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The 400th anniversary coverage of Baron Von Frankenstein might just be a bad idea for a news item. Especially since the good doctor and his creation are eager to attend.
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00:00Welcome. I'm E.G. Marshall. Welcome to the world of terrifying imagination.
00:26Make yourself comfortable for the moment. You know, evil has a vitality that defies time.
00:36Its power can be curbed, denied, defeated, but only temporarily. And when it returns,
00:46its force is more malevolent than ever. We've all been to dark places and felt the presence
00:54of evil. And we've all seen things beyond our power of understanding. But, like Tom Fairley,
01:02we field our explanations for everything. Or are there...
01:08The cold. The cold. The smell. Decayed.
01:16Frank. Frank.
01:20No, no, no, no. He's unconscious. We'll talk to him later.
01:24Oh, but did your men find anything else? Just the grass. It's curious, Tom. I don't see
01:32anything past it. Yes, you do, Tom, but it doesn't mean anything to you. We weren't here
01:38when we found Flip. The air was flattened. And there was a scene. Strange discoloration.
01:46What kind of stuff got to do with Frank here? I don't know. But I promise you, I'll find out.
02:02Our mystery drama, Frankenstein Revisited, was written especially for the Radio Mystery Theater
02:09by Milt Wissoff and stars Michael Wager and Leon Janney. I'll be back shortly for that one.
02:17We move now from the friendly people who make these broadcasts possible to the monsters
02:33who will make it impossible for you to sleep. I hope. Our drama opens on a story conference
02:40in the Madison Avenue bar. It will end, I assure you, in terror and fear.
02:47Over here. Here, Tom. You sure picked a great place for a meeting.
02:52Hell, you're late. I didn't have to find my way to the mob at the bar. I might have been here sooner.
02:57All right, what's on your mind, Frank? Well, I've been looking for a special that we can use
03:02as a springboard for a new horror series. And what's more appropriate than the old Frankenstein legend?
03:07You mean Boris Karloff and his magic electrodes? No, Tom. Not the hokey monster brought to life
03:14by the mad scientist. That was cooked up by Mary Shelley. It doesn't rave with the Gothic tale
03:19everyone in Germany knows about the infamous Baron von Frankenstein and his terrible death.
03:26It's got all the elements of a superb spook show. What's more, this is the 400th anniversary
03:31of the Baron's death. So what? So this old buddy. The monster is reputed to return every
03:36century and looking for fresh blood. Ah, it won't work, Frank. I was stationed near
03:43Darmstadt only a stone's throw away from the Frankenstein castle after World War I.
03:48I've seen the place. It doesn't look like much. Even the burial crypt has been turned
03:52into a potato cellar. Well, how about the incidents you mentioned
03:56of cocktails the other night? That's what really put me onto the show. Oh, those killings I
04:02blabbed about had nothing to do with any monster. The police were satisfied the murders were
04:06committed by a fanatical group of neo-Nazis who called themselves the werewolves. Who's
04:11going to be interested in a defunct castle on an anniversary nobody celebrates? Well, they
04:15will this year. We're going to billboard the 400th anniversary with a gala festival.
04:21Well, who's going to show? The peasants used to have a foot when I even mentioned the Baron's
04:25name. And that was almost 30 years ago. Oh, they'll come. We're going to have sausage
04:30and beer, fireworks, and a dandy house of horrors to set the stage for our countdown to midnight.
04:36A fake documentary, paper mache razzle dazzle. The storyline is sound. Which will scare the
04:43heck out of people. Now, if you don't want to direct the specials...
04:47All right, all right. Pop me in. Good. You're going square with me, Tom. Why all the
04:53bull about the potato cellar? You don't want to go back there, do you?
04:58No, Frank. I don't like the place. Then why not back out? I don't feel your envelope.
05:04Frank, Frank. I want to keep on directing for the network. I won't let anything stand in my
05:09way. Not you, not the gray hairs creeping up on me. Not even Frankenstein in his blasted
05:14castle. Just let me leave this one thought with you. We'll see how much you enjoy the
05:20scene when midnight approaches. I'd like to hear the tune you whistle when the wind howls.
05:30Now, Mr. Larkin. Mr. Larkin here. So good to see you again. And you too, Mr. Farley.
05:37Klaus, I'd like you to meet our little company. This is Eileen Garrett, who will play the
05:42Baron's ward, Laura. And the charming one, I'm sure. Him I love. And Flip Johnson, also
05:48known in the industry as The Voice. He'll do the descriptive background at the festival
05:53and the castle. He interviews with the man on the street. He will also double as Rolf,
05:58the suitor for Eileen's hand. No, that won't take much acting. In that case you might do.
06:03And this is Klaus Fogger, our local representative, who will be our strong right hand during the
06:08production. When do we meet Mr. Helmut? Very soon. You'll find he makes an admirable Baron.
06:16That's very strange. I've never heard of him. Oh, he's quite a well-known actor, I assure you.
06:21You know, I think it's time to leave for the castle. It's not the plaza, but I hope you will find it
06:25comfortable. Well, I'm sure we will. Who goes with whom? There's enough room in the limousine for all of you.
