I Am Betsy Palmer

**I Am Betsy Palmer**  is a potential episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.

## Plot

the gang go back in time to meet actress Betsy Palmer, and Yadina learns that horror movies don’t always star a man as the killer even though it’s usually that way.

## Transcript

* Xavier: hello, and welcome to the show!

* Yadina: today, we’re meeting someone who proves herself to be an AWSOME legendary actress and even known for a female horror movie killer role, Betsy Palmer!

* Xavier: Betsy Palmer was born on November 1, 1926, and lived a good whopping 88-ish years! She was a Broadway television and movie star, and she was one of the most beloved actresses in cinema history!

* Brad: her acting career began in the ‘50s, a long time ago!

* Yadina: but her best known role was playing a serial killer woman by the name of Pamela Voorhees in the 1980 hit Friday the 13th! I really love her!

* Xavier: and in case you are wondering, we can handle horror movies enough for our parents to sit down and be careful with us as we watch them together, unless the movie may be too scary or violent.

* Brad: uhh……did you hear something?

* Xavier: uhhh…I don’t-

* Yadina: look out! Bow and Arrows!

* Brad: START THE SHOW!!!! HURRY!!! AAHH-

* (they all duck, pressing the button that starts the show)
* (the show starts, leading then inside of Xavier band Yadina’s room. with their parents, they are watching a horror movie).
* Yadina: WOAH! Look out!
* Xavier: the killer’s right behind you!!!
* Brad: I can’t look……
* (the killer in the movie reveals himself to be a middle aged random man with brown hair and green eyes and wears orange shirt and overalls that are purple).
* Yadina (frowns): oh……here we are again……woo pee…hello their serial killer guy……
* (Brad and Xavier stop what they are doing and turn their attention to an upset Yadina)
* Xavier: sis, what’s the matter? We are watching a good horror movie…
* Brad: yeah…well…if you’re scared, don’t blame yourself …I couldn’t look halfway through, sorry. Maybe I’m not ready for these things yet…you guys are better at this than I am…
* Yadina: thanks you guys, but that’s none of the reasons why……have you noticed something about the killers in these movies?
* Xavier: well, they are all different. But…
* Yadina: oh for the love of……are they Y or X?
* Brad: huh?
* Xavier: I don’t get it…what does why or x stand for?
* Brad: I bet Y means they are the yielding type and X means they are the Xtreme danger ones… maybe she’s upset about the X ones.…
* Yadina: (facepalms) NO! Are they in the pink zone or the blue zone??
* Xavier: uhhh……
* Brad: maybe pink refers to a killer who isn’t all bad and just is misunderstood and blue means the killer is wanting to do this…as in code blue?
* Yadina: NO! NO!! Dr. Zoom and I are getting mad with you 2. What am I? Look at me…
* Xavier: you’re a very creative imaginative cute pigtail turtle-carrying girl, Yadina. Even when you’re upset you still manage to-
* Yadina: STOP!
* Xavier: ?
* Yadina: repeat that line, Bro.
* Xavier: what? I just said his you’re such a very creative imaginative cute pigtail turtle-carrying girl-
* Yadina: say that last word……
* Xavier: what? “Girl”?
* Yadina: YESSSS!!!!! Dr. Zoom and I approve.
* Xavier: so…what about it? You’re a girl, and-
* Yadina: you’re a-
* Xavier: boy…
* Brad: so am I!
* Yadina: of course, Brad.
* Xavier: so what are you trying to make here?
* Yadina: Girl…Boy…Serial Killer Horror Movie…
* (Yadina, after several more hints, points out the different horror movies and to the one they were watching)
* Xavier: ohhhhhhh……Brad. I think Yadina is trying to tell us that more often than not, 99.9% of all horror movies use males as the killers. Is that why you’re upset, sis?
* Yadina: YES!!! Why aren’t there any Girls???!!!!!
* Xavier: umm……well……
* Brad: I think…uh……I got nothing…
* Xavier: you know what we need to solve this issue???
