WEBVTT - Chapter 6 - 1938 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:05.439 Lighthouse is a production of I Heart Radio and bamfor Productions. 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:23.400 M M. This is Dr Albright. The data is August 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.360 the time christ I don't even know what time it is. 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.480 These are my final notes for patient three eight to 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:37.879 file zero three two one to seven. It's been two 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:41.280 weeks since I started my initial observations, and things have 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:46.160 declined in that time. I've tried my best to remain 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.879 impartial to the proceedings and only insert my professional opinion 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:54.240 when needed. But this case is different than anything I've 0:00:54.360 --> 0:01:01.160 encountered before, leaving me with many, many sleepless nights. When 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:05.200 I became a doctor, I took an oath, one that 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.760 made me swear to help those in need. And I 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.479 can't help but feel like I failed here, that that 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:15.120 that we did something wrong, that this will be a 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.959 stain on my soul for the rest of my life. 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.080 Every time I closed my eyes, I can see her, 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:26.240 I can hear her, her her screams or please for help. 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.360 Did we make the right decision? I thought so at first, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:37.400 but now I don't know. God, Please forgive me for 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:41.240 what we did to that poor girl. She was so young, 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.280 And please God, never let me have to step foot 0:01:46.319 --> 0:02:39.240 in Lighthouse Ever Again Lighthouse Chapter six interview with parents 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:46.400 Robert and Dorothy august Am is this is this really necessary? Doctor? 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.960 We will need to have a full report along with 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.480 my recommendation during observation before the hospital makes a decision 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.359 based on what you described over the phone. It is 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.280 a terrible ordeal which you were stuck in, and I 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.720 want to make sure that I understand exactly what you 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.519 and your family have gone through. I'm just not sure 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.760 how any of this will help with our lease, anything 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.200 to help our little girls. Fine, how did it begin? 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.840 I don't know the exact moment, unfortunately, just that one 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:19.160 day she was different, so unhappy, outbursts of anger, mostly 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.919 more so than a normal child. Yes, we have two 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:27.440 more boys, good boys. And did they ever Oh no, 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:32.600 they never would like that. This is different. We thought 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.240 maybe it was something that came with having a girl. 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.960 We recommended her every time, but still she persisted, and 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.640 then it got worse in what way? She got violent, 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.960 which she has never done before. What did she do? 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.200 She pushed her brother. Surely it's normal for her siblings 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.160 to fight with each other through a wall a wall. 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.040 Now the wall in question was in the spare bedroom, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.840 the one under renovation, so the integrity of it wasn't 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.760 fully up to code. But for her to push him 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.600 like that, she could have really hurt him. They were 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.040 playing and they got out of hand and she just 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.400 lost control. She pushed him and then jumped on top 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.560 of him and scratched his face. Was he seriously injured, No, thankfully, 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.520 just the scratches, nothing too deep. Are there other instances? 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.760 She pushed a girl on the playground. The teacher said 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.400 she watched it happen and said it was very unusual 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.440 behavior for her. Said she usually saw the two girls 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.520 giggling together, but now the other one just stays far away. 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.839 She was suspended for two days. I hope you don't 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.039 mind my saying, but she got the belt for that one. 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.159 And at breakfast the other morning, she didn't like her eggs, 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.599 so she threw her plate at the wall, shattered it 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.960 into a million pieces. If I was an inch over 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:45.640 to the left, it would have hit me in the head. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.560 What did she say about it? That's the thing. She 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.680 doesn't remember it, any of it, throwing the plate, not 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:55.000 just the plate, the school friend and the wall too. 