PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000): Season 1, Episode 13 - The Undead, The/Stalker - full transcript
These stories are inspired
by the actual case files
of the Office of Scientific
Investigation and Research.
We should be spending another
minute at the shelter.
Yeah, but then we couldn't have been alone.
I like your thinking.
Come on, let's go !
- Come on !
- All right, all right.
Let me find some food.
- Hurry up !
- Okay !
Look, supper.
You're disgusting.
Come here.
Oh, Darren, do you have to?
I just want to make the
ride a little bit smoother.
Jesus !
The deceased is a well-developed,
although undernourished,
Caucasian male in his early to mid-thirties.
He has red hair, although the corneas
are cloudy, he appears to have blue eyes.
The body is 74 inches long
and approximately 160 pounds.
Early rigor mortis is
evident in the extremities.
There's a single scar in the lower right quadrant
of the abdomen from previous appendectomy.
Extensive damage to fingertips
and nails of the victim.
Numerous needle marks on the left
arm subject could be a drug user.
I'm going to secure a blood
sample for drug and alcohol tests.
What happens to us when we die?
This primal question both
tantalizes and terrifies us.
Now different belief systems choose to
answer the question in a variety of ways.
But as the OSIR was forced to consider in
case number 763-139, could it be possible
for a man to rise up from his
grave and cheat death entirely?
Now, once more from the beginning.
Phil, that John Doe you brought in
here tonight was anything but death.
Sally, this is nuts.
The guy had no pulse. No breathing.
No nothing. He was stone-cold dead.
So, let's find him then he's
not on the table. Is he in here?
No !
Is he up here ?
Wrong again !
Is over here ?
No !
Sally, Sally, Sally ! Come on, calm down !
You sure you're not having me on ?
I want to say it's not possible,
but he sat up.
And he looked at me while I was
examining him. He looked right at me!
Threw me is more like it.
File number 763139, initial log entry.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
First team and mobile lab
confirming arrival on location
to investigate the alleged reanimation
and disappearance of a deceased man.
On-site inspection and
preliminary interviews underway.
He was lying right there.
I had him prepped for an internal exam,
and he just woke up.
I guess I must have fainted or something,
because...
She wakes up with a nasty concussion, and
I'm getting a call saying the corpse is gone.
Ed, you determined the cause of death?
Not yet, but I suspect an OD.
He had track marks right up his arm.
This is what he looks like.
Our photographer took these in
the alley where we found him.
That's him, all right.
Have Miles run an analysis
of this soil sample?
Sir, any idea who the deceased was?
No wallet, no ID.
His description didn't match any
of our missing persons lists.
The kids who discovered the body were heavily
into drugs, so I don't know if I believe them.
But?
They thought they'd seen him around town.
Then their story gets a little weird.
Like I told the cops, we're just looking
for a place to crash and we found him.
We almost sat on him.
And you're sure he was dead ?
Yeah, man, I've seen dead guys before.
That dude was gone.
He smell worse than Darren here. So gross !
Look, I'm gonna have to ask you this.
Were you on anything on
that night in question ?
Hey, man, we were straight.
Straight and clean.
Okay.
And you, uh, you didn't know the diseased?
No, we couldn't have.
He sort of looked like the guy we'd
seen around the streets or shelters..
Larry, or Gary, maybe?
Yeah, it's not possible.
What's not possible?
The guy we're talking about,
we heard he died, like, two weeks ago.
Can't be the same guy.
Can it?
According to Miles, the soil samples from the
moor contained a high level of lead content.
So that may have been down to a
couple of industrial areas in town.
I hope it leads us somewhere.
Right now we have witness
testimonials and not much doubt else.
Not quite.
It's something I want you to hear.
- Okay, we're queuing it up.
- What is it?
It's Dr. Torrance's autopsy
report on the John Doe.
- All set.
- Go ahead, Paul.
Numerous needle marks on the left arm.
It looks like it could be a drug user.
I'm going to secure a blood sample
for a drug and alcohol test.
- Sounds routine.
- Hang on a second !
- What's happening here ?
- That's what she ***. She passed out.
Now listen.
Help me ! Please !
Help me !
So our purported corpse can not only walk,
he can also speak ?
Sounds like some of the men I date.
You had the tape analyzed ?
Absolutely,
and it doesn't appear to be tampered with.
And still doesn't rule out the
fact that this could be a hoax.
Well, agreed, but what would she gain this
kind of notoriety wouldn't help her career.
Did you play the tape
back for the witnesses ?
And nobody recognized the voice.
Our John Doe it's still a John Doe.
Case log update.
I directed Hendricks to undertake a discrete
door to door on the surrounding area,
in an effort to identify the missing body.
Next transmission in 12 hours.
Darren ! Melissa ! Long time no see.
Aubrey, this is Anton.
Hello !
Well,
you don't look like you need a hot meal
but as the science says all are welcome.
That's nice thing to know these days.
That's chicken gumbo ?
The best in town.
He's got that right. We're getting line.
Go already.
So Anton, what can I do for you?
Well, I'm trying to locate a friend.
He's missing.
I talked to the police and
they haven't been able to help.
Well, I don't know exactly how to say this,
but your friend, he looks dead.
Yeah, well, the lighting's not
the best. Does he look familiar?
Well, it's hard to tell.
We get a lot of folks through here,
you know.
I understand.
Well, say, is that an ***(shekere)?
Oh, you've got good eyes, my friend.
Yeah,
I spent some time in Haiti those years ago.
And now who's this?
Let me introduce you to Samuel.
Hmm.
He's quite the beauty.
And he's been a bit jumpy lately.
Those things over on the
wall I recognize as well.
Are they yours?
Oh, those are Adelina's. My sister's.
Some customs are hard to leave behind,
but you know, I can't complain.
She's the cook that keeps
everyone coming back.
Do you mind if I look around for a while?
I might find someone who
recognizes my friend.
