1 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,332 NARRATOR: In the spring of 1946, 2 00:00:36,411 --> 00:00:38,789 in the small town of Texarkana, 3 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:41,000 on the Texas-Arkansas border, 4 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:43,677 a series of horrific murders were committed 5 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:47,757 by a masked assailant known only as "The Phantom Killer." 6 00:00:48,757 --> 00:00:50,509 For three harrowing months, 7 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,812 the Phantom stalked the back roads of Texarkana, 8 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:57,858 following young couples looking for privacy to isolated areas, 9 00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:01,688 where their screams for help would go unanswered. 10 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:05,695 Though several arrests were made in connection with the brutal slayings, 11 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:08,027 which ended as suddenly as they began, 12 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:11,364 the killer's identity was never confirmed. 13 00:01:11,446 --> 00:01:14,791 Indeed, many people who lived through that nightmare time 14 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:18,621 believed the Phantom spent the rest of his days free, 15 00:01:18,704 --> 00:01:20,706 walking the streets of Texarkana 16 00:01:20,789 --> 00:01:25,386 quietly, anonymously, until his assumed death. 17 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:28,839 In 1976, a film inspired by the infamous 18 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:31,641 Moonlight Murders was released. 19 00:01:31,717 --> 00:01:34,891 Every year, on Halloween, The Town That Dreaded Sundown 20 00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:38,645 is screened somewhere in Texarkana, 21 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:43,901 in tribute to the Phantom's legacy of death and blood. 22 00:01:43,979 --> 00:01:47,700 Today, Texarkana is a place haunted by its past, 23 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:50,823 defined by a mystery that was never solved, 24 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:54,247 and a tragedy that could never be forgotten. 25 00:01:54,323 --> 00:01:58,749 The following happened in Texarkana last year. 26 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:01,626 (SCREAMING) 27 00:02:07,836 --> 00:02:09,679 (SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 28 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:17,934 (SCREAMING CONTINUES) 29 00:02:20,474 --> 00:02:23,444 LINDA MAE: Sammy! Sammy! 30 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:29,191 You're not enjoying this, are you? 31 00:02:31,026 --> 00:02:33,529 Oh, I just don't like these kinds of films so much. 32 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:36,866 Why didn't you say so? 33 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:38,659 We can go. 34 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:41,954 Really? Do you mean it? 35 00:02:42,037 --> 00:02:43,880 (SCREAMING CONTINUES) 36 00:02:47,376 --> 00:02:48,719 LINDA MAE: Stop it! 37 00:02:57,886 --> 00:03:01,060 I mean, man, the last time I saw this movie was when I was, like, 12. 38 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:08,113 WOMAN: God bless you and the Texarkana Fellowship Church invites you 39 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,861 to stop the Devil with gospel. 40 00:03:16,238 --> 00:03:19,492 REVEREND CARTWRIGHT: Hello, sister. You take a look at this now. 41 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:22,828 This is a godless film that you're watching here. 42 00:03:22,911 --> 00:03:26,131 And I want you to listen to my broadcast on Friday 43 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,334 and come to church on Sunday. 44 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:30,044 I'll tell you all about it. 45 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:38,348 RADIO HOST: Welcome back. This is KYGL, Oldies on the Border. 46 00:03:38,427 --> 00:03:40,475 It's Halloween night, so if you're sitting at home, 47 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:42,648 waiting for the trick-or-treaters to come by, 48 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:44,646 we'll keep you company with our usual bag of tricks. 49 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,524 Real people died, you know, young man. 50 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:49,354 Real people died. 51 00:03:49,438 --> 00:03:50,985 That's right. That's right. 52 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,863 It's a godless film and I want to see you on Sunday. 53 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:55,444 We welcome you. 54 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,787 That's good. You leave. This is a godless film. 55 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:03,085 It's good that you're leavin'. 56 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:22,141 (SOOTHING ROCK BALLAD PLAYING ON STEREO) 57 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,270 (CHUCKLES) 58 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:35,658 What? 59 00:04:38,487 --> 00:04:40,660 I'm just having a good time with you, Jami. 60 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:10,026 (MUSIC STOPS) 61 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:13,526 The only reason I play football is to get a scholarship and go to SMU. 62 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:15,607 Yeah? 63 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:17,317 And how about you? Where'd you apply? 64 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,783 Mmm. You did apply, right? 65 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:22,284 You're, like, super smart. 66 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:25,117 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Yeah, I did. 67 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,953 I applied to UT Austin, 68 00:05:28,036 --> 00:05:29,538 NYU, 69 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:31,627 and Cal State. 70 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:32,958 Wow. 71 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:34,463 That's impressive. 72 00:05:34,543 --> 00:05:37,217 Oh, I probably won't get in, but, you know, aim high. 73 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:38,672 You should. 74 00:05:43,218 --> 00:05:45,471 JAMI: My dad used to write for the Gazette, actually. 75 00:05:45,554 --> 00:05:47,773 My grandma says it's in my blood, so... 76 00:05:47,848 --> 00:05:48,815 Even though no one reads it, 77 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,392 I like writing for the paper. 78 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:51,476 I could do that from here 79 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,403 and stay close to my grandma. 80 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:54,821 If I don't get in. 81 00:05:54,896 --> 00:05:56,068 Right. 82 00:05:57,399 --> 00:05:58,901 (CLEARS THROAT) 83 00:06:01,403 --> 00:06:03,246 Well, I'm glad you finally said yes. 84 00:06:04,406 --> 00:06:05,703 Me, too. 85 00:06:18,003 --> 00:06:19,425 (JAMI GASPS) 86 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,273 (GASPS) Wait. 87 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:33,067 What? Did I... Did I do something wrong? 88 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:34,941 No. 89 00:06:39,107 --> 00:06:41,075 What the hell is he doing? 90 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,363 He's just a Peeping Tom. 91 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:47,449 He's not gonna do anything. 92 00:06:47,532 --> 00:06:49,330 JAMI: Corey, we don't know that. 93 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:50,410 (COREY SIGHS) 94 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:52,628 But look. 95 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,759 See? (SIGHS) He just wanted a show. 96 00:06:58,126 --> 00:06:59,378 (SIGHS) 97 00:07:00,462 --> 00:07:02,806 He's just some asshole from the drive-in. 98 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:04,970 (SIGHS) 99 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,604 Let's just go, though. Is that okay? 100 00:07:10,305 --> 00:07:11,397 Yeah. 101 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:14,358 (SCREAMS) 102 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:15,560 Get out of the car. 103 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:17,191 Don't, Jami. Stay in the car. 104 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:20,114 Get out of the fucking car or I'll shoot her in the face. 105 00:07:28,657 --> 00:07:30,000 (JAMI PANTING) 106 00:07:30,075 --> 00:07:31,668 (CAR DOORS CLOSING) 107 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:37,883 Do your momma and daddy know where you were tonight, boy? 108 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:39,084 The movie. 109 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,506 Yes. 110 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,046 Well, what about yours? 111 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,597 They're dead. 112 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:51,931 Take your pants off. 113 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:54,687 What? Take off your fucking pants. 114 00:07:56,017 --> 00:07:58,361 Corey, just do it. 115 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:00,029 Okay, all right. (ZIPPER OPENING) 116 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:03,408 Come on, man. 117 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,030 Get down on the fuckin' ground. 118 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,280 Okay. All right, I am. 119 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:12,959 I'm not gonna run anywhere. (JAMI SOBBING) 120 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,538 Now... Now, please, can you just let her go? 121 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:18,919 No. 122 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:20,216 Please don't kill him. 123 00:08:21,835 --> 00:08:22,882 You. 124 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:25,130 Turn around. 125 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:26,886 Do not look back. 126 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,560 (SOBBING) 127 00:08:32,053 --> 00:08:33,646 All right, if you want money, 128 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:34,939 I can get you money. 129 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:36,642 I don't want money. What do you want? 130 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:38,352 I said don't look back. 131 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:42,656 What are you doing? What are... What are you... 132 00:08:42,731 --> 00:08:44,233 Shut the fuck up! What are you doin'? 133 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,067 PHANTOM: Shut the fuck up. 134 00:08:46,151 --> 00:08:47,653 Shut the fuck up! What are you doing? 