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00:03:26Oh, my God.
00:06:55Henry Morton and I are having a little get-together at my home tonight.
00:06:59We want you to come.
00:07:00Why, that's nice of you, and I appreciate it.
00:07:04But I'm very busy working on a formula for a new shaving lotion.
00:07:08Oh, but Doc, this is my daughter's idea.
00:07:11She's going to be awfully disappointed if you don't show up.
00:07:14Don't take no for an answer.
00:07:16Make him come.
00:07:17Yeah, you see, it's a sort of a special occasion.
00:07:20I bet Mary is going to announce her engagement to that young rascal, Don Morton.
00:07:25Tell her I'll be there.
00:07:27Goodbye.
00:07:28Well, it's all arranged.
00:07:30He's coming.
00:07:31He's going to be surprised when he finds a special occasion to present him with this bonus check.
00:07:35Five thousand dollars.
00:07:38Five thousand dollars.
00:07:38Five thousand dollars.
00:07:40Five thousand dollars.
00:07:58Good.
00:08:01Well, you're a good one.
00:08:02Good. You have not forgotten. You hate this strange oriental fragrance even while you sleep. Just as you did before, I made you big and strong.
00:08:25Now, if you detect the fragrance in the night when you're fully awake, you will strike. Yes, you will strike. Don't kill.
00:08:49Well, Doc's late. Wonder if he's been called out on a case. Perhaps I'd better phone him.
00:09:06Remember, Roy, Tommy, you're not to mention anything about this mortise for the Doc until after your father has presented it.
00:09:12Have you warned those two lovebirds over there? Perhaps I'd better.
00:09:19I want to caution both of you. Enough to say a word about the check. Until you're ready to spring it on him.
00:09:24Your father will make the presentation, Mary. Why don't you unveil it like a statue? Then we could all be in on it.
00:09:30You know, I think it'd be a better idea to put it in a bottle and launch him with it. You must have gotten that idea out of a bottle.
00:09:37Well, the Doc isn't coming. Oh, what a shame. Oh, he just got busy with his new formula and forgot all about us.
00:09:44He'd forget the formula if he knew about that $5,000 check.
00:09:47Well, why don't we all go up there and give it to him?
00:09:49No, no, I wouldn't do that. He doesn't like visits when he's experimenting.
00:09:53Well, Roy, I can take the check up to him. Sure, I'll take it.
00:09:56Shall I make the Doc a speech when I give it to him?
00:09:59You won't have to, Roy. The check speaks for itself.
00:10:02Yeah, and says a mouthful. Son, tell the Doc we're awfully sorry he can't be with us.
00:10:06But of course, we understand how busy he is. All right.
00:10:18Just a minute, Roy, and I'll be with you.
00:10:25That's it, all right.
00:10:29Now, what can I do for you? We were all sorry you couldn't be there tonight.
00:10:32Yes, yes, but you see, I'm busy. Something important, very important.
00:10:37Yes, of course. Mr. Morton and Dad had planned a little surprise for you.
00:10:41A surprise?
00:10:44It's in here.
00:10:45Well, let's see what it is.
00:10:48$5,000.
00:10:52What's this for?
00:10:53Just a little token of the firm's appreciation.
00:10:57Oh, I see.
00:10:59A bonus.
00:11:02Well, it's awfully nice of you, Father, Mr. Morton.
00:11:06I will thank them personally tomorrow.
00:11:08I'll tell them, Doctor.
00:11:09Well, aren't you curious about my new formula?
00:11:12Yes, of course, only I didn't want to be inquisitive.
00:11:14What is it?
00:11:15A new shaving lotion.
00:11:20Smell it.
00:11:22Pretty strong, isn't it?
00:11:24No, no.
00:11:25The scent evaporates a short time after you've used it.
00:11:29Try a few drops.
00:11:34Now rub it on the tender part of your neck.
00:11:36Here.
00:11:37Soothing, isn't it?
