(I "Stranger In The House" by Wayne Kramer)
(door opens)
Oh, hi, honey. I just got home. I'm still putting away groceries.
I talked to Angie. We're meeting her and
Nelson for dinner, but they can't go till 8.30.
So I thought I'd fix us a little snack to tide us over in the meantime.
Got some really nice cheddar. And some of those Finnish crackers that you like.
(Squeaking)
Yaw.!
- Come on, honey. We're here. - (child) Are we gonna get to stay here?
- Gran! - Sweetie! Look how you've grown.
Good to see you.
- Hi, Tom. - Frank.
You look wonderful.
You're taking very good care of my girl.
- What about me? Did you forget me? - No way, Grandpa. I missed you.
Y'all look great. The rain must agree with you.
I just wish Seattle wasn't so far away.
- We're here a whole week. - Frank put his beeper in a drawer.
- Great, cos we got all kinds of plans. - I thought Dawn would be here.
She called. She can't make it till later. She'll be here for dinner.
Come on in. You both look starved.
And there she is. My little sister, barefoot,
in Cairo. Wearing one of those robes.
- What was it called? - A galabia.
Surrounded by street urchins. She's gone completely native.
That's how Catherine learnt Arabic - by making herself at home with the locals.
I thought us foreign service brats had an image to uphold.
Mommy taught me how to count in Spanish. Uno, dos, tress...
Seville. Another place I won't miss. The heat, the dust.
I loved Spain.
- Frank, don't you travel quite a bit? - More than I'd like to.
Let's not ask him why he travels. Not during dinner.
(Tom) Do you remember the cultural attache in Karachi?
The Texans who got drunk and rode the sacred cow into the market?
- Don't you owe me thanks? - Hell, yes, old buddy. Thanks. Primo.
Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Worth the rush.
I wanted it done while he was here in the area.
He just arrived.
I'm with you.
Photos?
Enjoy.
You see that?
Historical marker. I know 'em all. Every one of 'em. All up and down the state.
Battle of Chancellorsville.
April 27th, 1863. General Robert E Lee and less than 60,000 men
defeated General Joseph Hooker and his army of 120,000.
(French accent) Now, you memorise that. The facts, every word.
You will be tested. Life is about the test. You must pass the test to succeed.
(normal voice) Don't worry.
I won't ever do that to you. I swear.
What time is it in Seattle?
- Seven o'clock. - No wonder I'm not so sleepy.
Hey, look who I brought for you.
My favourite teddy bear. Thank you.
I want you to go to sleep, OK? Grandpa's got
a bunch of things for you to do tomorrow.
- Good night. - Night-night.
Long day-
Yeah.
- Yeah. Did you catch Dawn's little digs? - Mm-hm.
- I'm sorry. - Family.
Why don't you take a bath, get into bed.
I'll see if your parents have any of that Dutch cocoa you used to make me.
I appreciate your doing this. I know it's not exactly a vacation.
I like being away with you.
Makes me feel kinda naughty.
In my parents' house?
They still don't know?
(footsteps)
Hi.
It smells good.
- Did you find everything you need? - Couple of coffee mugs.
- You want some? - No, thanks.
Frank, I want to ask you a favour.
You may remember the Hunzigers. They were at your wedding.
- He was an officer in naval intelligence. - Yeah. Well, he's retired now.
He's very ill. Pancreatic cancer. It's terminal.
I'm sorry.
Four years ago their only son Malcolm was convicted of murdering his wife.
He's currently serving a life sentence.
It's looking like CR is gonna die without ever seeing him.
All prisoners are routinely allowed to visit
a dying family member. I could call someone.
No, that's not the problem.
CR refuses to see his son.
You've seen many tragic situations. I thought
maybe you could give him some perspective.
It's so hard on Adele. It's obvious to
everyone Malcolm committed this horrible crime,
but she still clings to the hope that he's innocent.
If CR would just see him, make some kind of peace with him.
Every day of his son's life is punishment. He shouldn't be punished from the grave.
- Have you got time tomorrow morning? - Yeah.
