![]() ![]() Martin grabs a crowbar, planning to smash them all to bits. Unstabilized, Martin yells at the figures who have betrayed him by killing his best and only friend. When Martin comes downstairs carrying a tray, he finds Ferguson lying lifeless on the floor. As soon as Ferguson turns around, Landru lowers the rope around his neck and strangles Ferguson to death. The wax figure of a rope-handling Landru eyes him. Meanwhile, Ferguson is measuring and examining the figures. Though clearly disappointed, he goes upstairs and makes tea to celebrate. Martin is sadly forced to give up the wax figures he's so greatly cared for. Happily, Ferguson tells Martin that the figures have been sold to the legendary Marchand's Wax Museum in Brussels. Several weeks later, Ferguson comes to visit Martin. He yells at Hicks, and once again hides the evidence. Martin comes down later to find the carnage left by Hicks. Dave looks up in horror as Hicks's ax comes down and strikes him in the head. While he is examining the area, the wax figure of an ax-wielding Hicks watches him. Dave then sneaks into the basement through the back entrance and eyes the wet cement where his sister is buried. Martin nervously rushes him out of the house. The next day, Emma's brother Dave visits Martin, wondering where she is. Martin verbally chides Jack, explaining that what he did was wrong, and buries Emma's body to conceal Jack's crime. The next morning, Martin discovers his wife dead and Jack's bloody knife. The wax figure of Jack the Ripper pivots his knife-wielding hand towards Emma, who screams. She sneaks out of bed one night, goes down to the basement, and tries to shut off the air conditioner. She seeks the advice of her brother, Dave, who tells her to shut off the air conditioning and melt Martin's collection. Emma, who is terrified of them and concerned by their effect on Martin, doesn't know what to do. They keep the figures in the basement, under high air conditioning and constant care. Ferguson complies, and Martin takes the figures home, to the dismay of his wife, Emma. Hicks, Henri Désiré Landru, William Burke and William Hare. The dispirited Martin asks one request to spare the wax figures of Jack the Ripper, Albert W. Ferguson, informs him that the museum will close, to be torn down and replaced by a shopping market. Senescu does not know is that the groundwork has already been laid for his own special kind of madness and torment - found only in the Twilight Zone." Episode Summary He ponders the reasons why ordinary men are driven to commit mass murder. "Martin Lombard Senescu, a gentle man, the dedicated curator of murderers' row in Ferguson's Wax Museum. ![]()
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