1. In the spring of 1946,Copy !req
2. in the small town of Texarkana,
on the Texas-Arkansas border,Copy !req
3. a series of horrific murders
were committedCopy !req
4. by a masked assailant known
only as "The Phantom Killer."Copy !req
5. For three harrowing months, the Phantom
stalked the back roads of Texarkana,Copy !req
6. following young couples
looking for privacy to isolated areas,Copy !req
7. where their screams for help
would go unanswered.Copy !req
8. Though several arrests were made
in connection with the brutal slayings,Copy !req
9. which ended as suddenly as they began,Copy !req
10. the killer's identity
was never confirmed.Copy !req
11. Indeed, many people who lived
through that nightmare timeCopy !req
12. believed the Phantom
spent the rest of his days free,Copy !req
13. walking the streets of Texarkana
quietly, anonymously,Copy !req
14. until his assumed death.Copy !req
15. In 1976, a film inspired by the infamous
Moonlight Murders was released.Copy !req
16. Every year, on Halloween,
The Town That Dreaded SundownCopy !req
17. is screened somewhere in Texarkana,Copy !req
18. in tribute to the Phantom's legacy
of death and blood.Copy !req
19. Today, Texarkana
is a place haunted by its past,Copy !req
20. defined by a mystery
that was never solved,Copy !req
21. and a tragedy
that could never be forgotten.Copy !req
22. The following happened
in Texarkana last year.Copy !req
23. Sammy! Sammy!Copy !req
24. You're not enjoying this, are you?Copy !req
25. Oh, I just don't like
these kinds of films so much.Copy !req
26. Why didn't you say so?Copy !req
27. We can go.Copy !req
28. Really? Do you mean it?Copy !req
29. Stop it!Copy !req
30. I mean, man, the last time I saw
this movie was when I was, like, 12.Copy !req
31. God bless you and the Texarkana
Fellowship Church invites youCopy !req
32. to stop the Devil with gospel.Copy !req
33. Hello, sister.
You take a look at this now.Copy !req
34. This is a godless film
that you're watching here.Copy !req
35. And I want you to listen
to my broadcast on FridayCopy !req
36. and come to church on Sunday.
I'll tell you all about it.Copy !req
37. Welcome back.
This is KYGL, Oldies on the Border.Copy !req
38. It's Halloween night,
so if you're sitting at home,Copy !req
39. waiting for the trick-or-treaters to come by,
we'll keep you company with our usual...Copy !req
40. Real people died, you know, young man.Copy !req
41. Real people died.
That's right. That's right.Copy !req
42. It's a godless film and I want to see you
on Sunday. We welcome you.Copy !req
43. That's good. You leave.
This is a godless film.Copy !req
44. It's good that you're leavin'.Copy !req
45. What?Copy !req
46. I'm just having a good time
with you, Jami.Copy !req
47. The only reason I play football
is to get a scholarship and go to SMU.Copy !req
48. Yeah?Copy !req
49. And how about you? Where'd you apply?Copy !req
50. You did apply, right?
You're, like, super smart.Copy !req
51. Yeah. Yeah, I did.
I applied to UT Austin,Copy !req
52. NYU, and Cal State.Copy !req
53. Wow. That's impressive.Copy !req
54. Oh, I probably won't get in,
but, you know, aim high.Copy !req
55. You should.Copy !req
56. My dad used to write
for the Gazette, actually.Copy !req
57. My grandma says it's in my blood, so...Copy !req
58. Even though no one reads it,
I like writing for the paper.Copy !req
59. I could do that from here
and stay close to my grandma.Copy !req
60. - If I don't get in.
- Right.Copy !req
61. Well, I'm glad you finally said yes.Copy !req
62. Me, too.Copy !req
63. - Wait.
- What?Copy !req
64. Did I... did I do something wrong?Copy !req
65. No.Copy !req
66. What the hell is he doing?Copy !req
67. He's just a Peeping Tom.
He's not gonna do anything.Copy !req
68. Corey, we don't know that.Copy !req
69. But look.Copy !req
70. See?Copy !req
71. He just wanted a show.Copy !req
72. He's just some asshole
from the drive-in.Copy !req
73. Let's just go, though. Is that okay?Copy !req
74. Yeah.Copy !req
75. - Get out of the car.
- Don't, Jami. Stay in the car.Copy !req
76. Get out of the fucking car
or I'll shoot her in the face.Copy !req
77. Do your momma and daddy know
where you were tonight, boy?Copy !req
78. The movie. Yes.Copy !req
79. Well, what about yours?Copy !req
80. They're dead.Copy !req
81. Take your pants off.Copy !req
82. - What?
- Take off your fucking pants.Copy !req
83. Corey, just do it.Copy !req
84. Okay, all right.Copy !req
85. - Come on, man.
- Get down on the fuckin' ground.Copy !req
86. - Corey.
- Okay. All right, I am.Copy !req
87. I'm not gonna run anywhere.Copy !req
88. Now... Now, please, can...Copy !req
89. can you just let her go?Copy !req
90. No.Copy !req
91. Please don't kill him.Copy !req
92. You.Copy !req
93. Turn around. Do not look back.Copy !req
94. All right, if you want money,
I can get you money.Copy !req
95. - I don't want money.
- What do you want?Copy !req
96. I said don't look back.Copy !req
97. What are you doing?
What are... What are you...Copy !req
98. - Shut the fuck up!
- What are you doin'?Copy !req
99. - Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up!
- What are you doing?Copy !req
100. - What the fuck are you doin'...
- Corey!Copy !req
101. - Please, no! No, please!
- No!Copy !req
102. Please.Copy !req
103. No.Copy !req
104. You looked.Copy !req
105. This is for Mary.Copy !req
106. Make them remember.Copy !req
107. What are you doing?
No, please, don't hurt me.Copy !req
108. - Who is that?
