Village of the Damned (2017): Season 1, Episode 2 - Thirteen Days in Winter - full transcript

PREVIOUSLY ON
"VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"...

DRYDEN HAS SEEN IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN --

VIOLENCE, MURDER.

HOW ARE PEOPLE EVEN
GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK

AT THEIR NEIGHBORS NOW,
LET ALONE TRUST THEM?

TONY HARRIS,
HIS WIFE, DODIE,

AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN,
SHELBY AND MARC,

WERE ALL SHOT IN THE HEAD
WITH A SMALL-CALIBER WEAPON.

IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM,
IT CAN HAPPEN TO US.

YEAH, HELLO.
MY DAUGHTER'S MISSING.

Can you describe
what she was wearing?



CAN YOU JUST
PLEASE COME QUICK?

A LITTLE GIRL WAS MISSING.

DRYDEN'S
NOW STRUCK AGAIN.

YOUR MIND IS LIKE,
"WHAT? HOW?"

I JUST -- I MISS HER VERY MUCH,
AND THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY...

IF HE COULD JUST CONTACT ME AND
MAYBE DROP HER OFF SOMEWHERE,

BUT LET US KNOW
WHERE SO WE CAN PICK HER UP.

I MEAN, I WANT HER HOME
BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY.

UM...

WE ALL KNOW
SHE'S MISSING, ABDUCTED.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG HERE.

I HAD NO IDEA THIS THING WOULD
END IN THE MANNER THAT IT DID.

IT'S A NOTEBOOK
I KEPT IN 1990 FOR THE YEAR,

THE ONLY YEAR I KEPT ONE.



MY WIFE WANTED TO THROW IT AWAY
A COUPLE TIMES.

I WOULDN'T LET HER.

"CHRISTINE LANE REPORTED

2- YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
MISSING FROM APARTMENT.

THERE'S FEAR
SHE HAS WALKED AWAY."

THAT THE WAS
THE MAIN CONCERN --

TRY TO FIND HER
AS QUICK AS WE COULD.

I WAS IN THE DISPATCH OFFICE
WITH OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATOR,

AND THE CALL CAME IN,

SO I RESPONDED
TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX

AND SPOKE
WITH CHRISTINE LANE.

MA'AM,
I'M DETECTIVE HUETHER.

THANK GOD.

YEAH, MY LITTLE GIRL --
SHE'S -- SHE'S MISSING, AND...

MA'AM.

UM...UM...

SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD BROUGHT
SOME TRASH OUT TO THE DUMPSTER.

I WENT TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT
TO THE END OF SIDEWALK,

AND SHE CAME WITH ME,
'CAUSE SHE ALWAYS DOES.

I HAD TO GO BACK,
'CAUSE I...

I FORGOT ONE OF THE BAGS --
I FORGOT ONE OF THE TRASH BAGS.

AND YOU LEFT HER OUTSIDE?

IT WAS --
I JUST STEPPED INSIDE.

I FOUND --
I FOUND THIS.

THE CHILD WAS GONE,
BUT ONE OF HER MITTENS

WAS LAYING IN THE DRIVEWAY.

GOD,
SHE MUST BE FREEZING.

IT'S SO COLD OUT.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

I TOLD HER, "HOW FAR
COULD THIS BABY HAVE GONE?

WE'RE GONNA FIND HER
REAL QUICK."

IF YOU KNEW CHRISTINE
AT THE TIME,

WHETHER YOU WERE GOOD FRIENDS
OR OLD FRIENDS WITH HER

YOU KNEW THAT BABY
CAME FIRST -- ALWAYS.

- THAT'S SO FUNNY.
- THAT'S SO FUNNY!

CAN YOU FILL IT HALF-WATER,
HALF-JUICE?

ALL RIGHTY.
COOL YOUR JETS.

WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT,
JETS?

IS THAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE
AN AIRPLANE?!

WAH-WAH-WAH-WAH!
- THERE YOU GO.

ALIZA WAS THE CUTEST
LITTLE GIRL.

YOU COULDN'T ASK
FOR A BETTER CHILD.

SHE HAD A LOT OF HAIR --
IT WAS ALWAYS IN HER FACE,

AND SHE JUST LOVED
TO PLAY WITH THE ANIMALS.

SHE CALLED ME "DADDY"
ONCE AND A WHILE.

SHE'S SO CUTE.