Oh, go to.
- Any luck ?
- No.
I don't think I get many answers if I asked.
Hey, hey, hey!
What's going on?
Hey, hey, hey !
What's going on, man?
It's him !
I don't believe it !
Help me !
Please, help me !
Case log update.
Our investigation has led us to the
discovery of one male individual
who has been positively identified by two
of our witnesses as the missing corpse.
Other witnesses are on route
for further corroboration.
Doyle out.
Connor, thanks for coming so fast.
This is too freaky. That's the guy.
Are you sure this is the same
man you saw around town ?
Could somebody explain to
me what is going on here?
That man do something wrong because
Aubrey's kitchen is on the up and up.
We don't hide criminals from the law.
it's all right.
Nobody's accusing you of anything.
Aubrey, are you sure you don't know him,
because he goes missing yet he comes here.
Look... And, man, I don't know.
I don't screen people at the door.
Thank you, Aubrey.
- We'll be as quick as we can.
-Yeah, whatever...
We'll be in touch a few minutes, okay ?
Thanks.
Darren and Melissa identify him as the
man they found in the alley, the body.
And yet he doesn't recognize them.
It's like some lost animal,
disoriented, confused.
Did he tell you his name?
No, unfortunately.
How's he doing ?
Well, at first glance,
he appears to be suffering from profound
dehydration, malnutrition and catexia.
But on the positive side, he's alive.
Don't be afraid, we're here to help.
It's all right. You understand me ?
Yeah.
Do you know your name?
Do you have any family?
I don't know. Who are you people?
What are you doing to me?
- We're not gonna hurt you.
- It;s all right.
We're here to help.
Let's get him back to the lab.
*** outside, please.
That completed his physiological assessment.
What about his eyes?
How do you explain their
lack of color pigmentation?
It could be the result of a
severe bacterial infection.
I'll be running further
tests to confirm the cause.
How's his physical condition ?
Well, he's responding to DIV.
If he looks after himself,
I expect a full recovery
Connor, I think we found our man.
What do you got ?
A voice print analysis matches his voice with
the voice heard on dr. Torrance's autopsy tape.
Good work. Anything else ?
we were also able to determine a match
between a threat sample taken
from the morgue examination table
and a sample taken from
the subject's clothing.
Take a look.
Any idea where it might be from ?
You're gonna like this.
- I don't like it here.
- I know what you mean.
We want you to find out who you are.
It's just between you and me.
I don't want to be here anymore than you do.
Let's take a look around, okay?
That's encouraging.
This is the first sign of any recognition
of a place we've witnessed so far.
A graveyard. What a place to recognize.
Lindsay, did you double-check
those test results?
40 years ago Lucide Cemetery was
built over an industrial complex.
The lead levels are 100% matched.
Come on !
Cary Edwin Hicks, February 20th,
1962 to September 2nd, 1996.
I want a full environmental
assessment done of this area.
Why? What is it?
This hole looks like it would
dug out from the inside.
Are you Cary Hicks?
I can't. I don't know.
But I know this place.
I was here.
Who wants to do the honors?
There's no echo.
There's something inside it.
Here goes!
There's no body.
That's not all.
It looks like somebody tried
to claw their way out of here.
I didn't handle this file.
It was my colleague's, Dr. Cornwell.
Looks like your John Doe was,
in fact, Cary Hicks.
It's impossible !
This death certificate
is dated September 2nd.
And the cemetery confirms
his burial on September 15th.
According to your testimony,
Detective Rossier,
this same man was brought
to you on September 15th,
nearly two weeks after he was buried.
That's him, all right.
How can this be possible?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
I see you're back at work ?
Yeah.
But I'll tell you something.
Every time I go to cut open a
new arrival I hold my breath.
Case log update, 1600 hours.
We've decided to return the subject Cary Hicks
to what seems to be his natural environment.
I'm hoping this will trigger
something in his memory
and allow him to remember what
happened to him over the past month.
Man, I don't like this.
Is he allright ?
All we can determine is that
he's lost and alone, Aubrey.
If anyone should understand the situation,
I thought it would be you.
- OK.
- Thanks.
We'll continue to monitor the situation.
On the far left is a photo from the external
autopsy of one Carey Hicks taken September 2nd.
Background checks listed with a drifter,
no fixed address, no living relatives.
He was buried in Leeside
Cemetery on September 5th.
The photograph in the middle
was taken on September 15th
by detective Philip Roth when our
subject was found in the alley.
The one on the right was taken yesterday.
By all appearances, it's the same man who
was pronounced dead not once but, twice.
Although his system is now clean,
he was a user of narcotics.
Perhaps he overdosed on some design or drug or
form of street heroin and was mistaken for dead.
How do we explain his apparent
escape from the coffin ?
The missing panel was found
inside the coffin under the dirt.
Now, it's possible that Cary could
have used the mole like action
and pulled soil inside the grave
thereby tunneling his way out.
It's improbable but not impossible.
Anton,
in your report you mentioned zombification.
Can you elaborate ?
Well, the term is a bit dramatic,
but zombies are believed to be people who
have been poisoned to the appear to be dead.
After they're released from the grave,
they have no memories and little or
no will to resist the will of others.
Well, what could cause that zombie state?
The primary known active component
is tetrodotoxin or TTX,
a poison obtained from a pufferfish.
It can paralyze a person's
neuromuscular junctions,
making it very difficult to detect
signs of breathing or a pulse.
So who might be responsible for
administering this drug or potion, and why?
Well, to the followers of Voodoo,
it's the Bokor, a kind of witch doctor,
and he or she selects the victim,
usually as a slave.
Professor Doyle, we have a situation
developing at the homeless shelter.
He was lying here all morning.
We thought he was sleeping, but...
Case manager Connor Doyle, final log entry.
Our autopsy of Darren Talbott revealed the
cause of death to be an apparent drug overdose.