- What?Copy !req
109. Oh, no. Please don't hurt me.Copy !req
110. This is Texarkana 911.
What is your emergency?Copy !req
111. We're at the Twin Star Drive-In.
We need an ambulance and the police.Copy !req
112. Is someone injured?Copy !req
113. Yes. A girl and maybe her boyfriend,
I don't know. She is hysterical.Copy !req
114. All right. All right.Copy !req
115. He was on top of me.
He could have killed me, but he didn't.Copy !req
116. You say the Phantom told you something?Copy !req
117. I don't know why, but he said
he was doin' it for someone named Mary.Copy !req
118. - Were you drinkin'? Doin' any drugs?
- No.Copy !req
119. Did the doctors find any drugs in her?Copy !req
120. Well, as a precaution, we're gonna
have someone in front of your house.Copy !req
121. I... I can do that.Copy !req
122. - Thank you.
- Until we get some more information,Copy !req
123. Jami, we'd like to ask you not to discuss
any of this with the press.Copy !req
124. They've been all over this story,
as you can imagine.Copy !req
125. Once again, for those just joining us,
24 hours after the shockingCopy !req
126. Phantom-inspired murder
of a 17-year-old high school student,Copy !req
127. no arrests have been made.Copy !req
128. It is unreasonable to try and find meaning
in this grotesque and godless crime,Copy !req
129. but that is exactly
what we must do as a community.Copy !req
130. Like a lost reel
from The Town That Dreaded Sundown,Copy !req
131. the attack on Halloween night took place
in a secluded, wooded cul-de-sac,Copy !req
132. just off Highway 6, an area
that used to be called Lovers' Lane.Copy !req
133. Grandma, do you remember
anything about the murders?Copy !req
134. Oh, dear girl, barely.
Just what I heard later.Copy !req
135. You know, your... great-grandpa
and your great-grandmaCopy !req
136. lived in this house when it happened.Copy !req
137. I remember my momma once said
that it was like the town was being testedCopy !req
138. and nobody knew why.Copy !req
139. Even the grown-ups were scared.Copy !req
140. He was the bogeyman, they said.Copy !req
141. Can't catch the bogeyman.
Can't kill the bogeyman.Copy !req
142. His father is the devil
and his mother is a whore.Copy !req
143. You know, before that summer,Copy !req
144. everybody would leave
their doors unlocked.Copy !req
145. And after the summer,
you saw a stranger,Copy !req
146. you wouldn't wave hello.
You'd just cross the street.Copy !req
147. And what about when they made the movie?Copy !req
148. - What about it?
- Were people still afraid?Copy !req
149. The Phantom? No, that faded.Copy !req
150. Nobody knew exactly
who he was or what he did,Copy !req
151. just that... he'd lived in this townCopy !req
152. and attacked some teenagers
on Lovers' Lane.Copy !req
153. And then the movie brought it all back.Copy !req
154. This is for Mary.Copy !req
155. Humility, devotion, sacrifice.Copy !req
156. Mr. Holland...Copy !req
157. I just wanted you to know
that he was so brave.Copy !req
158. You left my baby boy!Copy !req
159. - Margaret.
- You slut!Copy !req
160. - Margaret.
- You slut! You left him!Copy !req
161. It won't bring him back.Copy !req
162. - You left my baby boy!
- It won't...Copy !req
163. I want my baby!Copy !req
164. Given what you've been through,Copy !req
165. I'd like to prescribe a mild
anti-anxiety medication to help you...Copy !req
166. No, ma'am. No, thank you.Copy !req
167. I've spent the last seven years
on all different kinds of medicationCopy !req
168. after my parents passed away.
I'm not interested in anything like that.Copy !req
169. In your file I read
that you applied to colleges.Copy !req
170. - To study...
- Creative writing.Copy !req
171. I'm not sure it's something
I'm ready for, or made for that,Copy !req
172. and leaving town... I...Copy !req
173. I don't want to. Especially not now.Copy !req
174. What about these dreams
you've been having?Copy !req
175. - What do you think they're about?
- About Corey.Copy !req
176. Well,Copy !req
177. Corey asked me out and I was flattered.Copy !req
178. I don't get asked out all that much.Copy !req
179. So I just wanted to show him that...Copy !req
180. I...Copy !req
181. That I was...Copy !req
182. - Grateful?