06:30The baggage will fall on a small wagon. Chop. Yeah, how about you, Klaus? Don't you come in with us?
06:37No, Frank, I will see that the baggage is not confined to mention by mistake. But I will join you later.
06:44I wonder what Mr. Helmut, the Baron, is like. I have a feeling. Oh, Eileen, now you sound like gloom and doom fairly.
06:52He's probably just another average, run-of-the-mill weirdo.
06:56You've done a great job, Klaus. Even the crew is happy in the trailers.
07:06I like my room fine. It's a bit drastic when the drapes are open, but the comforters will keep me warm, I'm sure.
07:12Mmm, how about this lunch? Yeah. I haven't had wild boars in the last time I was here.
07:17Oh, oh, is that what it was? Tasted like a suckling pig.
07:21There's a sea catch in the Marinade ship. I see.
07:24Klaus, why don't you get the ball rolling? The details on the Frankenstein legend.
07:29Oh, it's not a complicated story. The hated aristocrat who exercised all the prerogatives of his position in this village almost 400 years ago.
07:38Unmerciful beatings, torture, and death for what he considered a france to his person. This was his home.
07:46Be it ever so humble.
07:48The Baron lived here with his ward lower, but he was a thoroughly evil man and hardly behaved older like an uncle should.
07:56Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Baron's death.
08:00400 years ago, the Baron had a spectacular scene in the castle with Laura and her suit of old.
08:06He mounted his horse and rode off into the woods.
08:09Someone or something upped him from his horse and tore him to pieces.
08:15And the legend says that every century, the monster that killed the Baron returns.
08:19That's about it. And we'll be doing this direct from the scene tomorrow night.
08:22We'll have a short run through this evening.
08:24Look for places to spot Mike's and pick our locations.
08:27Flip will stroll through the woods and give us a little hand-lid color.
08:30Will there be a cloud there?
08:32Not in the woods, Flip, baby. Just you and the Baron and the other monsters.
08:36Oh, how come?
08:37Because no one in this area will venture into the woods after dark.
08:41Tomorrow night, the anniversary eve, they may not even stir out of their homes.
08:45Is that right, Cross?
08:47Possibly.
08:48The people here are very superstitious.
08:51Oh, are they?
08:52Why don't you explain what happened 100 years ago on the last anniversary?
08:56I was not yet born.
08:57Yeah, but you know what happened?
08:59A man was found dead.
09:01Dead, Cross?
09:03He was butchered, wasn't he?
09:05Torn to shreds?
09:06And his head was found at the foot of the hill.
09:16Well, Frank?
09:17This is it?
09:18Well, I hate to admit it, Klaus, but Tom may have a point about the castle grounds.
09:24It is kinda tacky.
09:26Well, I'm not sure I agree.
09:28Physically, it's not much, but the decayed, the feeling I get, I'm really frightened.
09:36Ah, come on now, Princess, you're letting that creep's tail get under your skin.
09:39Nothing here but battered stone and dirt.
09:42It reminds me of my class.
09:43Mm-mm.
09:44Mm-mm.
09:45I get bad vibes.
09:47It reminds me of a trip I took to Central America years ago.
09:51The ruined pyramids, the bloody altars, where thousands were sacrificed to bloodthirsty gods.
09:58But it had the same aura of evil.
10:01You are most perceptive, Miss Garrett.
10:04Evil is everywhere.
10:05Huh?
10:06Who are you?
10:07I am Paul Henry, who plays a baron in our production.
10:12How did you know my name?
10:14No mystery about that.
10:15You are the only actress in the cast.
10:18Of course.
10:20Forgive me, Mr. Hellman.
10:22You came upon me so suddenly.
10:24Yeah?
10:25Well, where did you come from?
10:26I never saw you.
10:27From the baron's bedroom.
10:28A passage leads directly here.
10:31The place is honey-pombed with such passages.
10:34But there are no other cars around.
10:36How did you...
10:37I arrived here several days ago.
10:39You've been here several days alone?
10:42Oh, I don't think I'd enjoy that.
10:45I'd like to get into character, Miss Garrett.
10:49Well, now that we're all together, I'd like to flip to walk through the woods and give us his impressions.
10:54Oh, swell off the top of my head.
10:56Exactly.
10:57Anything you see and feel, don't force it.
11:00I want this played low-key.
11:02Sound natural.
11:03It'll help build the finish.
11:05It's all hooked up, Frank.
11:06You can stop at dinner time.
11:07Well, listen.
11:08Are you going to tape this?
11:09Yes, but only so that we have a record of it.
11:11Tomorrow is for heat.
11:13Go, Tiger.
11:14Get the demons in the woods.
11:16Uh-uh.
11:17Well, I'd play the scene better if I lean company company.
11:19Oh, there's no moon flip.
11:21And I'd hardly call this a romantic setting.
11:24Ah, romance is where you find it, Mama.
11:27Is everything set, Klaus?
11:29Yes.
11:30My assistant is about a hundred yards in.
11:32Flip should be just about there now.
11:35I don't want to interfere Frank, but...
11:38Just what's going on?
11:40I've been surprised for our boy.