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.599 She claimed she doesn't remember a thing. No, I thought 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.000 she was just saying that to avoid getting in trouble, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.320 but seeing the way she carried on about it, she 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:07.200 was scared. She genuinely didn't know what she was getting 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.240 in trouble. For that's what clute is in that something 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:17.560 might be war. Don't you want to play with a doctor? 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:23.800 Offer long saying things things that scare us, like it's 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.840 nothing to be concerned with. But the content of what 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:31.240 she is saying was disturbing, such as how she's going 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.920 to drown her brother or stab another one with her 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.560 sewing scissors. I don't think she means or even knows 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.880 what she's saying. But we took the scissors away and 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:46.720 started locking up any sharp utensils. I see anything else, well, 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.960 there are the people orthy there's no point in hiding it, Roberts. 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.440 It wasn't real. It was to her, and please, every 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:58.279 bit helps. Every detail is important. That's the only way 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.839 I can make a full assessment. She sees things, sees 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:06.160 things in the house. Does she describe these things she sees? 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:11.160 She sees people? Are they people she knows recognizes? Where 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.680 in the house? Does she see them all over everywhere? Really? 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.720 Has she described them? Who are they? Sometimes? We catch 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.360 bits and pieces now and again. There's a little boy 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.719 whom she describe in cold, whose teeth are always setting. 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.680 There's also a young woman she sees the kitchen, and 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.040 someone else she calls the boulder man bowler man. She 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.640 claims she sees a man and he's always wearing a 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.960 bowler hat. But none of that was real. She's just 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.800 seeing things. Have either of you seen any of these people? Know? 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:47.119 But every child has imaginary friends. What do you mean, yes, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.919 you've seen something that she has. Once when I was 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.880 in the garden with her, we were planting some flowers 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.240 when she suddenly looked up and pointed towards the tree 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.160 line and asked if I could see him? See who 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:10.360 the boulder man? I saw something. He was there, and 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:14.240 then he just wasn't. I thought maybe my eyes were 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.960 playing tricks on me, because it was like nothing was 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.280 ever there at all. Why didn't you tell me this? 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.640 Because I didn't think it mattered, just some shadows strick 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.320 of the light, But then everything else started happening. Did 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.440 you recognize him? No, I didn't get a good book. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.760 Jesus Christ Dorothy, he asked to know everything. I can't 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.640 believe you never told me. Tell him about the photos. 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:40.400 What photos, Dorothy? Tell him? Robert, alright, fine, I've taken 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.200 some photos of the family altogether. I have my own 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.280 equipment and I can develop them downstairs in the basement. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.080 Converted a side room into my photo lab. Now I 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.120 could show you later and show you some of the photos. 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:54.880 At first, I thought maybe it was just a blemish 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:59.240 or miss firem camer What was in the photos? Her face? 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:05.600 It seems to be covered by something by what It's 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:10.200 like a shadow covering her face, hovering over her. And 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.320 you've seen this in more than one photo, yes, all 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.760 of them over the past few months. And your other 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:20.480 two nothing nothing in their photos. No, have they seen anything. 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:23.880 It would be helpful to speak to them as well, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.679 just in case. Yes, of course. What happened next? Well, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:40.280 after the wall incident with Robert Jr. August time is 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.680 twelve p m. Robert, it's nice to meet you. Do 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.800 you prefer Robert or Bob? Is fine, sir, Bob? It 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.120 is then you have great manners. Bob. How old are you? 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.520 I'm and how old were you when your sister was born? 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.480 I was seven. That is quite an age difference between you, Yes, sir, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.839 and the oldest. So that means I look out for them, 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.440 both your sister and your brother. You mean, yes, sir, 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.440 Do you feel like you have to look out for 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:09.440 them often? No, sir, just the normal kids stuff, making 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.520 sure they don't get in trouble. Do you know why 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:16.560 I'm here talking to you about, right it is? Tell 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.640 me about your sister. I understand she harmed you not 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.839 too long ago, just a few scratches, kids stuff. Your 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:27.800 parents tell me she pushed you through a wall. Yeah, 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.600 I was hoping they didn't tell you that part. Why 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.640 is that she's only eight, a kid, and she bested me. 