This episode had a lot of possibilities. The old witch couple, Sara and Jason, truly were, as mentioned at least twice, "ghouls." Well-acted on their parts (Dryden and Rowland, I assume). Their performances make this episode well worth a listen. I thought The actress who played Kathy was way overboard on the virginal personality, though.

I do like humor in the mysteries, but this went from being spooky to a farce. The ending was just a bit too corny. I was a bit chilled by the lines the old lady used when she was giving Kathy the "medicine" near the end. "It'll settle your stomach!" This was he peak of the suspense for me; a few minutes later, the reporter/boyfriend is on the phone calling Kathy "honey" already like they'd been together for weeks. And how far out in the burbs did these folks live that they had a blacksmith foundry pouring out smoke, but the city cop can come over and bust them? Oh well.... the stolen wallet idea was clever, I'll give Ian Martin that one.

This might be, IMHO, an average to slightly above average episode. Like nearly all of them, I enjoyed it and was unsure of how it would end. I liked the diversion of making the boyfriend seem somehow sinister at first. I was thinking that maybe Kathy was going be seduced and lose her virginity in NYC, after having drinks for the first time in her life, and that night, the old man would draw her blood for the elixir and wind up poisoning all the witches. Something like that.