PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000): Season 3, Episode 11 - The Winding Cloth - full transcript
RUSSELL.
RUSSELL!
WHAT IS IT?
OH!
YOU WERE RIGHT,
IT WAS THERE!
WE FOUND IT!
OH MY GOD!
IT WAS
RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID IT WAS.
IT'S OVER HERE.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
OF TAMPERING.
I FEEL LIKE #AHOWARD CARTER
MUST HAVE FELT.
SOMETHING!
LET'S OPEN IT,
NOW.
OF COURSE.
COME ON.
CAREFUL.
HAVE YOU GOT IT?
CAN YOU MANAGE?
JUST SET IT RIGHT THERE,
EASY.
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OH MY GOD.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU...
EVERYONE.
I MUST SAY IT WAS VERY KIND
OF YOU TO COME ALL THIS WAY.
WELL,
IT SOUNDED IMPORTANT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FAVOUR,
LINDSAY.
SO, WHY THE BIG MYSTERY,
PROFESSOR?
YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME THAT
IN YEARS.
I GUESS
I FEEL NOSTALGIC HERE.
THIS IS IT.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
HERE WE ARE.
HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS.
RIGHT?
IT'S CELTIC?
YES, MORE THAN LIKELY
12th CENTURY; VERY GOOD.
BUT WHY ARE
THE CORNERS
ORNAMENTED
WITH 5th CENTURY DESIGN?
EXACTLY.
YOU SEE THIS IS JUST
THE CRACKERJA BOX,
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
THE PRIZE.
INCREDIBLE.
IT'S MAGNIFICENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE
THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
ONLY MUCH BETTER.
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ELEOA, WE7LA3AoS
THOSE WHO FAIL TO LEARN FROM THE
PAST ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN FRAGMENTS OF YESTERDAY
INTRUDE ON THE PRESENT?
CONSIDER O.S.I.R. CASE FILE
340-872.
ON THE WELSH COAST,
A GROUP OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS
UNCOVERED
AN OBSCURE BURIAL SITE.
WITHIN THE ANCIENT COFFIN
LAY A SILVER DAGGER
AND A WINDING CLOTH
BUT NO HUMAN REMAINS.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION
OF THIS CELTIC SHROUD,
THE O.S.I.R. TEAM DISCOVERED
THAT EVIL EASILY TRANSCENDS
THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME.
CASE MANAGER'S REPORT,
PRAEGER RECORDING.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
HAS REQUESTED OUR HELP
IN STUDYING AN ANCIENT
DEATH SHROUD THAT BEARS
A DISTURBING SIMILARITY
TO THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
I SHOULD HAVE GRABBED A NAP
SOMEWHERE OVER GREENLAND.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOAX?
I'VE EXCAVATED SITES
FROM AFRICA TO SOUTH AMERICA.
I SHOULD KNOW IF SOMETHING'S
BEEN SEEDED.
UNDERSTOOD,
DR. BEACHAM,
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO COVER
ALL THE ANGLES.
LINDSAY HAS BEEN QUITE IMPRESSED
SO FAR, HAVEN'T YOU?
IF THIS IS A FAKE,
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE.
LET'S SEE
WHERE THE FACTS TAKE US, OKAY?
YOUR THE TYPE WHO HOLDS HIS BET
UNTIL ALL THE CARDS ARE PLAYED,
IS THAT SO?
LINDSAY ONLY WORKS WITH
THE VERY BEST.
I'M SURE SHE WENT
RIGHT TO THE HEAD OF HER CLASS.
SHE WAS
A VERY GIFTED STUDENT.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS
SO FAR, PETE?
THE PURITY OF THE STEEL IS
IN LINE WITH THE ALLEGED PERIOD.
ALLEGED?
NO,
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
NOW KIDS, ANY MORE FIGHTING
AND THE FIELD TRIP'S CANCELED.
WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL?
WHEN THE ROMANS
INVADED BRITAIN,
THE CELTS ABANDONED
THEIR PAGAN RITUALS.
NO COFFIN HAS ELEMENTS OF BOTH
PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
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2 MONTHS AGO,
IN THE NORTH OF WALES,
KATHIE TURNED A MARKER
WITH A CELTIC SYMBOL ON IT.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE
THE SERPENT'S EGG.
ISN'T THAT
SOME KIND OF DRUIDIC SYMBOL?
RIGHT; ASSOCIATED WITH MATHONWY,
ISN'T IT, RUSSELL?
YES; SO WITH THAT FINAL PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE, YEARS OF RESEARCH
FELL
INTO PLACE.
WHAT'S "MATHON-WEE"?
IT'S NOT A WHAT,
IT'S A WHO.
A MAGICIAN IN CELTIC LORE,
WHO'S FATHER WAS THE GUARDIAN
OF THE UNDERWORLD.
SAME GUY?
MATHONWY LIVED AND DIED
1000 YEARS
BEFORE THIS CHAP;
COULD BE ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE
TO CALL IN MALACHY REILLY,
A FOREMOST EXPERT.
OKAY BY ME,
SO LONG AS HE CHECKS OUT.
I'LL HAVE RAY
RUN A SECURITY CHECK.
IT'S OKAY.
HIS CREDENTIALS
ARE IMPECCABLE.
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL
WITH LAUGHING BOY?
THE CLOTH ITSELF
IS MADE OF LINEN.
AS FOR THE LIFE-LIKE IMAGE,
THE BLOOD STAINS--
IT'S BEGGING TO BE COMPARED WITH
THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
WHICH HAS NEVER
BEEN AUTHENTICATED.
NOR DISPROVED.
THE VATICAN HAS A TEAM
OF SCIENTIST DEVOTED TO IT.
INCLUDING
SOME OF OUR PEOPLE.
THOSE BLOOD STAINS,
THEY FOR REAL?
TYPE A-POSITIVE;
D.N.A. TESTS CONFIRM
THEY'RE FROM
A HUMAN MALE.
I'M GONNA NEED A SAMPLE OF THAT
CLOTH TO RUN SOME TESTS, DOCTOR.
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
DR. BEACHAM
NO,
THIS IS AN ANCIENT RELIC.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SNIP IT UP.
AN ACCELERATED
MASS SPECTROMETRY SCAN
IS FAR MORE ACCURATE
THAN ANY RADIOCARBON DATING.
ALL I'LL NEED
IS A FRAGMENT FROM THE CORNER.
I WON'T TOUCH
THE IMAGE.
RUSSELL,
YOU DID ASK US HERE TO HELP.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY?
VERY WELL.
WHAT'S THE PATTERN
ON THE MEDALLION?
NOT SURE.
I CAN'T READ IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE
A PHOTO NEGATIVE.
CAN WE TUNE IN
A LITTLE BETTER RECEPTION?
I'LL TRY
REVERSING THE COLOUR-SPECTRUM.
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GOOD GOD.
WHAT?
IT'S THIS MEDALLION;
I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
MY KEY, I CAN'T--
OH.
DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT LECTURE I GAVE ON LUDAC?
DUKE OF HEART?
THE BEACH BOYS HIT.
DANCED TO IT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
NOT UNLESS
YOU WERE IN THE CLASS OF 1307.
WASN'T HE
THE TYRANT
WHO ENSLAVED
HIS WORKERS;
THAT WAS HIM.
LOOK AT THIS;
DATES BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES.
EVERY ILLUSTRATION
HAND PAINTED,
EVERY WORD
LETTERED BY SCRIBES.
THE MEDALLION...
IT'S IDENTICAL.
YOU'RE RIGHT,
IT IS.
WHAT'S WITH
THE OPEN HEART SURGERY?
HE HAD THIS NASTY HABIT
OF DEALING WITH HIS ENEMIES
BY CUTTING OUT THEIR HEARTS
AND THEN HE WOULD EAT THEM.
I THOUGHT MY BOSS
WAS HARSH.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
AGAIN?
HE WAS OVERTHROWN BY HIS SERFS,
VERY RARE IN THOSE DAYS.
THE FACE, DOES THAT
LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU AS WELL?
INCREDIBLE.
A.M.S. DATES THE CLOTH
AT OVER 700 YEARS OLD.
YOU'D THINK THEY'D PREPARE
THE BODY FOR BURIAL,
CLEAN IT UP.
THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD
INDICATES MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS.
SOMEONE IMPALED HIM
AFTER HE WAS BOUND
FOR BURIAL.
MY GOODNESS.
THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEND
THE BUGGER STRAIGHT TO HELL,
DIDN'T THEY?
MALACHY REILLY.
YOU MUST BE MR. AXON
AND DR. HENDRICKS, THEN?
YOUR MR. PRAEGER
SAID YOU WERE EXPECTING ME.
I'M SORRY,
BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION--
THAT I'M IRISH,
OR THAT I'M A PRIEST?
DON'T LET
EITHER ONE
TROUBLE YOU,
IT DOESN'T ME.
I SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY
MAN OF THE CLOTH HERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I SAW THE HOLY SHROUD
IN TURIN LAST SPRING.
WHO DOES THIS COMPARE?
ALL TOO SIMILAR.
YOU LADS
HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUR FOR YOU.
THE STUDY OF THE HOLY SHROUD
IS A STUDY UNTO ITSELF.
SINDONOLOGY.
YOU'VE HEARD
THE THEORIES?
DA VINCI PAINTED IT;
MEDIEVAL MONKS CONCOCTED IT.
A PRIMITIVE
PHOTOGRAPHIC ATTEMPT, PERHAPS?