I THINK SHE'S WARMING UP
TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

I CAN DEAL WITH THAT.

MWAH!

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

IT WAS A BAD DAY --
IT'S TERRIBLE.

IT WAS -- IT WAS BLOWING
PRETTY GOOD,

VERY FEW SPOTS
OF SUNLIGHT THAT DAY.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, AND
THE LONGER THE SEARCH GOES ON,

THE MORE YOU START TO FEEL LIKE
WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE,

AND WE GOT TO GET IT DONE SOON.

THIS LITTLE GIRL,
THIS LITTLE BABY WILL NOT LAST

FOREVER OUT HERE
IN THE ELEMENTS.

BUT AS THE DAY PROGRESSED,
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED,

AND IT STARTED
SNOWING FAIRLY HARD.

PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN...

TO SEARCH.

IT WAS VERY UNORGANIZED.

BY THE TIME I GOT THERE,
IT WAS --

KID'S PRINTS ALL OVER,
ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OF COURSE, THERE WAS JUST
SO MANY PEOPLE HOLLERING

AND DOGS BARKING AND KIDS --

YOU COULDN'T TELL IF
SOMEBODY ANSWERED YOU OR NOT.

IF SHE WAS TO ANSWER YOU, YOU
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEARD IT.

ON FEBRUARY 2nd,
I CAME TO WORK AT 4:00 P. M.,

AND MY JOB IS TO GO OUT THERE
AND INTERVIEW ALL THE TENANTS

OF ALL THE APARTMENTS

THAT WE COULD FIND AT HOME.

WE ASKED
IF THEY HAD SEEN ALIZA,

A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WHO BE OUT IN A PINK SUIT,

OR IF PEOPLE MAY HAVE SPOTTED
HER AND PICKED HER UP.

IF YOU'VE SEEN ALIZA
OR HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HER

WHEREABOUTS,

WE'D LIKE YOUR HELP.

ALIZA IS 3-FOOT TALL
AND WEIGHS 40 POUNDS.

AS TIME PROGRESSED, WE BECAME
MORE AND MORE ALARMED AT THIS.

THE SEARCH CONTINUED
TILL DUSK.

Attention all units,
attention all units --

Calling off the search
for the night.

BECAUSE OF
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS,

IT WOULD NOT BE VERY LIKELY
SHE WOULD SURVIVE THE NIGHT.

THE DRIVE HOME
WAS HEARTBREAKING.

IT'S DARK, IT'S COLD,

IT'S SNOWING, IT'S WINDY...

AND THIS 2-YEAR-OLD BABY OUT
WANDERING AROUND IN THE WOODS

NOT KNOWING WHERE SHE WAS,

WHY SHE WAS THERE,

HUNGRY, TIRED, COLD,
AND FRIGHTENED.

AND IT WAS SO CLOSE
TO THE HIGHWAY,

IT WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET
FROM THE COUNTY JAIL.

WHO KNOWS?
I THOUGHT IT WAS A POSSIBILITY

THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE
PICKED HER UP

ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD --
KIDNAPPED HER.

"ALIZA BUSH INVESTIGATION --
FOLLOW-UP LEADS.

INTERVIEWED CHRISTINE LANE,
FEBRUARY 3rd."

CHRIS, WE JUST WANT TO BE
CLEAR ABOUT A FEW THINGS.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU
EVERYTHING.

I KNOW, BUT LET'S JUST
GO THROUGH AGAIN, OKAY?

WELL, WE STARTED
RIGHT OFF FROM THE MORNING --

WHAT SHE WAS DOING
WHEN ALIZA DISAPPEARED,

AND, WELL, WE DEFINITELY
WEREN'T AGGRESSIVE.

IT WAS JUST A LOW-KEY
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION,

ASKING HER BASIC QUESTIONS.

GET HER ALL READY --
COAT ON, GLOVES ON.

DURING HER INTERVIEW,
THERE WAS NEVER ANY TEARS,

SHE NEVER GOT EMOTIONAL.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN
SIT THERE AND NOT BE EMOTIONAL,

BUT SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE
TOO SHORT A TIME SPAN

FOR A SMALL GIRL
LIKE ALIZA TO GO MISSING.

I MEAN, HONEST TO GOD --

IT COULDN'T HAVE MORE
THAN FIVE MINUTES.

OKAY.

SO FIVE MINUTES?

MAYBE.

