
The Witching Hour
Clay Whipple is convicted of murdering the governor following an incident involving a cat's eye pin. Whipple is sentenced to death, but a mentalist named Psychic Jack believes he is innocent since Whipple had been hypnotized at the time of the murder. The psychic persuades the judge to grant the condemned man a retrial, and he sets out to uncover the identity of the real killer, during which time he manages to prevent a second murder from occurring.
Cast

Elliott Dexter
Psychic Jack Brookfield

Winter Hall
Judge Prentice

Ruth Renick
Viola Campbell

Robert Cain
Frank Hardmuth

A. Edward Sutherland
Clay Whipple

Mary Alden
Helen Whipple

F.A. Turner
Lew Ellinger
Genevieve Blinn
Mrs. Campbell
Storyline
Clay Whipple is convicted of murdering the governor following an incident involving a cat's eye pin. Whipple is sentenced to death, but a mentalist named Psychic Jack believes he is innocent since Whipple had been hypnotized at the time of the murder. The psychic persuades the judge to grant the condemned man a retrial, and he sets out to uncover the identity of the real killer, during which time he manages to prevent a second murder from occurring.
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