 181 00:08:02,458 --> 00:08:05,461 Infinitely preferable to wallowing in self pity. 182 00:08:05,463 --> 00:08:09,417 [SOFT MUSIC] 183 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:10,824 [SIGHS] 184 00:08:11,656 --> 00:08:13,352 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 185 00:08:17,146 --> 00:08:18,373 (MAN) Come on! 186 00:08:19,483 --> 00:08:20,851 You finish it from here. 187 00:08:27,784 --> 00:08:29,053 Oh, urgh! 188 00:08:29,258 --> 00:08:31,045 Now, that's the hip of rubbish. 189 00:08:31,047 --> 00:08:33,774 I agree! Detroit makes a far superior product. 190 00:08:33,776 --> 00:08:36,686 Mr Tuttle, I'm Arthur Conan Doyle. This is Harry Houdini. 191 00:08:40,797 --> 00:08:44,035 We're enquiring into the death of... Barrett Underhill. 192 00:08:44,141 --> 00:08:45,682 Are you police officers? 193 00:08:46,938 --> 00:08:49,083 We're working with the police, yes. 194 00:08:50,526 --> 00:08:51,925 You really don't recognize me? 195 00:08:52,102 --> 00:08:54,734 Picture his head. A hundred times larger. 196 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:02,003 I'm a very busy man, here. 197 00:09:02,005 --> 00:09:04,886 Your livery is the largest in London, which means, 198 00:09:05,206 --> 00:09:07,701 you have the most to lose from Underhill's omnibuses. 199 00:09:08,828 --> 00:09:11,538 (TUTTLE) This business has been in the Tuttle Family for 70 years. 200 00:09:11,540 --> 00:09:13,107 And it'll still be here in an other 70. 201 00:09:13,109 --> 00:09:15,562 Yes. You've also been very outspoken to press. 202 00:09:15,564 --> 00:09:19,224 Many of you comments about Underhill have been rather... combative. 203 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:20,930 That's no secret that I hated him. 204 00:09:20,932 --> 00:09:22,777 But I had nothing to do with his death. 205 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:26,879 (TUTTLE) Oi! 206 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:28,355 What you up to? 207 00:09:28,357 --> 00:09:29,792 Well, I thought you might like to know... 208 00:09:29,794 --> 00:09:31,801 they just invented this thing called the filing cabinet. 209 00:09:31,803 --> 00:09:35,047 Did you send a threatening note to Mr Underhill's flat? 210 00:09:35,181 --> 00:09:36,836 Nah. Of course I didn't. 211 00:09:36,838 --> 00:09:38,503 I've got better things to do with my time. 212 00:09:38,505 --> 00:09:41,241 Oh! What was the better thing you had to do last night? 213 00:09:41,243 --> 00:09:44,155 [SUSPENSE MUSIC] 214 00:09:44,342 --> 00:09:47,009 Listen, if you're police officers, 215 00:09:47,011 --> 00:09:48,516 I want some identification. 216 00:09:48,518 --> 00:09:50,837 - So, no alibi then. - And if you're not, 217 00:09:51,101 --> 00:09:52,517 then I want you out. 218 00:09:53,109 --> 00:09:54,412 Before I throw you out. 219 00:09:54,414 --> 00:09:57,414 [PULSATIONS] 220 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,161 If ever Constable Stratton official presence was required. 221 00:10:11,322 --> 00:10:12,522 What? 222 00:10:12,869 --> 00:10:14,285 Changed my mind. 223 00:10:14,287 --> 00:10:15,683 It was murder. 224 00:10:16,016 --> 00:10:17,316 And he did it! 225 00:10:18,570 --> 00:10:21,570 - - [BIRDS CHEEPING] 226 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,151 I... borrowed this invoice from Tuttle's Livery. 227 00:10:29,826 --> 00:10:31,633 - Borrowed? - Mmm. 228 00:10:32,169 --> 00:10:33,375 - And this - _ 229 00:10:33,377 --> 00:10:35,716 is the note that was slipped under the door. 230 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,249 - (ARTHUR) Hmm. - I may not have Adelaide's knack 231 00:10:39,251 --> 00:10:40,963 for handwriting analysis, but... 232 00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:43,693 (ARTHUR) There's definitely a similarity. 233 00:10:43,695 --> 00:10:45,240 Tuttle wrote that note. 234 00:10:45,577 --> 00:10:48,671 His business was being threatened by Underhill so he fought back! 235 00:10:48,673 --> 00:10:50,078 By threatening him, 236 00:10:50,218 --> 00:10:51,418 then... 237 00:10:51,420 --> 00:10:54,699 climbing down the side of the building, and tossing him out the window. 238 00:10:54,701 --> 00:10:56,569 (HOUDINI) Come on! You saw Tuttle. 239 00:10:56,571 --> 00:10:59,029 He's strong. And he's enough block and tackle 240 00:10:59,031 --> 00:11:01,275 to lower himself from that balustrade. 241 00:11:01,656 --> 00:11:04,479 (DOYLE) How then did he make the huge leap to the next building? 242 00:11:04,608 --> 00:11:07,105 It's eerily similar to reports of a phantom 243 00:11:07,107 --> 00:11:09,063 who stalked these streets many years ago. 244 00:11:09,065 --> 00:11:10,484 They called him Spring Heel'd Jack. 245 00:11:10,486 --> 00:11:12,922 One of London's great unsolved mysteries. 246 00:11:13,292 --> 00:11:14,670 Wha... Ah-ha! 247 00:11:14,672 --> 00:11:16,401 Be still my fragile heart, 248 00:11:16,403 --> 00:11:18,524 if it ain't Europe's eclipsing sensation! 249 00:11:18,526 --> 00:11:20,572 - [BOTH LAUGHS] - Look what the cat coughed up! 250 00:11:20,574 --> 00:11:21,774 Lyman Biggs... 251 00:11:22,361 --> 00:11:23,564 [ASTONISHED] Whoa. 252 00:11:24,085 --> 00:11:26,646 Toss me in the hole and carve my stone: 253 00:11:26,648 --> 00:11:29,224 "Here lies a blessed man to have met the great 254 00:11:29,226 --> 00:11:31,242 - Arthur Conan Doyle" - Ha. 255 00:11:31,244 --> 00:11:33,970 I've read everyone of your books. What're you working on now? 256 00:11:33,972 --> 00:11:35,214 Sworn to secrecy. 257 00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:38,206 Uh, say no more then. I-I'm a fellow slave to the pen myself, you know? 258 00:11:38,208 --> 00:11:40,815 Hearkening to the gentle muse, and such. 259 00:11:41,262 --> 00:11:43,914 As a matter of fact, I've just finished my first novel. W... 260 00:11:43,916 --> 00:11:45,298 - would you take a look? - Oh, ah... 261 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:48,173 - You are a prince, Mr Doyle. - Doctor Doyle. 262 00:11:48,175 --> 00:11:50,349 Biggs here writes for one of the half penny papers. 263 00:11:50,351 --> 00:11:52,424 (HOUDINI) Wrote some very flattering pieces about me. 264 00:11:52,426 --> 00:11:54,032 Can't wait to write up your next show. 265 00:11:54,034 --> 00:11:56,529 Lot better than the circus freaks I normally cover, yeah? 266 00:11:56,531 --> 00:11:58,051 Don't get me started. [CHUCKLES] 267 00:11:58,053 --> 00:12:00,319 If you'll excuse me, I have work to attend to. 268 00:12:00,321 --> 00:12:02,670 Oh, a pox on me should I delay your next masterpiece. 