We could go around then.
- Evening. - I'll need a camp site till Friday.
Pretty early in the year for most folks. Got your pick.
That's why I'm here.
Regulations are on the back.
I know the drill.
Just right. OK.
(I sings "Frére Jacques")
I know all about you. The things you do. From Tom.
He talks of you like you're an ace. A superstar.
So why don't we cut to the chase?
I know Adele must have twisted Tom's arm to get you here.
The authorities are prepared to grant your son Malcolm leave to see you.
Malcolm who?
Malcolm's no son of mine.
- You have any idea what that garbage did? - I know what he was convicted of.
The dinner she'd cooked for him was sitting on the stove while he butchered her.
Do you think someone like that has human feelings?
I've known men that have committed violent crimes to feel remorse.
So what? Who cares what those animals feel? Do you?
I didn't think so.
Tom, you're wasting Frank's time here.
I know you didn't come here to go over Malcolm's case, but...
these are the defence records.
Please, just look them over.
I don't want to see him die like this. I want him to know what I know.
Our son is innocent.
I understand, Mrs Hunziger. I'll go over these as quickly as I can.
(CR) Adele.
I know my husband wants to believe in Malcolm's innocence more than anything.
I just want to make it possible.
They're gone now.
We can talk again.
It's so good to have someone who listens.
- Hi. - Hi.
How'd it go?
Your father's friend is not a very easy man.
I know.
You know...
my dad'I| understand if you just wanna drop this and enjoy yourself.
In fairness, I'd like to check a few things
out, if you don't mind, before I let this go.
Dawn's taking us sightseeing.
I'll miss you.
Catch up with you later. Won't take long.
You promise me you'll try to enjoy yourself here?
I promise.
You must have some juice to get a visit out of hours.
Your father's dying, Malcolm. Would you see him if it were possible?
I'm innocent.
- My father doesn't believe that. - He'd like to.
I loved my wife. What he thinks about me dishonours that.
I'd like to hear your story of what happened.
You've read my statement.
- I want to hear it in your words. - Am I being profiled?
She always had dinner waiting when I'd come home.
I'd try and guess what it was by the smell.
I called out "pot roast". I was smiling, I went into the kitchen.
And she was on her hands and knees on the kitchen floor...
these horrible sounds coming out of a hole in her throat.
But she spoke with her eyes.
Oh, Jesus, the fear.
I was frantic. I grabbed her and carried her out to my car.
We'd only lived there for a few months. I didn't know where a hospital was.
I just pulled over to the side of the road and held her.
That's how the cops found me.
Holding her.
Mommy, look at me.
Whee!
- Yay, Jordan! - OK. Do something funny.
Oh, I have nothing.
Come on. Mom insists that I tape every instant you're here.
Hi, Mom.
. So? . So?
It's great to be face to face with you, Cath.
You always seem so distant on the phone.
I seem distant?
I don't know. Lonely.
I'm not lonely. I have friends.
I have Frank. Jordan.
Well, you may talk to Frank and he may listen, but is he really hearing you?
- You watch too many daytime talk shows. - I'm your sister. I notice things.
Jordan, be careful on the slide.
Look, this is your first vacation in years. Where is he?
- He's doing a favour for Dad. - Yeah. Always some noble thing.
- Where is this coming from? - From seeing you unhappy.
I'm not unhappy.
I love Frank. We're both happy.
Mom! Can we stay here a little longer?
It's fun here! Isn't it fun here?
Fingerprints in her blood all over the kitchen.
Her blood all over his clothes, shoes and car.
He claimed he was taking her to the hospital.
There was no hospital anywhere near.
Prosecutor slam-dunked. They got a semen sample that matched.
- She was his wife, after all. - The jury didn't buy it. Why should we?
Hunziger doesn't fit my profile on this case.
He loved animals. Trained hunting dogs with his dad. Gregarious.
Dated regularly. He was very popular in high
school, which is where he met his future wife.
Very focused on his future. That's not the man that did this.