YOU AREN'T TRYING TO PROTECT
SOMEONE, ARE YOU, CHRIS?

NO.

THE ONLY DOUBT THAT
I CAN REMEMBER COMING UP

IS ED DIDN'T LIKE THE TIMING.

THE GIRL COULDN'T HAVE
DISAPPEARED THAT QUICKLY

UNLESS SOMEONE HAS HAPPENED
TO COME ALONG IN A CAR

AND GRAB HER AND TAKE OFF.

THE THREE OF US STOOD
AND TALKED AND...

WE JUST COME TO
A GENERAL CONSENSUS.

WE -- WE BELIEVED HER.

THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE SAY
WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS,

THEY'RE LIKE, "MY GOD."

YOU START ASKING LET THIS
LITTLE GIRL COME THROUGH,

LET HER BE FOUND.

IF YOU'VE SEEN ALIZA

OR HAVE INFORMATION
ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS,

WE'D LIKE YOUR HELP.

ALIZA IS 3-FOOT TALL
AND WEIGHS 40 POUNDS.

WE'RE GONNA FIND
THIS LITTLE GIRL,

AND THEN DOOMSDAY COMES
WHEN...

THE REAL TRUTH CAME OUT.

STILL NO TRACE OF ALIZA BUSH.

MISSING SIGNS WITH
THE TODDLER'S PICTURE

ARE PLASTERED ALL OVER
THE SOUTHERN TIER,

AND WHILE MISSING SIGNS
ARE EASY TO FIND, ALIZA IS NOT.

I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE,
AND...

THIS WAS A SAFE TOWN.

I WAS SCARED TO GO
TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

LITTLE KIDS AT HOME,
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'D THINK,

"MY GOD,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?"

YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
ON THE LOOKOUT.

HOW DOES A COMMUNITY
FEEL SAFE ANYMORE?

EVERYBODY WAS BROUGHT
IN FOR A POLYGRAPH TEST.

OBVIOUSLY THE LITTLE GIRL'S
MOTHER WOULD BE A SUSPECT,

GREG, THE BABY'S FATHER,
THE MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND --

THEY WOULD BE
THE THREE MAIN SUSPECTS.

DO YOU INTEND TO LIE TO ME
ABOUT ANYTHING TODAY?

NO.

GREG'S A GOOD GUY.

HE'S A HARD-WORKING MAN --

NEVER BEEN A BIG
PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY.

COULD YOU TAKE ME
TO ALIZA RIGHT NOW?

NO.

I TOLD GREG -- I SAYS,
"GREG, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS

FOR A LONG TIME,
AND YOU KNOW ME.

I'M A STRAIGHT SHOOTER,

AND I WANT YOU TO SHOOT
STRAIGHT WITH ME.

IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THIS,
TELL ME NOW

AND WE'LL GET IT
STRAIGHTENED OUT."

DID YOU LIE ABOUT
ALIZA DISAPPEARING?

NO.

HE SAID HE WAS NOT
INVOLVED, NOT AT ALL.

"BASED UPON THE POLYGRAPH
EXAMINATION OF GREGORY BUSH

THAT HE WAS TRUTHFUL TO
THE AFOREMENTIONED QUESTIONS."

HE HAD PASSED
HIS POLYGRAPH TEST.

THEY CAME OUT AND TOLD ME.

I HAD NO REASON TO LIE
ABOUT ANYTHING.

DO YOU INTEND TO LIE TO ME
ABOUT ANYTHING TODAY?

NO.

CAN YOU TAKE ME
TO ALIZA RIGHT NOW?

NO.

"IT IS THE OPINION
OF THE POLYGRAPHIST,

BASED UPON THE POLYGRAPH
EXAMINATION OF KEVIN DEXTER,

THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH
TO THE ABOVE LISTED QUESTIONS."

DO YOU INTEND TO LIE TO ME
ABOUT ANYTHING TODAY?

NO.

IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, EVEN ONCE,
HAVE YOU EVER HURT ANYTHING?

NO.

DID YOU LIE TO AUTHORITIES
ABOUT ALIZA DISAPPEARING?

NO.

WELL, WE HAD HEARD
THAT SHE HAD PASSED IT,

SO NOW WE'RE BACK
AT SQUARE ONE.

THE FBI CAME IN --
WE HAD AN 800 NUMBER PUT IN,

AND THAT OPENED THE FLOOD GATES
TO MANY, MANY, MANY PHONE CALLS.

