The Twilight Zone (1959–1964): Season 4, Episode 13 - The New Exhibit - full transcript

A wax-museum employee fights to preserve five figures of famous murderers.

YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR
WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.

BEYOND IT IS
ANOTHER DIMENSION...

A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,

A DIMENSION OF MIND.

YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF
BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,

OF THINGS AND IDEAS.

YOU'VE JUST CROSSED
OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

AND HERE WE HAVE

THE FAMOUS TEMPTRESS
FROM ANCIENT EGYPT...

CLEOPATRA.

HER CAPTIVATING BEAUTY
ALMOST BROUGHT ABOUT



THE DESTRUCTION OF
CAESAR AND MARK ANTHONY.

IF YOU WILL FOLLOW ME...

AND NOW OUR NEXT GROUP.

OUR PIECE DE
RESISTANCE, IF I MAY SAY SO.

HERE YOU WILL FIND

THE MOST INFAMOUS,
BLACK-HEARTED KILLERS OF ALL TIME.

IT IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED.

SO... IF THERE ARE ANY

WHO WOULD PREFER
TO REMAIN BEHIND... NO?

VERY WELL, THEN.

OH.

DID I STARTLE YOU?

THIS IS MARTIN SENESCU...

CURATOR OF MURDERERS' ROW.



YOU ALL RIGHT, HONEY?

SURE, IT'S JUST THEY'RE SO REAL.

AND I, I THOUGHT...

THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF WAX.

PERHAPS NOT, YOUNG MAN.

WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS

IN THE HEART OF THE MAN

STANDING NEXT TO YOU?

THIS IS ALBERT W. HICKS,

A MATE ON THE OYSTER
SMACK V. A. JOHNSON.

A GENTLE MAN.

YET ONE DAY IN 1860
OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST,

HE MURDERED HIS ENTIRE CREW.

KILLED THEM WITH AN
AX EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE.

WHY DID HE GO MAD?

WHAT MADE HIM CHANGE?

AND HERE... HERE WE
HAVE BURKE AND HARE,

THE MONSTERS OF THEIR TIME.

BUT DO THEY LOOK LIKE MONSTERS?

THIS IS HOW THEY
SUFFOCATED THEIR VICTIMS.

IT WAS CALLED... BURKING.

THINK OF THE AGONIES
THEY ENDURED.

WHICH ONE'S HE TALKING ABOUT?

OH, SIR, ALL OF THEM.

ALL OF THEM.

SURELY, IT IS HORRIBLE
TO BE MURDERED,

AS OUR VICTIM HERE
COULD TELL YOU

IF-IF SHE COULD TALK.

BUT TO MURDER!

TO TAKE A LIFE WITH YOUR HANDS

AGAIN AND AGAIN...

AND NOT BE ABLE TO STOP ONESELF.

CAN YOU BEGIN TO IMAGINE
THE HORROR OF THAT?

NO.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

WELL, I CANNOT.

BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD

NOW, AT THIS VERY MOMENT...

THERE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN.

YEAH? WHO?

WELL, NO ONE KNOWS YET,

BUT IF HIS TORMENT
IS GREAT ENOUGH

AND HE KILLS AS THESE
POOR CREATURES DID,

THEN FUTURE
GENERATIONS WILL KNOW.

FOR HE'LL BE HERE...
IMMORTALIZED IN WAX.

REMEMBERED... AS YOU
AND I WILL NEVER BE.

THIS... IS HENRI DESIRE LANDRU.

ONE CAN SEE THE AGONY

THAT HE, TOO, MUST HAVE FELT

AS HE WAS DRIVEN
TO STRANGLE THE LIFE

FROM DISAPPOINTED
SPINSTERS AND LONELY WIDOWS.

LANDRU WAS A MASTER
OF THE GARROTE.

AND HE USED A WAXED CORD

IDENTICAL TO THE
ONE HE HOLDS THERE.

GET AWAY FROM THERE!

THOSE FIGURES ARE
NOT TO BE TOUCHED.

THEY'RE TOO RARE AND VALUABLE.

BESIDES...

THE MUSEUM CAN'T
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE

FOR WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU.

NOW, HERE WE HAVE
ANOTHER SOUL IN TORMENT.

JACK THE RIPPER.

WHO WAS HE?

AND WHICH... OF ALL THE FACES

THAT MOVED ABOUT LONDON'S
WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT...

WHICH ONE WAS HIS?

AND WHY DID HE FEEL DRIVEN

TO KILL THOSE PATHETIC DRABS

WITH ONE SWEEP OF
THE KNIFE YOU SEE HERE?

I'M AFRAID WE SHALL NEVER KNOW.

AND AS WE LOOK AT
HICKS, BURKE AND HARE,

LANDRU AND JACK THE RIPPER

WE SEE MEN, AS YOU AND ME.

AND WE CAN ONLY GUESS

WHAT DEVILS PUSHED
THEM TO THEIR BLOODY FATE.

THANK YOU.

BOY, LET'S BLOW
THIS CREEPY JOINT.

MARTIN LOMBARD
SENESCU, A GENTLE MAN,

THE DEDICATED CURATOR
OF MURDERERS' ROW

IN FERGUSON'S WAX MUSEUM.

HE PONDERS THE REASONS
WHY ORDINARY MEN ARE DRIVEN

TO COMMIT MASS MURDER.

WHAT MR. SENESCU DOES NOT
KNOW IS THAT THE GROUNDWORK

HAS ALREADY BEEN LAID

FOR HIS OWN SPECIAL KIND
OF MADNESS AND TORMENT...

