Your Worst Nightmare (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Water Foul - full transcript

Where are you?

IT'S THE WATER.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE WATER
FOR HER.

SHE'S HAPPY.

SHE'S HAPPY.

NO.

NO. WAIT.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

PLEASE DON'T.

YOU'LL FIND HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN.



BUT YOU'LL FIND HER.

GENERALLY SPEAKING,

WITCHES AND DEMONS APPEAR
ONLY IN STORYBOOKS.

BUT IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS,
THEY'RE PART OF HISTORY.

WHETHER THE PRODUCT OF FEAR
OR FAITH...

...OR THE PURE EMBODIMENT
OF EVIL,

IT SEEMS CLEAR,

IN THIS TOWN, WITCHES AND DEMONS
REMAIN VERY REAL.

MARTHA BRAILSFORD MOVED
TO SALEM IN THE LATE '80s.

SHE WAS ACTUALLY DESCENDED FROM
ROGER CONANT, WHO SETTLED SALEM.

AND SHE WAS ATTRACTED
TO THE AREA

BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE CLOSE
TO THE SEA.

SHE JUST FELT IT IN HER SOUL.

AND WHEN SHE MET HER HUSBAND,
WHO ALSO HAD A LOVE OF THE SEA,



IT WAS A PERFECT MATCH.

BRIAN BRAILSFORD IS
A FERRY CAPTAIN DOWN IN BOSTON.

IN THE NINE YEARS
HE AND MARTHA HAVE BEEN MARRIED,

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NIGHTS

HIS WORK HAS KEPT HIM OUT
UNTIL DAWN.

BUT TONIGHT, IT'S MARTHA
WHO HAS YET TO COME HOME.

HE JUST WAS RACKING HIS BRAIN

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE SHE MIGHT BE.

YEAH, HELLO.
NO, NO, NO.

I DON'T THINK IT'S,
AN EMERGENCY BUT...

I-I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE.

YEAH, MY WIFE.

HER NAME IS
MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

SHE'S 37 YEARS OLD.

OKAY.

NO ONE MATCHING
MARTHA'S DESCRIPTION

HAS CHECKED IN TO THE HOSPITAL.

YEAH.

LOOK, THANKS FOR CHECKING,
ALL RIGHT? YEAH.

SO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT,

BRIAN'S NEXT CALL
IS TO THE PERSON

WHO'S CLOSEST TO HIS WIFE --
HER TWIN SISTER.

HELLO?

MURIEL.

BRIAN,
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

MARTHA'S TWIN SISTER'S NAME
WAS MURIEL.

SHE WAS A LIBRARIAN
IN CAMBRIDGE.

THEY LOVED EACH OTHER IMMENSELY.

THEY WERE AS CLOSE AS TWINS ARE.

LOOK, I KNOW IT'S LATE,
BUT, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR MARTHA.

HAVE YOU SEEN HER TODAY,
TALKED TO HER?

YEAH,
BUT IT WAS THIS MORNING.

SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING
FOR A WALK ON WINTER ISLAND --

HER USUAL.

MARTHA WAS VERY PREDICTABLE.

YOU COULD SET YOUR WATCH BY HER.

MY GOD.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENED.

SHE WOULD NEVER NOT CALL.

BRIAN,
I'M COMING OVER.

NO, LOOK, MURIEL,
PLEASE DON'T PANIC -- NOT YET.

MARTHA'S A TOUGH COOKIE.

I'M GONNA GO
LOOK FOR HER NOW.

YOU SAID THE USUAL ROUTE?

YEAH, HER USUAL WALK
THROUGH THE PARK.

PLEASE, CALL ME
AS SOON AS YOU FIND HER.

I WILL.

NOW 1:00 A.M.,
BRIAN STARTS RETRACING

EVERY STEP OF HIS WIFE'S
USUAL WALKING ROUTE

ALONG THE RECREATIONAL
MARINE PARK.

MARTHA!

WHO'S THERE?

Shh! Billy, shh!

IS SOMEBODY THERE?

Shh! Shh! Shh!

Shh! Shh!

HEY.

HEY! STOP!

GET OVER HERE.

WHAT IN THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE SO LATE?

NOTHING, MISTER,
WE WERE JUST... YOU KNOW.

MAN, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE?

I'M LOOKING FOR MY WIFE.

AFTER SEARCHING
FOR SEVERAL HOURS,

THERE'S NO SIGN OF MARTHA
ANYWHERE IN THE PARK,

SO BRIAN KEEPS WALKING.

BRIAN WAS UP ALL NIGHT
SEARCHING THE BEACHES,

SEARCHING ALL THE KNOWN ROUTES
THAT HE KNEW SHE TOOK EVERY DAY.

BUT HE WAITED UNTIL
ABOUT 8:00 IN THE MORNING

BEFORE GOING TO THE POLICE.

THE FIRST REACTION
ISN'T THAT IT'S GONNA BE FOUL PLAY.

THE FIRST REACTION IS,
"SHE'S A GROWN ADULT."

MAYBE THINGS WEREN'T ADDING UP
TO THE FAMILY,

MAYBE THINGS WEREN'T ADDING UP
TO THE FRIENDS,

BUT THERE WERE CERTAINLY
LOGICAL ANSWERS

AS TO WHY SHE MAY HAVE NOT
COME HOME THAT NIGHT.