269 00:12:02,672 --> 00:12:05,075 Ah-ha... ah, shall I hold the doors? 270 00:12:05,077 --> 00:12:06,486 Ah... yeah, that'd be great. 271 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:08,813 Um... what are you doing here? 272 00:12:08,815 --> 00:12:11,197 I'm looking into the swan dive the carmaker took last night. 273 00:12:11,199 --> 00:12:12,953 I heard rumours you were nosing with the cops. 274 00:12:12,955 --> 00:12:14,414 - You helping on the case? - I am. 275 00:12:14,416 --> 00:12:16,539 They told me it was an accident, but the doorman I spoke to 276 00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:19,091 said he saw some kind of... phantom flying away. 277 00:12:19,093 --> 00:12:20,279 There is no phantom! 278 00:12:20,281 --> 00:12:22,726 And who's this Spring Heel'd Jack Mr Doyle mentioned just now? 279 00:12:22,728 --> 00:12:23,948 Any relation to Jack the Ripper? 280 00:12:23,950 --> 00:12:25,733 - Case from a few years ago. - No idea. 281 00:12:25,742 --> 00:12:27,826 Do you s'pose this Spring Heel'd Jack is the same phantom the Doorman saw. 282 00:12:27,828 --> 00:12:30,538 You know, chucks Mr Carmaker out the window, flies off into the night. 283 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:32,150 - [SHUDDERS] Scary stuff! - [CHUCKLES] 284 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:33,432 Look at me, I got chills. 285 00:12:33,434 --> 00:12:35,505 - There's no phantom, Biggs. - Sure, sure. 286 00:12:35,507 --> 00:12:37,241 But you gotta admit... hell of a story! 287 00:12:37,243 --> 00:12:39,682 No, I'm hell of a story! Just keep writing about me. 288 00:12:39,684 --> 00:12:42,684 [FUNKY MUSIC] 289 00:12:44,566 --> 00:12:46,851 I-I-is Spring Heel'd one word or two. 290 00:12:47,790 --> 00:12:51,069 [MUMBLING] Spring-heeled. Spring heeled. 291 00:12:51,071 --> 00:12:52,497 Springheeled... 292 00:12:52,964 --> 00:12:55,245 [BELLS AND CHATTER] 293 00:12:55,565 --> 00:12:57,346 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 294 00:12:57,348 --> 00:12:59,373 (PHOTOGRAPHER) Oh, lovely! 295 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,311 - [CHILDREN PLAYING] - (PHOTOGRAPHER) That's it 296 00:13:01,522 --> 00:13:04,522 [TENSE MUSIC] 297 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,180 [PULSING] 298 00:13:14,068 --> 00:13:16,928 - ...happy to see you. - Same, same. 299 00:13:17,256 --> 00:13:19,507 How... how's things? How's things? 300 00:13:28,439 --> 00:13:29,639 [CHUCKLES] 301 00:13:30,881 --> 00:13:32,081 [CHUCKLES] 302 00:13:32,082 --> 00:13:33,735 - This is your card, right? Right here. - Yeah it is. 303 00:13:33,737 --> 00:13:35,897 - Yeah, it is. Yeah. [CHUCKLES] - Can you see it? Okay. 304 00:13:36,385 --> 00:13:38,697 305 00:13:38,698 --> 00:13:40,237 - Well it's there. - It's obviously there. 306 00:13:40,239 --> 00:13:42,245 - Where? Here? No. - But, wha..? 307 00:13:42,247 --> 00:13:43,730 - It's in your pocket. - (HOUDINI) Ah, no! 308 00:13:43,732 --> 00:13:45,979 - (KINGSLEY) It's in your pocket! - No! It's must have r.. It's... 309 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:47,890 - It must have run away. - Where is it? 310 00:13:47,892 --> 00:13:51,178 I don't know. Well, this happens all the time. You guys, we gotta find this. 311 00:13:51,298 --> 00:13:53,871 - Well, you better go look for it! - Where? 312 00:13:54,227 --> 00:13:56,062 Go look for it! I don't know... 313 00:13:56,064 --> 00:13:59,120 Wha... wha... ho... my card! 314 00:14:01,010 --> 00:14:02,880 - [GASPS] - How do you do that? 315 00:14:03,244 --> 00:14:04,596 With great skill. 316 00:14:04,598 --> 00:14:05,949 Do another trick. 317 00:14:05,951 --> 00:14:07,172 All right, quick one. 318 00:14:07,382 --> 00:14:08,808 319 00:14:09,213 --> 00:14:10,654 Hmmm... 320 00:14:12,331 --> 00:14:13,714 Ooh, nice! 321 00:14:14,142 --> 00:14:17,500 My father was given that when he was the surgeon aboard the SS Mayumba. 322 00:14:17,502 --> 00:14:20,354 Impressive, but glory is fleeting. 323 00:14:20,808 --> 00:14:23,808 [JAZZY GUITAR MUSIC] 324 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,484 - Oh! - Where did it go? 325 00:14:28,486 --> 00:14:30,063 [HOUDINI CHUCKLES] I don't know. 326 00:14:30,243 --> 00:14:33,112 So what do you think? You wanna be a magician when you grow up? 327 00:14:33,114 --> 00:14:34,985 No, I want to be a writer. 328 00:14:34,987 --> 00:14:37,391 329 00:14:37,393 --> 00:14:38,598 (HOUDINI) A writer? Huh? 330 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,094 Sitting alone at a desk all day. Getting flabby. 331 00:14:41,096 --> 00:14:42,483 - [BLOWS RASPBERRY] - [ALL CHUCKLING] 332 00:14:42,485 --> 00:14:45,205 That's enough of that, thank you. Run along, children. 333 00:14:47,379 --> 00:14:48,580 [SIGHS] 334 00:14:48,581 --> 00:14:50,741 Great kids. Whose are they? 335 00:14:52,173 --> 00:14:53,937 (DOYLE) This is Spring Heel'd Jack. 336 00:14:53,939 --> 00:14:58,672 A mysterious assailant, who terrorized parts of Kensington in 1889. 337 00:14:58,854 --> 00:15:02,342 Another report goes back even further, 1855. 338 00:15:02,554 --> 00:15:06,781 He's described as a phantom who leaps across the rooftops, 339 00:15:06,783 --> 00:15:08,087 attacking without warning. 340 00:15:08,088 --> 00:15:09,354 [TENSE MUSIC] 341 00:15:09,356 --> 00:15:12,189 Another report goes back over a hundred years. 342 00:15:12,190 --> 00:15:15,966 Many think Spring Heel'd Jack is a demon who feeds on fear. 343 00:15:15,968 --> 00:15:17,356 (HOUDINI) Interesting. 344 00:15:17,510 --> 00:15:19,247 What do sane people think? 345 00:15:19,249 --> 00:15:20,971 No arrests were ever made. 346 00:15:21,264 --> 00:15:23,834 To make matters worth, each Spring Heel'd Jack appearance 347 00:15:23,836 --> 00:15:25,723 preceded a great communal tragedy. 348 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:30,150 [INHALES] The Crimean War, a cholera outbreak, even a financial panic. 349 00:15:30,152 --> 00:15:32,435 These are police files you're looking at?! 350 00:15:32,730 --> 00:15:35,681 What concerns me, is that the attacks came in waves. 351 00:15:35,683 --> 00:15:39,062 Each had the same pattern. The phantom would terrorize neighbourhoods, 352 00:15:39,064 --> 00:15:42,218 assaulting people for days, sometimes weeks. And then, 353 00:15:42,220 --> 00:15:44,109 suddenly, disappear. 354 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:47,939 Only to return years later to begin another wave of attacks. 