Cold Case s02e04 Episode Script
The House
And now live from Folsom Prison Hello.
I'm Johnny Cash January 13, 1968 Down! Down! Northern State Penitentiary.
They say it's haunted.
Haunted? Heard that's why they closed it down in the early '70s.
And you believe that? So, what are we doing here? Two kids out here playing around.
The ground opens up on 'em.
A sinkhole? Lands 'em right into what we think is an old escape tunnel.
And the boys find a bag of bones? And a prison issue uniform.
Prison break that's hot.
Any idea who the digger is? We got his ID patch.
Prison number Boss was on the phone with the Department of Corrections.
We got a match.
Wonder how he died? Tunnel collapsed.
.
suffocated trying to escape.
- What's up, boss? - Scotty, Lil.
So? Meet Hank Dempsey.
Inmate at Northern State starting in June, 1965.
- So, he's been here awhile.
- Here's the weird part, Corrections has him down as a murder victim in 1968.
So, there's a box on this job? But Hank was supposedly murdered inside the prison walls, and his body was cremated.
So, this guy died twice? Told you this place is haunted.
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Skeleton shows blunt force to the head.
We find a murder weapon? No.
But, CSU's doing a what's-what on the tunnel.
What's the box look like? A snow job.
Hank Dempsey, 24, was recovering from an illness in the infirmary.
That we know.
Then it gets screwy supposedly, Hank was found murdered in a hallway outside the infirmary.
Says Correctional Officer Mike Jaden discovered the body.
But Homicide wasn't notified until 48 hours after the murder.
plenty of time to get your story straight.
And doctor up death records.
Hank's remains were sent to county morgue and mistakenly cremated.
So, a cover-up.
But why? We're hoping Bryce Wilbur can tell us.
He was warden at the time.
Did a search-- Wilbur's now running the show up at Tipley Correctional.
What about family? Hank have any? No.
But from the interviews, we got a cell mate, James Hill.
He's also up at Tipley.
You two head up there.
I'll put Vera and Jeffries on this guard, Mike Jaden.
Yeah, good.
Northern State housed some bad boys in its day.
What was Hank's story? Guy was doing 20 years for stealing a pair of shoes? Pull.
Shoot.
Come on, Mike.
Your name's on the report.
Says you're the officer that found the body.
Now you know we found the body.
Look, we thought Hank had escaped.
Okay, but a man escapes what happened to the chasing after him part? We did look for him.
Six hours.
Six hours? That's it? That's when the warden called off the search.
Wanted us hush-hush.
Story was to be, Hank was murdered.
And you went along with that, no questions asked? Shoot, boy, I was dancing a jig.
It was my fault he got loose.
So how's that go down? This was the evening that Johnny Cash was on the radio, playing live at Folsom Prison.
So, most of the inmates and COs had gathered in the mess hall.
And? I had to haul an unruly inmate back to his cell.
On the return trip, I took up post in the infirmary.
But Hank was still on the ward then? And some other sickies.
Figured I could take the night off 'cause all of 'em were flat on their back.
So, instead of watching Hank, what, you took a cat nap? Yeah, something like that.
Claudia what you doing there? Quiet.
Keep your voice down.
Our boys all right over there? Everything is fine.
Good.
'Cause I got an ache over here like you wouldn't believe.
You're going to wake everyone up.
Then you'll just have to find a way to keep me quiet won't you.
And after a few minutes I come out of the nurse's station and that bed was empty.
And you never saw him after that? It was like Hank had disappeared.
All right, now, I helped you is this thing going to come back and bite me in the ass or what? Can you tell us anything else? How about this.
Since there was never a body, a body was never sent to the morgue.
Go on.
Well, I was there when the warden signed papers saying there was.
In 1968, I had two problems: One, I was very young, and, two, the prison was very old The governor wasn't sure either of us were up for the job.
Hank escaped one more time, and he was closing the place down.
One more time? He'd done it twice before.
In '65 and again in late 1967.
Hmm.
But you recaptured him.
First eight, then another ten years were added to his sentence.
that's pretty stiff.
He got two for stealing, in any event, once he'd disappeared from the infirmary, I had to look at the bigger picture.
So you initiated a phony murder investigation to cover up what you thought was a successful escape.
Correct.
The problem is, warden, that make-believe murder turned out to be a real one.
Are you suggesting I had something to do with Hank's death? Did you? Inmate gets killed during an escape, not something I'd need to cover up.
In fact, the first time Hank ran we should've killed him.
There, on the south wall.
Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Let's bring him down.
I've been trying to play the hand I was dealt, warden.
I truly have.
Next shot won't be a warning, Hank.
How's it feel way up there on that wall, huh, Hank boy? Lonely.
Screw your head on, son.
You've only been here a few months.
It gets easier.
In two years you'll walk out of here.
Why jeopardize that? Two years.
Might as well be a life sentence.
Going to be longer if you don't climb down from there.
I just I got to get back Shoot him.
Jaden, you sorry son of a bitch Get the dogs out.
As much as I wanted to help that boy, had I been doing the shooting that night, I wouldn't have missed.
Hank wanted to get back.
To where? Not my concern.
Hunting him down is what I cared about and he got less than a mile.
Okay.
Every blue moon some fella gets it in his head to tunnel out but I never made Hank for a digger.
How'd he do it? Still trying to figure that out.
You do, be obliged you let me know.
You and Hank sharing a cell three years, you and him must have been close.
Soul brothers.
So, did Hank talk much about how he was going to escape? No.
Nothing.
Ever? A man betters his chances if he keeps such plans to himself.
Okay, but why escape at all with such a light sentence? That Hank had a mind of his own.