135 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:49,376 What the fuck are you doin'... (SCREAMING) 136 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:50,826 Corey! 137 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:52,615 (SCREAMING) 138 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:54,918 No! Please, no! No, please! 139 00:08:56,911 --> 00:08:58,879 JAMI: (SOBBING) Please. 140 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:10,429 No. 141 00:09:12,594 --> 00:09:13,766 You looked. 142 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:17,603 (JAMI SCREAMING) 143 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:22,520 (SCREAMING) 144 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:26,783 (SCREAMING) 145 00:09:40,622 --> 00:09:41,623 (GRUNTS) 146 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:50,548 This is for Mary. 147 00:09:50,632 --> 00:09:52,384 Make them remember. 148 00:09:55,386 --> 00:09:56,387 (ALL BOOING) 149 00:10:03,978 --> 00:10:06,606 What are you doing? No, please don't hurt me. 150 00:10:34,509 --> 00:10:35,761 (SOBBING) 151 00:10:51,693 --> 00:10:53,616 MAN 1: Who is that? WOMAN: What? 152 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:55,618 Oh, no. Please don't hurt me. 153 00:10:55,697 --> 00:10:57,791 MAN 1: Is she okay? MAN 2: Are you okay? 154 00:10:59,868 --> 00:11:02,792 DISPATCHER: This is Texarkana 911. What is your emergency? 155 00:11:02,871 --> 00:11:04,794 WOMAN ON PHONE: We're at the Twin Star Drive-In. 156 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:07,376 (STAMMERING) We need an ambulance and the police. 157 00:11:07,458 --> 00:11:08,926 DISPATCHER: ls someone injured? 158 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,801 Yes. Um, a girl and maybe her boyfriend, I don't know. 159 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:12,972 She is hysterical. 160 00:11:13,047 --> 00:11:14,469 All right. All right. 161 00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:17,974 JAMI: He was on top of me. 162 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:21,306 He could have killed me, but he didn't. 163 00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:23,141 FOSTER: You say the Phantom told you something? 164 00:11:23,224 --> 00:11:27,070 JAMI: I don't know why, but he said he was doin' it for someone named Mary. 165 00:11:27,979 --> 00:11:30,823 Were you drinkin'? Doin' any drugs? 166 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:34,244 No. Did the doctors find any drugs in her? 167 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:38,415 Well, as a precaution, we're gonna have someone in front of your house. 168 00:11:39,741 --> 00:11:41,243 I... I can do that. 169 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:42,960 Thank you. 170 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:44,913 Until we get some more information, 171 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:51,094 Jami, we'd like to ask you not to discuss any of this with the press. 172 00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:53,263 They've been all over this story, as you can imagine. 173 00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:01,441 MAN: Once again, for those just joining us, 174 00:12:01,512 --> 00:12:04,015 24 hours after the shocking 175 00:12:04,098 --> 00:12:07,523 Phantom-inspired murder of a 17-year-old high school student, 176 00:12:07,602 --> 00:12:09,696 no arrests have been made. 177 00:12:09,771 --> 00:12:11,291 REVEREND CARTWRIGHT: It is unreasonable 178 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:13,700 to try and find meaning in this grotesque 179 00:12:13,775 --> 00:12:15,152 and godless crime, 180 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:18,660 but that is exactly what we must do as a community. 181 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:19,955 WOMAN: Like a lost reel 182 00:12:20,031 --> 00:12:21,829 from The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 183 00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:25,708 the attack on Halloween night took place in a secluded, wooded cul-de-sac, 184 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:27,380 just off Highway 6, 185 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:30,299 an area that used to be called Lovers' Lane. 186 00:12:34,629 --> 00:12:35,801 (SIGHS) 187 00:12:41,052 --> 00:12:42,395 (RATTLES) 188 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:45,895 Grandma, do you remember anything about the murders? 189 00:12:45,974 --> 00:12:48,227 Oh, dear girl, barely. 190 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,653 Just what I heard later. 191 00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:53,072 You know, your great-grandpa 192 00:12:53,147 --> 00:12:56,651 and your great-grandma lived in this house when it happened. 193 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:58,407 I remember my momma once said 194 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,488 that it was like the town was being tested 195 00:13:00,571 --> 00:13:02,323 and nobody knew why. 196 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:05,335 Even the grown-ups were scared. 197 00:13:07,245 --> 00:13:09,498 He was the bogeyman, they said. 198 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,338 Can't catch the bogeyman. 199 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:14,753 Can't kill the bogeyman. 200 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:18,090 His father is the devil and his mother is a whore. 201 00:13:21,175 --> 00:13:23,928 You know, before that summer, 202 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,856 everybody would leave their doors unlocked. 203 00:13:28,599 --> 00:13:31,899 And after the summer, you saw a stranger, 204 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,605 you wouldn't wave hello. 205 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:36,111 You'd just cross the street. 206 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:38,739 And what about when they made the movie? 207 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,286 What about it? 208 00:13:40,361 --> 00:13:42,363 Were people still afraid? 209 00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:46,042 The Phantom? No, that faded. 210 00:13:46,784 --> 00:13:49,378 Nobody knew exactly who he was 211 00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:51,630 or what he did, 212 00:13:51,706 --> 00:13:54,710 just that he'd lived in this town 213 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:58,046 and attacked some teenagers on Lovers' Lane. 214 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,468 And then the movie brought it all back. 215 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:06,353 (SIGHS) 216 00:14:08,222 --> 00:14:09,565 (SOBBING) 217 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:47,600 (VEHICLE APPROACHING) 218 00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:00,609 (SIREN WAILS) 219 00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:25,057 This is for Mary. 220 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:26,972 (GASPS) 221 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:35,959 REVEREND CARTWRIGHT ON RADIO: Humility, devotion, sacrifice. 222 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:44,656 (PEOPLE CHATTING QUIETLY) 223 00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:10,974 (WOMAN SOBBING) 224 00:16:16,684 --> 00:16:18,106 Mr. Holland, 225 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:21,939 I just wanted you to know that he was so brave. 226 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:24,117 You left my baby boy! 227 00:16:24,192 --> 00:16:25,785 Margaret. You slut! 228 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:28,454 Margaret. You slut! You left him! 229 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:29,781 It won't bring him back. 230 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:32,959 You left my baby boy! MR. HOLLAND: It won't... 231 00:16:33,034 --> 00:16:35,583 MARGARET: I want my baby! 232 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,301 DR. KELLY: Given what you've been through, 233 00:16:37,371 --> 00:16:41,922 I'd like to prescribe a mild anti-anxiety medication to help you... 234 00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:44,424 No, ma'am. Um, no, thank you. 235 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:46,427 I've spent the last seven years on all different kinds 236 00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,600 of medication after my parents passed away. 237 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,972 I'm not interested in anything like that. 238 00:16:51,052 --> 00:16:55,148 In your file I read that you applied to colleges. 239 00:16:55,723 --> 00:16:57,316 To study, um... 240 00:16:57,391 --> 00:16:59,143 Creative writing. 241 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:01,150 I'm not sure it's something I'm ready for, 242 00:17:01,229 --> 00:17:03,152 or made for that, and leaving town... 243 00:17:03,231 --> 00:17:06,405 I don't want to. Especially not now. 244 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:11,281 What about these dreams you've been having? 245 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:12,661 What do you think they're about? 246 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,918 About Corey? 247 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:19,672 (WHISPERS) Well, 248 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,668 Corey asked me out and I was flattered. 249 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:27,589 I don't get asked out all that much. 250 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:31,680 So I just wanted to show him that... 251 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:32,851 'ZZZ 252 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:39,816 That I was... 253 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:40,859 Grateful? 254 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:42,608 (WHISPERS) Yeah. 255 00:17:44,855 --> 00:17:49,986 So, when he suggested that we leave the movie, 256 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:51,696 I thought we could go someplace. 257 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:55,283 And even if we just kissed for a little while, he would like me more. 258 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,413 You didn't do anything wrong, Jami. 259 00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:07,128 (SOFTLY) He was just a really good person. 260 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,810 He was just a really good person and he didn't deserve that. 261 00:18:15,886 --> 00:18:17,638 He tried to protect me. 262 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,313 Jami. 263 00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:25,730 Try writing about this. 264 00:18:25,813 --> 00:18:27,815 It might help you find a way through it. 265 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:44,881 Baby! 266 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,174 (SQUEALS) 267 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,769 KENDRA: Glad you made it home safe, baby! 268 00:18:57,845 --> 00:18:59,097 (MOANING) 269 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:03,526 You feel that, baby? That's for you! Yes! 270 00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:08,440 (MOANING) 271 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:14,237 Oh, baby. I'm sore. I need a break. 