FOUND ONLY IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

MARTIN?

YES.

I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU.

OH, WELL, I'LL BE
THROUGH IN A MOMENT.

THAT CAN WAIT.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY
IS RATHER IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, MR. FERGUSON,

LANDRU NEEDS A NEW SUIT.

THIS ONE IS TEN YEARS
OLD, AND IT SHOWS IT.

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

WELL, YES AND NO.

I THINK WE'D BETTER
DISCUSS IT IN THE OFFICE.

IS IT SOMETHING I'VE DONE?

OR HAVEN'T DONE?

NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

UH, SIT DOWN, MARTIN.

MARTIN, I'M ABANDONING
THE MUSEUM.

HMM?

ABANDONING?

I'M AFRAID SO.

OH.

IS THIS A JOKE, SIR?

NO.

OH, MR. FERGUSON.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU MUSTN'T.

UH, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL,

MARTIN, BELIEVE ME, I DO.

BUT... I'M AFRAID
THERE ISN'T ANY CHOICE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I'VE BEEN OFFERED

A LARGE SUM FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD

A SUPERMARKET HERE.

A SUPERMARKET?

HERE, LET ME GET YOU A DRINK.

IT'LL HELP SETTLE YOU.

NO, NO, NO. NO.
PLEASE, I DON'T...

WHEN I FIRST OPENED
THE MUSEUM 30 YEARS AGO,

I NEVER DREAMED
I'D SEE THIS DAY.

BUT THE DAY IS HERE, MARTIN.

AND WE WILL JUST
HAVE TO FACE IT.

30 YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME.

I KNOW.

YOU'RE THE BEST EMPLOYEE
A MAN COULD EVER HAVE.

THE WAY YOU'VE RUN THE
MURDERERS' ROW EXHIBIT...

WHY, I DON'T THINK YOU
EVER MISSED A TOUR.

NO, NO. OH!

I NEVER DID, NEVER.

HOW MANY MORE DAYS?

NONE.

THIS WAS THE LAST.

THEY BEGIN WRECKING
THE BUILDING NEXT WEEK.

NO MORE TOURS?

NONE AT ALL?

I HAD TO AGREE TO IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE FIGURES?

I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.

MR. FERGUSON, WE CAN
OPEN ANOTHER MUSEUM.

WE CAN MOVE EVERYTHING
SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT UP.

NO, NO, I'M NOT AS
YOUNG AS I ONCE WAS.

UH, I NEED A REST.

FANNY AND I TALKED...
DON'T, DON'T...

I'LL DO THE WORK, I MEAN IT.

YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO A THING.

NOT A THING!

I APPRECIATE THAT, MARTIN,

AND I KNOW YOU'D BE
A GREAT HELP, BUT...

IT WOULD BE FOOLISH.

BUT WHY?

WHY WOULD IT BE FOOLISH?

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

WE ARE PASSE, MARTIN.

PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED
IN WAX MUSEUMS ANYMORE.

HERE. LOOK THROUGH
IT... IT'S ALL IN THERE.

OUR ATTENDANCE FIGURES.

OUR GAINS, BUT
MOSTLY OUR LOSSES.

THIS LAST YEAR HAS
BEEN THE POOREST OF ALL.

YOU'LL ALSO FIND

A NEWS STORY ABOUT THE
CLOSING OF THE GRAND GUIGNOL.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES... THE
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL.

GRAND GUIGNOL.

UH, SURE YOU WON'T HAVE A DRINK?

NO, THANK YOU.

YOU, YOU SEE, MARTIN,
THE OUTSIDE WORLD

OFFERS THEM FEARS
WE COULD NEVER MATCH.

THE OVENS AT BELSEN AND DACHAU

HAVE RUINED OUR
CHAMBER OF HORRORS.

PEOPLE ARE BLASE, SOPHISTICATED.

THEY THINK THEY'VE OUTGROWN
THE NEED TO BE FRIGHTENED.

THEY LIVE IN FEAR
DAY IN, DAY OUT.

IT, IT'S THE WORLD, MARTIN.

NO, NO, MARTIN...

IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO
OPEN ANOTHER MUSEUM.

MR. FERGUSON, MAYBE...

MAYBE THE LOCATION IS WRONG.

OR MAYBE... MAYBE IT'S THE WAY

WE HAVE THE FIGURES EXHIBITED.

YOU REMEMBER HOW THE PEOPLE CAME

WHEN WE WORKED
OUT THE RIPPER'S ARM?

YES.

OH, BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO.

MR. FERGUSON...

YOU'RE NOT... THINKING
OF DESTROYING THEM,

ARE YOU?

THEY'RE MEANT TO LIVE FOREVER.

MARTIN, I TELL YOU, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO!

YOU'RE FORGETTING SOMETHING.

FORGETTING SOMETHING? WHAT?

COME WITH ME.

PLEASE.

MARTIN!

MARTIN.

MR. FERGUSON.

PLEASE.

LOOK AT HIM.

JUST LOOK AT HIM.

LOOK AT HIS EYES.

CAN'T YOU SEE THE
SHY, FRIGHTENED

LITTLE CHOIR BOY
THAT HE ONCE WAS?

CAN'T YOU SEE THE BOOKKEEPER
WHO SO LONGED FOR FREEDOM?

WHY, EVEN THE FLESH FEELS REAL.

WHY, IT'S LIKE FLESH.

AND LOOK AT THE MOUTH.