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.360 I didn't want my friends to rag on me. I 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.160 assure you your secret is safe with me. I just 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.199 want to know about what happened and see if I 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.800 can help make some recommendations for what's best for her. 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:48.080 We were just messing around. She was being annoying, but 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.679 I guess that's her job because she's my little sister. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.079 So I took her bear, her stuffed animal. Yes, sir, 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.280 I took it into the other bedroom, that the one 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.880 we're supposed to stay out of because they're rebuilding it 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.600 and there's a lot of sharp obs x in there. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:02.640 And I pretended like I was going to drive a 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.320 nail through it if she didn't stop, and she got upset. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.160 I assume I wasn't gonna actually heard it. Honest, I 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:11.000 know she loves that teddy Bear. She takes it with 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.960 her everywhere. I just wanted her to leave me be. 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.439 Then what happened. She was crying and pleading with me, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:22.480 and then she just stopped. She got really still and 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:26.880 just stared at me. But you promised not to tell again, 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.720 you can trust me. Well, there was something wrong with 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.560 her eyes. What do you mean? They just got all 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:38.360 black and scary. And I thought I thought I heard 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:43.840 someone whispering under her breath. No, it sounded like a 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.880 bunch of other people were there, But but there wasn't. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.960 It was just us. What were they saying? I don't know. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:55.640 It was hard to make out, but it was real scary. 0:10:55.679 --> 0:11:09.199 And Madeline moved her head like she was listening to anything. 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:13.880 To you. No, but she tilted her eyes back to 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:19.439 me and gave me a really creepy smile. Right before 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.520 she jumped on me. I thought she pushed you, well, 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.559 sort of, but she jumped with such force that it 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.600 pushed us both backward. I toppled over some lumber and 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.040 went straight through the wall into the hallway, and she 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.320 attacked you again. She did. She began to scratch my 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:37.560 face and just started laughing. I put my hands up 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.520 to protect myself and tried to get her off me, 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:43.000 but she was just so strong. I couldn't believe it. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:44.920 It was like she was in a trance or something, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.000 and I kept yelling for help until my dad came 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:52.760 and pulled her off me. She started crying. She just 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.199 snapped out of the days and didn't remember anything. I see, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:01.760 But you were unharmed. A few cuts and bruises and scratches. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.280 Is this the first time she's lashed out at you 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:07.720 like this, yes, sir. I mean she's been acting strangely 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.959 since we moved in a few months ago, but nothing 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.680 like this. Strangely how your parents said that sometimes she 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.480 sees people, yes, sir, but she talks to them too. 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.240 I catch her sometimes I'll walk past her room she's 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:25.360 having a lively conversation within air, or into the kitchen 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:28.360 and she's setting the table talking with someone. But any 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.920 time I've asked her about it, she just says it 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.800 was nothing, and there's nothing there, No nothing, but I 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:49.640 can hear the whispers sometimes too. Talking at nine twelve am, 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:53.920 Patient three two files zero three to one to seven, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:58.280 Interview five. How are you today, Madeleine goreat how are you? 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.120 I'm doing well. Do you wake my picture? It's very nice? 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:05.240 Did you just draw it? I did you know what 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:09.160 it is? It looks like the lighthouse, but from a 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.040 long time ago. I see the light is on. No, 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:18.800 that's from last night. Last night I sat growing again, Madeleine, 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.760 you know that's not true. The lighthouse hasn't been operational 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.960 in years. You don't have to pretend with me, Madeleine. 