11:43It should make flip less flip.
11:45Yeah, we...
11:46We have our men play slightly off the path.
11:49You make small noises, you know.
11:51Create an atmosphere.
11:53Is flip not?
11:54Of course not.
11:55That would defeat our purpose.
11:56Flip reacts beautifully.
11:58It will all be a surprise to him.
12:00Frank, that's a dirty trick.
12:02Suppose something happened.
12:04Oh, now what can possibly happen?
12:06It's just a small forest, trees and grass.
12:09Well, I don't like it.
12:10Flip?
12:11Flip?
12:12It's no use, Miss Scott.
12:14He cannot hear you.
12:15Hey, Klaus, give your man a cue and bring Flip in.
12:19Well, I'm about a quarter of a mile in the back of Frankenstein's woods.
12:23It's pretty much Deltsville so far.
12:25I was just thinking how strange it is.
12:29I haven't seen any animals around.
12:31Wait a minute.
12:32I think I just heard something.
12:34Probably a rabbit.
12:35I hope.
12:36Hey.
12:37Now it goes again.
12:40Weird.
12:41Everything's so deathly still and then certainly just the faintest whisper of a sound.
12:47Like something dragging.
12:48Hey, who's there?
12:49Who do you think you're fighting me?
12:50Okay.
12:51I'll do it after you.
12:52Ah.
12:53The eyes.
12:54I don't see them glowing.
12:55My God, it can't be.
12:56Oh, no.
12:57It's...
12:58It's...
12:59Oh, no.
13:00It's...
13:01Oh.
13:02The eyes.
13:03I don't see them glowing.
13:04My God, it can't be.
13:06Oh, no.
13:07It's...
13:08It's...
13:09Oh, no.
13:10It's...
13:11It's...
13:12Oh.
13:13The Bard said, some find tongues in trees, books in running brooks, and sermons in stones.
13:28Obviously, Flip saw and heard a great deal more in Frankenstein's woods.
13:34Or did he?
13:36Perhaps we shall know more when I return shortly with Act Two.
13:40Are there more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy?
13:57Is there something in Frankenstein's woods that defies rational explanation?
14:03Or was Flip Johnson the victim of his own imagination?
14:08Perhaps if we push on with our little tail, we shall have the answer.
14:12Flip...
14:13Flip, are you all right?
14:14Oh, wait a minute.
14:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:16What happened?
14:17I don't know.
14:18I was just strolling along and...
14:20Wham!
14:21The lights went out.
14:22What did you see?
14:23I...
14:24Nothing.
14:25But we heard you, Flip.
14:26The eyes, you said.
14:28The eyes.
14:29Now, wait, wait a minute.
14:30What are you talking about?
14:31I saw nothing.
14:32We have it on tape.
14:33You complained about the cold.
14:35In the strange light.
14:36The eyes that burned white.
14:38You said it was impossible.
14:40All I remember is waking up and there you were.
14:43Standing right over me.
14:44What did your men find, Klaus?
14:46Let me show you, Frank.
14:48Here we are.
14:49The point where Flip started to run.
14:51And you can see the prints.
14:53Now we follow along for two yards.
14:56And here we have a pine circle.
15:01In the middle, discolored.
15:04As if the grass had been frozen.
15:06Frank, is this something that you...
15:08We had nothing to do with that, did we, Klaus?
15:11That's right.
15:12I admit we arranged a few effects, but nothing more.
15:15No, we would have had to have special refrigerating equipment.
15:19It's well below zero to make such marks.
15:28Well, how do you like it, folks?
15:29It's fantastic.
15:30Instant carnival by Frank Racken.
15:32No, no, no, Tom.
15:34Give credit where it's due.
15:36Klaus engineered the whole set of questions.
15:38It's not so difficult.
15:39We have a long tradition of festivals here.
15:41We could almost enjoy this if only...
15:44Don't forget it, Ivy.
15:45Nothing really happened.
15:47Flip just got panicky and ran.
15:49He checked the black house.
15:51He'll be all right.
15:52Hey, Klaus, are we set in the house of horrors?
15:55Yeah, we can go at any time.
15:57Good.
15:58You all know the scene.
15:59You already have good coverage in town and at the zoo.
16:02Well, let's zero in on the big scene.
16:04All right.
16:05We'll pick up Flip and Eileen as the Baron's ward Laura.
16:08Are you Flipper her suitor, Ralph?
16:10And you need her at the house of horrors.
16:12I'll take over, Frank.
16:14You don't mind.
16:15I'm not getting my credits.
16:16I'm just counting on that sound.
16:18It shows all yours.
16:19You ready, Klaus?
16:20All set, Mr. Fairley.
16:22All right.
16:23Slide across.
16:24Scene 12, take one.
16:26And...
16:28Action.
16:29The Baron is not expected before tonight, dearest.
16:32Not until quite late.
16:34I think I shall stay here forever.
16:36It is so enchanting.
16:38I'm sick of humanity, Ralph.
16:39I'm bored with the same walls, the same faces, the same smallpox.
16:41And the same guardian.
16:42I feel almost free here.
16:43Then why not leave?
16:44Come away with me.