JUST LOOK AT THE MOUTH.

ISN'T IT ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING?

WHY, LANDRU WAS AN ELOQUENT MAN.

HE WAS FULL OF TENDERNESS.

AND IT'S THERE!

IT'S THERE... IT'S CAUGHT
RIGHT IN THE MOUTH.

MARTIN, WHAT ARE
YOU TRYING TO SAY?

MR. FERGUSON, YOU
SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN

THAT THESE FIGURES ARE THE
WORK OF THE GREAT HENRI GUILMONT...

THE ONLY ONES HE
CREATED OUTSIDE OF EUROPE.

NO, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT.

MR. FERGUSON?

I WANT TO BUY THEM.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

I DON'T THINK I COULD BEAR IT

IF THESE FIGURES WERE DESTROYED.

IT WOULD... IT WOULD BE LIKE
LOSING FIVE CLOSE FRIENDS.

I WON'T DESTROY THEM,
MARTIN, I GIVE YOU MY WORD.

BUT-BUT WHERE
WOULD I STORE THEM?

I COULD PUT THEM IN MY BASEMENT.

YES, IT'S A PERFECT PLACE.

OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, MARTIN.

WHAT WOULD EMMA SAY
TO HAVING THE FIGURES

OF FIVE FAMOUS MURDERERS
IN HER BASEMENT?

EMMA WOULDN'T MIND,
SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND.

AND I WOULD PUT
AN AIR CONDITIONER

IN THERE, I TELL YOU THAT.

AND A HEATER, FOR
THE COLDER DAYS.

I WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM.

JUST AS I ALWAYS HAVE.

THEY SHOULD BE HERE BY NOW.

YOU HAVEN'T EATEN
YOUR BREAKFAST.

AND THEY'LL GET HERE
WHEN THEY GET HERE.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

HOW LONG ARE WE
GOING TO KEEP THEM?

I HAVE PLANS TO
OPEN MY OWN MUSEUM.

BUT I'LL HAVE TO BUY THEM
FROM MR. FERGUSON FIRST.

SUPPOSING SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
LIKE MOVING FURNITURE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE
LET ME RIDE WITH THEM.

WHAT IF THEY DROP ONE?

IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

UH... YOU, UH, MARTIN SENESCU?

YES.

EVERYTHING'S OKAY.

AH... NO BUMPS?

HUH?

ANY BUMPS?

NO. NO BUMPS.

OH, IT'S GETTING WARM.

HUH?

I SAID IT'S GETTING WARM.

YOU SEE, THEY'RE DELICATE.

THEY CAN'T TAKE
MORE THAN 80 DEGREES.

OH. HUH-HUH.

ALL RIGHT... WAIT.
EASY, PLEASE. EASY.

EASY!

EASY, EASY, OH, PLEASE.

PLEASE, DON'T JIGGLE
IT. THAT'S IT, EASY.

THAT'S-THAT'S IT. THERE, THERE.

FINE.

HERE, SIGN HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE, TWO, THREE...

THERE.

HMM.

WELL, EMMA...

HERE THEY ARE.

LANDRU... IS IN HERE.

JACK THE RIPPER IS IN HERE.

OOH, EMMA, EMMA,

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE
OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

I DIDN'T THINK THEY
WERE GOING TO BE SO BIG.

OH, WELL, NO, THAT'S
JUST THE BOXES.

THE FIGURES THEMSELVES
ARE AS BIG AS WE ARE.

WELL, I'LL HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL WITH THE UNCRATING.

Man: MR. SENESCU?

YES.

THE MOVERS SAID
YOU WERE DOWN HERE.

WHERE DO YOU WANT
THE AIR CONDITIONER?

AH... THERE. PUT IT

IN THAT WINDOW, OVER
THERE. YOU SEE IT?

OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

MARTIN... YOU BOUGHT
AN AIR CONDITIONER?

YES, THE FIGURES
CAN'T STAND HEAT.

WE HAD TO HAVE IT.

WELL, HOW MUCH DID IT COST?

WELL... DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WELL, I AM WORRIED ABOUT IT.

AND I'M ALSO WORRIED
ABOUT HOW I'M GOING

TO DO THE LAUNDRY WITH
ALL THIS LYING AROUND...

OH, EMMA, YOU CAN'T... YOU
CAN'T DO THE LAUNDRY HERE.

THE... THE HUMIDITY!

I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE A DECENT SHIRT
TO WEAR, AND IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE I...

LOOK, GO TO THE LAUNDROMAT.

JUST TAKE IT ANYWHERE,

BUT LEAVE ME TO
MY FRIENDS, PLEASE.

YOU CLEANED THAT CAPE LAST WEEK.

BRUSHED IT, YOU MEAN.

IT'S GOING TO NEED CLEANING
AND PRESSING PRETTY SOON.

IN FACT,

ALL THE CLOTHES
ARE GOING TO NEED IT.

IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR.

MARTIN... THE TRUTH
OF THE MATTER IS,

THEY ALL NEED NEW CLOTHES.

THE RIPPER COMES OFF
WORST, DO YOU KNOW THAT?

WHY, HIS COAT IS TORN
RIGHT OVER THERE.

MARTIN!

WHAT IS IT?

WE'RE NOT BUYING
THEM ANY CLOTHES.

OH, BUT EMMA,

IT'S NOT JUST
BUYING. IT'S TAILORING.

YOU SEE, THEY HAVE
BODIES THAT HAVE...

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR BODIES!

YOU DON'T MEAN THAT, DO YOU?

