WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.500 It is said that Banshees were abroad the night before the strange disappearance of the two young sons of Mario Pansini, 00:06.500 --> 00:09.000 a prominent architect of Bari, Italy. 00:09.000 --> 00:13.000 But even the presence of Banshees scarcely explains this event. 00:13.000 --> 00:18.000 For Banshees foretell the coming of death, and there was no question of death involved, 00:18.000 --> 00:31.000 only a question of incredible speed through time and space. 00:31.000 --> 00:37.000 On a certain January morning in the year 1901, the streets of Bari were flooded with water. 00:37.000 --> 00:42.000 And so it was natural that Giuseppe and Niccolo, the two young sons of Signor Pansini, 00:42.000 --> 00:46.000 should have been eager to sail their toy boats in the gutter in front of their house. 00:46.000 --> 00:48.000 We could play for a little while. 00:48.000 --> 00:51.000 Well, suppose you play for half an hour. How would that be? 00:51.000 --> 00:54.000 We'll come back in at nine thirty sharp, Father. 00:54.000 --> 00:58.000 But when nine thirty arrived, the boys failed to appear. 00:58.000 --> 01:02.000 Somewhat annoyed over their lack of responsibility, Signor Pansini went out to find them. 01:02.000 --> 01:06.000 By the time he had searched the whole block, he was thoroughly angry. 01:06.000 --> 01:09.000 As he approached his home again, he heard the telephone ringing. 01:09.000 --> 01:18.000 Hello? 01:18.000 --> 01:20.000 Signor Pansini? 01:20.000 --> 01:21.000 Yes? 01:21.000 --> 01:24.000 Signor, my name is Father Veneti. 01:24.000 --> 01:28.000 I am calling you from the Capuchin monastery here in Malphati. 01:28.000 --> 01:33.000 I wanted to tell you not to be worried about your sons. 01:33.000 --> 01:36.000 They are here at the monastery with us. 01:36.000 --> 01:41.000 Oh, but you must be mistaken, Father. My boys were here in Malphati half hour ago. 01:41.000 --> 01:47.000 They could scarcely have run thirty miles in thirty minutes. 01:47.000 --> 01:51.000 And so, Signor Pansini rode the thirty miles to Malphati. 01:51.000 --> 01:55.000 And there, standing frightened and bewildered in the reception hall of the monastery, 01:55.000 --> 01:57.000 his two sons awaited him. 01:57.000 --> 02:00.000 How would that even be a name? You get it. 02:00.000 --> 02:02.000 We don't know, Father. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.000 We remember stepping out of the house with our boats 02:05.000 --> 02:09.000 and then we don't remember anything else after that. 02:09.000 --> 02:13.000 All the way back to Bari, Signor Pansini remained strangely silent. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.000 And on his face were written both wonder and fear. 02:16.000 --> 02:20.000 When he arrived home, he asked the boys to stay in the house for the rest of the day. 02:20.000 --> 02:24.000 Reluctantly, they went into their room and closed the door behind them. 02:24.000 --> 02:28.000 A few minutes later, their father stood outside that same door calling them. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 Giuseppe? Nicola? 02:31.000 --> 02:35.000 Boys, when I call you, why don't you... 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 Good Lord! They're gone! 02:39.000 --> 02:43.000 At that very same moment, the Signor's brother, Gregorio Pansini, 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 was sitting in the living room of his home in Trani, 02:46.000 --> 02:49.000 a town some fifty miles from Bari, when he heard... 02:51.000 --> 02:55.000 Well, this is a pleasant surprise. 02:55.000 --> 02:59.000 My two nephews come all the way from Bari to call on me. 02:59.000 --> 03:02.000 Boys, what's the matter with you? 03:02.000 --> 03:06.000 Where are we? How did we get here? 03:06.000 --> 03:09.000 Who are you? 03:09.000 --> 03:15.000 Once again Giuseppe and Nicola Pansini were in a state of profound hypnosis. 03:15.000 --> 03:19.000 Once again they had moved through space at an unbelievable speed, 03:19.000 --> 03:23.000 a speed which no vehicle was capable of attaining in the year 1901. 03:23.000 --> 03:28.000 And no key has ever been provided to this strange riddle. 03:28.000 --> 03:33.000 It belongs in a long list of mysteries, incredible but true.