The Creeper story
A murderer has killed two blonde women while they are alone at night. Ellen is terrified, but her husband Steve is dismissive of her. While Brodie is at work, Ellen is scared and suspicious of various people that she meets. She is only relieved when the locksmith arrives to fix a lock and chain on her door, but the locksmith turns out to be the murderer. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: Joseph Ruscoll, James Cavanagh.
13 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fear for one's life | choice | Ellen was terrified to stay home alone at night with a serial killer on the loose. |
| coping with being in a heat wave | major | Various people complained about the excruciating heat which they blamed for their bad temper, throughout. |
| husband and wife | major | Steve and Ellen Grant. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Ellen waited for the locksmith to fix her door so that she would be safe from the serial killer, but just as he arrived we learned that the killer was a locksmith, and Ellen was indeed attacked. |
| serial murder | major | A serial killer, known as "The Creeper", was on the loose. |
| coping with getting dumped | minor | Ed confessed to having held a grudge against Ellen ever since she'd walked out on him. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Ellen was not happy when her ex-boyfriend Ed showed up at her house looking to rekindle their relationship. |
| extramarital affair | minor | Martha pointedly accused Ellen of having cheated on her husband after seeing Ellen with another man. |
| journalism | minor | The newspaper man Ed was writing about a serial killer who was on the loose. |
| lovers' quarrel | minor | Steve was feeling sore over not having gotten a raise and vented his frustrations on his wife. |