November 21, 2023 • 34 mins
Most of the stations aired two episodes each week, usually on the weekends and many times back to back.Many of the stories are based on Rod Serling's scripts from the original Twilight Zone series, and are slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends and the lack of a visual component. In addition to adapting all of the original episodes aired on the TV series, the radio series has also adapted some Twilight Zone TV scripts which were never produced, scripts from other Serling TV productions, and new stories written especially for the radio series.
Taking Serling's role as narrator is Stacy Keach. Different Hollywood actors, such as Blair Underwood and Jim Caviezel, take the lead role in each radio drama. In addition, several stars who appeared on the original TV series, such as H.M. Wynant, Orson Bean and Morgan Brittany, appear, although purposely not in the roles they originated on television. The series features a full cast, music and sound effects and is produced in the flavor of classic radio dramas but using today's technology.
In addition to being an homage to the original Twilight Zone TV series, the radio dramas pay tribute to the era of classic radio drama, including allusions to radio dramas such as Gunsmoke, the presence of radio legend Stan Freberg in many episodes, and the sons (Stacy Keach, Ed Begley Jr.) of radio drama personalities Stacy Keach Sr. and Ed Begley as stars in the series.
Taking Serling's role as narrator is Stacy Keach. Different Hollywood actors, such as Blair Underwood and Jim Caviezel, take the lead role in each radio drama. In addition, several stars who appeared on the original TV series, such as H.M. Wynant, Orson Bean and Morgan Brittany, appear, although purposely not in the roles they originated on television. The series features a full cast, music and sound effects and is produced in the flavor of classic radio dramas but using today's technology.
In addition to being an homage to the original Twilight Zone TV series, the radio dramas pay tribute to the era of classic radio drama, including allusions to radio dramas such as Gunsmoke, the presence of radio legend Stan Freberg in many episodes, and the sons (Stacy Keach, Ed Begley Jr.) of radio drama personalities Stacy Keach Sr. and Ed Begley as stars in the series.
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You're traveling through another dimension, adimension not only of sight and sound,
but of mind, A journey intoa wondrous land whose boundaries are those of
imagination. Your next stop the TwilightZone. One old fashioned one scotch,
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rock's a whiskey sour into B andB which table number three? Millard,
Jackson and Whittaker. Right, that'sright, the usual, got it?
Oh, and make the scotch adouble for mister Jackson. You're learning,
oh, man Jackson, that hewas here before I was born, as
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was I. No offense, William, No, I'm taking who's the whiskey
sour? For? Mister Corrigan hasjoined them again this evening. I wonder
why I expect he wants to learnfrom the past. Yeah, but that's
all those old guys talk about thepast. He ought to join another club,
someplace that's co ed. At least. There's no substitute for experience,
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Daniel, none whatsoever. If youwant to learn the ropes, so to
speak. I hear that, hereyou go. Shall I run a tab?
Table three always runs a tab?Gotcha? Bring me another burden,
will you please? William? Certainly, sir. Oh, and some peanuts
to go with that, Yes,sir, well, that trumps me.
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No more cards, gentlemen, you'vepicked my pockets again. We play by
the honor system. Cor again.You know you have a line of credit
with us, not to unless youcare to let me make that last bit
over again. You don't think thatwould change anything, do you beet We
had you on the ropes ten minutesago? Yes, but if I bid
spades instead of hearts, wouldn't havemade a bit of difference. Trust me,
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boy, I do trust you,mister Jackson. It was my heir,
no doubt about that. You havea point, though, one small
detail, a jog to the leftinstead of the right, say, and
things might turn out quite differently.So true, just put the drinks down
over there, would you? William? Of course, So you're saying he's
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saying that life turns on the finestof points, and I must say I
agree in a game of cards,yes, But will there be anything else?
Not? Just now? William?Very good? So what exactly are
you getting at? Oh? We'veall seen it time and again. One
vote more or less on the floor, a scandal that might have been avoided,
and our current political standings would bequite different. It's a matter of
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choices as well as luck. Let'ssay, Corgan, that you go back
in time. Yes, yes,and if that were possible, there'd be
nothing to stop me from altering thecourse of history. Is that it imagine
this, It's October nineteen twenty nine, the day before the stock market crashed.
If only my grandfather had known aboutthat one, and you know that
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on the following morning the securities aregoing to tumble into an abyss. And
how would I know? Because youcarry with you the knowledge of the present
of what's to come. Of course, of course, now using that prior
knowledge, there are a one hundredthings you can do to protect yourself.
But following your logic, I'd bean achronism. They'd spot me right away,
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probably lock me up, because Idon't really belong back there, my
close, my speech. It doesn'tmatter. You'd find a way to pass.
The important thing is, once youwere there, you could sell your
holdings the day before the crash,as my grandfather should have. All right,
But what if I did, andthat very acts are of the crash
day earlier? He does have apoint, though even that's unlikely. So
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hear me out. History tells usthat on October twenty fourth, nineteen twenty
nine, the bottom dropped out ofthe stock market. That's a fixed date,
October twenty fourth, nineteen twenty nine. It already exists as an event
in the history of the twentieth century, in our own past. The forces
that made us as we are ergo. By definition, it can't be altered,
not by those of us who areproducts of those very events. You
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see, and I say it can. What's to prevent it? What would
be the mechanism to make it occur? A time machine, some technology that
hasn't been invented yet? What's themechanism for human life? Birth and death?
Do we understand that? No,but it's real, I assure you.
Jackson's right. What's to prevent me, say, from going to a
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broker on the morning of October twentythird or October twenty second? Why go
back that far yesterday? Would do? Nicely? Go to the racetrack with
a list of winning horses that wouldbe entirely for a personal gain, a
matter of manipulating numbers when you're dealingwith matters of life and death? The
why else go back to nineteen twentynine? Then, unless you can think
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of a reason other than money.Well, there was a certain little flapper
named Louise Brooks that was before evenyour time. Walter Alas witness a theoretical
argument at the very private Potomac Clubin Washington, d C. The club
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is founded in eighteen fifty eight,but the argument is occurring in the present
between four intelligent men. They're talkingabout an improbable thing, whether it's possible
to go back in time, Afriendly debate after a game of cards revolving
around a simple issue. Could ahuman being actually change what has happened before?