YES, I DO.

HONESTLY, MARTIN, YOU'VE
BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION

TO THESE MURDERERS
THAN YOU EVER DID TO ME.

OH, EMMA, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THEN WHY DO YOU SPEND

EVERY MINUTE OF THE
DAY AND NIGHT DOWN HERE?

DON'T YOU SEE? THIS IS
THE WORK OF GUILMONT.

IT'S A TRUST.

WHY, THEY'RE MASTERPIECES.

ALL RIGHT, SO
THEY'RE MASTERPIECES.

YOU TOLD ME THEY'D ONLY BE HERE

FOR A FEW DAYS.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR WEEKS.

DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT?

I'VE BEEN NICE ABOUT IT, MARTIN.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT I HAVEN'T.

BUT HOW LONG AM I GOING TO BE

LOCKED OUT OF MY OWN BASEMENT?

OH, EMMA!

I'M SORRY, DEAR, I AM.

BUT I DIDN'T LIE.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY'D JUST
BE HERE FOR A SHORT WHILE.

I REALLY DID.

BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYBODY

WHO'S-WHO'S WILLING
TO FINANCE THE MUSEUM.

BUT HOW CAN YOU FIND ANYBODY,

IF YOU SPEND ALL OF
YOUR TIME DOWN HERE?

BUT I'VE PHONED,
AND THESE PEOPLE...

DO YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE
NEVER EVEN HEARD OF GUILMONT?

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

WHAT, WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S THE ELECTRIC BILL.

YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH
IT'S COSTING US TO KEEP

THE AIR CONDITIONER
RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT.

BUT YOU KNOW IT HAS
BEEN HOT DOWN HERE.

OH.

THAT IS HIGH, ISN'T IT?

I JUST WISH I COULD FIGURE OUT

HOW WE'RE GOING
TO KEEP ON PAYING IT.

MARTIN, THERE'S NO
MORE MONEY IN THE BANK.

I KNOW, BUT DON'T WORRY.

PLEASE, I'LL FIND A WAY.

THERE MUST BE
SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE.

MR. FERGUSON.

HMM... NO.

MARTIN, WHY NOT?
YOU TOLD ME YOURSELF

THAT HE LOVES THESE
THINGS AS MUCH AS YOU DO.

AND ISN'T IT REALLY UP TO
HIM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM?

EMMA, I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE IN THE WORLD

I HAVE MORE RESPECT
FOR THAN MR. FERGUSON.

BUT I WOULDN'T TRUST
HIM WITH THOSE FIGURES.

I DON'T THINK HE COULD
TAKE CARE OF THEM RIGHT,

AND I WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO SLEEP IF I...

SO, WE'RE STUCK WITH THEM!

STUCK?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN STUCK, EMMA?

OH, PLEASE, IT'S AN HONOR.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

FOR YOU, MAYBE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT ME?
HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL?

EVERY TIME I COME DOWN
HERE AND LOOK AT THEM,

I JUST ABOUT HAVE
A HEART ATTACK.

THE WAY THEY STAND
THERE AND STARE AT ME,

THEY'RE FRIGHTENING!

BUT EMMA...

THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE FRIGHTENING.

LET ME TELL YOU THIS.

WHEN YOU LIVE WITH
THEM AS LONG AS I HAVE,

YOU COME TO LOVE THEM.

LOVE THEM?

YES.

AND... THEN THEY
CEASE TO BE STRANGERS,

AND YOU WANT TO SAY...

GOOD MORNING!

HOW'D YOU SPEND THE NIGHT, JACK?

AND THEN IT SEEM...

EMMA?

EMMA!

EMMA?

OH... IF ONLY ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE HE'S BEEN TALKING TO

WOULD LEND HIM ENOUGH
MONEY TO OPEN THE MUSEUM,

THAT WOULD MAKE
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT.

NOW, EMMA, LISTEN
TO YOUR BROTHER.

NOBODY'S GOING TO PUT MONEY

INTO A CRAZY SCHEME LIKE THAT.

OLD FERGUSON KNEW
WHAT HE WAS DOING,

ALL RIGHT, WHEN HE SOLD OUT.

HE GOT MARTIN TO TAKE CARE
OF ALL THOSE CRAZY DUMMIES,

AND HE'S NOT EVEN
PAYING HIM FOR IT.

PRETTY SHREWD.

WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO...

WE'VE GOT TO GET MARTIN
AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS.

DOES HE HAVE THEM ALL?

ONLY A FEW.

WELL, HOW COME? I
MEAN, FERGUSON HAD

TWO OR 200, DIDN'T HE?

WELL, THESE ARE SPECIAL.

SOME MAN IN EUROPE MADE THEM.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY
COULD BE SO SPECIAL,

IF THEY DIDN'T COST ANYTHING.

THEY ARE TO HIM.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
ANYTHING HAS COME BETWEEN US.

I HATE THOSE MURDERERS!

YOU COME ON.

WE'RE GOING TO GO
TALK TO HIM RIGHT NOW.

NO, NO, DAVE, IT
WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD.

OKAY. THEN YOU TALK TO HIM.

BUT HERE'S WHAT YOU DO.

DON'T TALK TO HIM THE
WAY YOU HAVE BEEN.

I MEAN, LAY IT
RIGHT ON THE LINE.

YOU TELL HIM IT'S EITHER
THOSE STUPID DUMMIES OR YOU!

OF COURSE, IF THAT
DOESN'T WORK, THERE...

THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE.

WHAT?

WELL, UM...