- Yeah.Copy !req
183. So...Copy !req
184. when he suggested
that we leave the movie,Copy !req
185. I thought we could go someplace.Copy !req
186. And even if we just kissed
for a little while, he would like me more.Copy !req
187. You didn't do anything wrong, Jami.Copy !req
188. He was just a really good person.Copy !req
189. He was just a really good person
and he didn't deserve that.Copy !req
190. He tried to protect me.Copy !req
191. Jami.Copy !req
192. Try writing about this.Copy !req
193. It might help you find a way through it.Copy !req
194. Baby!Copy !req
195. Glad you made it home safe, baby!Copy !req
196. Yes!Copy !req
197. Oh, baby. I'm sore. I need a break.Copy !req
198. four in a row for you on KYGL.Copy !req
199. There's a machine by the stairs.Copy !req
200. If they got cookies,
get me some cookies.Copy !req
201. I need the sugar.Copy !req
202. I love you, baby.Copy !req
203. I love you, baby.Copy !req
204. Hey, knock when you come back.
So I know it's you.Copy !req
205. Help me! Help!Copy !req
206. Help!Copy !req
207. No!Copy !req
208. Hello?Copy !req
209. I'm going to do it again and again
until you make them remember.Copy !req
210. I think I need to tell someone.Copy !req
211. Well, you just did. Me.Copy !req
212. I mean, like a reporter
at the news or something.Copy !req
213. He said he was gonna do it again,
and if he has a messageCopy !req
214. and he's using me to get it out,
I have to say something. It's...Copy !req
215. And he's using you why?
'Cause he likes you?Copy !req
216. I don't know.Copy !req
217. Miss Lerner, I promise you...Copy !req
218. we will investigate this. I will personally
make sure that it's investigated.Copy !req
219. Thank you.Copy !req
220. I just don't understand
why he thinks we deserve this.Copy !req
221. Well...Copy !req
222. I'll tell you what,
I wasn't born in Texarkana,Copy !req
223. but I've been around here
long enough to know one thing...Copy !req
224. And that's that just about everyone
around hereCopy !req
225. has got some kind of blood
on their hands.Copy !req
226. Three weeks after the shocking death
of high school senior Corey Holland,Copy !req
227. the town of Texarkana has awoken yet again
to another gruesome act of violence.Copy !req
228. This time, two people were found dead.Copy !req
229. Corporal Daniel Torrens was coming homeCopy !req
230. to spend Thanksgiving
with his girlfriend, Kendra Collins,Copy !req
231. when they checked into this motel...Copy !req
232. At a few minutes past midnight,
the couple was attacked and killed,Copy !req
233. their bodies mutilated
almost beyond recognition.Copy !req
234. A heart full of hate, that'll do it.Copy !req
235. A soul consumed by vengeance. Sin.Copy !req
236. The Sheriff's office has been in contact
with the Texas RangersCopy !req
237. to help with the investigation.Copy !req
238. But in the meantime,
a Town Hall meeting has been scheduled.Copy !req
239. Reverend Cartwright,
will you lead us in a word of prayer?Copy !req
240. Our Dear Heavenly Father, we ask you
to deliver us through this trial,Copy !req
241. shield us during this time
of fire and blood,Copy !req
242. of confusion and despair.Copy !req
243. We ask you to lend us
some of your strengthCopy !req
244. and give it to these fine young men
and women that they may help guide usCopy !req
245. through this forest
of fear and darkness...Copy !req
246. This town, where I was born,
where I grew up,Copy !req
247. - is the only place I've ever known.
- Amen.Copy !req
248. The Mayor's asked us to hold
this forum to give you an updateCopy !req
249. - and hear your concerns.
- Well, an update would be great!Copy !req
250. People are saying the Phantom is back.Copy !req
251. That after 60 some years he's come back
and that we need to be ready.Copy !req
252. Ma'am, he'd be 100 years old.Copy !req
253. Every time we show that GD movie,
there's a GD party out there!Copy !req
254. The Phantom is our dirty secret.Copy !req
255. That movie will never be shown
in Texarkana again.Copy !req
256. - Not on the Texas side.
- And not on the Arkansas side, either.Copy !req
257. And while you're at it, why don't you
tear down that statue of Jim Bowie?Copy !req
258. Isn't he holding one of them GD knives?
Why don't you rip that down?Copy !req
259. Everyone knows some piece
of the story, but...Copy !req
260. - the whole truth has been all but buried.
- Oh, We're all so surprisedCopy !req
261. that the Phantom's back?
Of course he is.Copy !req
262. You can't leave a candle
burning in a window for someoneCopy !req
263. and then be surprised
when he finally shows up!Copy !req
264. Amen. Amen, sister, Amen.Copy !req
265. Most of the people alive back then
are no longer with us.Copy !req
266. Or they just don't want to remember.Copy !req
267. - Then you shutter the bars.
- But everything comes back.Copy !req
268. The past is alive, all around us.Copy !req
269. Order!Copy !req
270. "Disciples of Evil."
That's what my daddy said.Copy !req
271. Hi.Copy !req
272. The library's paper archives
only go back for 10 years.Copy !req
273. They said I should come here if I was
looking for articles in the GazetteCopy !req
274. - from the '40s and '50s.
- Stuff about the Phantom?Copy !req
275. Yes.Copy !req
276. All the best stuff is upstairs.
In the jail.Copy !req
277. Listen up!Copy !req
278. As of this moment,Copy !req
279. the Texas Rangers are in charge
of this investigation. Specifically, I am.Copy !req
280. They moved everything in here
when they decommissioned the prison.Copy !req
281. Now we just use if for storage.Copy !req
282. All of our archives and files.
It's in here.Copy !req
283. Trust me,Copy !req
284. I understand how you feel right now.Copy !req
285. I once had a Texas Ranger
come into my house, and it wasn't easy.Copy !req
286. Sparkplug, give us the room.Copy !req
287. Now, let's get down to business.Copy !req
288. I want open, clear lines of communication
between Texas and Arkansas.Copy !req
289. One person from each side
reporting directly to me.Copy !req
290. So are you just casually
interested, or...Copy !req
291. I don't think we'll figure out
who the Phantom is nowCopy !req
292. unless we figure out
who he was back then.Copy !req
293. - Cool.
- We have two jobs, friends.Copy !req
294. To capture this bastardCopy !req
295. and to keep the good people of Texarkana
from killing each other out of fear.Copy !req
296. We are not huntin' a ghost.Copy !req
297. We are after a flesh and blood,
cold-blooded killer,Copy !req
298. who, up to this point,
has not made one mistake.Copy !req
299. - Due respect, Ranger Morales...
