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Why don't you go and ask him?

What about your real father?

Miriam says he runs a boat

brokerage on the Gold Coast.

Done quite well for himself.

New life. New family. But...

she says he doesn't stay in touch.

- Have you ever considered...

- I'm giving you two more minutes

and then I'm turning the TV back on.

This watch was handed down

from my great-grandfather.

He was the owner of the St. Paul

Pioneer Press and Dispatch

back in 1914, when he received this

watch, and it was handed down

to my father and then he gave

it to me. It's a beautiful watch.

It's manufactured by the Patek-Phillipe

company of Geneva, Switzerland.

This is a photocopy of

the original warranty,

depicting some of the

complications of this watch.

You let the fire go out.

...the front of the watch has the hour

and minute hand and the second hand.

Kylie, where's that meat loaf?

- I made that for tonight.

- Well, I've eaten it.

- A whole meat loaf?

- No.

The whole thing's gutted.

So I suppose I'll have to go

back to the supermarket

- and get something else for tea then?

- Well, I can't go, can I?

This watch, at auction, I suspect, would

bring close to a quarter million dollars.

- No.

- Yes.

That was your watch,

and to the police,

that clue's a homing pigeon.

Comes right back to you.

I'll take care of Romo and

find out who he's working for.

I'm the detective.

Kylie?

Kylie,

Thursdays and Fridays are

Coronation Street nights.

Now, it's only for an hour.

But it starts at 7:30.

And it's almost 7:30 now.

Your gonna write this to

the Globe. Now, listen.

Kylie, please.

What's important? Who are you?

How did you get in here?

Exactly at 9:
30?

You have no right to take him.

Oh, for God's sake.

I can't even hear it.

I mean, why should we

be in here? It's our house.

You know, you could

say something to her.

Tell you one thing, I'm not gonna

spend the next eight months

as a prisoner in my own home.

No way, buster.

She'll learn.

One way or another, she'll have to.

- How long is the workout?

- Forty-five minutes a day, for 90 days.

No need to spend countless

hours at the gym.

- Tapout will even show you how to eat.

- Oh, that's good, isn't it?

And it's not a lot of time

each day to get results.

So, Lou, come on.

What's your favorite move?

- Are you ready?

- Yeah.

Left jab. Right jab.

Left hook. Right upper.

Left, right, left. Boom. Boom.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

Finish it with a kick! Are you ready?

- Bang!

- Missed the last bit, but never mind.

If you're serious about losing

weight, then this is for you.

If you want a Tapout body, you have

to come and get it. Come on. Boom!

Hello, Mortar.

Hello, Mortar.

Hello, Mortar.

Hello, Mortar.

Jesus.

Let me just explain a couple

of things to you, Kylie.

Some of us have to go

to work in the morning.

Now, I realize being here is

an inconvenience for you,

but that doesn't mean you have to be

an inconvenience to everybody else.

There's someone down there.

We need to call the police.

You can do what you like.

I'm going back to sleep.

- Where's Graeme?

- He's on the night shift.

He's on the night shift.

I can't stay like this

for long, Kylie. My knees.

That was a gift from your Uncle Melvin.

It's genuine Cameroon.

Good, then it won't break.

Is anyone here?

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait. It's just me.

- What are you doing here?

- I got a break signal.

Oh, what you just happened

to be in the neighborhood.

No. I live in the neighborhood.

Looks like he's taken off already.

What was he... What did he look like?

I told you I didn't get

a good look at him.

- What was he wearing?

- I don't know.

Look, I came down to look for

my phone. My bracelet went off.

Somebody grabbed my leg,

but I only saw his hand.

- How come your bracelet went off?

- Why are you asking me?

Why don't you tell him

what you really saw?

- Why don't you shut up?

- I'm sorry, Amos.

It's just that this house is

prone to certain disturbances.

- Mum.

- What do you mean?

Well, there may be one or two occupants

who haven't quite left the premises.

No, I'm sorry. I still

don't get what you mean.

Well...

Obviously, my daughter and I have

a difference of opinion on the matter.

But based on personal experience,

I have what I feel...

is some reason to believe

that the house...

could, in fact, be,

you know,

haunted.

Really?

This is the record I.D. for the

house of Kylie and Miriam Bucknell.

The date is the 18th of March, 2013.

The time, 2:
30 a.m.

What are you doing?

To the restless spirit that lives in

this house, what is your business here?

Did you leave this world

not of your own free will?

Is there anyone here today

you want to communicate with?

You honestly think

somebody's gonna answer?

Maybe they already have.

To the restless spirit that lives in

this house, what is your business here?

Did you leave this world

not of your own free will?

Is there anyone here today

you want to communicate with?

Do you honestly think

somebody's gonna...

I'll run that through a

filter when I get home.

- You mentioned some disturbances?

- Yes.

Banging on the walls,

knocking on the pipes?

- Taps turning on and off, that kind of thing?

- Oh, day and night.

I mean the furnace could account for

some of the banging if it actually went,

but the thing's been

busted for years.

It's colder in here. You notice that?

Yeah. No, we tried to get it

going again, but it's so old.

You just can't get parts for it.

I'd say it's dropped another

four degrees, at least.

We were supposed to get

one of those heat pumps.

But then they went and cut

the blimmen, whatchamacallit.

- How long have you lived here?

- Oh, about 20 years now.

What do you know about

the previous owners?

Not much I'm afraid. It was my

ex-husband who bought the place.

But the lady who was here before

us lived here for quite some time.

We never dealt with her though.

She passed away.

- How did she die?

- Pardon?

- How did she die?

- Oh, she was quite old, I think.

Yeah. No, she used to run a B&B.

Actually, I thought about doing that

myself with the place at one time.

You were going to run a B&B?

I have wanted to do other things with my

life besides put up with your nonsense.

- Who would want a holiday in Bulford?

- We live on the Twin Coast Highway, Kylie.

- Lots of tourists drive through here.

- Yeah, at warp f***ing speed.

So what I'd like to do now, Miriam, we'll

kick this operation off into phase two.

We'll start with a daisy chain of EMF

readers, microphones, data loggers,

and then, if it's okay with you, we'll

set up some closed-circuit surveillance,

see if we can't figure out

exactly what we're dealing with.

Oh. Well, I appreciate

you trying to help, Amos.

It's just... I don't think I can

actually afford to pay for all that.

Please, Miriam,

this is a pro bono gig.

It's the advancement of paranormal

research that's reward enough.

Just be careful if you're putting

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