DO YOU SEE
THE SHROUD OF TURIN
AS A MIRACLE,
FATHER?
IN MY WORLD THE UNEXPLAINABLE
IS A MIRACLE.
THAT'S ENOUGH
FOR ME.
WHAT'S THIS,
THEN?
WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS DIGITIZING THE IMAGE;
WHEN WERE THROUGH,
WE'LL HAVE A 3-DIMENSIONAL
PERSPECTIVE OF THE BODY.
BRILLIANT.
LET THE MAN
SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
THIS JUMBLE OF CHRISTIAN
AND PAGAN SYMBOLISM,
IT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT REMINDS ME OF A STUDENT I HAD
THAT RESEARCHED HER ESSAY
FROM "MONTY PYTHON
AND THE HOLY GRAIL".
THAT'S THE LAUGH
WE HAVEN'T HEARD SINCE THE NILE.
THAT WAS GOOD.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO RECALL
THE MOONLIGHT ON THE NILE,
YOU SHOULD
GET SOME FRESH AIR.
SORRY.
I THINK
WE'VE BEEN DISMISSED.
SEE YOU LATER.
TA-RA, THEN.
HONESTLY, RUSSELL.
I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE HAD A WIFE
AND KIDS BY NOW.
STOP THAT.
I CAN'T STAND THE IDEA
OF DOMESTICATION.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT
YOU HAVING A FAMILY,
NOT HAVING YOU
NEUTERED.
CAN I HELP IT
IF WOMEN FIND ME SO STIMULATION?
OH, PLEASE.
SO WHAT ABOUT
KATHIE?
SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO ME MY LAST
SEMESTER AT ORIEL COLLEGE.
BEFORE LONG
SHE WAS GRADING STUDENT PAPERS
AND HELPING ME
EDIT MY LECTURES.
AND PICKING OUT YOUR TIES
AND MAKING YOUR EGGS FLORENTINE.
I KNOW
THE DRILL.
NO, NO,
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE KATHIE,
WITHOUT HER I NEVER WOULD HAVE
FOUND THAT GRAVE SITE.
LINDSAY, THIS IS EVERYTHING
I'VE EVER LOOKED FOR.
THIS COULD BE
THE ONE.
YOU MEAN KATHIE
OR THE SHROUD?
BOTH,
IN A STRANGE WAY.
WHEN I PUBLISH
MY FINDINGS,
I'LL BE IN THE TEXTBOOKS
NOT MERELY TEACHING FROM THEM.
THIS COULD BE MY HOLY GRAIL,
DON'T YOU SEE?
I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO BE A PART OF THAT.
YOU ALREADY ARE.
THERE HE IS
IN ALL HIS GLORY.
IF YOU CAN
CALL IT GLORY.
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
FATHER?
MR. AXON,
DO YOU BELIEVE IN EVIL?
FATHER...
PHILOSOPHICALLY
SPEAKING,
I'M NOT TRYING
TO CONVERT YOU, HERE.
OKAY,
EVIL TO ME IS JUST
THE LABEL WE PUT ON THINGS
TOO HORRIBLE
TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE HAVE FREE WILL.
WE ALL MAKE
OUR OWN CHOICES,
GOOD AND BAD.
A REASONABLE ASSESSMENT.
PERSONALLY, I SEE EVIL
LIKE THE TIDES OF THE SEA.
THE STRONG
CAN RESIST
THE UNDERTOW,
THE WEAK CANNOT.
SO WHAT ABOUT
THIS ONE, THEN?
DID MEN LIKE HIM
MAKE THE MIDDLE AGES
A BLACK PAGE
IN HISTORY?
OR WAS HE
A PRODUCT OF HIS TIME?
TOUCHE, DOCTOR.
BUT IF EVIL HAD A FACE,
IT WOULD LOOK A LOT LIKE THAT.
RIGHT TRACK, FATHER;
BEACHAM'S FOUND A MATCH
WHO'D MAKE CHARLIE MANSON
LOOK LIKE CHARLIE BROWN.
ANYONE WANT A LIFT BACK TO
THE CHEAPEST HOTEL IN LONDON?
BEDBUGS
AND BREAKFAST.
YOU CAN'T CALL IT A NIGHT
TILL I TREAT YOU TO A GUINNESS.
I INSIST.
I HAVE NOTES TO CATCH UP ON;
ANOTHER NIGHT.
HAVE IT YOUR WAY,
DOCTOR.
AS FOR THE LIKES OF YOU,
I SHAN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
FATHER--
PLEASE,
I'M 3 TIME ZONES OUT OF WHACK.
ME TOO.
I DON'T DRINK
ON THE JOB.
ESPECIALLY NOT
WITH THE BOSS AROUND, YOU KNOW?
MY BOSS
IS MORE FORGIVING.
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SURE YOU DON'T WANT A DOCTOR
TO LOOK AT THAT?
A DOCTOR ALREADY HAS--
ME.
I'M FINE.
DIDN'T SEE A THING.
I WISH I COULD BE MORE HELP,
DETECTIVE.
INSPECTOR;
CAN YOU RECALL ANYTHING ELSE?
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN AFTER
THE SHROUD.
WHY ELSE WALK AWAY FROM A ROOM
FULL OF VALUABLE ELECTRONICS?
DO YOU HAVE
A PHOTOGRAPH?
I CAN GET IT
TO YOU.
ANY IDEA
WHO'D WANT IT SO BADLY?
PRIVATE COLLECTOR?
INDIANA JONES?
YOU TELL ME.
WE'LL MAKE SOME INQUIRES,
SIR.
GOOD THING
YOU'RE SO HARD-HEADED.
MATT--
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT SHROUD,
DID YOU GET A FEELING?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING;
THE SHROUD HAS A SPECIAL POWER?
I CAN'T HELP THINKING
WHAT FATHER REILLY SAID
ABOUT EVIL
BEING LIKE A TIDE.
AN UNDERTOW.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT
A PAGAN CULT STOLE THE SHROUD?
IT'S A PLACE
TO START.
THE ILLUSTRATION FEATURES
DRUIDIC PRIESTS.
YES.
BUT YOU SAID THE ROMANS BANISHED
THE DRUIDS 1000 YEARS AGO.
THEY DIDN'T DISAPPEAR,
THEY JUST WENT UNDERGROUND.
MODERN-DAY WITCHCRAFT, WICCA,
IS BASED ON DRUIDIC PRINCIPALS.
SHE WAS LIKE THIS AS A STUDENT,
ALWAYS OUT ON A LIMB.
DON'T PATRONIZE ME.
I'M NOT.
WHAT KIND OF WOOD
WAS THE COFFIN?
BLACK OAK.
WHICH THE DRUIDS BELIEVED
TO HAVE MAGICAL PROPERTIES.
ONLY THEY WOULD MAKE A COFFIN
FROM SOMETHING AS VALUABLE.
HAD ENOUGH, DOC,
DO YOU WANT THE LIGHTNING ROUND?
NO, NO, NO, POINT TAKEN;
LET'S MOVE ON, PLEASE.
THERE ARE OVER 60 WICCA-RELATED
SHOPS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN.
60;
60.
WICCA WAREHOUSE.
KISSING COVENS?
CAN WE JUST
LET OUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING?
I ALREADY DID.
SHE ALREADY DID.
NUMBER 34, MABINOGION BOOKS,
SPECIALIZING IN OCCULT SUPPLIES.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR WITCH
HUNT, I SHALL GO BACK TO WORK.
SOME OF DO HAVE JOBS,
WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
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3 POUNDS, 50,
PLEASE.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE LEAD,
MY DRUID IS NOT SO FLUID.
YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT,
JUST SMILE AND NOD A LOT.
KEEP THE CHANGE;
CHEERS, MATE.
OH, MY BACK.
YOU'LL LIVE.
THINK I GAVE HIM
TOO BIG A TIP?
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CAN I HELP YOU?
OH, YES, MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE'RE NEW TO LONDON.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU SPECIALIZE...
WELL,
IN BOOKS RELATED TO WICCA.
YOU KNOW, PAGAN RITES,
THAT SORT OF THING.
OF COURSE; MIND YOU,
WE CATER TO A SERIOUS CLIENTELE.
FOR GENERAL INTEREST
THERE ARE BOOK SHOPS
ALONG
THE CHARRING CROSS ROAD.
I COULD
SUGGEST A FEW.
BUT THERE NOT LIKELY
TO CARRY
"THE BLACK BOOK OF CARMARTHEN",
ARE THEY?
MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE ARE VERY SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING SOMETHING NEW.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS SORT OF THING
BACK HOME IN LETHBRIDGE.
THEIR IDEA OF A FERTILITY RITE
IS SPREADING MANURE.
WE'VE MADE REAL PROGRESS
IN MAIN-STREAMING OUR BELIEFS.
OUR ULTIMATE AIM
IS TO BE ACCEPTED AS A REVIVAL
OF A PRE-CHRSTIAN ONENESS
WITH THE GODS AND GODDESSES
OF THE ELEMENTS.
RIGHT.
DON'T CONFUSE SATANISM
WITH PAGANISM.
WE'RE IN THE NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENT,
PROUD OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.
KIND OF LIKE,
OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET.
LIKE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU SHOULD BE WELL INFORMED
BEFORE YOU MAKE
A SERIOUS COMMITMENT.
OF COURSE, TELL ME WHAT WE NEED
TO GET STARTED.
WHAT DO WE NEED;
WE NEED INCENSE, CANDLES?
