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Yankee Dan

Episode: 1 Premiere Date: May 27, 2013

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While Callie takes some time to decide if she's ready to get married, Jim takes on his latest case: Chelsea Baker, the owner of the rumored haunted Cooley Plantation, is found dead with an axe in her back. The couple who found her body was led to it by a woman who vanished into thin air. She is identified as Martha Cooley, the original owner of the plantation, who died 150 years ago. Her husband, known as "Yankee Dan," was viciously murdered inside the house, presumably by one of his slaves, in the same manner as his great-great granddaughter, Chelsea.

Jim discovers that Chelsea's husband, Ryan, was angry with her for spending so much money. Before she died, they were selling off all of the antiques from the plantation and making plans to sell the house itself, which he now inherits, making him a suspect.

Carlos reports that Chelsea had blood on her finger, but not on her hand or arm. Jim goes to the house where he finds a letter — an "R" or a "J" — written in blood. While there, Jim catches Ed Ross, a "renowned" ghost hunter hiding at the plantation. He was hired by Chelsea's sister, Jackie, to prove that Martha's ghost is real. He says she's the strongest paranormal presence he's ever felt. Jackie was trying to get the house designated as a historical landmark so her sister couldn't sell it. Another suspect!

Back in Atlanta, Callie continues to struggle with her decision, weighing her love for Jim against all the years she's worked to build her career and make a life for herself.

When Jim learns that someone dug up Yankee Dan's grave and stole his valuable pocket watch, he arrests Ed for Chelsea's murder. Ed had caught Chelsea robbing Dan's grave. Unapologetic, she told him she was going to bulldoze the house. Furious, Ed strangled Chelsea and put an ax in her back as an homage to the original murder, then tried pinning the murder on Ryan by using Chelsea's right hand to spell out his name (in blood) on a drawer. What he didn't know was that Chelsea was left-handed. Case closed.

Later, Callie surprises Jim at home where she accepts his proposal.

Guest Stars:

Kayla Mae Maloney as Dr. Miranda Buckley

Brad Beyer as Ryan Baker

Chay Santini as Chelsea Baker

Jonathan Slavin as Ed Ross

Shantel Vansanten as Jackie Cooley

Niki Spiridakos as Martha Cooley

Production Notes:

While shooting the plantation scenes at the historic Sample-McDougald House, we heard some funny noises, but the caretaker said it was just the old home settling. While outside the building, we thought we saw a ghost in one of the upper story windows, but it was just producer Ed Tapia, signing some paperwork.

The painting of Yankee Dan was done by a Los Angeles-based artist. The vision was described to him by the writer and show's creator.

Yankee Dan's skeleton (at left) was made of plastic and the rotting skin was created by special effects makeup artist Bill McCoy. "It took about a week to get everything right," says Bill. When Bill creates corpses for The Glades, he sometimes uses real skeletons under the prosthetics instead of fake skeletons — it all depends on the body type that is needed. For Yankee Dan, he used a fake one that he bought from an anatomical supplier. Photo courtesy of Bill McCoy.

Two of this episode's guest stars had big roles on cult-favorite TV shows. Brad Beyer, who plays the murder victim's husband, starred in the post-apocalyptic series Jericho, while Jonathan Slavin, who plays ghost hunter Ed Ross, starred in the comedy Better Off Ted.

To get the golf club to fall down, the special effects department tied a thin piece of fishing line to it and tugged on it off camera.

Martha's ghost was CGI-ed in, but actress Niki Spiridakos played Martha for the close up shots. White makeup was used to make her look ghostly.

Yankee Dan's crypt was built by our construction department on stage, but to save the time during filming, it was moved to the Sample-McDougald location. A large blackout tent was built over it by the grip department to darken it and to be able to fill it with smoke for atmosphere. Matt (Jim) Carlos (Carlos), and Jordan (Daniel) did have fun screaming and running away from the crypt. It was funny to hear them on set. But it was even funnier when, during one take, they ran through a gate on the property and knocked it over.

Production notes courtesy of Marc Weinstein and Bill McCoy

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