"Swamp of the Lost Souls" "They're coming." "We have brought him to you." "He died in the cabin." "The plague killed him." "Close it." "His body won't take the heat, we must bury him." "I want to go to the cemetery, Doctor." " Let them take me." " How can I refuse you." "You are his wife." "I will come also." "He was my brother." "But no one else can go." "The plague could spread." " Do not go my aunt!" " Leave her alone." "Nothing can stop her." "They will have to cross the haunted souls of the swamp." "The souls of the swamp." "I want to see him one last time." "I ask you as a good Christian." "Open the coffin." " Mother!" " My son!" "Why wasn't I sent for?" "Open it!" "He has come very far, let him look." "But, Maria." "This will be the last time ..." "it will." "Open it." "There's nothing there!" "It's empty." " Empty?" " It can't be!" "The body has disappeared." "Go to bed." "You're tired." "Leave me alone." "I can not sleep." "Go see my niece, she needs you more than I." " Good night, then." " Put out the light." "The candles will suffice." "Are you up, Julieta?" "Come to bed." " It is very late." " I can not." "The storm keeps me awake." "And my Aunt, how is she?" "Still in the same state." "Sitting ... without a word." "She takes refuge in the dark." "She's been this way for a month now." "She went to the cemetary today ..." "He made her like that." "A shadow dying on a chair." "He is responsible for it." "Thank God he died." "My child!" "Do not speak ill of the dead." "I knew her when she was happy." "With my other uncle." "In her first marriage she was another woman." "Since her remarriage, she began changing." "Something happened that we may never find out about." "I hate this house ... full of mysteries and secrets." "As a child you were happy here." "When I came on vacation." "Not now." "Tell me, what happened at the cemetery?" "No one would tell me." "Right now, they are all locked in the office ... talking about something or other." "I like to be told everything, facts not secrets." "I'm not a child!" "Go!" "I want to be alone." "As you wish." " Do not worry about me." " Good night." "Nobody needs to know what happened at the cemetery." "This could scare the inhabitants of the region." "And revive stories of witchcraft, and soil the name of my brother." "Above all, do not forget the worst." "No one knows how, but a corpse has disappeared." "A body that could kill hundreds of people." "The plague!" "If this gets out ... this would cause massive panic." "We must keep the disappearance a secret ... and rush to find him." "We are in danger." "We have only 24 hours." "After that, we may not prevent the epidemic." "We will start a thorough search tomorrow morning." "There must be a logical explanation." "Well, I will not detain you any longer." "Good night." "A logical explanation?" "What logic?" "It's crazy." "What if the coffin had a false bottom ..." "And a secret passage in the grave." "The body disappeared when they were lowering the casket." "They had fifteen seconds at most." "I'll get someone to solve this mystery." " Where?" " In a ranch nearby." "A friend who knows these things well." "Wait!" "Remember that the secret must remain between us." "The doctor said we only had 24 hours." "It would be a crime to do nothing." "Goodnight." "Boss, Adrian is coming!" "Adrian!" "Adrian!" "Can you hear me?" "Help!" "Someone help!" "Oh Lord I do not have sea legs!" "Get me back to land." "Come to me land!" "Help me, come help me." "There's a big monster!" "It's coming after me!" "Gastón!" "Gastón!" "Come help me!" "Oh, it's awful!" "It was a big beast." "It attacked me in the swamp." " What's the matter?" " Never again will I go there." " An experienced youth like me ..." " Tell me what happened." "An beast jumped on me in the swamp." " How?" " It tipped over my boat ... and I fell into the water." "Look, I'm all wet." "So it was a beast, eh?" "Go, horse!" "Move your ass!" "Is this why you wrote me to come to the swamp with you?" "If it was to frighten me, I would have been better at home." "I've had enough." "I just realized, you've been wounded." "It's only a scratch." "But it can get infected!" "We will get it treated at the village." " Okay, you win." " You bet, I win." "This region is dangerous ..." "One must be careful." "You never know who you may run across." "All done." "At least you will not die from it." "Nor of cholera, is that not so?" "Cholera." "I do not