BUT WHEN MARTHA
DOESN'T RETURN HOME THE NEXT DAY

OR THE DAY AFTER THAT,

BRIAN INSISTS ON FILING
A MISSING-PERSONS REPORT.

SERGEANT CONRAD PROSNIEWSKI
OF THE SALEM PD

AGREES TO TAKE THE CASE.

BRIAN BRAILSFORD?

YEAH.

HEY, DETECTIVE, THANK YOU
FOR WORKING SO QUICKLY.

THIS IS MURIEL, MARTHA'S SISTER,
AND MY NEIGHBOR MAGGIE.

CAN I TALK TO YOU
IN PRIVATE, BRIAN?

WITH A HUSBAND
WITH A MISSING WOMAN,

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE'S TELLING US THE TRUTH.

WE HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND
OF RELATIONSHIP THEY HAD,

WAS THERE ANY MONEY PROBLEMS,
ANY BOYFRIENDS, GIRLFRIENDS --

THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
WE GOT TO CHECK IT ALL OUT

AND TRY TO RULE HIM OUT
OR RULE HIM IN AS A SUSPECT.

DID YOUR WIFE MENTION
WHERE SHE WAS GOING

OR WHO SHE MIGHT BE GOING WITH
SPECIFICALLY?

NO, NOTHING.

I MEAN, SHE NEVER
SAID ANYTHING -- NOT TO ME.

DOES SHE HAVE
ANY ENEMIES,

ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO
HURT HER -- ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

NO.
EVERYONE LOVED HER, OKAY?

SHE PRACTICALLY KNEW
EVERYONE IN SALEM.

BRIAN, I DON'T WANT YOU
TO TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY,

BUT WAS MARTHA MAYBE
SEEING SOMEONE ELSE?

NO. SHE WASN'T.

WERE YOU?

IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE
FOR POLICE TO FIRST LOOK

AT THE HUSBAND OR THE BOYFRIEND
WHEN A WOMAN IS MISSING

BECAUSE, STATISTICALLY,
THEY'RE THE MOST LIKELY CULPRIT.

BRIAN, COME ON.

PRETEND YOU'RE A COP
AND YOU HEAR THIS STORY.

I MEAN,
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

LOOK, I KNOW
IT'S YOUR JOB TO ASK, ALL RIGHT?

AND BELIEVE ME, I KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.

BUT THE ANSWER IS NO.

THERE'S WAS NO PROBLEMS
IN OUR MARRIAGE.

OKAY, THEN.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?

I WAS WORKING.

I WAS PILOTING A BOAT
UP TO PROVINCETOWN.

THERE'S A MILLION WAYS
TO CHECK IT OUT, SO GO AHEAD.

EXCUSE ME, DETECTIVE.

I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU ALONE.

I TALKED TO MARTHA
YESTERDAY.

I KNOW
WHERE SHE WAS GOING.

SHE WAS GOING ON
AN ALL-DAY SAIL.

DID SHE SAY WHO WITH?

UM, TOM SOME--
ONE OF HER FRIENDS.

A GUY NAMED TOM
SOMETHING.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
IF SHE WENT.

SHE JUST MENTIONED IT,

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
SAY ANYTHING,

YOU KNOW, AROUND BRIAN.

SHE GOES OFF SAILING WITH A GUY,
DOESN'T COME BACK.

WELL, HERE SHE IS.
PREPARE TO BOARD.

WOW. NICE.

WHAT IS SHE, 32-FOOTER?

36.

SHE'S GOT A GOOD STRAIGHT
WATERLINE, LONG BEAM,

CABIN BELOW DECK --
EVEN HAS A QUEEN BED.

NICE.

YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S NICE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST
POSSIBILITIES IS,

IF MARTHA WENT OFF
WITH THIS GENTLEMAN SAILING,

WELL, HOW FRIENDLY
WAS SHE WITH HIM?

IS IT A POSSIBILITY THERE MAY BE
SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH HIM?

WAS IT AN AFFAIR?

THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT WERE GOING THROUGH MY MIND.

COME ON. YOUR TURN.

WHOA! HA!

YOU DON'T KNOW
YOUR OWN STRENGTH.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SHOVE OFF.

IF SHE WENT OFF SAILING
WITH A MAN,

MY NEXT JOB IS TO FIND THAT MAN

AND ASK HIM
WHAT HAPPENED TO MARTHA.

THREE DAYS AFTER
MARTHA BRAILSFORD WENT MISSING

FROM HER TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY
IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS,

SERGEANT CONRAD PROSNIEWSKI
FOLLOWS UP ON A CRITICAL LEAD.

SOMEONE SAW MARTHA
ON THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED,

AND SHE WASN'T ALONE.

SHE WAS GOING ON
AN ALL-DAY SAIL.

DID SHE SAY WHO WITH?

MY LAST WITNESSES WERE SAYING

THAT SHE WENT OFF SAILING
WITH A FRIEND,

AND SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SAID
THE NAME TOM,

BUT NOT THE LAST NAME.

TOM TURNS OUT TO BE TOM MAIMONI,

A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO THE AREA
WHO GENERALLY KEEPS TO HIMSELF.

TOM MAIMONI
HAD JUST MOVED TO THE WILLOWS

THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER,

SO HE WAS NOT THAT WELL-KNOWN
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE MET THIS GUY TOM.

SHE WALKS HER DOG WITH HIM
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

SO NATURALLY,
I'M GONNA GO SEE TOM,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.