Says here you served six years at Northern State, and then transferred here when it closed.
Uh-huh.
So that means for 39 years, Bryce Wilbur's the only warden you've ever known.
Okay.
What's your opinion of him? Tough, fair.
Doesn't play around.
How about a former guard at Northern State, Mike Jaden? Pretty girl? Pretty girl? That's what we used to call him, and not just inmates, guards, too.
Hank, finish up.
Beat it.
Did you do it? I think the boys will appreciate this.
Yeah, just like that.
Ok, I'm going to unbuckle now.
Aha, there.
Look at my face.
Now say the magic words.
I don't want to.
Come on, you have to.
Otherwise I'm no good.
Say it.
Say I'm pretty.
Come on now, say it, say it.
You're pretty.
Oh, yeah, that's mighty good.
Now, do the next bit.
I'm pretty like what, huh? Say it, pretty like what? Like a girl.
Pretty girl! Shh.
Hear that? What? What the sam hill's going on in there? What are you mutts laughing about? Pretty girl! Hank, you son of a bitch.
You boys are goners! Damn.
That'd be a reason to go after Hank.
Yeah, and after Hank disappeared for good, pretty girl would walk on the cell block cocky, for all to see.
Boasting he'd done the deed? Not directly.
But guys did start calling him Officer Jaden again.
Your bar, huh, Mike? Bought and paid for.
It's a nice joint.
It's a living.
I'd offer you a drink, but I used up all my hospitality on the other two.
Use up all your lies, too? How'd I lie? You didn't tell us about this itchin' you had for Hank.
How he made you jackass number one.
Punked by all the inmates.
Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, that happened to me, I'd start drinking for a living, too.
Yeah, but say I'm a "pretty girl" who had a score to settle, I might just man-up and see to that first.
I didn't kill Hank Dempsey.
But I did want to settle a score.
So, what'd you do? Planted two boxes of "Duffy's Hay" in Hank's cell.
"Duffy's Hay"? Smokes.
/ How'd having the smokes hurt Hank? Triple murderer named Johnny Harkin controlled the action.
Guy was a half-tweaked hate machine.
You plant Johnny's smokes on Hank, then tell Johnny who's got 'em.
Thinking Johnny would kill Hank.
If not him, one of his crew.
So, you think he pulled it off? Now that you tell me Hank was murdered seems possible.
Any idea on where Johnny is today? Yeah.
Dead.
Dead.
Dead.
Prison grapevine says he was killed in a knife fight in Detroit.
Can't say I'm really sorry about it either.
Only way into that tunnel was through an old air vent, in the library.
Yeah, but Hank was in the infirmary.
The library and infirmary share a wall.
He go through the ceiling tiles? Hm-mm.
So, Hank crawls hits a dead end.
What's he do? Digs.
Through three feet of dirt, which then drops him into and this is the beauty part an existing tunnel from a 1945 12-man escape.
Cool.
And that tunnel goes under Fairmount Avenue, comes out a manhole cover over on 22nd street.
Hmm, a block from the prison.
These guys in '45 get away? Entire dirty dozen were captured within an hour.
The question is how did Hank know where that old tunnel was? Another question, what's in Bucks County? The second time Hank ran, he was recaptured outside the city.
Vera's over there now getting their police report.
The guard, Jaden, pointed to this Johnny Harkin? The problem with him as our doer, he was released two weeks before Hank was killed.
If Johnny's on the outside, maybe his long arm still got things done.
Who was his number one henchman? His old cell mate, Wendall Foyt.
We know what became of Wendall? Hal's auto, Germantown.
You heard about Detroit, huh? Knife fight that killed Johnny? Yeah, tough luck.
Me and Johnny ran the mail room.
So, running the contraband made you two "King of the Hill.
" The mail room gave us power.
Droppin' guys made us king.
Here, shake.
Still strong, right? Yeah.
Working on these the past 30 years kept me that way.
So, Wendall, when Hank stole those smokes from you, you do something with those strong hands of yours? Won't deny, I told Johnny we should get Hank alone and cut him up.
What did Johnny say? No.
We would do it in the mess hall.
For all to see.
I'll trade you my fruit cocktail.
Hi, Hank.
- I've been waiting for you fellas.
- You were waiting for us? Smokes are still in their cartons, 'cept for one or two I gave to my pal, James, here.
I was set up.
/ Shh shush.
Now, in 30 seconds, your insides'll be spilling on the floor.
Any last wishes? Tell me about Willie Harkin.
Who? / My daddy.
Sorry, I got the name wrong.
I meant your grandpops.
Gramps and my dad were both named Willie.
Now, what in the hell do you know about them? They both did time in this prison.
Both did murders.
One of them, I think your grandpa, lived in my cell.
What are ya talking about? His name is etched on the wall.
If you wanna see it, I'd show you.
Come by your cell later grab those smokes.
No problem.
Hey, on your mother, you didn't steal from us, right? What good's a pack of smokes to me? My wife made me quit.
Pretty cool customer, that Hank.
My hat was off to him.
What about this "wife"? Our records don't show Hank had anyone.
I don't know about a wife.
But he would talk about his sweetheart from Bucks County.
Bobbi something.
Old Hank got himself in all this trouble because Bobbi wanted a pair of shoes.
They weren't shoes.
They were boots.
Knockoffs like Nancy Sinatra's "made for walking" boots.
He knew I loved them.
So Hank went out and got 'em for you.
Women and shoes.
Anyway, that was a long time ago.
Our records show when Hank escaped that second time December '67 he was caught in Bucks County, at your aunt's house.
I was staying there.
He came straight to me the second he escaped.
