Ghostwatch Page #10

It's coming up now.

There you are.

So, have ever

seen him then, Kimmy?

Pipes? Yeah.

And what does he look like?

Can you describe him

to me, then?

Well, he's really old.

And this eye's got all blood

over his eye and scratch

coming out and then...

-He's bald over his head.

-Mmm-hmm.

And then he's got a nose.

And in the middle, it's got

a scratch all the way down.

-Hmm.

-In there.

-And he's got a dress on.

A dress on.

-Does he?

Yeah. It's really long

and it's black.

-It's got buttons,

all the way down.

-Hmm.

-And then lots of petticoats

underneath.

-DR PASCOE:
Can we replay it?

-MICHAEL:
Sure, sure we can.

-DR PASCOE:
Back to the start

of the description.

All right,

can we roll it back, BTL?

Back to the start of it.

(TAPE REWINDING)

-There?

-Well, he's really old.

And this eye's got all blood

over his eye and scratch

coming out and then...

-He's bald over his head.

-Mmm-hmm.

Now, do you see what I mean?

Kim's description

exactly matches

what Mike's been getting

on the phones.

"Old, man,

"bald, he's got

a skull-like head, dark eyes,

"wearing a black dress."

-KIM:
It's black.

-She says it's black.

-KIM:
All the way down.

-Buttoned.

Well, could they have read

the descriptions in

a newspaper, perhaps?

There's been nothing in the

newspapers, not containing

that description.

It's not appeared in print

one single time, I assure you.

Then what are you saying?

Well, we were drawn to

assuming it was Suzanne

at the centre of this

because she's at puberty,

but what if she isn't?

What if it's Kim?

-We've been looking at

the wrong person.

-DR PASCOE:
Exactly.

Fascinating. (CHUCKLES)

Er, Sarah seems to be

trying to get our attention,

er, quite agitated.

Sarah, what is it?

Thank you. It's Pamela.

Listen to this.

Cats. It's like cats.

-Can you hear it?

-MICHAEL:
Where, Pam?

It's all...

It's all around us.

Like they're trapped,

somewhere. Do you hear it?

(CAT MEOWING)

Cats running round up there

on the ceiling.

-MICHAEL:
Can you

hear anything, Sarah?

-Yes.

Yeah, I can hear it, now.

She's right.

-KIM:
Mum?

-PAMELA:
What is it, Kimmy?

(CATS MEOWING LOUDER)

KIM:
What's wrong with Suzie?

What do you mean?

What's wrong, Kimmy?

-PAMELA:
Suzanne?

-(SUZANNE MOANING)

SARAH:
Suzanne, are you okay?

PAMELA:
It's all right, love.

Don't get upset, love.

Your mum's here.

-(CRYING) Oh, dear God.

-SARAH:
Oh, God!

SARAH:

What do you want us to do?

-MICHAEL:
Sarah, Sarah?

Are you all right?

-What should we do? (GASPS)

-Get away! Get away from...

-No Mum, they have to stay.

They have to see everything.

DR PASCOE:
Sarah,

it's all right. Don't worry.

It's some kind off allergenic

psychosomatic reaction.

MICHAEL:
Could be

self-mutilation.

She could've done it with her

own fingernails, you know?

SARAH:
They say that she used

her own fingernails for this.

"Fingernails"?

What flaming fingernails?

(KIM CRIES OUT)

Now, what do you

want us to do?

DR PASCOE:
Sarah, don't worry.

I've seen it before.

It will subside.

Feel her temperature.

-SARAH:
She's burning up.

-Get off me. Don't touch me.

SARAH:
It's like a meat locker

in here. It's so cold.

Well, we can't move her,

because she is in agony

and she won't even

let me touch her.

SARAH:
What do you

want me to do.

PAMELA:
Yeah, get a flannel

and get some water.

SARAH:
Yeah, come on.

We'll get out of here,

come on.

-Sorry, I didn't mean to

drag you out.

-CHRIS:
It's okay.

I just think they need

a bit of time, here.

-(GHOST SIGHS HEAVILY)

-SARAH:
Oh, God!

-CHRIS:
What is it?

-(GASPING)

SARAH:
Behind the door.

SARAH:
I...

I saw somebody

standing behind the door.

CHRIS:
Nobody there now.

Sorry.

-Pam, here we are.

-KIM:
Pipes says she's got to

be punished. She's a bad girl.

It's all right. Just be quiet.

MIKE:
Oh, good God.

Sarah, should we send

someone in, now?

SARAH:
No, God knows

how she'd react.

-Just let... Let's, let

everything settle down now.

-(SUZANNE MUMBLING)

-What, darling?

-We've got to stay.

Pipes says we've got to stay.

Okay, okay.

I should tell you,

if you've joined

to see the next programme

that in fact we're staying

with what we have here

from Foxhill Drive,

because the events are...

Are so remarkable and dramatic

that we will be staying

with them

for as long as we have to.

SARAH:
Is it worse

than it was before?

MICHAEL:
Doctor, what about...

Your theory that...

In fact, Kimmy was the focus

for the poltergeist activity.

What does this mean, now?

DR PASCOE:
Well, maybe

they're both involved.

I mean, maybe

it's like a tandem effect.

Kim's creating the energy

and Suzanne's directing

the violence in on herself.

First, Suzanne,

then Kimmy,

then this.

You don't know, do you?

No, I don't.

SARAH:
You know what,

darling...

MIKE:
I've got to come

in here. We've got a...

A very important phone call

which I think

you both should take

right now.

Doctor.

Er, hello,

who am I talking to?

WOMAN:
(ON PHONE) Oh, hello,

my name is Mary Christopher.

And I just wanted to phone

and tell you about this...

Well...

About my mother, really.

We were Northolt

born and bred.

And, erm, and as children,

if we were naughty

or couldn't get to sleep,

our mum used to say, "Mother

Seddons will come to get you."

It used to scare us rigid.

I don't know why she'd...

Parents do do some awful and

daft things, don't they, Mary?

MARY:
Yeah, well, years later,

I found out that

she really did exist.

And she was a baby farmer,

like a child minder.

She used to take kids in,

but she used to kill them.

And she'd drown them

in the big coppers.

And why... Why I'm ringing is,

she used to live

in one of the old terraces

in Foxhill by the railway

as it was then,

and is now, Foxhill Drive,

and I'm just sure it's where

those poor girls live now.

And really,

that's all I have to say.

I just wanted

to make sure you knew.

Thanks for your call, Mary.

Thanks very much

for calling in.

Sarah, I wonder...

Sarah, Sarah,

did you hear any of that?

Sarah, can you hear me?

Could I talk to Sarah, please?

Mike, it's all right.

I can hear you. I'm fine.

Erm, Suzanne's feeling

a bit better now.

But we still don't know how

the scratches got on her face.

But, we feel it's probably

best to get the girls

out of the house now.

Er, things are still...

Feeling quite strange.

KIM:
No, we're not!

Get it off!

I've got to talk to somebody.

Kimmy? Who?

Kim, who're you talking to?

Pipes.

SARAH:
Where's Pipes?

Here.

SARAH:
What does he look like,

Kimmy?

Like somebody's mum.

MICHAEL:
I'd like both

of those children

out of that house.

-PAMELA:
Kimmy,

it's time to go.

-No!

MICHAEL:
I'd like somebody to

take care of Suzanne as well.

Please, let's have

the kids out of the house.

-I want to speak to Pipes.

-Leave me alone.

I'm not a baby!

KIM:
No, you lied,

you said you'd stay.

SARAH:
We will stay with you.

-(LOUD THUDDING)

-SARAH:
What was that?

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