272 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,948 MAN ON RADIO: We've got four in a row for you on KYGL. 273 00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:19,284 There's a machine by the stairs. 274 00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:20,619 If they got cookies, 275 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:22,294 get me some cookies. 276 00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:24,293 I need the sugar. (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 277 00:19:24,372 --> 00:19:27,876 I love you, baby. 278 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:31,553 (SIGHS) 279 00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:42,315 Hey, knock when you come back. 280 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:44,142 So I know it's you. 281 00:20:21,429 --> 00:20:22,772 (SOFT THUD) 282 00:20:41,031 --> 00:20:42,123 (SCREAMING) 283 00:20:58,466 --> 00:20:59,718 (SCREAMS) 284 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:04,097 Help me! Help! 285 00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:07,315 Help! 286 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,319 Help! 287 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:13,147 (PANTING) 288 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:17,447 (SOBBING) 289 00:21:22,823 --> 00:21:24,416 (SCREAMS) (ENGINE SPUTTERING) 290 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:28,538 No! 291 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:29,622 (KNIFE UNSHEATHING) 292 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:31,916 (GRUNTS) 293 00:21:34,502 --> 00:21:36,345 (STABBING CONTINUES) 294 00:21:45,179 --> 00:21:46,977 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 295 00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:54,192 (KEYPAD BEEPS) 296 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,276 Hello? 297 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:04,492 PHANTOM: I'm going to do it again and again until you make them remember. 298 00:22:05,783 --> 00:22:07,535 JAMI: I think I need to tell someone. 299 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:11,376 Well, you just did. Me. 300 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:13,628 I mean, like a reporter at the news or something. 301 00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:15,129 He said he was gonna do it again, 302 00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:18,053 and if he has a message and he's using me to get it out, 303 00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:19,801 I have to say something. It's... 304 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,386 And... And he's using you why? 'Cause he likes you? 305 00:22:27,221 --> 00:22:28,347 Um... 306 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:31,730 I don't know. 307 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,689 Miss Lerner, I promise you 308 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,067 we will investigate this. 309 00:22:39,149 --> 00:22:41,743 I will personally make sure that it's investigated. 310 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:44,413 Thank you. 311 00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:50,920 I just don't understand why he thinks we deserve this. 312 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:53,254 Well, 313 00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:56,292 I'll tell you what, I wasn't born in Texarkana, 314 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:00,005 but I've been around here long enough to know one thing. 315 00:23:00,087 --> 00:23:02,431 And that's that just about everyone around here 316 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:04,600 has got some kind of blood on their hands. 317 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:11,686 FEMALE REPORTER: Three weeks after the shocking death 318 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:13,358 of high school senior Corey Holland, 319 00:23:13,434 --> 00:23:16,028 the town of Texarkana has awoken yet again 320 00:23:16,103 --> 00:23:18,105 to another gruesome act of violence. 321 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:20,190 This time, two people were found dead. 322 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:22,493 MALE REPORTER 1: Corporal Daniel Torrens was coming home 323 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:25,617 to spend Thanksgiving with his girlfriend, Kendra Collins, 324 00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:27,164 when they checked into this motel... 325 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,707 FEMALE REPORTER: At a few minutes past midnight, 326 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:30,534 the couple was attacked and killed, 327 00:23:30,618 --> 00:23:33,371 their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition. 328 00:23:33,454 --> 00:23:35,548 REVEREND CARTWRIGHT: A heart full of hate, that'll do it. 329 00:23:35,623 --> 00:23:38,547 A soul consumed by vengeance. Sin. 330 00:23:38,626 --> 00:23:41,846 MALE REPORTER 2: The Sheriff's office has been in contact with the Texas Rangers 331 00:23:41,921 --> 00:23:43,548 to help with the investigation. 332 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,555 But in the meantime, a Town Hall meeting has been scheduled. 333 00:23:46,634 --> 00:23:48,136 (GAVEL BANGING) 334 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:52,765 Reverend Cartwright, will you lead us in a word of prayer? 335 00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:00,856 Our Dear Heavenly Father, 336 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:03,409 we ask you to deliver us through this trial, 337 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:07,239 shield us during this time of fire and blood, 338 00:24:07,321 --> 00:24:09,824 of confusion and despair. 339 00:24:09,907 --> 00:24:12,410 We ask you to lend us some of your strength 340 00:24:12,493 --> 00:24:14,996 and give it to these fine young men and women 341 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:16,752 that they may help guide us 342 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:19,504 through this forest of fear and darkness... 343 00:24:19,583 --> 00:24:22,086 JAMI: This town, where I was born, 344 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:25,719 where I grew up, is the only place I've ever known. 345 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:26,845 ALL: Amen. 346 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:32,684 The Mayor's asked us to hold this forum 347 00:24:32,763 --> 00:24:34,891 to give you an update and hear your concerns. 348 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:36,351 WOMAN: Well, an update would be great! 349 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:38,026 JAN“: People are saying the Phantom is back. 350 00:24:38,102 --> 00:24:40,605 That after 60 some years he's come back and that we need to be ready. 351 00:24:40,688 --> 00:24:42,440 Ma'am, he'd be 100 years old. 352 00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:46,448 Every time we show that GD movie, there's a GD party out there! 353 00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:48,007 JAN“: The Phantom is our dirty secret. 354 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:51,453 That movie will never be shown in Texarkana again. 355 00:24:51,532 --> 00:24:53,455 Not on the Texas side. 356 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:55,457 And not on the Arkansas side, either. 357 00:24:55,536 --> 00:24:57,413 And while you're at it, why don't you tear down 358 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:58,622 that statue of Jim Bowie? 359 00:24:58,706 --> 00:25:00,299 Isn't he holding one of them GD knives? 360 00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:02,126 Why don't you rip that down? (PEOPLE SHOUTING IN AGREEMENT) 361 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:03,802 JAMI: Everyone knows some piece of the story, 362 00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:06,050 but the whole truth has been all but buried. 363 00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:08,974 Oh, we're all so surprised that the Phantom's back? 364 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:10,642 Of course he is. 365 00:25:10,718 --> 00:25:11,719 You can't leave a candle 366 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:13,270 burning in a window for someone 367 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,564 and then be surprised when he finally shows up! 368 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:18,483 Amen. Amen, sister, Amen. (PEOPLE SHOUTING IN AGREEMENT) 369 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:21,563 JAN“: Most of the people alive back then are no longer with us. 370 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:23,147 Or they just don't want to remember. 371 00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:24,447 Then you shutter the bars. 372 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:26,617 JAMI: But everything comes back. 373 00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:29,411 The past is alive, all around us. 374 00:25:29,486 --> 00:25:30,738 Order! (PEOPLE CLAMORING) 375 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:34,246 "Disciples of Evil." That's what my daddy said. 376 00:25:48,422 --> 00:25:49,594 (BELL CHIMES) 377 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,642 Hi. 378 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:54,937 The library's paper archives only go back for 10 years. 379 00:25:55,012 --> 00:25:56,855 They said I should come here if I was looking for articles 380 00:25:56,930 --> 00:25:58,410 in the Gazette from the '40s and '50s. 381 00:25:58,432 --> 00:25:59,729 Stuff about the Phantom? 382 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:01,606 Yes. 383 00:26:01,685 --> 00:26:04,279 Uh, all the best stuff is upstairs. In the jail. 384 00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:17,914 LONE WOLF: Listen up! 385 00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:24,208 As of this moment, the Texas Rangers are in charge of this investigation. 386 00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,668 Specifically, I am. 387 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:29,051 They moved everything in here when they decommissioned the prison. 388 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:31,052 Now we just use if for storage. 389 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:35,477 All of our archives and files. It's in here. 390 00:26:35,552 --> 00:26:40,058 LONE WOLF: Trust me, I understand how you feel right now. 391 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:43,986 I once had a Texas Ranger come into my house, and it wasn't easy. 392 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:46,439 Sparkplug, give us the room. 393 00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:53,154 Now, let's get down to business. 