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Interesting and theoretical, because whoever heardof a man and going back in
time? Until tonight? That isbecause the Potomac Club just happens to be
situated not only in Washington, dC, but somewhere near the edges of
the Twilight Zone. And now backto our story from the Twilight Zone back
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there, starring Jim Cavizo with StacyKeach as your narrative. There can be
no such device according to science.Don't be so sure. The answer may
line within rather than from a DAYUsex machina. Ever hear of black ops,
I've heard of men in black samething. There's secret funding going on
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right now. Strictly off the books. You understand to project the minds of
CIA agents to other locations. Nowif they can do that using only brain
waves? Who says they can dothat? Gentlemen? Gentlemen, we've strayed
from the subject. The topic isthe paradox of time travel. Oh,
we don't even know if it exists. Get a place a friendly wager on
that thousands of people disappear every yearinto thin air poof Who can say where
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they Maybe they're from another place togo someplace where they need be what someplace
where their talents are useful? You'reall right, my boy? Yeah,
yes, I just felt a bitdizzy. There happens to me too,
not enough sleep. I say wherethey can make a genuine contribution. I
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fear that some of us were borntoo early or too late my feelings as
well. A man named Charles forthOne said, what time is it getting
to be? Coming up on seveno'clock? I should think? What does
your watch say closer to eight?Actually, gentlemen, I'm afraid I'll have
to leave the subject of time travelto you in HG. Wells. I'm
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much too tired to get any moremetaphysical than that, And since nobody has
ever gone back in time, careto place a friendly wager? Then the
whole blame thing is much too theoreticalas far as I'm concerned. See over
the weekend, if you don't getlost back there, Peter, where lie
in time? Of course, I'lltry not to. Good evening, everybody
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leaving, mister Corrigan. That's right, William. Good night. Oh I'm
desperately sorry, sir. I've spilledcoffee on your sleeve. No harm,
William, no harm at all.Oh that was clumsy of me. I
think I shall survive, I reallydo. Let me wipe your jacket,
no need, honestly, I'll seeyou tomorrow. Did you have a code
with you, sir? No,I'm rushing the season a little tonight,
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William. I felt spring in theair, came out like this. Well,
April is spring, sir, it'sgetting there. What is the day
April fourteenth, mister Corrigan, Aprilfourteenth already, and the year I beg
your pardon, I'm just kidding,William. I know what year it is.
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Of course, Well, good night, William, take care of yourself.
I'll do my best, sir.Actually, mister, no thanks.
I think I'll just walk. Okay, Mick, what what is wrong with
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me? My head? Who isit? What do you want? I
need to sit down for a moment. I don't feel well. And you
are Peter Corrigan, a guest ofmister Jackson. Mister Jackson, I was
just inside. No, you werenot, of course I was. We
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are closed this evening. This isthe Potomac Club, isn't it it is?
Then? Let me in. Ileft something inside. Let me hear
you. The club is closed,but I just left here a minute ago.
The devil you did? Are youdrunk? Young man? Is that
it? I am not drunk.I want to see mister Jackson. There
is no mister Jackson here, orWhittaker or Millard or William. Let me
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talk to Wayam. Where is he? William? Who I don't know his
last name? William? What's thematter with you? Where did you come
from? And what's the idea ofthose clothes you're wearing? As good as
your clothes, sir, I'll begone with you. Hey, come on,
open up, you best get awayfrom here. I'll call the police.
Go on, get out of fourcarriage, sir, carriage since one
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of their carriages in Washington, HiSims all away, sir, May I
take you somewhere get away from me. I'll go home, that's it and
sleep it off. I'll go home, all right, right, have a
bit of patience. I'm coming.Yes, sorry, my key didn't work.
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Your key? Oh no, whoare you? May I ask missus
landers the landlady. You're the landlady? And you, sir? Is this
nineteen West twelfth Street? That's right? Whom did you wish to see?
To see which one of our guests, young man? I used to live
here. It's the oldest building inthe section of town. I was just
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wondering, how's that? What Imean is as I remember it, it
was the oldest. Will now really, I can't spend the whole evening standing
here talking about silly things like whichis the oldest building? If there's nothing
else? Then do you have aroom I have for acceptable borders? Do
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you come from around here? Yes? Yes I do. I'm a veteran.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I am. Well, come
in. I'll show you what Ihave. Your coat, what your long
coat? And your hat? Youmay leave them by the door, of
course. I'm I'm not used toit, used to what the hat I
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don't wear a hat very often.May I inquire as to your business?
I'm an engineer, really a professionalman. Well, come upstairs and I'll
show you the room, not theone on the second floor, by any
chance, at the end of thehall. Why, yes, how would
you know that? Well, I'veheard good reports about your establishment. I'm
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planning to repaint it soon. Oh, don't do that. I beg your
pardon. Well, I mean i'dlike to see it in its original colors
before it was remodeled. Before itis remodeled. Well, I suppose it
will do for a while longer.I'm sure it's fine. Off to the
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plane, that's right, missus Landers. Dinner at the Willard, and then
to the play. If my husbandfinds a cab in time. Will enjoy
yourselves and applaud the president for me, will certainly do that. Good night,
Missus Flanders, Good night, mydear, have a good time this
way. Mister Corrigan, What didyou say? What did I say to
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whom? When to the gentleman inuniform? What did you just say to
him? Now? What's the trouble? You just said something to him about
the president. She told me toapplaud him. Where might your sympathies lie,
yes, young man? Which armywere you in? The army of
the Republic? Of course? Thenwhy make such an issue of applauding President
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Lincoln? That's his due, isit not? That? And everything else?
May the Good Lord bless him.You're going to the play tonight,
we hope to if my husband stopsdawdling. What theater? What play?
Ford's theater? Of course, Ford'stheater, Ford's theater. Are you all
right? I mean, do youfeel well? Sir? What's the name
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of the play? I beg yourpardon? The play, the one that
you're going to see at Ford's Theater. What's the name of it? Why
it's called Our American cousin, dannIt's April fourteenth, isn't it April fourteenth,
eighteen sixty five, our American cousin? And Lincoln's going to be there,
indeed he is. Get out ofmy way, really, sir,
I'd call your actions most strange.Where are you going? I have to
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stop? It is this Sport's theater? It is? And who might you
be? It doesn't matter. Youhave to let me in. Are you
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the new understudy? No? Ineed to get a message down now,
now, you just give me yourmessage and I'll pass it along. You
don't understand this is a matter oflife and death. I'm sure it is.