16:45Once when I was a child, my father took me to such a fair.
16:46He filled me with cakes and pink drinks.
16:47Yes.
16:48And you always got sick.
16:49Oh, but it was worth it.
16:50I enjoyed it, sir.
16:51Oh, look, Laura, look.
16:52This is the house of horrors.
16:53It doesn't look so horrible.
16:54All tinfoil and paint.
16:55Come inside with me.
16:56All right, cut.
16:57Hey, that was right on the nose, kids.
16:58It's a perfect first take.
17:08Oh, good.
17:10All right.
17:15That's it for now.
17:20All right.
17:21That's it for now.
17:22We'll pick up the woods near the Castle of Eight tonight.
17:25Just take it easy until then.
17:26Uh, Klaus, you'll have your crew setting up at seven, right?
17:30At seven, Mr. Fairley.
17:32Honey, are you in a hurry?
17:34No, no, why?
17:35Well, how about a chance of the House of Horrors?
17:38Give it a five-dollar tour?
17:39I could use the exercise.
17:42Good.
17:43You pick the pass and go follow it.
17:45Let me see.
17:47It's the T, the T, the T, the T.
17:51Zam.
17:52Zam it is.
17:54Oh, this reminds me of my first date.
17:56Oh, first dates are creepy.
17:59Mine had a walleye.
18:00And mine took me to the tunnel of love.
18:03Our first kiss was an orthodontist nightmare.
18:06Braces rubbing against braces.
18:08We set out sparks that lit the tunnel.
18:11It's too bad we're past the braces stage.
18:15You know, Tom, that's the first time I've heard you laugh since we started this trip.
18:20There's nothing much to laugh at.
18:22Was it that bad?
18:23Yeah.
18:24I get the feeling I'm reliving the whole thing.
18:27I don't know why.
18:29Well, I'm a pretty good listener, Tom.
18:31Want to talk about it?
18:33Why not?
18:34It was 45 and the war was just over.
18:37We've been through some rough times and we were sent here for R&R.
18:40R&R?
18:41Rest and recreation.
18:42Oh.
18:43Seemed like heaven at first.
18:44So peaceful.
18:46No noise, no bloodshed.
18:47But it turned sour.
18:50Some of my buddies got blown away.
18:53Did they ever discover who did it?
18:55No, not a clue.
18:56The army command blamed the neo-Nazis, the werewolves.
19:00But the townspeople were convinced it had something to do with the mad baron.
19:04It's a bad scene.
19:05And you?
19:08I believe what I see.
19:11But it did shake me.
19:13I'm glad Flip is all right.
19:15So am I.
19:17But not for the same reason.
19:19Oh, look, Tom.
19:20Flip and I are just friends.
19:22Casual friends.
19:23That's the best news I've had in days.
19:26What's right up ahead?
19:28Looks like a treadle.
19:29Well, what are we waiting for?
19:31Trettles are for treading.
19:32Step on it.
19:35Hey!
19:35You have disturbed my son, and we'll have a rash.
19:45That's one heck of an effect.
19:47The barren and non-living rubber expanding before your very eyes.
19:51This would be sensational at Macy's parade.
19:54Cross didn't overlook a thief.
19:56It should go over big with the tourists and the people in the village.
19:59On to contrary.
20:01After the first person sees this, it will keep them away.
20:05Holmes, where did you come from?
20:08What are you doing here?
20:09Just visiting.
20:10Oh, you startled us.
20:12I know.
20:13I seem to have the same effect on the people in town.
20:16You, uh...
20:18You know, you look familiar to me.
20:20I've seen you before, but I can't remember where.
20:23Shadows and half-light make strange impressions.
20:27I wonder if you can give me a hand, Mr. Fairley.
20:31With what?
20:31Something I found in a recess back there.
20:34Okay, leave the wine.
20:38What is it?
20:39I don't know.
20:41Signs of digging.
20:42I was about to see what it was when I heard your voices.
20:46Here.
20:49Hey, you're right on it.
20:50Those are fresh marks.
20:51Don't come any closer, Irene.
20:55What is it?
20:56A wild boar, I think.
20:59What's left of it?
21:01It's not a pretty sight.
21:03It's literally been ripped apart.
21:13Yes.
21:13I understand.
21:17It will be all over tonight.
21:20No, no.
21:22No, we'll finish the rest back in the States.
21:25You can count on that.
21:27What was that all about?
21:29The town council.
21:30They want us out as soon as possible.
21:33They were polite, but firm.
21:35Too many things have been happening.
21:37Flip, and then the dead boar.
21:40The words getting around and becoming amplified in each telling.
21:44Did your visit to town pay off?
21:45I think so.
21:46I was stuck getting permission to go through the old records.
21:48The clerk of the city hall was the perfect bureaucrat.
21:51He insisted on an application countersigned by his boss.
21:54I threatened to go to the burgemeister, and he caved in.
21:57Well, how about the newspaper?
21:58They were reluctant, too, but greedy.
22:01A few marks in the right palm paved the way.
22:04Well...
22:04All right, see for yourself.
22:06Here's a reproduction of the paper's front page a hundred years ago.