So he's not a loser who wet his bed and tortured his Easter bunny.
A lot of men who are not serial killers murder their wives.
Her larynx was excised, but it was done very carefully. The jugulars were not cut.
He wanted her alive, but unable to speak. This indicates some organisation.
And some medical training. I'd like to plug
into what you might have on this victim type.
- OK, we'll give you what we have. - Thank you.
- Can I ask you about the Millennium Group? - Yeah, sure.
We admire your effectiveness and envy your lack of bureaucracy.
And don't forget the money. You must be
knocking down a fortune in the private sector.
Not yet.
Everybody has a theory on increasing violence in society.
My wife thinks it's the artificial hormones in beef.
Is it true your people think it's some greater evil out there?
Yeah. That sounds almost like a religious thing.
Yeah, some people have that belief.
What's your take?
I don't think it's the beef.
You startled me.
Are you camping here?
My camp site's over there.
(boy) Mom!
- I cut myself. - What?
I was cutting kindling and the axe slipped.
OK, hold still, Nick. Let me see.
It doesn't look deep. I'll get the first-aid kit.
My name's Henry. Mind if I take a look?
Go ahead.
That's some cut. You're pretty brave about it.
Here. I can take care of this, Nick.
Just clean out any dirt that might have gotten in.
A little antiseptic.
Bandage.
Nice little wrap.
There we go.
And Bob's your uncle.
- You are healed, me boy. - Thanks, mister.
You're awfully good at that. You a doctor?
Just an outdoorsman.
Well, it's getting late.
Yeah, maybe we'll see you again.
You never know.
I really missed you today.
I feel so safe lying here like this with you.
Yeah, I know.
Worlds apart.
It's good for us.
Yeah.
Can we stay like this forever?
Live on fast food.
Get our exercise the old-fashioned way.
Yeah, until Jordan wakes up.
What were you and Jordan up to today?
Um... - The Air and Space Museum. - Mm-hm.
And then to the park, where Dawn unburdened herself about our marriage.
Our marriage?
I don't know what she's doing when she does that.
Trying to fix my life when it doesn't need fixing.
- She's got problems of her own. - Yes.
Finally told her how to work them out.
How'?
Just like we just did.
When we came down from Quebec
I was ashamed of my accent, so I worked hard to lose it.
I wanted to talk like a country music DJ, you know.
(imitates DJ) Here's a fine ol' Hank
Williams for all you broken hearts out there.
I wanted to be a DJ.
She wouldn't let me.
No, I had to be what she wanted.
But you know all about that.
I reckon you heard my whole life story, huh?
(camera clicks)
Oh, hi.
She's a good listener.
(man) Enjoy.
(radio) In Hagerstown, police are still puzzling
over the disappearance of Amy Lee Walker,
who has not been seen since Thursday.
There was no evidence of a break-in at the Walker home...
Might be time for Amy to go home.
Is it time yet, Mommy?
- Not yet, sweetie. - What's she so anxious about?
I'm gonna call the kennel where Benny is.
They'll let her talk to him on speakerphone.
She's so devoted to that dog. Is that a good sign?
She'd be very devoted to a little brother or sister.
OK, not another word. I promise.
- Hi. - Hi.
- What's that? - Information I requested from Quantico.
- I don't think Malcolm killed his wife. - Frank, that's incredible.
- You gonna tell his parents? - I have to be absolutely certain.
I think that when Malcolm came home he interrupted the murder.
It was probably the murderer's first time, he was frightened.
He's still out there.
- How many more has he killed? - Four in this general area.
I have to do some more work on this before I turn it over.
When?
Tomorrow.
So... you're not gonna go with us to the Smithsonian.
No.
I have to check on a crime scene that's three years old.
He prefers fall and late winter.
No victims were found in the summer.
Yeah. It was a cold, rainy day when we got a call from this hiker.
I was surprised anyone was out in the woods.
A hiker called? That wasn't in the police report.
Was he interviewed?
Didn't give a name. Just said his boy thought
he'd seen a body, and gave us a general area.
