Jerry McDougal credited as playing...
Doctor Thorton
- [Robin and chief Martin arrive in their cars at Doctor Thorton's house. Robin parks and exits her car]
- Chief Jim Martin: Well, here it is. Doc Thorton's.
- Robin Morales: Thanks for your help.
- Chief Jim Martin: No problem. Good luck.
- Robin Morales: Okay. See you.
- [Robin walks toward the house]
- Chief Jim Martin: You take care.
- Robin Morales: I will.
- [Robin opens the gate. She smiles at chief Martin, who stands and watches her. As she opens the door, she smiles again at chief Martin, who finally leaves. Robin approaches the reception desk. The receptionist - Marie - does not even raises her eyes. Robin taps on the desk. Marie raises her head and looks at Robin hostilely]
- Marie Wiley: [sourly] Can I help you?
- Robin Morales: I'd like to see Doctor Thorton, if he's available.
- Marie Wiley: [scoffs] If he's available. You a patient of his?
- Robin Morales: No, I...
- Marie Wiley: [hands Robin a form] Fill this out.
- Robin Morales: Actually, I'm not here as a patient. I'm a producer for Case Unsolved, the TV show. I'd like to interview him.
- Marie Wiley: [smiles mockingly] You're kidding.
- Robin Morales: No.
- Marie Wiley: [hostilely] What do you want to interview him for?
- Robin Morales: I need to discuss that with Doctor Thorton.
- Marie Wiley: [talks to the intercom] Hi, doc! You awake?
- Doctor Thorton: [coughs over intercom] Yes. Of course.
- Marie Wiley: [scoffs] Someone here from a TV show. Says she wants to interview you.
- Doctor Thorton: Well, send her in, Marie.
- [Marie rudely gestures to Robin with her head toward the doctor's room]
- Robin Morales: Thank you.
- Marie Wiley: [nastily] Sure.
- [Robin enters the doctor's room. Marie leaves the intercom open for eavesdropping]
- [Robin enters Doctor Thorton's room. The doctor stands and shakes her hand]
- Robin Morales: Hello, Doctor Thorton. Robin Morales. I'm a producer with Case Unsolved.
- Doctor Thorton: What can I do for you, Robin?
- Robin Morales: [sits down] I'm researching a story on the Stauf mansion.
- Doctor Thorton: [sits down] Oh?
- Robin Morales: I'm trying to follow a storyline involving Eileen Wiley. The legend, myth, or story. It seems that she's the only one who has survived an encounter with the mansion. Everyone else has either died or disappeared.
- Doctor Thorton: [chuckles] There are a lot of stories about that old house.
- Robin Morales: I was told you treated her the night that she lost her hand.
- Doctor Thorton: Yes, that's true. I did.
- Robin Morales: What do you think happened to her hand?
- Doctor Thorton: Well, it was bitten off by a dog. Everyone knows that.
- Robin Morales: So I've heard. But did it really look like a dog did it?
- Doctor Thorton: I don't know. I never saw a hand bitten off by a dog before. Never even heard of such a thing. Eileen... kind of unique that way. She's a bit of a celebrity around these parts because of it.
- Robin Morales: But, really, doctor... what did it look like to you?
- Doctor Thorton: Robin, it was a mess. A bloody mess.
- [a flashback: Eileen writhes painfully and sobs on the doctor's examining table. A much younger Doctor Thorton tries to hold her down, examining her severed bloody hand]
- Robin Morales: I just think there's more to this Eileen Wiley thing than meets the eye.
- Doctor Thorton: Have you talked to Eileen?
- [Marie eavesdrops to the conversation by the intercom]
- Robin Morales: I tried, but I didn't get very far.
- Doctor Thorton: It was a traumatic time for her.
- Robin Morales: I know. And I hate to be the one to bring it back up to her. It's just that she's the only one who's had an experience with the mansion who has lived to tell about it.
- Doctor Thorton: Not the only one.
- Robin Morales: What do you mean?
- Doctor Thorton: Samantha Ford.
- Robin Morales: Who's she?
- Doctor Thorton: The one no one talks about. She was there that night with Eileen. The two of them sneaked onto the grounds and broke into the house together.
- Robin Morales: Why wasn't she mentioned in any of the articles?
- Doctor Thorton: Her family had a lot of influence and kept her out of it. But if you think Eileen's hand is a mystery, well... Samantha's been paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair ever since that night.
- [Marie, still eavesdropping, wears a angry expression]