355 00:15:47,941 --> 00:15:52,353 This phantom will strike again, and soon. I'm sure of it. 356 00:15:52,355 --> 00:15:55,035 Well if he does, we'll follow the trail of horse poop. 357 00:15:55,389 --> 00:15:59,921 What? It's Tuttle who killed Underhill, not some demon who feeds on fear. 358 00:16:06,898 --> 00:16:10,841 [FLUTTERING NOISE] 359 00:16:15,312 --> 00:16:17,284 [DROPPING NOISE] 360 00:16:28,681 --> 00:16:31,511 [SCREAMING] Get off me! 361 00:16:31,513 --> 00:16:33,382 [SCREAMING] 362 00:16:33,384 --> 00:16:36,259 Mrs Blake! Mrs Blake, help! 363 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:37,560 [SCREAMS] 364 00:16:37,562 --> 00:16:39,810 [PANTING HEAVILY] 365 00:16:39,812 --> 00:16:42,647 [PANTING SLOWS] 366 00:16:42,649 --> 00:16:44,935 - _ - (NEWSPAPER BOY) Read it 'ere first! 367 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:46,461 Ha'penny a rag. 368 00:16:46,463 --> 00:16:49,009 Spring Heel'd Jack strikes again. 369 00:16:49,011 --> 00:16:51,380 Woman molested in her own home. 370 00:16:51,605 --> 00:16:53,096 Read it 'ere first! 371 00:16:53,353 --> 00:16:54,594 Ha'penny a rag. 372 00:16:54,996 --> 00:16:56,852 (HOUDINI) Looks like Biggs agrees with you. 373 00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:02,216 Will Constable Stratton be joining us? 374 00:17:02,861 --> 00:17:06,240 Apparently her catarrh has worsened. 375 00:17:06,712 --> 00:17:09,193 To be expected when you start hiring, er, 376 00:17:09,423 --> 00:17:11,323 those of a fragile nature. 377 00:17:17,447 --> 00:17:19,004 Harry Houdini?! 378 00:17:19,487 --> 00:17:21,672 - You'd think I'd get tired of that. - [SIGHS] 379 00:17:21,674 --> 00:17:23,874 I take it this is where the assailant came in. 380 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:26,471 - (ARTHUR) Miss Kroshenko? - Like the devil. 381 00:17:26,473 --> 00:17:28,334 Eyes burning red. 382 00:17:28,759 --> 00:17:31,054 Blue flames coming from its mouth. 383 00:17:31,267 --> 00:17:34,392 - Doesn't sound like Tuttle. - It sounds like someone in a mask. 384 00:17:34,394 --> 00:17:35,602 (LADY) Tuttle? 385 00:17:37,032 --> 00:17:38,690 Of Tuttle Livery. Do you know him? 386 00:17:38,821 --> 00:17:40,853 I hired a carriage from him. 387 00:17:41,252 --> 00:17:43,026 We had an argument over the bill. 388 00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,242 Hm, motive. 389 00:17:44,244 --> 00:17:46,095 If Tuttle's gonna assault everyone who disagrees with him, 390 00:17:46,097 --> 00:17:47,582 half of London's in danger. 391 00:17:47,584 --> 00:17:48,924 What happened next? 392 00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,861 It broke the window. 393 00:17:53,494 --> 00:17:54,784 We fought. 394 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,422 Then it ran. [INHALES DEEPLY] 395 00:17:57,424 --> 00:17:59,572 leaping off the wall, into the night. 396 00:17:59,574 --> 00:18:00,791 Is this medicine? 397 00:18:01,126 --> 00:18:03,974 Bromocarpine. Nerve tonic. 398 00:18:06,063 --> 00:18:07,778 I recently... 399 00:18:07,931 --> 00:18:11,033 had a short stay at West Riding Pauper. 400 00:18:11,035 --> 00:18:13,344 - A lunatic asylum. - Sergeant, if you please. 401 00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:16,939 She's telling the truth! 402 00:18:17,361 --> 00:18:19,518 I saw it too, with my own eyes. 403 00:18:20,604 --> 00:18:23,476 (ARTHUR) Her testimony supports the Spring Heel'd Jack theory. 404 00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:26,237 A demon who feeds on fear. 405 00:18:26,721 --> 00:18:28,658 Natalia suffers from neurasthenia. 406 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:30,707 And the first one, Underhill, what did he fear? 407 00:18:30,892 --> 00:18:32,783 Perhaps the threatening note slid under his door 408 00:18:32,785 --> 00:18:34,861 frightened him more than what he led on to his wife. 409 00:18:34,956 --> 00:18:37,068 Got to be the devil himself to make a leap like that. 410 00:18:38,627 --> 00:18:41,861 [JAZZ MUSIC] 411 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:00,594 Where are you going? 412 00:19:00,596 --> 00:19:02,308 To keep an eye on the devil himself. 413 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:04,917 Fifty bucks says he answer to the name of Angus Tuttle. 414 00:19:05,573 --> 00:19:08,573 415 00:19:11,182 --> 00:19:13,112 I thought you were investing Tuttle. 416 00:19:13,613 --> 00:19:15,644 And you were hunting fear-eating demons. 417 00:19:15,646 --> 00:19:17,683 I wanted to check on Miss Constable Stratton first 418 00:19:17,685 --> 00:19:19,003 seeing as I am a doctor. 419 00:19:19,185 --> 00:19:20,747 And I, her dearest friend. 420 00:19:23,931 --> 00:19:25,931 (ARTHUR) Perhaps she's too ill to come to the door. 421 00:19:26,930 --> 00:19:28,139 Or, 422 00:19:28,979 --> 00:19:31,088 collapsed, lying unconscious. 423 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,228 [SWINGING MUSIC] 424 00:19:45,394 --> 00:19:46,642 What? 425 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:54,960 - Constable Stratton? - [DOOR CLOSED] 426 00:19:54,962 --> 00:19:57,614 - She's not here, we should leave. - You're absolutely right. 427 00:19:58,494 --> 00:20:00,103 [ARTHUR WHISPERING] Where are you going? 428 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,345 This is trespassing! 429 00:20:02,347 --> 00:20:05,511 You stepped off the moral higher ground as soon as you walked through that door. 430 00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:07,846 Now you're just worried about getting caught. 431 00:20:10,596 --> 00:20:13,619 [TICKING MUSIC] 432 00:20:20,674 --> 00:20:23,674 433 00:20:27,396 --> 00:20:29,369 - (ARTHUR) Odd. - What is? 434 00:20:30,197 --> 00:20:31,397 No medicine. 435 00:20:31,650 --> 00:20:33,142 Hmm. Look at this. 436 00:20:33,144 --> 00:20:35,877 437 00:20:35,879 --> 00:20:37,424 It's a man's ring. 438 00:20:38,611 --> 00:20:39,857 (HOUDINI) What's that symbol? 439 00:20:40,689 --> 00:20:41,889 No idea. 440 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,119 441 00:20:47,864 --> 00:20:50,783 This is the note she received yesterday. It's a telegram. 442 00:20:51,010 --> 00:20:53,013 It's from a one Nigel Pennington. 443 00:20:53,138 --> 00:20:56,380 "You're wrong about me. Please, let me explain." 444 00:20:57,575 --> 00:21:00,375 Something tells me Nigel is not her pharmacist. 