* Brad: oh no……
* Xavier and Yadina: TO THE SECRET MUSEUM!!!!!
* (and thus, the 3 begin their adventure to the museum.)
* Brad: hey guys!!! wait up!!
* Xavier: I wonder who the secret museum will send us to meet?
* Yadina: and when?
* (after they get there)
* Xavier, Yadina, Brad: Hi Berby! Hi Berby! Hi Berby …
* (they slide down the pole, run to the thing)
* Xavier: we’re getting something!
* (they relic on the hologram board reveals to be a Bowie Knife, Machete, Axe and some Bow and Arrows and an Irish sweater)
* Yadina: wow! Those are some mighty fine wepons! I wonder who they belong to!
* (The Hologram reveals the figure to be Betsy Palmer)
* Xavier: Look! This is who we’re going to meet! Actress Betsy Palmer!
* Yadina: in East Chicago, Illinois, in 1939!
* Brad: that’s over 80 years ago!
* Xavier: woah…
* Brad: what can she do to help our problem? And what does she have to do with these weapons?! WHY WOULD SHE NEED THOSE?!
* Yadina: looks like we are about to find out!!! Ready for Adventure?
* Xavier: Ready!
* Brad: hold on, I need to get over this killer cringe……(breaths in and out). Ok…now I’m ready.
* Xavier: hold on tight!
* Yadina: here we go! Woooooo!!!!
* Brad: AHHHHHHH!!!
* Xavier: alright!!!
* (after the time travel is complete …)
* Xavier: so this is east Chicago in 1939.
* Yadina: not too shabby!
* Brad: ohhhh…dizzy………dizzy………ugh…(gulp), ugh…
* (after some scanning)
* Xavier: hey look! (After witnessing Berby doing identity check) it’s her! There she is! Betsy Palmer!
* Yadina: let’s go meet her!!!
* Brad: guys, wait- (without looking, the unaware Brad accidentally runs into the kid Betsy.)
* Betsy Palmer: hello! did I scare you, dearie toots?
* Brad: oops…no, tee heee (blushes)
* Yadina: so, Betsy, what is life like for you? How are you? What’s you’re life like?
* Betsy: well. Not much right now, but I love helping take care of each other with my family, and I really like making home movies of things related to myself and such! Ever since the Great Depression has hit, there haven’t been that much to do, but that’s not stopping me from continuing to do what I love!
* Brad: say, Betsy, uh……(blushes) wanna hang out???(grins)
* Betsy: sure! Say…I’m shooting another home video…you wanna star in it with me?
* Yadina: HECK YEAH!!
* Xavier: TOTALLY!!!
* Brad (in a romance daze): yeahhhhh, babe………
* Betsy: well, what are we waiting for? My house is this way…
* (after they enter her house)
* Yadina: nice room!
* Betsy: thanks! And look!
* (Trio gasps in awe as they see her camera)
* Betsy: this is my one and only home movies camera! Are you ready to star in my short video called “Good Cop, Bad Cop, Crazy Cop?”
* Yadina: YEAHHHHHH!!!! Can I be the heroine. please?!?!! You and Dr. Zoom can be the baddies!
* Betsy: sure! I’ll be the lady baddie of the story, stealing all of the money from the national bank in the town of ZoomLand!!!
* Yadina: ZoomLand?! Don’t worry, super cowgirl Yadina is here, partners!
* Xavier: and with her is her trusty sidekick, buckeroo!!
* Brad: and other sidekicks, Bradman and Berby!!
* Yadina: the evil Dr. Zoomaroo and the evil cowgirl Betsy is stealing the money!!
* Xavier: AFTER THEM!!!!!
* (on a play horse, they chase after the 2 bandits)
* Betsy (gasp!): they’re ganging on us!!! Fast Dr. Zoomaroo, faster!!!!!
* (after several chases, the 2 bandits though they were safe and hid inside a shelter.)
* Betsy: were safe in here, Zoomie! They’ll never catch us now!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA!!!
* (Just then, they hear a bang)
* Betsy (gasp!)
* Yadina: evil cowgirl Betsy, we know you’re in there! We used a clever device to track ye down!!
* Betsy: NOO!! You may have found us, but you still can’t open the doo-
* Yadina: did we meant our device, Berby, can open things?
* Xavier: surrender now. You’ve got nothin else to face.
* Betsy: or…?
* Xavier: or you can’t hang out with us for play dates anymore…