22:10Take a squint of the guy who was separated from his head.
22:15I don't know.
22:16It's pretty well faded.
22:19Look at the eyes on the forehead.
22:21It could be, I suppose.
22:23And here's a print of an oil painting of the original Baron von Frankenstein.
22:28I believe Mr. Fairley comes.
22:29The picture resembles me.
22:31All right, Helmut.
22:32Where the devil did you come from?
22:34This old castle is honeycombed with secret passages.
22:38And you just keep wandering through them like you know where you are.
22:41I have been exploring them for days.
22:44You know, Tom, there is a resemblance.
22:46A trick of your imagination.
22:48I knew I'd seen you somewhere before.
22:51You're talking nonsense, gentlemen.
22:53I could not possibly have been here a century ago.
22:56Let alone four hundred years.
23:00How about thirty years ago?
23:01I was only a child then.
23:04What about your family?
23:05I have none.
23:06They were killed in the war.
23:08Does that satisfy you, Mr. Larkin?
23:11I don't know about Frank, but it sure doesn't clear things up for me.
23:15Stay inside until midnight, Helmut.
23:17You understand?
23:19Perfectly.
23:20And stay out of the passages until the show's been recorded.
23:24I don't want any more surprises.
23:25I don't know.
23:32This place is beginning to get me.
23:34I'd be glad to get it over with.
23:37Dinner is ready.
23:38We'll eat in here tonight.
23:40Just as long as it isn't bore.
23:43Hey, where's our name?
23:44It has a headache.
23:46I'd better go up and see if I can do anything for her.
23:48It's not necessary.
23:49I've sent some food up to her.
23:51I have some bad news.
23:54Three members of the crew quit.
23:56They were always frightened of the townspeople.
23:58Bad news?
24:00That's all we need.
24:01I have to replace them, but with such short notice, I'm afraid,
24:03I've not been able to run up the most competent technicians.
24:06I don't imagine what's happened today helped much.
24:08Well, that's all right, Klaus.
24:09I know you've done your best, and we'll just keep our fingers crossed.
24:12Hey, pass your salad, will you, Tom?
24:15Nothing stops your appetite, does it, Fred?
24:17No, I'm just a growing boy, Tom.
24:18I need fuel for my engines.
24:21What's that?
24:23It's our name.
24:24It's just behind that wall.
24:26Impossible.
24:27There's nothing there.
24:28You keep tying the wall.
24:29There may be a passage there.
24:31I'm going to a row.
24:31I'm with you.
24:36Look, the place is a mess.
24:37Everything's happening, Oileen.
24:38I know, Tom.
24:40Look.
24:41Footsteps in blood.
24:43They leave up to the panel.
24:44All right, let's knock a hole in it.
24:46It's no use.
24:46That's oak.
24:47It's several inches thick.
24:48Here.
24:49Press this car.
24:50Where did you come from, Helmut?
24:53We'll talk about that later.
24:55Hey, look.
24:56It's moving.
24:57There she is.
24:59Aline.
25:00Aline.
25:00Oh, Aline.
25:01Aline.
25:02Here.
25:03Aline.
25:04She's coming around.
25:04Are you all right, Aline?
25:07I think so.
25:09What happened?
25:10Well, I was lying in bed, trying to pull myself together.
25:17It was dark and cool.
25:20Suddenly, I felt something in the room.
25:22I got up right, but I couldn't see anything.
25:26I knew it was there.
25:28I stepped off the bed.
25:30There was something warm and sticky.
25:33I panicked and ran.
25:34And I knew I was being held.
25:39And then nothing.
25:42You, you, you found it.
25:46I suppose, um, just as I was going out, I heard my name.
25:53Who was it?
25:53I don't know.
25:55It was just a whisper.
25:56A nightmare, perhaps?
26:00A nightmare?
26:02Of a German accent?
26:11Robert Penn Warren wrote,
26:14The nightmare stumbles past,
26:17and you have heard it fumble at your door
26:19before it quimpers and is gone.
26:23It acts like the old hound
26:25that used to snuffle your door and moan.
26:28But who, your host inquires,
26:31has heard it speak with accent fallen?
26:35We shall return shortly
26:36with more on the castle of bad dreams
26:38in act three.
26:49If you have ever ridden a nightmare,
26:51you know what a hellish mount it can make.
26:56It carries you unwillingly beyond anguish and terror
26:59through deadly whispers and pools of blood.
27:04But, oh, the relief when it's over.
27:08Let's return now to act three
27:10and the end of the ride.
27:15How's Eileen doing, Tom?
27:17Physically fine.
27:18But she's as tight as a drum.
27:20Now, look, why don't we get the police in, right?
27:21No way.
27:23We've got two strikes against us in town now.
27:26Call the authorities anywhere through.
27:27We've gone too far.
27:29We certainly have.
27:29We're right up against the point of no return.
27:31But the production is almost...
27:32Oh, damn the production!
27:34What does it take to convince you, corpses?
27:36You're being melodramatic, Tom.
27:38Nothing's really happened yet.
27:40So Flip saw something
27:43and a boar was slaughtered.
27:45Did you see the condition Eileen's room was in?
