51
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| Episode number | 51 |
| Timeline | 1967 |
| First aired | September 5, 1966 |
| Narrated by | Victoria Winters |
| Written by | Francis Swann |
| Directed by | John Sedwick |
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[edit] Synopsis
My name is Victoria Winters. Collinwood Mansion situated on top of Widows' Hill has a long history of sudden and violent death. And once again it strikes. This time under my very eyes.
Roger is skeptical that Bill Malloy is in any danger and Liz is trying to convince him how out of character it is for Malloy to be gone when Carolyn and Vicki run in and reveal their discovery of the dead body at the foot of the Hill. Roger refuses to check and insists Matthew be sent; Liz phones him directly. Liz thinks they saw rocks while Roger suggests it was seaweed. Carolyn insists it wasn't seaweed because she knows how that looks. Vicki thinks it may have been a trick of David's. Matthew goes out to Widows' Hill and looks. Whatever Matthew sees, he feels it necessary to climb down Widows' Hill. They again speak of the legend (previously mentioned in #9 and #50) and Roger is glad that they now refer to the sight as 'the thing'. Privately Carolyn and Vicki speak of what they really saw and hope it was a stranger. Roger tries to continue the morbid discussion in favor of returning to the discussion of business. Liz informs him that she offered Ned Calder his job back and insults Roger's business acumen. Roger believes that Ned's refusal (and Liz's triumph) will lead to his gaining more power. Liz insists it must also please Malloy; Matthew claims that he found nothing and went down do the beach to check even. Liz puts the matter to bed but Vicki and Carolyn decide to bunk together for strength anyway. Vicki asks Carolyn if Matthew would have any reason to lie; Liz thinks Matthew was acting strangely and questions his veracity. Roger calls Sam and asks if he's heard from Malloy. Matthew gets a visitor, Liz, who asks him if anything’s wrong. Matthew tells Liz that he expected to find Bill Malloy, a man of habits. Matthew is worried that whatever 'kept' Bill Malloy away will ruin the grounds of Collinwood. Liz asks Matthew to show her what he saw. Vicki and Carolyn want to look again, can't get Roger to come with them. Liz sees a shocking sight; clumps of seaweed that look like a dead body. Matthew wants them silenced. Vicki tells about David's prediction.
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[edit] Dramatis personae
- ← Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard →
- ← Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins →
- ← Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard →
- ← Thayer David as Matthew Morgan →
- ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
- ← Bill Malloy →
