Night of the Owl story

ahh1x03 · 1962-10-04

A man blackmails a couple with the intention of telling their adopted daughter about her biological parents. Directed by: Alan Crosland, Jr. Story by: Andrew Garve.

18 total · 3 choice · 4 major · 11 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
blackmail	choice	A family was being blackmailed for $6,000 by some blackguards who threatened to reveal disagreeable truths to the family's adopted daughter.
father and daughter	choice	Jim went above and beyond to protect his sensitive adoptive daughter, Anne, from learning the dark truth about her biological parents. Jim loved Anne dearly, and the story pointedly concluded with a tearful Anne telling Jim how special he made her feel.
parental love	choice	Jim went above and beyond to protect his sensitive adoptive daughter, Anne, from learning the dark truth about her biological parents. Jim loved Anne dearly, and the story pointedly concluded with a tearful Anne telling Jim how special he made her feel.
adoption of a child	major	The story concerns a father protecting his adoptive daughter from learning a dark secret about her biological parents.
dark family secret	major	Jim and Linda went to extraordinary lengths to the keep secret from their sensitive adoptive daughter, Anne, and the community the dark truth about her biological parents.
family honor	major	The daughter was a perfectionist and would go bonkers should she learn about the dishonorable background of her biological parents, or so we were told.
husband and wife	major	Jim and Linda Mallory were trying to protect their sensitive adopted daughter from learning the truth about her biological parents.
arson	minor	Parker deliberately set a forest fire in a failed bid to cover up having strangled Locke in a drunken rage.
childhood pranks	minor	Little Barbara put her sister Anne's precious test tubes in the freezer as a joke, ruining her science experiment.
law enforcement	minor	The State police got involved in Jim's blackmail case.