SALEM PD.

I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SLIP
FOR TOM MAIMONI'S BOAT.

MAIMONI?

SLIP A9, OUTSIDE DOCK,
FACING OUT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT
WITH TOM?

JUST A QUESTION OR TWO.

HIS NAME CAME UP
IN SOMETHING IS ALL.

WELL, I HOPE
IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

POOR MAN HAS ENOUGH
ON HIS PLATE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

JUST LOST HIS WIFE
TO CANCER.

GOOD GUY, TOM.

HE'S A SCIENTIST, YOU KNOW?
HE EVEN WORKED AT NASA.

SAW HIM THIS MORNING
HEADED OUT TO THE BOAT.

HE MIGHT STILL BE THERE.

CAN I HELP YOU
WITH SOMETHING?

SALEM POLICE.

IF YOU'RE TOM MAIMONI,
I'M LOOKING FOR YOU.

IT'S ME.

WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH,
OFFICER?

DETECTIVE.

I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

MARTHA?

YEAH, SURE,
I-I KNOW HER.

WHAT -- WHAT SHE DO?

SHE'S MISSING.

MISSING?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT YOU SAW HER?

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

WE WALKED OUR DOGS
MAYBE LAST TUESDAY LAST WEEK?

MAN, THIS IS, -

IT'S A LITTLE BIT
OF A SHOCK TO ME.

SHE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD TO ME
SINCE MY WIFE PASSED AWAY.

SO... YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HER THEN
IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS?

SHE WASN'T ON YOUR BOAT?

MY BOAT?

NO.

LIKE I SAID,

I SAW HER WALKING THE DOG
ON THE BEACH LAST WEEK.

THIS IS WHERE
THINGS AREN'T GOING

THE WAY THAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE GOING,

AS I'M THERE TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO MARTHA.

I'M THINKING THAT TOM'S
GONNA GIVE ME SOMETHING CONCRETE

BECAUSE THE FRIENDS ARE SAYING
THAT HE WENT SAILING WITH HER.

HE SAYS THAT HE DIDN'T
GO SAILING WITH HER.

AND I KNEW
THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

THINGS JUST AREN'T STARTING
TO ADD UP.

WELL...

IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE,
YOU LET ME KNOW, OKAY?

ABSOLUTELY. I WILL.

TOM LOOKED LIKE THE GUY THAT
ABSOLUTELY COULD ATTRACT WOMEN.

NOW I'M STARTING TO THINK
EVEN MORE

THAT IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE
THAT WAS GOING ON

BETWEEN TOM AND MARTHA
THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DIVULGE

OR HE DOESN'T WANT TO DIVULGE.

HEY.
YOU'RE BLOCKING MY SUN.

WHO WANTS A BEER?

I'LL HAVE ONE. WHY NOT.

GOOD.

THERE YOU GO.

HERE WE GO. CHEERS.

ALL RIGHT, CHEERS.

BEER JUST TASTES BETTER
ON THE WATER, DOESN'T IT?

I THINK ALMOST ANYTHING'S BETTER
ON THE WATER.

I LOVE IT OUT HERE.

IT NEVER GETS OLD.

WHAT'S BETTER? TELL ME.

I'LL DRINK TO THAT.

DETECTIVES CAN'T
RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY

THAT MARTHA MIGHT NOT
WANT TO BE FOUND,

BUT HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
ARE DETERMINED

TO KEEP LOOKING FOR HER.

WE FORMED A SEARCH PARTY,

AND MY HUSBAND AND SOME FRIENDS
WENT OUT IN OUR BOAT

AND SEARCHED THE COASTLINE --

EVERY INCH OF THE COASTLINE,
EVERY ISLAND.

AND WE COMBED EVERY INCH
OF THE WILLOWS

AND THE WOODS
AND WINTER ISLAND --

ANY PLACE, THINKING THAT
IF SHE'D BEEN THROWN OVERBOARD

OR JUMPED OVERBOARD,
SHE WAS SUCH A STRONG SWIMMER.

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SWIM SOMEWHERE.

TWO MORE DAYS PASS,

AND STILL NO SIGN
OF MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

BY NOW,
NEWS OF HER DISAPPEARANCE

HAS GRIPPED THE TOWN OF SALEM.

MARTHA WAS VERY POPULAR
IN THE COMMUNITY

BECAUSE SHE WAS LOVELY
AND FRIENDLY,

AND EVERYONE FELT, WHETHER THEY
KNEW HER INTIMATELY OR NOT,

THEY FELT A CONNECTION TO HER.

THE MORE
THAT THIS GOT PUBLICITY,

THE MORE PEOPLE WANTED TO JOIN
AND HELP, WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND WE DID --
WE GOT HELP FROM BOATERS.

WE GOT HELP FROM PEOPLE
WHO LIVED ALONG THE COAST.

WE GOT HELP FROM THE
COAST GUARD, THE STATE POLICE.

I MEAN,
EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FOR MARTHA.

STILL, FIVE DAYS
SINCE MARTHA WAS LAST SEEN,

INVESTIGATORS ARE NO CLOSER
TO FINDING HER.

DESPERATE FOR LEADS,

THEY ASK FOR HELP
FROM AN UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCE.

OUR CAPTAIN EVEN WENT AND TALKED
TO AN OFFICIAL SALEM WITCH

TO SEE IF SHE COULD FIND OUT,
DO A LITTLE HOCUS-POCUS.