understand." "What do you mean?" "It's been over a week since the deadline has passed." "And they still speak of the plague." "Why?" "Adrian told me everything." "He came to me at my ranch." "He should not have told you." "We took an oath of secrecy." "You are a doctor, a man of experience." "What explanation can you give for the mystery of the empty coffin?" "For many years I've lived here ... and have seen some amazing things." "I respect how they feel ... and what they believe." "There are supernatural forces ... that modern culture does not understand." "But they exist." "The inexplicable mystery." "This may be the one of them." "I am more used to practical aspects." "The facts only." "I intend to find them." "Unlocking the mysteries of the region." "Thank you, doctor." "On your horses." "We're needed in the village!" "Come on guys!" "There's gonna be trouble!" "There is no better sport than fishing." "Nothing like it to calm you down." "I caught a fish more than twenty meters." "Twenty meters long?" "Twenty meters long." "There is a limit ..." " Except if it was a whale." " Whale?" " What is that?" " The largest animal." " The family of cetaceans." " You do not know?" "No." "I know a family, Rodriguez, they have a lamb." "But cetaceans I do not know." "Hey you!" "You have three minutes to get out of here." "And fifteen to leave the village." "Me?" "Why?" "Sorry, sorry." "I said three minutes." "I think we should go." " Do not be like that!" " Think." "Three minutes are almost up." "Very well." "With your permission ..." "I think I'll finish my beer outside." "With your permission." "Get out or I'll put you out." "Look out!" "Hold it!" "This man is a friend of the step-son of my brother." "I command you to respect him." " He receives my friendship." " Thanks." "Out!" "Get out!" "Give me my rifle." "This is my rifle." "This time I was lucky." "But it is not important, For he who perseveres succeeds." "Oh my little trout, come here." "You saw how to do it?" "Go for a ride." "The young lady is talking to the stranger." "You wanted to talk to me?" "I have bad news." "Someone killed your cousin Adrian." "Control yourself." "Act as if nothing had happened." "Don't tell anyone until ..." "I have a chance to look into it." "He told me something which was to be kept a secret." " It is linked to his death." " What?" "He's going to tell her everything." "Come on." "He's up to something." "We need to scare him into leaving." "Oh, I caught a big fish!" "It is heavy!" "It is said that the souls of the swamp ... are bewitched." "And the spirits took my uncle's body ... without anyone noticing." "Nonsense." "Your aunt saw the body as he was being put in the grave." "Unless she was lying." "She is incapable of lying." "Who would benefit from the disappearance of your uncle?" " Life insurance?" " Maybe." "He had several insurance policies." "United States, England and France." "All together it comes to one million dollars." "Don Nacho took them out." "He's my uncle's brother." "In that case, he would not benefit from the disappearance, it would cause harm." "Without a body, he wouldn't get a cent." "It's a trout!" "Help!" "A death!" "He's dead!" " It's your friend." " Help!" "Come quickly." "I just wanted a trout." "Gastón!" "Look ..." "Get ready for tonight." "Hurry!" "This is not good." "The souls of the swamp have returned him." "They have found the gravedigger." "He is marked." "He was returned by the River." "You must protect me, they will kill me too." " Do not say that." " I foresee it." "You know that I feel things." " They want to kill me!" " Who?" "He who comes from the beyond ... to complete the threat he made against me." "Your dead husband?" "He died without discovering my secret." "My horrible secret." "You're the one who got us into this." "You have to find us a way out." "The insurance was my idea." "Nothing more." "The other idea was yours and you bungled it." "It wasn't my fault." "The son of my sister in law had arrived unexpectedly." "I had to do something." "Adrian was going to tell his friend." "With the appearance of the gravedigger's corpse ... his friend could call the police." "He could." "He could." "You let a weed's roots grow into the ground." "You got to pull the roots out." "Few are aware now, but soon, others will know." "There is still time." "Why delay?" "Why do we not liquidate them?" "We know that we will swing." "If those who know die, all is not lost." "If you do