 Good evening friends This is your host again to welcome you through the creaking door into the inner sanctum Come in Come on in. I want you to meet Ambrose our Man-shy ghost the other night in a graveyard. He bumped into a human and was so frightened. He turned flesh color Yes, poor Ambrose He's got a bad case of ants in his fantasies He's so upset. He's just a ghost of his former ghost Where's the time when we held high hope for Ambrose? Oh, yes at abnormal you he was cited by his crass mates as the Personality most likely to split And now let's visit murder mansion For over a hundred years the old house is stood on the cliff Weathering the relentless ocean winds that have battered at its gray shingles Now in the living room the real estate agent and the new buyer are completing the arrangements of sale Only one thing bothers me mr. Griffin That graveyard just outside the window there Are you sure nothing can be done about it? I'm sorry mr. Burley. You know the condition sat down in the deed The Crandall family burial ground must remain on the property Untampered with hmm those Crandall's must have been a morbid family Having themselves buried right next to the house they lived in yes, they were peculiar. I Guess they figured it was a way of keeping the family together You shouldn't laugh mr. Griffin. What what are you doing here? This is the gentleman who's planning to buy the house mr. Burley's already bought it. Oh I'm sorry. Hey look, what is this Griffin? Who is this woman? I'm Emily Robbins Mr. Burley, please you must sell this house immediately to me sell it. That's ridiculous. I just bought it Mr. Griffin never should have allowed you to now see here. Mrs. Robin just a minute Griffin I want to hear what she has to say. Well, all right, but you can see she Isn't exactly accountable You promised to sell the house to me, but you couldn't wait until I had the money, could you I'm in the real estate business Not charity. Mrs. Robbins. I still want to hear why Griffin shouldn't have sold me this house Because mr. Burley a house isn't just a thing made of wood and stone and mortar It's almost a living breathing creature It accepts and rejects people just the way we do. I Was born a Crandall and only a Crandall may live here Anybody but a Crandall would be an enemy within its walls You'd never spend a happy moment here. Oh, you see mr. Burley. I told you she doesn't make sense Please mr. Burley for your own sake sell it. Ah Oh, you can't frighten me into a quick sale. No, I know a buy when I see it My wife and I will be living here within a few days I'm sorry mr. Burley, but I don't think you will I Don't think you will ever live here Helen oh, Helen Yes, Ada, where's Mrs. Burley? I want to tell her I got that house at my price. Oh, sir You'd better go upstairs. The doctor's still there Dr. What's the matter? Oh, mr. Burley. What is it Ada? What is it? Your wife is dead She seems so well after lunch she was upstairs napping and when she didn't come down at a usual time I went up. I tried to wake up the hell and dead No, it can't be it just can't be I tried to get you everywhere, but she hadn't been sick There's no reason she should die. Dr. Hirschman said the same thing. He said Oh Hello, well, mr. Burley can't come to the phone right now. It's all right, Ada. I'll take it. Yes Hello Can I bring you something mr. Burley? No Ada. Thank you Sir, I know it's none of my business, but maybe you shouldn't have come to live in this house Maybe you should have sold it to Mrs. Robin. I had to come here. I Have to prove to myself that a house can have no evil influence over life and death, of course it can't and yet according to the doctor My wife passed away almost at the very moment I I Bought this house. I'm so confused. I don't know what to think I'm not one to buddy in but you are letting the house have an effect on you Or you haven't moved from that window all evening. I'm just trying to find them things out Standing there staring out at that graveyard. I'm all right now. Let me along. Yes, sir. Good night, mr. Burley. Good night That graveyard out there when the lightning flashed just then I saw it so what? There was a new headstone among the old ones a brand-new headstone Mr. Griffin How long ago was the last candle buried in the graveyard out there the last one. Let's see. Oh Yes, it was a Vincent Crandall. He died 20 years ago 20 years Then his headstone would have been a little worn by this time. Well, sure it would but what are you then? What is the meaning of the new headstone? You come to the window. I showed you oh now mr. Burley There's a brand-new headstone out there over a fresh grade. Oh, but that's impossible I saw it first when the lightning flashed. You must be imagining things and sip yourself They'll take this flashlight Shotted out there on the graves and sip yourself All right, mr. Burley Maybe you better see a doctor Doctor there. They're all old headstones out there The new one is only in your mind Give me that flashlight Mr. Griffin you've been under terrible strain your wife's sudden death and all I don't know What made