But only the casts can go throughthis door. I'm sorry, I
misspoke. You see I am thenew understudy name Peter Corgan, but you
won't find it on the list.I'm a last minute replacement. Sure,
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sure, Now, why don't youjust tell me your message and I'll see
to it. Then let me inbefore it's too late. You sleep back
a half get through. President Lincolnis going to be shot tonight. Oh
President Lincoln is it's be gone withyou now before I call the police.
If you've got to warn him,tell everybody or the president is going to
die. You shut your lying mouthabout the President. It's going to happen
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unless you tell the guards there.That'll hold you. Now, somebody call
the police and get this lunatic outof here. Next this one was drunken
vagrant, sir Hei you again,Hello, may, Hello sergeant, A
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pleasant evening, Tulia whereabouts right outsidethe capitol, sir, plain as you'll
like ready to camp out? Itlook like that's true, mister Mallet.
Oh, just just for a fewhours. It was such a naice big
lawn they have. I'm sure missusthinking wouldn't mind none. That's the first
lady to you. Let him sleepit off. I can smell it on
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his breath. Oh, you needn'ttrouble yourself. I I can sleep out
just fine on his screen night likethis, the moon and the stars.
If certain people would mind their ownbusiness, come along next this one,
sir, h I fancy Dan withtoo much money in his pocket, dumb
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nothing except trying to save the countryfrom grief. Your best, hold your
tongue. I demand you let meout of here right now. The sergeant
told you to tell you two idiotsare arguing you're gonna lose a president e.
It's got a oath on him,doesn't he. That's what he's been
yelling all the way over to thestation. And that's what the doorman at
Fort's Theater popped him on the headfor. Tried to pound his way right
through the stage door, yelling somekind of crazy things about President Lincoln going
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to get shot. You will beshot tonight in the theater a man named
Booth, And now you will beno indish never mind, I'm telling you
the truth. Now, will youstop wasting time and do something about it.
I suppose you've been to one ofthem chances, some kind of seer
or a wizard or something with allthe fashion these days, stuff and nonsense.
If you ask me, I onlyknow what I know. If I
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told you how I know, youwouldn't believe me, so you don't want
to answer the question. Look,keep me here if you like, lock
me up, but do something good. Idea turnkey, Let this one sleep
it off. Two come along thisway, you boob's have better hear me
out. Somebody get to the President'sbox the fourth Theater. Either keep him
out of there or put a cordthe mit around him. A man named
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John Wilkes Booth is going to assassinatehim tonight evening. Sir, can I
help you? My god? Thename is Wellington, Sergeant Jonathan Wellington.
What can I do for you?Mister Wellington? That man you just hadn't
carcerated, mister Corgan. I believehe said his name was drunk, Sir.
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That's probably what he is, drunkor perhaps ill. I wonder if
he could be remanded in my custody. He might well be a war veteran.
If so I'd hate to see himplaced in jail. Well, yes,
ray decent of you, mister Wellington. The least I could do for
one of our own, a survivorof the great conflict ration. You see,
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you want him remanded in your custodyprecisely, I'll be fully responsible free.
I think perhaps I might be ableto help him. I myself am
a veteran, you see, Iknow the torment that lives on in a
man's soul after returning to civilian life. It is a horror not easily laid
to rest. Racher, that's whatyou like. But I'd be careful of
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this one if I was you.Here's a mighty bunch of crackpots run on
the streets these days, and manyof them his like, many of them
dangerous to sir, I must acceptthat risk, Turky. Have Cardigan brought
back out here. This gentleman's goingto look after him. It's real decent
of you, sir, real decent. Indeed, I'll be outside have them
brought out to me if you would, there will indeed, sir, next
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begging your pardon, Sergeant, whatis it about that Corrigan? Sir?
That about him? What wouldn't itbe whyse sir, if what he seems
so positive, Sir, so sureabout the president? I mean, what
would you have us do send allavailable police to the Ford Theater? And
on what authority? On the wordis some demented fool who probably left his
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mind someplace back and get his burg. I only thought if I was you,
mister, I'd be considerably more thoughtfulits size and up situations. I'll
not advance one half grade the nexttwenty years. I'll be good enough to
stand aside and let me get homewith me work, Sergeant. It wouldn't
hurt. It wouldn't hurt if whatI was going to suggest, sir,
that if perhaps we placed an extraguard in the box with the president.
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That president has all reguards he needs. He's got the whole federal army at
his disposal, and if they're satisfiedwith the arrangements for his protection, then
I am too, and so shouldyou be next. Take this glass of
wine. It'll help you relax.Thank you feel better. One question?
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Yes, who are you at themoment? I'm your benefactor and apparently your
only friend. Turkish cigarette, Idon't smoke. Why did you take me
out of the police station. I'min the government service, but as a
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young man in college, I dabbledin medicine of a sort, medicine of
the mind iatrist what or what wouldthey call before that? An alienist?
I don't know either term. Butyour symptoms do interest me? What symptoms?
The story you were telling about thepresident being assassinated? What time is
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it? A quarter to eight?The play won't start for another forty five
minutes this time, precious little.What gave you the idea that the president
would be assassinated? I happen toknow. That's all. You have a
premonition. I have a lot morethan a premonition. Lincoln will be assassinated,
and the course of history will bechanged unless somebody tries to prevent it.
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I agree that such an event wouldchange history, and very dramatically,
as would an event that does nothappen. That too, can change the
world. Then do something very well. I shall try to prevent it.
If you can convince me that you'reneither drunk nor insane. If I told
you what I was, you'd beconvinced I am insane. So all I'm
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going to tell you is that Ihappen to know for a fact that a
man named John Wilkes Booth will shootPresident Lincoln with a pistol in Ford's theater.
I don't know what time it's goingto happen. That's something I've forgot,
but something you forgot. Listen,please, what's the matter? I
think I better sit down. Takemy handkerchief. That druise on your head
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hasn't been treated properly. You'd bestcover it. That's that's odd. What
is I'm so I'm so faint allof a sudden, so weak. It's
almost as if were as if youwere, as if I suddenly got drunk.
Right, there's something else I've I'venever never felt like this before.
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Yeah, the wine, you devil. You drugged me, drugged me,
didn't you? You drugged me?If I was forced to my young friend.