445 00:21:02,158 --> 00:21:05,197 446 00:21:11,134 --> 00:21:14,340 - Doctor Doyle! - Oh, I... er... um... 447 00:21:16,446 --> 00:21:19,228 Constable Stratton, I am terribly sorry. 448 00:21:19,230 --> 00:21:21,385 - Er, Harry and I were worried... - What the hell! 449 00:21:21,387 --> 00:21:22,856 - You broke into her home? - Yes. 450 00:21:22,858 --> 00:21:24,785 - He is quite the pick lock. - I see that you 451 00:21:24,787 --> 00:21:27,077 have recovered from your illness, well enough to go out for a stroll. 452 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:28,949 I was looking in on three other livery stables. 453 00:21:28,951 --> 00:21:31,798 The owners have all provided alibis for the nights of the attacks. 454 00:21:32,028 --> 00:21:33,456 Oh, well done then. 455 00:21:33,755 --> 00:21:36,773 - Still one without an alibi. - [VERY ANGRY] Get out of my house! 456 00:21:38,546 --> 00:21:41,546 457 00:21:42,851 --> 00:21:44,162 [WHISPERING] Bye bye. 458 00:21:48,399 --> 00:21:51,305 [INDISTINCT CHATTER IN THE BACKGROUND] 459 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,110 [TENSION BUILDING] 460 00:21:56,112 --> 00:21:59,581 [RHYTHMIC MUSIC] 461 00:22:09,312 --> 00:22:10,512 Oi! 462 00:22:11,508 --> 00:22:12,719 Thanks pal. 463 00:22:14,016 --> 00:22:17,016 464 00:22:31,882 --> 00:22:34,882 [TENSE MUSIC] 465 00:22:42,875 --> 00:22:44,234 (ARTHUR) Looking for me? 466 00:22:45,735 --> 00:22:49,429 Delivery boy just brought this message from Mr Houdini. 467 00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:56,900 Are you investing Spring Heel'd Jack? 468 00:22:57,589 --> 00:23:00,879 Police have requested my assistance, yes. 469 00:23:01,277 --> 00:23:04,655 Wendall says three people in his neighbourhood were attacked last night. 470 00:23:04,657 --> 00:23:06,617 Really? I heard nothing of this! 471 00:23:06,890 --> 00:23:09,283 - Who's Wendall? - Boy at school. 472 00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:12,406 Said that he heard it from another boy down the street. 473 00:23:12,408 --> 00:23:16,066 Said the victims had there eyes gouged out and were forced to eat them. 474 00:23:16,068 --> 00:23:17,956 - Eat them? - Wendall says Spring Heel'd Jack's 475 00:23:17,958 --> 00:23:19,443 a demon from hell. 476 00:23:19,445 --> 00:23:21,113 Well, you tell Wendall 477 00:23:21,591 --> 00:23:23,554 the probability of this being a demon, 478 00:23:23,556 --> 00:23:25,596 is about the same as it being a dragon. 479 00:23:27,367 --> 00:23:29,186 So quite low indeed. 480 00:23:29,594 --> 00:23:32,558 But, there is still a chance, then. 481 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:33,760 Kingsley, 482 00:23:34,405 --> 00:23:36,690 you have nothing to be afraid of. 483 00:23:37,258 --> 00:23:38,594 I'm not afraid! 484 00:23:38,969 --> 00:23:40,188 There's a good man. 485 00:23:40,977 --> 00:23:43,368 [PIERCING SOUND ] 486 00:23:48,281 --> 00:23:50,469 [BAR AMBIANCE] 487 00:23:52,539 --> 00:23:54,147 - (DOYLE) Hello. - (LADY) Good evening. 488 00:23:54,898 --> 00:23:56,594 [LAUGHTER] 489 00:23:57,454 --> 00:23:58,654 (ARTHUR) Hello. 490 00:23:59,779 --> 00:24:01,906 - Evening Sir! - Ah, good evening. Oh no, thank you. 491 00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:04,099 Please, don't do that. Thank you. I'm a married man. 492 00:24:04,101 --> 00:24:05,523 [LADIES CHUCKLE] 493 00:24:08,329 --> 00:24:09,948 (DOYLE) Ah, hello. 494 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:11,523 - Hello handsome. - Hello, good evening. 495 00:24:11,525 --> 00:24:14,847 Um, I'm actually, er, looking for a gentleman. 496 00:24:14,849 --> 00:24:16,951 - Yes? - Er... an... an American. 497 00:24:16,953 --> 00:24:18,979 He said I should meet him... ah, there he is! 498 00:24:18,981 --> 00:24:20,181 Thank you so much. 499 00:24:20,477 --> 00:24:22,286 (HOUDINI) Hey! What took you so long? 500 00:24:22,367 --> 00:24:24,203 You couldn't have met me outside? 501 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:26,399 Could have... 502 00:24:26,602 --> 00:24:28,607 Sophie, tell him about Tuttle. 503 00:24:28,609 --> 00:24:30,672 He's upstairs right now, if you wanna say hello. 504 00:24:30,674 --> 00:24:31,874 Knock first. 505 00:24:32,094 --> 00:24:34,014 He is a frequent customer here, isn't that right? 506 00:24:34,016 --> 00:24:36,820 - Mm-hm, he's here many a night. - Including last night. 507 00:24:36,822 --> 00:24:38,423 And the night of Underhill's death. 508 00:24:38,425 --> 00:24:41,264 So, this is the alibi of which he didn't wish to speak. 509 00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:44,154 If his wife ever found out, she'd gut him like a carp. 510 00:24:44,367 --> 00:24:46,637 What about the threatening note sent to Underhill's flat? 511 00:24:46,639 --> 00:24:49,047 Mr Tuttle wrote it. On that table right there! 512 00:24:49,049 --> 00:24:51,026 Had one of his stable boys delivered it for him. 513 00:24:51,028 --> 00:24:52,340 Thanks Sophie. 514 00:24:56,198 --> 00:24:58,458 Fifty bucks. You won the bet, Doc. 515 00:24:58,615 --> 00:25:00,962 Looks like Tuttle is not our Spring Heel'd Jack. 516 00:25:00,964 --> 00:25:02,775 Which means he is still out there. 517 00:25:03,337 --> 00:25:07,443 [THUNDER AND RAIN POURING] 518 00:25:10,854 --> 00:25:12,948 [TENSE MUSIC] 519 00:25:20,182 --> 00:25:22,010 [DOG BARKING AFAR] 520 00:25:22,041 --> 00:25:24,885 [TENSION BUILDING] 521 00:25:30,018 --> 00:25:32,463 522 00:25:35,049 --> 00:25:37,283 - [STARTLED] Ah! - [PIERCING SOUND] 523 00:25:40,650 --> 00:25:42,247 Help me! Help! 524 00:25:42,376 --> 00:25:44,018 [SCARY AMBIANCE] 525 00:25:44,290 --> 00:25:45,757 Ah! Help! 526 00:25:45,759 --> 00:25:47,211 [PIERCING NOISE INCREASING] 527 00:25:47,213 --> 00:25:49,110 - Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! - [ROARING]. 528 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:53,573 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 529 00:25:53,697 --> 00:25:55,968 (DOYLE) Excuse me, please. Thank you. 530 00:25:55,970 --> 00:25:58,116 [TRAGIC MUSIC] 531 00:25:58,118 --> 00:25:59,686 (CONSTABLE) No closer, please. 532 00:26:05,158 --> 00:26:07,594 - Move along please people. - [CROWD MUTTERING] 533 00:26:14,483 --> 00:26:15,683 Thank you. 534 00:26:17,039 --> 00:26:19,195 His name is Herbert Ogilvie. 535 00:26:19,197 --> 00:26:21,229 He's the landlord of the local slum. 536 00:26:21,231 --> 00:26:23,913 Witness caught a glimpse of him being followed by a shadowy figure, 537 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:25,454 but didn't see the actual death. 