* Betsy: ohhhhh…ok……fine……here’s the money…
* ‘Yadina: tell this one to the judge, partner. Berby?
* (Berby puts fake handcuffs on Betsy and the they put her in play jail (her bedroom) ).
* Yadina: all in a days work. Another situation settled thanks to the adventures of super cowgirl Yadina, and her sidekicks Buckaroo and Bradman and Berby!!!!
* (They all cheer)
* Yadina: THE END!!!!
* (Everyone in the room cheers)
* Yadina: that was amazing, you guys!!
* Xavier: anymore stories you got for us, Betsy?
* Betsy: oh; I’d love to, but I need to eat right now.…nature calls!
* Yadina: alright then! Thanks again! We will see you soon!!!
* Betsy: thanks, you guys! And hey! You know what? I love making videos so much……I am seriously thinking taking this to the next level, and becoming an actress one day! Hopefully they’ll remember and recognize me too!!!
* Xavier: maybe you will! Wishful thinking! (trying to hide that they know she will be just that)
* Yadina: bye Betsy!
* Xavier: Bye!
* Brad: (kisses her on the cheek) bye……
* Betsy: awwww! Brad, that was so sweet! (chuckles)…
* Betsy: goodbye!! I hope I may met you again!
* Xavier: ok, Berby, now where?
* (One time travel later, they end up traveling 1 year over 40 yrs later, in 1980.)
* Yadina: where are we now?
* Brad: when are we?
* Xavier: Berby says we are now in NJ, over 40 years later!
* Yadina: look!
* Trio: Betsy!
* Betsy: wow……it’s you guys I met all those years ago! You guys are just in time for my latest movie! It just got released today on May 9!
* Yadina: wow!!!!
* Xavier: read the title!
* Brad: “Friday the 13th “……oh boy……
* Xavier: so, Betsy, since when did you become an actress?
* Betsy: since the ‘50s! Lots of people remember me and I am well-known now! You dearies want to go to the movie theatre for the first ever screening of Friday the 13th? It’s a horror movie, but you’ll never guess who the killer is…
* Yadina: I’d kinda and kinda not want to…
* Betsy: trust me, it’s worth it.
* Xavier: ok! You heard the woman! Let’s do this!!
* Yadina: Friday the 13th, here we come!!!
* Brad: (gulp) Brad…you can do this! Horror movies ain’t stopping me...
* Betsy: nice courage, Brad…(she kisses him on the cheek)
* Brad (blushes): tee heehhh…!!! GUYS WAIT FOR ME!!!
* (They enter the theatre…)
* (sometime later, the movie is getting toward the end. The killer is coming to a reveal.)
* Alice (from the movie): Steve! Steve! Oh, Steve!!
* (she runs into the one, and only woman played by Betsy Palmer, Pamela Voorhees)
* Alice: w-who are you?
* Pamela Voorhees (from the movie): Why……I’m Mrs. Voorhees. An old friend of the christies.
* (after a few moments)
* Alice: no……please don’t go in there, they’ll kill you too!
* Pamela: I’m Not Afraid!
* Yadina: woah…she just said she isn’t afraid! Isn’t that weird?
* Brad: very suspicious, now…
* Xavier: shhh…we need to hear more!
* (after a few more moments)
* Pamela: you see, Jason was my son, and Today is his birthday!
* Alice: where’s mr. christy??
* Pamela: oh ho oh ho…that’s not necessary …I couldn’t let them open this place again, could I? Not after what happened……oh……my sweet, innocent Jason…
* (Flashes show Jason drowning at Camp Crystal Lake)
* Yadina: awww…poor soul! She lost her kid to stupid teenagers’ irresponsible actions…
* Brad: I’m nervous!
* Pamela: my only child……Jason……
* (Jason drowned)
* Pamela: YOU LET HIM DROWN!!! YOU NEVER PAY ANY ATTENTION!!!
* Yadina: (gasp!)
* Brad: what the-
* Xavier: you guys……
* Pamela: LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO HIM… (she pulls out her Bowie knife from her sheath)
* Xavier: hey look! That’s the same Bowie knife as one of the 4 relics of hers from the museum! Just like the arrow, axe and machete! This is what they were referring to!
* LOOK WHAT YOU DIIIIIIDDD TO HIIMMMMM!!!!
* Yadina: so……the killer is……
* (Pamela charges at Alice )