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.160 It's been a few days since you and I first 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.880 started speaking, But today I want to talk to you 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.959 about the incident from last night. Do you remember the 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:38.040 day before the day it was? But do you remember 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:43.000 what happened during dinner time at the table? I don't 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.040 remember what we have for dinner. Your mother invited me 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.160 to stay for dinner so I can observe you all 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.760 as a family. I sat across from you, and you 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.319 sat in between your brothers. I remember bread, Yes, there 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.440 was fresh bread in the basket. Your mother made it. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:00.520 But do you remember what happened with the bread. Your 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.560 mother did not want you to spoil your dinner and 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.280 told you that you couldn't have any more. And then 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.840 and then I didn't have any more, no, Madeleine. And 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.480 then your brother took the basket away, and you took 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:15.200 your knife and you cut him. I cut him, Yes, 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.160 you cut him right across his palm. Do you remember 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:22.360 a little Why did you do that? I don't know. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:27.440 Did somebody tell you to do that, Madeleine? You can 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.520 tell me. He said it wouldn't hurt him. Who said? 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.480 He said that it was only for pretend, and it 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.640 was to convince them mommy to give me what I want. 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.360 Who told you this, Madeleine? He said, I can't come 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.600 play in the dark with them until I do these 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.520 things that I keep doing them, but I don't remember. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:48.760 Calm down, it's all right. He doesn't like you. He 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.760 wants you to go away. He wants you to stop 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.680 asking me questions, Madeleine, listened to me. Whomever is telling 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.480 you this, they are not real. Do you understand? It's 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.040 your subconscious mind and sometimes it does not have your 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:06.240 best intentions at heart. He is real. They are real. 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:11.640 They are my friend, Madeleine. Madeleine, what are you doing? 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.920 He said, you have to go away. Now, what's that noise? 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.920 He said, you are interfering. Please sit down. He wants 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.280 me to come play with him. And if I don't 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.920 make you go away, I will never be able to 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:41.440 Madeleine stop this now, Madeline stop. Lighthouse will return after 0:15:41.520 --> 0:16:03.080 these messages and now back to Lighthouse. It is now August. 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:06.520 It has been a few days since what happened, and 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.240 I I still don't know how to explain it. What 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:16.800 I saw was just not possible. I think my time 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.480 in this house has somehow affected my judgment and and 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:23.840 clouded my medical training because I saw I saw something 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.800 in that room with us. Something was there whispering into 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.720 her ear. I can still hardly believe it, and my 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.880 mind refuses to even consider the possibilities or ramifications of 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:38.200 what that means. I have avoided seeing her the past 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.080 few days, but I'm due back in a few hours 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:45.360 to speak with the middle child, who you may be 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:50.080 holding the key to answer some of those what are 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:57.840 you doing? You're off of me? Out of it? Stop crazy. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.840 If the floorboard creaking didn't wait me up, I'd be dead. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.240 She would have stabbed me right in the heart, Hubert, 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.240 please calm down. Don't tell me to calm down. Did 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.520 you see what she did? She tried to kill me. 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.760 I thought you said the sharp utensils were locked up. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.560 It was a pair of pruning shears. Can you believe it? 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:18.639 She tried to murder me. Stop at Dorothy, just stop 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.400 it with her, with our little girl, all right, you 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.800 have to do something about this. There is something inside 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:28.679 of her. That thing is not my Madeleine. You hear me, 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:30.800 it's not. I don't know what it is, but it's 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.560 not her If you don't do something to help her soon, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:42.000 so help me with them. That's all I want money. 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.840 You don't know what you're saying as me. I hate you, 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:49.280 he says, you're not my real family. There, Madeline, do 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.520 you know what you tried to do last night? Yes? 