- Call me Lone Wolf.Copy !req
300. I think very highly of myself,Copy !req
301. and I've also earned it.Copy !req
302. Due respect, Lone Wolf,
he was videotaped.Copy !req
303. I'd like to see that footage.
Oh, and the movie.Copy !req
304. Believe it or not, I've never had
the pleasure of seeing it.Copy !req
305. Everything from 1945 to 1952
is gonna be in here.Copy !req
306. You know how that works? The microfiche?Copy !req
307. They were gonna throw it out,
and I said, "Hey, why?Copy !req
308. "You know, it works. Bring it here."Copy !req
309. Well...Copy !req
310. Well, thanks.Copy !req
311. Yeah. Good luck.Copy !req
312. Oh, shit, sorry.
You're Jami Lerner, aren't you?Copy !req
313. I'm Nick.Copy !req
314. I went to Evans High with you.Copy !req
315. We were in the same chem class.Copy !req
316. We were?Copy !req
317. Yeah, you sat in the front to the side.
I sat in the back to the other side.Copy !req
318. And when I recognized you, I thought...Copy !req
319. "Holy shit, that's her,
and I hope she's okay."Copy !req
320. That's all. I just wanted
to see if you're okay.Copy !req
321. Yeah, I am.Copy !req
322. And... give you this.Copy !req
323. It's the greatest hits the Gazette
published back when it was happening.Copy !req
324. And then they did a retrospective.Copy !req
325. It's usually $12 for xeroxing,
but you can...Copy !req
326. Don't worry about it. Just go ahead.Copy !req
327. Thanks.Copy !req
328. Well, I'll just be downstairs,
manning the desk, if you need anything.Copy !req
329. From the KYGL on the Border familyCopy !req
330. to your family, stay safe out there.Copy !req
331. If you do go out, go out
in a group, and don't play hero.Copy !req
332. You see someone that looks suspicious
comin' your way,Copy !req
333. cross to the other side
of the street, will you?Copy !req
334. Oh, my God.Copy !req
335. "They couldn't catch me 66 years ago
and they never will.Copy !req
336. "I come and go as I please.
I kill when I please.Copy !req
337. "You may think I'm a horrible,
sick murderer,Copy !req
338. "but I'm not, I love my neighbors.Copy !req
339. "I wish they would stop
and let my soul rest in peace."Copy !req
340. "For you see, I am the soul of Texarkana.
I am the reckoning foretold."Copy !req
341. Look, I can understand
how this can be upsetting,Copy !req
342. but it's also most likely a fake.Copy !req
343. Well, the Zodiac, he sent
a manifesto to the press and...Copy !req
344. Yes. And so did the Son of Sam,
and the Axeman of New Orleans,Copy !req
345. but to reporters, not teenagers.Copy !req
346. We all realize it could be
a hoax, Deputy.Copy !req
347. But until it's 100% confirmed, we will
take it and this young lady seriously.Copy !req
348. I want my entire team to hear
what you have to say.Copy !req
349. If you think it's important,
we think it's important.Copy !req
350. Well...Copy !req
351. I've been researching the original case,
and going through the court transcripts.Copy !req
352. Do you know who Benjamin Sewell is?Copy !req
353. He was a car thief, arrested
in 1946 in TexarkanaCopy !req
354. for possession of a stolen automobile.Copy !req
355. A lot of people think
that he was the Phantom because...Copy !req
356. Well, the killing stopped
once he was arrested.Copy !req
357. - How long was he in for?
- Thirty years.Copy !req
358. And then Benjamin Sewell died,
Ms. Lerner.Copy !req
359. Yes, sir. He died last summer.
In a hospital in Fort Worth.Copy !req
360. I spoke to a nurse that worked at the
hospital, since before Benjamin died...Copy !req
361. - Come on, we don't have time for this.
- Hold on.Copy !req
362. She said a young man used to visit him.
His son, they thought.Copy !req
363. What if it's him? That the passing
of his father set him offCopy !req
364. and he came back here
to finish his father's work?Copy !req
365. Benjamin Sewell did have a son, Ms. Lerner,
but he died in a bar fight two years ago.Copy !req
366. He did?Copy !req
367. It's all right, Jami.
We went down that same rabbit hole.Copy !req
368. This is KYGL, Oldies on the Border,
and if you've got us on,Copy !req
369. you're probably getting ready
for the big football game this weekend.Copy !req
370. The Texas High Tigers versus
the Arkansas High Razorbacks.Copy !req
371. It's gonna be a blood match, folks.
But as always...Copy !req
372. He said he'd shoot me
if I got any closer.Copy !req
373. Well, that's his job.Copy !req
374. How'd it go at the station?Copy !req
375. - Not so well.
- It's no surprise.Copy !req
376. - Grandma, this is...
- Nick Strain.Copy !req
377. I went to the same high school as Jami.Copy !req
378. - And now?
- I work at the archives. Researcher.Copy !req
379. I found you some really cool stuff
from back when they were making the movie.Copy !req
380. You know, some of those people
are still around.Copy !req
381. - No college?
- Just making some money first.Copy !req
382. - Family?
- Grandma.Copy !req
383. My parents moved to Denton last year,
so I'm living with some buddies.Copy !req
384. - I'll be in in a minute, okay?
- All right.Copy !req
385. Sorry about that. You want to sit down?Copy !req
386. You know, they did tons
of research for the movie.Copy !req
387. The director and his son.Copy !req
388. Thanks for bringing me this stuff.Copy !req
389. Yeah.Copy !req
390. Can I ask why
you're helping me with all this?Copy !req
391. I always wanted to talk to you.Copy !req
392. Why didn't you?Copy !req
393. Didn't think I'd get very far.Copy !req
394. I never saw you with a...Copy !req
395. boyfriend or friends or...
I asked around and...Copy !req
396. I was like, "What's her story?"Copy !req
397. - Then someone told me about...