CRYSTALS?
I DON'T KNOW
IF ALL THAT'S NECESSARY, REALLY.
A BOOK OF CHANTS;
THIS IS SO GREAT.
ARRR!
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THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY.
BUILD'S
ALMOST COMPLETE.
OH, YES.
ANY PROGRESS
ON HOW IT WAS CREATED?
WELL,
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC; WE FOUND
NO TRACES OF SILVER OR CHROMIUM
IN THE FIBERS
WE TESTED.
NO SIGNS OF PAINT OR PIGMENT,
EITHER.
WHAT WAS IT MADE OF?
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF A REACTION
BETWEEN SOMETHING ORGANIC
AND THE CLOTH ITSELF.
THAT WOULD BE
AFTER BURIAL.
HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE?
I'M TRYING
TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THE EXPRESSION
TROUBLES ME.
WHEN I 1st SAW IT,
I THOUGHT IT WAS PAIN,
BUT IT'S NOT;
IT'S RAGE.
IT'S ANGER.
LIKE HE WAS
BURIED ALIVE.
THANK YOU,
PETER.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
YES.
GOT YOU;
KATHIE?
KATHIE,
WE FOUND HIM.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
THE WHOLE TIME.
WE MUST CALL LINDSAY
AT THE HOTEL.
HER NUMBER IS WHERE?
KATHIE, DO YOU HAVE
LINDSAY'S NUMBER AT THE HOTEL?
NO, FORGET IT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE?
I PUT IT IN THE CELL.
SO WE JUST GO
BEEP, BEEP, BOOM.
RECEPTION,
MAY I HELP YOU?
WHAT THE--
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HAS BEACHAM SEEN THIS?
NO, KATHIE SAID
HE WENT OUT.
YOU'RE SURE;
OKAY, THANKS, INSPECTOR.
ELDRIDGE SAYS, JORDAN'S SO CLEAN
HE COULD BE RUNNING A DAYCARE.
THERE'S
A SCARY THOUGHT.
NO KIDDING.
WHAT ABOUT
"THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY"?
A RELIGIOUS GROUP.
NO MAJOR CRIMES, A FEW TICKETS
FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE
AND VIOLATION OF FIRE BYLAWS;
UNAUTHORIZED RITUAL BONFIRES.
SO WHO DO WE CALL; SCOTLAND YARD
OR SMOKEY THE BEAR?
COME ON, PETER,
THEY DIDN'T CONNECT THAT NAME
AND THAT SYMBOL BY ACCIDENT.
ANYTHING ELSE
WE CAN LEARN
FROM THE NOT SO DEARLY DEPARTED?
I WAS ABLE
TO CONFIRM MY SUPPOSITIONS
WITH A "VIRTUAL AUTOPSY".
SEE HOW
THE SPLEEN HAS BEEN PUNCTURED?
AS WELL AS
THE RIGHT LUNG?
THE BLOOD
SOAKED INTO THE SHROUD
WHEN HE WAS LAID
ON HIS BACK.
I BUY THAT
THIS CAME FROM A REAL PERSON,
BUT WHY WASN'T HE
IN THE COFFIN?
WHERE DID HE GO?
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WAIT!
THIS IS INSANE.
WAIT.
NO.
LET ME GO.
OKAY, OKAY.
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NO.
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ARRR!
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THEY CUT OUT HIS HEART.
YOU MAY WANT TO QUESTION
A SELF-PROCLAIMED NEO-PAGAN
NAMED CARL JORDAN.
THAT'S NOT A CRIME
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
MURDER IS.
LINDSAY.
HE MAY HAVE STOLEN
THE SHROUD;
HE RUNS
A BOOK SHOP
ON CAMDEN TOWN HIGH STREET,
CALLED MABINOGION BOOKS.
MUCH APPRECIATED,
MA'AM.
I'M ALRIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARMY
MARCHED THROUGH HERE.
BY CANDLELIGHT.
WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED,
SIR.
TERRIBLY SORRY,
MA'AM.
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL
LAST NIGHT,
THE SERVICE REGISTERED A HANG UP
FROM RUSSELL
AROUND 3 O'CLOCK.
AFTER KATHIE SAID
HE WENT OUT.
YEAH.
I'M SURE SHE COULD HAVE
MISTAKEN THE TIME.
MAYBE I'M JUST LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME.
LINDSAY.
IF I'D MADE THE CONNECTION
S00NER.
IF I'D CONVINCED RUSSELL.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
NOTHING.
NO.
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I WAS BROUGHT UP
TO BELIEVE
THAT WE ARE PUT ON THIS EARTH
FOR SOME PURPOSE.
THAT WE WERE ALL
PART OF GOD'S PLAN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANYMORE.
IT'S NATURAL
TO QUESTION ONE'S FAITH
AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
I JUST CAN'T BLINDLY ACCEPT
WHAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD.
NOT WITHOUT ASKING, WHY?
I WISH I COULD MAKE
THE PAIN GO AWAY
WITH A KISS OR A PSALM,
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT,
DOES IT?
NO, IT DOESN'T.
GO HOME,
LINDSAY.
GIVE YOURSELF
TIME TO HEAL.
THERE'S ONLY TROUBLE
LEFT FOR YOU HERE.
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SO,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HUMAN SACRIFICE
IS NOT EXACTLY STANDARD PRACTICE
FOR MODERN-DAY WITCHES.
IT'S GOTTA BE SOME KIND OF
CULT THING.
I WANT TO GIVE THE POLICE
TIME TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER,
BEFORE WE DECIDE ON
OUR NEXT MOVE.
I'D SAY THAT'D BE
STRAIGHT HOME.
YOU GO AHEAD HOME.
I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL WHOEVER
KILLED RUSSELL'S BEEN CAUGHT.
I KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL--
REALLY?
LOOK, WHAT WE CAME HERE
TO INVESTIGATE IS GONE.
SO'S THE GUY
WHO CONTACTED US.
WHAT'S LEFT?
THIS IS PERSONAL,
NOW.
OKAY; IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER
THIS IS
A POLICE MATTER
AND WE HAVE
NO AUTHORITY.
WE CAN HELP THEM
FOCUS THEIR INVESTIGATION.
ANY DIRT
ON KATHIE?
FOR STARTERS,
SHE LIED TO RUSSELL.
ACCORDING TO THE REGISTRAR
AT CAMBRIDGE,
SHE HAS DOUBLE DOCTORATES IN
ARCHEOLOGY AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY.
WHY'S SHE
A T.A.?
TO USE RUSSELL'S CONNECTIONS
TO SEARCH FOR LUDAC'S GRAVE.
YOU SURE
ABOUT THAT?
I KNEW RUSSELL.
HE WAS
A BRILLIANT MAN,
BUT HE WAS
EASILY MANIPULATED.
IF KATHIE BELONGS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY,
IT ALL FITS.
AND IF
THEY'RE SOME KIND OF LUDAC CULT.
BUT IF THEY TOOK
THE SHROUD,
WHY KILL BEACHAM?
TO KEEP HIM FROM
CONNECTING KATHIE TO THE CULT.
THE ANCIENTS WROTE ABOUT
"THE FORCES OF ANARCHY"
THROWING THE WORLD
INTO CHAOS.
YOU THINK
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH?
I WISH I KNEW.
I WISH I KNEW.
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ATEGENOS,
WHEN?
THE MOON WILL BE FULL
IN 2 NIGHTS TIME.
FROM THAT NIGHT ON,
YOU WILL BE REBORN.
IS EVERYTHING
IN READINESS?
IT IS,
MY LORD.
GOOD.
YOU CALL THIS WINE?
FORGIVE ME.
STAY HERE,
I'LL RUN OUT FOR MORE.
STAY.
OF COURSE.
MORE WINE!
NOW!
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KATHIE,
I NEED RUSSELL'S MANUSCRIPT
WITH THE ILLUSTRATION OF LUDAC.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE IT IS?
RUSSELL MUST HAVE
TAKEN IT HOME.
NO, IT'S PRICELESS,
HE'D NEVER DO THAT.
WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE NOW?
KATHIE, WHOEVER TOOK THE SHROUD,
KILLED RUSSELL.
I'M NOT
JUST GONNA WALK AWAY FROM THIS.
YOU REALLY CARED FOR HIM,
DIDN'T YOU?
OF COURSE I DID.
LINDSAY, WE BOTH KNOW RUSSELL
WAS A LADIES MAN TO THE END.
YOU AND I
WERE MERELY TROPHIES.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU CAN SPEAK FOR BOTH OF US?
DID YOU EVER
TELL HIM
ABOUT YOUR DOCTORATES
FROM CAMBRIDGE?
NOT AT 1st.
BUT THEN
HE FOUND IT AMUSING.
HE THOUGHT OF ME
AS A COLLEAGUE.
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
LOOK,
RUSSELL TOOK ME SERIOUSLY.
THANKS TO HIM,
HIS PEERS DID, AS WELL.
WE BOTH GOT WHAT WE WANTED;
WHY PRETEND IT WERE MORE?
YOU WON'T BE PICKING UP THAT
BLACK DRESS FROM THE CLEANERS?
DON'T JUDGE ME.
I DON'T HAVE TO.
IT WON'T BE UP TO ME,
WILL IT?
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LINDSAY,
ANY NEWS OF THE BOOK?
NO,
IT'S STILL MISSING.
KATHIE'S STONEWALLING ME.
WITHOUT IT, I CAN'T RESEARCH
LUDAC'S HISTORY.