538 00:26:25,456 --> 00:26:28,376 Landlords have enemies, starting with everyone who rents from them. 539 00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:31,303 (STRATTON) A weasel of a man, is how he was described. 540 00:26:31,305 --> 00:26:33,341 Paranoid, believing everyone was out to get him. 541 00:26:33,343 --> 00:26:35,281 (DOYLE) He lived in fear. Another perfect target. 542 00:26:35,283 --> 00:26:37,092 Everyone's living in fear now. 543 00:26:37,094 --> 00:26:38,929 I'm getting more reports from terrified people 544 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,433 claiming they heard someone on the roof, 545 00:26:40,435 --> 00:26:42,001 - appearing in their windows. - (BIGGS) Working on the case. 546 00:26:42,003 --> 00:26:44,424 (HOUDINI) So what's your solution? The way to stop the Spring Heel'd Jack 547 00:26:44,426 --> 00:26:46,570 from attacking again is to eliminate fear? 548 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:49,012 Spring Heel'd Jack you say? Did me some research. 549 00:26:49,014 --> 00:26:51,866 Did you know, he is a actual demon escaped from hell. 550 00:26:51,868 --> 00:26:54,170 [WEARILY] There's no demon, Biggs. Just a killer with 551 00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:56,023 - a flair for the dramatic. - I'll say. 552 00:26:56,025 --> 00:26:57,641 Strong too, yeah? 553 00:26:57,736 --> 00:27:00,694 Skewering that poor bloke like a shish kebab. 554 00:27:01,759 --> 00:27:04,232 Hello. And who might you be? 555 00:27:04,234 --> 00:27:06,440 (HOUDINI) This is Constable Adelaide Stratton. 556 00:27:06,442 --> 00:27:08,242 - Constable? - Scotland Yard's 557 00:27:08,244 --> 00:27:10,122 first ever female police officer. 558 00:27:10,124 --> 00:27:12,736 And a bit of jam to boot. What a story! 559 00:27:12,738 --> 00:27:14,749 S'pose you sit down with me, for an interview. 560 00:27:14,751 --> 00:27:17,591 [DISDAINFULLY] No, thank you. I'm quite busy at the moment. 561 00:27:17,593 --> 00:27:19,602 Not a problem, I'm a patient man. 562 00:27:20,033 --> 00:27:22,353 - You basting that bird, Harry? - You're vile. 563 00:27:22,355 --> 00:27:25,114 Oh now, hang on Mr Doyle. We're just having a laugh here. 564 00:27:25,116 --> 00:27:27,069 (DOYLE) Not just your comments. Everything you do. 565 00:27:27,071 --> 00:27:30,337 Your reckless exaggerations are creating panic in this city. 566 00:27:30,339 --> 00:27:33,132 Well. We're just doing our jobs, aren't we? Trying to hook the audience. 567 00:27:33,134 --> 00:27:35,054 Harry's got his tricks. You and me spin yarns. 568 00:27:35,056 --> 00:27:36,896 [DOYLE ANGRILY] You write the news! 569 00:27:37,166 --> 00:27:39,678 The press have a responsibility to report the facts. 570 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,098 Not spin yarns to sale more papers. 571 00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:44,439 Well, the fact is, Mr Doyle, there is a demon. 572 00:27:44,441 --> 00:27:46,739 - Not a demon. - And people need to know about it, 573 00:27:46,741 --> 00:27:48,109 for there own protection. 574 00:27:48,111 --> 00:27:50,389 Yeah, if that poor fella had read my story, 575 00:27:51,196 --> 00:27:52,790 he'd probably still be alive. 576 00:27:53,368 --> 00:27:55,298 [SAD MUSIC] 577 00:27:55,527 --> 00:27:57,259 Of course he is a friend of yours. 578 00:27:57,261 --> 00:27:58,811 Not anymore. 579 00:28:01,493 --> 00:28:04,402 [INDISTINCT HEATED CONVERSATIONS] 580 00:28:04,404 --> 00:28:10,900 [RING TONE] 581 00:28:10,902 --> 00:28:12,974 (MERRING) Double the foot patrols. Round the clock shifts. 582 00:28:12,976 --> 00:28:14,344 Call in every available officer. 583 00:28:14,346 --> 00:28:15,619 - What's all this? - (GUDGETT) We're under siege, 584 00:28:15,621 --> 00:28:17,531 - is what it is. - And not just here. 585 00:28:17,533 --> 00:28:20,788 Hospitals are reporting people seizing with violent fits, 586 00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:23,581 after being assaulted by this so called Spring Heel'd Jack. 587 00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:25,911 Four more attacks. Two of them minutes apart. 588 00:28:25,913 --> 00:28:27,484 Miles away from each other. 589 00:28:27,486 --> 00:28:28,999 (MERRING) So not only is this Jack fellow 590 00:28:29,001 --> 00:28:30,818 capable of leaping to the rooftops, 591 00:28:31,016 --> 00:28:34,223 it seems now he can bound from one side of the city to the other. 592 00:28:34,225 --> 00:28:36,048 We also got vigilante gang out in the streets 593 00:28:36,050 --> 00:28:37,981 all trying to be the first to capture him. 594 00:28:38,195 --> 00:28:39,395 Now if you'll... 595 00:28:40,281 --> 00:28:41,586 What's got into you? 596 00:28:41,588 --> 00:28:44,669 Ah, strange itch. Like a rash coming up. 597 00:28:44,974 --> 00:28:46,305 You smell something? 598 00:28:47,931 --> 00:28:50,813 Yeah, some kind of gas, or something in the air. 599 00:28:51,390 --> 00:28:53,362 (MERRING) Nonsense, the air's fine. 600 00:28:53,501 --> 00:28:56,796 If you ask me, these reports are nothing but copycat attacks. 601 00:28:56,798 --> 00:28:59,227 Do what they want, and let the demon take the blame. 602 00:28:59,229 --> 00:29:01,962 Or we are in fact, dealing with a phantom that's not human. 603 00:29:01,964 --> 00:29:05,096 Spring Heel'd Jack has been attacking London for over a hundred years! 604 00:29:05,257 --> 00:29:06,702 Feeding on fear. 605 00:29:06,853 --> 00:29:09,186 Each appearance preceded a great tragedy. 606 00:29:09,188 --> 00:29:11,343 Hey, yeah, wait, you're... you're itching too! 607 00:29:12,898 --> 00:29:14,098 And look, 608 00:29:14,334 --> 00:29:15,983 [TENSION BUILDING] 609 00:29:16,102 --> 00:29:17,773 Right, open the windows! 610 00:29:18,398 --> 00:29:21,021 You! Open the windows! We're being gassed! 611 00:29:21,023 --> 00:29:23,367 [LOUD SCARED SCREAMS] 612 00:29:23,702 --> 00:29:26,512 All right wait, wait! There is no itch! 613 00:29:27,061 --> 00:29:28,678 There is no gas. 614 00:29:29,998 --> 00:29:31,818 He made it up. 615 00:29:32,068 --> 00:29:34,308 Harry's wonderful little performance 616 00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:38,086 gave us an example of what is known as emotional contagion. 617 00:29:38,088 --> 00:29:41,221 Also called mass hysteria. There is plenty of cases over the years. 618 00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:43,143 My favourite is the meowing nuns. 619 00:29:45,346 --> 00:29:47,789 (HOUDINI) There is no demon. Not even copycats. 