394 00:26:53,237 --> 00:26:57,242 I want open, clear lines of communication between Texas and Arkansas. 395 00:26:57,324 --> 00:27:01,420 One person from each side reporting directly to me. 396 00:27:01,495 --> 00:27:03,748 NICK: So are you just casually interested, or... 397 00:27:03,831 --> 00:27:05,925 JAMI: I don't think we'll figure out who the Phantom is now 398 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,923 unless we figure out who he was back then. 399 00:27:09,002 --> 00:27:11,221 NICK: Cool. LONE WOLF: We have two jobs, friends. 400 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:12,513 To capture this bastard 401 00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,762 and to keep the good people of Texarkana 402 00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:16,389 from killing each other out of fear. 403 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:19,221 We are not huntin' a ghost. 404 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:23,400 We are after a flesh and blood, cold-blooded killer, 405 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:25,022 who, up to this point, 406 00:27:25,102 --> 00:27:27,571 has not made one mistake. 407 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,569 SHERIFF UNDERWOOD: Due respect, Ranger Morales... 408 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:30,774 Call me Lone Wolf. 409 00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:32,701 I think very highly of myself, 410 00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:36,406 and I've also earned it. 411 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:39,412 Uh, due respect, Lone Wolf, he was videotaped. 412 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,289 I'd like to see that footage. 413 00:27:41,368 --> 00:27:43,245 Oh, and the movie. 414 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:47,708 Believe it or not, I've never had the pleasure of seeing it. 415 00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:52,046 NICK: Everything from 1945 to 1952 is gonna be in here. 416 00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:10,944 You know how that works? The microfiche? 417 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,775 They were gonna throw it out, and I said, "Hey, why?" 418 00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:14,405 "You know, it works. Bring it here." 419 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,242 Well... 420 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:23,410 Well, thanks. 421 00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:28,257 Yeah. Good luck. 422 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:35,422 (DOOR CLOSES) 423 00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:58,203 (GASPS) Oh, shit, sorry. 424 00:28:58,278 --> 00:29:00,451 You're Jami Lerner, aren't you? 425 00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:03,959 I'm Nick. 426 00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:07,872 I went to Evans High with you. 427 00:29:07,955 --> 00:29:10,378 We were in the same chem class. 428 00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:12,210 We were? 429 00:29:12,292 --> 00:29:13,885 Yeah, you sat in the front to the side. 430 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:15,634 I sat in the back to the other side. 431 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:17,885 And when I recognized you, I thought... 432 00:29:17,965 --> 00:29:22,971 "Holy shit, that's her, and I hope she's okay." 433 00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:30,482 That's all. I just wanted to see if you're okay. 434 00:29:33,063 --> 00:29:34,986 Yeah, I am. 435 00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:37,568 Oh, and, uh, give you this. 436 00:29:37,651 --> 00:29:40,404 It's the greatest hits the Gazette published back when it was happening. 437 00:29:40,487 --> 00:29:42,410 And then they did a retrospective. 438 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:44,082 It's usually $12 for xeroxing, but you can... 439 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:46,159 Don't worry about it. Just go ahead. 440 00:29:48,412 --> 00:29:49,459 Thanks. 441 00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:53,250 Well, I'll just be downstairs, manning the desk, 442 00:29:53,333 --> 00:29:54,835 if you need anything. 443 00:30:12,019 --> 00:30:13,692 (MACHINE CLICKS) 444 00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:49,648 MAN ON RADIO: From the KYGL on the Border family 445 00:30:49,723 --> 00:30:52,226 to your family, stay safe out there. 446 00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:55,984 If you do go out, go out in a group, and don't play hero. 447 00:30:56,063 --> 00:30:58,657 You see someone that looks suspicious comin' your way, 448 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:00,905 cross to the other side of the street, will you? 449 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:45,828 Oh, my God. 450 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,781 "PHANTOM: " They couldn't catch me 66 years ago 451 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:49,332 "and they never will." 452 00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:51,206 "I come and go as I please." 453 00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:53,036 "I kill when I please." 454 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,294 "You may think I'm a horrible, sick murderer," 455 00:31:56,790 --> 00:31:58,463 "but I'm not." 456 00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:00,340 "I love my neighbors." 457 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:04,174 "I wish they would stop and let my soul rest in peace." 458 00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,384 JAMI: "For you see, I am the soul of Texarkana." 459 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,719 "I am the reckoning foretold." 460 00:32:10,804 --> 00:32:13,307 Oh, look, I can understand how this can be upsetting, 461 00:32:13,390 --> 00:32:16,735 but it's also most likely a fake. 462 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,812 Well, the Zodiac, he sent a manifesto to the press and... 463 00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:20,863 Yes. And so did the Son of Sam, 464 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:22,737 and the Axeman of New Orleans, 465 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:25,410 but to reporters, not teenagers. 466 00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:27,863 We all realize it could be a hoax, Deputy. 467 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,914 But until it's 100% confirmed, 468 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:32,994 we will take it and this young lady seriously. 469 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:35,374 I want my entire team to hear what you have to say. 470 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:38,298 If you think it's important, we think it's important. 471 00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:40,842 Well, um... 472 00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:43,675 I've been researching the original case, 473 00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:45,926 and going through the court transcripts. 474 00:32:46,006 --> 00:32:47,883 Do you know who Benjamin Sewell is? 475 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:51,266 He was a car thief, arrested in 1946 in Texarkana 476 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,096 for possession of a stolen automobile. 477 00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,603 A lot of people think that he was the Phantom because... 478 00:32:55,682 --> 00:32:57,523 Well, the killing stopped once he was arrested. 479 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,068 How long was he in for? 480 00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:00,942 Thirty years. JAMI: Thirty years. 481 00:33:01,021 --> 00:33:04,116 And then Benjamin Sewell died, Ms. Lerner. 482 00:33:04,191 --> 00:33:06,034 Yes, sir. He died last summer. 483 00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:07,611 In a hospital in Fort Worth. 484 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:10,288 I spoke to a nurse that worked at the hospital, 485 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:11,956 um, since before Benjamin died... 486 00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:13,454 Now, come on, we don't have time for this. 487 00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:15,786 Hold on. She said a young man used to visit him. 488 00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:17,416 His son, they thought. 489 00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:19,123 What if it's him? 490 00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:20,879 That the passing of his father set him off 491 00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:23,176 and he came back here to finish his father's work? 492 00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:27,927 Benjamin Sewell did have a son, Ms. Lerner, 493 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:31,055 but he died in a bar fight two years ago. 494 00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:33,018 He did? 495 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:34,975 It's all right, Jami. 496 00:33:35,055 --> 00:33:37,057 We went down that same rabbit hole. 497 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:41,987 MAN ON RADIO: This is KYGL, 498 00:33:42,062 --> 00:33:44,281 Oldies on the Border, and if you've got us on, 499 00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:47,155 you're probably getting ready for the big football game this weekend. 500 00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:50,829 The Texas High Tigers versus the Arkansas High Razorbacks. 501 00:33:50,904 --> 00:33:53,157 It's gonna be a blood match, folks. 502 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:54,492 But as always... 503 00:34:00,747 --> 00:34:02,841 He said he'd shoot me if I got any closer. 504 00:34:02,916 --> 00:34:04,714 Well, that's his job. 505 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:08,217 How'd it go at the station? 506 00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,340 Uh, not so well. 507 00:34:10,423 --> 00:34:11,970 It's no surprise. 508 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:14,178 Grandma, this is... Nick Strain. 509 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,263 I went to the same high school as Jami. 510 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:17,848 Hmm. And now? 511 00:34:17,931 --> 00:34:20,025 I work at the archives. Uh, researcher. 512 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,195 I found you some really cool stuff from back when they were making the movie. 513 00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:25,147 You know, some of those people are still around. So... 514 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:26,823 Uh, no college, huh? 515 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:28,445 Just making some money first. 516 00:34:29,276 --> 00:34:30,778 Family? Grandma. 517 00:34:31,611 --> 00:34:33,705 My parents moved to Denton last year, 518 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:35,657 so I'm living with some buddies. 