And although we discovered evidence of
voodoo practice at Aubrey's kitcken,
subsequent investigation
found no conclusive evidence
that Aubrey or his sister were
responsible for the poisoning,
apparent death,
and subsequent reanimation of Cary Hicks.
Doyle out.
In the 1800s, in some places, it was the
custom to fit coffins with alarm bells
in case the deceased awoke after burial.
Was Cary Hicks the target of a
cult using voodoo pharmacology?
Was he affected by a designer drug
with an unexpected side effect,
or was he merely the victim of a
premature pronouncement of death?
Perhaps in some instances, the medical
requisites for the death certificate
may not always mean that a
life has ended with finality.
The TV movie, Jackie, it's not Citizen Kane.
Yeah, but come on, to go from actor
to director is a very big jump.
Local boy makes good.
Well,
my days as a romantic leader are almost over.
Excuse me.
I'm the one who's 30 years old.
I've got two years max to
do something with my career.
Otherwise,
they're looking for the next 23-year-old.
So, I really appreciate you
giving me this chance, Kevin.
Hey,
it's gonna be fun to work together again.
Yeah,
I don't know how you convinced the producer.
No, no, no, no. He didn't need convincing.
He's a big fan of the Julie Bright movie.
Yeah, well, everybody's a big fan of
the Julie Bright movie, aren't they?
- Good night.
- Good night.
Mm
Oh.
- Can you pass me my bag?
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- I'll see you on set.
Yeah. Drive carefully.
- Sleep well.
- Thanks.
Hi sweetheart, call me, it's your mother.
Jackie, is Gavin.
We're running a little bit late.
I should be there at five. Love ya.
Jackie, come to the church. We must meet.
You can't be here.
Come on, Jackie. Jackie, what's wrong?
He's back.
Stay here. Stay here.
Jackie Kinley was a B-movie star,
admired and even loved by her adoring fans.
Recently,
researchers have studied pheromones,
which seem to be associated among other
physiological functions with the love experience.
But could such a biochemical process
turn adoration into an obsessive,
all-consuming and malignant force?
In the following case,
the OSIR discovered just how far
one fan would go to pursue
his object of desire.
Let's work through this.
If Corbin Dean was there,
how did he get out of the house?
I don't know.
That's what Gavin and
I can't figure out.
You know, Ruth,
I can't believe this is happening again.
I mean, I don't tell anybody
where I'm going anymore.
Nothing.
So, how does he know where I'm going?
- Did you call the police?
- Yeah
He's supposed to be in
prison, isn't he?
Yes, he has one more
hearing before the parole board.
Are you absolutely sure it was him?
Yes, it was him.
He doesn't have a beard anymore,
but it was him.
At least I think it was him
You can come to me any time.
If you see him again, whenever.
Thanks, Ruth.
You have another appointment now,
don't you?
Yes, I do.
Well, thanks for letting
me part you in like this.
We're gonna get through this.
Thanks.
- We got through it the last time.
- Yeah.
God, I hate Julie Bright.
Hi, Gavin, is Jackie.
Listen, I'm running a bit late today,
so if you want to call me,
call me on my cell, okay?
Thanks, bye.
Oh my God!
Case manager, Connor Doyle,
initial log entry file number 569135.
We're beginning an investigation
into a reported recurring apparition.
We've been referred to the case by a colleague
of dr. Anton Hendricks psychiatrist Ruth Godwin.
***
****
It's not going to happen anymore.
And yet I was caught by one thing...
Classic stalker pathology.
Adoration becomes obsession,
obsession turns ugly,
rejection becomes violence.
And violence turns into five years,
aggravated assault and attempted murder.
Am I right in thinking
that no one other than Jackie Kinley
has seen the apparition?
That's right, on two occasions.
Any further from Beaconsfield prison?
Well he was being
transferred from the prison
pending his final appeal
to the parole board.
The prison authorities assure us
that he's somewhere in the system.
Earlier in the tape the
psychiatrist mentioned something
about Corbin Dean stealing from the subject.
That scene that you're watching the movie,
apparently he stole all
the props from that scene.
The dress, the wedding ring.
That was filmed locally.
It's the latest on this
answering machine message.
A voice print analysis indicates that
it does match the voice of Corbin Dean.
Yeah but the tape is four years old,
so conceivably the message could have
come from the original stocking.
So is this apparition Corbin Dean or
someone it looks and sounds like Dean.
She wasn't there.
Yet she knew that he ****
I was at the hearing.
How could Jackie possibly know that ?
I think Corbin Dean saw the movie 65 times.
To trade off.
Your public figure like this, even identity in
people's minds that's totally outside your control.
All kinds of weirdos and groupings
from out of the woodwork.
And it might be your best friend.
You know what they think ?
Three years ago the night he assaulted me he was
basically waiting outside my house to kill me.
Whether he knew it or not,
that's what he was doing.
And essentially, I think that's it.
This isn't gonna end until one of us is dead.
Initial environmental are turned up
no anomalous energy fields.
We found various prescription medications in
Miss Kinley's house: Valium, Prozac, lithium...
Prescribed by the prychiatrist.
It suggest to you that Miss
Kinley could be delusional ?
Possibly, but it doesn't really
fit her profile.
It seems more likely that she's suffering
from post-traumatic stress disorder,
which is intensified
by her fear of success.
Fear of success ?
Yes. I think there's a link
between Jackie's fear of success
and a stalker anxiety.
She doesn't want success,
because success brings stalkers.
And the sightings began the day she
learned about being in this new movie.
Exactly.
I think that we should
remember three years ago
it took Corbin Dean breaking into Jackie
Kinley's home for anyone to believe her.
This is from Beaconsfield Prison.
Corbin Dean won his appeal and
was released two months ago.
Apparently the board failed to
file a notice of his release.
This is the last address his
parole officer had for him.
Anton, take a security
operative and stay with Jackie.
Lindsay, you're with me.