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You're a very sick man, anda sick man doesn't belong in jail.
He belongs in a comfortable accommodation whereyou can sleep and rest and regains
his composure. Is rash rest,mister Goregan. I'll be back soon,
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facing face. You've got to believeit. Bacon's going to be shot tonight.
And that's extremely odd because perhaps I'mbeginning to believe you. Good night,
mister Gorgon. Rest well, ohno, oh, please please let
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me out of this room. It'strue, all of it. I know
that the President of the United Statesit's going to be assassinated tonight. Stand
aside, there's no need to breakit down, Officer. I have an
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extra key. Oh good lord,are you all right, sir? What's
happened here? What time is it? You've got to tell me the time.
It's ten thirty five. Come on, Corrigan, tell me what you
know. You may be a madmanor a drunk. I'm neither, but
you convinced me. I've been everywherefrom the mayor's office to the police commissioner's
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home, trying to get a specialguard for the president. And do they
agree not one, go yourself,but I don't have the authority. Find
out where he's sitting, and getright up alongside him. That's the way
it happened. Shot from behind,and then the assassin jumps from the box
to the stage and he runs outof the wings. You're telling me this
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as if as if it has alreadyhappened. It has happened. It happened
one hundred years ago. And I'vecome back here to see that it doesn't
happen this time. Where's the manwho brought me here? Where's Wellington?
Wellington? There's no one here bythat name. You're mistaken. Well I'm
the chambermaid. And if he lived, he had know about it. Tell
me there's no one here by thatname. He brought me in here.
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He lives in this room. Look, this is the handkerchief he gave me.
Let me see that. No Wellington. I'm positive I tell you his
name was C. For yourself.The initials on the handkerchief, JW B.
That's right, mister John Willis Boothlives in this room. And that's
what brought you here. Booth.He said his name was Wellington. That's
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why he drugged me drugs. Hegave me wine and drugged me. He
didn't want me to stop him.He's the one who's going to do it,
Surely not, sir, not misterBooth. Listen, officer, you've
got to get to that theater.You've got to stop him. John Wilkes
Booth, he's going to kill Lincoln. Will you leave here at once and
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stop him? Will you please?Wait? What's that outside the President's been
shocked. President Lincoln's been assassinated,links dying. Ohs per service, Oh
dear God, you were right,you did know. Oh, my dear
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God. I tried to tell you. I tried to warn you, one
more supporting thing I've ever tried totwo in my life. God, I
failed. I failed. Why didn'tanybody listen? Why? Why didn't anyone
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listen to me? Good evening,mister Corrigan. Did you forget something,
sir? Forget something? You justleft a moment ago? Sir? I
thought you forgot something a moment ago. Yes, sir, where's William William?
Sir? There's no attendant named Williamhere. And this is the Potomac
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Club, of course. It isthe oldest club in Washington, as you
well know, I want to goback to the Cardinal by all means.
Well, invest in your technology allyou like, but I stand by a
traditional portfolio nonsense. The digital revolutionhas rendered the old methods obsolete, as
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am I, gentleman, and yetI keep on taking. Diversifying is the
key. Muni bonds, long termcertificates, real estate holdings back. So
soon, Pete and stay away,come on over and join this bull session.
It has to do with the bestways of amassing of fortune. What
are your tried and true methods?We were talking about time travel, about
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going back in time. Oh that'sold hat. We're on a new tack,
now, money and the best waysto acquire it. Listen, listen,
all of you. I want totell you something, of course,
old man, Are you all right? Yeah? I'm all right, And
sit down and listen to a lotof colaver from some self made swindlers.
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Who's the fourth man? Why Ithink you know him? You most certainly
do. Turn around so Corrigan herecan see you. Hello, Peter,
William Is that you? William herehas the best method of all? Oh
yeah, My method for achieving securityis by far the best with an absolute
minimum of risk, not at all. In fact, you simply inherited.
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It comes to you in a beribbon box. Will close. You look
like, yes, a rich man. You are a very rich man.
That's because I am, of course. But how I was telling the boys.
Corrigan, my great great great grandfather, was on the police force here
in Washington. On the night ofLincoln's assassination. He went all over town
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trying to warn people that something diremight happen. He was a patrolman,
a lowly officer of the law,Yes, of course, and he looked
a bit like you. Well,there is one surviving photograph, a slight
resemblance perhaps In any event, exactlyhow he figured out that the president would
be shot, nobody seems to know. The explanation, if there is one,
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is certainly not a matter of record. But because there was so much
surrounding publicity, people never forgot him. He became a police chief, that
a councilman, did some wheeling anddealing in land, and became a millionaire.
After that, Well, the familyfortune only grew. Now then,
what do you say we get backto our bridge, gentlemen, Corragan was
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going to tell us something. Well, what was it you wanted to say?
William? You don't work here asan attendant? Fancy that? Not
ever? And didn't you spoke coffeeon me? Spill it on my jacket?
Here? But there's no spot onyour jacket. You're right, there's
not. Listen, old chum,I was a member of this club while
you were still going to prep school. And I'm certainly not a snob.
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But well, sir, an attendant, I really must protest your cards gentlemen,
in the matter of time travel nota very fruitful subject. I just
wanted to say that I've made adiscovery. Some things can be changed,
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and others can't, the most importantones, the ones that alter the world
too profoundly. It must be thatsuch matters are enhanced greater than ours,
because otherwise the present couldn't exist,not in any form that we might recognize
or even be a part of.Just as you say, Pete, I
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bid one spade. Excuse me,gentlemen. Night, I must get back
back home, of course, untilnext time. Take care, boy,
I bid two hearts strange mood heis in tonight, look speaking, doesn't
he a bit? I wonder what'sthe matter with him? Gentlemen, I'm
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sure it has nothing to do withus. Now let's get down to business.
The bid Good night, mister Corgan. Wait, yes, sir,
how long have you worked here atthe Potomac. It's been seventeen years now,
And when I left the first timea few minutes ago. You remember
that certainly you were the attendant whosaw me out. Why, yes,
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sir, I see. Will therebe anything else? I guess not?