27:47And how did she get into the passageway?
27:49Surely you've heard of sleepwalking.
27:51And I suppose she dreamed up
27:52the mangled animal from the plot, huh?
27:54No.
27:55But so far, no one's been hurt.
27:56Yeah, so far.
27:57And nothing is going to happen.
27:59But we've got everybody on the alert.
28:01There are guards all around the place.
28:03Klaus has brought some extra men in.
28:05We've taken every precaution.
28:06Every precaution except the most obvious one.
28:09Now let's get out of here, Frank,
28:10before it's too late.
28:11Not until the show's wrapped up.
28:13Come in.
28:16What is it, Helmut?
28:18Volker says we're ready.
28:20Oh, you used the door this time, Helmut.
28:23What happened?
28:23The passageway blocked?
28:24Why the getup?
28:26You won't be on camera, you know.
28:27Just a few replicas of the Baron's wardrobe
28:30to help me get into character.
28:32Authentic, I can assure you.
28:34You're taking this role quite seriously.
28:36I take all my roles that way.
28:38And only one way to act.
28:41If that's all, I'll be going.
28:44Okay.
28:45Tell them Mr. Fairley will be right there.
28:50All right.
28:51What's up, Frank?
28:52I should be splitting through.
28:53Now look, Tom,
28:54I don't feel there are any grounds
28:55for your suspicions,
28:57but I've had some checks made
28:59on Helmut's past.
29:01What he's done,
29:03where he comes from.
29:04I expect a report any moment now.
29:06That should clear the air.
29:07I hope so.
29:08All I ask is,
29:10let's get the job done.
29:12Don't let your feelings get in the way.
29:14I won't.
29:15But if the news is sour,
29:16don't keep it from me, will you?
29:17In this case,
29:18ignorance can be disaster.
29:25Oh, boy.
29:26It's getting cold out here, Tom.
29:27What's taking them so long?
29:29They're almost set.
29:30How do you feel, I mean?
29:32About like Flip.
29:33Cold and miserable.
29:35Oh, I could use a fireplace
29:36and a hot toddy.
29:37That's just what you'll have
29:38as soon as we finish this scene.
29:40It's short, but not sweet.
29:43Now, you and Flip,
29:43as the Baron's ward
29:45and your suitor,
29:45are returning to the castle.
29:46You got it?
29:48You're frightened
29:49and purpose-finding comfort.
29:50Ah, good.
29:51That's one scene I'll truly enjoy.
29:53Mr. Fairley,
29:55why didn't you answer me
29:56on the talkback?
29:57I didn't hear anything.
29:59The equipment must be out.
30:00We're set to go.
30:01Oh, good.
30:02Where's Frank Larkin?
30:03I thought he was with you.
30:05He left us some time ago.
30:07Did he say where he was going?
30:08I assumed he was coming here.
30:10He did say something strange.
30:12What was that?
30:13Something about being
30:14convinced at last,
30:16is it?
30:16Mean anything to you?
30:18It sure does, Klaus.
30:21Send your men
30:22through the woods
30:22and the castle grounds.
30:30Oh, look.
30:31I think we're just wasting our time.
30:32Let's go back
30:33to the castle and wait.
30:34He'll be along.
30:34You can go back.
30:35I'm not going to give up
30:36until we find Frank.
30:37We shall have to cut the search
30:39in Klaus's coat of hair.
30:40Come on.
30:40Clear him, Mr. Fairley.
30:41It's Mr. Larkin.
30:42We found him.
30:43Come quickly.
30:46This way, Mr. Fairley.
30:47In the clearing.
30:49Is he hurt?
30:50Yes.
30:51I think badly.
30:54There.
30:56Frank.
30:58Frank.
30:58Are you all right?
31:00I cannot see you, I'm afraid.
31:02Nobody's still breathing.
31:03Get a magnet.
31:04Help us on the way.
31:06Is he conscious at all?
31:07No.
31:08Oh, no, no.
31:09Don't try to talk, Frank.
31:11We're here.
31:12You're going to be all right.
31:13Frank, Frank.
31:14Just like badly.
31:14Don't come near me.
31:17Don't touch me.
31:20Don't.
31:21He's shivering.
31:22Throw a blanket on him.
31:24Who did this, Frank?
31:25Cold.
31:27Damp.
31:28And the smell.
31:30Who was it?
31:31Cold.
31:33Bitter.
31:33Cold.
31:35And the smell.
31:37Decade.
31:40Frank.
31:41Frank.
31:43Is he...
31:43No, no, no, no, no.
31:44He's unconscious.
31:45We'll talk to him later.
31:47Holger, did your men find anything else?
31:50Just the grass.
31:52It is curious, Tom.
31:54All right.
31:54I don't see anything.
31:56Unless you do, but it doesn't mean anything to you.
31:59You weren't here when we found Flip.
32:01It's a air was flattened in the same strange discoloration.
32:06What's all this got to do with Frank?
32:08I don't know.
32:10But I promise you, I'll find out.
32:14I don't see anything to do with Frank Larkin.
32:16I don't know.
32:16I don't know.
32:17I don't know.
32:17I don't know.
32:18I don't know.