IT SEEMS LIKE
BACK IN THAT YEAR...

...EVERY 2-YEAR-OLD MUST
HAVE WORE A PINK WINTER SUIT,

YOU KNOW?

Hi.

I'm calling
'cause I saw the picture

of the little girl on TV,
the one that's missing.

I RECALLED ONE PSYCHIC TOLD US
TO CHECK A EMPTY STOREFRONT

WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE COVERED
IN PAPER IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

I saw the news story of Aliza.

I think I saw someone

walking with a little girl
near Dryden.

EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND,
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER...

BASICALLY A WILD GOOSE CHASE,
BUT YOU GOT TO CHASE IT.

I was on Main Street.

I saw an older man and a woman
walk with a girl that...

A PACKAGE WAS DELIVERED
TO CHRISTINE LANE.

THEY FOUND A MITTEN,
THE MATCHING MITTEN

TO THE ONE
THAT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY.

SHERIFF HUETHER,
IT'S CHRISTINE.

WELL, AS SOON AS
THE MITTEN CAME IN,

IT NOW LOOKED LIKE
WE HAD AN ABDUCTION.

AND OF COURSE THAT CHANGED
THE WHOLE RULES OF THE GAME.

THEY GAVE US THE IMPRESSION
THAT SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

I SAID, "AT LEAST SHE'S
ALIVE," YOU KNOW?

ONE OF HER GLOVES WAS FOUND
OUTSIDE HER LANSING HOME,

AND THIS WEEK THE OTHER
WAS MAILED TO ALIZA'S MOTHER,

CHRISTINE LANE.

THIS HASN'T INVESTIGATORS
TREATING THE CASE A KIDNAPPING.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
A TRADITIONAL KIDNAPPING

IN AS MUCH AS
THERE'S BEEN NO RANSOM.

RECEIVING THE GLOVE
IN THE MAIL, YES, IT --

IT DID SEEM VERY SUSPICIOUS --
A LITTLE TOO THEATRICAL.

IN AN EFFORT
TO GET HER DAUGHTER,

ALIZA'S 24-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
MADE A TEARFUL PLEA

FOR THE KIDNAPPER
TO GIVE HER CHILD BACK.

I JUST --
I MISS HER VERY MUCH.

I MEAN, I WANT HER HOME
BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY.

THE FAMILY AND ALL HAVE
BOUGHT HER PRESENTS,

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR HER
TO BE BROUGHT HOME.

UM...

NOW WE -- WE THOUGHT WE HAD
A PROBLEM, A BIG PROBLEM.

IT'S BEEN A WEEK, AND
STILL NO TRACE OF ALIZA BUSH.

IN AN EFFORT TO GET
HER DAUGHTER,

ALIZA'S 24-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
MADE A TEARFUL PLEA

FOR THE KIDNAPPER
TO GIVE HER CHILD BACK.

I MEAN, I WANT HER HOME
BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY.

THE FAMILY AND ALL HAVE
BOUGHT HER PRESENTS,

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR HER
TO BE BROUGHT HOME.

UM...

WHAT A HELL OF AN ACTOR.

SHE PUT ON A GOOD ACT,
DIDN'T SHE?

A VERY GOOD ACT.

SHE HAD PEOPLE
BELIEVING IT, TOO.

WE TOLD CHRISTINE
THAT WE DON'T KNOW

IF THERE'S AN ABDUCTION
OR NOT,

BECAUSE BY NOW WE SHOULD
HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING.

AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE NEXT
DAY THAT, LO AND BEHOLD,

WE GOT A MITTEN.

NOW WE -- WE THOUGHT WE HAD
A PROBLEM, A BIG PROBLEM.

HELLO AGAIN, CHRISTINE.

YOU KNOW OFFICER MANLEY.

THIS IS AGENT O'BRIEN.

IS THERE ANYTHING NEW?

IS ALIZA OKAY?

SO, THAT PACKAGE
THAT YOU RECEIVED --

WE WANTED TO ASK YOU --
- SOMEONE HAS HER, DON'T THEY?

WHO IS IT?

WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE
TO TELL US THAT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

JODY DOWN
AT THE GENERAL STORE

SAYS THAT SHE SAW YOU MAIL
A PACKAGE THE OTHER DAY

A COUPLE HOURS AFTER
I TALKED TO YOU.

WE ALREADY GOT HER
ON RECORD.