Kinda shortsighted, wasn't it? Hank was compulsive.
Just couldn't stay away? Now this one's over the moon.
Anyway, in the end, I found the right person for me.
Lyle and I have been married for 25 years.
Like this Hank was some sort of Steve McQueen Tell 'em about that night at your aunt's house.
It's okay.
Hank, what are you doing here? I always told you when I got out I'd come straight to my wife.
Baby, there's no time.
You need to run / Shh close your eyes.
/ Hank Bobbi, please You weren't listening Bobbi Jean Banks, will you be my wife? Hank, you can't come all this way, just to let them catch you again.
It was worth it.
Hold it right there, Hank.
That's twice now you've run on me, Hank.
Laundry truck had my name on it, warden.
Evening.
Oh, casserole.
How nice.
Do you mind? Mmm.
It's only so-so, Hank.
You'd do just as good back at the house.
I'll come back to you.
Promise.
No.
Hank.
You won't.
Save the rest for when you get back to your cell, okay? I didn't get your answer.
Wave bye-bye, miss.
You're never going to see Hank again.
Yes.
Lucky for me that warden meant what he said.
He always makes it so easy for me.
We'll leave you to your gardening.
Detective Rush I knew when I opened that package he couldn't have paid for those boots, but I wanted them so much.
I always regretted that It wouldn't have mattered.
Hank would never have let you give those boots back.
How do you know? 'Cause I knew someone just like him once.
We think the warden's got skeletons in his closet, James.
We also think he's a lot more than "tough" and "fair," like you told me.
Okay.
We checked his personnel file.
Maybe you said what you said because you've been under his watch for 40 years.
So, what if we got you transferred outta here? Houtzdale, Chester, whatever you want, James.
Today? Today.
I was in the cell when they brought Hank back from his lady's place that night.
What kind of shape was he in? He was holding up.
Showed me the fork wounds on his hand.
Nasty.
Anything else happen that night? Yeah.
The warden happened.
Hey.
You're making me look bad, Hank, and I got enough trouble with the rats and water in this place, yes? You saw her, warden.
I can't help it.
I got the fever.
Little gal's got you going the wrong way, Hank.
You already had eight years put on now, it'll be ten more.
Does that make sense? Gimme your hand.
Now, I want you to tell every last soul in this ever lovin' prison that you'll never get off me again.
Otherwise, you and me gonna have a little game of little piggy.
Hank.
Go on.
Say it.
I'd be lying.
This one went to the market.
Come on, Hank.
It's gotta hurt more than that.
No? Okay.
This little piggy stayed home.
Damn it, boy! Let 'em hear! After the pliers, they took him out.
Later, I heard talk about him getting wailed on with a Louisville slugger.
Okay, James.
You're coming with us.
Let you stay in hotel homicide till we get that transfer worked out.
Lil, I called the state police about the warden.
Well, James says he's been terrorizing inmates for years.
He put a hurtin' on Hank back in '68? Hank never would cry uncle.
Gotta admire that.
The guy had heart.
You're supposed to be on the side of the law, Lil.
I can't be on the side of this warden.
So how do you figure him as the doer? Hank died from blunt-force trauma.
This baseball bat could be the murder weapon.
Maybe why he was in the infirmary, not pneumonia.
Mm-hmm.
A month later, say he died from the injuries.
The warden dumps the body in a tunnel no one knows about.
Hmm.
What about this nurse who was treating him? Scotty's paying her a house call.
Ms.
Valez, I don't mean to be too personal.
It's okay.
Yeah.
I'd pass the time with Jaden there for a while.
Aka pretty girl? Aka the big dud.
But he was harmless.
So the night Hank was brought into the infirmary, was there a head wound? Not that I recall.
Body bruises, like he took a beating.
Plus, the hand was mangled.
Real bad.
Two fingers broke.
And during the month, uh, Hank was with you, the warden ever pay a visit? I think the warden did enough, don't you? Anyone come to see Hank? Only his friend, Johnny, and he came to help.
So, Hank and Johnny became friends? Real good ones.
Claudia.
/ Johnny.
Hear you're getting out.
Tomorrow morning.
Maybe I'll find your house.
We can have a date.
Hey, Johnny! Cool it.
Yeah, right.
I'm sorry.
That was stupid.
Call that number like I told ya? The Falcon will take care of us.
Good.
Now, do your part.
You got till "the man in black" comes to pull your strength together.
Johnny.
Better get.
Hey, Johnny.
You're true blue.
'Member, that's what sets you apart from the rest of your family.
/ Ah Me and the boss will be waiting for you on the other side.
So Johnny was helping Hank escape.
And I never reported it, 'cause I'd always felt that Hank got a bum deal.
What about, um "the boss"? Any idea who that was? No.
But if he was as handsome as Hank and Johnny, I'd like to meet him.
Johnny Harkin was paroled two weeks before the Johnny Cash broadcast.
And left with the intention of helping Hank bust loose.
Turns out Johnny's granddad, Willie Harkin, was one of the 12 that built the tunnel in '45.
So, stories about the tunnel are passed down over the years and Johnny tells his pal, Hank where to find it.
So Johnny knows about the old tunnel.
Why doesn't he ever try an escape? Well, he was serving five, out in three.
Why risk doing time you don't have to? Right, don't be like Hank.
Rush.
Hey, Frannie.
Vay-lens.
Get to my bones yet? For all I know, your dead guy could've played Rachmaninoff.
No sign of breaks or fractures on the fingers.
But Hank's fingers were broken with pliers.
Wouldn't you be able to see that? Yes.
And I'm telling you those fingers were good as new.
Valens, you a little stumped? No, I got it.