32:18I don't know.
32:19I don't know.
32:19Well, listen, I'm calling about Mr. Frank Larkin.
32:23The patient in room 305.
32:25You understand me?
32:27Oh.
32:28I'm sorry.
32:29I didn't mean to shout.
32:31I see.
32:34Tom?
32:35What did they say?
32:36I'm his condition of stable.
32:38That's what every hospital says unless you're dying.
32:40Do they expect him to be there long?
32:42Just a few days.
32:42You know, it's all so strange.
32:47So many things have happened.
32:49Flip, you, and now Frank.
32:52And nobody's been really hurt badly.
32:54There are a few mangled animals.
32:56Yes, well, that's what's bugging me.
32:57The animals get slaughtered, but people are more frightened than hurt.
33:01Except Frank's close shaved.
33:05Well, why?
33:05It doesn't make any sense.
33:07Anything powerful enough to mask some poor defenseless creature surely could do more damage than that.
33:11Well, maybe there's no connection between any of the things that have happened.
33:14Oh, that would be part of coincidence on coincidence.
33:17I don't believe it, and I don't think Frank did either.
33:19After he got that phone call he was waiting for.
33:21Then why don't you call the police?
33:22For the same reason that Frank didn't.
33:23But you kept begging Frank to delay the production.
33:26Oh, not now.
33:27I'm going to finish it tonight, for Frank's sake.
33:30But I'm going to be sure that whoever's behind this pays the price.
33:33And how will you do that, Mr. Fairley?
33:36Oh.
33:38I guess you tried the door once and didn't care for it, huh?
33:41It is easier to use the passageway.
33:44You didn't answer my question.
33:46I know I didn't.
33:48The reason is simple.
33:50I don't know yet.
33:52But I will before tonight's over.
33:54You mentioned a phone call Mr. Larkin received.
33:57Yes.
33:58If only I knew what it was.
34:00Perhaps I can help you.
34:01How?
34:02The telephone lines into the castle for a special installation.
34:06An exact record is kept at the company of every call made from and into the building.
34:10Well, then all we have to do is call the company and find out.
34:14Not exactly.
34:15They will give it to the police, however.
34:17Let's out.
34:18Why?
34:19Please, please, Tom.
34:20Call them in.
34:21And the next time, whoever's doing this may forget the difference between Nan and B.
34:25She's right, Mr. Fairley.
34:27You do not know whom you are dealing with.
34:31Do you?
34:34Auf Wiedersehen.
34:35I will see you shortly when the fun begins.
34:42Okay, Klaus.
34:43Let's get some levels.
34:44And get Flick to set a few lines.
34:46We need some levels.
34:47Okay, okay.
34:48This is with Johnson in the burial crypt underneath the Frankenstein castle.
34:51That's enough fun.
34:53Now stand by.
34:54See if you can sharpen up the sound, Klaus.
34:56Yeah, I will try.
34:57All right, Eileen.
34:58You get to the Baron's room in the castle.
35:00Helmet's there already.
35:01We'll do your scene first.
35:02Are you all right?
35:03Oh, I'm fine.
35:04I'm fine.
35:05Don't worry about a thing.
35:06We've got everything under control.
35:07I'll see you later.
35:09Klaus, pick up Helmet.
35:11Tell him Eileen's on her way.
35:12Yeah.
35:13Helmut?
35:15Helmut?
35:16Mr. Fairley would like to speak with you.
35:19Get on the talkback.
35:21Helmut?
35:23Are you there, Helmut?
35:25Get to the talkback.
35:26Give me that, will you?
35:27Helmut?
35:28This is Tom Fairley.
35:30I'm here, Tom, but no sign of Helmut.
35:33What the devil is he?
35:34I don't know.
35:35Oh, damn.
35:37Ask one of the men outside the door to check.
35:39You stay put.
35:40He says he saw Helmut heading for the crypt some time ago.
35:43Klaus, see if you can find him.
35:44I'll handle things here.
35:45Yeah.
35:46Flip, do you hear me?
35:47Yeah, loud and clear, Tom.
35:48You ready for me now?
35:49Have you seen Helmut?
35:50Nope.
35:51Are you supposed to be here?
35:53Um, just stand by.
35:55Eileen, have they found Helmut yet?
35:57No.
35:58What's going on?
35:59I don't know.
36:00I think we had better go through the crypt scene first.
36:04I've seen through the passageway, but there are no signs of Helmut.
36:07I guess you're right.
36:08Flip?
36:09Yeah, what now?
36:10Start your narration.
36:11And if you spot Helmut, let me know, huh?
36:14Okay.
36:14Okay.
36:14This is Flip Johnson in the burial crypt underneath the Frankenstein castle.
36:22It is said that every century the monster that slew Baron von Frankenstein returns to feed his bloodlust.
36:29And every century the Baron returns from his grave to meet his fate again.
36:32We are less than a minute from the hour of midnight when all this is supposed to take place.
36:37The question is, what will happen here tonight?
36:40In just a few seconds we shall know.
36:43This burial crypt is one solid room cut out of deep rock.
36:46Behind the crypt is a tunnel leading to other burial forms and to passages that have never been truly explored.