CHRISTINE, SHE SAID
IT'S THE SAME PACKAGE

THAT YOU BROUGHT US
WITH THE MITTEN.

SHE WAS LIKE THAT
WHEN I FOUND HER.

"IT WAS ABOUT 8:30,
I -- I PUT HER TO BED,

AND I HEARD HER
IN THERE PLAYING,

SO I JUST HOLLERED IN
FOR HER TO LAY DOWN,

AND THEN I WENT INTO THE
BATHROOM, AND WHEN I"...

...I COME OUT,

THE LIGHT WAS SHINING
INTO HER BEDROOM.

I COULD SEE SHE WAS
WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET,

SO I WENT TO UNRAVEL IT.

SO TIGHT...

SHE WAS COLD.

SHE WAS BLUE.

"AND I TRIED --
I GAVE HER MOUTH-TO-MOUTH,

BUT I COULDN'T SEE
HER CHEST RISING,

SO I WENT OUT
AND STARTED TO CALL,

AND I START DIALING, AND I --
AND THEN I PUT THE PHONE DOWN."

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

NOW, SHE'S HAD 13 DAYS
OF LIES AND DECEPTION,

AND I THINK SHE REALIZED
THINGS WERE CLOSING IN ON HER.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT MY FAMILY
TO THINK I WAS A BAD PERSON.

I WAS TAKING
SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.

CHRISTINE LANE WAS THERE
WITH A FEMALE FBI AGENT

AND A ROAD-PATROL OFFICER.

- YOU SURE IT WAS HERE?
- YES, MA'AM.

WHERE?

SPEAK UP.

HEY.

UP THERE,
IT'S JUST ABOUT 20 FEET.

UNDER THEM BRANCHES.

AND THEN WE UNCOVERED
THE BODY BRANCH BY BRANCH,

AND DURING THIS TIME,

CHRISTINE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

IT WAS JUST A VERY
SOMBER MOMENT.

SICKENING.

DISGUSTING, SICKENING.

YOU KNOW? YEAH.

RAW DEAL FOR HIM.

I FELT REALLY BAD FOR HIM.

STILL DO.

FIRST THING COME TO MIND IS,

SHE MUST'VE DONE SOMETHING
REALLY BAD TO LIE LIKE THAT

AND TO LIE THAT GOOD.

NOT A GENIUS OR NOTHING,

BUT YOU HAVE TO GET
PRETTIER THAN THE MORNING

TO PULL ONE OVER ON ME
HALF THE TIME, YOU KNOW?

SO I WENT TO THE COUNTY LOCKUP
TO SEE HER FINALLY,

AND I SAID --

I SAID, "BUT JUST
BETWEEN ME AND YOU,

WHAT THE HELL
WERE YOU THINKING?"

SHE SAID SHE ALMOST TOLD ME
A FEW TIMES A COUPLE TIMES

AND STUFF,
BUT SHE NEVER DID.

YOU LIED TO ME.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I JUST...

"WHY? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS,"
YOU KNOW?

SHE COULDN'T ANSWER IT.
SHE JUST...

SHE COULDN'T ANSWER IT.

AND I SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO
HEAR THE ANSWER ANYHOW,

SO I'M DONE WITH IT."

I SAYS, "I HOPE THEY PUT YOU
AWAY FOR A LONG TIME."

I WALKED OUT.

I WALKED OUT.

FOR WEEKS, THE PEOPLE
HAVE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW

FOR A LITTLE GIRL
HOPED TO STILL BE ALIVE.

THAT HOPE HAS NOW COME
TO AN ABRUPT END,

AS HAS THE LIFE
OF A LITTLE GIRL

THOUSANDS HOPELESSLY
SEARCHED AND PRAYED FOR.

THE FACT THAT SHE HAS
LIED TO EVERYBODY,

THAT SOMEONE COULD BE
SO COLD AS TO DO THIS,

CARRY ON THIS CHARADE,

KNOWING FULL WELL IT WAS A LIE,

IT JUST DISGUSTS ME.

THEY HAD CHRIS SHACKLED --
EVERYTHING, HER ARMS,

EVERYTHING --

AND SHE KNELT BY THE CASKET

AND I WENT UP
AND KNELT FOR A LITTLE

WHILE WITH HER AND STUFF

AND SHE WAS CRYING AND...

AND SHE SAID...