Looks like Mr. Dean is
out there somewhere.
No, that is not how it went.
That is not how it went at all.
Um, what if I saved that last line,
and I um, I say to him over my
shoulder instead of in bed ?
That feels more natural.
Um, just give me a second.
Jackie ?
Could I have a napkin please!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Thanks.
You want to take a break?
Yeah, sorry.
No, no, it's OK.
Case log update.
In order to establish the exact
whereabouts of Corbin Dean,
Donner and I are on route
to his last known address.
This is it?
Mr. R.K. Kelly.
Mr. Kelly?
Mr. Kelly!
Look at this !
Variety.
There's a section missing.
It's where they list new productions,
their locations, when we begin shooting.
Mr. Kelly !
It's open.
Neatness is not one of
Mr. Kelly's strong points.
You believe someone lives here ?
Now what?
Lindsay...
I think we found the right address.
Case log update.
Donner and I have just returned
from the trailer of Corbin Dean,
where we recovered some personal effect
linked to the character of Julie Bright,
a role the subject made famous
in a film five years ago.
Well, according to the prison doctors,
Dean has been in the advanced stages
of heart disease for quite some time.
Due to the fact that he had
a massive heart attack,
the parole board decided to release
him on compassionate grounds.
I guess their compassion didn't
extend to Jackie Kinley.
Now he appears to be restocking our subject
in a manner that defies explanation.
How did he get onto a movie
set without being noticed?
Yeah, how did she drive
her car right through him?
Lindsay, the items Miss Kinley reported missing,
were they all recovered from the trailer ?
Everything but the prop wedding ring.
How is she ?
Deteriorating.
This ordeal is beginning to take its toll.
Initiate 72-hour on-site monitoring with
a subject of the controlled environment.
Surveillance cameras, microphones, close
circuit, night vision and thermography.
When he comes again,
however he comes, I want to be ready.
Make him crazy, yes?
No, not yet.
*** stop laughing.
***
That would be funny
if were somebody else.
Any news ?
No. We're going to set up additional
equipment inside in the next three days.
Sure, you can have the whole house.
You can move anything you want.
And we'll need you.
- Oh...
- Is that gonna be okay ?
Yeah, sure.
I have to face this, and,
deal with it myself,
otherwise it's going to hunt me for
the rest of my life.
Thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Nicholson, do you read?
I read, over.
Perimeter secure?
10-4, all clear.
Subject on biostats?
Underneath her clothes.
She's approaching the front door now.
How are we doing?
No more readings.
He's here.
What's she saying?
Professor Doyle, there he is.
What do you want from me?
There he is.
You see him ?
I can't detect the phenomena
she's encountering.
Physiological response ?
There he is !
Can you see him ?
There he is !
Professor Doyle, please come in here.
Nicholson, sector 5 in the house.
Meet me there.
Jackie, come to the church.
We must meet.
Jackie?
Let's get Miss Kinley to the lab.
Got anymore readings?
No, nothing now.
What exactly was it?
Electromagnetic variance.
What range ?
30 gigahertz.
A frequency that high ?
It could be picking up a satellite TV.
I dont know if we're
gonna find anymore here.
I don't understand how
someone could have got in.
We had the house sealed off.
I stationed someone at every door.
Unless he was in there to begin with.
If there was something in there, it didn't have
any mass, any scent, any sound, any temperature.
Hmm, incorporeal.
Yet Jackie maintains
it was Corbin Dean.
Any theories?
It's frustrating.
Jackie is the only one to have seen him.
It's almost as if it were subjective hunt.
Subjective hunt?
Subjective hunt theory,
an entity in crisis,
broadcasts a telepathic signal
to a subject to in turn
cast the impulse into a tangible form,
but without physical evidence.
Turns the telepathic signal into
an hallucinatory apparition.
However, that doesn't apply.
Unless Corbin Dean is dead.
Lindsay, the trailer we found the
Julie Bright items
was rented to an R.K. Kelly.
That's right.
Raymond Kelly ?
And October 16th !
Oh my God! That's tomorrow.
Case file update.
Further investigation indicated
that the troops set for the marriage
of Julie Bright was largely intact.
Jackie Kinley has agreed to participate
in an unconventional experiment.
Jackie ?
You all right ?
It's finally over.
It's not going to happen anymore.
Everything OK ?
Jackie ?
Yes. Thanks for letting
me do this on my own.
I really appreciate it.
The letter explains everything.
It was about a toan lint,
at least in his eyes.
He was giving back everything he had
taken from her while he was alive,
completing what he needed to do.
And knowing that he was going to die,
he put himself in the film. Bizarre.
But it's consistent.
That film was his whole life.
It became his death tune.
Did we get an exact time of death?
The pathologist's report put
his death on October the 4th.
It's the same day that Jackie
received his phone call.
Leaving the phone message was
probably the last thing that he did.
Lindsay?
I was just thinking that Corbin Dean was
obsessed with Jackie Kinley's character,
but it was just an image
projected onto a movie screen.
And in turn, it was Corbin Dean's apparition, his
projected image, which terrorized Jackie Kinley.
Final case log, file number 569135.
As per OSIR protocol,
we've gone ahead with few flux terminations and
eradication procedures of the subject's home,
even though no more audible or
visual sightings of the apparition
have been experienced by the subject.
In fact, as of last week, Jackie Kinley has
essentially returned to her normal life.
- Good work, Jackie.
- Thanks.
Thanks for today.
I'll call you later.
- I'll talk to you later.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Julie! Aren't you Julie Bright?
I mean, the person who played her?
Yeah.
I love your movies.
Can I have an autograph?
Sure.
What becomes of our
consciousness after death?
Although Corbin Dean was clinically dead,
did he actually project himself
in a non-corporeal state
or did his presence only exist
in Jackie Kinley's mind?
Whatever the answer,
working with Jackie, the OSIR was able to
effectively terminate this subjective hunt.