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:53.560 And I would do it and get it and get 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.480 it and get to get away from you. Let me 0:17:55.640 --> 0:18:05.320 go door for you again. As she is sitting in 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:09.479 with my interview with Henry. Yes, sorry, Henry and your twelve. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.440 It's okay, Henry, you can talk to him. Yes, what 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.399 can you tell me about your sister? She's my best friend. 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.240 They are very close. You love your sister, I can tell. 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:21.640 I want you to know that I'm trying to help her. 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:25.400 All of us are. Do you understand that? Yes? Does 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.239 your sister tell you about her friends, the ones she 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.560 sees they live in the house with us. Have you 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.800 seen them as well? Go on? Now? Sometimes do they 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.840 talk to you also? I don't want them to. They 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:40.920 scare me. It's okay. Sometimes the unknown is scary even 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.399 to me. Does she tell you what they say to 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:47.040 her sometimes? And what does she tell you? One of 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:50.320 them tells her to do bad things, bad things to you, 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.840 to your family. I don't know just And does she 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:58.160 do them sometimes? Like with your hand the other night 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:00.920 and with what she did to your father last night? 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.880 I guess how is your hand? By the way, it's 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.120 going to scar, but it's getting better. I help them 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.560 change the bandages twice a day. Does it hurt? I'm 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:13.400 sorry to hear that. I'm sure we'll stop soon enough, though, Henry, 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.080 do you know why she does these things? Why they 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.320 tell her to do them? I don't know why they 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.400 tell her, but I know why she does them. Why 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:25.199 because she wants to go live with them? And do 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:29.439 you know where the dark is? Do you want to 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.960 live with them in the dark. I'm glad to hear that, Henry. 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:36.040 You want to help your sister, don't you? Yes, good, 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.879 because we need your help to help out Madeline. Okay, Abigail. 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.639 Her name is Abigail. Her middle name is Abigail. For 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.000 some reason, Henry and Madeline have a game where they 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.160 call each other by their names. She calls him Michael 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:52.359 and he calls her Abigail. They've been doing it for years, 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:54.960 one of those things siblings do. I suppose is she 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.879 going to be okay? You're not going to take her away? 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.720 Are you well? Henry? Growing boy? So I'm sure you 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:05.280 understand how serious this is your sister is. She's not 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.960 well okay, and her outbursts keep getting worse and worse, 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.960 and we're afraid she's going to hurt someone, even herself. 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:15.480 Considering what happened last night, I may need to recommend 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:17.800 she go away for a bit, but only so we 0:20:17.800 --> 0:20:20.200 can figure out how to treat her. Do you understand 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:25.600 I'm going to ask you something that is very important though, Okay, okay, 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.560 is there something that we're missing, something that maybe we 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:31.520 don't know or haven't heard, that can possibly help us. 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:34.520 I don't think, So take a moment to think about it, okay, 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:37.920 if anything comes to mind. Well, I heard her say 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:43.040 once that you love mom. Probert's Madeline. She's gone. What 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:46.560 do you mean gone? She's not here. I was watching her, honest, 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:48.920 But then one minute she was there and the next 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.359 she was gone. With your father, I don't know where 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.199 did you see her last? Well, we were in the 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.800 study and she was reading, and then she was gone. Man, 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:20.800 Then h m hmmm. Lighthouse will return after a word 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:40.800 from our sponsors. And now lighthouse continues August, still no 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:43.920 sign of the girl. Her disappearance has taken a toll 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:45.960 on her mother, and while there is still tension in 0:21:46.000 --> 0:21:49.280 the household, it's of a different kind. No longer does 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:51.760 the threat of bodily harm at her hands hang over them, 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:53.719 but the thought of their little girl gone missing and 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:57.520 not returning has replaced it. Robert the father, has secluded 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.480 himself from the rest of the family, it seems, and 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.560 has been coping with the bottle. The two boys, while 0:22:03.720 --> 0:22:06.920 upset as well, are doing all they can. A few 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:09.159 times they've helped me comb over every inch of the 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:11.280 house and its grounds to look for her. But a 0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:14.560 last and no avail. The police think that it was 0:22:14.600 --> 0:22:19.800 an intruder, but the family, well, hm, it's been four days. 