Experiment in Terror Page #4

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you might panic and admit it.

- I hope you're right.

- Yeah.

I don't think it matters whether

I'm right or wrong.

He figures he's got a plan so clever...

...it doesn't make any difference

what you do.

Damn!

Miss Sherwood, I wish there was

something I could do to make it easier.

- You're doing what you can. I'm scared.

- Please, just don't worry.

We'll be close by all the time.

And everything is going to be all right.

Yeah.

Victim is parking car, gas station.

Subject's entering the club now.

May I take your coat?

Oh, no, thank you.

I'm just waiting for someone.

Can I help you?

Oh, well, I'm supposed to

meet someone.

Well, I think there's some room

at the bar.

Well, is there a table?

No, I'm sorry.

We're all filled up right now.

Oh, well, then I guess

I'll wait at the bar.

Oh, just ginger ale, please.

Scotch.

The yellow convertible, please.

Hello.

Are you looking for someone?

Yes.

Well, I could be that someone.

Well, are you?

Yes.

Come on.

My car's parked just over there.

- Can't we talk right here?

- Here?

All right.

It's a blue '59 Ford.

License number, RCD022.

Where are we going?

We'll drive somewhere

down by the ocean.

What are you sitting

way over there for?

Come on over here.

- Well, come on.

- No!

What do you mean, no?

I thought this was

supposed to be business.

Okay. If that's the way you want it.

- The way I want it?

- Look, what is it with you?

- You did call me?

- Call you?

Honey, I don't know what gives,

but I didn't call you.

You mean, this wasn't prearranged?

Nobody told you to meet me?

No!

I just walked into that club...

...and there you were.

Oh, my God!

Oh, there's been a mistake.

I was supposed to meet someone else.

Please, let me out.

- Someone else?

- Yes, I give you my word.

So you met me instead.

What's the difference?

- No!

- Look out!

Let me go!

Hold it, hold it!

- Hello?

- You dirty little double-crossing--

Now, you shut up and listen to me.

I didn't know that man.

I never saw him before.

How was I supposed to know

it wasn't you?

He picked me up because

I was standing around...

...Iooking like I wanted to be picked up.

You're a lying little--

Why didn't you come and get me?

Why did you let me stand around

and get picked up like a prostitute?

I did exactly what you told me to do.

I said I'd work with you but only if you

keep your part of the bargain.

I was nearly killed tonight!

It wasn't my fault.

So now what do we do?

Hello?

Hello?

You know what I think, Kelly?

I think that man

you met tonight was a cop.

A cop? That makes a lot of sense,

doesn't it?

Hello?

Oh, Kel.

We recorded the phone conversations

between the subject and the victim.

Washington went through

the backgrounds of wanted men...

...until they found an asthmatic.

His name is Garland Lynch.

Has an alias of Red Lynch.

We'll pass out l. O.'s to all of you.

You'll note that he has convictions

for statutory rape, forgery...

...criminal assault, armed robbery

and murder.

He's wanted for the slaying of an

Oklahoma City bank teller...

...Bertha Meyers, age 24,

who was murdered in her apartment.

Since she was a bank teller...

...we might assume that the subject

was trying to force her to work with him...

...in a crime similar to the one

he's attempting here...

...and when she refused, or something

went wrong, he murdered her.

Washington reports

Garland Humphrey Lynch...

...is fond of movies, nightclubs,

fishing, amusement parks...

...and he frequently establishes liaisons

with women of Oriental descent.

We'll divide these up between us...

...and cover every nightclub and movie

theater and so on in the Bay area.

- That's good food you have here.

- Thank you.

Did you ever see this man before?

No, sir. I don't recognize him.

- May I see the manager, please?

- Certainly.

Now, you're not going to

find him in there.

Would you ask the others

if they've seen him?

I'll be glad to.

Good afternoon.

Father, my name is Ripley.

I'm with the FBl.

I wonder if you could help us.

Have you ever seen this man before?

Yes. I've seen him many times

with one of my parishioners, Lisa Soong.

- Miss Soong?

- Yes?

We're from the FBl.

This is Agent Bradley, I'm Ripley.

Come in, please.

Thank you.

Please sit down.

I must ask you to keep this visit

in the strictest of confidence.

Yes, of course.

I understand you know a man

by the name of Red Lynch.

Do you?

No.

Perhaps you know him

under a different name.

No.

We're looking for this man

on a murder charge.

He killed a woman

just about your age.

She had a year-old baby.

I want to talk to my lawyer.

Of course.

He's a neighbor.

He lives across the street.

We'll wait, if you don't mind.

Please do.

Benson? Lisa.

He's coming up.

Now I'll prepare tea,

if I may leave the room.

You're not involved in

anything wrong?

No, Benson.

If you are, even innocently,

I'd advise you not to talk.

I am telling the truth.

Then you must cooperate

with these gentlemen.

- I'll take that.

- Thank you.

I'm sorry, I was terribly frightened.

That's all right. We understand.

- Then you do know him?

- Yes.

Then perhaps you can tell us

where he lives.

- I don't know.

- Lisa.

I don't.

You'll just have to believe me.

We dated a few times, that's all.

When was the last time you saw him?

A week ago Saturday.

He picked me up at work.

We had dinner and went to a movie.

- You haven't heard from him since?

- No.

Sometimes I don't for a month or so.

He's out of town a great deal.

How did you first meet him? Where?

It was at the drugstore.

He used to come in and we'd talk.

He seemed all right,

so I went out to dinner with him.

That was about two years ago.

You dated him only a few times

in two years?

That's right.

- Did he tell you where he lived?

- No.

- He didn't even mention it?

- He never mentioned.

Miss Soong...

...if your relationship with this man

was as casual as you say...

...I don't understand

your apparent hostility.

I've told you everything I know.

Thank you.

You know, this man has killed

three people...

...and he's going to go on killing

until we find him.

Good night.

Lisa...

...if you do know something

you're not telling...

...you'll be guilty of being an accessory.

I'll be talking with you.

Thanks, captain.

I'll pass it on to Rip.

Chuck.

I was just talking to Moreno.

They showed the photograph

to Nancy's landlord.

He recognized Lynch.

He'd seen him visiting Nancy

a couple times.

- Did he say anything else?

- No, he only saw him.

Didn't know who he was

until he saw the photographs.

Judging from this guy's women,

he's quite an operator.

He involved Ashton in this case,

she got frightened and he killed her.

He probably knows

she tried to contact us.

I'll bet Miss Soong tells him.

How can she protect a man like that,

will you tell me?

Well, she could be scared.

Mr. Lynch is very capable

when it comes to scaring people.

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