I'm Dan Aykroyd for Psi Factor.
Subtitle made by Adr1an
by the actual case files
of the Office of Scientific
Investigation and Research.
We should be spending another
minute at the shelter.
Yeah, but then we couldn't have been alone.
I like your thinking.
Come on, let's go !
- Come on !
- All right, all right.
Let me find some food.
- Hurry up !
- Okay !
Look, supper.
You're disgusting.
Come here.
Oh, Darren, do you have to?
I just want to make the
ride a little bit smoother.
Jesus !
The deceased is a well-developed,
although undernourished,
Caucasian male in his early to mid-thirties.
He has red hair, although the corneas
are cloudy, he appears to have blue eyes.
The body is 74 inches long
and approximately 160 pounds.
Early rigor mortis is
evident in the extremities.
There's a single scar in the lower right quadrant
of the abdomen from previous appendectomy.
Extensive damage to fingertips
and nails of the victim.
Numerous needle marks on the left
arm subject could be a drug user.
I'm going to secure a blood
sample for drug and alcohol tests.
What happens to us when we die?
This primal question both
tantalizes and terrifies us.
Now different belief systems choose to
answer the question in a variety of ways.
But as the OSIR was forced to consider in
case number 763-139, could it be possible
for a man to rise up from his
grave and cheat death entirely?
Now, once more from the beginning.
Phil, that John Doe you brought in
here tonight was anything but death.
Sally, this is nuts.
The guy had no pulse. No breathing.
No nothing. He was stone-cold dead.
So, let's find him then he's
not on the table. Is he in here?
No !
Is he up here ?
Wrong again !
Is over here ?
No !
Sally, Sally, Sally ! Come on, calm down !
You sure you're not having me on ?
I want to say it's not possible,
but he sat up.
And he looked at me while I was
examining him. He looked right at me!
Threw me is more like it.
File number 763139, initial log entry.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
First team and mobile lab
confirming arrival on location
to investigate the alleged reanimation
and disappearance of a deceased man.
On-site inspection and
preliminary interviews underway.
He was lying right there.
I had him prepped for an internal exam,
and he just woke up.
I guess I must have fainted or something,
because...
She wakes up with a nasty concussion, and
I'm getting a call saying the corpse is gone.
Ed, you determined the cause of death?
Not yet, but I suspect an OD.
He had track marks right up his arm.
This is what he looks like.
Our photographer took these in
the alley where we found him.
That's him, all right.
Have Miles run an analysis
of this soil sample?
Sir, any idea who the deceased was?
No wallet, no ID.
His description didn't match any
of our missing persons lists.
The kids who discovered the body were heavily
into drugs, so I don't know if I believe them.
But?
They thought they'd seen him around town.
Then their story gets a little weird.
Like I told the cops, we're just looking
for a place to crash and we found him.
We almost sat on him.
And you're sure he was dead ?
Yeah, man, I've seen dead guys before.
That dude was gone.
He smell worse than Darren here. So gross !
Look, I'm gonna have to ask you this.
Were you on anything on
that night in question ?
Hey, man, we were straight.
Straight and clean.
Okay.
And you, uh, you didn't know the diseased?
No, we couldn't have.
He sort of looked like the guy we'd
seen around the streets or shelters..
Larry, or Gary, maybe?
Yeah, it's not possible.
What's not possible?
The guy we're talking about,
we heard he died, like, two weeks ago.
Can't be the same guy.
Can it?
According to Miles, the soil samples from the
moor contained a high level of lead content.
So that may have been down to a
couple of industrial areas in town.
I hope it leads us somewhere.
Right now we have witness
testimonials and not much doubt else.
Not quite.
It's something I want you to hear.
- Okay, we're queuing it up.
- What is it?
It's Dr. Torrance's autopsy
report on the John Doe.
- All set.
- Go ahead, Paul.
Numerous needle marks on the left arm.
It looks like it could be a drug user.
I'm going to secure a blood sample
for a drug and alcohol test.
- Sounds routine.
- Hang on a second !
- What's happening here ?
- That's what she ***. She passed out.
Now listen.
Help me ! Please !
Help me !
So our purported corpse can not only walk,
he can also speak ?
Sounds like some of the men I date.
You had the tape analyzed ?
Absolutely,
and it doesn't appear to be tampered with.
And still doesn't rule out the
fact that this could be a hoax.
Well, agreed, but what would she gain this
kind of notoriety wouldn't help her career.
Did you play the tape
back for the witnesses ?
And nobody recognized the voice.
Our John Doe it's still a John Doe.
Case log update.
I directed Hendricks to undertake a discrete
door to door on the surrounding area,
in an effort to identify the missing body.
Next transmission in 12 hours.
Darren ! Melissa ! Long time no see.
Aubrey, this is Anton.
Hello !
Well,
you don't look like you need a hot meal
but as the science says all are welcome.
That's nice thing to know these days.
That's chicken gumbo ?
The best in town.
He's got that right. We're getting line.
Go already.
So Anton, what can I do for you?
Well, I'm trying to locate a friend.
He's missing.
I talked to the police and
they haven't been able to help.
Well, I don't know exactly how to say this,
but your friend, he looks dead.
Yeah, well, the lighting's not
the best. Does he look familiar?
Well, it's hard to tell.
We get a lot of folks through here,
you know.
I understand.
Well, say, is that an ***(shekere)?
Oh, you've got good eyes, my friend.
Yeah,
I spent some time in Haiti those years ago.
And now who's this?
Let me introduce you to Samuel.
Hmm.
He's quite the beauty.
And he's been a bit jumpy lately.
Those things over on the
wall I recognize as well.
Are they yours?
Oh, those are Adelina's. My sister's.
Some customs are hard to leave behind,
but you know, I can't complain.
She's the cook that keeps
everyone coming back.
Do you mind if I look around for a while?
I might find someone who
recognizes my friend.
Oh, go to.
- Any luck ?