YOU SIT THERE.

THE POLICE WERE PLANNING
TO SEE IF SHE COULD,

WITH HER PSYCHIC ABILITIES,
HELP THEM NARROW THE SEARCH.

YOU HAVE A PICTURE
FOR ME, YES?

YEAH.

SALEM HAS A UNIQUE HISTORY
THAT, I THINK,

HAS SHAPED THE PERSONALITY
OF THE TOWN.

AND THE WITCHCRAFT HYSTERIA
OF 1692

TOTALLY TRANSFORMED
THE COMMUNITY,

AND IN THE LATE 1950s,
LAURIE CABOT SETTLED IN SALEM

AND PAVED THE WAY
FOR MODERN WITCHES,

WHO STILL EXIST BY THE HUNDREDS,
IF NOT THOUSANDS.

THAT'S HER.

MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

SHE'S BEEN MISSING
ABOUT --

IT'S OKAY.

LET'S JUST GET STARTED.

I SEE IT.

I'M SO COLD.

SHE'S IN THE WATER.

SHE'S FIGHTING.

HE DID THIS.

HE DID THIS.

LAURIE?

LAURIE?

YOU'LL FIND HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN.

BUT YOU'LL FIND HER.

IN HER VISION,
THE WITCH SEEMS TO IMPLY

THAT MARTHA IS SOMEWHERE
IN THE WATER.

BUT WHO IS THE "HE"
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT?

HE DID THIS. HE DID THIS.

IS IT TOM MAIMONI,

WHO SHE WENT SAILING WITH
THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED?

I THINK THAT SHE FELT SO SORRY
FOR HIM AND HE SEEMED SO BEREFT,

THAT HER KIND NATURE
WOULDN'T ALLOW HER

TO JUST NOT BE KIND TO HIM.

SHE THOUGHT THE BEST
OF EVERYONE,

AND SHE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE
WERE JUST AS GOOD AS SHE WAS.

TOM?

YOU KNOW, MARTHA...

SINCE MY WIFE DIED,
I HAVEN'T BEEN WITH ANYBODY.

YOU'RE THE -- YOU'RE THE FIRST
WOMAN I'VE BEEN WITH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
"BEEN WITH"?

YOU'RE THE FIRST WOMAN
I'VE TOUCHED

AND BEEN CLOSE TO
AND -- AND BREATHED IN.

HERE WE ARE TOGETHER.

IT'S --
IT'S A GOOD THING.

TOM, I KNOW YOU'VE SUFFERED
A HUGE LOSS,

BUT THERE'S BEEN
A MISUNDERSTANDING.

I'M MARRIED -- HAPPILY.

AND THIS --
WE AREN'T --

NOTHING'S HAPPENING
BETWEEN US, TOM.

IT'S OKAY, MARTHA.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY
HARD TO GET.

I WON'T TELL
IF YOU DON'T.

STOP.

THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE.

I'M SORRY IF YOU THOUGHT,
BUT... IT'S NOT.

WE NEED TO GO BACK IN.

TOM?

IS EVERYTHING OKAY
DOWN HERE?

TOM?

EVERYTHING'S FINE,
MARTHA.

EVERYTHING'S FINE.

INVESTIGATORS
IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

ARE REVISITING TOM MAIMONI,
THE MAN WHO, A WITNESS CLAIMS,

WENT SAILING
WITH MARTHA BRAILSFORD

ON THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED,
WHICH WAS FIVE DAYS AGO.

SO FAR, TOM HAS DENIED
THE WITNESS' ACCOUNT.

WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT MARTHA,

HE SAID TO ME LAST TIME
HE SAW HER

WAS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT
WALKING THE DOG,

NOT THAT HE WENT
ON A SAILBOAT RIDE.

HE SAYS THAT HE DIDN'T
GO SAILING WITH HER.

AND WE DIDN'T BELIEVE
ANYTHING HE SAID.

I THOUGHT HE WAS FULL OF IT,
YOU KNOW, AND SO DID CONRAD --

HE'S GONNA KNOW MORE
THAN HE'S TELLING US.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM.
SALEM POLICE.

I'M LOOKING
FOR TOM MAIMONI.

IS HE HERE,
BY ANY CHANCE?

MAY I ASK
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?

I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

DO YOU MIND IF I ASK
WHO YOU ARE?

I'M PATRICIA MAIMONI,
TOM'S WIFE.

WE FOUND OUT
THAT TOM WAS MARRIED.

I THINK HIS WIFE, PATTI,
WAS A LITTLE NAIVE.

SHE WAS LIVING IN A LITTLE
BUBBLE OF PERFECT MARRIAGE.

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

DETECTIVE.

HOW YOU DOING?

TOM.
THERE YOU ARE.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

IT'S OKAY, HONEY.

THEY JUST WANT TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT, MRS. BRAILSFORD.

REMEMBER I TOLD YOU --

THE LADY THAT I WOULD SEE
WALKING ON THE BEACH,

YOU KNOW,
THE ONE THAT'S IN THE PAPERS,

THE MISSING LADY?

JUST GIVE US A MINUTE,
ALL RIGHT?

THANKS, HON.

IT'S NOW APPARENT
THAT GOING SAILING WITH MARTHA

ISN'T THE ONLY THING
TOM'S BEEN LYING ABOUT.

TOM, YOUR WIFE --
SHE... LOOKS PRETTY GOOD

FOR SOMEONE
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.