AIR CONDITIONERS DO
BREAK DOWN, YOU KNOW.

OH.

OH, I COULDN'T DO THAT.

COULDN'T YOU?

EMMA.

EMMA, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

YOU WALKED OUT ON ME
WHILE I WAS TALKING TO YOU.

OH, EMMA, EMMA, I KNOW
YOU'RE ANGRY WITH ME, BUT I...

WHAT CAN I DO?

I HAVE TO KEEP THE FIGURES
IN PERFECT CONDITION.

I CAN'T LET THEM GO OR...

I THOUGHT YOU SAID

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT.

I BOUGHT THEM WITH
SOME MONEY DAVE GAVE ME.

DAVE!

OH, MY... MY, MY... OH, MARTIN!

WE CAN'T GO ON THIS WAY.

YES, I KNOW. WELL...

I'LL BORROW SOME MONEY
FROM MR. FERGUSON.

BORROWING ISN'T GOING TO HELP.

WELL, THEN, I'LL-I'LL-I'LL...
I'LL MORTGAGE THE HOUSE.

THAT ISN'T GOING TO
ANSWER OUR PROBLEM.

MARTIN, NOBODY
KNOWS BETTER THAN I

HOW MUCH THOSE
FIGURES MEAN TO YOU.

BUT... BUT WHAT, EMMA? EMMA?

BUT I SIMPLY WILL NOT
HAVE THEM IN THIS HOUSE

ONE MINUTE LONGER!

WHY SHOULDN'T MR. FERGUSON
TAKE CARE OF THEM?

THEY'RE HIS.

WELL, WHY SHOULDN'T HE?

THAT'S WHAT YOU
REALLY THINK, ISN'T IT?

IS THAT ALL THEY MEAN TO YOU?

YES.

AND I WANT YOU TO CALL

AND TELL HIM TOMORROW MORNING.

MARTIN, ONCE THEY'RE
AWAY FROM HERE

YOU'LL BE A DIFFERENT
MAN, YOU'LL SEE.

YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THOSE
WAX DUMMIES FOR SO LONG,

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW
TO BE A HUMAN BEING.

NO!

WHAT KIND OF A FRIEND
DO YOU THINK I AM?

I CAN'T DESERT THEM NOW,
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

THEY NEED ME!

THEY'D BE LOST WITHOUT ME.

MARTIN!

THEY'RE NOT ALIVE.

THEY DON'T NEED ANYBODY!

MARTIN...

I WANT YOU TO SEE A DOCTOR.

A DOC...?

YES, JUST ONCE.

WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WHATEVER

THE MATTER WITH ME.

I, I DIDN'T SAY THERE WAS.

THEN, WHAT DO I
NEED A DOCTOR FOR?

BECAUSE, MARTIN

THERE IS SOMETHING
THE MATTER WITH YOU.

WELL, WHAT?

BUT YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN YOURSELF LATELY.

WELL... WHO HAVE I BEEN?

I DON'T KNOW.

SOMEBODY I'VE NEVER KNOWN.

BUT MARTIN, STAYING DOWN
IN THAT BASEMENT ALL DAY

AND TALKING TO THOSE
THINGS AS IF THEY WERE ALIVE,

IT'S NOT NATURAL.

EMMA... THAT'S MY JOB.

I'M NOT THE ONLY
HUSBAND IN THE WORLD

WHO BRINGS HIS WORK HOME.

DON'T YOU SEE?

I DON'T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

AND...

YOU GO BACK AND YOU TELL
THAT BROTHER OF YOURS

TO MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS.

YOU HEAR ME?

EMMA?

EMMA.

EMMA?

EMMA?

EMMA, YOU DOWN THERE?

EMMA?

EMMA, YOU DOWN HERE?

EMMA?

EMMA.

EMMA?

EMMA!

EMMA!

EMMA, WHAT HAPPENED?

EMMA...

Announcer: TWILIGHT ZONE WILL
CONTINUE AFTER STATION IDENTIFICATION.

AH, I HATE TO PUT
YOU HERE, EMMA, BUT...

WHAT CAN I DO?

I KNOW I SHOULD
REPORT IT TO THE POLICE,

AND I WANT TO, BUT...

BUT WHO WOULD BELIEVE ME

IF I TOLD THEM THAT YOU WERE
KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER?

YOU CAN SEE THAT, CAN'T YOU?

BESIDES...

IF I WENT TO PRISON...
AS I PROBABLY WOULD...

WHO WOULD TAKE
CARE OF THE FIGURES?

NO.

IT'S BETTER THIS WAY.

POOR EMMA.

TOO LATE TO TELL
HER ANYTHING NOW.

THERE.

THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO, EMMA.

GAS MAN!

WELL, HI, THERE, MR. SENESCU.

DOING A LITTLE PATCHING I SEE.

YES, UH...

FLOOR MUST HAVE
BEEN PRETTY BAD, HUH?

IT WAS STARTING
TO CRACK A LITTLE.

WELL, I HAD TO DO THE
SAME THING IN MY BASEMENT.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS WITH
THESE OLD HOUSES, YOU KNOW.

OH, YES.

HOLY MACKEREL.

BE CAREFUL OF THE
CEMENT, PLEASE.

FOR A MINUTE THERE I...

WHERE'D YOU EVER
GET ANYTHING LIKE THIS?

WELL, THEY BELONG
TO MR. FERGUSON.

BUT I'M TAKING CARE OF THEM.

THEY USED TO BE IN A
MUSEUM, BUT IT CLOSED.