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.639 That's a long time to be missing, and I'm beginning 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:33.480 to do any more. I don't know where she can be, 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:37.639 and I'm afraid that she's gone, gone forever. I understand, 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:41.080 and I am very sorry. In my experience, these cases 0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:43.600 can go either way, but often the patient gets nervous 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:45.879 at the thought of being taken away and tries to 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:49.080 avoid the inevitable. But she's just a little girl. I 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:53.080 understand that, Mrs Hollis, But children are very resilient. You've 0:22:53.160 --> 0:22:56.120 seen what has been going on. Tell me what you think. 0:22:56.400 --> 0:22:59.800 I don't think it's appropriate for me, please, doctor. In 0:22:59.880 --> 0:23:07.120 my professional opinion, I think that's personal. I I think 0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:10.360 this is a very unique case, unlike anything I've ever 0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:14.200 seen before. And to be honest, I'm unsure if modern 0:23:14.240 --> 0:23:17.360 medicine is what's needed here. There seems to be something 0:23:17.920 --> 0:23:23.520 else at play here. She's not our little girl, Dorothy, 0:23:23.720 --> 0:23:27.200 Mr Hollis, tell her what you really think, doctor. Don't 0:23:27.200 --> 0:23:30.639 bullshit me, because I know you see it too. Mr Hollis. 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:33.199 You're drunk. I think you should perhaps lay down and 0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:36.639 get some rest. But don't you understand the two of you. 0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:40.440 You saw what she did, what she was doing, what 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:45.359 she tried to do. She's gone, Dorothy, that that thing 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:49.000 is not our daughter. What you're saying, oh, I know, 0:23:49.359 --> 0:23:52.879 I know. No amount of doctors. We're going to fix 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:58.320 what was in her, whatever it is was. Don't worry. 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:03.320 I did did what Mr Hollis Robert, do you know 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:06.720 something about Madeline's whereabouts? Did you not hear what I said? 0:24:07.200 --> 0:24:11.720 That ain't Madeleine? Where is Roberts? So care of it, Dorothy. 0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:15.240 It's the care of the thing and made sure it'll 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:18.760 never hurt this family again. What did you do? Robert? 0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:22.959 Where is the girl? He's gone away? Where is she 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:28.480 in the dark room? Oh god, Robert, it's soule A, Dorothy, 0:24:28.640 --> 0:24:33.080 She's gone, She's gone. What did you do to her? 0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:40.000 You monster? I'm a monster. I am. Something was inside her, 0:24:40.200 --> 0:24:43.639 something it was telling her to kill the family. I 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:48.360 had no choice. I had to stop it. What did 0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:52.440 you do? I knew I had to stop it. I mean, 0:24:52.560 --> 0:24:54.760 christ you know what she's tried to do to me? 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:59.359 So I planned it to end it. She loves that 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.000 god to and Teddy bear of hers, so I was 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:05.920 gonna take it and lure her into the basement with 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:09.720 it in my workspace, the dark room, and when she 0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:13.840 was in there, all alone, defenseless, so is I'm gonna 0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:20.000 kill her. Just wrap my hands around her throat and squeeze, 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:25.480 squeeze until she couldn't breathe anymore, until she stopped moving. 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:31.000 It's tried, my god, I tried. But as I was 0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:34.920 doing it, I looked to do her eyes and I 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:44.240 saw her, I saw her, my little girl. I just 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:49.600 I couldn't let her go, and she she dropped to 0:25:49.640 --> 0:25:54.040 the floor, and I hoped, I hoped she would get up, 0:25:54.840 --> 0:26:00.400 but she who's already too far gone too It is okay. 0:26:01.760 --> 0:26:04.879 They couldn't finish when it's start, and they couldn't fix 0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:09.679 right had already done. So I left or there. I 0:26:09.800 --> 0:26:13.000 closed the door, locked her in its just let nates 0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:20.119 are run. It's course you you killed her. I've protected 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:35.960 my family September three time is it doesn't matter. This 0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:39.480 is the final entry about patient three to file zero 0:26:39.600 --> 0:26:43.199 three to one to five seven. It's been less than 0:26:43.200 --> 0:26:45.240 a week since, but I've tried to block the events 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:49.360 of that evening out of my head. It's it's difficult 0:26:49.359 --> 0:26:50.840 for me to come to terms with it, but I 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:54.399 feel as if I can finally put into words onto 0:26:54.400 --> 0:26:57.440 this recording, and perhaps getting it off my chest will 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:01.880 be of some relief, one final act of retribution. Perhaps. 0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:09.600 After Robert admitted his transgression and Dorothy discovered the body 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:12.560 of their young daughter in the dark room, I along 0:27:12.560 --> 0:27:17.480