620 00:29:47,791 --> 00:29:49,906 Just people, running from shadows. 621 00:29:50,096 --> 00:29:52,395 I'll concede mass hysteria may be in play here. 622 00:29:52,397 --> 00:29:55,633 But it can't be all imagined, we have two dead bodies! 623 00:29:55,635 --> 00:29:58,024 There is something out there attacking people. 624 00:29:58,026 --> 00:29:59,433 Yes, so let's catch him! 625 00:29:59,650 --> 00:30:01,971 And then all this fear eating demon hysteria 626 00:30:01,973 --> 00:30:03,651 - will vanish. - I agree. 627 00:30:03,845 --> 00:30:06,212 I'll compile a list of Ogilvie recent evictees. 628 00:30:06,214 --> 00:30:08,643 Hopefully, one of them has a connection with the others victims. 629 00:30:08,645 --> 00:30:10,515 Good. Harry and I will help you look through it. 630 00:30:10,517 --> 00:30:12,541 (STRATTON) Don't bother. I can manage. 631 00:30:17,229 --> 00:30:20,448 [VIBRATING SOUND] 632 00:30:29,281 --> 00:30:32,454 [SAD MUSIC TURNING UNCOMFORTABLE] 633 00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:35,754 - ...stop him! It's up to us now. - Just come now lads... come on! 634 00:30:36,644 --> 00:30:39,463 - Yeah, - What's that got to do with it? 635 00:30:39,465 --> 00:30:40,394 636 00:30:40,396 --> 00:30:43,705 Spring Heel'd Jack... he has to be stopped! 637 00:30:43,707 --> 00:30:45,228 - Come on lads. Right! - Yeah! 638 00:30:45,230 --> 00:30:47,136 - Spring Heel'd Jack. - (CONSTABLE) That's enough lads. 639 00:30:47,138 --> 00:30:48,973 - It's time to go. - All right then, all right. 640 00:30:48,975 --> 00:30:50,882 [MEN ARGUING] 641 00:30:52,993 --> 00:30:56,610 [SPOOKY MUSIC] 642 00:31:07,672 --> 00:31:10,672 643 00:31:10,674 --> 00:31:14,236 [INTENSIFYING MUSIC] 644 00:31:22,424 --> 00:31:26,557 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 645 00:31:27,399 --> 00:31:30,119 - [STRATTON STRIKES WITH FORCE] Ugh! - [MAN EXCLAIMS IN PAIN] Aw! Oh! 646 00:31:31,336 --> 00:31:32,766 Doctor Doyle?! 647 00:31:32,768 --> 00:31:34,063 [DOYLE MOANING] 648 00:31:34,806 --> 00:31:36,162 Are you following me? 649 00:31:36,314 --> 00:31:39,194 I was worried about you walking alone. 650 00:31:39,196 --> 00:31:40,658 I'm a police officer, 651 00:31:40,660 --> 00:31:43,758 - I can take care of myself! - Yes. Quite right. 652 00:31:44,025 --> 00:31:47,519 Um... listen, you should know how... 653 00:31:47,743 --> 00:31:49,815 terribly sorry I am, 654 00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,501 for breaking into your flat. 655 00:31:51,503 --> 00:31:53,546 But we were lead to believe you were quite ill. 656 00:31:53,729 --> 00:31:55,792 You can't fault me for worrying about you. 657 00:31:57,376 --> 00:31:59,408 But seeing you in such good health, 658 00:31:59,643 --> 00:32:01,861 one begins to wonder if you're even... 659 00:32:01,863 --> 00:32:03,378 ill at all? 660 00:32:03,673 --> 00:32:06,217 [HOOVES AFAR] 661 00:32:06,603 --> 00:32:08,940 - If there is anything troubling you, - There isn't! 662 00:32:09,509 --> 00:32:10,884 [SIGHS] I mean to say, 663 00:32:10,886 --> 00:32:13,077 - if you need any help, perhaps I... - I don't need any help. 664 00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:15,379 I'm fine! I can take care of myself! 665 00:32:16,432 --> 00:32:18,240 - [SIGHS] - 666 00:32:19,244 --> 00:32:22,361 [STRANGE MUSIC] 667 00:32:27,438 --> 00:32:31,405 [FOOTSTEPS] 668 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,846 [TENSION BUILDING] 669 00:32:52,298 --> 00:32:53,587 [KNOCKS ON THE DOOR] 670 00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:55,478 [HOUDINI UNHAPPILY] Ah! 671 00:32:56,283 --> 00:32:58,619 [DYNAMIC MUSIC] 672 00:33:09,761 --> 00:33:10,961 [CHUCKLES] 673 00:33:10,963 --> 00:33:13,924 Well, you shouldn't be out and about. Not with a demon on the loose. 674 00:33:15,955 --> 00:33:18,674 Huh-oh! Your humble abode. 675 00:33:21,001 --> 00:33:22,980 I've discovered something about Nigel Pennington, 676 00:33:22,982 --> 00:33:25,611 the man who sent that telegram to Constable Stratton. 677 00:33:25,613 --> 00:33:28,819 He's a businessman. Known to be quite a philanderer. 678 00:33:28,821 --> 00:33:30,447 - Boyfriend? - I don't know. 679 00:33:30,507 --> 00:33:32,109 I think I may have seen him this evening, 680 00:33:32,111 --> 00:33:33,967 spying on Adelaide as she walked home. 681 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:36,645 And, you know this because you were spying on her as well? 682 00:33:36,647 --> 00:33:40,633 It was very sinister, him lurking in the shadows. If it was indeed him. 683 00:33:41,362 --> 00:33:43,878 Definitely not the behaviour of a romantic interest. 684 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,674 I asked her if anything was troubling her, she was very evasive. 685 00:33:46,676 --> 00:33:49,375 That ring we found, the one with the strange symbol, his? 686 00:33:50,011 --> 00:33:51,780 I don't get it. Why all the secrecy? 687 00:33:51,782 --> 00:33:53,789 You'd think she'd come to trust us by now. 688 00:33:54,162 --> 00:33:56,314 Is that concern I detect? 689 00:33:56,466 --> 00:33:57,774 Or jealousy? 690 00:33:57,959 --> 00:33:59,907 I have nothing to be jealous about. 691 00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:07,596 [GIGGLES] 692 00:34:07,598 --> 00:34:09,543 You don't have to hide it, you know? 693 00:34:09,545 --> 00:34:11,870 Uh... it was sitting out there, in plain sight. 694 00:34:12,098 --> 00:34:13,298 The opium. 695 00:34:13,379 --> 00:34:16,650 Sweaty brow, constricted pupils, open window. 696 00:34:16,931 --> 00:34:20,221 Do you smoke to ease the pain you claim you don't have? 697 00:34:20,712 --> 00:34:23,016 Or perhaps to eliminate your fears? 698 00:34:23,018 --> 00:34:24,793 No, you can't eliminate fear, Doc. 699 00:34:24,962 --> 00:34:26,650 - Nor should you ever want to! - Nonsense! 700 00:34:26,652 --> 00:34:28,147 We should all make such an effort. 701 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:30,099 It's a harsh, often cruel word. 702 00:34:30,808 --> 00:34:33,017 We should confront those cruelties with strength. 703 00:34:33,019 --> 00:34:35,474 - Not withdraw into cowardliness. - I agree. 704 00:34:35,476 --> 00:34:38,039 (DOYLE) But fear erodes strength. 705 00:34:38,041 --> 00:34:39,565 It diminishes us, 706 00:34:39,567 --> 00:34:41,734 makes us vulnerable. 707 00:34:43,133 --> 00:34:45,699 - To demons? - To anyone seeking a victim. 