I KNOW.
I-I KNOW HOW THIS LOOKS.

TOM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME
SHE WAS ON YOUR BOAT?

TOM, DON'T --
DON'T LOOK AT THE GROUND.

LOOK AT ME.

OKAY, WELL, WE DID --
WE WENT FOR A SAIL,

AND I SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU
RIGHT AWAY.

I ALWAYS TRY TO BE STRAIGHT-UP
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BELIEVE ME,
DETECTIVE.

YOU ASK ANYBODY -- I'M ALWAYS
ON LAW ENFORCEMENT'S SIDE.

BUT, I MEAN, HOW'S IT LOOK --
ME, A MARRIED GUY,

OUT ON THE WATER WITH MARTHA,
A MARRIED WOMAN?

I MEAN, COME ON.
YOU'RE MARRIED, RIGHT?

YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
YOU KNOW?

WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
THE FACT THAT HE DID ADMIT

TO HER GETTING ON THE BOAT WAS
STEP ONE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

FINALLY,
WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE.

SO YOU WENT FOR A SAIL.
AND THEN WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER
AN HOUR, TWO -- TWO TOPS.

AND -- AND MARTHA WANTED TO
GO WALK AROUND WINTER ISLAND,

SO I JUST DROPPED HER OFF THERE,
AND I CAME BACK TO THE MARINA.

YOU DROPPED HER OFF
ON WINTER ISLAND?

YEAH.
THAT'S YOUR STORY?

IT'S NOT A STORY,
DETECTIVE.

IT'S THE TRUTH.

WINTER ISLAND,
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCENIC AREA

THAT'S ONLY CONNECTED TO LAND
BY A SMALL LITTLE ROADWAY.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND GO
OUT OF THERE ALL DAY LONG.

THE FACT
THAT HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER

AND DROPPED HER OFF
AT WINTER ISLAND,

YOU KNOW THAT'S ABSURD.

SHE WOULD'VE WALKED HOME.

IT'S NOT FAR AWAY.

SHE WOULDN'T BE MISSING
IF HE JUST DROPPED HER OFF.

NO, NO, NO.

THE POLICE LOOKED THERE.

HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
LOOKED THERE.

I GUARANTEE THAT PROBABLY EVERY
INCH OF THAT ISLAND WAS SCOURED.

WITH EACH PASSING DAY,
MARTHA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS

CLING TO THE HOPE THAT THERE'S
SOME LOGICAL EXPLANATION

FOR HER DISAPPEARANCE.

IT WAS A WAITING GAME.
WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR NEWS.

AND IT WAS AGONIZING.

IT REALLY WAS AGONIZING.

THE CASE CONTINUES
TO MAKE FRONT-PAGE NEWS

AND SUDDENLY
STARTS GENERATING LEADS.

ONCE THE STORY GOT OUT
INTO THE MEDIA,

WE STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS
FROM OTHER WOMEN

THAT HAD BEEN
ON TOM MAIMONI'S BOAT.

ROSEMARY?

SORRY FOR
THE CLOAK AND DAGGER,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A SMALL TOWN.

DIDN'T WANT ANYONE SEEING ME
WALKING INTO A POLICE STATION.

ROSEMARY FARMER
TELLS THE DETECTIVES

SHE'S TAKEN TWO SAILING TRIPS
WITH TOM MAIMONI.

THE FIRST TIME
WAS KIND OF FUN.

BUT THE SECOND TIME...

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.

SHE WAS A SINGLE WOMAN,

AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY,

AND HE INVITED HER FOR A SAIL --

YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL BOAT,
BEAUTIFUL HARBOR,

COUPLE OF GLASSES OF WINE.

THEN BOOM.

HEY.

WHAT? WAIT.

TOM. STOP.

ROSEMARY, I WANT YOU.

I DON'T WANT YOU.

STOP!

AAH!

WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU CAME ON BOARD FOR?

IT WAS PURE
"JEKYLL AND HYDE."

ONE MINUTE,
HE'S THIS CHARMING, CARING GUY.

THE NEXT MINUTE,
HE'S ATTACKING ME.

I-I THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.

IF I THOUGHT
THAT I COULD MAKE IT,

I-I WOULD'VE JUMPED OVERBOARD
AND SWAM TO SHORE.

BUT THEN HE -- THEN HE JUST
TURNED THE BOAT AROUND.

JUST BROUGHT ME
BACK TO SHORE...

...LIKE NOTHING
HAD HAPPENED.

HE WAS BACK
TO BEING NICE TOM.

I --

I THOUGHT
I LOST MY MIND.

DID YOU EVER FILE A REPORT,
MENTION IT TO ANYONE?

NO.

NO, I...

I JUST WANTED TO FORGET
ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON.

BUT THEN I HEARD
ABOUT MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

I JUST HAD TO
SAY SOMETHING.

I JUST HOPE
THAT HE BROUGHT HER BACK,

HE JUST DROPPED HER OFF
SOMEWHERE.

I JUST...

TO INVESTIGATORS,
IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE LIKELY

THAT WHEREVER MARTHA IS,
SHE DIDN'T GET THERE BY CHOICE.

STILL, TOM DID LET ROSEMARY GO,

SO THEY CAN ONLY HOPE
HE DID THE SAME FOR MARTHA.

IN THE MEANTIME,
THE QUESTION REMAINS...