"WHY COULDN'T SHE JUST
LAY DOWN THAT NIGHT

AND GONE TO SLEEP,
LITTLE..."

- I STILL HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPH.
- I KEPT IT FOR YEARS --

THIS LITTLE GIRL HERE.

IT JUST...

IT HIT ME SO HARD
AT HOME IN MY HEART.

WHEN YOU PRAY AND
THE PRAYERS DON'T GO YOUR WAY,

YOU THINK,
"WHY SUCH A LITTLE GIRL?

WHAT DID SHE DO
TO DESERVE THIS?"

THAT'S WHEN YOU QUESTION GOD.

I DON'T KNOW
IF I COULD DO THAT.

I'M SORRY.

THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

AND ALTHOUGH WE MOURN
THE PASSING OF YOUNG ALIZA,

WE MUST ALSO FIND SOLACE
WITH THE LORD,

OUR SAVIOR,

KNOWING THAT ALIZA WILL --

CHRISTINE HAD REQUESTED
PERMISSION TO GO TO THE FUNERAL,

AND THAT WAS GRANTED
BY THE JAIL SERGEANT.

SHE WAS CRYING, AND...

AND SHE SAID...

"WHY COULDN'T SHE JUST LAY DOWN
THAT NIGHT

AND GONE TO SLEEP,
LITTLE..."

I THINK
IT'S A DAMNING STATEMENT.

THAT TELLS ME ALIZA WAS
SUFFOCATED TO KEEP HER QUIET.

THEN SHE REALIZED, "MY GOD,
WHAT HAVE I DONE?"

ANY COMMENT?

SHE'S WEARING A DRESS --

A FLOWERED DRESS
WITH SOME LACE ON IT,

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE HER LOOK SO INNOCENT

AND WHOLESOME AND NICE.

LIKE A MOM...

...INSTEAD OF A MONSTER.

"WHERE DID YOU COME
FROM, BABY DEAR?

I CAME FROM NOWHERE INTO HERE.

WHERE DID YOU GET
THOSE EYES OF BLUE?

TOOK A PIECE OF HEAVEN
WHEN I CAME THROUGH.

WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT GOLDEN HAIR?

I STOLE SOME RAYS OF SUNSHINE
FROM AWAY UP THERE.

AND WHOM DO YOU LOVE
THE BEST OF ALL?

IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANSWER --
I LOVE YOU ALL."

I GOT TWO DAUGHTERS --
BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES.

I WAS SAD, YEAH.

PEOPLE WERE SAYING,
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

WHY ALL THIS VIOLENT CRIME?

WHY NOW?

WHAT'S IN THE AIR?"

PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE CURSED.

THEY FELT SOMETHING
OTHERWORLDLY WAS HAPPENING.

PEOPLE MOVED.

IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE EVIL
SPIRIT WAS FLOATING AROUND,

JUST PICKING GREAT PEOPLE
WHO DID NOTHING WRONG.

WORKED AT DRYDEN FOOD MARKET,
AND I LIVED IN DRYDEN FOR ABOUT,

I DON'T KNOW, 30-SO YEARS?

THERE'S JUST BEEN
SO MANY TRAGEDIES IN DRYDEN.

DRYDEN IS JUST
OVERWHELMED WITH THEM.

I USED TO HAVE WICKED
NIGHTMARES ALL THE TIME.

THE KNIFE.

THE KNIFE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN IN MY HEAD.

I WILL NEVER FORGET
THAT KNIFE.

I DON'T LIKE MY BACK
TO AN OPEN ROOM

WHERE I CAN'T FEEL SOMEBODY
COME UP BEHIND ME.

SO A LOT HAS CHANGED FOR ME.

I STARTED WORKING
AT DRYDEN FOOD MART,

AND COLLEEN
WAS ALREADY WORKING THERE,

AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

WE DID NOT HIT IT OFF TOGETHER
IN THE BEGINNING.

WE DIDN'T LIKE EACH OTHER,
REALLY, TOO MUCH.

COLLEEN WAS JUST A VERY STRONG,
OVERBEARING PERSON TO TAKE.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW,
THE MORE I GOT TO KNOW HER,

THE BETTER THINGS GOT,

AND WE JUST BECAME
BEST FRIENDS --

INSEPARABLE.

MY GOD.

IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD
FOR YOU GUYS.

WHEN I MET COLLEEN,
HER AND PAUL WERE DATING.

