Strangler of the Swamp (1945)

Virginia Farmer: Anna Jeffers

Quotes 

• [discussing the noose that hung Douglas many years ago] 

  Martina Sanders : Joseph, we're going to take that down.

  Joseph Hart : No! It stays there. Since that's been there, there hasn't been any more trouble.

  Martina Sanders : There's been more trouble than ever since it hangs there! Have you forgotten Bill Jenkins who was thrown from his horse and was choked by the reins?

  Anna Jeffers : And Shelton, strangled by the pulley rope as he fell from his hayloft?

  Dark-haired Woman : And Henry Craig, throttled by his fishnet?

  Martina Sanders : And tonight his son, Bill, choked to death by the weeds.

  Joseph Hart : What's Bill Craig got to do with it? He wasn't even at the hanging?

  Martina Sanders : Have you forgotten Douglas' vow that he'll return to strangle all the hangmen and their descendants for generations to come?

• [the noose that hung Douglas drops out of the tree and lands around Joseph's neck] 

  Anna Jeffers : It was a sign from heaven - a sign for you to make the sacrifice.

  Dark-haired Woman : And lift the curse and save the others. Yes, Joseph, heed it. Give yourself willingly into the hands of the strangler and the curse will be broken forever.