me think I saw a new headstone out there? I I want to sell this house right away. Well, you know it takes a little time to arrange a sale Well, what about that robin's woman? She'll buy it. She's been bothering me all along to sell it to a missus Robins can't pay you Decent price. I don't care. I'll take anything she offers. I want you to get in touch with that. All right, mr. Burley I'll call her in the morning. No, no, I Can't wait until then I Want this house sold tonight? Mr. Griffin why mr. Burley had to bring me out here this time of the night and he's made up his mind to sell He wants to close the deal tonight Look, mr. Robins. I don't care who gets it just as long as it's at a decent price So you can get a higher commission You're a very selfish man, mr. Griffin and not in business for love your wife. Where can we go? It was as crazy as you are Doesn't he answer the door what's taking him so long No one's screaming came from Save the garage. There's a light in there. Come on No, it's who find out It's a chance I'm going to have to take Ada But that was you who screamed Yes, why what happened? What is it Ada what about mr. Burley he's dead What he left the house an hour ago. I looked out of the window and noticed that the garage here with lit I came out. I found him clumped over in the car dead Well, this place is filled with carbon monoxide films it wouldn't have happened none of it If he hadn't bought the house now look mrs. Robins. This is no time for that superstitious nonsense She's right, mr. Griffin. He is nonsense. What do you mean Ada? Look on the back seat of the car Good Lord a new headstone Everybody want to buy a house the Crandall place is a real buy all you have to give for it is your life Too bad about our friend mr. Burley, huh? All he was getting a bargain basement, but instead he's ended up in a basement. He didn't bargain for Yes, he should have taken old lady Robins advice, which in a phrase was one man's manage is another man's More Well, now let's get back to our mystical manner a Week has passed since Burley's death and the real estate agent mr. Griffin has found a new buyer Here's your check mr. Griffin. Thank you mr. Wagner. I consider this house a real buy You're the only person who's had any interest in it since mr. Burley died The place has gotten a bad name most people are superstitious. I guess wouldn't live here if you paid him superstition never bothered me Mr. Griffin, yeah, what are you looking at that way? There's graveyard out there. I I Don't understand Understand What are you trying to say? There were always ten graves out there, I'm sure But now there's a letter I'm sorry, mr. Robins, but nothing you say can persuade me to sell Please mr. Wagner for your own sake. Don't be stubborn. It may cost you your life You know what happened to mr. Burley and his wife. Well, I've always prided myself on being a jink wicker Be sensible that's a very silly reason to to live here. Maybe I have another reason to I mean Charles Burley was a very close friend of mine. Oh, I I didn't know that I told it to mr. Griffin now. I'm telling you I Knew Burley like a brother everything about him Mr. Robbins, he wasn't the type to commit suicide. Oh, but he didn't commit suicide You seem to know a lot about it. I do Then maybe you can tell me who killed him. I can This house is the killer now look. Oh, it is mr. Wagner. I know You don't believe me, do you? Of course not soon. You'll find out that I'm telling the truth That sounds like a threat. No, no, mr. Wagner. I'm not threatening you. I'm just trying to help I'm just giving you a chance to live One more chance to Serve me this house at my price And if I refuse If you don't sell it to me now, but then I'll buy it after your death I see Well, mr. Robbins, there's nothing more we can talk about I'm sure you know your way out Good afternoon. Good day, mr. Wagner What are you doing here? Oh, didn't you know I'm mr. Wagner's new maid Hello Yes Who is this yes, but who is this? Hello Hello, hello Operator get me main 6539 and hurry. Yes, it is connected. What well, that's impossible I just spoke to someone at that number try them again. I'm sorry. Mrs. Robbins What are you doing here at the Crandall house? I was waiting for you, mr. Griffin. I don't understand Come in, please I was the one who called you on the phone to come out here I didn't say who I was because I didn't want to mention names But I tried to get the phone here right after you hung up the operator said the line was disconnected it is The wire has been cut. I walked down the road to the mobile gas station to call you to come out here This is Robbins. Just what is this all about anyway? Why are you here and where is Ada and mr. Wagner? Ada's left she's gone away What On the hall table over there a note from Ada to mr. Wagner Explaining why she left and what about mr. Wagner himself? Where is he in the dining room? Wait, wait, please don't go in there yet. He's dead Mr. Wagner dead when I came in he was slumped over the table When you came in, huh? With the way you say that mr. Griffin you you make it sound like