not follow me, we'll do it all the same." " And you?" " Of course." "Yes." "There is no choice." "As for the dead, they do not speak." "If you move, I'll shoot!" "You hear me?" "Who are you?" "I know there is someone." "Speak!" "Answer me!" "Answer me, please!" "Julieta!" "Come!" "There is someone in this room." "No." "There is no one." "I am blind, Julieta, you hear?" "I have been like this for months!" "No one knows, apart from Carmela ... and you." "I'm blind!" "Do not weep, aunt." "That's why I go out so very little." "I have many enemies." "I did not want my husband to discovers my infirmity." "He scared me." "I discovered he had married me for my money." "When I learned it, it was too late." "I was under his power." "They've ruined me." "There is nothing left." "Everything is mortgaged and I ... have no evidence to attack them." "My husband is dead." "Yet, I fear him even today." "Much more." "I'm so afraid of him, it's horrible, Julieta!" "The fear is so painful and I do not know why." "Momma!" "But then If you can not see, why did you want the coffin opened at the cemetery?" "Do you not understand?" "I pretend, to hide my secret." "What would a widow ask at the burial of his husband?" "To see him one last time, right?" "Just as they opened the coffin, did you hear anything strange?" "What do you mean?" "That Fabrique was alive and was able to escape?" "They had lowered him down into the earth, I heard it." "Adrian came a few seconds later." "No, Julieta." "Fabrique is dead." "He had disappeared from the coffin." "Yes." "He must be at the swamp bottom with the souls of the swamp ... undergoing his penance." "Thus, Julieta." "I will not change my mind." "Lead me to my bed." " I heard a sound near the door?" " Calm down." "Bring Carmela to me." "I want her to keep me company." "You must believe me, Julieta." "The souls of the swamp ... is the cemetery of damned souls." "So says tradition." "Grandparents to parents, parents to children." "Fabrique disappeared from the coffin ... when crossing the swamp." "There was no trickery." "I would have heard something." "I have very sensitive hearing." "My husband is dead." "And the swamp claimed his soul ... for eternal punishment." "Go and rest." "I'll stay with her." "Good night, my aunt." "Forgive me for having wasted your time." "Do not say that." "Carmela!" "Are you there?" "What are you doing?" "Please, tell me!" "It's you." "You suspect even my aunt." "You went to her room to investigate." "You should've told me before you did that." "You do not trust me?" "Or you suspect me too." "But you were not at the cemetery that day." "She was." "There are secrets among those who were there that day." "She became blind suddenly." "It's been a few months." "Only Carmela knew." "She could not fool everyone." "Dr. Morales would have visited her." "She may have fooled others." "But not a doctor." "He knows, I'm sure." "Let's say he told others and they also know ..." "What others?" "Those who accompanied her at the burial." "If Adrian had not arrived, the coffin would have been buried empty." "No one would have reported anything ... and Don Nacho could have collected the insurance money." "But in any case, where is the corpse?" " Do you remember?" " What?" "When you left when you were young in search of adventure." "That didn't last long." "I was forcibly brought back by my Father." "I wanted to be a great detective." "The mystery fascinated me." "It was obvious." "The mystery of the loss of my rag doll." "No secrets resisted me." "Except mine." "Momma!" "It hit me!" " What's wrong?" " Why are you shouting?" "The monster knocked me unconscious and he put me in bed." "I found you on the terrace, brought you in and threw you on the bed." "Really?" "I was sleeping when suddenly ..." "I felt that I was being watched." "I opened my eyes, and went to the balcony and there it was." " I was afraid." " What for?" "What for?" "Because of the beast." "The monster again?" "Do not look at me like that." "I know." "I saw it in the swamp earlier also." "Are you sure?" "As sure as my name is Espergencio Rodriguez Bacoro." "The monster hit me." " Carmela!" " I'm right here?" "When the others are asleep I want to go to the library." "But why?" "I need to find some documents!" "No." "Not now." "It's dangerous." "Don Nacho sleeps next to the library." "Tomorrow is the feast of the village, no one will stay in the house ..." "Another hand, doctor?" "You have infernal