Those ain't Hank's hands.
Sothose aren't Hank's bones at all.
Taking a load off.
You don't mind? It's your house.
You like it? You, uh, do a lot with a little.
Now, you say it was someone else wearing Hank's prison uniform in that tunnel? Well, we're checking dental records, but that's what we're thinking.
We know Johnny and someone called "the boss" were helping Hank escape.
Okay.
Well, you told us Johnny died, so he ain't the skeleton.
Right.
/ Leaving the boss, but we don't know who that is.
Well, as far as "the boss" goes Johnny wasn't one to take orders.
So, there's no one he ever mentioned by that name? Oh, I didn't say that.
So, one day I'm out on the stoop, and I catch Bobbi coming my way.
She walking real fast, not in a hurry, you know, but with purpose.
What did you say to her? Nothing comes out.
Oh, man.
I know.
She just walks on by, never looks over.
This keeps happening three days in a row.
Finally, on day four, when I'm 'bout ready to call it quits, Bobbi slows up, looks over, and sticks her tongue out at me.
Oh, Mother Mary.
Just real cute like? Like it didn't even happen.
So, then what? I said, "I'm Hank," and Bobbi says, "'bout time you showed some manners.
"So, get off your rear end and walk me home.
" She was bossing ya like that? Oh, my.
Mmm! Don't you just love it? That day on, nothing would keep me from being with that girl with the long, blonde hair.
What else, Hank? What's that bossy lady o' yours like? Bet she can fill a pair a' blue jeans, huh? Oh, uh mmm.
Um man.
Sandman's coming to get me, Johnny.
More in the morning.
Johnny always called her "the boss" after that.
Johnny gives her that name, how's it go over with Hank? Well, Hank was patient with him.
He knew Johnny didn't have much.
Story hour helped him get by.
So, Bobbi's "the boss.
" Hill said the same.
Bobbi's also the Falcon.
DMV shows a Ford Falcon '62 sport was registered in her name.
So, she and Johnny were gonna get Hank out of that tunnel together.
Falcon was the getaway car.
Thing is, we know Bobbi's still alive, so, those bones aren't the boss's.
And we know they're not Hank's.
Which leaves Johnny, but he supposedly died in Detroit.
But maybe not.
There's no death certificate for a Johnny Harkin in Detroit.
Maybe that knife fight rumor was a sham.
Maybe he died in that tunnel instead.
So, the bones in the tunnel are Johnny.
Where's Hank? Where's Lyle, Bobbi? He went fishing.
And I'm getting ready to join him.
He seems like a nice guy.
Grounded.
He's a good man.
He's smart, too.
Romance? You make do.
I know about making do.
I lost my number one smile, way back.
I'm sorry.
We were gonna move upstate.
Live on a farm.
/ Yeah? Not that I've ever been upstate.
I just liked the sound of it.
/ Uh-huh.
Had this image in my mind, he's out in the field, I'm in the kitchen with my little girl, telling her about the day her daddy sold his motorcycle to buy our wedding bands.
He sounds special.
Been settling for less ever since.
- That's a hard way to live.
- No.
I'm fine.
Just don't look me in the eye and tell me you're making do.
Pardon? You're not sitting around pining for Hank because you're with Hank.
Aren't you? You can't arrest me.
My husband told me the statute of limitations are up.
That why you're the one following behind? Safe for you, but not Hank? You want to sit down? So, he went fishing, huh? Want to tell me where? Just a place.
Somewhere nice.
Somewhere that doesn't extradite? He thinks of everything.
Guess Johnny was just a loose end, huh? No.
Hank thought of Johnny as a friend.
True blue.
Then how come Johnny ends up dead? You wouldn't understand.
Make me.
I love how this man sings.
Stands up there like a wall of granite, but can still speak his heart some.
The concert's almost over.
When's he going to get here? You don't like Johnny Cash? The manhole cover's halfway across the road.
What if we don't hear Hank's signal? He'll be pounding so hard, have to keep him from waking the neighbors.
Bobbi, these last two weeks Cops.
No, it's not.
Bobbi, easy.
Easy.
Your Your hair.
That was stupid.
I didn't mean it.
No, I swear, Johnny, you've become my second favorite man in the whole world.
Better go see what's keeping him.
The plan was to wait until he knocks.
No, this is better.
Johnny? It's me.
You were gonna wait above ground.
- Where's Bobbi? - In the Falcon.
Let's go.
I should I should tell you about her.
Bobbi okay, something wrong? Yeah.
There is.
She's perfect.
Johnny, you seem off.
Baby, look out! - Why are you doing this? - You got what I want! Johnny don't hurt him.
No matter what you do, I'll never be yours.
Guess maybe I already knew that.
This ain't a wrestling match.
Better pick that up, Hank boy.
There we're even steven.
Johnny, it doesn't have to be this.
I'm a Harkin.
That's my blood.
Hank, put on his clothes.
You're gonna make it this time.
# Johnny CashÀÇ 'Flesh And Blood' # # Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream Where the Willow grew # # Where the Silver Leaf of Maple Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew # # I braided Twigs of Willows # # Made a String of Buckeye Beads; # # But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # I leaned against a Bark of Birch And I breathed the Honey Dew # # I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese Against a Sky of Baby Blue # # Beside the Lily Pads I carved a Whistle from a Reed; # # Mother Nature's quite a Lady # # But you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # A Cardinal sang just for me # # And I thanked him for the Song # # Then the Sun went slowly down the West And I had to move along # # These were some of the things on which my Mind and Spirit feed; # # But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # And Love is all that will remain # # And grow from all these Seed; # # Mother Nature's quite a Lady # # But you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
#
I'm Johnny Cash January 13, 1968 Down! Down! Northern State Penitentiary.