00:11:51Yes.
00:11:52When will we be ready for the market?
00:11:55Oh, it's still in the experimental stage.
00:11:58I want to try it out on several people first and see if it works.
00:12:02Well, if you'd like to send me a bottle, I'll be glad to try it for you.
00:12:05Thanks.
00:12:07Good night, Doctor.
00:12:09Goodbye, Roy.
00:12:10Good night, Roy.
00:12:25Lovely check, isn't it, Doctor?
00:12:29They are wealthy because of you.
00:12:32You made them rich, Doctor.
00:12:35It was your formula.
00:12:38Tonight, they gave you $5,000 and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:12:47That was your money they gave you, like a bone tossed to a painful soul.
00:12:53You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:12:54Very grateful.
00:12:55They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:12:56And what have you got, Doctor?
00:12:57You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:12:58Very grateful.
00:12:59They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:00And what have you got, Doctor?
00:13:01You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:13:02Very grateful.
00:13:03They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:05And what have you got, Doctor?
00:13:07You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:13:12You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:13:15Very grateful.
00:13:16They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:21And what have you got, Doctor?
00:13:22Lucas, doctor.
00:13:47Good night, you have work to do.
00:13:52It's time you were on your way.
00:14:22We're all married.
00:14:23We're here to announce our engagement.
00:14:26Look, Don, I've loved you a long time.
00:14:28Since we were kids.
00:14:29But I'm afraid it's more like a sister.
00:14:31Well, I...
00:14:32I had no idea you felt that way.
00:14:34Tonight's a good time, while our families are here, to announce our engagement.
00:14:38Look, Don, I've loved you a long time, ever since we were kids.
00:14:42But I'm afraid it's been more like a sister.
00:14:45Well, I...
00:14:47I had no idea you felt that way.
00:15:04Nothing's happened to Roy!
00:15:14Roy!
00:15:16I'd better call Dr. Carruthers.
00:15:17Oh, please, hurry.
00:15:22There's nothing I can do.
00:15:24You mean he's dead?
00:15:25Yes, I'd better call the coroner.
00:15:27You think it's murder?
00:15:28I don't know. I never saw anything like it before.
00:15:31The jugular vein is severed.
00:15:53Send Johnny Layton in here.
00:16:01Well, what have I done now?
00:16:03Who wants me fired this time?
00:16:05Nobody, yet.
00:16:06But it's still early.
00:16:07This came in from Heathville. It's a mystery killing.
00:16:09Old Martin Heath's son.
00:16:10Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:11Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:13Say, have you ever had a date with a girl?
00:16:15A girl?
00:16:17Oh, yes, a girl.
00:16:18I believe I did take a girl out once.
00:16:20Well, did she smell sweet?
00:16:22Of course she smells sweet. Most girls do.
00:16:25Well, that's because of Martin Heath Cosmetics Limited.
00:16:28They make all that goo that the women put on their faces
00:16:30so they won't have to wash them with soap and water.
00:16:32Hmm, I got it. A big man, huh?
00:16:34Yes, and a big advertising account.
00:16:36Grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville.
00:16:39The coroner's holding an inquest.
00:16:41Find out who really killed old man Heath's son.
00:16:44Okay, McGinney, I'm on my way.
00:16:47Ah.
00:17:01Chief Wilkins?
00:17:02Yeah?
00:17:03I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:17:05Good see ya.
00:17:06And this is my cameraman, One Shot McGuire.
00:17:08Hi, Chief.
00:17:09Howdy.
00:17:10Say, we're down here to cover that Heath murder,
00:17:12but we didn't get much information at the coroner's inquest.
00:17:15I thought maybe you might be able to help us.
00:17:18Well, I'm always glad to cooperate with the newspapers,
00:17:21provided they cooperate with me.
00:17:22That's the policy of our paper.
00:17:24Well, to tell you the truth,
00:17:26I haven't got very far of this thing myself.