We get calls all the time. People seeing bears,
wolves, even mountain lion. Most are kooks.
There's the place. Right there at the base of that stump.
Damn, it still makes a shiver run up my spine.
There's a very thick carpet of leaves here.
Yeah, nearly to your knees in the fall.
She was about halfway exposed,
but covered with a clear plastic ground cloth.
- He picked this spot for the leaves. - He knows something about these woods.
20 yards in either direction the slope's too steep to build much litter.
Have to go way down the slope towards the creek.
- No, he needed her close to the camp site. - He just didn't dump her and go?
No. He spent time with her.
She'd listen while he talked.
Summer's coming.
Hot weather's no good for me.
Tourists. Flies.
Don't worry. There won't be any flies on you.
You've done your part.
Now I'll do mine.
You're fine. That's fine.
Yeah, you'll be fine.
So you think Hunziger's wife was done by our so-called "Big Woodsman"?
There isn't a remote similarity in the MO.
The Woodsman is an abductor. Never kills in their homes.
I think Hunziger's wife was his first victim.
When he almost got caught he changed his MO. Abducting, then killing them.
But his signature is the same.
The larynx? The four women our Woodsman has
killed didn't have their larynxes removed.
In one case, the hyoid bone was destroyed. Crushed with bolt cutters.
In another, beaten flat with a hammer.
Two others were garrotted with piano wire, severing their tracheas.
In each case, the aim was to stop them from speaking.
- Silence is golden? - He's silencing somebody he knows.
His wife, or his mother.
Once they're silenced they become a captive audience. They'll listen, be sympathetic.
That's what he wants. That's why he never disfigures their faces.
You think he's got a nagging wife? We've always pegged the Woodsman as a loner.
Well, he never does a blitz attack.
He easily enters middle-class homes and confronts them.
He's comfortable there.
I think that's where he lives. I think he does not live alone.
Amy Lee Walker.
A woman fitting his basic victim profile disappeared a few days ago in Hagerstown.
The parks are empty and it's getting warmer.
This may be his last chance before summer.
The first one was down here in Virginia, near Lynchburg.
Then he moved northward.
Along the camp sites of the Appalachian trail.
The next one should be somewhere up here.
- It's a big area, Frank. - He'll phone it in.
He won't want to leave her out here alone.
(police radio)
(man) Even what's not taped up. It's a crime scene.
(man #2) We missed him. An hour ago a local newspaper got the call.
Man claimed he was fishing. Thought he saw something, but was afraid to get close.
No name.
He'll be watching the news.
Waiting for word that we've found her.
(woman singing)
Qhh!
Ah, little man cabbage, where have you been?
Oh!
Sometimes a mother knows, eh?
Yes, my big brute.
I know where you go.
With those girls, I'll bet, eh?
Yeah, you like those girls that got that yellow hair, huh?
No.
Not so much for you working, eh?
No. All my effort. Make you learn.
You think you get high grade without me? No.
You think you become a registered nurse without me teach you? No.
You ham. Now you have finance to be nurse.
But you don't work.
They call.
There is a job for you.
Here are ten little chores for my big hairy boy.
- So, where did you go? - To the trail.
I teach for you that love for nature that God give us so free.
Your father, he didn't love that. He didn't want to go hiking never.
God took him early to his grave for that. (laughs)
Oh, look.
Ahh!
I made this with love.
You eat it, then you call your friend.
- He called? - Yeah, he called.
He say he has lens pictures.
Ahh!
Ooh, my big shutterbug.
I'm not worried about it.
They'll find her.
It's tough terrain, but the area I told them is under a couple of hundred acres.
You have to take two yellows and a blue.
You be a good girl and swallow for Henry.
She was a listener. Like you.
Here. Check these.
You OK down below, Mrs S, hm?
You make a tiddle? A big job?
Need a change?
I want those back. They're my originals.
I'll give you your copies the usual way.
I feel good.
- I don't feel lonely, Mrs S. - (man) I got a new batch.
(Mrs S) I like to take the bus. You meet people.