HE WAS A NICE GUY, YOU KNOW,
AND I GOT ALONG GREAT WITH HIM.

YOU'RE JUST BANKING
ON THE WINNER.

- SO I'M BANKING ON THE WINNER.
- THERE'S NO HEART IN THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK,
KIRSTEN?

I THINK YOU ACT LIKE
YOU'RE ALREADY MARRIED.

YEAH?

- HEY, SCOTT.
- HEY.

HEY, SO,
SETTLE SOMETHING FOR US.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

OKAY, SO, PAUL HERE DOESN'T
THINK THE JETS ARE GONNA GO

ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR.

WELL,
PAUL'S REALLY NEGATIVE,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
HE MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

ME AND SCOTT WENT TO
THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WENT TO DRYDEN.

HE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE
THAT WAS FRIENDLY,

ALWAYS SMILING, ALWAYS HAPPY.

WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT,
DRINK, YOU KNOW,

DO ALL THE THINGS
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.

I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL JUST
HAPPY FRIENDS, I MEAN...

YOU'RE NOT FUNNY.
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS.

I THINK EVERYONE'S FUNNY.

- YEAH.
- IN THEIR OWN WAY.

THERE WERE NO SIGNS
OF ANYTHING THAT WAS COMING --

NO SIGNS, REALLY.

WAIT, I CAN'T CLIMB
IN THESE SHOES.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.

THERE, OKAY?

PAUL STARTED BEING QUIET.

RIGHT?

IT'S A ROOF.

HE KNEW
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.

HERE YOU GO.

YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING'S
NOT RIGHT, YOU CAN FEEL IT,

EVEN IF SOMEONE
WON'T ADMIT IT TO YOU.

I COULD TELL THAT SHE WAS
FEELING SOMETHING DIFFERENT

FOR SCOTT,

YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN
JUST THE FRIENDSHIP.

EXHIBIT "A."

EXHIBIT "B."

WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?

I STOLE THEM FROM A DRIVING
RANGE, ALL RIGHT?

YOU READY?
- I AM.

MY GOD.
WAIT, WAIT, LET ME TRY.

OKAY. HERE.

YEAH, YOU COULD TELL,
THE WAY SHE WOULD SMILE AT HIM

OR HE WOULD SMILE AT HER.

I THINK IT WAS JUST A CHANGE.

SOMETHING WAS COMING.

COME ON.

THERE'S
AN OLD ABANDONED CHURCH,

AND I CAN REMEMBERING GOING OVER
THERE AND SITTING ON THE STEPS

AND TALKING.

I THINK SHE JUST WAS STARTING
TO BE UNHAPPY, YOU KNOW?

AND BEING THE FRIEND I WAS,
I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW,

"YOU'RE NOT HAPPY,
YOU SHOULD GET OUT,

'CAUSE IT'S NOT WORKING."

SHE WANTED SCOTT,
THEN FINE, GO FOR SCOTT.

I THINK I WAS JUST THAT SOUNDING
VOICE THAT, IN HER HEAD,

THAT I PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.

AND I THINK THAT WAS
JUST ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE...

EVERYTHING
JUST KIND OF EXPLODED.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
GONNA HAPPEN.

BEING A SMALL TOWN,
SCOTT DIDN'T LOCK THE DOOR.

DIDN'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW?

WHO WOULD?

I MEAN, I...

JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I WAS WATCHING.

I DRIVE PAST THE APARTMENT
BUILDING AT LEAST TWICE A DAY,

'CAUSE I LIVE JUST BEYOND IT.

AND SOMETIMES I'D LIKE TO SEE IT
TORN DOWN, BUT TO DRIVE PAST IT

AND JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN
START REMEMBERING

WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE...

I DON'T GO
TO MY CLASS REUNIONS,

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IT.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO FORGET, BUT
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP LIVING IT

OVER AND OVER AGAIN
EITHER, YOU KNOW?

I CAN REMEMBER ONE NIGHT,

AS MEETING COLLEEN
AT THE DRYDEN HOTEL --

IT'S A LOCAL BAR --

AND I CAN REMEMBER I WALKED IN
AND PAUL WAS SITTING THERE.

HONEY,
YOU GOT TO GO HOME.

LET ME CALL SOMEBODY
FOR YOU.

NO.

AND HE JUST LOOKED SO SAD
AND SO PATHETIC,

AND I JUST FELT SO BAD.

- SHOULD WE GO?
- YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WE LEFT
'CAUSE HE WAS THERE.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS MY FRIEND
MORE THAN HE WAS,

AND I WAS GONNA TAKE HER SIDE
NO MATTER WHAT, SO...

THE APARTMENT CAME UP
AND I SAID...

I WAS, LIKE, "I'M REALLY
EX-- " IT WAS MY FIRST APARTMENT.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED.

AND SHE GOES, "WHY DON'T I JUST
STAY WITH YOU IF THAT'S OKAY?"

BRAND-SPANKING-NEW APARTMENT.

BRAND-SPANKING-NEW LIFE
WE WERE --

THAT WE WERE GOING
TO START, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, HE CALLS ME EVERY DAY
AND BEGS ME TO COME BACK TO HIM.

DON'T DO IT.

AND HE WAS HURT.

HE WAS REALLY HURT.

I MEAN...

WE'VE ALL HAD OUR HEART BROKEN,
SO WE, YOU KNOW --

AND I FELT BAD FOR HIM.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF.

YEAH.

I JUST...

YEAH.

HE'LL BE FINE.

COME ON, IT'S PERFECT.

YOU, ME, NEW APARTMENT,
A NEW LIFE.

NEW LIFE.

AUGUST 14th
WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE HAD JUST HAD PLANS AND...

THEY JUST NEVER HAPPENED.

SCOTT CAME IN AND HE SAID
IT WAS A LONG NIGHT,

LET'S JUST GET A LITTLE BIT
MORE SLEEP, YOU KNOW,

AND WE'LL GET UP
AND WE'LL GET GOING LATER."

YOU KNOW, BEING A SMALL TOWN,
SCOTT DIDN'T LOCK THE DOOR.

HE -- HE DIDN'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW?

WHO WOULD?

AND THEN...

I MEAN, THAT WAS THE LAST THING
I REMEMBER,

YOU KNOW,
BEFORE IT ALL HAPPENED.

NEXT THING I REMEMBER
IS PAUL THERE.

I WOKE UP
JUST TO SEEING HIM...

FINISH STABBING HIM.

THAT'S WHAT I WOKE UP TO.

HE WAS PULLING THE KNIFE
BACK...

BACK OUT.

IT WAS A BIG KNIFE.

I JUST REMEMBER SEEING
IN SLOW MOTION, AND...

IT WAS JUST --
IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I COULD SEE HIS EYES.

HIS EYES JUST FREAKED ME OUT.

I MEAN, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I WAS WATCHING.

MY GOD, SCOTT.
MY GOD.

GOD, GOD.
- WHAT HAPPENED?!

MY GOD.
- CALL AN AMBULANCE.

MY GOD!

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

YOU...CAN'T...
NEED TO CALL...

WHAT?!

MY GOD!

I HONESTLY THINK SCOTT KNEW
THAT IT WASN'T GOOD.

DEEP DOWN, IN MY HEART,

I THINK SCOTT KNEW THAT
THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH LEFT.

I REALLY DO.

THE LAST THING
SCOTT SAID TO ME

IS HE HAD TO GIVE ME
THE PHONE NUMBER

SO I COULD CALL THE AMBULANCE
TO GET HIM HELP.

THAT WAS
THE LAST THING HE SAID.

GOD!
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO...

I HAD STABBED HIM
IN THE HEART.

KIRSTEN HAD BEEN WAKING UP
AT THE TIME, AND --

AND I LOOKED AT HER.

I REMEMBER HER TENSING
AND LOOKING AT ME WONDERING

IF I WAS GONNA STAB HER,
AND I HAD A BRIEF THOUGHT.

OF STABBING HER, YEAH.

ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF
"VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED"...

KIRSTEN HAD BEEN WAKING UP
AT THE TIME, AND --

AND I LOOKED AT HER.

I REMEMBER HER TENSING
AND LOOKING AT ME WONDERING

IF I WAS GONNA STAB HER.

I DON'T THINK HE DESERVES
TO BREATHE, I'M SORRY.

I DON'T --
I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD

BE ABLE TO STAY
ON THIS PLANET.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT,
THERE WAS A HORRENDOUS CRIME

INVOLVING DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

I FEEL THERE WAS
SOME TYPE OF DARKNESS

HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE
AND THAT KEPT CREEPING FORWARD.

HE HID HIS OBSESSION
UNTIL THE LAST DAY.