519 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:37,287 I'll be in in a minute, okay? 520 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:38,710 All right. 521 00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:44,545 Sorry about that. 522 00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:46,547 You want to sit down? (REVEREND CARTWRIGHT PREACHING ON RADIO) 523 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,720 NICK: You know, they did tons of research for the movie. 524 00:34:48,795 --> 00:34:50,388 The director and his son. 525 00:34:54,634 --> 00:34:56,307 Thanks for bringing me this stuff. 526 00:34:57,137 --> 00:34:58,229 Yeah. 527 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:01,440 Can I ask why you're helping me with all this? 528 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:06,279 I always wanted to talk to you. 529 00:35:10,984 --> 00:35:11,985 Why didn't you? 530 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,160 Didn't think I'd get very far. 531 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:19,747 I never saw you with a... 532 00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:23,080 Boyfriend or friends or... I asked around and... 533 00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:24,790 I was like, "What's her story?" 534 00:35:25,999 --> 00:35:27,876 Then someone told me about... 535 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,586 About my parents? 536 00:35:29,669 --> 00:35:33,765 Or that for the last seven years I've been totally out of it and... 537 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:34,932 Both. 538 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:40,351 My parents didn't really move to Denton. 539 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:42,603 I just said that 'cause 540 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:47,354 I didn't want your grandma to think I was this, you know, 541 00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:49,439 basket case. 542 00:35:51,191 --> 00:35:53,159 Which, of course, now I really seem like one. 543 00:35:54,110 --> 00:35:56,112 Where are they? 544 00:35:56,196 --> 00:35:58,790 Well, my clad killed himself last year. 545 00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:04,204 He was an, um, an alcoholic, 546 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:08,875 and my mom, uh, kinda... 547 00:36:11,378 --> 00:36:13,301 She just got lost after that. 548 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:16,891 Um, she's at Trans-Allegheny. 549 00:36:17,634 --> 00:36:19,056 Well, it's a loony bin. 550 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:26,439 Oh, hey, um, they're having a vigil tonight at the school. 551 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:29,522 For the soldier and his girlfriend. 552 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:33,317 And for Corey. 553 00:36:35,568 --> 00:36:36,694 You wanna go? 554 00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:45,795 RAMSEY ON TV: You don't mean that fellow they call the Lone Wolf 555 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,168 of the Texas Rangers? BARKER: That's right. 556 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:50,459 Hmm. 557 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,419 MORALES: Since I'm in charge of this investigation, 558 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,675 things are gonna have to be handled my way. 559 00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:56,802 We got a cold-blooded killer here. 560 00:36:56,881 --> 00:36:58,428 A man who nobody sees. 561 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,597 A Phantom who 562 00:37:00,677 --> 00:37:02,350 so far hasn't made any mistakes. 563 00:37:02,429 --> 00:37:03,931 (PEGGY WHIMPERING) 564 00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:10,854 What are you doing? 565 00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:12,439 No, please, don't hurt me. 566 00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:14,191 Please. 567 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:20,455 JAMI: I guess it was crazy of me to think I could help the police, 568 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:22,123 but I'm gonna keep researching. 569 00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:24,538 Keep writing. 570 00:37:24,617 --> 00:37:26,369 Their stories need to be told, so... 571 00:37:26,453 --> 00:37:28,296 (INSTRUMENTAL HYMN PLAYING) 572 00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,142 (PEOPLE MURMURING) 573 00:38:29,682 --> 00:38:30,683 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 574 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:33,854 (WOMEN SCREAMING) 575 00:38:33,937 --> 00:38:35,359 (CROWD CLAMORING) 576 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,038 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 577 00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:48,827 (GUNSHOT) 578 00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:52,543 Arrest me. 579 00:38:52,622 --> 00:38:54,295 Arrest me! OFFICER: On the ground! 580 00:38:54,374 --> 00:38:57,218 He killed Danny. But I got him. I got his ass! 581 00:39:03,132 --> 00:39:05,476 NICK: Jami. JAMI: No! No, Nick... 582 00:39:05,552 --> 00:39:07,054 Wait! No! I need to know! 583 00:39:08,137 --> 00:39:10,390 (PLAYING MELLOW JAZZ BALLAD) 584 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:15,061 (INAUDIBLE) 585 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:27,165 (SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE) 586 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,211 (WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY) 587 00:39:44,757 --> 00:39:46,555 MAYOR: Excuse me. May I, please? 588 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:53,270 Ladies and gentlemen, Sheriff Underwood has just informed me 589 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:55,192 that the man who killed Corey Holland, 590 00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:58,317 the man who killed, viciously, that couple, 591 00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,898 that man has been shot, I'm told. 592 00:40:00,857 --> 00:40:02,484 And I don't know what his condition is, 593 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,036 but I do know that no one else was hurt. 594 00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:08,536 And that that, finally, is something that we can give thanks for. 595 00:40:08,615 --> 00:40:09,787 (CROWD CHEERING) 596 00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:12,703 Reverend Cartwright, 597 00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:17,165 would you please lead us in a brief prayer of gratitude? 598 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:20,218 Sweet Heavenly Father, we have been delivered. 599 00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:23,672 We praise the men and women who have led us through this darkness. 600 00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:26,554 Sweet Jesus, thank you for your mercy. 601 00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:28,510 Amen. ALL: Amen. 602 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:30,812 Now, we've had a quiet night here. 603 00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:33,481 But I do believe that it would be appropriate 604 00:40:33,556 --> 00:40:35,900 for us to have a little music that we could dance to, 605 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:39,070 so, gentlemen, I'm gonna lead you off. 606 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:40,488 One, two... (SNAPPING FINGERS) 607 00:40:40,563 --> 00:40:41,860 One, two, three, four. 608 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:43,817 (UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 609 00:40:54,118 --> 00:40:57,088 (LAUGHING) What was she doing? 610 00:40:57,163 --> 00:40:58,460 "A one..." 611 00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:00,587 The worst dance moves ever. 612 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,169 (SIREN CHIRPS) 613 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,095 Straight home now. 614 00:41:05,171 --> 00:41:06,764 BOTH: Yes, sir. 615 00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:16,308 (POP DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO) 616 00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:20,028 It's right here. 617 00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,792 Remember when we used to come over here 618 00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:35,209 and smoke cigarettes? 619 00:41:36,035 --> 00:41:38,288 Thought we were such hot shit. 620 00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:45,712 (MUSIC STOPS) 621 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:50,558 (METAL CREAKING AND RATTLING) 622 00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:55,888 (CHUCKLES) 623 00:41:58,016 --> 00:41:59,108 (EXHALES) 624 00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:00,230 So... 625 00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:05,739 So how does this work? 626 00:42:07,066 --> 00:42:08,568 I don't know. 627 00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:11,325 I thought maybe you could... 628 00:42:11,904 --> 00:42:13,247 You know. 629 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:15,079 What? 630 00:42:16,159 --> 00:42:18,036 You know. 631 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:21,501 Go down there, 632 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:24,751 and suck it. 633 00:42:25,251 --> 00:42:26,252 Suck it? 634 00:42:27,253 --> 00:42:28,926 JOHNNY: I don't know. Maybe a little? 635 00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:31,516 ROY: What, is it hard? 636 00:42:31,591 --> 00:42:33,764 (SCOFFS) Yeah. Isn't yours? 637 00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:35,686 Yeah. 638 00:42:35,762 --> 00:42:37,105 (CREAKING) 639 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:41,063 JOHNNY: You first. 640 00:42:41,934 --> 00:42:43,277 And then I'll do you. 641 00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:45,272 Maybe we could 642 00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:47,110 jerk off together. 643 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:50,280 Dude, drive! 644 00:42:50,359 --> 00:42:51,611 Come on! Hurry up, come on! 645 00:42:51,694 --> 00:42:53,134 (ENGINE STARTS) (UPBEAT SONG PLAYING) 646 00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:58,451 (MUSIC STOPS) 647 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:00,540 (EXCLAIMS) 648 00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:01,872 (PANTING) 649 00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:25,236 (METAL CREAKING) 650 00:43:47,834 --> 00:43:48,835 (PLAYING TROMBONE) 651 00:43:53,506 --> 00:43:54,849 (GROANING) 652 00:43:55,341 --> 00:43:57,343 Run, Johnny! Run! 653 00:43:58,511 --> 00:43:59,603 (SCREAMS) 654 00:43:59,679 --> 00:44:00,680 No! 655 00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:02,689 (SOBBING) 656 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:05,026 (SCREAMING) 657 00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,355 (AIR HISSING THROUGH TROMBONE) 658 00:44:13,693 --> 00:44:15,695 (GRUNTING) 659 00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:18,373 (PLAYING NOTES) 660 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,056 (PANTING) 661 00:44:40,303 --> 00:44:41,555 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 662 00:44:57,236 --> 00:44:58,328 Hi. 663 00:44:59,989 --> 00:45:01,912 Who was that guy at the vigil? 