- About my parents?Copy !req
398. Or...Copy !req
399. that for the last seven years
I've been totally out of it and...Copy !req
400. Both.Copy !req
401. My parents didn't really move to Denton.Copy !req
402. I just said that 'cause...Copy !req
403. I didn't want your grandma
to think I was this... you know,Copy !req
404. basket case.Copy !req
405. Which, of course,
now I really seem like one.Copy !req
406. Where are they?Copy !req
407. Well, my dad killed himself last year.Copy !req
408. He was an... an alcoholic, and...Copy !req
409. my mom... kinda...Copy !req
410. She just got lost after that.Copy !req
411. She's at Trans-Allegheny.
Well, it's a loony bin.Copy !req
412. Oh, hey...Copy !req
413. they're having a vigil
tonight at the school. For...Copy !req
414. the soldier and his girlfriend.Copy !req
415. And for Corey.Copy !req
416. You wanna go?Copy !req
417. You don't mean that fellow
they call the Lone WolfCopy !req
418. - of the Texas Rangers?
- That's right.Copy !req
419. Since I'm in charge of this investigation,
things are gonna have to be handled my way.Copy !req
420. We got a cold-blooded killer here.
A man who nobody sees.Copy !req
421. A Phantom who... so far
hasn't made any mistakes.Copy !req
422. What are you doing?
No, please, don't hurt me.Copy !req
423. Please.Copy !req
424. I guess it was crazy of me to think
I could help the police,Copy !req
425. but I'm gonna keep researching.Copy !req
426. Keep writing.Copy !req
427. Their stories need to be told, so...Copy !req
428. - Arrest him.
- On the ground!Copy !req
429. He killed Danny.
But I got him. I got his ass!Copy !req
430. - Jami.
- No! No, Nick...Copy !req
431. Wait! No! I need to know!Copy !req
432. Excuse me. May I, please?Copy !req
433. Ladies and gentlemen,
Sheriff Underwood has just informed meCopy !req
434. that the man who killed Corey Holland,
the man who killed, viciously, that couple,Copy !req
435. that man has been shot, I'm told.Copy !req
436. And I don't know what his condition is,
but I do know that no one else was hurt.Copy !req
437. And that that, finally, is something
that we can give thanks for.Copy !req
438. Reverend Cartwright,Copy !req
439. would you please lead us
in a brief prayer of gratitude?Copy !req
440. Sweet Heavenly Father,
we have been delivered.Copy !req
441. We praise the men and women
who have led us through this darkness.Copy !req
442. Sweet Jesus, thank you for your mercy.Copy !req
443. - Amen.
- Amen.Copy !req
444. Now, we've had a quiet night here.Copy !req
445. But I do believe
that it would be appropriateCopy !req
446. for us to have a little music
that we could dance to, so, gentlemen,Copy !req
447. I'm gonna lead you off.Copy !req
448. One, two... One, two, three, four.Copy !req
449. - What was she doing?
- "A one..."Copy !req
450. The worst dance moves ever.Copy !req
451. - Straight home now.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
452. It's right here.Copy !req
453. Remember when we used to come over here
and smoke cigarettes?Copy !req
454. Thought we were such hot shit.Copy !req
455. So...Copy !req
456. So how does this work?Copy !req
457. I don't know.Copy !req
458. I thought maybe you could...Copy !req
459. You know.Copy !req
460. What?Copy !req
461. You know.Copy !req
462. Go down there,Copy !req
463. and suck it.Copy !req
464. Suck it?Copy !req
465. I don't know. Maybe a little?Copy !req
466. What, is it hard?Copy !req
467. - Yeah. Isn't yours?
- Yeah.Copy !req
468. You first.Copy !req
469. And then I'll do you.Copy !req
470. Maybe we could...Copy !req
471. jerk off together.Copy !req
472. Dude, drive! Come on! Hurry up, come on!Copy !req
473. Run, Johnny! Run!Copy !req
474. No! No!Copy !req
475. Hi.Copy !req
476. - Who was that guy at the vigil?
- Name's Paul Mason.Copy !req
477. A freshman over at Texarkana College.Copy !req
478. He's a messed up kid but...Copy !req
479. - He's not the Phantom?
- No.Copy !req
480. Some stupid teenager
went out looking to get shot.Copy !req
481. Left a suicide note in his dorm room.Copy !req
482. But just because he wanted to die
doesn't necessarily meanCopy !req
483. - he's not the Phantom, right?
- Hell, Jami...Copy !req
484. I... I did not want
to tell you this but you're...Copy !req
485. There was another murder last night.
It was two boys.Copy !req
486. We're checking
security cameras at the scene,Copy !req
487. but it does look like it happened
after Paul Mason was shot.Copy !req
488. It was Sunday, March 3rd, 1946.Copy !req
489. The beginning of a reign of terror
for the people of TexarkanaCopy !req
490. and surrounding areas
of Arkansas and Texas.Copy !req
491. Well, that's the most god-awful thing
I've done in a long while.Copy !req
492. They asked me if their...Copy !req
493. their sons...Copy !req
494. were dead before
he mutilated their bodies.Copy !req
495. I lied.Copy !req
496. I... told 'em as far as I could tell,Copy !req
497. they had passed before the worst of it.Copy !req
498. Maybe they had.Copy !req
499. They cried.Copy !req
500. These two grown men, I've known 'em...Copy !req
501. all their lives.Copy !req
502. Since they were boys.Copy !req
503. We catch him, we kill him,
that'll make it better.Copy !req
504. - That'll at least bring them peace.
- I agree.Copy !req
505. To that end,Copy !req
506. after our friend kills those kids
with the trombone,Copy !req
507. who does he go after next?Copy !req
508. In the movie, after the trombone killin',
there's a double homicide at the farmhouse.Copy !req
509. Every damn house out here
is a farmhouse.Copy !req
510. Texarkana looked normal
in the daylight hoursCopy !req
511. but everyone dreaded sundown.Copy !req
512. Maybe I was wrong, Nick.Copy !req
513. Maybe there is no connection to the past
and the Phantom is just the bogeyman.Copy !req
514. Like my grandma says.Copy !req
515. The first time I heard about the Phantom,
I was eight years old.Copy !req
516. I was at a sleepover
at my friend Chrissie's house.Copy !req
517. I called my parents to come pick me up.Copy !req
518. And that was the night of the crash.Copy !req
519. That night in the woods,
he was on top of meCopy !req
520. and I thought, "This is it."Copy !req
521. You know, it should have happened
when I was eight years old.Copy !req
522. It's finally caught up to me now.Copy !req
523. Death.Copy !req
524. It's following me
and it's only a matter of time.Copy !req
525. - I guess I'm a little messed up.