* Pamela: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (She gets knocked out with Alice’s fire poker as Alice noticed every single victim in here she’s killed)
* Yadina: the killer is…
* Xavier: a woman…
* Yadina (gaaasssspp…!)
* (Yadina screams loud enough in the theatre for some people to complain and leave)
* people: SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
* Yadina: sorry…:)
* (after several more moments)
* Pamela: kill her, mommy! Kill her!
* Xavier: this must be what she says acting as her drowned son telling her to kill the people.
* Yadina: personality split disorder much?
* Xavier: 🤷‍♂️
* Brad: help.…
* (the 3 sat til the end of the movie. After they leave the theatre, they meet Betsy one more time.)
* Yadina: that…movie…was……AWSOME!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!! THE KILLER IS FEMALE!!!! GIRL POWER 4LIFE!!!!
* Betsy: yes indeed, dear. Yes indeed.
* (Brad slightly loses his crush he had towards her and doesn’t quite look at her the same.)
* Brad: (nervous) yehhhh…
* Xavier: thanks again, dear Betsy Palmer!
* Yadina: you will be forever in my heart!! And now because of you I have a new meaning for horror movies and I can’t get over the name Pamela!
* Xavier: yeah! Wait what…?
* Betsy: well, dears, I must be on my way…I’ll be appearing again briefly in the sequel coming out next year…
* Brad: they made ANOTHER ONE?!
* Xavier: oh yeah…and several more after that…
* Yadina: I hope to see you again!!
* Betsy: will do, Yadina my dear…if you’d like you could have an autograph of mine straight out of the movie and-
* Yadina: (screaasmmmm!!) gimme!!!!
* Xavier: well, now that Yadina is in a daze, we’d better go now and we may meet again or maybe soon.
* Betsy: alright dears, carry on. It’ll be easier for you than it was for-
* Brad: AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I TOLD YOU THAT WOMAN WAS-
* Xavier: -Berby, let’s go-
* Brad: -HOME NOW!!!!
* (Present Day)
* (we return to the living room of Xavier and Yadina’s home. Back on the chair with mom watching that horror move again)
* Xavier: so, Yadina, how are you now? Upset any that the killer is a man?
* Yadina: what? No! I’m much better now! In fact, now that I know the some killers can be women, even though I know only 1 so far, I’m ready to actually enjoy horror movies and their killers for what they are!
* Xavier: alright! So what will happen next?
* (the man gets taken out by the lone survivor lady)
* Xavier and Yadina: (clap and cheer)
* Xavier: aannndd that’s a knockout to the killer. woooo!!
* Yadina: the crowd goes wild. (Aaaaahhh.)
* Brad: got anymore popcorn, anyone?
* (back to the blank screen of white)
* Yadina: wasn’t Betsy Palmer DA BOMB?! Not only was she remember as a woman serial killer, one of the most awesome, she was a good actress in other things, too!
* Xavier: and even though the Friday the 13th franchise largely is about Jason doing a killing spree, his mom was the one and only killer at camp Crystal Lake and her son was just……how should I say this…anyways, Betsy Palmer aka Pamela Voorhees is a lovable piece of horror remembered by lots.
* Brad: hehe……yeahhh…
* Yadina: and I even got some of her AUTOGRAPHS!!! AHHHHHH-
* Xavier: thank you for joining us on our awsome adventure to met the one and only, Pamela Voorhees!!!
* Yadina: WAAAHHAHAHH!!
* Xavier (ahem): Betsy Palmer!!!
* Yadina: who used to be a kid just like you and me!
* Brad: so kids like you can change the world!
* Xavier: I am Xavier
* Brad: I am Brad
* Yadina: I am Yadina, and I hope future horror movies get more females as the killer, just like Betsy Palmer aka Pamela Voorhees!!!!
* Brad: NOO-(cuts to black)

## Trivia

* Brad is shown to have a crush on Betsy Palmer, even after she had grown up and was already married and a successful actress.
* clips from the movie Friday the 13th can be seen/heard during the theatre scene after the trio met up with Betsy to see her as the killer Pamela Voorhees.