36:54It is reputed that a thousand years of Frankenstein lie buried here.
36:59But wait a minute.
37:00Cut it, Tom.
37:01I have to stop.
37:02Listen.
37:02Are you picking up any sounds?
37:04Yes.
37:05Something that sounds like dragging.
37:07Do you see anything?
37:08Oh, no.
37:08But the sounds are getting louder.
37:10Tom, are you trying to pull something?
37:11No, no, Flip.
37:12Believe me.
37:12Why would I try to pull...
37:13Something seems to be dragging.
37:15I hear breathing.
37:15At least that's where I think it is.
37:17And it's getting cold and damp in here.
37:20Oh.
37:21Oh, I smell something horrible.
37:24Get out, Flip.
37:24Get out as fast as you can.
37:26All right.
37:26Close in, men.
37:27Get into the crypt as fast as you can.
37:29I want every man in there.
37:30I can see them now.
37:31Eyes.
37:32Evil.
37:33Bright as cat's eyes.
37:35Glowing.
37:37And enormous.
37:39Oh.
37:40Oh, God, help me.
37:42I can't move.
37:44It's here.
37:45It's here.
37:46Who are you?
37:48Oh.
37:48Oh.
37:49Oh.
37:50Oh.
37:51This is the crypton.
37:52Someone's heading into the passageway.
37:54It was there.
37:55I think it's Helmut.
37:56What about what?
37:57It's not good.
37:58His throat's been crushed.
38:01Oh, he's not breathing.
38:03Somebody stay with Fred.
38:04The rest of you go after it.
38:05Whatever is in that passageway.
38:08There.
38:09Stop.
38:10Stop, Helmut.
38:12Don't move.
38:14He's...
38:14He's gone.
38:16What do you think he's gone?
38:18He's disappeared.
38:19Vanished.
38:20Into the same air.
38:21So, this is goodbye, my friends.
38:30Yes, and I can't say I'm sorry to go.
38:33Tell me.
38:34What will you do with the tapes?
38:36Oh, make a show out of them.
38:38Add a few scenes, and we'll be ready to send some shivers down our listeners' spines.
38:42The publicity should help.
38:44I suppose so.
38:46But I can't help wishing it hadn't come at such a price.
38:51Poor Flip.
38:52It was a costly show.
38:54Klaus, we've been sparring around for quite a while now.
38:57Let's stop avoiding the subject.
38:59Who was Helmut?
39:01An actor.
39:02That is all I know.
39:03That without a past, the report I received was completely blank except for his acting credits.
39:10Nothing.
39:10He was just an actor, obsessed with the role.
39:16Do you really think so, Klaus?
39:18What else can I think?
39:20And how do you explain what happened in the crypts?
39:22After he attacked and killed Flip?
39:24You and your man closed in on him?
39:26And he vanished.
39:27Right before your eyes.
39:29But there must be an explanation.
39:32In every inch of the castle's grounds, every secret passageway.
39:36Then you don't think he met the fate of the lab, Ben?
39:39There were no signs of his remains.
39:42Just some flattened, burned-out blades of grass.
39:45It's a really legal climax for a legend.
39:48Legends have no climax.
39:51They go on and on.
39:53Drop us a line when you find out what really happened.
39:56I promise.
39:57But if you don't hear from me soon, you may have to wait another century for the fact.
40:03Since we don't have 100 years to spare, we'll just have to make up our own minds about Paul
40:15Helmut.
40:17Was he the infamous Baron von Frankenstein brought back to life?
40:22Or was he, and I don't mean to be redundant, merely a crazed actor?
40:30I'll be back shortly.
40:41There is no need to look for a supernatural source of evil.
40:46Man has shown himself capable of every wickedness.
40:50But regardless of where it arises, evil has a vitality beyond time.
40:58Its power can be stemmed, but it will return.
41:02Our cast included Michael Wager, Leon Janney, Ralph Bell, E.D. Jester, and William Redfield.
41:09The entire production was under the direction of Hyman Brown.
41:13And now, a preview of our next tale.
41:21She ran out into the moor without a cloak.
41:24But Heathcliff's horse was not in the stable, and no one knew where he had gone.
41:29Catherine returned after midnight in the midst of a thunderstorm, soaked to the skin, and
41:34coming down with a severe chill.
41:37Oh, Miss Catherine, you must let me help you to bed.
41:39He's gone, Mary.
41:41He's gone.
41:42And my nightmares are coming slowly.
41:45You'll feel better when you have some sleep.
41:47I'll never sleep again.
41:48I've been abandoned.
41:50Oh, it's just like my dreams.
41:52I saw myself tapping on the window, begging.
41:55Let me in.
41:56Let me in.
41:57Oh, hush, Charlie.
41:58And no one answered.
41:59And my hand broke through the glass, so the blood was running down my arm.
42:03Oh, get the blood.
42:04Oh, Mary.
42:05Get the blood.
42:06Stay gone.
42:07This is E.G. Marshall inviting you to return to our mystery theater for another adventure
42:15in the macabre.
42:17Until next time, pleasant dreams.
42:22E.G. Marshall
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