:29:01
Sukeena, wlno cane fron Africa,
saw her through tlne difficult labor.
:29:03
Ellen never refers
to Sulkeena as lner servant.
:29:05
First, slne calls lner "my friend. "
And later, "my sister. "
:29:07
Wlnen slne gave birth to a dauglnter
witln a withered arn...
:29:09
...slne blaned lner siclkness
and Joln's sexual appetites.
:29:15
Although she wrote,
"In my mind, they are one."
:29:17
To which she added, "Damn all men."
:29:19
Their dauglnter was born
in April of 191 1.
:29:21
And April was wlnat they called her.
:29:23
After her dauglnter's birth,
Ellen becane convinced...
:29:28
... that her fever, which recurred
periodically, would kill her young.
:29:31
That nade her easy gane
for Madane Stravinski.
:29:33
If you have anything to say to us...
:29:35
...you may use my body to speak.
:29:37
Give us a sign.
:29:38
Show us a sign.
:29:40
Not even Sukeena could convince her
tlnat slne was a fraud.
:29:44
Beloved spirits, we invite you
to commune with us.
:29:48
Show us a sign.
:29:51
Fraud or not, Madane Stravinski...
:30:01
...lknown to police in San Francisco
and Los Angeles as Cora Frye...
:30:12
...changed Ellen Rinbauer's life
one night in August of 1914.
:30:14
Sukeena!
:30:17
You must build.
:30:19
What did she tell her?
:30:21
She said she wouldn't die
until the house was finished.
:30:23
And Madame S. told her it isn't
finished until you say it's finished.
:30:24
Until you say.
:30:26
Ellen took it seriously.
Probably she was right to.
:30:27
She never had another attack
of her African fever.
:30:29
Probably psychosomatic.
Probably PMS, right, Em?
:30:31
I wouldn't be surprised.
:30:35
A new wing started going up
the next week.
:30:37
What did her husband say?
:30:39
She gave him a son in 1909, a daughter
in 1 91 1 . The son was fine and well.
:30:41
It was the son John Rimbauer cared
about. Ellen could do as she liked.
:30:45
Would you agree?
Yes. Besides...
:30:47
...lne had affairs of his own
to tend to.
:30:50
Ellen made additions to the house
until her disappearance in 1 950.
:30:52
Over 40 years
of well financed eccentricity.
:30:55
She hired contractors and architects
to build unconventional stuff.
:30:58
Such as?