708 00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:48,197 No, fear is a good thing. 709 00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:50,656 Helps us survive. 710 00:34:50,970 --> 00:34:52,374 Every time... 711 00:34:52,830 --> 00:34:56,819 I lock myself in that tank my heart is pounding. 712 00:34:56,821 --> 00:34:58,021 [CHUCKLE] 713 00:34:58,353 --> 00:35:01,424 And every beat reminds me that I'm never more alive than when I'm 714 00:35:01,426 --> 00:35:03,124 scared half to death. 715 00:35:03,908 --> 00:35:05,899 But it's only when you admit that you're afraid, 716 00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:08,343 the fear loses its power over you. 717 00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:13,127 [PIERCING SOUND] 718 00:35:14,914 --> 00:35:19,452 [WIND BLOWING THE WINDOWS] 719 00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:20,944 [FLUTTERING NOISE] 720 00:35:20,946 --> 00:35:22,923 - [BREAKING NOISE] - Ah! 721 00:35:23,406 --> 00:35:24,930 [WINDOWS CRASHES OPEN AND CREAKS] 722 00:35:25,999 --> 00:35:27,632 [SCREAMING] Father! Father! 723 00:35:27,634 --> 00:35:29,047 Father! 724 00:35:29,049 --> 00:35:30,958 - Kinglsey! - Father! 725 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,710 Father, Father! 726 00:35:32,712 --> 00:35:34,475 Father! Father! 727 00:35:34,477 --> 00:35:36,873 - Father! Father! - Kinglsey! 728 00:35:36,875 --> 00:35:39,020 - Father! Please! - Kingsley! 729 00:35:39,022 --> 00:35:40,616 [KINGLSEY SHOUTING HIMSELF HOARSE] 730 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:46,038 [DISTRAUGHT] It's Spring Heel'd Jack. He's come for me. [PANTING] 731 00:35:46,039 --> 00:35:48,592 He was touching my arm. Then he opened my windows 732 00:35:48,594 --> 00:35:51,948 - and slammed my door! - It's all right. There's no one here. 733 00:35:52,382 --> 00:35:55,446 There's a storm coming in. The wind is blowing the branches against the wall. 734 00:35:55,448 --> 00:35:57,984 A gust blew the window open and slammed the door shut. 735 00:35:58,851 --> 00:36:01,007 [SOBBING] 736 00:36:01,009 --> 00:36:02,386 Kinglsey, 737 00:36:02,545 --> 00:36:04,071 oh, come on. 738 00:36:04,073 --> 00:36:07,128 You mustn't be afraid. Come on. 739 00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:10,295 - [SOBBING] - Stalwart men are we, yes? 740 00:36:10,911 --> 00:36:12,261 All right? 741 00:36:13,995 --> 00:36:15,357 Now go to bed. 742 00:36:22,408 --> 00:36:25,408 [FLUTTERING NOISE] 743 00:36:25,463 --> 00:36:29,815 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC] 744 00:36:34,035 --> 00:36:36,107 _ 745 00:36:37,699 --> 00:36:40,009 [LOW CONFIDENT] Read it 'ere first, 746 00:36:40,105 --> 00:36:41,658 ha'penny a rag. 747 00:36:42,663 --> 00:36:45,401 Spring Heel'd Jack strikes again. [ECHOING IN THE EMPTY STREET] 748 00:36:46,798 --> 00:36:48,395 No one is safe. 749 00:36:57,128 --> 00:36:59,050 Hey, the housekeeper said you were here. 750 00:36:59,052 --> 00:37:01,391 Let me guess, you were in there, trying to convince the publisher 751 00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:03,641 to either gag, fire, or kill Biggs. 752 00:37:03,643 --> 00:37:06,250 From the expression on your face, you failed on all three. 753 00:37:06,252 --> 00:37:08,142 The city's paralysed. It's only gonna get worse 754 00:37:08,144 --> 00:37:09,835 as long as that hack keeps fearmongering. 755 00:37:09,837 --> 00:37:11,197 So let's shut him up. 756 00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:13,089 Ogilvie's recent evictees. 757 00:37:13,091 --> 00:37:15,696 - (DOYLE) Vladimir Palinov. - (STRATTON) Another Russian. 758 00:37:17,339 --> 00:37:19,081 Yes, I know Vladimir. 759 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:21,460 He emigrated here two years ago. 760 00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:23,720 He wanted to court me. 761 00:37:23,856 --> 00:37:25,852 Bought me gifts he could not afford. 762 00:37:25,950 --> 00:37:28,164 (STRATTON) But you didn't share his affections? 763 00:37:28,301 --> 00:37:30,817 See, I wanted to be delicate. 764 00:37:31,352 --> 00:37:32,946 But he was furious. 765 00:37:32,948 --> 00:37:36,074 Palinov was angry at Natalia for jilting him, and Ogilvie for evicting him. 766 00:37:36,076 --> 00:37:37,793 What about Underhill? Why kill him? 767 00:37:37,795 --> 00:37:41,049 - I don't know, let's ask Palinov. - Do you know where we can find him? 768 00:37:41,431 --> 00:37:42,673 Yes. 769 00:37:44,548 --> 00:37:47,548 [JAUNTY MUSIC] 770 00:37:54,525 --> 00:37:56,500 - _ - (HOUDINI) Of course! 771 00:37:56,502 --> 00:37:59,666 Who better to leap to the rooftop than a gymnast? 772 00:38:01,916 --> 00:38:03,367 Vladimir Palinov? 773 00:38:04,468 --> 00:38:05,668 Yes? 774 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:08,174 I'm Constable Stratton of Scotland Yard. 775 00:38:08,176 --> 00:38:09,413 What do you want? 776 00:38:09,415 --> 00:38:10,858 Spring Heel'd Jack! 777 00:38:11,049 --> 00:38:13,186 (DOYLE) You're aware of the recent attacks? 778 00:38:13,188 --> 00:38:14,684 (PALINOV) You think I'm responsible? 779 00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:16,325 (HOUDINI) Just how good of a gymnast are you? 780 00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:19,380 It's come to our attention that you know two of the victims in the attacks. 781 00:38:19,382 --> 00:38:21,802 Herbert Ogilvie and Natalia Korshenko. 782 00:38:21,804 --> 00:38:23,703 Natalia wishes me harm, 783 00:38:23,705 --> 00:38:25,439 because I reject her. 784 00:38:25,441 --> 00:38:27,333 Really? She had it the other way around. 785 00:38:27,486 --> 00:38:29,652 There was another victim, Barrett Underhill. 786 00:38:29,654 --> 00:38:32,254 - Are you familiar with him? - No, I don't know him. 787 00:38:32,411 --> 00:38:35,669 I'm here every night. Speak to people I work with. 788 00:38:35,671 --> 00:38:38,465 You will see. I am not responsible. 789 00:38:56,970 --> 00:38:58,698 [CLOAK BILLOWS IN THE WIND] 790 00:39:03,065 --> 00:39:04,729 [FLAPPING SOUND] 791 00:39:08,236 --> 00:39:09,580 [ROAR] 792 00:39:09,582 --> 00:39:10,950 - [EXPLOSION] - [BIGGS SHRIEKS] 793 00:39:13,437 --> 00:39:15,147 What the hell are you doing, you halfwit?! 794 00:39:15,149 --> 00:39:17,322 I almost dropped a brick in my trousers. 795 00:39:18,579 --> 00:39:19,797 Listen, 796 00:39:19,992 --> 00:39:22,033 we need to lay low, for awhile. 797 00:39:22,034 --> 00:39:23,940 Home Secretary's called for more cops on patrol. 