I JUST KNOW
SHE'S A PART OF THIS.
EVEN IF SHE IS,
STEALING A BOOK IS A FAR CRY
FROM BEING ACCUSED OF MURDER.
MATT GOT A CALL
FROM INSPECTOR ELDRIDGE.
KATHIE HAS
NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
SHE'S INNOCENT.
SHE USED RUSSELL,
ANTON.
SHE NEEDED HIS HELP AND SHE DID
WHAT SHE HAD TO, TO GET IT.
WAIT.
YOU'RE SO SURE?
HE SUPERVISED MY MASTERS THESIS
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.
YOU KNOW,
THERE WERE A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS,
ONE THING
LEAD TO ANOTHER...
IT'S ALWAYS
BOTHERED ME.
AREN'T YOU BEING
A LITTLE HARD ON YOURSELF?
HE APPROVED MY THESIS
WITH ALMOST NO REVISIONS.
WHEN MY PAPER WAS FINISHED,
I ENDED IT.
MAYBE I SEE MORE OF MYSELF
IN KATHIE THAN I'D LIKE TO.
LOOK,
YOU'RE BOTH ADULTS.
BESIDES,
A MAN
OF HIS ACADEMIC STANDING
WOULD HARDLY HAND
A MASTERS DEGREE AT OXFORD
AS A GOODBYE GIFT.
CARL,
I DON'T LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE
ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
IT WON'T BE LONG,
NOW.
THE BODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PROPERLY DISPOSED OF.
WHY DON'T YOU
TELL HIM THAT?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
MY GOD...
GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,
DARLING.
BY THE NEXT
FULL MOON,
WE'LL BE BEYOND MAN'S LAWS
AND HIS.
MORE WINE!
RIGHT AWAY.
MAN
AND BEAST
ONCE FEARED MY NAME.
THAT TIME
HAS COME AGAIN.
IT HAS,
MY LORD.
YOU ARE
THE CHIEFTAIN
WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR
TO HERALD
THE NEW AGE.
YOU BORE ME.
OH MY GOD!
CARL?
OH MY GOD,
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
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I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE
FOR YOU.
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SAME AS
THE OTHER ONE?
HEART RIPPED OUT.
DOES THIS HAPPEN OFTEN
WHEN YOU LOT ARE ABOUT?
MORE THAN
YOU WANT TO KNOW.
WE'VE SEARCHED THE PREMISES
FOR THE SHROUD, NO SIGN OF IT.
PROBABLY SPIRITED
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY NOW.
JAPAN,
I SUSPECT.
REAL ART BUFFS,
THOSE JAPANESE.
BUT ART THEFT DOESN'T CONNECT
TO RITUALISTIC MURDERS.
WE FOUND THIS,
SIR.
THAT LOOKS LIKE
AN OLD ONE.
THIS CAME
FROM BEACHAM'S.
HERE HE IS.
CARL JORDAN.
HE WAS IN RUSSELL'S CLASS
AT ORIEL COLLEGE.
THE SAME CLASS RUSSELL
WAS TEACHING WHEN HE MET KATHIE.
ALL THE PIECES FIT,
BUT WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE?
WHATEVER IT IS, MR. PRAEGER,
IT'S NOT PRETTY.
IF THESE PEOPLE HAVE FORMED
SOME SORT OF PAGAN SECT,
YOU'D BEST LEAVE MATTERS
TO THE POLICE.
WHAT IF
IT'S MORE THAN THAT?
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF
A REPRESENTATION IN THE IMAGE,
IT'S LUDAC HIMSELF?
WHAT,
A GHOST?
NO.
LINDSAY, THE DRUIDS COMMUNED
WITH NATURE, DID THEY NOT?
THEY DREW POWER FROM THE FORCES
OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
THEY WERE ALSO KNOWN TO MERGE
WITH INANIMATE OBJECTS.
THAT'S PART OF THE LORE
SURROUNDING MATHONWY.
HE WAS A MAGICIAN,
AN ENCHANTER.
LUDAC MAY STILL HAVE FOLLOWERS
IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
HE COULD ALSO BE
A DESCENDANT OF MATHONWY.
WHAT IF
HE COULD USE HIS MAGIC
TO WILL HIMSELF INTO
HIS OWN DEATH SHROUD?
AND THEN WHAT?
INSTANT PSYCHOPATH,
JUST ADD INCANTATIONS AND STIR?
NO, BLOOD.
HUMAN SACRIFICE.
LISTEN TO YOURSELVES.
YOU'RE SUGGESTING LUDAC
IS WALKING THE EARTH
CUTTING OUT
PEOPLES' HEARTS?
WE'VE SEEN STRANGER THINGS,
FATHER.
READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
THERE'S ENOUGH DARKNESS
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN
WITHOUT
SOME UNHOLY RESURRECTION.
YOU CAME HERE
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING PARANORMAL
AND YOU'LL FIND IT
WHETHER IT'S HERE OR NOT.
I'M NOT READY
TO REJECT ANY THEORY.
WELL NOW,
THAT MAY BE YOUR PROBLEM.
PRAEGER.
WE'LL BE
RIGHT THERE.
THEY FOUND KATHIE.
YOU BEST HURRY;
SHE MAY NOT MAKE IT TO HOSPITAL.
KATHIE?
LUDAC.
WE KNOW.
DID HE DO THIS
TO YOU?
ATEGENOS.
TONIGHT.
STOP HIM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE LUDAC IS?
SHE'S PASSED OUT.
WE MUST GET HER
TO THE HOSPITAL.
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STAY WITH HER,
CALL US FROM THE HOSPITAL.
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OUR BOTANIST SAYS THAT LEAF
CAME FROM A BLACK OAK.
GREAT,
OAK TREES GROW HERE LIKE WEEDS.
HOW DO WE KNOW SHE'S NOT
JUST JERKING US AROUND?
YOU SAW WHAT HE DID TO HER;
SHE'S NOT GONNA LIE TO US.
OKAY.
KATHIE WAS FOUND
A FEW BLOCKS FROM JORDAN'S SHOP.
THE POLICE
ARE ALREADY SEARCHING THE AREA.
LUDAC
MUST HAVE HAD HELP.
HE DIDN'T MAKE HIS BIG COME-BACK
ON HIS OWN.
THE CELTS MEASURED TIME BASED ON
PHASES OF THE MOON NOT THE SUN.
THIS SAYS,
LUDAC BECOMES IMMORTAL
IF HE "BATHES IN THE LIGHT
OF THE FULL MOON ATEGENOS".
THE MOON
OF REBIRTH.
KATHIE TOLD US
IT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT.
IT'S DARK
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOURS.
IF LUDAC WANTS A FULL FIRE
AND BRIMSTONE PEP RALLY,
HE'LL NEED SPACE
AND PRIVACY.
NEAREST BIG PARK IS THIS ONE,
AT THE NORTH CORNER OF THE CITY,
ALMOST OUT OF TOWN;
ALWYN PARK.
CALL THE POLICE.
I'M COMING;
2 PEOPLE HAVE HAD
THEIR HEARTS CUT OUT.
I KNOW.
PETE,
MEET US AT THE PARK.
YOU GOT IT.
WE OBSERVE ONLY,
GOT IT?
INSPECTOR ELDRIDGE,
PLEASE.
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ATEGENOS!
THE RITE
OF THE SACRED MOON.
THAT WHICH SHALL MAKE ME
IMMORTAL.
NOTHIN' SAYS LOVIN'
LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE COVEN.
WHERE'S PETE
WITH THOSE COPS?
THE MOON'S
ALMOST AT IT'S PEAK.
WE NEED
TO DISTRACT THEM.
I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE
TO OBSERVE.
I THOUGHT I WAS COMING HERE
ALONE.
THE SHROUD; IT'S GOT TO BE
PART OF THE RITUAL.
SO, IF WE GRAB IT,
THE PARTY'S OVER.
OKAY,
I'LL CIRCLE AROUND
THE BACK SIDE OF THE FIRE,
YOU CREATE A DISTRACTION
AND I'LL GET IT.
WHY DON'T YOU
CREATE A DISTRACTION?
I RUN FASTER.
LINDSAY.
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FATHER?
I TOLD YOU
I WAS AN EXPERT.
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YOU REALLY KNOW
HOW TO THROW A CLAM BAKE.
HAIL TO OUR SAVIOUR!
*
YOU HAVE CAUSED
MUCH DISORDER.
I'LL JUST BE GOING, THEN,
NO HARD FEELINGS.
YOU WILL FEAST
WITH ME,
TONIGHT!
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LUDAC!
NO.
NO!
LUDAC,
DON'T LEAVE US!
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CASE MANAGER'S FINAL ENTRY,
MATT PRAEGER RECORDING.
TIME TO CONFESS,
FATHER.
FATHER MALACHY REILLY
HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED
FOR THE MURDERS.
AS FOR THE MAN
KNOWN AS LUDAC,
HIS DISAPPEARANCE
REMAINS UNSOLVED.
THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY
HAVE GONE UNDERGROUND
AND ARE BEING PURSUED
BY THE AUTHORITIES.
THE O.S.I.R. CONTINUES TO STUDY
THE DIG-SITE
WHERE THE LUDAC WINDING CLOTH
WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND.
ITS TRUE NATURE REMAINS UNKNOWN.
PRAEGER OUT.
RUSSELL!
WHAT IS IT?
OH!
YOU WERE RIGHT,
IT WAS THERE!
WE FOUND IT!