Well? Can I then? Doyou care? Mister? What oh u
no, no, no, I'mafraid I'll have to find my own way
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home tonight, whatever you say,mac. Mister Peter Corrigan lately returned from
a place known only as back There, a journey into time with highly questionable
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results, proving on the one handthat the threads of history are woven tightly
and that the skein of events cannotbe undone, and on the other hand
that there may be small fragments ofthe tapestry that can be altered, however
unpredictable. The final result our thesisto be taken as you will in the
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You're traveling through another dimension, adimension not only of sight and sound,
but of mind, A journey intoa wondrous land whose boundaries are those of
imagination. Your next stop the TwilightZone. One old fashioned one scotch,
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rock's a whiskey sour into B andB which table number three? Millard,
Jackson and Whittaker. Right, that'sright, the usual, got it?
Oh, and make the scotch adouble for mister Jackson. You're learning,
oh, man Jackson, that hewas here before I was born, as
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was I. No offense, William, No, I'm taking who's the whiskey
sour? For? Mister Corrigan hasjoined them again this evening. I wonder
why I expect he wants to learnfrom the past. Yeah, but that's
all those old guys talk about thepast. He ought to join another club,
someplace that's co ed. At least. There's no substitute for experience,
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Daniel, none whatsoever. If youwant to learn the ropes, so to
speak. I hear that, hereyou go. Shall I run a tab?
Table three always runs a tab?Gotcha? Bring me another burden,
will you please? William? Certainly, sir. Oh, and some peanuts
to go with that, Yes,sir, well, that trumps me.
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No more cards, gentlemen, you'vepicked my pockets again. We play by
the honor system. Cor again.You know you have a line of credit
with us, not to unless youcare to let me make that last bit
over again. You don't think thatwould change anything, do you beet We
had you on the ropes ten minutesago? Yes, but if I bid
spades instead of hearts, wouldn't havemade a bit of difference. Trust me,
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boy, I do trust you,mister Jackson. It was my heir,
no doubt about that. You havea point, though, one small
detail, a jog to the leftinstead of the right, say, and
things might turn out quite differently.So true, just put the drinks down
over there, would you? William? Of course, So you're saying he's
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saying that life turns on the finestof points, and I must say I
agree in a game of cards,yes, But will there be anything else?
Not? Just now? William?Very good? So what exactly are
you getting at? Oh? We'veall seen it time and again. One
vote more or less on the floor, a scandal that might have been avoided,
and our current political standings would bequite different. It's a matter of
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choices as well as luck. Let'ssay, Corgan, that you go back
in time. Yes, yes,and if that were possible, there'd be
nothing to stop me from altering thecourse of history. Is that it imagine
this, It's October nineteen twenty nine, the day before the stock market crashed.
If only my grandfather had known aboutthat one, and you know that
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on the following morning the securities aregoing to tumble into an abyss. And
how would I know? Because youcarry with you the knowledge of the present
of what's to come. Of course, of course, now using that prior
knowledge, there are a one hundredthings you can do to protect yourself.
But following your logic, I'd bean achronism. They'd spot me right away,
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probably lock me up, because Idon't really belong back there, my
close, my speech. It doesn'tmatter. You'd find a way to pass.
The important thing is, once youwere there, you could sell your
holdings the day before the crash,as my grandfather should have. All right,
But what if I did, andthat very acts are of the crash
day earlier? He does have apoint, though even that's unlikely. So
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hear me out. History tells usthat on October twenty fourth, nineteen twenty
nine, the bottom dropped out ofthe stock market. That's a fixed date,
October twenty fourth, nineteen twenty nine. It already exists as an event
in the history of the twentieth century, in our own past. The forces
that made us as we are ergo. By definition, it can't be altered,
not by those of us who areproducts of those very events. You
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see, and I say it can. What's to prevent it? What would
be the mechanism to make it occur? A time machine, some technology that
hasn't been invented yet? What's themechanism for human life? Birth and death?
Do we understand that? No,but it's real, I assure you.
Jackson's right. What's to prevent me, say, from going to a
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broker on the morning of October twentythird or October twenty second? Why go
back that far yesterday? Would do? Nicely? Go to the racetrack with
a list of winning horses that wouldbe entirely for a personal gain, a
matter of manipulating numbers when you're dealingwith matters of life and death? The
why else go back to nineteen twentynine? Then, unless you can think
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of a reason other than money.Well, there was a certain little flapper
named Louise Brooks that was before evenyour time. Walter Alas witness a theoretical
argument at the very private Potomac Clubin Washington, d C. The club
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is founded in eighteen fifty eight,but the argument is occurring in the present
between four intelligent men. They're talkingabout an improbable thing, whether it's possible
to go back in time, Afriendly debate after a game of cards revolving
around a simple issue. Could ahuman being actually change what has happened before?
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Interesting and theoretical, because whoever heardof a man and going back in
time? Until tonight? That isbecause the Potomac Club just happens to be
situated not only in Washington, dC, but somewhere near the edges of
the Twilight Zone. And now backto our story from the Twilight Zone back
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there, starring Jim Cavizo with StacyKeach as your narrative. There can be
no such device according to science.Don't be so sure. The answer may
line within rather than from a DAYUsex machina. Ever hear of black ops,
I've heard of men in black samething. There's secret funding going on
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right now. Strictly off the books. You understand to project the minds of
CIA agents to other locations. Nowif they can do that using only brain
waves? Who says they can dothat? Gentlemen? Gentlemen, we've strayed
from the subject. The topic isthe paradox of time travel. Oh,
we don't even know if it exists. Get a place a friendly wager on
that thousands of people disappear every yearinto thin air poof Who can say where
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they Maybe they're from another place togo someplace where they need be what someplace
where their talents are useful? You'reall right, my boy? Yeah,
yes, I just felt a bitdizzy. There happens to me too,
not enough sleep. I say wherethey can make a genuine contribution. I
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fear that some of us were borntoo early or too late my feelings as
well. A man named Charles forthOne said, what time is it getting
to be? Coming up on seveno'clock? I should think? What does
your watch say closer to eight?Actually, gentlemen, I'm afraid I'll have
to leave the subject of time travelto you in HG. Wells. I'm
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much too tired to get any moremetaphysical than that, And since nobody has
ever gone back in time, careto place a friendly wager? Then the
whole blame thing is much too theoreticalas far as I'm concerned. See over
the weekend, if you don't getlost back there, Peter, where lie
in time? Of course, I'lltry not to. Good evening, everybody
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leaving, mister Corrigan. That's right, William. Good night. Oh I'm
desperately sorry, sir. I've spilledcoffee on your sleeve. No harm,
William, no harm at all.Oh that was clumsy of me. I
think I shall survive, I reallydo. Let me wipe your jacket,
no need, honestly, I'll seeyou tomorrow. Did you have a code
with you, sir? No,I'm rushing the season a little tonight,
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William. I felt spring in theair, came out like this. Well,
April is spring, sir, it'sgetting there. What is the day
April fourteenth, mister Corrigan, Aprilfourteenth already, and the year I beg
your pardon, I'm just kidding,William. I know what year it is.
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Of course, Well, good night, William, take care of yourself.
I'll do my best, sir.Actually, mister, no thanks.
I think I'll just walk. Okay, Mick, what what is wrong with
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me? My head? Who isit? What do you want? I
need to sit down for a moment. I don't feel well. And you
are Peter Corrigan, a guest ofmister Jackson. Mister Jackson, I was
just inside. No, you werenot, of course I was. We
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are closed this evening. This isthe Potomac Club, isn't it it is?
Then? Let me in. Ileft something inside. Let me hear
you. The club is closed,but I just left here a minute ago.
The devil you did? Are youdrunk? Young man? Is that
it? I am not drunk.I want to see mister Jackson. There
is no mister Jackson here, orWhittaker or Millard or William. Let me
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talk to Wayam. Where is he? William? Who I don't know his
last name? William? What's thematter with you? Where did you come
from? And what's the idea ofthose clothes you're wearing? As good as
your clothes, sir, I'll begone with you. Hey, come on,
open up, you best get awayfrom here. I'll call the police.
Go on, get out of fourcarriage, sir, carriage since one
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of their carriages in Washington, HiSims all away, sir, May I
take you somewhere get away from me. I'll go home, that's it and
sleep it off. I'll go home, all right, right, have a
bit of patience. I'm coming.Yes, sorry, my key didn't work.
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Your key? Oh no, whoare you? May I ask missus
landers the landlady. You're the landlady? And you, sir? Is this
nineteen West twelfth Street? That's right? Whom did you wish to see?
To see which one of our guests, young man? I used to live
here. It's the oldest building inthe section of town. I was just
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wondering, how's that? What Imean is as I remember it, it
was the oldest. Will now really, I can't spend the whole evening standing
here talking about silly things like whichis the oldest building? If there's nothing
else? Then do you have aroom I have for acceptable borders? Do
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you come from around here? Yes? Yes I do. I'm a veteran.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I am. Well, come
in. I'll show you what Ihave. Your coat, what your long
coat? And your hat? Youmay leave them by the door, of
course. I'm I'm not used toit, used to what the hat I
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don't wear a hat very often.May I inquire as to your business?
I'm an engineer, really a professionalman. Well, come upstairs and I'll
show you the room, not theone on the second floor, by any
chance, at the end of thehall. Why, yes, how would
you know that? Well, I'veheard good reports about your establishment. I'm
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planning to repaint it soon. Oh, don't do that. I beg your
pardon. Well, I mean i'dlike to see it in its original colors
before it was remodeled. Before itis remodeled. Well, I suppose it
will do for a while longer.I'm sure it's fine. Off to the
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plane, that's right, missus Landers. Dinner at the Willard, and then
to the play. If my husbandfinds a cab in time. Will enjoy
yourselves and applaud the president for me, will certainly do that. Good night,
Missus Flanders, Good night, mydear, have a good time this
way. Mister Corrigan, What didyou say? What did I say to
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whom? When to the gentleman inuniform? What did you just say to
him? Now? What's the trouble? You just said something to him about
the president. She told me toapplaud him. Where might your sympathies lie,
yes, young man? Which armywere you in? The army of
the Republic? Of course? Thenwhy make such an issue of applauding President
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Lincoln? That's his due, isit not? That? And everything else?
May the Good Lord bless him.You're going to the play tonight,
we hope to if my husband stopsdawdling. What theater? What play?
Ford's theater? Of course, Ford'stheater, Ford's theater. Are you all
right? I mean, do youfeel well? Sir? What's the name
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of the play? I beg yourpardon? The play, the one that
you're going to see at Ford's Theater. What's the name of it? Why
it's called Our American cousin, dannIt's April fourteenth, isn't it April fourteenth,
eighteen sixty five, our American cousin? And Lincoln's going to be there,
indeed he is. Get out ofmy way, really, sir,
I'd call your actions most strange.Where are you going? I have to
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stop? It is this Sport's theater? It is? And who might you
be? It doesn't matter. Youhave to let me in. Are you
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the new understudy? No? Ineed to get a message down now,
now, you just give me yourmessage and I'll pass it along. You
don't understand this is a matter oflife and death. I'm sure it is.
But only the casts can go throughthis door. I'm sorry, I
misspoke. You see I am thenew understudy name Peter Corgan, but you
won't find it on the list.I'm a last minute replacement. Sure,
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sure, Now, why don't youjust tell me your message and I'll see
to it. Then let me inbefore it's too late. You sleep back
a half get through. President Lincolnis going to be shot tonight. Oh
President Lincoln is it's be gone withyou now before I call the police.
If you've got to warn him,tell everybody or the president is going to
die. You shut your lying mouthabout the President. It's going to happen
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unless you tell the guards there.That'll hold you. Now, somebody call
the police and get this lunatic outof here. Next this one was drunken
vagrant, sir Hei you again,Hello, may, Hello sergeant, A
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pleasant evening, Tulia whereabouts right outsidethe capitol, sir, plain as you'll
like ready to camp out? Itlook like that's true, mister Mallet.
Oh, just just for a fewhours. It was such a naice big
lawn they have. I'm sure missusthinking wouldn't mind none. That's the first
lady to you. Let him sleepit off. I can smell it on
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his breath. Oh, you needn'ttrouble yourself. I I can sleep out
just fine on his screen night likethis, the moon and the stars.
If certain people would mind their ownbusiness, come along next this one,
sir, h I fancy Dan withtoo much money in his pocket, dumb
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nothing except trying to save the countryfrom grief. Your best, hold your
tongue. I demand you let meout of here right now. The sergeant
told you to tell you two idiotsare arguing you're gonna lose a president e.
It's got a oath on him,doesn't he. That's what he's been
yelling all the way over to thestation. And that's what the doorman at
Fort's Theater popped him on the headfor. Tried to pound his way right
through the stage door, yelling somekind of crazy things about President Lincoln going
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to get shot. You will beshot tonight in the theater a man named
Booth, And now you will beno indish never mind, I'm telling you
the truth. Now, will youstop wasting time and do something about it.