- I don't think you are.Copy !req
526. - Yeah, that's just 'cause you are, too.
- Good.Copy !req
527. - Nick, what are you doing?
- It's okay.Copy !req
528. No, it's not okay!Copy !req
529. - I thought that...
- I can't believe you just did that.Copy !req
530. Look, I'm sorry,
I just thought that we had this...Copy !req
531. I need you to get out
of the car right now.Copy !req
532. Nick, I mean it! Get out of the car!Copy !req
533. Are you serious?Copy !req
534. Oh, that looks just fine.Copy !req
535. That's very nice.Copy !req
536. You got everything now, the scallops?
The potatoes and the ham?Copy !req
537. Ranger. Hank.Copy !req
538. Well, Merry Christmas.Copy !req
539. - Merry Christmas, Reverend.
- Merry Christmas, Joe.Copy !req
540. Well, what can I do for you gentlemen?Copy !req
541. Is there a place the three of us
can go and talk, Joe?Copy !req
542. I didn't send this e-mail.Copy !req
543. Well, the FBI traced it
back to you, Joe, so...Copy !req
544. Why'd you send it to the girl?
To muddy up the waters?Copy !req
545. I don't know what to tell you.Copy !req
546. Here's what I think,
I don't think you killed anybody.Copy !req
547. But I do believe you sent this message.Copy !req
548. See, I hear you at night, preachin'.Copy !req
549. Nothin' much for me to do
in my hotel room, so...Copy !req
550. I wonder, "Are you doing this
for publicity, or..."Copy !req
551. He chose that girl to be his herald.Copy !req
552. His messenger.
He is doing the Lord's work.Copy !req
553. He's killin' our kids, Joe.Copy !req
554. My church is more full
than it has been in years.Copy !req
555. People are coming to me
asking for redemption, for salvation.Copy !req
556. They're scared, Hank.Copy !req
557. They want to walk
on the righteous path again.Copy !req
558. Now, I want to call the Mayor.Copy !req
559. And then I want to call my lawyer.Copy !req
560. - Merry Christmas, ma'am.
- Merry Christmas.Copy !req
561. I was wondering if Jami's around.Copy !req
562. He's kidding, right?Copy !req
563. I'm sorry about what I did.Copy !req
564. No, I'm sorry. I can't believe
I made you walk home.Copy !req
565. I took the bus.Copy !req
566. Hey, I wanted to tell you.Copy !req
567. I found out Charles Pierce, Jr.
is alive.Copy !req
568. - He's the son of the director of The Town...
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown?Copy !req
569. Look, I know it's a long shot, but...Copy !req
570. I mean, the movie defined Texarkana
just as much as the murders did.Copy !req
571. Anyway, he lives here, in Texarkana.
Near here, out by the dredge.Copy !req
572. - You talked to him?
- No, I've been asking around about him.Copy !req
573. He does odd jobs for the city,
doesn't even have a cell phone.Copy !req
574. But worth a try. Right?Copy !req
575. - If I can get in touch with him?
- Yeah, definitely.Copy !req
576. - Thanks.
- All right.Copy !req
577. This is for you.Copy !req
578. Nick.Copy !req
579. Thank you.Copy !req
580. This one's for all the brave men and women
who are out there each and every nightCopy !req
581. patrolling the streets,
doing everything they can...Copy !req
582. We do not, and I repeat, we do not believe
that Reverend Cartwright is the Phantom.Copy !req
583. We have taken Reverend
Joseph Cartwright...Copy !req
584. Get me started, Elmer.Copy !req
585. Every Christmas, Ardele.Copy !req
586. They don't have you working tonight?Copy !req
587. Well, I just arrested one of Texarkana's
most prominent citizensCopy !req
588. for sending an e-mail, so...Copy !req
589. That's enough for tonight.Copy !req
590. Hank. Hank!Copy !req
591. Mark it.Copy !req
592. Action, Bud.Copy !req
593. My daddy was a genius visionary.Copy !req
594. Could have been the next Orson Welles
if he'd gone to Hollywood,Copy !req
595. but he wanted to stay in Texas
and tell our stories.Copy !req
596. You know, Texas stories.
Not all that Hollywood bullshit.Copy !req
597. Oh, that. Yeah, that's pretty cool.Copy !req
598. Yep. That's the original.Copy !req
599. Go ahead and touch it if you want.Copy !req
600. - No, thank you, sir.
- Go ahead.Copy !req
601. - That's okay. I don't... I don't want to.
- Okay.Copy !req
602. Mr. Pierce, I'm writing something
about the Phantom,Copy !req
603. - about his legacy in our town and...
- Well, I can tell you who the killer is.Copy !req
604. Would that be interesting to you?Copy !req
605. - Sure, yeah.
- Well, all right.Copy !req
606. Well, my father, when he was doing
his research, he talked to everyone.Copy !req
607. Most people believe
that Benjamin Sewell was the Phantom.Copy !req
608. No, he wasn't. No, no, no, no.
Sewell was not the killer.Copy !req
609. No, they railroaded
that poor son of a bitch.Copy !req
610. No, the police just wanted
someone to be the killer.Copy !req
611. - How do you know that for sure?
- How do I know? I don't know.Copy !req
612. You can't know.Copy !req
613. You know, I'll tell you a story
that my father...Copy !req
614. - told me about Hank McCreedy.