OH MY GOD!
IT WAS
RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID IT WAS.
IT'S OVER HERE.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
OF TAMPERING.
I FEEL LIKE #AHOWARD CARTER
MUST HAVE FELT.
SOMETHING!
LET'S OPEN IT,
NOW.
OF COURSE.
COME ON.
CAREFUL.
HAVE YOU GOT IT?
CAN YOU MANAGE?
JUST SET IT RIGHT THERE,
EASY.
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OH MY GOD.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU...
EVERYONE.
I MUST SAY IT WAS VERY KIND
OF YOU TO COME ALL THIS WAY.
WELL,
IT SOUNDED IMPORTANT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FAVOUR,
LINDSAY.
SO, WHY THE BIG MYSTERY,
PROFESSOR?
YOU HAVEN'T CALLED ME THAT
IN YEARS.
I GUESS
I FEEL NOSTALGIC HERE.
THIS IS IT.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
HERE WE ARE.
HAVE A LOOK
AT THIS.
RIGHT?
IT'S CELTIC?
YES, MORE THAN LIKELY
12th CENTURY; VERY GOOD.
BUT WHY ARE
THE CORNERS
ORNAMENTED
WITH 5th CENTURY DESIGN?
EXACTLY.
YOU SEE THIS IS JUST
THE CRACKERJA BOX,
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
THE PRIZE.
INCREDIBLE.
IT'S MAGNIFICENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE
THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
ONLY MUCH BETTER.
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ELEOA, WE7LA3AoS
THOSE WHO FAIL TO LEARN FROM THE
PAST ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN FRAGMENTS OF YESTERDAY
INTRUDE ON THE PRESENT?
CONSIDER O.S.I.R. CASE FILE
340-872.
ON THE WELSH COAST,
A GROUP OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS
UNCOVERED
AN OBSCURE BURIAL SITE.
WITHIN THE ANCIENT COFFIN
LAY A SILVER DAGGER
AND A WINDING CLOTH
BUT NO HUMAN REMAINS.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION
OF THIS CELTIC SHROUD,
THE O.S.I.R. TEAM DISCOVERED
THAT EVIL EASILY TRANSCENDS
THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME.
CASE MANAGER'S REPORT,
PRAEGER RECORDING.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
HAS REQUESTED OUR HELP
IN STUDYING AN ANCIENT
DEATH SHROUD THAT BEARS
A DISTURBING SIMILARITY
TO THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
I SHOULD HAVE GRABBED A NAP
SOMEWHERE OVER GREENLAND.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOAX?
I'VE EXCAVATED SITES
FROM AFRICA TO SOUTH AMERICA.
I SHOULD KNOW IF SOMETHING'S
BEEN SEEDED.
UNDERSTOOD,
DR. BEACHAM,
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO COVER
ALL THE ANGLES.
LINDSAY HAS BEEN QUITE IMPRESSED
SO FAR, HAVEN'T YOU?
IF THIS IS A FAKE,
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE.
LET'S SEE
WHERE THE FACTS TAKE US, OKAY?
YOUR THE TYPE WHO HOLDS HIS BET
UNTIL ALL THE CARDS ARE PLAYED,
IS THAT SO?
LINDSAY ONLY WORKS WITH
THE VERY BEST.
I'M SURE SHE WENT
RIGHT TO THE HEAD OF HER CLASS.
SHE WAS
A VERY GIFTED STUDENT.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS
SO FAR, PETE?
THE PURITY OF THE STEEL IS
IN LINE WITH THE ALLEGED PERIOD.
ALLEGED?
NO,
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
NOW KIDS, ANY MORE FIGHTING
AND THE FIELD TRIP'S CANCELED.
WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL?
WHEN THE ROMANS
INVADED BRITAIN,
THE CELTS ABANDONED
THEIR PAGAN RITUALS.
NO COFFIN HAS ELEMENTS OF BOTH
PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
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2 MONTHS AGO,
IN THE NORTH OF WALES,
KATHIE TURNED A MARKER
WITH A CELTIC SYMBOL ON IT.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE
THE SERPENT'S EGG.
ISN'T THAT
SOME KIND OF DRUIDIC SYMBOL?
RIGHT; ASSOCIATED WITH MATHONWY,
ISN'T IT, RUSSELL?
YES; SO WITH THAT FINAL PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE, YEARS OF RESEARCH
FELL
INTO PLACE.
WHAT'S "MATHON-WEE"?
IT'S NOT A WHAT,
IT'S A WHO.
A MAGICIAN IN CELTIC LORE,
WHO'S FATHER WAS THE GUARDIAN
OF THE UNDERWORLD.
SAME GUY?
MATHONWY LIVED AND DIED
1000 YEARS
BEFORE THIS CHAP;
COULD BE ONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE
TO CALL IN MALACHY REILLY,
A FOREMOST EXPERT.
OKAY BY ME,
SO LONG AS HE CHECKS OUT.
I'LL HAVE RAY
RUN A SECURITY CHECK.
IT'S OKAY.
HIS CREDENTIALS
ARE IMPECCABLE.
SO WHAT'S THE DEAL
WITH LAUGHING BOY?
THE CLOTH ITSELF
IS MADE OF LINEN.
AS FOR THE LIFE-LIKE IMAGE,
THE BLOOD STAINS--
IT'S BEGGING TO BE COMPARED WITH
THE SHROUD OF TURIN.
WHICH HAS NEVER
BEEN AUTHENTICATED.
NOR DISPROVED.
THE VATICAN HAS A TEAM
OF SCIENTIST DEVOTED TO IT.
INCLUDING
SOME OF OUR PEOPLE.
THOSE BLOOD STAINS,
THEY FOR REAL?
TYPE A-POSITIVE;
D.N.A. TESTS CONFIRM
THEY'RE FROM
A HUMAN MALE.
I'M GONNA NEED A SAMPLE OF THAT
CLOTH TO RUN SOME TESTS, DOCTOR.
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
DR. BEACHAM
NO,
THIS IS AN ANCIENT RELIC.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SNIP IT UP.
AN ACCELERATED
MASS SPECTROMETRY SCAN
IS FAR MORE ACCURATE
THAN ANY RADIOCARBON DATING.
ALL I'LL NEED
IS A FRAGMENT FROM THE CORNER.
I WON'T TOUCH
THE IMAGE.
RUSSELL,
YOU DID ASK US HERE TO HELP.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY?
VERY WELL.
WHAT'S THE PATTERN
ON THE MEDALLION?
NOT SURE.
I CAN'T READ IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE
A PHOTO NEGATIVE.
CAN WE TUNE IN
A LITTLE BETTER RECEPTION?
I'LL TRY
REVERSING THE COLOUR-SPECTRUM.
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GOOD GOD.
WHAT?
IT'S THIS MEDALLION;
I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
MY KEY, I CAN'T--
OH.
DO YOU REMEMBER
THAT LECTURE I GAVE ON LUDAC?
DUKE OF HEART?
THE BEACH BOYS HIT.
DANCED TO IT
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
NOT UNLESS
YOU WERE IN THE CLASS OF 1307.
WASN'T HE
THE TYRANT
WHO ENSLAVED
HIS WORKERS;
THAT WAS HIM.
LOOK AT THIS;
DATES BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES.
EVERY ILLUSTRATION
HAND PAINTED,
EVERY WORD
LETTERED BY SCRIBES.
THE MEDALLION...
IT'S IDENTICAL.
YOU'RE RIGHT,
IT IS.
WHAT'S WITH
THE OPEN HEART SURGERY?
HE HAD THIS NASTY HABIT
OF DEALING WITH HIS ENEMIES
BY CUTTING OUT THEIR HEARTS
AND THEN HE WOULD EAT THEM.
I THOUGHT MY BOSS
WAS HARSH.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
AGAIN?
HE WAS OVERTHROWN BY HIS SERFS,
VERY RARE IN THOSE DAYS.
THE FACE, DOES THAT
LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU AS WELL?
INCREDIBLE.
A.M.S. DATES THE CLOTH
AT OVER 700 YEARS OLD.
YOU'D THINK THEY'D PREPARE
THE BODY FOR BURIAL,
CLEAN IT UP.
THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD
INDICATES MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS.
SOMEONE IMPALED HIM
AFTER HE WAS BOUND
FOR BURIAL.
MY GOODNESS.
THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEND
THE BUGGER STRAIGHT TO HELL,
DIDN'T THEY?
MALACHY REILLY.
YOU MUST BE MR. AXON
AND DR. HENDRICKS, THEN?
YOUR MR. PRAEGER
SAID YOU WERE EXPECTING ME.
I'M SORRY,
BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION--
THAT I'M IRISH,
OR THAT I'M A PRIEST?
DON'T LET
EITHER ONE
TROUBLE YOU,
IT DOESN'T ME.
I SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY
MAN OF THE CLOTH HERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I SAW THE HOLY SHROUD
IN TURIN LAST SPRING.
WHO DOES THIS COMPARE?
ALL TOO SIMILAR.
YOU LADS
HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUR FOR YOU.
THE STUDY OF THE HOLY SHROUD
IS A STUDY UNTO ITSELF.
SINDONOLOGY.
YOU'VE HEARD
THE THEORIES?
DA VINCI PAINTED IT;
MEDIEVAL MONKS CONCOCTED IT.
A PRIMITIVE
PHOTOGRAPHIC ATTEMPT, PERHAPS?
DO YOU SEE
THE SHROUD OF TURIN
AS A MIRACLE,
FATHER?
