Hands of the Ripper

00:28:00,293 --> 00:28:05,422 And I must get back to work. See you at dinner later, Laura. 319 00:28:07,967 --> 00:28:12,266 Call Mrs Bryant and get her to show Laura to her room. 320 00:28:13,389 --> 00:28:16,348 What a kind man he is. 321 00:28:44,128 --> 00:28:47,005 I've been expecting you. 322 00:28:47,006 --> 00:28:51,968 Doctor, I've no idea why you saw fit to save me from great embarrassment 323 00:28:51,969 --> 00:28:54,387 but I'm much obliged to you, sir. 324 00:28:54,388 --> 00:28:56,515 It was a misunderstanding... 325 00:28:56,516 --> 00:29:00,143 one which could have ruined my parliamentary career. 326 00:29:00,144 --> 00:29:04,940 Yes, Mr Dysart. Being hanged could have ruined your neck, as well. 327 00:29:04,941 --> 00:29:07,901 I don't wish to slight your contribution 328 00:29:07,902 --> 00:29:10,570 but it wouldn't have gone that far. 329 00:29:10,571 --> 00:29:14,574 Really? Mr Dysart, either you or Anna killed Mrs Golding. 330 00:29:14,575 --> 00:29:17,617 Oh, come now! 331 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,749 Surely you don't think a respectable Member of Parliament 332 00:29:22,750 --> 00:29:25,127 goes about murdering people. 333 00:29:25,128 --> 00:29:28,755 If you even suspected I was guilty, why did you lie to save me? 334 00:29:28,756 --> 00:29:31,845 Because it suited my purpose. 335 00:29:32,176 --> 00:29:34,886 My knowledge of certain mental diseases 336 00:29:34,887 --> 00:29:37,763 leads me to suspect one of you. 337 00:29:38,307 --> 00:29:43,401 - I could be wrong. - I saw it. She was possessed. 338 00:29:44,856 --> 00:29:49,234 Her whole body was contorted. Her hands... 339 00:29:49,235 --> 00:29:52,446 - They weren't her hands. - Really? Whose were they? 340 00:29:52,447 --> 00:29:56,117 How should I know? She was possessed. 341 00:29:57,910 --> 00:30:01,788 If she wasn't, how could she manage, a frail girl, 342 00:30:01,789 --> 00:30:04,332 to drive the poker through flesh and bone 343 00:30:04,333 --> 00:30:07,544 plus an inch and a half oak door? 344 00:30:07,545 --> 00:30:10,130 The hysteria accompanying certain disorders 345 00:30:10,131 --> 00:30:12,257 can produce extraordinary strength. 346 00:30:12,258 --> 00:30:15,886 - That's one explanation. - The other being that I did it? 347 00:30:15,887 --> 00:30:18,221 A possibility. 348 00:30:18,222 --> 00:30:23,185 I don't understand. If you thought I committed a crime that brutal, 349 00:30:23,186 --> 00:30:26,188 we'd hardly be discussing it about your home. 350 00:30:26,189 --> 00:30:30,073 - Anna is upstairs at this moment. - She's what?! 351 00:30:30,735 --> 00:30:34,446 I intend to study her. To do that, she must remain in my care. 352 00:30:34,447 --> 00:30:39,660 Damn it, she's a possessed being, as savage as any beast. 353 00:30:41,204 --> 00:30:46,458 Listen to me. Since time began, men have been murdering one another. 354 00:30:46,459 --> 00:30:49,503 When it happens, we hunt the murderer down 355 00:30:49,504 --> 00:30:53,131 and use the law to murder him in return. 356 00:30:53,132 --> 00:30:57,511 We've tortured him, burned him alive, disembowelled him, 357 00:30:57,512 --> 00:31:01,181 though nowadays we're more humane... we simply hang him. 358 00:31:01,182 --> 00:31:05,894 And all this time, we have never once tried to understand him, 359 00:31:05,895 --> 00:31:08,021 to find out why. 360 00:31:08,022 --> 00:31:11,817 Why one human being murders another human being. 361 00:31:11,818 --> 00:31:16,029 So we go on having murders and murdering in revenge. 362 00:31:16,030 --> 00:31:18,490 Only the graveyard worms are richer. 363 00:31:18,491 --> 00:31:21,284 - But she was possessed... - Nonsense! 364 00:31:21,285 --> 00:31:25,247 I believe the girl is suffering from a disorder of the mind, 365 00:31:25,248 --> 00:31:29,126 possibly brought on by some terrifying experience in childhood. 366 00:31:29,127 --> 00:31:33,046 Maybe it was congenital, but it has divided her mind. 367 00:31:33,047 --> 00:31:37,050 There's an Austrian doctor called Freud who studied this. 368 00:31:37,051 --> 00:31:39,177 It's called schizophrenia. 369 00:31:39,178 --> 00:31:42,806 He also used a new science called psychoanalysis 370 00:31:42,807 --> 00:31:47,394 to explore the mind and its disorders, to find out why. 371 00:31:47,395 --> 00:31:50,355 This is the technique I would like to use with Anna 372 00:31:50,356 --> 00:31:52,983 but I need your help. 373 00:31:53,276 --> 00:31:57,654 Now perhaps you can understand my behaviour at the police station. 374 00:31:57,655 --> 00:32:01,658 I want you to use your position to find out about her past... 375 00:32:01,659 --> 00:32:04,202 her family, where she lived, everything. 376 00:32:04,203 --> 00:32:09,374 The slightest detail could be vital to understanding her condition.