you think I killed poor mr. Wagner Well, what should I think? Oh, I wouldn't do a thing like that And suppose you tell me exactly what you're doing out here tonight. Well, it's like this mr. Griffin I was home in bed, but I couldn't sleep a Strange feeling kept running through me that I should come out here and try to convince mr. Wagner that He should sell the house before another day pass. Oh a feeling you can believe me. Oh, sure When I arrived out here the door was open and Everything is just as you see it. What about the police? I didn't call them. Why not? Because I wanted to speak to you first speak to me with a murdered man in the next room. It wasn't murder It was just the will of this house and I want this house You do anything to get it, wouldn't you? Yes anything Even murder Yes, Mrs. Robbins. I'm driving down the road to make a phone call to the police What are you doing here? I was watching you and Mrs. Robbins through the window mr. Wagner is dead. I know But how could you you left the house this morning? I saw his body slumped over the table You think the same as I do don't you know what do you mean by that? You suspect mrs. Robbins, too in a way But I also suspect you waiter Me but I can't exactly figure out what your game is game I have no game and why did you leave a note saying you were going away? Not note There's no use lying. I saw it myself on the whole table, but you must be mistaken today is my day off I left the house early this morning. I didn't write a note if you are telling the truth. I am I am Then I know who did write that note You wait right here for me. I'll be back in 10 minutes. Keep your eye on the house Where are you going? The phone inside is disconnected. I'm going down the road to call the police. I'll go with you Why I'd rather not stay here alone. Mrs. Robbins doesn't know you're out here. You're safe But just the same I'd feel better if I went with you. I'm not taking you with me You act as if you're afraid of me Maybe I am but why why? Because when mrs. Burley died you were in the house The same with mr. Burley and now mr. Wagner You were there whenever victim died, Ada. I Won't let you in this car with me I You called the police mr. Griffin. Yes, they're on the way out now By the way, what are you doing here in this kitchen? Oh, I was just walking through the rooms Recalling the happy moments. I spent here when when I was young. You sure that's the only reason Oh, yeah Thought maybe Ada had something to do with it Ada You know very well. She's left. You saw her note Ada didn't write that note Well, I talked to her outside this house 15 minutes ago She was to wait out there for me until I got back She wasn't there. What's happened to her? I didn't see a death But wait What is it about five minutes ago? I I thought I heard something move down the cellar The cellar. Yes, but then I I thought it was just my imagination hold on a minute Just now I heard it too Something or someone is down there Come on. We're going down into the cellar to look around Mr. Griffin look look it's it's lit down there in the cellar. Yes Go on you're going first so I can keep my eye on you Mr. Griffin, what is it the hole in the floor here? Huh, one of the stone flooring slabs has been removed. There's an old well down there I remember it was sealed up when I was a little girl. Yes And I can see the slab was freshly removed. I Wonder why it's Griffin. What now be behind you in the shadows. Look, there's a woman's body It's Ada Yes, I know Why you say it as if you were sure we would find this way I was sure You see Mrs. Robbins I Killed her. I Didn't have quite enough time to dispose of her body in the old well here I heard you moving about upstairs in the kitchen Because she insisted on living in this house like the others then it wasn't this house It wasn't because they weren't grand of course not but your idiotic Superstition about this place helped my plan Mrs. Burley's sudden peculiar death was a lucky coincidence for me It gave me the idea for the others I Needed a series of deaths to completely destroy the value of this place So no one would ever live in it, but why? On several occasions you mentioned my wife, Mrs. Robbins You see you were wrong about her as everybody else was wrong She didn't run away from me She would have that I killed her and her body is down at the bottom of that well Just as a does will be and just as yours will be But the police are coming Foolish old woman. Do you think I really called them now, Mrs. Robbins? You wanted to stay in this house now you will forever You're going to get the thing you wanted You're not going to kill her too Ada No, it can't be you're dead Not yet Complicated, I'm just enough the life. No my leg. Let me go. Let me go the well As they say all as well that ends in a well Folks what about that griffin character just goes to show how a property agent can sink to such a an Unreal a save Yes, sir. That's what I call tripping over your own plot Now, Mrs. Robbins will never be lonely Now when things get dull she can always step outside the house and dig up for relative or two