664 00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:03,493 Name's Paul Mason. 665 00:45:03,576 --> 00:45:06,079 A freshman over at Texarkana College. 666 00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:08,502 He's a messed up kid but... 667 00:45:08,581 --> 00:45:10,504 He's not the Phantom? No. 668 00:45:10,583 --> 00:45:14,338 Some stupid teenager went out looking to get shot. 669 00:45:14,420 --> 00:45:16,422 Left a suicide note in his dorm room. 670 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:19,767 But just because he wanted to die 671 00:45:19,842 --> 00:45:21,922 doesn't necessarily mean he's not the Phantom, right? 672 00:45:21,928 --> 00:45:23,180 Hell, Jami... 673 00:45:29,936 --> 00:45:32,359 I... I did not want to tell you this 674 00:45:32,438 --> 00:45:33,940 but you're... 675 00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:36,992 There was another murder last night. 676 00:45:37,068 --> 00:45:38,695 It was two boys. 677 00:45:38,778 --> 00:45:40,701 We're checking security cameras at the scene, 678 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:43,909 but it does look like it happened after Paul Mason was shot. 679 00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:54,544 NARRATOR ON TV: It was Sunday, March 3rd, 1946. 680 00:45:54,627 --> 00:45:58,052 The beginning of a reign of terror for the people of Texarkana 681 00:45:58,130 --> 00:46:01,475 and surrounding areas of Arkansas and Texas. 682 00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:04,804 Well, that's the most god-awful thing I've done in a long while. 683 00:46:06,389 --> 00:46:08,391 They asked me if their... (INHALES DEEPLY) 684 00:46:08,724 --> 00:46:11,193 Their sons 685 00:46:11,269 --> 00:46:14,113 were dead before he mutilated their bodies. 686 00:46:14,814 --> 00:46:16,487 (WHISPERS) I lied. 687 00:46:17,650 --> 00:46:21,200 (SIGHS) I, uh, told 'em as far as I could tell, 688 00:46:21,279 --> 00:46:23,327 they had passed before the worst of it. 689 00:46:24,073 --> 00:46:25,325 Maybe they had. 690 00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:28,085 They cried. 691 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:33,166 These two grown men, I've known 'em all their lives. 692 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:37,511 Since they were boys. 693 00:46:37,586 --> 00:46:40,806 We catch him, we kill him, that'll make it better. 694 00:46:42,842 --> 00:46:44,936 That'll at least bring them peace. 695 00:46:45,011 --> 00:46:46,103 I agree. 696 00:46:46,512 --> 00:46:47,980 To that end, 697 00:46:49,682 --> 00:46:52,936 after our friend kills those kids with the trombone, 698 00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:56,234 who does he go after next? 699 00:46:56,314 --> 00:46:58,237 In the movie, after the trombone killin', 700 00:46:58,316 --> 00:47:01,570 there's a double homicide at the farmhouse. 701 00:47:01,652 --> 00:47:04,371 Every damn house out here is a farmhouse. 702 00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:07,367 NARRATOR ON TV: Texarkana looked normal 703 00:47:07,450 --> 00:47:11,045 in the daylight hours but everyone dreaded sundown. 704 00:47:13,539 --> 00:47:15,633 JAMI: Maybe I was wrong, Nick. 705 00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:17,381 Maybe there is no connection to the past 706 00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:20,634 and the Phantom is just the bogeyman. 707 00:47:21,213 --> 00:47:24,137 Like my grandma says. 708 00:47:24,216 --> 00:47:27,311 The first time I heard about the Phantom, I was eight years old. 709 00:47:27,386 --> 00:47:30,230 I was at a sleepover at my friend Chrissie's house. 710 00:47:32,058 --> 00:47:33,731 (GROWLING) (KIDS SCREAMING) 711 00:47:38,147 --> 00:47:39,569 (CRYING) 712 00:47:39,648 --> 00:47:42,401 I called my parents to come pick me up. 713 00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:48,078 And that was the night of the crash. 714 00:47:56,749 --> 00:48:00,754 That night in the woods, he was on top of me 715 00:48:01,587 --> 00:48:03,715 and I thought, "This is it." 716 00:48:05,674 --> 00:48:07,642 You know, it should have happened when I was eight years old. 717 00:48:07,718 --> 00:48:09,561 It's finally caught up to me now. 718 00:48:11,263 --> 00:48:13,106 Death. 719 00:48:13,182 --> 00:48:16,277 It's following me and it's only a matter of time. 720 00:48:16,769 --> 00:48:18,396 (SCOFFS) 721 00:48:19,438 --> 00:48:20,781 I guess I'm a little messed up. 722 00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:22,028 I don't think you are. 723 00:48:22,108 --> 00:48:24,736 Well, yeah, that's just 'cause you are, too. Good. 724 00:48:25,945 --> 00:48:27,037 (CHUCKLES) 725 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:31,204 Nick, what are you doing? NICK: (WHISPERS) It's okay. 726 00:48:31,283 --> 00:48:32,626 No, it's not okay! 727 00:48:33,411 --> 00:48:34,378 I thought that... 728 00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:35,796 I can't believe you just did that. 729 00:48:37,456 --> 00:48:39,208 Look, I'm sorry, I just thought that we had this... 730 00:48:39,291 --> 00:48:41,385 I need you to get out of the car right now. 731 00:48:42,294 --> 00:48:44,638 Nick, I mean it! Get out of the car! 732 00:48:47,466 --> 00:48:49,810 Are you serious? (ENGINE STARTS) 733 00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:13,500 REVEREND CARTWRIGHT: Oh, that looks just fine. 734 00:49:13,576 --> 00:49:15,578 Mmm-hmm. That's very nice. 735 00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:17,038 You got everything now, the scallops? Yes. 736 00:49:17,121 --> 00:49:18,498 The potatoes and the ham? 737 00:49:20,332 --> 00:49:21,584 Ranger. 738 00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:23,503 Hank. 739 00:49:23,586 --> 00:49:25,463 Well, Merry Christmas. 740 00:49:26,839 --> 00:49:28,719 Merry Christmas, Reverend. Merry Christmas, Joe. 741 00:49:29,508 --> 00:49:31,431 Well, what can I do for you gentlemen? 742 00:49:31,510 --> 00:49:34,810 Is there a place the three of us can go and talk, Joe? 743 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,102 Mmm-hmm. (SCOFFS SOFTLY) 744 00:49:41,854 --> 00:49:43,948 I didn't send this e-mail. 745 00:49:45,608 --> 00:49:48,612 Well, the FBI traced it back to you, Joe, so... 746 00:49:49,862 --> 00:49:50,863 Why'd you send it to the girl? 747 00:49:50,946 --> 00:49:52,368 To muddy up the waters? 748 00:49:52,448 --> 00:49:54,951 I don't know what to tell you. (CHUCKLES) 749 00:49:55,034 --> 00:49:57,958 Here's what I think. I don't think you killed anybody. 750 00:49:58,037 --> 00:50:00,665 But I do believe you sent this message. 751 00:50:02,708 --> 00:50:06,303 See, I hear you at night, preachin'. 752 00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:08,801 Nothin' much for me to do in my hotel room, 753 00:50:08,881 --> 00:50:11,725 so I wonder, "Are you doing this for publicity, or..." 754 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,475 He chose that girl to be his herald. 755 00:50:15,554 --> 00:50:19,980 His messenger. He is doing the Lord's work. 756 00:50:20,059 --> 00:50:21,982 He's killin' our kids, Joe. 757 00:50:22,061 --> 00:50:26,316 My church is more full than it has been in years. 758 00:50:26,398 --> 00:50:30,244 People are coming to me asking for redemption, for salvation. 759 00:50:30,903 --> 00:50:32,905 They're scared, Hank. 760 00:50:32,988 --> 00:50:35,582 They want to walk on the righteous path again. 761 00:50:36,909 --> 00:50:38,707 Now, I want to call the Mayor. 762 00:50:40,371 --> 00:50:42,089 And then I want to call my lawyer. 763 00:50:43,666 --> 00:50:45,259 (DOORBELL CHIMES) 764 00:50:48,420 --> 00:50:49,592 Merry Christmas, ma'am. 765 00:50:50,256 --> 00:50:51,849 Merry Christmas. 766 00:50:51,924 --> 00:50:54,052 I was wondering if Jami's around? 767 00:50:57,429 --> 00:50:59,227 He's kidding, right? 768 00:51:00,849 --> 00:51:02,066 (SIGHS) 769 00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:07,606 I'm sorry about what I did. 770 00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:10,785 No, I'm sorry. I can't believe I made you walk home. 771 00:51:12,236 --> 00:51:13,704 I took the bus. 772 00:51:13,779 --> 00:51:15,747 (DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE) 773 00:51:19,618 --> 00:51:21,996 Hey, I wanted to tell you. 774 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:25,003 I found out Charles Pierce, Jr. Is alive. 775 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:26,834 He's the son of the director of The Town... 776 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:28,385 JAMI: The Town That Dreaded Sundown? 777 00:51:28,460 --> 00:51:31,213 Look, I know it's a long shot, but... 778 00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:33,391 I mean, the movie, uh, defined Texarkana 779 00:51:33,465 --> 00:51:36,218 just as much as the murders did. 780 00:51:36,302 --> 00:51:38,725 Anyway, he lives here, in Texarkana. 781 00:51:38,804 --> 00:51:40,898 Near here, out by the dredge. 782 00:51:41,390 --> 00:51:42,642 You talked to him? 783 00:51:42,725 --> 00:51:44,727 Uh, no, I've been asking around about him. 784 00:51:44,810 --> 00:51:47,250 He does odd jobs for the city, doesn't even have a cell phone. 785 00:51:47,313 --> 00:51:49,566 But worth a try. Right? 786 00:51:49,648 --> 00:51:51,241 If I can get in touch with him? 787 00:51:51,317 --> 00:51:52,990 Yeah, definitely. 788 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:55,822 Thanks. All right. 789 00:51:59,158 --> 00:52:00,330 This is for you. 790 00:52:03,287 --> 00:52:04,334 Nick. 791 00:52:29,855 --> 00:52:31,198 Thank you. 792 00:52:33,609 --> 00:52:35,810 MAN ON RADIO: This one's for all the brave men and women 793 00:52:35,819 --> 00:52:38,572 who are out there each and every night patrolling the streets, 794 00:52:38,656 --> 00:52:39,953 doing everything they can... 795 00:52:40,032 --> 00:52:42,751 We do not, and I repeat, we do not believe 796 00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:44,954 that Reverend Cartwright is the Phantom. 797 00:52:45,037 --> 00:52:47,790 We have taken Reverend Joseph Cartwright into custody... 798 00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:50,353 (COUNTRY CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY) Get me started, Elmer. 799 00:52:52,544 --> 00:52:53,796 (SIGHS) 800 00:52:54,963 --> 00:52:56,886 Every Christmas, Ardele. 801 00:52:57,966 --> 00:53:00,139 They don't have you working tonight? 802 00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:03,977 Well, I just arrested 803 00:53:04,056 --> 00:53:05,308 one of Texarkana's 804 00:53:05,391 --> 00:53:07,314 most prominent citizens 805 00:53:07,393 --> 00:53:09,521 for sending an e-mail, so... 806 00:53:11,397 --> 00:53:12,569 That's enough for tonight. 807 00:53:14,149 --> 00:53:16,402 LONE WOLF ON TV: We do not have the Phantom in custody. 