luck." "This time I'll win." "We'll see." "With this game, I'll get my revenge." "Hurry, they could return." "I opened it!" "Come help me!" "Insurance ..." "life ... policy ..." " of Fabrique Mendoza." " Another?" "To the benefit ..." "Don Nacho Mendoza." "Five policies ..." "One million dollars!" "Why did he take out all of this insurance benefiting his brother?" "Why?" "What is it?" "The alarms went off." "My safe has been opened." "What are we waiting for?" "Don't move or I'll shoot!" "She is not responsible." "This is my house and I have the right to know what goes on." "Now that you know everything, what will you do?" "You are surprised my brother left ... so much life insurance in my name?" "What's it to you?" "Where does it leave you?" "End your charade." "You are blind." "There is too much at stake, you can not escape." "Your life will depend on your behavior." "The house is empty." "The servants are at the party." "Your niece and her friends left early this morning." " Here?" " Yes, roughly." "I would not do that for a million pesos." "The beast is down there!" "It's waiting for him." "Watch out, Gaston!" "He hasn't come back up." "That's it, the beast has swallowed him!" "There he is!" "I'll give you a hand, You're wetter than soup." " Did you see the Monster?" " How do you feel?" "Fine ..." "I have not seen anything." " No?" " Nothing." "You will stay here until we come back ... and then we'll see what will be done with you." "I only need a couple more clues to wrap up this case." "We're going to have to split up" "You two go to the cabin where Fabrique died." "And what will we do there?" "See if it was burned or not." " Burned?" " If he died of the plague, the doctor would have burned it down." "If not, the doctor will be my prime suspect." "See you at the house." "I have something to do there." " Julieta?" " Yes?" "You remember the signal we had as kids?" "This is it!" "Don't move." "Bring them with us to the house!" "Get this idiot out of my sight before I kill him!" "Come on." "My hat, my hat!" "Run and find Gaston at the house!" "Hurry!" "Stop that horse!" "Hurry!" "Don't move!" "Don't move!" "The other day at the bar, you helped me ..." " Shut up!" " Very good." "This will make things easier." "I know what to expect." "I was looking for evidence," " I found it." " It will not help you much." "In the other world, they laugh at these things." "You should know one thing." "Adrian died in my arms." "And he spoke to me." "And how does this interest me?" "Who wouldn't be interested in the disappearance of a corpse?" "Just as it was being buried." "And if the deceased, is a living man." "What do you mean?" "I think you know what I'm talking about." "Maria is blind." "You took advantage of this and carried out the disapearance ... all under her very nose." "She may be blind but she can hear." "She heard nothing from the coffin ... during the trip in the boat." "Of course, but you could have opened it up another time." "And when, for example?" "When she asked that it be opened." "You are fantastic." "If this were true, where is my brother?" "In the river, disguised as a monster." "But perhaps, it's not him." "Take me to her!" " What happened?" " Do not worry." "I hit him on the head with a flower pot." "I'm going to tie him up." "He is so heavy!" "The horse came back!" " I pass." " Me too." "I bet twenty." "This door is easy to push down ... but we must wait until they leave." "Oh Lord, let the horse find Gastón." "Yes, do that." "Full house." "I'm done playing cards with this guy." "Learn to play!" "Another scoundrel in the clouds." "If you don't stop, I'll shoot." " How many?" " Two." "One for me." "Let's play." "Look!" "What was that?" "They're gone." "Come, we must get out!" "Come on, help me!" "Thank you Lord, God has rewarded me!" "You stay here." "Do not move." "Let me do it." "Hold on, Gastón, I'm here to help you!" "That's Julieta!" "Hello, where're you going?" "No, pity, don't punch me!" "That's my uncle!" "Yes." "He led you to believe he died." "That day at the cemetery, he took advantage of the blindness of your aunt and got out of the coffin when it was opened." "I believe that closes the case." " Gaston ..." " Yes?" "I ..." "What are they doing?" "They would like to say goodbye, but ..." "I think there are too many witnesses." " I'd like to see them both." " Soon." "In a few weeks you can travel to see the doctor ... and everything will be fine." "Calm down!"