798 00:39:23,942 --> 00:39:26,856 So I'll tell you, when it's time for the next job. 799 00:39:28,659 --> 00:39:31,286 And ditch that suit before you give us away. 800 00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:36,450 Too late. 801 00:39:37,524 --> 00:39:39,204 [FOOTSTEPS] 802 00:39:39,853 --> 00:39:42,450 (DOYLE) Strontium aluminate. A luminescent powder. 803 00:39:43,182 --> 00:39:44,932 Mix it with daubs of candle wax, 804 00:39:44,934 --> 00:39:46,910 and you have a pair of glowing read eyes. 805 00:39:47,293 --> 00:39:48,493 Ethanol. 806 00:39:48,495 --> 00:39:50,859 When ignited, it burns with a blue flame. 807 00:39:50,861 --> 00:39:53,444 (STRATTON) Your friend, the gymnast, denied responsibility. 808 00:39:53,447 --> 00:39:56,858 But when presented with this evidence, he soon confessed. 809 00:39:57,126 --> 00:39:58,680 (DOYLE) He was, however, partially correct 810 00:39:58,682 --> 00:40:00,845 when he said he wasn't the person responsible. 811 00:40:00,847 --> 00:40:03,717 That designation would fall on the man who hired him. 812 00:40:04,063 --> 00:40:05,263 You! 813 00:40:05,265 --> 00:40:08,265 814 00:40:08,743 --> 00:40:10,536 Read it 'ere first! 815 00:40:10,618 --> 00:40:12,033 Ha'penny a rag. 816 00:40:12,035 --> 00:40:14,715 Spring Heel'd Jack behind bars. 817 00:40:14,717 --> 00:40:16,460 Read it 'ere first! 818 00:40:16,462 --> 00:40:17,908 Ha'penny a rag. 819 00:40:18,066 --> 00:40:20,822 Spring Heel'd Jack put behind bars. 820 00:40:21,024 --> 00:40:22,690 'Ere you are. Thank you, sir. 821 00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:32,415 Come to gloat? 822 00:40:32,556 --> 00:40:34,192 Came to show you your paper. 823 00:40:35,087 --> 00:40:37,297 (BIGGS) Oh, look at that. 824 00:40:37,299 --> 00:40:39,580 Now I'm as famous as Arthur Conan Doyle. 825 00:40:39,582 --> 00:40:40,820 (HOUDINI) Congratulations. 826 00:40:40,822 --> 00:40:43,283 Now you can sign autograph for the other convicts. 827 00:40:44,555 --> 00:40:46,086 No one was supposed to get hurt. 828 00:40:46,502 --> 00:40:49,816 Only hired that idiot to scare some people, goose the story. 829 00:40:49,818 --> 00:40:52,253 But that landlord got kebabed by accident. 830 00:40:52,255 --> 00:40:55,053 He was trying to get away, climbed the fence, and slipped. 831 00:40:55,055 --> 00:40:56,674 And Underhill, he slipped too? 832 00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:58,869 What are you on about? 833 00:40:59,197 --> 00:41:00,740 I had nothing to do with that one! 834 00:41:00,742 --> 00:41:02,001 (HOUDINI) You showed up at the crime scene 835 00:41:02,003 --> 00:41:04,643 very conveniently taking the temperature of the investigation; 836 00:41:04,645 --> 00:41:06,484 asking if I knew about Spring Heel'd Jack. 837 00:41:06,486 --> 00:41:08,262 I didn't know anything about Spring Heel'd Jack 838 00:41:08,264 --> 00:41:10,461 until I heard Mr Doyle mention him to you. 839 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:14,600 Doctor Doyle. 840 00:41:16,752 --> 00:41:18,103 [CHAIR SCRAPING ON FLOOR] 841 00:41:22,937 --> 00:41:24,953 [PIANO MUSIC] 842 00:41:26,304 --> 00:41:27,504 Seen this? 843 00:41:28,048 --> 00:41:29,689 The dragon is slain. 844 00:41:30,024 --> 00:41:32,343 It's all right Father, I'm not afraid. 845 00:41:32,345 --> 00:41:33,643 Of course you aren't. 846 00:41:35,902 --> 00:41:38,902 847 00:41:39,447 --> 00:41:41,092 But it's all right if you are. 848 00:41:42,830 --> 00:41:45,830 849 00:41:51,689 --> 00:41:53,183 [DOOR CLOSING] 850 00:42:01,193 --> 00:42:03,939 [BREATHES DEEPLY] 851 00:42:04,455 --> 00:42:06,728 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 852 00:42:07,510 --> 00:42:10,588 [FUNKY MUSIC] 853 00:42:23,416 --> 00:42:26,127 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 854 00:42:27,064 --> 00:42:28,392 Stop, stop! 855 00:42:30,978 --> 00:42:33,978 856 00:42:40,493 --> 00:42:41,733 Pennington? 857 00:42:42,338 --> 00:42:43,565 Arthur Conan Doyle. 858 00:42:43,777 --> 00:42:46,719 - The author? - And colleague of Constable Stratton. 859 00:42:46,876 --> 00:42:50,101 May I enquire as to the nature of the conversation you just had with her? 860 00:42:50,322 --> 00:42:52,275 Perhaps you should ask the Constable. 861 00:42:52,277 --> 00:42:54,004 I won't let you harm her. 862 00:42:54,580 --> 00:42:56,408 I intend nothing of the sort. 863 00:42:56,907 --> 00:42:58,973 I'm merely a friend of her husband. 864 00:43:05,908 --> 00:43:08,908 865 00:43:10,032 --> 00:43:12,055 Constable Stratton is married. 866 00:43:12,796 --> 00:43:14,597 [KIDS LAUGHING IN THE BACKGROUND] 867 00:43:15,306 --> 00:43:16,506 Wait a minute, 868 00:43:16,821 --> 00:43:19,274 you saw her flat. Did it look like anyone else live there? 869 00:43:19,808 --> 00:43:21,009 No. 870 00:43:21,626 --> 00:43:24,236 Maybe they're divorced. Separated. 871 00:43:24,238 --> 00:43:25,719 Then why not tell us that? 872 00:43:27,157 --> 00:43:28,465 Biggs... 873 00:43:29,025 --> 00:43:31,470 claims he had nothing to do with Underhill's death. 874 00:43:31,472 --> 00:43:34,803 Said he hired the gymnast to play Spring Heel'd Jack after Underhill was killed. 875 00:43:34,805 --> 00:43:36,643 (HOUDINI) Ah, we're back where we started. 876 00:43:38,564 --> 00:43:41,830 You know, maybe Underhill did fall out of the window. By accident. 877 00:43:41,832 --> 00:43:45,145 Maybe all those other attacks throughout the years started the same way, 878 00:43:45,314 --> 00:43:48,207 strange accident, triggering mass hysteria. 879 00:43:48,955 --> 00:43:50,155 Or, 880 00:43:50,346 --> 00:43:51,775 perhaps, 881 00:43:51,777 --> 00:43:54,626 Spring Heel'd Jack was responsible. 882 00:43:56,416 --> 00:43:57,616 [HOUDINI CHUCKLES] 883 00:43:57,618 --> 00:43:59,536 All right. Tell me this then. If he was, 884 00:43:59,538 --> 00:44:02,564 what great communal tragedy did this appearance foretell? 885 00:44:02,566 --> 00:44:04,385 [ENGINE COMING CLOSER] 886 00:44:10,945 --> 00:44:13,726 Oh yes, that's much better. 887 00:44:13,806 --> 00:44:15,096 [CHUCKLES] 888 00:44:15,165 --> 00:44:18,275 - _ - [HOUDINI EXHALES IN RELIEF] 889 00:44:18,277 --> 00:44:20,171 [DRAMATIC SOUND] 890 00:44:20,173 --> 00:44:21,856 [INTENSIFYING SOUND] 891 00:44:21,858 --> 00:44:25,858 Sync and transcription by LittleDuck and vivelalto 892 00:44:25,860 --> 00:44:29,860 Corrected by PetaG www.addic7ed.com 893 00:44:29,910 --> 00:44:34,460 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 66137

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