They say it's haunted.
Haunted? Heard that's why they closed it down in the early '70s.
And you believe that? So, what are we doing here? Two kids out here playing around.
The ground opens up on 'em.
A sinkhole? Lands 'em right into what we think is an old escape tunnel.
And the boys find a bag of bones? And a prison issue uniform.
Prison break that's hot.
Any idea who the digger is? We got his ID patch.
Prison number Boss was on the phone with the Department of Corrections.
We got a match.
Wonder how he died? Tunnel collapsed.
.
suffocated trying to escape.
- What's up, boss? - Scotty, Lil.
So? Meet Hank Dempsey.
Inmate at Northern State starting in June, 1965.
- So, he's been here awhile.
- Here's the weird part, Corrections has him down as a murder victim in 1968.
So, there's a box on this job? But Hank was supposedly murdered inside the prison walls, and his body was cremated.
So, this guy died twice? Told you this place is haunted.
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Skeleton shows blunt force to the head.
We find a murder weapon? No.
But, CSU's doing a what's-what on the tunnel.
What's the box look like? A snow job.
Hank Dempsey, 24, was recovering from an illness in the infirmary.
That we know.
Then it gets screwy supposedly, Hank was found murdered in a hallway outside the infirmary.
Says Correctional Officer Mike Jaden discovered the body.
But Homicide wasn't notified until 48 hours after the murder.
plenty of time to get your story straight.
And doctor up death records.
Hank's remains were sent to county morgue and mistakenly cremated.
So, a cover-up.
But why? We're hoping Bryce Wilbur can tell us.
He was warden at the time.
Did a search-- Wilbur's now running the show up at Tipley Correctional.
What about family? Hank have any? No.
But from the interviews, we got a cell mate, James Hill.
He's also up at Tipley.
You two head up there.
I'll put Vera and Jeffries on this guard, Mike Jaden.
Yeah, good.
Northern State housed some bad boys in its day.
What was Hank's story? Guy was doing 20 years for stealing a pair of shoes? Pull.
Shoot.
Come on, Mike.
Your name's on the report.
Says you're the officer that found the body.
Now you know we found the body.
Look, we thought Hank had escaped.
Okay, but a man escapes what happened to the chasing after him part? We did look for him.
Six hours.
Six hours? That's it? That's when the warden called off the search.
Wanted us hush-hush.
Story was to be, Hank was murdered.
And you went along with that, no questions asked? Shoot, boy, I was dancing a jig.
It was my fault he got loose.
So how's that go down? This was the evening that Johnny Cash was on the radio, playing live at Folsom Prison.
So, most of the inmates and COs had gathered in the mess hall.
And? I had to haul an unruly inmate back to his cell.
On the return trip, I took up post in the infirmary.
But Hank was still on the ward then? And some other sickies.
Figured I could take the night off 'cause all of 'em were flat on their back.
So, instead of watching Hank, what, you took a cat nap? Yeah, something like that.
Claudia what you doing there? Quiet.
Keep your voice down.
Our boys all right over there? Everything is fine.
Good.
'Cause I got an ache over here like you wouldn't believe.
You're going to wake everyone up.
Then you'll just have to find a way to keep me quiet won't you.
And after a few minutes I come out of the nurse's station and that bed was empty.
And you never saw him after that? It was like Hank had disappeared.
All right, now, I helped you is this thing going to come back and bite me in the ass or what? Can you tell us anything else? How about this.
Since there was never a body, a body was never sent to the morgue.
Go on.
Well, I was there when the warden signed papers saying there was.
In 1968, I had two problems: One, I was very young, and, two, the prison was very old The governor wasn't sure either of us were up for the job.
Hank escaped one more time, and he was closing the place down.
One more time? He'd done it twice before.
In '65 and again in late 1967.
Hmm.
But you recaptured him.
First eight, then another ten years were added to his sentence.
that's pretty stiff.
He got two for stealing, in any event, once he'd disappeared from the infirmary, I had to look at the bigger picture.
So you initiated a phony murder investigation to cover up what you thought was a successful escape.
Correct.
The problem is, warden, that make-believe murder turned out to be a real one.
Are you suggesting I had something to do with Hank's death? Did you? Inmate gets killed during an escape, not something I'd need to cover up.
In fact, the first time Hank ran we should've killed him.
There, on the south wall.
Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Get! Let's bring him down.
I've been trying to play the hand I was dealt, warden.
I truly have.
Next shot won't be a warning, Hank.
How's it feel way up there on that wall, huh, Hank boy? Lonely.
Screw your head on, son.
You've only been here a few months.
It gets easier.
In two years you'll walk out of here.
Why jeopardize that? Two years.
Might as well be a life sentence.
Going to be longer if you don't climb down from there.
I just I got to get back Shoot him.
Jaden, you sorry son of a bitch Get the dogs out.
As much as I wanted to help that boy, had I been doing the shooting that night, I wouldn't have missed.
Hank wanted to get back.
To where? Not my concern.
Hunting him down is what I cared about and he got less than a mile.
Okay.
Every blue moon some fella gets it in his head to tunnel out but I never made Hank for a digger.
How'd he do it? Still trying to figure that out.
You do, be obliged you let me know.
You and Hank sharing a cell three years, you and him must have been close.
Soul brothers.
So, did Hank talk much about how he was going to escape? No.
Nothing.
Ever? A man betters his chances if he keeps such plans to himself.
Okay, but why escape at all with such a light sentence? That Hank had a mind of his own.
Says here you served six years at Northern State, and then transferred here when it closed.
Uh-huh.