WHERE IS SHE?

TOM?

IS EVERYTHING OKAY
DOWN HERE?

TOM?

TOM, I SAID
I'D LIKE TO GET BACK NOW.

WE'RE NOT HEADING BACK.

THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.

TAKE ME BACK.

LET'S GO!

TOM!

CUT IT OUT!

AAH! GOD!

STOP!

TURN THIS BOAT AROUND NOW!

I SAY WHEN THIS BOAT GOES IN --
ME, NOT YOU!

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

NEARLY A WEEK AFTER
37-YEAR-OLD MARTHA BRAILSFORD

WAS REPORTED MISSING,

HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY STILL
DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

CAN I TALK TO YOU
IN PRIVATE, BRIAN?

BUT INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT
THAT ONE MAN DOES KNOW...

TOM!

...46-YEAR-OLD SAILOR
TOM MAIMONI.

STOP!

WE KNOW THAT, IN OUR
MINDS, TOM TOOK MARTHA OUT SAILING

AND DIDN'T COME BACK WITH HER.

I SAY WHEN THIS BOAT GOES IN --
ME, NOT YOU!

WE HAD NO IDEA AT THAT POINT
WHERE SHE COULD BE.

ALL WE HAD TO GO ON
WAS WHAT HE WAS TELLING US.

YOU DROPPED HER OFF
ON WINTER ISLAND?

IT'S THE TRUTH.

HE'S LYING.
WE KNOW HE'S LYING.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO MAKE AN ARREST.

THERE'S AN OLD SAYING,
YOU KNOW, "NO BODY, NO CRIME,"

AND THAT FIT VERY TRUE
TO THIS SITUATION.

AND THERE WAS A BIG PART OF ME

THAT WAS PAINFULLY COMING
TO THE REALIZATION

THAT THERE WAS A DAMN GOOD
CHANCE WE'D NEVER FIND MARTHA.

AND, BOY, THAT WAS JUST
A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW.

THEN, SUDDENLY
EVERYTHING CHANGES

WHEN POLICE ARE CALLED
TO MARBLEHEAD HARBOR,

A 10-MINUTE DRIVE FROM SALEM.

THERE WAS
A LOBSTERMAN FROM MARBLEHEAD

BY THE NAME OF HOOPER GOODWIN.

MR. GOODWIN.

WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED?

WE -- MY FIRST MATE AND ME,
WE WERE OFF MARBLEHEAD,

AND WE WERE JUST COLLECTING
OUR TRAPS FOR THE DAY.

HOOPER GOODWIN TOLD US THAT,

AS HE WAS OUT PULLING
HIS TRAWLS,

OUT PULLING HIS TRAPS IN,
AND WHEN HE LOOKED OVER,

WHAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE ROPE,
IT WASN'T THE LOBSTER TRAP.

IT WAS A LEG.

THE SEARCH FOR MARTHA BRAILSFORD

HAS ENDED IN TRAGEDY.

SHE JUST GOT HOOKED
ON THE LOBSTERMAN'S POT

AND GOT PULLED UP.

AND HE GOT THE SCARE
OF HIS LIFE.

WE PULLED
THE PERSON ABOARD,

AND WE CAME TO SHORE
AS SOON AS WE COULD,

AND I CALLED YOU
IMMEDIATELY.

SIR? CAN I GO?

I MEAN,
UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE,

I'D LIKE TO
CALL MY WIFE.

IF WE NEED ANYTHING ELSE,
WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

AND WE WERE
SITTING ON OUR PORCH,

AND THE BEVERLY
AND SALEM HARBOR-MASTER'S BOATS

BEGAN SPEEDING
TOWARD MARBLEHEAD.

AND THEN WE SAW THE HELICOPTERS,
AND WE KNEW.

WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS IT.

WE KNEW SHE WAS GONE.

THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH LEFT
TO SEE OF MARTHA

BESIDES MOSTLY SKELETAL REMAINS.

IT WASN'T UNTIL
WE BROUGHT HER ASHORE

AND CONTACTED HER DENTIST

THAT HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY
MARTHA THROUGH HER TEETH

BECAUSE SHE HAD PERFECT TEETH.

THOUGH HER BODY
IS UNRECOGNIZABLE,

MARTHA'S REMAINS
YIELD A CRITICAL CLUE.

SHE HAD AN ANCHOR
AND A WEIGHT BELT AROUND HER.

THIS WAS THE HOLY GRAIL.

THIS WAS EVERYTHING, BASICALLY.

TOM MAIMONI CLAIMS
HIS SAILING TRIP WITH MARTHA

ENDED WHEN HE DROPPED HER OFF
ON WINTER ISLAND,

BUT THE ANCHOR AND WEIGHT BELT
PROVE HE'S A LIAR.

AND THAT WAS ENOUGH
TO GET THE WARRANT

FOR TOM MAIMONI'S ARREST
FOR MURDER.

SUSPECT IS A WHITE MALE,
EARLY 40s --

CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

SALEM POLICE!

SALEM POLICE!

SALEM POLICE!

CLEAR!

TOM.

WE HEAR YOU UP THERE.

JUST SHOW YOURSELF.

WHEN YOU DO IT,
COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP.

TOM, LAST CHANCE!

PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME.

TOM MAIMONI
IS NOWHERE IN THE HOUSE.

POLICE CAN ONLY ASSUME
HE KNEW THEY WERE COMING.