- No.
I don't think I get many answers if I asked.
Hey, hey, hey!
What's going on?
Hey, hey, hey !
What's going on, man?
It's him !
I don't believe it !
Help me !
Please, help me !
Case log update.
Our investigation has led us to the
discovery of one male individual
who has been positively identified by two
of our witnesses as the missing corpse.
Other witnesses are on route
for further corroboration.
Doyle out.
Connor, thanks for coming so fast.
This is too freaky. That's the guy.
Are you sure this is the same
man you saw around town ?
Could somebody explain to
me what is going on here?
That man do something wrong because
Aubrey's kitchen is on the up and up.
We don't hide criminals from the law.
it's all right.
Nobody's accusing you of anything.
Aubrey, are you sure you don't know him,
because he goes missing yet he comes here.
Look... And, man, I don't know.
I don't screen people at the door.
Thank you, Aubrey.
- We'll be as quick as we can.
-Yeah, whatever...
We'll be in touch a few minutes, okay ?
Thanks.
Darren and Melissa identify him as the
man they found in the alley, the body.
And yet he doesn't recognize them.
It's like some lost animal,
disoriented, confused.
Did he tell you his name?
No, unfortunately.
How's he doing ?
Well, at first glance,
he appears to be suffering from profound
dehydration, malnutrition and catexia.
But on the positive side, he's alive.
Don't be afraid, we're here to help.
It's all right. You understand me ?
Yeah.
Do you know your name?
Do you have any family?
I don't know. Who are you people?
What are you doing to me?
- We're not gonna hurt you.
- It;s all right.
We're here to help.
Let's get him back to the lab.
*** outside, please.
That completed his physiological assessment.
What about his eyes?
How do you explain their
lack of color pigmentation?
It could be the result of a
severe bacterial infection.
I'll be running further
tests to confirm the cause.
How's his physical condition ?
Well, he's responding to DIV.
If he looks after himself,
I expect a full recovery
Connor, I think we found our man.
What do you got ?
A voice print analysis matches his voice with
the voice heard on dr. Torrance's autopsy tape.
Good work. Anything else ?
we were also able to determine a match
between a threat sample taken
from the morgue examination table
and a sample taken from
the subject's clothing.
Take a look.
Any idea where it might be from ?
You're gonna like this.
- I don't like it here.
- I know what you mean.
We want you to find out who you are.
It's just between you and me.
I don't want to be here anymore than you do.
Let's take a look around, okay?
That's encouraging.
This is the first sign of any recognition
of a place we've witnessed so far.
A graveyard. What a place to recognize.
Lindsay, did you double-check
those test results?
40 years ago Lucide Cemetery was
built over an industrial complex.
The lead levels are 100% matched.
Come on !
Cary Edwin Hicks, February 20th,
1962 to September 2nd, 1996.
I want a full environmental
assessment done of this area.
Why? What is it?
This hole looks like it would
dug out from the inside.
Are you Cary Hicks?
I can't. I don't know.
But I know this place.
I was here.
Who wants to do the honors?
There's no echo.
There's something inside it.
Here goes!
There's no body.
That's not all.
It looks like somebody tried
to claw their way out of here.
I didn't handle this file.
It was my colleague's, Dr. Cornwell.
Looks like your John Doe was,
in fact, Cary Hicks.
It's impossible !
This death certificate
is dated September 2nd.
And the cemetery confirms
his burial on September 15th.
According to your testimony,
Detective Rossier,
this same man was brought
to you on September 15th,
nearly two weeks after he was buried.
That's him, all right.
How can this be possible?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
I see you're back at work ?
Yeah.
But I'll tell you something.
Every time I go to cut open a
new arrival I hold my breath.
Case log update, 1600 hours.
We've decided to return the subject Cary Hicks
to what seems to be his natural environment.
I'm hoping this will trigger
something in his memory
and allow him to remember what
happened to him over the past month.
Man, I don't like this.
Is he allright ?
All we can determine is that
he's lost and alone, Aubrey.
If anyone should understand the situation,
I thought it would be you.
- OK.
- Thanks.
We'll continue to monitor the situation.
On the far left is a photo from the external
autopsy of one Carey Hicks taken September 2nd.
Background checks listed with a drifter,
no fixed address, no living relatives.
He was buried in Leeside
Cemetery on September 5th.
The photograph in the middle
was taken on September 15th
by detective Philip Roth when our
subject was found in the alley.
The one on the right was taken yesterday.
By all appearances, it's the same man who
was pronounced dead not once but, twice.
Although his system is now clean,
he was a user of narcotics.
Perhaps he overdosed on some design or drug or
form of street heroin and was mistaken for dead.
How do we explain his apparent
escape from the coffin ?
The missing panel was found
inside the coffin under the dirt.
Now, it's possible that Cary could
have used the mole like action
and pulled soil inside the grave
thereby tunneling his way out.
It's improbable but not impossible.
Anton,
in your report you mentioned zombification.
Can you elaborate ?
Well, the term is a bit dramatic,
but zombies are believed to be people who
have been poisoned to the appear to be dead.
After they're released from the grave,
they have no memories and little or
no will to resist the will of others.
Well, what could cause that zombie state?
The primary known active component
is tetrodotoxin or TTX,
a poison obtained from a pufferfish.
It can paralyze a person's
neuromuscular junctions,
making it very difficult to detect
signs of breathing or a pulse.
So who might be responsible for
administering this drug or potion, and why?
Well, to the followers of Voodoo,
it's the Bokor, a kind of witch doctor,
and he or she selects the victim,
usually as a slave.
Professor Doyle, we have a situation
developing at the homeless shelter.
He was lying here all morning.
We thought he was sleeping, but...
Case manager Connor Doyle, final log entry.
Our autopsy of Darren Talbott revealed the
cause of death to be an apparent drug overdose.