- Now, these... - That's his wife.
I never liked Scotland. It's too cold.
Too many drunks.
Too bad. These aren't right. I can spot a listener.
Keep them. You never know.
- They'll work for someone. - Yeah.
There's always someone.
In Scotland a drunk man threw up.
In my handbag.
Sad what age does.
- Oh, I've done a lot of things all right. - Shh.
Shut up, you crazy cow!
Vocal patterns indicated the caller was a
nervous, timid type, likely a physical coward.
He also used turns of phrase current in the DC area gay community.
- I'm a queer? - It was a hoax?
No question. We've called off the search. The caller was disorganised.
He might have been mentally handicapped, forced to make the call as a prank.
I'm a moron?
Our investigation into the disappearance of Amy Lee Walker will continue.
You haven't found her?
Thank you, Agent Kane. I'm Merrlee Thomas,
for the "It's Happening Now News". Back to you, Bob.
Special Agent Kane?
No emergency. A mentally retarded homosexual would like to speak to him.
I'll put you right through.
Kane, I'm not playing with you any more in aw way, understand?
I'll annihilate your sleep forever.
I'm gonna let the public know that what's happening to them is because of you.
Your stupidity and Frank Black.
I know about Frank Black, yes. Now you go back.
And you find her, dammit! She's in those woods alone.
I might as well' let you know, Mr Kane,
that I intend to terrorise DC until there are soldiers on the street corners.
- You're misunderstanding me. - Do not talk to me!
This city is just one small room in my playground.
I've decided to take my stake in America, lay claim to my own peculiar heritage.
The moron is gonna wander far and wide through the land and kill and kill and kill
while you and Frank Black stake out the gay
bars waiting for some stupid-looking queer.
- He's got an obstacle to overcome. - He's calling from a private residence.
We'll catch him because he wants to be caught,
but he'll try to kill again first.
Henry, here is that nice hot luncheon meat.
You got to get the protein, my big strong boy, because...
I give you the list to do yesterday. Just a few things.
Your mama who loves you very much asks you for a few things, huh?
Yeah. Move that TV, clean out your animal trap
and two things I can't recall.
But you don't do the work, my boy.
There. Now, eat.
Come on, Henry. Eat. It's hot.
Not now, Mom.
I've got another job. I have to get ready for it.
I only you ask you once a long while, Henry.
Just a few things, Henry! Just a few things!
(phone rings)
Hello? Who is this?
(caller hangs UP)
- Are you sure this is the address? - Yeah. Pretty upscale.
I relieved Henry. Henry Dion. Has he done something wrong?
Can you provide us with an address for Henry?
I hear my little man out there.
Henry! Henry!
Come in here and see your darling mama.
Later, Mom. Promise.
Sure, you promise. But how you keep when you don't know what you promise?
You got to read the list, my little man.
OK. I'll do it when I get back.
Don't make me get that wooden spoon, Henry.
You know you hate that wooden spoon. Do it
now, then I know it's done. You don't forget.
Oh, don't look so glum, my little man.
I know how to make you smile. I'm going to cheer you up.
(makes baby noises, laughs)
Look at that!
It never fail to work, that.
Now you give for me a big, big hug. Come on, my big boy.
Ahh, OK.
(screams)
(mechanical grinding)
Henry Dion.
Uh-oh.
You.
No, no. Don't move, Henry.
I won't move.
(grinding $20575)
She's dead.
The important thing is we finally came to understand each other. Isn't that right?
Let's get him outta here.
Oh, Mommy. Isn't it beautiful?
- Yes, it is. It's lovely. - Thank you.
Origami. It relaxes me. That isn't one of the harder ones.
It's beautiful, Mrs Hunziger.
There's no way to say what I feel.
- Thank you. - I'm glad I could help.
(PA) Barbara Ridgely, pick up a white courtesy phone.
Barbara Ridgely, please pick up a white courtesy phone.
- I'll get the car. - Wanna leave her with me?
- No, I'll put her in and let her sleep. - OK.
Catherine?
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(child) I made this!
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