WE FIGURED HE WAS
LISTENING TO THE MARINE RADIO

AND HEARD THEM CALL OUT
THAT THEY HAD THE BODY.

AND I THINK I MISSED HIM
BY ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

WITH HOPES OF CATCHING HIM

BEFORE HE GETS TOO FAR,

SERGEANT PROSNIEWSKI PRESSES
TOM'S WIFE FOR INFORMATION.

PATRICIA?

WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND?

YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN
ANY TROUBLE.

BUT WE NEED TO FIND HIM.

PATRICIA.

YOUR HUSBAND...

WHERE IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE LEFT.

HE LEFT ME.

HE LEFT EVERYTHING.
HE'S JUST GONE.

DO YOU KNOW
IF HE HAS ANY FRIENDS,

SOMEONE HE MIGHT CALL
IN A PINCH,

ANYBODY
THAT WOULD HELP HIM?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S TRUE ANYMORE.

I KNOW IT'S HARD
TO HEAR THIS,

BUT TOM IS WANTED FOR MURDER,
AND HE'S MISSING.

SO IF YOU KNOW
WHERE HE IS

OR WHERE
HE MIGHT BE GOING,

NOW IS THE TIME
TO TELL US.

I COULD TELL YOU
A LOT OF THINGS.

HE WAS JUST LYING TO ME
OUR ENTIRE MARRIAGE.

HE WASN'T EVEN
WORKING ANYMORE.

HE WAS FIRED MONTHS AGO.

HE --

HE LIED ABOUT THAT.

HE LIED
ABOUT BEING IN THE ARMY.

TOLD ME HE HAD
ALL THESE DEGREES, A PhD.

NOT TRUE.

HE EVEN LIED ABOUT HOW
MANY TIMES HE'D BEEN MARRIED.

CLEARLY,
HE'S BEEN PLAYING ME FOR A FOOL

FROM THE BEGINNING.

PATTI MAIMONI
HAD NO CLUE WHATSOEVER

THAT HE WAS TELLING PEOPLE
HE WAS WIDOWED,

THAT SHE DIDN'T EXIST.

TOM HAD, IN FACT,
BEEN MARRIED FOUR TIMES.

HIS SECOND WIFE
DID HAVE CANCER.

SHE ALSO SURVIVED.

HE HAD NEVER LOST A WIFE.

ALL PATTI WANTED
WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE

WITH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND.

SHE WAS TRULY
A NICE, LOVING, CARING PERSON

WHO JUST DIDN'T KNOW TOM.

WE NEED TO FIND HIM.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT YOU KNOW...

HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
HE JUST LEFT.

WE KNEW.
WE KNEW WHAT HE HAD DONE.

WE FELT LIKE WE WERE SO CLOSE
TO BRINGING HIM TO JUSTICE,

AND THEN HE SLIPPED THROUGH
EVERYONE'S FINGERS.

TWO DAYS AFTER MARTHA'S BODY
WAS FOUND,

WE GOT A CALL
FROM THE MAINE STATE POLICE.

A CARETAKER CALLED
THE STATE POLICE

BECAUSE A STRANGE CAR WAS PARKED
OUTSIDE OF THE CABIN NEXT DOOR

THAT HE KNEW
DIDN'T BELONG THERE.

POLICE OFFICER!
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!

SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!

LISTEN, I CALLED IT IN.

HE'S OVER THERE
IN THAT BLACK SEDAN.

STAY HERE.

POLICE OFFICER!
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!

SLOWLY STEP OUT OF THE CAR.

PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR.

DO IT NOW!

AFTER TWO DAYS OF SEARCHING

FOR SUSPECTED KILLER
TOM MAIMONI,

POLICE HAVE BEEN ALERTED
TO A STRANGE CAR

PARKED OUTSIDE A REMOTE CABIN
IN MAINE.

POLICE OFFICER!
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!

SIR!

SLOWLY STEP OUT
OF THE CAR.

PUT YOUR HANDS
IN THE AIR.

DO IT NOW!

PUT YOUR HANDS UP NOW!

DO IT NOW!

TOM'S RUN FROM THE LAW
IS FINALLY OVER.

AND HE HAD BROKEN IN
TO THE CABIN

JUST TO GET SOME REST AND RELIEF
FROM THE HEAT...

KEEP YOUR HANDS UP.

...AND WAS JUST SLEEPING THERE.

THE MAINE STATE POLICE ARRESTED
HIM FOR ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.

PUT YOUR HANDS
BEHIND YOUR BACK.

AND WHEN MAINE STATE POLICE

RUN HIS NAME THROUGH THE SYSTEM,

THEY DISCOVER ATTEMPTED BURGLARY

IS THE LEAST
OF TOM MAIMONI'S PROBLEMS.

AND THEN THEY DID A CHECK

AND FOUND OUT
HE WAS WANTED FOR MURDER.

TOM IS EXTRADITED
BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS

AND FORMALLY CHARGED WITH
THE MURDER OF MARTHA BRAILSFORD.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1993, THE MURDER
TRIAL OF TOM MAIMONI BEGAN.

ON THE STAND,
MAIMONI TELLS THE JURY

THAT A ROGUE WAVE KNOCKED MARTHA
OVERBOARD AND SHE DROWNED.

EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER REPORTS

WERE NOW IN EVIDENCE
ABOUT THE CONDITIONS,

THE SEA CONDITIONS,

HOW CALM IT WAS,
HOW NICE IT WAS,

HE'S TALKING ABOUT
WHAT AN EXCELLENT SAILOR HE WAS

AND HOW HE VALIANTLY TRIED
TO SAVE HER.

HE BROUGHT HER LIFELESS BODY
UP ON THE BOAT

AND TRIED TO RESUSCITATE HER --

JUST ANOTHER UNBELIEVABLE YARN.

THE PROSECUTION PAINTS
A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE.

TOM'S M.O. WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.

HE SEEMED SAFE
AND ACCOMPLISHED --

THE POOR WIDOWER
WHO HAD GONE THROUGH

SUCH AN ORDEAL WITH HIS WIFE.

AND SUDDENLY
HE WAS ISOLATING WOMEN

ON THE BOAT IN A CONFINED SPACE,

IN A WAY
THAT THEY HAD NO ESCAPE.

WE'RE NOT GOING IN YET.

THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS,
MARTHA.

TOM, PLEASE.
TAKE ME BACK.

TOM!

GOD!
THAT'S -- AAH!

STOP!

TURN THIS BOAT AROUND NOW!

I SAY WHEN THIS BOAT GOES IN --
ME, NOT YOU!

ME! YOU HEAR ME?!

PROSECUTORS THEORIZE

THAT WHEN MARTHA REBUFFED
HIS ADVANCES,

MAIMONI REFUSED TO BACK DOWN.

STAY AWAY FROM ME.

NO, NO, I LOST MY HEAD.

I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I WAS THINKING.

COME ON.
JUST -- JUST LET ME APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T CARE!

PLEASE.
I-I SCREWED UP.

I MADE A MISTAKE.

STAY AWAY FROM ME.
SHH!

I'M SORRY.

IT'S GONNA BE JUST FINE.

IT'S OKAY.

LOOK, TOM,
IF YOU TAKE ME BACK RIGHT NOW,

I PROMISE
I WON'T TELL ANYBODY ANYTHING.

MARTHA WOULD HAVE
BEEN VERY UPSET

THAT SHE HAD BEEN DUPED,

THAT THIS WAS ALL A BIG LIE
TO GET HER OUT THERE

TO TRY TO MAYBE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER.

OKAY.

LET ME JUST
GO TO THE BATHROOM,

CLEAN MYSELF UP
A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THAT SHE PROBABLY
WOULD'VE CALLED HIM OUT ON IT.

PLEASE.
OKAY.

OKAY.

SHE LIVED IN
THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS HIM.

SHE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY
TOLD HER HUSBAND, HER FRIENDS,

AND IT WOULD'VE GOTTEN BACK
TO HIS WIFE.

AND TOM MAIMONI DOES NOT
WANT HIS SECRETS REVEALED TO ANYONE.

I THINK TOM CAME TO
THE REALIZATION

THAT IF MARTHA
WENT BACK ONSHORE,

THAT HIS HOUSE OF CARDS
WAS ABOUT TO FALL DOWN ON HIM.

AND HE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION
AT THAT POINT TO KILL HER.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

MAYDAY.

WHAT?

MAYDAY.

RADIO'S DEAD, MARTHA.

NO!

WAIT.

WHEN SHE WAS OUT,
HE TIED THE WEIGHT BELT TO HER,

TIED THE ROPE AROUND HER
WITH THE ANCHOR.

HIS FIRST PRIORITY AT THAT POINT

WAS TO PROTECT
HIS OWN EGO NEEDS,

HIS OWN HOUSE OF CARDS,
HIS MARRIAGE,

HIS LIFE AND STANDING,

SO HE WEIGHTED HER DOWN
AND THREW HER OVERBOARD.

THE PROSECUTION MAINTAINED
TO THE JURY

THAT MOST LIKELY MARTHA DIED
BY DROWNING

AFTER HAVING BEEN THROWN
IN THE WATER.

AND THE IRONY IS THAT

A SAILBOAT LOOKS LIKE
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD

TO BE WITH SOMEBODY.

YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE
IN A BAR OR IN AN ALLEY,

BUT ON A SAILBOAT,

YOU THINK OF THE CAPTAIN
OF THE BOAT AS BEING PROTECTIVE.

YOU WOULD NEVER DREAM THAT
IT COULD BECOME A CRIME SCENE.

WHAT REALLY GAVE ME A NIGHTMARE

WAS THINKING THAT THE LAST THING
SHE SAW WAS HIS FACE.

I'M SURE THAT SHE JUST COULDN'T
BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.

TO GO OUT ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY,

TO GO SAILING,

AND SUDDENLY HAVE THIS FIGURE
LOOMING OVER YOU,

I'M SURE SHE WAS STUNNED.

TOM MAIMONI
WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.

36 YEARS IN MY CAREER WITH
THE SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT --

TOM MAIMONI IS AT THE TOP
OF THE SOCIOPATH LIST.

HE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

TOM MAIMONI TOOK
MY SENSE OF SECURITY

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S.

IT SHOOK THEM TO THEIR CORE
WHEN THEY REALIZED

THAT THESE KINDS
OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE

THAT ONE ALWAYS THINKS HAPPEN
TO OTHER PEOPLE

CAN REALLY STRIKE
VERY CLOSE TO HOME.

I HOPE, ON SOME LEVEL,
THAT HE SUFFERS.

I TRULY DO.

BECAUSE HE'S MADE
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFER.