Ghost Stories Page #2

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- I signed it...

- Aah.

Just stick it there.

I'm so familiar

with your books

and your, your TV work.

I've always felt

a closeness to you.

Save those sentiments

for your wife and family.

What a surprise.

You're not married.

You could always see

the truth, couldn't you?

Truth?

I look back now at my work

with absolute shame.

I see the arrogance

and the disrespect

with which I went

into those homes.

I took pleasure

in pulling those stories

those people apart.

I think you're being

really hard on yourself.

I have seen your work,

Goodman.

You want to know

what I think of it?

It's sh*t.

You are a conceited,

weak-willed coward.

Editing out

any inconvenient data.

Terrified of anything

that doesn't fit

into your tiny

worldview...

Okay, I'm done. I came here

in good faith because you...

Three cases!

I couldn't explain

three cases

that haunt me still.

Now you go and

investigate if you dare

and come back and tell me

that I am wrong

because I've come to one

inescapable conclusion

and that is

the supernatural

the unseen forces

that surround us

everything that you and I

have spent a lifetime

trying to debunk and

disprove, it's all true.

Every last bit of it.

Please, Mr. Goodman

I'm begging you.

Tell me I am wrong.

I need you to tell me..

...I'm wrong.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

Oh, hello, Tony?

Aye, captain.

Hello there.

Hi, I'm Philip Goodman.

Bang! Whoa! Slow.

Too slow.

Yeah, you look

like a teacher.

Do I? Right.

Um, well, technically,

I'm a professor.

They bloody insist

on calling me that

on that TV show that I do,

"Psychic Cheats."

Oh, yeah, that's where

I know you from.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I seen that.

Yeah, it's sh*t.

I'm only joking

with you, mate.

I ain't seen it.

I have never even

heard of it, sunbeam.

- Professor, eh?

- Yeah.

You know,

that's the official title

for someone who does

a "Punch And Judy."

I bet you didn't know

that, did you?

- No, I didn't actually.

- There you go then.

The professor

just learned something

from the humble

night watchman.

And that's what you do,

is it?

[TURNS ON RECORDER]

You're a night watchman?

Actually, I don't wanna

talk about it, mate.

Sorry?

I'm just not feeling

very chatty, sunbeam.

[SOFTLY]

For f***'s sake.

Oh, did I forget to mention

that there was a fee?

- 100 quid.

- 50.

Done.

20, 25..

So that's what

you do, yeah?

You're a night watchman?

Well, I was, you know,

when, um, it happened.

- And now?

- Now?

Let's just say

that immigration

has made things

a bit tough, yeah?

How about family?

You married?

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