IN MY WORLD THE UNEXPLAINABLE
IS A MIRACLE.
THAT'S ENOUGH
FOR ME.
WHAT'S THIS,
THEN?
WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS DIGITIZING THE IMAGE;
WHEN WERE THROUGH,
WE'LL HAVE A 3-DIMENSIONAL
PERSPECTIVE OF THE BODY.
BRILLIANT.
LET THE MAN
SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
THIS JUMBLE OF CHRISTIAN
AND PAGAN SYMBOLISM,
IT JUST
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT REMINDS ME OF A STUDENT I HAD
THAT RESEARCHED HER ESSAY
FROM "MONTY PYTHON
AND THE HOLY GRAIL".
THAT'S THE LAUGH
WE HAVEN'T HEARD SINCE THE NILE.
THAT WAS GOOD.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO RECALL
THE MOONLIGHT ON THE NILE,
YOU SHOULD
GET SOME FRESH AIR.
SORRY.
I THINK
WE'VE BEEN DISMISSED.
SEE YOU LATER.
TA-RA, THEN.
HONESTLY, RUSSELL.
I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE HAD A WIFE
AND KIDS BY NOW.
STOP THAT.
I CAN'T STAND THE IDEA
OF DOMESTICATION.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT
YOU HAVING A FAMILY,
NOT HAVING YOU
NEUTERED.
CAN I HELP IT
IF WOMEN FIND ME SO STIMULATION?
OH, PLEASE.
SO WHAT ABOUT
KATHIE?
SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO ME MY LAST
SEMESTER AT ORIEL COLLEGE.
BEFORE LONG
SHE WAS GRADING STUDENT PAPERS
AND HELPING ME
EDIT MY LECTURES.
AND PICKING OUT YOUR TIES
AND MAKING YOUR EGGS FLORENTINE.
I KNOW
THE DRILL.
NO, NO,
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE KATHIE,
WITHOUT HER I NEVER WOULD HAVE
FOUND THAT GRAVE SITE.
LINDSAY, THIS IS EVERYTHING
I'VE EVER LOOKED FOR.
THIS COULD BE
THE ONE.
YOU MEAN KATHIE
OR THE SHROUD?
BOTH,
IN A STRANGE WAY.
WHEN I PUBLISH
MY FINDINGS,
I'LL BE IN THE TEXTBOOKS
NOT MERELY TEACHING FROM THEM.
THIS COULD BE MY HOLY GRAIL,
DON'T YOU SEE?
I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO BE A PART OF THAT.
YOU ALREADY ARE.
THERE HE IS
IN ALL HIS GLORY.
IF YOU CAN
CALL IT GLORY.
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
FATHER?
MR. AXON,
DO YOU BELIEVE IN EVIL?
FATHER...
PHILOSOPHICALLY
SPEAKING,
I'M NOT TRYING
TO CONVERT YOU, HERE.
OKAY,
EVIL TO ME IS JUST
THE LABEL WE PUT ON THINGS
TOO HORRIBLE
TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE HAVE FREE WILL.
WE ALL MAKE
OUR OWN CHOICES,
GOOD AND BAD.
A REASONABLE ASSESSMENT.
PERSONALLY, I SEE EVIL
LIKE THE TIDES OF THE SEA.
THE STRONG
CAN RESIST
THE UNDERTOW,
THE WEAK CANNOT.
SO WHAT ABOUT
THIS ONE, THEN?
DID MEN LIKE HIM
MAKE THE MIDDLE AGES
A BLACK PAGE
IN HISTORY?
OR WAS HE
A PRODUCT OF HIS TIME?
TOUCHE, DOCTOR.
BUT IF EVIL HAD A FACE,
IT WOULD LOOK A LOT LIKE THAT.
RIGHT TRACK, FATHER;
BEACHAM'S FOUND A MATCH
WHO'D MAKE CHARLIE MANSON
LOOK LIKE CHARLIE BROWN.
ANYONE WANT A LIFT BACK TO
THE CHEAPEST HOTEL IN LONDON?
BEDBUGS
AND BREAKFAST.
YOU CAN'T CALL IT A NIGHT
TILL I TREAT YOU TO A GUINNESS.
I INSIST.
I HAVE NOTES TO CATCH UP ON;
ANOTHER NIGHT.
HAVE IT YOUR WAY,
DOCTOR.
AS FOR THE LIKES OF YOU,
I SHAN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
FATHER--
PLEASE,
I'M 3 TIME ZONES OUT OF WHACK.
ME TOO.
I DON'T DRINK
ON THE JOB.
ESPECIALLY NOT
WITH THE BOSS AROUND, YOU KNOW?
MY BOSS
IS MORE FORGIVING.
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SURE YOU DON'T WANT A DOCTOR
TO LOOK AT THAT?
A DOCTOR ALREADY HAS--
ME.
I'M FINE.
DIDN'T SEE A THING.
I WISH I COULD BE MORE HELP,
DETECTIVE.
INSPECTOR;
CAN YOU RECALL ANYTHING ELSE?
THEY MUST HAVE BEEN AFTER
THE SHROUD.
WHY ELSE WALK AWAY FROM A ROOM
FULL OF VALUABLE ELECTRONICS?
DO YOU HAVE
A PHOTOGRAPH?
I CAN GET IT
TO YOU.
ANY IDEA
WHO'D WANT IT SO BADLY?
PRIVATE COLLECTOR?
INDIANA JONES?
YOU TELL ME.
WE'LL MAKE SOME INQUIRES,
SIR.
GOOD THING
YOU'RE SO HARD-HEADED.
MATT--
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT SHROUD,
DID YOU GET A FEELING?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING;
THE SHROUD HAS A SPECIAL POWER?
I CAN'T HELP THINKING
WHAT FATHER REILLY SAID
ABOUT EVIL
BEING LIKE A TIDE.
AN UNDERTOW.
THIS IS TERRIBLE.
DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT
A PAGAN CULT STOLE THE SHROUD?
IT'S A PLACE
TO START.
THE ILLUSTRATION FEATURES
DRUIDIC PRIESTS.
YES.
BUT YOU SAID THE ROMANS BANISHED
THE DRUIDS 1000 YEARS AGO.
THEY DIDN'T DISAPPEAR,
THEY JUST WENT UNDERGROUND.
MODERN-DAY WITCHCRAFT, WICCA,
IS BASED ON DRUIDIC PRINCIPALS.
SHE WAS LIKE THIS AS A STUDENT,
ALWAYS OUT ON A LIMB.
DON'T PATRONIZE ME.
I'M NOT.
WHAT KIND OF WOOD
WAS THE COFFIN?
BLACK OAK.
WHICH THE DRUIDS BELIEVED
TO HAVE MAGICAL PROPERTIES.
ONLY THEY WOULD MAKE A COFFIN
FROM SOMETHING AS VALUABLE.
HAD ENOUGH, DOC,
DO YOU WANT THE LIGHTNING ROUND?
NO, NO, NO, POINT TAKEN;
LET'S MOVE ON, PLEASE.
THERE ARE OVER 60 WICCA-RELATED
SHOPS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN.
60;
60.
WICCA WAREHOUSE.
KISSING COVENS?
CAN WE JUST
LET OUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING?
I ALREADY DID.
SHE ALREADY DID.
NUMBER 34, MABINOGION BOOKS,
SPECIALIZING IN OCCULT SUPPLIES.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR WITCH
HUNT, I SHALL GO BACK TO WORK.
SOME OF DO HAVE JOBS,
WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
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3 POUNDS, 50,
PLEASE.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE LEAD,
MY DRUID IS NOT SO FLUID.
YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT,
JUST SMILE AND NOD A LOT.
KEEP THE CHANGE;
CHEERS, MATE.
OH, MY BACK.
YOU'LL LIVE.
THINK I GAVE HIM
TOO BIG A TIP?
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CAN I HELP YOU?
OH, YES, MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE'RE NEW TO LONDON.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU SPECIALIZE...
WELL,
IN BOOKS RELATED TO WICCA.
YOU KNOW, PAGAN RITES,
THAT SORT OF THING.
OF COURSE; MIND YOU,
WE CATER TO A SERIOUS CLIENTELE.
FOR GENERAL INTEREST
THERE ARE BOOK SHOPS
ALONG
THE CHARRING CROSS ROAD.
I COULD
SUGGEST A FEW.
BUT THERE NOT LIKELY
TO CARRY
"THE BLACK BOOK OF CARMARTHEN",
ARE THEY?
MY HUSBAND AND I,
WE ARE VERY SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING SOMETHING NEW.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS SORT OF THING
BACK HOME IN LETHBRIDGE.
THEIR IDEA OF A FERTILITY RITE
IS SPREADING MANURE.
WE'VE MADE REAL PROGRESS
IN MAIN-STREAMING OUR BELIEFS.
OUR ULTIMATE AIM
IS TO BE ACCEPTED AS A REVIVAL
OF A PRE-CHRSTIAN ONENESS
WITH THE GODS AND GODDESSES
OF THE ELEMENTS.
RIGHT.
DON'T CONFUSE SATANISM
WITH PAGANISM.
WE'RE IN THE NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENT,
PROUD OF WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.
KIND OF LIKE,
OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET.
LIKE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU SHOULD BE WELL INFORMED
BEFORE YOU MAKE
A SERIOUS COMMITMENT.
OF COURSE, TELL ME WHAT WE NEED
TO GET STARTED.