And although we discovered evidence of
voodoo practice at Aubrey's kitcken,
subsequent investigation
found no conclusive evidence
that Aubrey or his sister were
responsible for the poisoning,
apparent death,
and subsequent reanimation of Cary Hicks.
Doyle out.
In the 1800s, in some places, it was the
custom to fit coffins with alarm bells
in case the deceased awoke after burial.
Was Cary Hicks the target of a
cult using voodoo pharmacology?
Was he affected by a designer drug
with an unexpected side effect,
or was he merely the victim of a
premature pronouncement of death?
Perhaps in some instances, the medical
requisites for the death certificate
may not always mean that a
life has ended with finality.
The TV movie, Jackie, it's not Citizen Kane.
Yeah, but come on, to go from actor
to director is a very big jump.
Local boy makes good.
Well,
my days as a romantic leader are almost over.
Excuse me.
I'm the one who's 30 years old.
I've got two years max to
do something with my career.
Otherwise,
they're looking for the next 23-year-old.
So, I really appreciate you
giving me this chance, Kevin.
Hey,
it's gonna be fun to work together again.
Yeah,
I don't know how you convinced the producer.
No, no, no, no. He didn't need convincing.
He's a big fan of the Julie Bright movie.
Yeah, well, everybody's a big fan of
the Julie Bright movie, aren't they?
- Good night.
- Good night.
Mm
Oh.
- Can you pass me my bag?
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- I'll see you on set.
Yeah. Drive carefully.
- Sleep well.
- Thanks.
Hi sweetheart, call me, it's your mother.
Jackie, is Gavin.
We're running a little bit late.
I should be there at five. Love ya.
Jackie, come to the church. We must meet.
You can't be here.
Come on, Jackie. Jackie, what's wrong?
He's back.
Stay here. Stay here.
Jackie Kinley was a B-movie star,
admired and even loved by her adoring fans.
Recently,
researchers have studied pheromones,
which seem to be associated among other
physiological functions with the love experience.
But could such a biochemical process
turn adoration into an obsessive,
all-consuming and malignant force?
In the following case,
the OSIR discovered just how far
one fan would go to pursue
his object of desire.
Let's work through this.
If Corbin Dean was there,
how did he get out of the house?
I don't know.
That's what Gavin and
I can't figure out.
You know, Ruth,
I can't believe this is happening again.
I mean, I don't tell anybody
where I'm going anymore.
Nothing.
So, how does he know where I'm going?
- Did you call the police?
- Yeah
He's supposed to be in
prison, isn't he?
Yes, he has one more
hearing before the parole board.
Are you absolutely sure it was him?
Yes, it was him.
He doesn't have a beard anymore,
but it was him.
At least I think it was him
You can come to me any time.
If you see him again, whenever.
Thanks, Ruth.
You have another appointment now,
don't you?
Yes, I do.
Well, thanks for letting
me part you in like this.
We're gonna get through this.
Thanks.
- We got through it the last time.
- Yeah.
God, I hate Julie Bright.
Hi, Gavin, is Jackie.
Listen, I'm running a bit late today,
so if you want to call me,
call me on my cell, okay?
Thanks, bye.
Oh my God!
Case manager, Connor Doyle,
initial log entry file number 569135.
We're beginning an investigation
into a reported recurring apparition.
We've been referred to the case by a colleague
of dr. Anton Hendricks psychiatrist Ruth Godwin.
***
****
It's not going to happen anymore.
And yet I was caught by one thing...
Classic stalker pathology.
Adoration becomes obsession,
obsession turns ugly,
rejection becomes violence.
And violence turns into five years,
aggravated assault and attempted murder.
Am I right in thinking
that no one other than Jackie Kinley
has seen the apparition?
That's right, on two occasions.
Any further from Beaconsfield prison?
Well he was being
transferred from the prison
pending his final appeal
to the parole board.
The prison authorities assure us
that he's somewhere in the system.
Earlier in the tape the
psychiatrist mentioned something
about Corbin Dean stealing from the subject.
That scene that you're watching the movie,
apparently he stole all
the props from that scene.
The dress, the wedding ring.
That was filmed locally.
It's the latest on this
answering machine message.
A voice print analysis indicates that
it does match the voice of Corbin Dean.
Yeah but the tape is four years old,
so conceivably the message could have
come from the original stocking.
So is this apparition Corbin Dean or
someone it looks and sounds like Dean.
She wasn't there.
Yet she knew that he ****
I was at the hearing.
How could Jackie possibly know that ?
I think Corbin Dean saw the movie 65 times.
To trade off.
Your public figure like this, even identity in
people's minds that's totally outside your control.
All kinds of weirdos and groupings
from out of the woodwork.
And it might be your best friend.
You know what they think ?
Three years ago the night he assaulted me he was
basically waiting outside my house to kill me.
Whether he knew it or not,
that's what he was doing.
And essentially, I think that's it.
This isn't gonna end until one of us is dead.
Initial environmental are turned up
no anomalous energy fields.
We found various prescription medications in
Miss Kinley's house: Valium, Prozac, lithium...
Prescribed by the prychiatrist.
It suggest to you that Miss
Kinley could be delusional ?
Possibly, but it doesn't really
fit her profile.
It seems more likely that she's suffering
from post-traumatic stress disorder,
which is intensified
by her fear of success.
Fear of success ?
Yes. I think there's a link
between Jackie's fear of success
and a stalker anxiety.
She doesn't want success,
because success brings stalkers.
And the sightings began the day she
learned about being in this new movie.
Exactly.
I think that we should
remember three years ago
it took Corbin Dean breaking into Jackie
Kinley's home for anyone to believe her.
This is from Beaconsfield Prison.
Corbin Dean won his appeal and
was released two months ago.
Apparently the board failed to
file a notice of his release.
This is the last address his
parole officer had for him.
Anton, take a security
operative and stay with Jackie.
Lindsay, you're with me.
Looks like Mr. Dean is
out there somewhere.