808 00:53:16,485 --> 00:53:19,159 (SLOW BLUES MUSIC PLAYING) 809 00:53:33,711 --> 00:53:34,928 (SIGHS) 810 00:54:16,295 --> 00:54:17,296 (GLASS SHATTERS) 811 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:20,215 Hank. 812 00:54:20,299 --> 00:54:21,300 Hank! 813 00:54:22,301 --> 00:54:23,741 (ARDELE SCREAMING) (GLASS SHATTERING) 814 00:54:28,307 --> 00:54:29,729 (DOOR OPENS) 815 00:54:31,810 --> 00:54:32,811 (SCREAMING) 816 00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:36,273 (GUN FIRES) 817 00:54:39,485 --> 00:54:41,158 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 818 00:54:53,832 --> 00:54:55,004 (PANTING) 819 00:55:12,935 --> 00:55:14,357 (ARDELE WHIMPERING) 820 00:55:30,953 --> 00:55:32,330 (SCREAMING) 821 00:55:38,544 --> 00:55:39,887 (SCREAMING) 822 00:55:42,506 --> 00:55:44,133 (SCREAMING STOPS) 823 00:56:20,919 --> 00:56:22,216 Mark it. 824 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:26,174 CHARLES SR; Action. Bud. 825 00:56:32,931 --> 00:56:36,151 CHARLES JR; My daddy was a genius visionary. 826 00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:37,694 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 827 00:56:37,769 --> 00:56:39,942 Could have been the next Orson Welles if he'd gone to Hollywood, 828 00:56:40,022 --> 00:56:44,869 but he wanted to stay in Texas and tell our stories. 829 00:56:44,943 --> 00:56:46,115 You know, Texas stories. 830 00:56:47,070 --> 00:56:49,198 Not all that Hollywood bullshit. 831 00:56:49,281 --> 00:56:50,453 (GASPS) 832 00:56:51,450 --> 00:56:53,794 Oh, that. Yeah, that's pretty cool. 833 00:56:54,453 --> 00:56:56,046 Yep. That's the original. 834 00:56:57,789 --> 00:56:59,336 Go ahead and touch it if you want. 835 00:56:59,416 --> 00:57:01,214 No, thank you, sir. Go ahead. 836 00:57:02,127 --> 00:57:03,879 That's okay. I don't... I don't want to. 837 00:57:03,962 --> 00:57:05,134 Okay. 838 00:57:09,718 --> 00:57:13,564 Um... Mr. Pierce, I'm writing something about the Phantom, 839 00:57:13,639 --> 00:57:15,516 about his legacy in our town and... 840 00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:17,397 Well, I can tell you who the killer is. 841 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:19,903 Would that be interesting to you? 842 00:57:20,729 --> 00:57:21,730 (SOFTLY) Sure, yeah. 843 00:57:21,813 --> 00:57:24,362 Well, all right. 844 00:57:24,441 --> 00:57:30,244 Well, my father, when he was doing his research, he talked to everyone. 845 00:57:30,322 --> 00:57:33,542 Most people believe that Benjamin Sewell was the Phantom. 846 00:57:33,617 --> 00:57:35,585 No, he wasn't. No, no, no, no. 847 00:57:35,661 --> 00:57:36,753 Sewell was not the killer. 848 00:57:36,828 --> 00:57:38,588 No, they railroaded that poor son of a bitch. 849 00:57:38,664 --> 00:57:40,704 No, the police just wanted someone to be the killer. 850 00:57:41,416 --> 00:57:42,616 How do you know that for sure? 851 00:57:42,668 --> 00:57:44,466 How do I know? I don't know. 852 00:57:45,420 --> 00:57:46,967 You can't know. 853 00:57:48,966 --> 00:57:50,889 On. (GRUNTS) 854 00:57:50,968 --> 00:57:56,020 You know, I'll tell you a story that my father told me 855 00:57:56,098 --> 00:57:57,600 about Hank McCreedy. 856 00:57:58,016 --> 00:57:59,108 Hank McCreedy? 857 00:57:59,184 --> 00:58:03,610 A few days after the last murder at the Stark farm, 858 00:58:03,689 --> 00:58:05,942 the police on the Arkansas side, 859 00:58:06,024 --> 00:58:09,449 they found a body all in pieces. 860 00:58:09,528 --> 00:58:10,996 (MAKING WHOOSHING SOUNDS) 861 00:58:12,030 --> 00:58:14,453 It'd been run over by a train. 862 00:58:14,533 --> 00:58:15,955 Now, this is the Arkansas police 863 00:58:16,034 --> 00:58:17,786 who say, "Oh, it's the Phantom." 864 00:58:17,869 --> 00:58:19,246 "He committed suicide." 865 00:58:19,329 --> 00:58:20,876 (SCOFFS) No more Phantom. 866 00:58:20,956 --> 00:58:21,957 Based on what? 867 00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:24,793 Nothin'. It was based on nothin'. 868 00:58:24,876 --> 00:58:28,380 But Hank McCreedy's pregnant wife, 869 00:58:28,463 --> 00:58:30,306 she demands an autopsy. 870 00:58:30,382 --> 00:58:32,635 And then it come out. He wasn't run over. 871 00:58:32,718 --> 00:58:35,312 He was stabbed more than two dozen times, 872 00:58:35,387 --> 00:58:36,684 right next to the tracks. 873 00:58:38,223 --> 00:58:41,477 My daddy, he had a theory about that. 874 00:58:41,560 --> 00:58:45,315 He said that the Phantom killed McCreedy, 875 00:58:45,397 --> 00:58:49,197 you know, his last victim, his final goodbye. 876 00:58:50,736 --> 00:58:53,660 And then he hopped a train to California. 877 00:58:53,739 --> 00:58:56,834 Mr. Pierce, I've read everything there is to read on this. 878 00:58:56,908 --> 00:58:58,831 I've never even heard of this Hank McCreedy. 879 00:58:58,910 --> 00:59:00,332 It should have been front-page news. 880 00:59:00,412 --> 00:59:04,167 But while the Arkansas police were findin' McCreedy, 881 00:59:04,249 --> 00:59:07,844 the Texas police, they were arresting Sewell 882 00:59:07,919 --> 00:59:09,671 and so you got two different camps 883 00:59:09,755 --> 00:59:11,035 each saying they got the Phantom. 884 00:59:11,048 --> 00:59:13,346 And what neither of them is piecing together is that 885 00:59:13,425 --> 00:59:16,349 Sewell was in custody when McCreedy was killed, 886 00:59:16,428 --> 00:59:18,101 proving that neither one was the Phantom. 887 00:59:19,222 --> 00:59:21,975 So Sewell was in jail, 888 00:59:22,059 --> 00:59:24,107 and then, did anything ever come from McCreedy? 889 00:59:24,186 --> 00:59:25,688 Oh, he's dead. 890 00:59:27,064 --> 00:59:28,782 Yep, and dead men don't complain much. 891 00:59:28,857 --> 00:59:30,700 But his pregnant wife, Mary, 892 00:59:30,776 --> 00:59:31,868 she's pissed as shit. 893 00:59:31,943 --> 00:59:33,195 Her name was Mary? 894 00:59:33,278 --> 00:59:36,031 My daddy tracked her down in 1974. 895 00:59:36,114 --> 00:59:38,367 And, oh, she was still bitter. 896 00:59:38,450 --> 00:59:40,544 She said that Texarkana 897 00:59:40,619 --> 00:59:42,667 had done worse than killed her husband. 898 00:59:42,746 --> 00:59:44,544 It had shat on his memory. 899 00:59:44,623 --> 00:59:47,172 And in the process, it was shitting on her life. 900 00:59:47,250 --> 00:59:48,877 It was shitting on her son's life. 901 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,713 Who you think is the Phantom? 902 00:59:51,797 --> 00:59:53,299 No! No! 903 00:59:55,133 --> 00:59:56,134 Sorry. 904 00:59:57,219 --> 00:59:59,221 Hank McCreedy's dead. 905 00:59:59,304 --> 01:00:01,648 His son is dead. His grandson 906 01:00:02,140 --> 01:00:03,733 is still alive. 907 01:00:03,809 --> 01:00:05,811 That's your Phantom, right there. 908 01:00:05,894 --> 01:00:06,975 You're making this shit up. 909 01:00:06,978 --> 01:00:08,571 No! Boy, listen to me. 910 01:00:08,647 --> 01:00:11,742 I am telling you what I know to be true. 911 01:00:11,817 --> 01:00:15,071 That Mary McCreedy did pour poison about Texarkana 912 01:00:15,153 --> 01:00:16,700 into Hank Jr.'s ear. 913 01:00:16,780 --> 01:00:18,578 Hank did the same thing to his son! 914 01:00:18,657 --> 01:00:20,409 They did, consciously or unconsciously, 915 01:00:20,492 --> 01:00:22,335 they bred themselves a killer! 916 01:00:23,829 --> 01:00:27,675 Mr. Pierce, do you have any proof of this being true, 917 01:00:27,749 --> 01:00:30,002 or is this just something that your father told you? 918 01:00:35,006 --> 01:00:36,258 (SIGHS) 919 01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:42,014 (CHUCKLES) 920 01:00:42,097 --> 01:00:44,520 My daddy asked me to make a sequel to Town, 921 01:00:47,185 --> 01:00:48,562 to finish the story he started 922 01:00:48,645 --> 01:00:50,864 and to set the record straight about the McCreedys. 923 01:00:56,361 --> 01:00:58,204 He was my best friend. 924 01:01:00,365 --> 01:01:02,038 Now he's deceased. 925 01:01:05,370 --> 01:01:08,089 I tracked down Mary McCreedy in 1986. 926 01:01:08,165 --> 01:01:10,543 I found that scary old bitch on her deathbed, 927 01:01:11,293 --> 01:01:12,636 and she warned me. 928 01:01:13,545 --> 01:01:15,968 She said that her grandson would do 929 01:01:16,047 --> 01:01:18,470 what her son didn't have the balls to do. 930 01:01:19,217 --> 01:01:22,892 Make Texarkana pay for its sins. 931 01:01:25,557 --> 01:01:27,980 Yeah. And no one else has thought of this? 932 01:01:28,059 --> 01:01:30,482 Not like the police, or the FBI, 933 01:01:30,562 --> 01:01:32,815 or the goddamn fucking Texas Rangers? 934 01:01:32,898 --> 01:01:34,366 Do you believe his story? 935 01:01:35,901 --> 01:01:38,871 Are you kidding me? The man lives on a boat. 936 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:41,998 Wait, do you believe him? 937 01:01:43,575 --> 01:01:44,701 I don't know. 938 01:01:46,661 --> 01:01:48,504 Hey, I'm just saying, 939 01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:50,628 if McCreedy did have a grandson, 940 01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:54,177 he'd probably be in his 20s or his 30s, at least. Nick. 941 01:01:54,252 --> 01:01:55,674 NICK: Come on. 942 01:02:00,342 --> 01:02:01,889 (ENGINE STARTS) 943 01:02:11,102 --> 01:02:14,697 As far as we know, fucking Charles B. Pierce, Jr. could be the killer. 944 01:02:14,773 --> 01:02:16,366 He doesn't have a reason to be. 945 01:02:16,441 --> 01:02:19,536 His story was told, his father's story was told. 946 01:02:19,611 --> 01:02:20,988 Yeah, up until the sequel. 947 01:02:21,071 --> 01:02:22,664 But they're a part of the legend. 948 01:02:22,739 --> 01:02:24,540 They're in the movie. They're there somewhere. 949 01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:25,621 All of them except for... 950 01:02:25,700 --> 01:02:27,293 McCreedy. 951 01:02:27,369 --> 01:02:30,213 Now, his name wasn't even mentioned in the papers. 952 01:02:30,288 --> 01:02:32,165 He doesn't have a plaque anywhere. 953 01:02:32,249 --> 01:02:35,002 He's not even in the movie that they show every damn year. 954 01:02:35,085 --> 01:02:37,213 It's... It'd be upsetting. 955 01:02:37,295 --> 01:02:38,968 It's an injustice, Nick. 956 01:02:39,047 --> 01:02:42,426 Hank McCreedy's grandson would see it as an injustice. 957 01:02:48,723 --> 01:02:51,101 LONE WOLF ON TV: Now, this is a very sad day 958 01:02:51,810 --> 01:02:53,153 for us all. 959 01:02:53,228 --> 01:02:56,573 It always is when you lose an officer of the law 960 01:02:56,648 --> 01:02:58,650 in the line of duty. 961 01:02:58,733 --> 01:03:02,237 Now, I did not work with Deputy Tillman long, 962 01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:05,244 but you all know him a lot better than... (N TURNS OFF) 963 01:03:05,323 --> 01:03:07,576 How many of these have you gotten? 964 01:03:07,659 --> 01:03:10,253 This is the second notice of acceptance. 965 01:03:10,328 --> 01:03:11,921 Grandma, I just met somebody and I think I might... 966 01:03:11,997 --> 01:03:14,250 I am not gonna let this mess 967 01:03:14,332 --> 01:03:16,334 be the most important thing in your life. 968 01:03:17,335 --> 01:03:19,087 Grandma, it already is. 969 01:03:19,170 --> 01:03:21,264 I have talked to your uncle in California 970 01:03:21,339 --> 01:03:24,183 and he said that we can stay with him as long as need be. 971 01:03:25,010 --> 01:03:26,182 Pack up. 972 01:03:27,178 --> 01:03:29,601 We'll leave before daybreak. 973 01:03:29,681 --> 01:03:31,183 (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) 974 01:03:31,683 --> 01:03:32,855 (KEYPAD BEEPS) 975 01:04:08,219 --> 01:04:09,391 Tomorrow for sure? 976 01:04:11,556 --> 01:04:13,058 I'm already packed. 