BOY, THEY'RE THE MOST
REALISTIC THINGS I EVER SAW.

YOU SURE THEY AIN'T ALIVE?

NOT ALL TOGETHER.

WELL, THEY COULD FOOL ME.

SURE BE A FINE THING TO
HAVE COME HALLOWEEN.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS

IN THE BASEMENT, YOU'D REALLY
THROW A SCARE INTO PEOPLE.

MAN, OH MAN.

EVEN UP CLOSE THEY, UH...

WELL, WHAT'S THIS?

WHAT?

WHOEVER MADE THESE UP,
THEY THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING.

EVEN PUT BLOOD ON THE KNIFE.

PRETTY GOOD.

WELL, I GOT TO GO.

BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU,
YOU'VE GOT QUITE A LAYOUT HERE.

HEY, TELL ME SOMETHING.

DON'T THEY GIVE YOU THE CREEPS?

I MEAN, BEING DOWN HERE
IN THE BASEMENT AND ALL?

OH, NO.

UH, NOT WHEN YOU KNOW
THEM AS WELL AS I DO.

OH, YOU'RE A CARD, MR. SENESCU.

WAIT TILL I TELL THE
WIFE ABOUT THIS.

HEY, DO YOU THINK
IT'D BE ALL RIGHT

IF I BROUGHT HER OVER
FOR A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS?

OH, I DON'T THINK SO.

WE'LL BE GONE FOR A WHILE.

TOMORROW?

NO, FOR DAYS,

AND, UH, WE DON'T KNOW
WHEN WE'LL BE BACK.

OH.

WELL, UH, I'LL SEE YOU. SO LONG.

BYE.

JACK!

I'M SURPRISED AT YOU.

I AM REALLY SURPRISED.

HOW DID YOU MANAGE
ALL THOSE MURDERS

WITHOUT BEING CAUGHT
BY SCOTLAND YARD?

WHY, ANY KILLER KNOWS

THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE
BLOOD ON A MURDER WEAPON!

IT'S... WELL, IT'S
NOT A JOKE, JACK,

BUT IT'S A DEAD GIVEAWAY, NOW...

THERE.

IT'S GOOD AS NEW.

NOW WILL YOU PLEASE,

PLEASE BEHAVE YOURSELF?

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

Dave: EMMA?

MARTIN.

MARTIN.

ANYBODY DOWN THERE?

MARTIN, IF YOU'RE
DOWN THERE, OPEN UP.

MARTIN.

ALL RIGHT, I'M, I'M HERE.

OPEN THE DOOR.

I CAN'T, DAVE.

WHY NOT?

DAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF, UH...

THINGS PILED UP
AGAINST THE DOOR.

I'M GOING UPSTAIRS.

YOU COME AROUND THE
BACK DOOR TO THE KITCHEN.

YOU THERE, MARTIN?

YES, UH... COMING, DAVE.

YOU GOT THIS PLACE LOCKED UP

LIKE FORT KNOX OR SOMETHING.

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

OH, WE, UH...

WE ALWAYS KEEP THE DOORS LOCKED.

WHERE'S EMMA?

UH, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S NOT HERE.

OH.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST AS WELL.

WHY?

DAVE, WHAT DO YOU WANT?

UH, HAVE YOU GOT AN
ASHTRAY SOMEWHERE?

YEAH. OH, HERE.

HOW'S THIS?

UH, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, MARTIN.

DAVE, TO TELL THE
TRUTH, I'M KIND OF BUSY.

I'LL BET.

IF YOU JUST TELL ME
WHAT YOU WANT, I...

COME ON, COME ON, SIT DOWN.

SIT DOWN.

WHAT IS IT?

EMMA CAME TO SEE ME YESTERDAY.

OH, YES, I, UH... I
KNOW, SHE TOLD ME.

SHE DID?

ALL RIGHT, THAT'LL
MAKE THINGS EASIER.

WHERE DID SHE GO, BY THE WAY?

SHE TOOK A TRIP.

A TRIP? WHERE?

TO SEE MY SISTER.

OH.

YOU TWO HAVE AN ARGUMENT?

WELL... EVERYTHING'S
SETTLED NOW.

WELL, I'M CERTAINLY
GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

SHE WAS SURE UPSET
WHEN SHE TALKED TO ME.

YES, I KNOW.

YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIT

YOU DIDN'T TREAT HER SQUARE.

YOU BROUGHT THOSE DUMMIES HERE

AND KEPT HER OUT
OF HER OWN BASEMENT.

WELL... IT'S ALL BEEN CHANGED.

WELL, I GUESS

I HAD YOU PEGGED
ALL WRONG, MARTY.

YOU GOT RID OF 'EM?

YES.

MUST'VE BEEN A PRETTY
HOT NIGHT LAST NIGHT, HUH?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, HOT?

PRETTY HOT FOR A BUNCH
OF WAX DUMMIES, HUH?

WHAT'S THAT HUMMING NOISE?

WELL, I... I DON'T
HEAR ANYTHING.

IT... SOUNDS LIKE IT'S
COMING FROM DOWN THERE.

THAT'S THE AIR CONDITIONER.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HAND ME?

THE DOOR'S LOCKED.

YES, I, UH... I TOLD
YOU, YOU KNOW

I LIKE TO KEEP THE DOORS LOCKED.

WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONER GOING

IF YOU GOT RID OF
THE WAX FIGURES?

WELL, I WAS CLEANING UP, DAVE,

AND I JUST WANTED TO KEEP
THE PLACE COOL, THAT'S ALL.