I suppose you've been to one ofthem chances, some kind of seer
or a wizard or something with allthe fashion these days, stuff and nonsense.
If you ask me, I onlyknow what I know. If I
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told you how I know, youwouldn't believe me, so you don't want
to answer the question. Look,keep me here if you like, lock
me up, but do something good. Idea turnkey, Let this one sleep
it off. Two come along thisway, you boob's have better hear me
out. Somebody get to the President'sbox the fourth Theater. Either keep him
out of there or put a cordthe mit around him. A man named
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John Wilkes Booth is going to assassinatehim tonight evening. Sir, can I
help you? My god? Thename is Wellington, Sergeant Jonathan Wellington.
What can I do for you?Mister Wellington? That man you just hadn't
carcerated, mister Corgan. I believehe said his name was drunk, Sir.
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That's probably what he is, drunkor perhaps ill. I wonder if
he could be remanded in my custody. He might well be a war veteran.
If so I'd hate to see himplaced in jail. Well, yes,
ray decent of you, mister Wellington. The least I could do for
one of our own, a survivorof the great conflict ration. You see,
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you want him remanded in your custodyprecisely, I'll be fully responsible free.
I think perhaps I might be ableto help him. I myself am
a veteran, you see, Iknow the torment that lives on in a
man's soul after returning to civilian life. It is a horror not easily laid
to rest. Racher, that's whatyou like. But I'd be careful of
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this one if I was you.Here's a mighty bunch of crackpots run on
the streets these days, and manyof them his like, many of them
dangerous to sir, I must acceptthat risk, Turky. Have Cardigan brought
back out here. This gentleman's goingto look after him. It's real decent
of you, sir, real decent. Indeed, I'll be outside have them
brought out to me if you would, there will indeed, sir, next
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begging your pardon, Sergeant, whatis it about that Corrigan? Sir?
That about him? What wouldn't itbe whyse sir, if what he seems
so positive, Sir, so sureabout the president? I mean, what
would you have us do send allavailable police to the Ford Theater? And
on what authority? On the wordis some demented fool who probably left his
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mind someplace back and get his burg. I only thought if I was you,
mister, I'd be considerably more thoughtfulits size and up situations. I'll
not advance one half grade the nexttwenty years. I'll be good enough to
stand aside and let me get homewith me work, Sergeant. It wouldn't
hurt. It wouldn't hurt if whatI was going to suggest, sir,
that if perhaps we placed an extraguard in the box with the president.
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That president has all reguards he needs. He's got the whole federal army at
his disposal, and if they're satisfiedwith the arrangements for his protection, then
I am too, and so shouldyou be next. Take this glass of
wine. It'll help you relax.Thank you feel better. One question?
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Yes, who are you at themoment? I'm your benefactor and apparently your
only friend. Turkish cigarette, Idon't smoke. Why did you take me
out of the police station. I'min the government service, but as a
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young man in college, I dabbledin medicine of a sort, medicine of
the mind iatrist what or what wouldthey call before that? An alienist?
I don't know either term. Butyour symptoms do interest me? What symptoms?
The story you were telling about thepresident being assassinated? What time is
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it? A quarter to eight?The play won't start for another forty five
minutes this time, precious little.What gave you the idea that the president
would be assassinated? I happen toknow. That's all. You have a
premonition. I have a lot morethan a premonition. Lincoln will be assassinated,
and the course of history will bechanged unless somebody tries to prevent it.
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I agree that such an event wouldchange history, and very dramatically,
as would an event that does nothappen. That too, can change the
world. Then do something very well. I shall try to prevent it.
If you can convince me that you'reneither drunk nor insane. If I told
you what I was, you'd beconvinced I am insane. So all I'm
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going to tell you is that Ihappen to know for a fact that a
man named John Wilkes Booth will shootPresident Lincoln with a pistol in Ford's theater.
I don't know what time it's goingto happen. That's something I've forgot,
but something you forgot. Listen,please, what's the matter? I
think I better sit down. Takemy handkerchief. That druise on your head
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hasn't been treated properly. You'd bestcover it. That's that's odd. What
is I'm so I'm so faint allof a sudden, so weak. It's
almost as if were as if youwere, as if I suddenly got drunk.
Right, there's something else I've I'venever never felt like this before.
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Yeah, the wine, you devil. You drugged me, drugged me,
didn't you? You drugged me?If I was forced to my young friend.
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You're a very sick man, anda sick man doesn't belong in jail.
He belongs in a comfortable accommodation whereyou can sleep and rest and regains
his composure. Is rash rest,mister Goregan. I'll be back soon,
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facing face. You've got to believeit. Bacon's going to be shot tonight.
And that's extremely odd because perhaps I'mbeginning to believe you. Good night,
mister Gorgon. Rest well, ohno, oh, please please let
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me out of this room. It'strue, all of it. I know
that the President of the United Statesit's going to be assassinated tonight. Stand
aside, there's no need to breakit down, Officer. I have an
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extra key. Oh good lord,are you all right, sir? What's
happened here? What time is it? You've got to tell me the time.
It's ten thirty five. Come on, Corrigan, tell me what you
know. You may be a madmanor a drunk. I'm neither, but
you convinced me. I've been everywherefrom the mayor's office to the police commissioner's
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home, trying to get a specialguard for the president. And do they
agree not one, go yourself,but I don't have the authority. Find
out where he's sitting, and getright up alongside him. That's the way
it happened. Shot from behind,and then the assassin jumps from the box
to the stage and he runs outof the wings. You're telling me this
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as if as if it has alreadyhappened. It has happened. It happened
one hundred years ago. And I'vecome back here to see that it doesn't
happen this time. Where's the manwho brought me here? Where's Wellington?
Wellington? There's no one here bythat name. You're mistaken. Well I'm
the chambermaid. And if he lived, he had know about it. Tell
me there's no one here by thatname. He brought me in here.
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He lives in this room. Look, this is the handkerchief he gave me.
Let me see that. No Wellington. I'm positive I tell you his
name was C. For yourself.The initials on the handkerchief, JW B.