00:17:28Oh, here's something that might interest you.
00:17:31It's a picture of the victim's wounds.
00:17:34Mm-hmm.
00:17:35You'll be able to see it better with this glass.
00:17:39Are these scratches on the neck and shoulders?
00:17:42Yes.
00:17:43But, uh, we can't determine the source.
00:17:45They're too deep for fingernails.
00:17:48Too shallow to have been made by life.
00:17:51They're more like claws.
00:17:53Sort of bears out Dr. Crothers' theory at the inquest.
00:17:56Of a wild animal.
00:17:58Have there been any circuses around here lately?
00:18:01No.
00:18:02Heard of any animal escaping from a zoo?
00:18:04No.
00:18:05Couldn't have been one of those African leopard men.
00:18:07They use steel claws.
00:18:08This isn't Africa.
00:18:10Okay, Chief.
00:18:11I was just trying to help.
00:18:13Chief, are you sure there's no clue
00:18:15you're holding back while investigating?
00:18:17Well, since you're going to work with me on this case,
00:18:21there is a clue.
00:18:23And a very weird one.
00:18:26The autopsy surgeon says that such wounds
00:18:29could have been made by the beak and talons of a bird.
00:18:32A bird?
00:18:33Well, there aren't any birds around here big enough to attack a man.
00:18:37How about an eagle?
00:18:38We know it wasn't a bird.
00:18:40How do you know that?
00:18:41Because we found several hairs on the shoulder of Heath's coat.
00:18:44Ah.
00:18:45Chouches la femme.
00:18:47They're not human hairs.
00:18:49What kind are they?
00:18:51Well, it may sound silly,
00:18:53but the laboratory test shows that they were from a mouse.
00:18:56Well, who ever heard of a mouse big enough to kill a man?
00:18:59Say, a bat has hair like a mouse.
00:19:03Well, the only bats around here are no bigger than sparrows.
00:19:07There was a peculiar odor about the wounds,
00:19:10but they were so faint and elusive
00:19:13that the police chemists have been unable to identify it.
00:19:16Then it does give us something to work on.
00:19:18Well, if the scent was a clue,
00:19:20it's been destroyed by evaporation.
00:19:25Say, Chief, do you mind if I do a little sleuthing around on my own account?
00:19:28Certainly not. Go ahead.
00:19:30If I can help you, I...
00:19:31You can.
00:19:32Miss Heath seems to be the nearest to an eyewitness of the crime.
00:19:35I'd like to have a talk with her.
00:19:37Can you arrange it?
00:19:38I think I can.
00:19:39Well, Dr. Crothers refused to let her speak to us.
00:19:41We tried that this morning at the inquest.
00:19:43Well, don't you worry about Dr. Crothers.
00:19:45He's one of the finest men in Heathville.
00:19:48He just thought you'd add to Mary's grief
00:19:50so you could get sensational newspaper stories.
00:19:53I'll arrange an interview.
00:19:54Thanks, Chief. I'll keep in touch with you.
00:19:56All right.
00:19:574-8-J.
00:20:05Miss Heath, did your brother have any enemies that you know of?
00:20:08I know.
00:20:09Everybody in the village liked Roy.
00:20:11Mm-hmm.
00:20:12Well, what did he do at the factory?
00:20:14He had charge of the experimental department
00:20:16where the new products were developed.
00:20:18Oh, here comes Dr. Crothers.
00:20:20Hello, Doctor.
00:20:22Hello, Mary.
00:20:23I took a shortcut from my laboratory through the garden hedge.
00:20:26You met Dr. Crothers at the inquest this morning.
00:20:28Yes.
00:20:29Mr. Layton, I hope you'll forgive me if I seemed a little abrupt.
00:20:33But I'm fond of Mary.
00:20:35And considering the ordeal she already went through,
00:20:38I wanted to protect her from dwelling too much of a tragedy.
00:20:42Of course.
00:20:43You were quite right.