LOOK, YOU JUST CAME
UP THE STAIRWAY,

AND YOU LOCKED
THE DOOR BEHIND YOU.

NOW, WHY?

IT'S A HABIT.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK YOU LOCKED IT TO KEEP
ME FROM GOING DOWN THERE.

NOW, YOU BETTER OPEN UP.

ARE YOU THREATENING
ME IN MY OWN HOUSE?

YOU NEVER GOT RID
OF THEM THINGS AT ALL.

AND HOW ABOUT THIS
SISTER OF YOURS?

HOW COME EMMA NEVER
MENTIONED HER BEFORE?

WHERE DOES SHE LIVE?

LOOK, DAVE, I'VE...
HAD A VERY BUSY DAY.

I'M TIRED OF
ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

NOW, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAVE?

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

FINE, I CAN TAKE A HINT.

I'LL JUST BE ON MY WAY.

YOU, UH... YOU HAVE EMMA CALL ME

IF SHE COMES BACK, YOU HEAR?

DAVE!

DAVE!

OH!

HICKS, HOW COULD YOU?

Mr. Ferguson: MARTIN.

MARTIN!

MARTIN, ARE YOU THERE?

MARTIN... MARTIN?

YES.

OH, MR. FERGUSON.

COME IN, COME IN.

MARTIN, HOW NICE TO SEE YOU!

NICE TO SEE YOU. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. THE
AIR CONDITIONER'S ON.

YES, IT'S NICE AND
COOL DOWN HERE.

YES.

THERE THEY ARE.

YES.

AND IN PERFECT CONDITION.

MARTIN, I CAN'T KEEP IT
FROM YOU ANY LONGER.

WHAT, SIR?

THE BEST NEWS IN THE WORLD.

MARTIN, OLD FRIEND,
WHEN I TOLD YOU

THAT NOBODY WANTED
TO BUY THESE FIGURES,

I WAS BEING TOO PESSIMISTIC.

THE FACT IS, SOMEBODY
DOES WANT TO.

BUT NOT JUST SOMEBODY.

THE MARCHAND MUSEUM.

OH.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MARCHAND'S.

IN BRUSSELS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY, BUT...

AREN'T YOU PLEASED?

YES.

MR. FERGUSON,
LOOK AT THE RIPPER.

I MUST SAY, MARTIN, YOU
HAVE KEPT THEM UP WELL.

YES, NOW, YOU SEE, THIS
NEEDS FIXING IN HERE.

THE THREADS ARE
STARTING TO FALL OUT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK
THEY ALL NEED NEW CLOTHES.

MAYBE IT IS TOO HUMID
IN HERE, AFTER ALL.

WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.

OH, AND I ASKED EMMA
TO SEW THIS RIP UP,

BUT THERE'S BEEN SO
MANY THINGS TO DO.

OH, BY THE WAY, HOW IS EMMA?

OH, SHE'S FINE.

YOU HAVE A REMARKABLE
WIFE, MARTIN.

THERE AREN'T MANY
WOMEN WHO WOULD PUT UP

WITH AN EXHIBIT LIKE
THIS IN THEIR BASEMENT.

SHE NEVER COMPLAINS.

OH, HAVE YOU BEEN
SLEEPING DOWN HERE?

YES.

OH!

MR. FERGUSON... I CAME
ACROSS THIS LITTLE ITEM

IN THIS BOOK THAT I WAS READING
JUST BEFORE I FELL ASLEEP.

MARTIN... MR. FERGUSON,
DO YOU REMEMBER

HOW EXCITED WE USED TO GET WHEN WE FOUND
OUT SOME NEW THINGS ABOUT THE FIGURES?

MARTIN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES.

NO, MR. FERGUSON.

IT ISN'T SO.

I'M NOT ALL RIGHT.

NO?

NO.

SOME STRANGE THINGS
HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.

STRANGE THINGS?

YES.

THEY HAVEN'T EXACTLY
BEEN BEHAVING THEMSELVES.

WHO?

OH, COME NOW.

OH, IT'S TRUE, I SWEAR IT.

YOU'VE NO IDEA WHAT
THEY'VE BEEN UP TO.

OH, MARTIN.

YOU'VE BEEN SO CLOSE... SH!

YOU'VE BEEN SO CLOSE

TO THESE FIGURES FOR
THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

YOU'RE BEGINNING TO
IMAGINE THINGS ABOUT THEM.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT
IMAGINATION. NOT AT ALL.

WELL, THAT'S NEITHER
HERE NOR THERE.

THE POINT IS...

YOU WON'T HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM ANY LONGER.

BUT MR. FERGUSON, I WANT
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

I KNOW YOU DO.

AND AS I'VE SAID, I APPRECIATE

WHAT YOU'VE DONE,
BUT IT'S ALL SETTLED.

OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE A
SUBSTANTIAL REWARD TO YOU

FOR ALL THE YEARS
YOU'VE CARED FOR THEM.

NOW, WHY DON'T YOU PREPARE
US A CUP OF TEA OR SOMETHING

WHILE I TAKE SOME MEASUREMENTS.

THE MARCHAND PEOPLE
WANT SOME SPECIFICATIONS

I WASN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE SOME TEA.

53 INCHES.

HMM.

37.

I DIDN'T THINK YOU
WERE THAT WIDE.

WELL, NO MATTER.

MR. FERGUSON,

I BROUGHT YOU BOTH THE
CREAM AND THE SUGAR.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH
ONE YOU WANT...