- Hank McCreedy?Copy !req
615. A few days after the last murder
at the Stark farm,Copy !req
616. the police on the Arkansas side,
they found a body...Copy !req
617. all in pieces.Copy !req
618. It'd been run over by a train.Copy !req
619. Now, this is the Arkansas police
who say, "Oh, it's the Phantom.Copy !req
620. "He committed suicide." No more Phantom.Copy !req
621. - Based on what?
- Nothin'. It was based on nothin'.Copy !req
622. But Hank McCreedy's pregnant wife,
she demands an autopsy.Copy !req
623. And then it come out.
He wasn't run over.Copy !req
624. He was stabbed
more than two dozen times,Copy !req
625. right next to the tracks.Copy !req
626. My daddy, he had a theory about that.Copy !req
627. He said that the Phantom
killed McCreedy,Copy !req
628. you know, his last victim,
his final goodbye.Copy !req
629. And then he hopped
a train to California.Copy !req
630. Mr. Pierce, I've read everything
there is to read on this.Copy !req
631. I've never even heard
of this Hank McCreedy.Copy !req
632. It should have been front-page news.Copy !req
633. But while the Arkansas police
were findin' McCreedy,Copy !req
634. the Texas police,
they were arresting SewellCopy !req
635. and so you got two different camps
each saying they got the Phantom.Copy !req
636. And what neither of them
is piecing togetherCopy !req
637. is that Sewell was in custody
when McCreedy was killed,Copy !req
638. proving that neither one
was the Phantom.Copy !req
639. So Sewell was in jail,Copy !req
640. and then, did anything
ever come from McCreedy?Copy !req
641. Oh, he's dead.Copy !req
642. Yep, and dead men don't complain much.Copy !req
643. But his pregnant wife, Mary,
she's pissed as shit.Copy !req
644. - Her name was Mary?
- My daddy tracked her down in 1974.Copy !req
645. And, oh, she was still bitter.Copy !req
646. She said that Texarkana had done
worse than killed her husband.Copy !req
647. It had shat on his memory.Copy !req
648. And in the process,
it was shitting on her life.Copy !req
649. It was shitting on her son's life.Copy !req
650. Who... you think is the Phantom?Copy !req
651. No! No!Copy !req
652. Sorry.Copy !req
653. Hank McCreedy's dead.
His son is dead. His grandson...Copy !req
654. is still alive.
That's your Phantom, right there.Copy !req
655. - You're making this shit up.
- No! Boy, listen to me.Copy !req
656. I am telling you what I know to be true.Copy !req
657. That Mary McCreedy did pour poison
about Texarkana into Hank Jr.'s ear.Copy !req
658. Hank did the same thing to his son!Copy !req
659. They did, consciously or unconsciously,
they bred themselves a killer!Copy !req
660. Mr. Pierce, do you have
any proof of this being true,Copy !req
661. or is this just something
that your father told you?Copy !req
662. My daddy asked me
to make a sequel to Town,Copy !req
663. to finish the story he started and to set
the record straight about the McCreedys.Copy !req
664. He was my best friend.Copy !req
665. Now he's deceased.Copy !req
666. I tracked down Mary McCreedy in 1986.Copy !req
667. I found that scary old bitch
on her deathbed,Copy !req
668. and she warned me.Copy !req
669. She said that her grandson would do
what her son didn't have the balls to do.Copy !req
670. Make Texarkana pay for its sins.Copy !req
671. Yeah. And no one else
has thought of this?Copy !req
672. Not like the police, or the FBI,
or the goddamn fucking Texas Rangers?Copy !req
673. Do you believe his story?Copy !req
674. Are you kidding me?
The man lives on a boat.Copy !req
675. Wait, do you believe him?Copy !req
676. I don't know.Copy !req
677. Hey, I'm just saying,Copy !req
678. if McCreedy did have a grandson,Copy !req
679. he'd probably be in his 20s
or his 30s, at least. Nick.Copy !req
680. Come on.Copy !req
681. As far as we know, fucking Charles
B. Pierce, Jr. could be the killer.Copy !req
682. He doesn't have a reason to be.Copy !req
683. His story was told,
his father's story was told.Copy !req
684. - Yeah, up until the sequel.
- But they're a part of the legend.Copy !req
685. They're in the movie.
They're there somewhere.Copy !req
686. - All of them except for...
- McCreedy.Copy !req
687. Now, his name wasn't even
mentioned in the papers.Copy !req
688. He doesn't have a plaque anywhere.Copy !req
689. He's not even in the movie that
they show every damn year. It's...Copy !req
690. - It'd be upsetting.
- It's an injustice, Nick.Copy !req
691. Hank McCreedy's grandson
would see it as an injustice.Copy !req
692. Now, this is a very sad dayCopy !req
693. for us all.Copy !req
694. It always is when you lose an officer
of the law in the line of duty.Copy !req
695. Now, I did not work
with Deputy Tillman long,Copy !req
696. but you all know him
a lot better than...Copy !req
697. How many of these have you gotten?
This is the second notice of acceptance.Copy !req
698. Grandma, I just met somebody
and I think...Copy !req
699. I am not gonna let this mess
be the most important thing in your life.Copy !req
700. Grandma, it already is.Copy !req
701. I have talked to your uncle
in CaliforniaCopy !req
702. and he said that we can stay
with him as long as need be.Copy !req
703. Pack up.Copy !req
704. We'll leave before daybreak.Copy !req
705. Tomorrow for sure?Copy !req
706. I'm already packed.Copy !req
707. You couldn't wait a day?Copy !req
708. - I'm not gonna see you.
- I hate that.Copy !req
709. I could come visit, though.Copy !req
710. Yeah, of course.Copy !req
711. Are you okay?Copy !req
712. Yeah.Copy !req
713. - Grandma. I'll just be a second.