That's right, mister John Willis Boothlives in this room. And that's
what brought you here. Booth.He said his name was Wellington. That's
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why he drugged me drugs. Hegave me wine and drugged me. He
didn't want me to stop him.He's the one who's going to do it,
Surely not, sir, not misterBooth. Listen, officer, you've
got to get to that theater.You've got to stop him. John Wilkes
Booth, he's going to kill Lincoln. Will you leave here at once and
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stop him? Will you please?Wait? What's that outside the President's been
shocked. President Lincoln's been assassinated,links dying. Ohs per service, Oh
dear God, you were right,you did know. Oh, my dear
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God. I tried to tell you. I tried to warn you, one
more supporting thing I've ever tried totwo in my life. God, I
failed. I failed. Why didn'tanybody listen? Why? Why didn't anyone
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listen to me? Good evening,mister Corrigan. Did you forget something,
sir? Forget something? You justleft a moment ago? Sir? I
thought you forgot something a moment ago. Yes, sir, where's William William?
Sir? There's no attendant named Williamhere. And this is the Potomac
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Club, of course. It isthe oldest club in Washington, as you
well know, I want to goback to the Cardinal by all means.
Well, invest in your technology allyou like, but I stand by a
traditional portfolio nonsense. The digital revolutionhas rendered the old methods obsolete, as
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am I, gentleman, and yetI keep on taking. Diversifying is the
key. Muni bonds, long termcertificates, real estate holdings back. So
soon, Pete and stay away,come on over and join this bull session.
It has to do with the bestways of amassing of fortune. What
are your tried and true methods?We were talking about time travel, about
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going back in time. Oh that'sold hat. We're on a new tack,
now, money and the best waysto acquire it. Listen, listen,
all of you. I want totell you something, of course,
old man, Are you all right? Yeah? I'm all right, And
sit down and listen to a lotof colaver from some self made swindlers.
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Who's the fourth man? Why Ithink you know him? You most certainly
do. Turn around so Corrigan herecan see you. Hello, Peter,
William Is that you? William herehas the best method of all? Oh
yeah, My method for achieving securityis by far the best with an absolute
minimum of risk, not at all. In fact, you simply inherited.
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It comes to you in a beribbon box. Will close. You look
like, yes, a rich man. You are a very rich man.
That's because I am, of course. But how I was telling the boys.
Corrigan, my great great great grandfather, was on the police force here
in Washington. On the night ofLincoln's assassination. He went all over town
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trying to warn people that something diremight happen. He was a patrolman,
a lowly officer of the law,Yes, of course, and he looked
a bit like you. Well,there is one surviving photograph, a slight
resemblance perhaps In any event, exactlyhow he figured out that the president would
be shot, nobody seems to know. The explanation, if there is one,
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is certainly not a matter of record. But because there was so much
surrounding publicity, people never forgot him. He became a police chief, that
a councilman, did some wheeling anddealing in land, and became a millionaire.
After that, Well, the familyfortune only grew. Now then,
what do you say we get backto our bridge, gentlemen, Corragan was
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going to tell us something. Well, what was it you wanted to say?
William? You don't work here asan attendant? Fancy that? Not
ever? And didn't you spoke coffeeon me? Spill it on my jacket?
Here? But there's no spot onyour jacket. You're right, there's
not. Listen, old chum,I was a member of this club while
you were still going to prep school. And I'm certainly not a snob.
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But well, sir, an attendant, I really must protest your cards gentlemen,
in the matter of time travel nota very fruitful subject. I just
wanted to say that I've made adiscovery. Some things can be changed,
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and others can't, the most importantones, the ones that alter the world
too profoundly. It must be thatsuch matters are enhanced greater than ours,
because otherwise the present couldn't exist,not in any form that we might recognize
or even be a part of.Just as you say, Pete, I
(31:07):
bid one spade. Excuse me,gentlemen. Night, I must get back
back home, of course, untilnext time. Take care, boy,
I bid two hearts strange mood heis in tonight, look speaking, doesn't
he a bit? I wonder what'sthe matter with him? Gentlemen, I'm
(31:30):
sure it has nothing to do withus. Now let's get down to business.
The bid Good night, mister Corgan. Wait, yes, sir,
how long have you worked here atthe Potomac. It's been seventeen years now,
And when I left the first timea few minutes ago. You remember
that certainly you were the attendant whosaw me out. Why, yes,
(31:53):
sir, I see. Will therebe anything else? I guess not?
Well? Can I then? Doyou care? Mister? What oh u
no, no, no, I'mafraid I'll have to find my own way
(32:15):
home tonight, whatever you say,mac. Mister Peter Corrigan lately returned from
a place known only as back There, a journey into time with highly questionable
(32:37):
results, proving on the one handthat the threads of history are woven tightly
and that the skein of events cannotbe undone, and on the other hand
that there may be small fragments ofthe tapestry that can be altered, however
unpredictable. The final result our thesisto be taken as you will in the
(32:57):
Twilight Zone. Hi, this isCarla Mauri, producer of the Twilight Zone
Radio Dramas. I'd like to takea moment to tell you about our official
website at twilight Zone Radio dot com, where you'll get the latest news and
information on these Twilight Zone Radio dramas. Plus, at twilight Zone Radio dot
(33:22):
com, you can digitally download threefree episodes, or any of our episodes
for only a dollar ninety five each. In this age of ever changing technology,
we've decided to make these episodes instantlyavailable to you by making the Twilight
Zone Radio Dramas a digital download onlyseries. This means that this series will
(33:42):
no longer be offered on CD.The CD collections at our website are now
being offered while supplies last at Buyone, get one free, so be
sure to get your favorites before they'resold out. Be sure to visit us
often, and I'll see you inthe Zone. Back There, starring Jim
(34:09):
Cavesl with Stacy Keach as your narrator, was adapted for radio by Dennis Etcherson
and based on a script by RodSerling. Heard in the cast were David
Darlow, Rich Comenick, Rodrick Peeples, Doug James, Peter DeFaria, Peggy
Roter, Turk Mueller, Maria Stevens, Tony Castill, Roger Wolski, Christian
(34:29):
Stolty, Carla Mauri, and NataliaReid. To learn more about the Twilight
Zone Radio dramas and to obtain audiocassettes and CDs of these programs, visit
our website at twilight Zone Radio dotcom. This copyrighted radio series is produced
and directed by Carl Lamari and RogerWolski for Falcon Picture Group. Doug James Peaking
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