MR. FERGUSON.

MR. FERGUSON!

LANDRU.

IT WAS YOU.

AND HICKS.

HICKS.

AND BURKE.

AND HARE.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T
HAVE ANY PART IN THIS,

BUT YOU DIDN'T STOP IT.

AND YOU, LANDRU, ESPECIALLY YOU.

AND YOU, JACK.

THIS TIME YOU WENT TOO FAR.

I GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS I HAD.

YOU WANTED FOR NOTHING!

I WASHED YOU.

I CLEANED YOUR CLOTHES.

I BOUGHT YOU NEW ONES.

IT WAS ALWAYS THE RIGHT
TEMPERATURE FOR YOU,

BECAUSE I MADE IT SO FOR YOU.

AND WHO DEFENDED YOU...

AND WHO DEFENDED YOUR DEEDS

AGAINST THE THOUSANDS
WHO SAW YOU?

AND WHEN MR. FERGUSON
SOLD THE MUSEUM

WHO SPOKE UP FOR YOU?

WHO WANTED YOU?

ME!

I WAS THE BEST
FRIEND YOU EVER HAD.

NOW... NOW, WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME?

YOU'VE MURDERED MR. FERGUSON.

HE WAS THE ONLY, ONLY
MAN WHO WAS MY FRIEND.

HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

AND THE BOOKS ARE RIGHT.

THE BOOKS ARE RIGHT.

YOU ARE MONSTERS, ALL OF YOU...

YOU'RE HEARTLESS
HEARTLESS MONSTERS.

ALL OF YOU, THROUGH AND THROUGH.

I'M GOING TO PUNISH
YOU ALL FOR THIS.

I'LL BREAK YOU
INTO LITTLE PIECES.

I'LL TURN UP THE HEAT
SO THAT YOU'LL MELT DOWN

INTO LITTLE POOLS OF WAX.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

IT'LL BE NO LESS
THAN YOU DESERVE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW.

WHICH ONE OF YOU IS FIRST?

WHICH ONE OF YOU IS FIRST?

YOU!

LANDRU.

BECAUSE YOU
MURDERED MR. FERGUSON.

NO! NO, IT WAS NOT
I WHO GARROTED

YOUR FRIEND, MARTIN SENESCU. NO.

IT WAS YOU!

NO, YOU KILLED HIM

WHILE I WAS UPSTAIRS
MAKING TEA. NO!

NO, MARTIN
SENESCU, IT WAS YOU...

YOU MURDERED YOUR WIFE.

YOU KILLED HER...
WHILE I WAS ASLEEP.

IT WAS YOU WHO USED MY AX
TO KILL YOUR WIFE'S BROTHER.

NO.

NOT SO, MARTIN SENESCU.

NO, YOU'RE-YOU'RE THE MURDERERS.

NO, NO!

YOU ARE THE MURDERER,
YOU KILLED THEM ALL.

NO, YOU KILLED...
IT WAS ALWAYS YOU.

YOU'RE THE MURDERERS!
NO! MARTIN SENESCU.

YOU'RE THE MURDERERS.

IT WAS YOU...

AND HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE HAVE JACK THE RIPPER...

THE ONE MURDERER
WHO WAS NEVER CAUGHT.

AND NOW WE COME TO A
MAN WHO ONLY RECENTLY

BECAME ONE OF THE
MOST FAMOUS OF ALL.

MARTIN LOMBARD SENESCU...

A REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY
MOST VERSATILE MURDERER.

WHO KNOWS WHAT THOUGHTS
WENT THROUGH HIS MIND

AS HE DUG THE GRAVES
FOR HIS WIFE, EMMA,

WHOM HE KILLED WITH A KNIFE...

HIS WIFE'S BROTHER, DAVID,

WHOSE SKULL WAS
SPLIT WITH AN AX...

OR HIS FRIEND AND
EMPLOYER FOR 30 YEARS,

ERNEST FERGUSON.

Serling: THE NEW EXHIBIT BECAME
VERY POPULAR AT MARCHAND'S.

BUT OF ALL THE FIGURES,

NONE WAS EVER
REGARDED WITH MORE DREAD

THAN THAT OF MARTIN
LOMBARD SENESCU.

IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
THE EYES, PEOPLE SAID.

IT'S THE LOOK THAT
ONE OFTEN GETS

AFTER TAKING A QUICK WALK

THROUGH THE TWILIGHT ZONE.

NEXT ON TWILIGHT ZONE
A TRIP BACK INTO TIME

WITH ALBERT SALMI, JOHN ANDERSON

AND GUEST STAR JULIE NEWMAR.

BUT THIS TRIP IS VERY
OFFBEAT, VERY ADVENTURESOME

AND TOTALLY
UNEXPECTED ITINERARY.

IT'S CALLED "OF LATE I
THINK OF CLIFFORDVILLE."

YOU SEND ME BACK IN TIME.

SEND BACK TO CLIFFORDVILLE.

BUT I WANT TO LOOK EXACTLY
AS I DID THEN. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AGREED.

NUMBER TWO,

I WANT TO HAVE A
MEMORY OF EVERYTHING

THAT'S OCCURRED
IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.

I DON'T WANT THAT
MEMORY IMPAIRED ON BIT.

CHECK AGAIN, MR. FEATHERSMITH.

I WANT IT TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.

Man: CLIFFORDVILLE.

THIS STOP IS CLIFFORDVILLE.

CLIFFORDVILLE?

THE DEVIL YOU SAY.