So that means for 39 years, Bryce Wilbur's the only warden you've ever known.
Okay.
What's your opinion of him? Tough, fair.
Doesn't play around.
How about a former guard at Northern State, Mike Jaden? Pretty girl? Pretty girl? That's what we used to call him, and not just inmates, guards, too.
Hank, finish up.
Beat it.
Did you do it? I think the boys will appreciate this.
Yeah, just like that.
Ok, I'm going to unbuckle now.
Aha, there.
Look at my face.
Now say the magic words.
I don't want to.
Come on, you have to.
Otherwise I'm no good.
Say it.
Say I'm pretty.
Come on now, say it, say it.
You're pretty.
Oh, yeah, that's mighty good.
Now, do the next bit.
I'm pretty like what, huh? Say it, pretty like what? Like a girl.
Pretty girl! Shh.
Hear that? What? What the sam hill's going on in there? What are you mutts laughing about? Pretty girl! Hank, you son of a bitch.
You boys are goners! Damn.
That'd be a reason to go after Hank.
Yeah, and after Hank disappeared for good, pretty girl would walk on the cell block cocky, for all to see.
Boasting he'd done the deed? Not directly.
But guys did start calling him Officer Jaden again.
Your bar, huh, Mike? Bought and paid for.
It's a nice joint.
It's a living.
I'd offer you a drink, but I used up all my hospitality on the other two.
Use up all your lies, too? How'd I lie? You didn't tell us about this itchin' you had for Hank.
How he made you jackass number one.
Punked by all the inmates.
Yeah, yeah, yeah Hey, that happened to me, I'd start drinking for a living, too.
Yeah, but say I'm a "pretty girl" who had a score to settle, I might just man-up and see to that first.
I didn't kill Hank Dempsey.
But I did want to settle a score.
So, what'd you do? Planted two boxes of "Duffy's Hay" in Hank's cell.
"Duffy's Hay"? Smokes.
/ How'd having the smokes hurt Hank? Triple murderer named Johnny Harkin controlled the action.
Guy was a half-tweaked hate machine.
You plant Johnny's smokes on Hank, then tell Johnny who's got 'em.
Thinking Johnny would kill Hank.
If not him, one of his crew.
So, you think he pulled it off? Now that you tell me Hank was murdered seems possible.
Any idea on where Johnny is today? Yeah.
Dead.
Dead.
Dead.
Prison grapevine says he was killed in a knife fight in Detroit.
Can't say I'm really sorry about it either.
Only way into that tunnel was through an old air vent, in the library.
Yeah, but Hank was in the infirmary.
The library and infirmary share a wall.
He go through the ceiling tiles? Hm-mm.
So, Hank crawls hits a dead end.
What's he do? Digs.
Through three feet of dirt, which then drops him into and this is the beauty part an existing tunnel from a 1945 12-man escape.
Cool.
And that tunnel goes under Fairmount Avenue, comes out a manhole cover over on 22nd street.
Hmm, a block from the prison.
These guys in '45 get away? Entire dirty dozen were captured within an hour.
The question is how did Hank know where that old tunnel was? Another question, what's in Bucks County? The second time Hank ran, he was recaptured outside the city.
Vera's over there now getting their police report.
The guard, Jaden, pointed to this Johnny Harkin? The problem with him as our doer, he was released two weeks before Hank was killed.
If Johnny's on the outside, maybe his long arm still got things done.
Who was his number one henchman? His old cell mate, Wendall Foyt.
We know what became of Wendall? Hal's auto, Germantown.
You heard about Detroit, huh? Knife fight that killed Johnny? Yeah, tough luck.
Me and Johnny ran the mail room.
So, running the contraband made you two "King of the Hill.
" The mail room gave us power.
Droppin' guys made us king.
Here, shake.
Still strong, right? Yeah.
Working on these the past 30 years kept me that way.
So, Wendall, when Hank stole those smokes from you, you do something with those strong hands of yours? Won't deny, I told Johnny we should get Hank alone and cut him up.
What did Johnny say? No.
We would do it in the mess hall.
For all to see.
I'll trade you my fruit cocktail.
Hi, Hank.
- I've been waiting for you fellas.
- You were waiting for us? Smokes are still in their cartons, 'cept for one or two I gave to my pal, James, here.
I was set up.
/ Shh shush.
Now, in 30 seconds, your insides'll be spilling on the floor.
Any last wishes? Tell me about Willie Harkin.
Who? / My daddy.
Sorry, I got the name wrong.
I meant your grandpops.
Gramps and my dad were both named Willie.
Now, what in the hell do you know about them? They both did time in this prison.
Both did murders.
One of them, I think your grandpa, lived in my cell.
What are ya talking about? His name is etched on the wall.
If you wanna see it, I'd show you.
Come by your cell later grab those smokes.
No problem.
Hey, on your mother, you didn't steal from us, right? What good's a pack of smokes to me? My wife made me quit.
Pretty cool customer, that Hank.
My hat was off to him.
What about this "wife"? Our records don't show Hank had anyone.
I don't know about a wife.
But he would talk about his sweetheart from Bucks County.
Bobbi something.
Old Hank got himself in all this trouble because Bobbi wanted a pair of shoes.
They weren't shoes.
They were boots.
Knockoffs like Nancy Sinatra's "made for walking" boots.
He knew I loved them.
So Hank went out and got 'em for you.
Women and shoes.
Anyway, that was a long time ago.
Our records show when Hank escaped that second time December '67 he was caught in Bucks County, at your aunt's house.
I was staying there.
He came straight to me the second he escaped.
Kinda shortsighted, wasn't it? Hank was compulsive.