977 01:04:14,392 --> 01:04:15,894 You couldn't wait a day? 978 01:04:24,986 --> 01:04:26,203 (SIGHS) 979 01:04:31,576 --> 01:04:33,169 I'm not gonna see you. 980 01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:35,212 (WHISPERS) I hate that. 981 01:04:37,248 --> 01:04:39,250 I could come visit, though. 982 01:04:42,087 --> 01:04:43,384 Yeah, of course. 983 01:05:41,438 --> 01:05:43,406 (BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY) 984 01:05:44,649 --> 01:05:45,946 Are you okay? 985 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:48,953 Yeah. 986 01:05:53,491 --> 01:05:54,663 (GASPS) 987 01:06:42,499 --> 01:06:44,001 (SOOTHING ROCK BALLAD PLAYING) 988 01:07:32,590 --> 01:07:34,217 (AUTOMATED LIGHT SWITCHES CLICKING) 989 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:16,968 Grandma. I'll just be a second. Okay. 990 01:08:21,306 --> 01:08:22,853 So, I'm not sure if anyone told you, 991 01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:25,252 but my grandma and I are gonna take off for a little while. 992 01:08:25,643 --> 01:08:27,316 Yeah, she mentioned that. 993 01:08:28,313 --> 01:08:29,906 JAMI: Can I show you something? 994 01:08:29,981 --> 01:08:33,155 It could be nothing, but I just think it should be investigated by someone. 995 01:08:38,323 --> 01:08:40,746 Who's he? His name's Hank McCreedy. 996 01:08:40,825 --> 01:08:42,919 He was the original Phantom's last victim 997 01:08:42,994 --> 01:08:45,042 but he's sort of forgotten about. 998 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:46,714 I heard a story about him, so I did some research, 999 01:08:46,789 --> 01:08:48,757 and he's got a grandson somewhere. 1000 01:08:48,833 --> 01:08:50,585 I've been writing an article. 1001 01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:51,840 I'm gonna try and finish it 1002 01:08:51,919 --> 01:08:53,387 when I get to California. 1003 01:08:53,463 --> 01:08:55,682 I'll look into it for you, I promise. 1004 01:08:55,757 --> 01:08:58,010 Jami. Come on, hon. 1005 01:09:01,429 --> 01:09:02,806 Drive safe. 1006 01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:07,689 (ENGINE STARTING) 1007 01:09:27,121 --> 01:09:29,169 Never left Texas my whole life. 1008 01:09:31,834 --> 01:09:33,507 Isn't that somethin'? 1009 01:09:54,399 --> 01:09:56,822 Do you want anything else? Just a coffee? 1010 01:09:56,901 --> 01:09:58,278 Mmm... A Danish. 1011 01:09:58,361 --> 01:10:00,329 And, uh, get some water. 1012 01:10:11,541 --> 01:10:14,010 MAN: Good morning. It's New Year's Day here at KYGL, 1013 01:10:14,085 --> 01:10:16,679 and for you early birds, here's a classic. 1014 01:10:16,754 --> 01:10:18,427 (COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING) 1015 01:11:03,050 --> 01:11:04,302 (GUNSHOT) 1016 01:11:06,220 --> 01:11:07,563 (GUNSHOTS) 1017 01:11:14,645 --> 01:11:15,737 (DOOR CLOSES) 1018 01:11:18,149 --> 01:11:19,651 JAMI: Grandma? 1019 01:11:21,778 --> 01:11:22,995 Grandma. 1020 01:11:29,744 --> 01:11:31,087 (COUGHING) 1021 01:11:33,289 --> 01:11:34,666 Grandma, no! 1022 01:11:35,833 --> 01:11:38,131 No... (SHRIEKING) No! 1023 01:11:38,503 --> 01:11:40,050 Don't... 1024 01:11:40,129 --> 01:11:41,927 Help me, please, somebody! (DOOR OPENS) 1025 01:11:42,006 --> 01:11:43,679 (GUNSHOTS) (GRUNTS) 1026 01:12:22,380 --> 01:12:23,381 (JAMI SCREAMS) 1027 01:13:15,433 --> 01:13:17,231 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 1028 01:13:26,277 --> 01:13:27,278 (GRUNTS) 1029 01:13:47,965 --> 01:13:48,966 (GRUNTS) 1030 01:13:50,801 --> 01:13:51,893 (SCREAMING) 1031 01:13:56,474 --> 01:13:58,147 (KEYPAD BEEPING) 1032 01:13:58,559 --> 01:13:59,981 (LINE RINGING) 1033 01:14:00,061 --> 01:14:02,234 The Phantom, he's... (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 1034 01:14:02,313 --> 01:14:04,657 Like a dog with a bone, ain't ya? 1035 01:14:37,181 --> 01:14:38,182 (SCREAMS) 1036 01:14:39,767 --> 01:14:41,519 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 1037 01:14:43,688 --> 01:14:44,689 (GROANS) 1038 01:14:55,491 --> 01:14:56,538 (WHISPERS) What? 1039 01:14:57,159 --> 01:14:58,376 (GRUNTS) 1040 01:15:12,383 --> 01:15:13,726 Oh, my God. 1041 01:15:13,801 --> 01:15:16,645 Oh, God, oh, God. Oh, no, no! 1042 01:15:17,221 --> 01:15:18,564 (SOBBING) 1043 01:15:23,394 --> 01:15:24,646 (GASPING) The fuck... 1044 01:15:24,729 --> 01:15:26,197 (JAMI WHIMPERING) 1045 01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:29,904 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 1046 01:15:33,195 --> 01:15:34,822 (INHALING DEEPLY) 1047 01:15:40,244 --> 01:15:41,712 JAMI: Foster. 1048 01:15:48,669 --> 01:15:50,091 Go on, show her, boy. 1049 01:15:55,426 --> 01:15:56,678 JAMI: No! 1050 01:15:56,761 --> 01:15:57,762 Hey, Jami. 1051 01:15:58,220 --> 01:15:59,688 (SOBBING) No! 1052 01:16:00,431 --> 01:16:01,933 (SCREAMING) No! 1053 01:16:02,767 --> 01:16:05,691 No! I saw him die! (SHUSHING) 1054 01:16:05,770 --> 01:16:07,693 I watched you die! Shh! 1055 01:16:07,772 --> 01:16:09,024 I know... If you remember, 1056 01:16:09,106 --> 01:16:11,359 you actually missed most of it. 1057 01:16:11,442 --> 01:16:14,195 They found his body. They found his body. 1058 01:16:14,278 --> 01:16:16,121 No, I found his body. 1059 01:16:17,281 --> 01:16:19,375 Was a poor runaway kid. 1060 01:16:19,450 --> 01:16:22,704 Cut up his face, knocked out his teeth, left two of mine. 1061 01:16:22,787 --> 01:16:24,630 (COREY CHUCKLES) 1062 01:16:24,705 --> 01:16:26,707 Are you Hank McCreedy's grandson? 1063 01:16:26,791 --> 01:16:28,384 One of you is Hank McCreedy's grandson. 1064 01:16:28,751 --> 01:16:29,798 I am. 1065 01:16:31,462 --> 01:16:34,306 And now, thanks to you, 1066 01:16:36,217 --> 01:16:37,969 they're gonna remember my granddaddy. 1067 01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:41,347 JAMI: Corey. 1068 01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:45,651 All those people died. My grandma. Why did you do it? 1069 01:16:48,145 --> 01:16:49,818 Born in Texarkana, 1070 01:16:50,815 --> 01:16:52,567 buried in Texarkana. 1071 01:16:56,070 --> 01:16:57,993 Well, not me, God damn it. 1072 01:16:59,490 --> 01:17:01,743 But I knew we were the same, you and me. 1073 01:17:01,826 --> 01:17:03,328 Both of us trapped. No. 1074 01:17:03,994 --> 01:17:05,587 We are not the same. 1075 01:17:05,663 --> 01:17:08,166 Didn't this town decide who you were? 1076 01:17:08,249 --> 01:17:11,594 The crazy girl, with the... The dead parents? 1077 01:17:11,669 --> 01:17:14,422 Oh, it was the same with me. 1078 01:17:14,505 --> 01:17:17,679 I was the golden boy. A football star. 1079 01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:19,931 I'd go to college like my dad 1080 01:17:20,010 --> 01:17:22,012 and I'd come back like my dad. 1081 01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:23,681 Well, fuck that! 1082 01:17:24,682 --> 01:17:26,935 I wanted to be a part of something special. 1083 01:17:27,017 --> 01:17:28,519 I wanted to be remembered! 1084 01:17:28,602 --> 01:17:30,104 Like the Phantom. 1085 01:17:30,187 --> 01:17:32,940 When people talk about what happened in Texarkana, 1086 01:17:33,023 --> 01:17:35,401 about how the Phantom came back, 1087 01:17:35,484 --> 01:17:37,111 Oh, I'll know! 1088 01:17:37,194 --> 01:17:39,697 I'll know that I, I made that... 1089 01:17:40,489 --> 01:17:41,490 (JAMI SCREAMS) 1090 01:17:41,866 --> 01:17:42,867 (GASPING) 1091 01:17:44,034 --> 01:17:45,627 They're gonna keep looking for you. 1092 01:17:45,703 --> 01:17:47,296 They're gonna keep looking for the... Jami! 1093 01:17:47,371 --> 01:17:48,714 (SCREAMING) 1094 01:17:48,789 --> 01:17:50,041 (SOBBING) 1095 01:17:53,210 --> 01:17:54,553 (SCREAMING) 1096 01:17:56,172 --> 01:17:57,424 Why would they? 1097 01:17:57,506 --> 01:17:58,723 No! 1098 01:17:58,799 --> 01:18:00,722 When I tell 'em 1099 01:18:00,801 --> 01:18:03,054 that I caught the two kids who did it. 1100 01:18:03,804 --> 01:18:04,896 Who were so obsessed 1101 01:18:04,972 --> 01:18:06,315 with the Phantom, 1102 01:18:06,390 --> 01:18:08,313 that one faked his own death. 1103 01:18:09,059 --> 01:18:10,231 She killed her own grandma. 1104 01:18:10,311 --> 01:18:12,234 No! No, fuck you! And you know what? 1105 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:15,483 They'll believe me. (SCREAMING) 1106 01:18:15,566 --> 01:18:16,692 Only because 1107 01:18:18,527 --> 01:18:20,495 everybody in this town 1108 01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:22,414 just wants to believe this whole thing is over. 1109 01:18:25,826 --> 01:18:26,918 (FOSTER GROANING) 1110 01:18:41,550 --> 01:18:42,676 It is over. 1111 01:19:10,788 --> 01:19:12,882 JAN“: This story is about Texarkana. 1112 01:19:12,957 --> 01:19:15,301 A town that is really two towns. 1113 01:19:15,376 --> 01:19:17,378 Two sheriffs. Two mayors. 1114 01:19:17,461 --> 01:19:19,589 And in the end, two Phantoms. 1115 01:19:21,131 --> 01:19:23,384 After I came out of the Redwater Bayous that night, 1116 01:19:23,467 --> 01:19:26,061 Ranger Morales and his men went back in. 1117 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:29,640 They wanted to close the most terrible chapter in our town's history. 1118 01:19:32,268 --> 01:19:34,691 Some people say the swamp took Deputy Foster, 1119 01:19:34,770 --> 01:19:38,070 that the swamp gave him the only burial he deserved. 1120 01:19:38,148 --> 01:19:39,741 Others believed I hadn't killed the Phantom 1121 01:19:39,817 --> 01:19:42,036 'cause he was something that couldn't be killed. 1122 01:19:42,111 --> 01:19:44,205 A demon or a spirit. 1123 01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:46,328 People believe what they need to believe. 1124 01:19:46,407 --> 01:19:49,251 They make up whatever story they need to keep living sanely. 1125 01:19:49,326 --> 01:19:50,703 CHARLES JR. ON TV: Well, I did the Bootleggers, 1126 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:52,038 and The Legend of Boggy Creek 1127 01:19:52,121 --> 01:19:53,919 and this is my third one, Wkflerhawk. 1128 01:19:53,998 --> 01:19:56,717 JAN“: The hardest thing for my town has been the wrestling to understand 1129 01:19:56,792 --> 01:19:59,045 how Clayborn Foster and Corey found each other 1130 01:19:59,128 --> 01:20:00,505 and put on those masks 1131 01:20:01,338 --> 01:20:04,262 and did those inhuman things. 1132 01:20:04,341 --> 01:20:07,561 Their lives were investigated and there was nothing linking them. 1133 01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:11,391 They had nothing in common except the darkness in their souls. 1134 01:20:11,473 --> 01:20:14,693 And I swear, that will keep the Phantom alive as much as anything else. 1135 01:20:15,978 --> 01:20:17,605 As for me, 1136 01:20:17,688 --> 01:20:19,690 I did what my grandma always wanted. 1137 01:20:20,858 --> 01:20:24,158 I left Texas. I moved away. 1138 01:20:25,446 --> 01:20:27,448 To a new life, 1139 01:20:27,531 --> 01:20:30,375 to a place where no one knows who I am, or what I survived. 1140 01:20:31,785 --> 01:20:33,185 Where I'm the only person that knows 1141 01:20:33,203 --> 01:20:35,080 that as quickly and as senselessly 1142 01:20:35,164 --> 01:20:38,293 as death came to Texarkana in 1946, 1143 01:20:38,375 --> 01:20:40,548 and then again late last year, 1144 01:20:41,378 --> 01:20:42,971 it could come back 1145 01:20:43,047 --> 01:20:45,345 the next time the sun goes down.