WHAT DO WE NEED;
WE NEED INCENSE, CANDLES?
CRYSTALS?
I DON'T KNOW
IF ALL THAT'S NECESSARY, REALLY.
A BOOK OF CHANTS;
THIS IS SO GREAT.
ARRR!
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THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY.
BUILD'S
ALMOST COMPLETE.
OH, YES.
ANY PROGRESS
ON HOW IT WAS CREATED?
WELL,
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC; WE FOUND
NO TRACES OF SILVER OR CHROMIUM
IN THE FIBERS
WE TESTED.
NO SIGNS OF PAINT OR PIGMENT,
EITHER.
WHAT WAS IT MADE OF?
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF A REACTION
BETWEEN SOMETHING ORGANIC
AND THE CLOTH ITSELF.
THAT WOULD BE
AFTER BURIAL.
HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE?
I'M TRYING
TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THE EXPRESSION
TROUBLES ME.
WHEN I 1st SAW IT,
I THOUGHT IT WAS PAIN,
BUT IT'S NOT;
IT'S RAGE.
IT'S ANGER.
LIKE HE WAS
BURIED ALIVE.
THANK YOU,
PETER.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
YES.
GOT YOU;
KATHIE?
KATHIE,
WE FOUND HIM.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
THE WHOLE TIME.
WE MUST CALL LINDSAY
AT THE HOTEL.
HER NUMBER IS WHERE?
KATHIE, DO YOU HAVE
LINDSAY'S NUMBER AT THE HOTEL?
NO, FORGET IT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE?
I PUT IT IN THE CELL.
SO WE JUST GO
BEEP, BEEP, BOOM.
RECEPTION,
MAY I HELP YOU?
WHAT THE--
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HAS BEACHAM SEEN THIS?
NO, KATHIE SAID
HE WENT OUT.
YOU'RE SURE;
OKAY, THANKS, INSPECTOR.
ELDRIDGE SAYS, JORDAN'S SO CLEAN
HE COULD BE RUNNING A DAYCARE.
THERE'S
A SCARY THOUGHT.
NO KIDDING.
WHAT ABOUT
"THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY"?
A RELIGIOUS GROUP.
NO MAJOR CRIMES, A FEW TICKETS
FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE
AND VIOLATION OF FIRE BYLAWS;
UNAUTHORIZED RITUAL BONFIRES.
SO WHO DO WE CALL; SCOTLAND YARD
OR SMOKEY THE BEAR?
COME ON, PETER,
THEY DIDN'T CONNECT THAT NAME
AND THAT SYMBOL BY ACCIDENT.
ANYTHING ELSE
WE CAN LEARN
FROM THE NOT SO DEARLY DEPARTED?
I WAS ABLE
TO CONFIRM MY SUPPOSITIONS
WITH A "VIRTUAL AUTOPSY".
SEE HOW
THE SPLEEN HAS BEEN PUNCTURED?
AS WELL AS
THE RIGHT LUNG?
THE BLOOD
SOAKED INTO THE SHROUD
WHEN HE WAS LAID
ON HIS BACK.
I BUY THAT
THIS CAME FROM A REAL PERSON,
BUT WHY WASN'T HE
IN THE COFFIN?
WHERE DID HE GO?
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WAIT!
THIS IS INSANE.
WAIT.
NO.
LET ME GO.
OKAY, OKAY.
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NO.
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ARRR!
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THEY CUT OUT HIS HEART.
YOU MAY WANT TO QUESTION
A SELF-PROCLAIMED NEO-PAGAN
NAMED CARL JORDAN.
THAT'S NOT A CRIME
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
MURDER IS.
LINDSAY.
HE MAY HAVE STOLEN
THE SHROUD;
HE RUNS
A BOOK SHOP
ON CAMDEN TOWN HIGH STREET,
CALLED MABINOGION BOOKS.
MUCH APPRECIATED,
MA'AM.
I'M ALRIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN ARMY
MARCHED THROUGH HERE.
BY CANDLELIGHT.
WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED,
SIR.
TERRIBLY SORRY,
MA'AM.
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL
LAST NIGHT,
THE SERVICE REGISTERED A HANG UP
FROM RUSSELL
AROUND 3 O'CLOCK.
AFTER KATHIE SAID
HE WENT OUT.
YEAH.
I'M SURE SHE COULD HAVE
MISTAKEN THE TIME.
MAYBE I'M JUST LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BLAME.
LINDSAY.
IF I'D MADE THE CONNECTION
S00NER.
IF I'D CONVINCED RUSSELL.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
NOTHING.
NO.
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I WAS BROUGHT UP
TO BELIEVE
THAT WE ARE PUT ON THIS EARTH
FOR SOME PURPOSE.
THAT WE WERE ALL
PART OF GOD'S PLAN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW
ANYMORE.
IT'S NATURAL
TO QUESTION ONE'S FAITH
AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
I JUST CAN'T BLINDLY ACCEPT
WHAT GOES ON IN THIS WORLD.
NOT WITHOUT ASKING, WHY?
I WISH I COULD MAKE
THE PAIN GO AWAY
WITH A KISS OR A PSALM,
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT,
DOES IT?
NO, IT DOESN'T.
GO HOME,
LINDSAY.
GIVE YOURSELF
TIME TO HEAL.
THERE'S ONLY TROUBLE
LEFT FOR YOU HERE.
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SO,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HUMAN SACRIFICE
IS NOT EXACTLY STANDARD PRACTICE
FOR MODERN-DAY WITCHES.
IT'S GOTTA BE SOME KIND OF
CULT THING.
I WANT TO GIVE THE POLICE
TIME TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER,
BEFORE WE DECIDE ON
OUR NEXT MOVE.
I'D SAY THAT'D BE
STRAIGHT HOME.
YOU GO AHEAD HOME.
I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL WHOEVER
KILLED RUSSELL'S BEEN CAUGHT.
I KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL--
REALLY?
LOOK, WHAT WE CAME HERE
TO INVESTIGATE IS GONE.
SO'S THE GUY
WHO CONTACTED US.
WHAT'S LEFT?
THIS IS PERSONAL,
NOW.
OKAY; IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER
THIS IS
A POLICE MATTER
AND WE HAVE
NO AUTHORITY.
WE CAN HELP THEM
FOCUS THEIR INVESTIGATION.
ANY DIRT
ON KATHIE?
FOR STARTERS,
SHE LIED TO RUSSELL.
ACCORDING TO THE REGISTRAR
AT CAMBRIDGE,
SHE HAS DOUBLE DOCTORATES IN
ARCHEOLOGY AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY.
WHY'S SHE
A T.A.?
TO USE RUSSELL'S CONNECTIONS
TO SEARCH FOR LUDAC'S GRAVE.
YOU SURE
ABOUT THAT?
I KNEW RUSSELL.
HE WAS
A BRILLIANT MAN,
BUT HE WAS
EASILY MANIPULATED.
IF KATHIE BELONGS TO
THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY,
IT ALL FITS.
AND IF
THEY'RE SOME KIND OF LUDAC CULT.
BUT IF THEY TOOK
THE SHROUD,
WHY KILL BEACHAM?
TO KEEP HIM FROM
CONNECTING KATHIE TO THE CULT.
THE ANCIENTS WROTE ABOUT
"THE FORCES OF ANARCHY"
THROWING THE WORLD
INTO CHAOS.
YOU THINK
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH?
I WISH I KNEW.
I WISH I KNEW.
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ATEGENOS,
WHEN?
THE MOON WILL BE FULL
IN 2 NIGHTS TIME.
FROM THAT NIGHT ON,
YOU WILL BE REBORN.
IS EVERYTHING
IN READINESS?
IT IS,
MY LORD.
GOOD.
YOU CALL THIS WINE?
FORGIVE ME.
STAY HERE,
I'LL RUN OUT FOR MORE.
STAY.
OF COURSE.
MORE WINE!
NOW!
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KATHIE,
I NEED RUSSELL'S MANUSCRIPT
WITH THE ILLUSTRATION OF LUDAC.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE IT IS?
RUSSELL MUST HAVE
TAKEN IT HOME.
NO, IT'S PRICELESS,
HE'D NEVER DO THAT.
WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE NOW?
KATHIE, WHOEVER TOOK THE SHROUD,
KILLED RUSSELL.
I'M NOT
JUST GONNA WALK AWAY FROM THIS.
YOU REALLY CARED FOR HIM,
DIDN'T YOU?
OF COURSE I DID.
LINDSAY, WE BOTH KNOW RUSSELL
WAS A LADIES MAN TO THE END.
YOU AND I
WERE MERELY TROPHIES.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU CAN SPEAK FOR BOTH OF US?
DID YOU EVER
TELL HIM
ABOUT YOUR DOCTORATES
FROM CAMBRIDGE?
NOT AT 1st.
BUT THEN
HE FOUND IT AMUSING.
HE THOUGHT OF ME
AS A COLLEAGUE.
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
LOOK,
RUSSELL TOOK ME SERIOUSLY.
THANKS TO HIM,
HIS PEERS DID, AS WELL.
WE BOTH GOT WHAT WE WANTED;
WHY PRETEND IT WERE MORE?
YOU WON'T BE PICKING UP THAT
BLACK DRESS FROM THE CLEANERS?
DON'T JUDGE ME.
I DON'T HAVE TO.
IT WON'T BE UP TO ME,
WILL IT?
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LINDSAY,
ANY NEWS OF THE BOOK?
NO,
IT'S STILL MISSING.
KATHIE'S STONEWALLING ME.
WITHOUT IT, I CAN'T RESEARCH
LUDAC'S HISTORY.
I JUST KNOW
SHE'S A PART OF THIS.
EVEN IF SHE IS,
STEALING A BOOK IS A FAR CRY
FROM BEING ACCUSED OF MURDER.
MATT GOT A CALL
FROM INSPECTOR ELDRIDGE.
KATHIE HAS
NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
SHE'S INNOCENT.
SHE USED RUSSELL,
ANTON.
SHE NEEDED HIS HELP AND SHE DID
WHAT SHE HAD TO, TO GET IT.
WAIT.
YOU'RE SO SURE?
HE SUPERVISED MY MASTERS THESIS
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.
YOU KNOW,
THERE WERE A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS,
ONE THING
LEAD TO ANOTHER...
IT'S ALWAYS
BOTHERED ME.
AREN'T YOU BEING
A LITTLE HARD ON YOURSELF?
HE APPROVED MY THESIS
WITH ALMOST NO REVISIONS.
WHEN MY PAPER WAS FINISHED,
I ENDED IT.
MAYBE I SEE MORE OF MYSELF
IN KATHIE THAN I'D LIKE TO.
LOOK,
YOU'RE BOTH ADULTS.
BESIDES,
A MAN
OF HIS ACADEMIC STANDING
WOULD HARDLY HAND
A MASTERS DEGREE AT OXFORD
AS A GOODBYE GIFT.
CARL,
I DON'T LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE
ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
IT WON'T BE LONG,
NOW.
THE BODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PROPERLY DISPOSED OF.
WHY DON'T YOU
TELL HIM THAT?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
MY GOD...
GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,
DARLING.
BY THE NEXT
FULL MOON,
WE'LL BE BEYOND MAN'S LAWS
AND HIS.
MORE WINE!
RIGHT AWAY.
MAN
AND BEAST
ONCE FEARED MY NAME.
THAT TIME
HAS COME AGAIN.
IT HAS,
MY LORD.
YOU ARE
THE CHIEFTAIN
WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR
TO HERALD
THE NEW AGE.
YOU BORE ME.
OH MY GOD!
CARL?
OH MY GOD,
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
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I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE
FOR YOU.
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SAME AS
THE OTHER ONE?
HEART RIPPED OUT.
DOES THIS HAPPEN OFTEN
WHEN YOU LOT ARE ABOUT?
MORE THAN
YOU WANT TO KNOW.
WE'VE SEARCHED THE PREMISES
FOR THE SHROUD, NO SIGN OF IT.
PROBABLY SPIRITED
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BY NOW.
JAPAN,
I SUSPECT.
REAL ART BUFFS,
THOSE JAPANESE.
BUT ART THEFT DOESN'T CONNECT
TO RITUALISTIC MURDERS.
WE FOUND THIS,
SIR.
THAT LOOKS LIKE
AN OLD ONE.
THIS CAME
FROM BEACHAM'S.
HERE HE IS.
CARL JORDAN.
HE WAS IN RUSSELL'S CLASS
AT ORIEL COLLEGE.
THE SAME CLASS RUSSELL
WAS TEACHING WHEN HE MET KATHIE.
ALL THE PIECES FIT,
BUT WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE?
WHATEVER IT IS, MR. PRAEGER,
IT'S NOT PRETTY.
IF THESE PEOPLE HAVE FORMED
SOME SORT OF PAGAN SECT,
YOU'D BEST LEAVE MATTERS
TO THE POLICE.
WHAT IF
IT'S MORE THAN THAT?
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF
A REPRESENTATION IN THE IMAGE,
IT'S LUDAC HIMSELF?
WHAT,
A GHOST?
NO.
LINDSAY, THE DRUIDS COMMUNED
WITH NATURE, DID THEY NOT?
THEY DREW POWER FROM THE FORCES
OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
THEY WERE ALSO KNOWN TO MERGE
WITH INANIMATE OBJECTS.
THAT'S PART OF THE LORE
SURROUNDING MATHONWY.
HE WAS A MAGICIAN,
AN ENCHANTER.
LUDAC MAY STILL HAVE FOLLOWERS
IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
HE COULD ALSO BE
A DESCENDANT OF MATHONWY.
WHAT IF
HE COULD USE HIS MAGIC
TO WILL HIMSELF INTO
HIS OWN DEATH SHROUD?
AND THEN WHAT?
INSTANT PSYCHOPATH,
JUST ADD INCANTATIONS AND STIR?
NO, BLOOD.
HUMAN SACRIFICE.
LISTEN TO YOURSELVES.
YOU'RE SUGGESTING LUDAC
IS WALKING THE EARTH
CUTTING OUT
PEOPLES' HEARTS?
WE'VE SEEN STRANGER THINGS,
FATHER.
READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
THERE'S ENOUGH DARKNESS
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN
WITHOUT
SOME UNHOLY RESURRECTION.
YOU CAME HERE
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING PARANORMAL
AND YOU'LL FIND IT
WHETHER IT'S HERE OR NOT.
I'M NOT READY
TO REJECT ANY THEORY.
WELL NOW,
THAT MAY BE YOUR PROBLEM.
PRAEGER.
WE'LL BE
RIGHT THERE.
THEY FOUND KATHIE.
YOU BEST HURRY;
SHE MAY NOT MAKE IT TO HOSPITAL.
KATHIE?
LUDAC.
WE KNOW.
DID HE DO THIS
TO YOU?
ATEGENOS.
TONIGHT.
STOP HIM.
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE LUDAC IS?
SHE'S PASSED OUT.
WE MUST GET HER
TO THE HOSPITAL.
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STAY WITH HER,
CALL US FROM THE HOSPITAL.
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OUR BOTANIST SAYS THAT LEAF
CAME FROM A BLACK OAK.
GREAT,
OAK TREES GROW HERE LIKE WEEDS.
HOW DO WE KNOW SHE'S NOT
JUST JERKING US AROUND?
YOU SAW WHAT HE DID TO HER;
SHE'S NOT GONNA LIE TO US.
OKAY.
KATHIE WAS FOUND
A FEW BLOCKS FROM JORDAN'S SHOP.
THE POLICE
ARE ALREADY SEARCHING THE AREA.
LUDAC
MUST HAVE HAD HELP.
HE DIDN'T MAKE HIS BIG COME-BACK
ON HIS OWN.
THE CELTS MEASURED TIME BASED ON
PHASES OF THE MOON NOT THE SUN.
THIS SAYS,
LUDAC BECOMES IMMORTAL
IF HE "BATHES IN THE LIGHT
OF THE FULL MOON ATEGENOS".
THE MOON
OF REBIRTH.
KATHIE TOLD US
IT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT.
IT'S DARK
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOURS.
IF LUDAC WANTS A FULL FIRE
AND BRIMSTONE PEP RALLY,
HE'LL NEED SPACE
AND PRIVACY.
NEAREST BIG PARK IS THIS ONE,
AT THE NORTH CORNER OF THE CITY,
ALMOST OUT OF TOWN;
ALWYN PARK.
CALL THE POLICE.
I'M COMING;
2 PEOPLE HAVE HAD
THEIR HEARTS CUT OUT.
I KNOW.
PETE,
MEET US AT THE PARK.
YOU GOT IT.
WE OBSERVE ONLY,
GOT IT?
INSPECTOR ELDRIDGE,
PLEASE.
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ATEGENOS!
THE RITE
OF THE SACRED MOON.
THAT WHICH SHALL MAKE ME
IMMORTAL.
NOTHIN' SAYS LOVIN'
LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE COVEN.
WHERE'S PETE
WITH THOSE COPS?
THE MOON'S
ALMOST AT IT'S PEAK.
WE NEED
TO DISTRACT THEM.
I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE
TO OBSERVE.
I THOUGHT I WAS COMING HERE
ALONE.
THE SHROUD; IT'S GOT TO BE
PART OF THE RITUAL.
SO, IF WE GRAB IT,
THE PARTY'S OVER.
OKAY,
I'LL CIRCLE AROUND
THE BACK SIDE OF THE FIRE,
YOU CREATE A DISTRACTION
AND I'LL GET IT.
WHY DON'T YOU
CREATE A DISTRACTION?
I RUN FASTER.
LINDSAY.
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FATHER?
I TOLD YOU
I WAS AN EXPERT.
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YOU REALLY KNOW
HOW TO THROW A CLAM BAKE.
HAIL TO OUR SAVIOUR!
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YOU HAVE CAUSED
MUCH DISORDER.
I'LL JUST BE GOING, THEN,
NO HARD FEELINGS.
YOU WILL FEAST
WITH ME,
TONIGHT!
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LUDAC!
NO.
NO!
LUDAC,
DON'T LEAVE US!
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CASE MANAGER'S FINAL ENTRY,
MATT PRAEGER RECORDING.
TIME TO CONFESS,
FATHER.
FATHER MALACHY REILLY
HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED
FOR THE MURDERS.
AS FOR THE MAN
KNOWN AS LUDAC,
HIS DISAPPEARANCE
REMAINS UNSOLVED.
THE CHILDREN OF MATHONWY
HAVE GONE UNDERGROUND
AND ARE BEING PURSUED
BY THE AUTHORITIES.
THE O.S.I.R. CONTINUES TO STUDY
THE DIG-SITE
WHERE THE LUDAC WINDING CLOTH
WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND.
ITS TRUE NATURE REMAINS UNKNOWN.
PRAEGER OUT.