Just couldn't stay away? Now this one's over the moon.
Anyway, in the end, I found the right person for me.
Lyle and I have been married for 25 years.
Like this Hank was some sort of Steve McQueen Tell 'em about that night at your aunt's house.
It's okay.
Hank, what are you doing here? I always told you when I got out I'd come straight to my wife.
Baby, there's no time.
You need to run / Shh close your eyes.
/ Hank Bobbi, please You weren't listening Bobbi Jean Banks, will you be my wife? Hank, you can't come all this way, just to let them catch you again.
It was worth it.
Hold it right there, Hank.
That's twice now you've run on me, Hank.
Laundry truck had my name on it, warden.
Evening.
Oh, casserole.
How nice.
Do you mind? Mmm.
It's only so-so, Hank.
You'd do just as good back at the house.
I'll come back to you.
Promise.
No.
Hank.
You won't.
Save the rest for when you get back to your cell, okay? I didn't get your answer.
Wave bye-bye, miss.
You're never going to see Hank again.
Yes.
Lucky for me that warden meant what he said.
He always makes it so easy for me.
We'll leave you to your gardening.
Detective Rush I knew when I opened that package he couldn't have paid for those boots, but I wanted them so much.
I always regretted that It wouldn't have mattered.
Hank would never have let you give those boots back.
How do you know? 'Cause I knew someone just like him once.
We think the warden's got skeletons in his closet, James.
We also think he's a lot more than "tough" and "fair," like you told me.
Okay.
We checked his personnel file.
Maybe you said what you said because you've been under his watch for 40 years.
So, what if we got you transferred outta here? Houtzdale, Chester, whatever you want, James.
Today? Today.
I was in the cell when they brought Hank back from his lady's place that night.
What kind of shape was he in? He was holding up.
Showed me the fork wounds on his hand.
Nasty.
Anything else happen that night? Yeah.
The warden happened.
Hey.
You're making me look bad, Hank, and I got enough trouble with the rats and water in this place, yes? You saw her, warden.
I can't help it.
I got the fever.
Little gal's got you going the wrong way, Hank.
You already had eight years put on now, it'll be ten more.
Does that make sense? Gimme your hand.
Now, I want you to tell every last soul in this ever lovin' prison that you'll never get off me again.
Otherwise, you and me gonna have a little game of little piggy.
Hank.
Go on.
Say it.
I'd be lying.
This one went to the market.
Come on, Hank.
It's gotta hurt more than that.
No? Okay.
This little piggy stayed home.
Damn it, boy! Let 'em hear! After the pliers, they took him out.
Later, I heard talk about him getting wailed on with a Louisville slugger.
Okay, James.
You're coming with us.
Let you stay in hotel homicide till we get that transfer worked out.
Lil, I called the state police about the warden.
Well, James says he's been terrorizing inmates for years.
He put a hurtin' on Hank back in '68? Hank never would cry uncle.
Gotta admire that.
The guy had heart.
You're supposed to be on the side of the law, Lil.
I can't be on the side of this warden.
So how do you figure him as the doer? Hank died from blunt-force trauma.
This baseball bat could be the murder weapon.
Maybe why he was in the infirmary, not pneumonia.
Mm-hmm.
A month later, say he died from the injuries.
The warden dumps the body in a tunnel no one knows about.
Hmm.
What about this nurse who was treating him? Scotty's paying her a house call.
Ms.
Valez, I don't mean to be too personal.
It's okay.
Yeah.
I'd pass the time with Jaden there for a while.
Aka pretty girl? Aka the big dud.
But he was harmless.
So the night Hank was brought into the infirmary, was there a head wound? Not that I recall.
Body bruises, like he took a beating.
Plus, the hand was mangled.
Real bad.
Two fingers broke.
And during the month, uh, Hank was with you, the warden ever pay a visit? I think the warden did enough, don't you? Anyone come to see Hank? Only his friend, Johnny, and he came to help.
So, Hank and Johnny became friends? Real good ones.
Claudia.
/ Johnny.
Hear you're getting out.
Tomorrow morning.
Maybe I'll find your house.
We can have a date.
Hey, Johnny! Cool it.
Yeah, right.
I'm sorry.
That was stupid.
Call that number like I told ya? The Falcon will take care of us.
Good.
Now, do your part.
You got till "the man in black" comes to pull your strength together.
Johnny.
Better get.
Hey, Johnny.
You're true blue.
'Member, that's what sets you apart from the rest of your family.
/ Ah Me and the boss will be waiting for you on the other side.
So Johnny was helping Hank escape.
And I never reported it, 'cause I'd always felt that Hank got a bum deal.
What about, um "the boss"? Any idea who that was? No.
But if he was as handsome as Hank and Johnny, I'd like to meet him.
Johnny Harkin was paroled two weeks before the Johnny Cash broadcast.
And left with the intention of helping Hank bust loose.
Turns out Johnny's granddad, Willie Harkin, was one of the 12 that built the tunnel in '45.
So, stories about the tunnel are passed down over the years and Johnny tells his pal, Hank where to find it.
So Johnny knows about the old tunnel.
Why doesn't he ever try an escape? Well, he was serving five, out in three.
Why risk doing time you don't have to? Right, don't be like Hank.
Rush.
Hey, Frannie.
Vay-lens.
Get to my bones yet? For all I know, your dead guy could've played Rachmaninoff.
No sign of breaks or fractures on the fingers.
But Hank's fingers were broken with pliers.
Wouldn't you be able to see that? Yes.
And I'm telling you those fingers were good as new.
Valens, you a little stumped? No, I got it.
Those ain't Hank's hands.
Sothose aren't Hank's bones at all.