- Okay.Copy !req
714. So, I'm not sure if anyone told you,Copy !req
715. but my grandma and I are gonna
take off for a little while.Copy !req
716. Yeah, she mentioned that.Copy !req
717. Can I show you something?Copy !req
718. It could be nothing, but I just think
it should be investigated by someone.Copy !req
719. - Who's he?
- His name's Hank McCreedy.Copy !req
720. He was the original Phantom's last victim
but he's sort of forgotten about.Copy !req
721. I heard a story about him,
so I did some research,Copy !req
722. and he's got a grandson somewhere.Copy !req
723. I've been writing an article.Copy !req
724. I'm gonna try and finish it
when I get to California.Copy !req
725. I'll look into it for you, I promise.Copy !req
726. Jami. Come on, hon.Copy !req
727. Drive safe.Copy !req
728. Never left Texas my whole life.Copy !req
729. Isn't that somethin'?Copy !req
730. Do you want anything else?
Just a coffee?Copy !req
731. A Danish. And... get some water.Copy !req
732. Good morning.
It's New Year's Day here at KYGL,Copy !req
733. and for you early birds,
here's a classic.Copy !req
734. Grandma?Copy !req
735. Grandma.Copy !req
736. Grandma, no! No!Copy !req
737. No! No! Don't...Copy !req
738. Help me, please, somebody!Copy !req
739. The Phantom, he's...Copy !req
740. Like a dog with a bone, ain't ya?Copy !req
741. What?Copy !req
742. Oh, my God. Oh, God,
oh, God. Oh, no, no. No.Copy !req
743. The fuck...Copy !req
744. Foster.Copy !req
745. Go on, show her, boy.Copy !req
746. - No!
- Hey, Jami.Copy !req
747. No!Copy !req
748. No!Copy !req
749. No! I saw him die!Copy !req
750. - I watched you die! I know...
- If you remember,Copy !req
751. you actually missed most of it.Copy !req
752. They found his body.
They found his body.Copy !req
753. No, I found his body.Copy !req
754. The poor runaway kid.Copy !req
755. Cut up his face, knocked out
his teeth, left two of mine.Copy !req
756. Are you Hank McCreedy's grandson?
One of you is Hank McCreedy's grandson.Copy !req
757. I am.Copy !req
758. And now,Copy !req
759. thanks to you,Copy !req
760. they're gonna remember my granddaddy.Copy !req
761. Corey.Copy !req
762. All those people died. My grandma.
Why did you do it?Copy !req
763. Born in Texarkana,Copy !req
764. buried in Texarkana.Copy !req
765. Well, not me, God damn it.Copy !req
766. But I knew we were the same, you and me.
Both of us trapped.Copy !req
767. No. We are not the same.Copy !req
768. Didn't this town decide who you were?Copy !req
769. The crazy girl, with the...
the dead parents?Copy !req
770. Oh, it was the same with me.Copy !req
771. I was the golden boy. A football star.Copy !req
772. I'd go to college like my dad
and I'd come back like my dad.Copy !req
773. Well, fuck that!Copy !req
774. I wanted to be a part
of something special.Copy !req
775. I wanted to be remembered!
Like the Phantom.Copy !req
776. When people talk about
what happened in Texarkana,Copy !req
777. about how the Phantom
came back, oh, I'll know!Copy !req
778. I'll know that I, I made that...Copy !req
779. They're gonna keep looking for you.Copy !req
780. - They're gonna keep looking for the...
- Jami!Copy !req
781. Why would they?Copy !req
782. - No!
- When I tell 'em...Copy !req
783. that I caught the two kids who did it.Copy !req
784. Who were so obsessed with the Phantom,
that one faked his own death.Copy !req
785. She killed her own grandma.Copy !req
786. - No! No, fuck you!
- And you know what?Copy !req
787. They'll believe me. Only because...Copy !req
788. everybody in this town just wants
to believe this whole thing is over.Copy !req
789. It is over.Copy !req
790. This story is about Texarkana.
A town that is really two towns.Copy !req
791. Two sheriffs. Two mayors.
And in the end, two Phantoms.Copy !req
792. After I came out
of the Redwater Bayous that night,Copy !req
793. Ranger Morales and his men went back in.Copy !req
794. They wanted to close the most
terrible chapter in our town's history.Copy !req
795. Some people say
the swamp took Deputy Foster,Copy !req
796. that the swamp gave him
the only burial he deserved.Copy !req
797. Others believed I hadn't killed
the Phantom 'cause he was somethingCopy !req
798. that couldn't be killed...
a demon or a spirit.Copy !req
799. People believe
what they need to believe.Copy !req
800. They make up whatever story
they need to keep living sanely.Copy !req
801. I did the Bootleggers,Copy !req
802. and The Legend of Boggy Creek
and this is my third one, Winterhawk.Copy !req
803. The hardest thing for my town
has been the wrestling to understandCopy !req
804. how Clayborn Foster
and Corey found each otherCopy !req
805. and put on those masksCopy !req
806. and did those inhuman things.Copy !req
807. Their lives were investigated
and there was nothing linking them.Copy !req
808. They had nothing in common
except the darkness in their souls.Copy !req
809. And I swear, that will keep the Phantom
alive as much as anything else.Copy !req
810. As for me,Copy !req
811. I did what my grandma always wanted.Copy !req
812. I left Texas.Copy !req
813. I moved away.Copy !req
814. To a new life,Copy !req
815. to a place where no one knows
who I am, or what I survived.Copy !req
816. Where I'm the only person that knows
that as quickly and as senselesslyCopy !req
817. as death came to Texarkana in 1946,Copy !req
818. and then again late last year,Copy !req
819. it could come backCopy !req
820. the next time the sun goes down.Copy !req