No, that is not how it went.
That is not how it went at all.
Um, what if I saved that last line,
and I um, I say to him over my
shoulder instead of in bed ?
That feels more natural.
Um, just give me a second.
Jackie ?
Could I have a napkin please!
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Thanks.
You want to take a break?
Yeah, sorry.
No, no, it's OK.
Case log update.
In order to establish the exact
whereabouts of Corbin Dean,
Donner and I are on route
to his last known address.
This is it?
Mr. R.K. Kelly.
Mr. Kelly?
Mr. Kelly!
Look at this !
Variety.
There's a section missing.
It's where they list new productions,
their locations, when we begin shooting.
Mr. Kelly !
It's open.
Neatness is not one of
Mr. Kelly's strong points.
You believe someone lives here ?
Now what?
Lindsay...
I think we found the right address.
Case log update.
Donner and I have just returned
from the trailer of Corbin Dean,
where we recovered some personal effect
linked to the character of Julie Bright,
a role the subject made famous
in a film five years ago.
Well, according to the prison doctors,
Dean has been in the advanced stages
of heart disease for quite some time.
Due to the fact that he had
a massive heart attack,
the parole board decided to release
him on compassionate grounds.
I guess their compassion didn't
extend to Jackie Kinley.
Now he appears to be restocking our subject
in a manner that defies explanation.
How did he get onto a movie
set without being noticed?
Yeah, how did she drive
her car right through him?
Lindsay, the items Miss Kinley reported missing,
were they all recovered from the trailer ?
Everything but the prop wedding ring.
How is she ?
Deteriorating.
This ordeal is beginning to take its toll.
Initiate 72-hour on-site monitoring with
a subject of the controlled environment.
Surveillance cameras, microphones, close
circuit, night vision and thermography.
When he comes again,
however he comes, I want to be ready.
Make him crazy, yes?
No, not yet.
*** stop laughing.
***
That would be funny
if were somebody else.
Any news ?
No. We're going to set up additional
equipment inside in the next three days.
Sure, you can have the whole house.
You can move anything you want.
And we'll need you.
- Oh...
- Is that gonna be okay ?
Yeah, sure.
I have to face this, and,
deal with it myself,
otherwise it's going to hunt me for
the rest of my life.
Thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Nicholson, do you read?
I read, over.
Perimeter secure?
10-4, all clear.
Subject on biostats?
Underneath her clothes.
She's approaching the front door now.
How are we doing?
No more readings.
He's here.
What's she saying?
Professor Doyle, there he is.
What do you want from me?
There he is.
You see him ?
I can't detect the phenomena
she's encountering.
Physiological response ?
There he is !
Can you see him ?
There he is !
Professor Doyle, please come in here.
Nicholson, sector 5 in the house.
Meet me there.
Jackie, come to the church.
We must meet.
Jackie?
Let's get Miss Kinley to the lab.
Got anymore readings?
No, nothing now.
What exactly was it?
Electromagnetic variance.
What range ?
30 gigahertz.
A frequency that high ?
It could be picking up a satellite TV.
I dont know if we're
gonna find anymore here.
I don't understand how
someone could have got in.
We had the house sealed off.
I stationed someone at every door.
Unless he was in there to begin with.
If there was something in there, it didn't have
any mass, any scent, any sound, any temperature.
Hmm, incorporeal.
Yet Jackie maintains
it was Corbin Dean.
Any theories?
It's frustrating.
Jackie is the only one to have seen him.
It's almost as if it were subjective hunt.
Subjective hunt?
Subjective hunt theory,
an entity in crisis,
broadcasts a telepathic signal
to a subject to in turn
cast the impulse into a tangible form,
but without physical evidence.
Turns the telepathic signal into
an hallucinatory apparition.
However, that doesn't apply.
Unless Corbin Dean is dead.
Lindsay, the trailer we found the
Julie Bright items
was rented to an R.K. Kelly.
That's right.
Raymond Kelly ?
And October 16th !
Oh my God! That's tomorrow.
Case file update.
Further investigation indicated
that the troops set for the marriage
of Julie Bright was largely intact.
Jackie Kinley has agreed to participate
in an unconventional experiment.
Jackie ?
You all right ?
It's finally over.
It's not going to happen anymore.
Everything OK ?
Jackie ?
Yes. Thanks for letting
me do this on my own.
I really appreciate it.
The letter explains everything.
It was about a toan lint,
at least in his eyes.
He was giving back everything he had
taken from her while he was alive,
completing what he needed to do.
And knowing that he was going to die,
he put himself in the film. Bizarre.
But it's consistent.
That film was his whole life.
It became his death tune.
Did we get an exact time of death?
The pathologist's report put
his death on October the 4th.
It's the same day that Jackie
received his phone call.
Leaving the phone message was
probably the last thing that he did.
Lindsay?
I was just thinking that Corbin Dean was
obsessed with Jackie Kinley's character,
but it was just an image
projected onto a movie screen.
And in turn, it was Corbin Dean's apparition, his
projected image, which terrorized Jackie Kinley.
Final case log, file number 569135.
As per OSIR protocol,
we've gone ahead with few flux terminations and
eradication procedures of the subject's home,
even though no more audible or
visual sightings of the apparition
have been experienced by the subject.
In fact, as of last week, Jackie Kinley has
essentially returned to her normal life.
- Good work, Jackie.
- Thanks.
Thanks for today.
I'll call you later.
- I'll talk to you later.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Julie! Aren't you Julie Bright?
I mean, the person who played her?
Yeah.
I love your movies.
Can I have an autograph?
Sure.
What becomes of our
consciousness after death?
Although Corbin Dean was clinically dead,
did he actually project himself
in a non-corporeal state
or did his presence only exist
in Jackie Kinley's mind?
Whatever the answer,
working with Jackie, the OSIR was able to
effectively terminate this subjective hunt.
I'm Dan Aykroyd for Psi Factor.
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