Taking a load off.
You don't mind? It's your house.
You like it? You, uh, do a lot with a little.
Now, you say it was someone else wearing Hank's prison uniform in that tunnel? Well, we're checking dental records, but that's what we're thinking.
We know Johnny and someone called "the boss" were helping Hank escape.
Okay.
Well, you told us Johnny died, so he ain't the skeleton.
Right.
/ Leaving the boss, but we don't know who that is.
Well, as far as "the boss" goes Johnny wasn't one to take orders.
So, there's no one he ever mentioned by that name? Oh, I didn't say that.
So, one day I'm out on the stoop, and I catch Bobbi coming my way.
She walking real fast, not in a hurry, you know, but with purpose.
What did you say to her? Nothing comes out.
Oh, man.
I know.
She just walks on by, never looks over.
This keeps happening three days in a row.
Finally, on day four, when I'm 'bout ready to call it quits, Bobbi slows up, looks over, and sticks her tongue out at me.
Oh, Mother Mary.
Just real cute like? Like it didn't even happen.
So, then what? I said, "I'm Hank," and Bobbi says, "'bout time you showed some manners.
"So, get off your rear end and walk me home.
" She was bossing ya like that? Oh, my.
Mmm! Don't you just love it? That day on, nothing would keep me from being with that girl with the long, blonde hair.
What else, Hank? What's that bossy lady o' yours like? Bet she can fill a pair a' blue jeans, huh? Oh, uh mmm.
Um man.
Sandman's coming to get me, Johnny.
More in the morning.
Johnny always called her "the boss" after that.
Johnny gives her that name, how's it go over with Hank? Well, Hank was patient with him.
He knew Johnny didn't have much.
Story hour helped him get by.
So, Bobbi's "the boss.
" Hill said the same.
Bobbi's also the Falcon.
DMV shows a Ford Falcon '62 sport was registered in her name.
So, she and Johnny were gonna get Hank out of that tunnel together.
Falcon was the getaway car.
Thing is, we know Bobbi's still alive, so, those bones aren't the boss's.
And we know they're not Hank's.
Which leaves Johnny, but he supposedly died in Detroit.
But maybe not.
There's no death certificate for a Johnny Harkin in Detroit.
Maybe that knife fight rumor was a sham.
Maybe he died in that tunnel instead.
So, the bones in the tunnel are Johnny.
Where's Hank? Where's Lyle, Bobbi? He went fishing.
And I'm getting ready to join him.
He seems like a nice guy.
Grounded.
He's a good man.
He's smart, too.
Romance? You make do.
I know about making do.
I lost my number one smile, way back.
I'm sorry.
We were gonna move upstate.
Live on a farm.
/ Yeah? Not that I've ever been upstate.
I just liked the sound of it.
/ Uh-huh.
Had this image in my mind, he's out in the field, I'm in the kitchen with my little girl, telling her about the day her daddy sold his motorcycle to buy our wedding bands.
He sounds special.
Been settling for less ever since.
- That's a hard way to live.
- No.
I'm fine.
Just don't look me in the eye and tell me you're making do.
Pardon? You're not sitting around pining for Hank because you're with Hank.
Aren't you? You can't arrest me.
My husband told me the statute of limitations are up.
That why you're the one following behind? Safe for you, but not Hank? You want to sit down? So, he went fishing, huh? Want to tell me where? Just a place.
Somewhere nice.
Somewhere that doesn't extradite? He thinks of everything.
Guess Johnny was just a loose end, huh? No.
Hank thought of Johnny as a friend.
True blue.
Then how come Johnny ends up dead? You wouldn't understand.
Make me.
I love how this man sings.
Stands up there like a wall of granite, but can still speak his heart some.
The concert's almost over.
When's he going to get here? You don't like Johnny Cash? The manhole cover's halfway across the road.
What if we don't hear Hank's signal? He'll be pounding so hard, have to keep him from waking the neighbors.
Bobbi, these last two weeks Cops.
No, it's not.
Bobbi, easy.
Easy.
Your Your hair.
That was stupid.
I didn't mean it.
No, I swear, Johnny, you've become my second favorite man in the whole world.
Better go see what's keeping him.
The plan was to wait until he knocks.
No, this is better.
Johnny? It's me.
You were gonna wait above ground.
- Where's Bobbi? - In the Falcon.
Let's go.
I should I should tell you about her.
Bobbi okay, something wrong? Yeah.
There is.
She's perfect.
Johnny, you seem off.
Baby, look out! - Why are you doing this? - You got what I want! Johnny don't hurt him.
No matter what you do, I'll never be yours.
Guess maybe I already knew that.
This ain't a wrestling match.
Better pick that up, Hank boy.
There we're even steven.
Johnny, it doesn't have to be this.
I'm a Harkin.
That's my blood.
Hank, put on his clothes.
You're gonna make it this time.
# Johnny CashÀÇ 'Flesh And Blood' # # Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream Where the Willow grew # # Where the Silver Leaf of Maple Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew # # I braided Twigs of Willows # # Made a String of Buckeye Beads; # # But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # I leaned against a Bark of Birch And I breathed the Honey Dew # # I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese Against a Sky of Baby Blue # # Beside the Lily Pads I carved a Whistle from a Reed; # # Mother Nature's quite a Lady # # But you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # A Cardinal sang just for me # # And I thanked him for the Song # # Then the Sun went slowly down the West And I had to move along # # These were some of the things on which my Mind and Spirit feed; # # But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
# # And Love is all that will remain # # And grow from all these Seed; # # Mother Nature's quite a Lady # # But you're the one I need # # Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood # # And you're the one I need.
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