00:20:44We're working on the case with the police now.
00:20:46Yes, I understand.
00:20:47Chief Wilkins phoned me.
00:20:49And if I can be of any assistance, just call on me.
00:20:52Thanks.
00:20:53Won't you sit down?
00:20:59Shall I serve, mademoiselle?
00:21:00No, Maxine.
00:21:01I'll do it.
00:21:02You may go now.
00:21:03Oui, mademoiselle.
00:21:09Do you take sugar, Mr. McGuire?
00:21:10Huh?
00:21:11Oh, no, ma'am, never.
00:21:12In fact, I don't even take tea.
00:21:14If you'll just deal me out, I'll take a look around.
00:21:17I may dig up a clue.
00:21:19What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:27Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:21:31I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:33But I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration
00:21:36a layman might overlook.
00:21:38For instance?
00:21:39The jagged nature of the wound.
00:21:41The rapidity with which the murderer escaped.
00:21:44The scratches from talons or claws.
00:21:48But when an animal attacks a human, there's bound to be a lot of noise.
00:21:51You heard Miss Heath testify there was no sound of a struggle.
00:21:54No.
00:21:55Only those awful screams.
00:21:59It's very puzzling.
00:22:00Very mystifying.
00:22:02Doctor, when you last saw Roy, did he seem worried or nervous or moody?
00:22:07No, not at all.
00:22:08On the contrary, he was in the best of spirits.
00:22:13Well, I've got to get back to the village now and follow my story.
00:22:16You'll excuse me?
00:22:17If you find it necessary for us to talk again, you may come back at any time.
00:22:20This evening, if it's all right with you, I'd like to spend some time here.
00:22:23Well, yes, that'll be quite all right.
00:22:26Goodbye, Miss Heath.
00:22:27Goodbye.
00:22:28Goodbye, Doctor.
00:22:29You'll see a little bit more of the chiffon, baby.
00:22:33I don't understand.
00:22:34You know what I mean.
00:22:35A little more of your stocking.
00:22:37Like these?
00:22:38Sure, I like them.
00:22:39Who wouldn't?
00:22:40Now hold nice and still.
00:22:41Because this is going to take a little time.
00:22:42Sure, I like them. Who wouldn't?
00:22:44Now, hold nice and still,
00:22:45because this is going to take a little time.
00:22:54Well, if you're going to shoot, shoot.
00:22:55Right away, Johnny. I was just trying to get the focus.
00:23:00I got it. And not bad, either.
00:23:04I'll be back in a minute, Frenchy.
00:23:05And don't worry about those werewolves,
00:23:07because nothing's going to harm you while I'm around here.
00:23:10You make Maxine feel so calm.
00:23:12My big, brave journalist.
00:23:22This is my idea of nothing at all.
00:23:24Sitting here waiting for an animal to give us an argument.
00:23:29Look at that moon.
00:23:32And I had a date with Frenchy.
00:23:33Oh, stop crabbing. We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:23:37You big, brave journalist.
00:23:40This is the first time I've ever been invited anywhere
00:23:46and asked not to shave until after I get there.
00:23:49I wanted to observe your exact reaction when you tried the lotion.
00:23:52Oh, now I understand.
00:23:56I want this lotion to be perfect
00:23:58before turning it over to you to be marketed.
00:24:01Here.
00:24:04It's a little strong.
00:24:06That'll make the customers think they're getting their money's worth.
00:24:10Oh, that feels great.
00:24:12Very soothing.
00:24:14I don't think you ever use anything else.
00:24:17Well, we wouldn't want to market anything.
00:24:18We wouldn't use ourselves.
00:24:21That almost smells good enough to be used as a cologne.
00:24:25Oh, what's the matter, Doc?
00:24:27Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:24:29I have a violent dislike for perfumes.
00:24:31Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:34All right, Tommy.
00:24:35Good night, Doc.
00:24:37Goodbye, Tommy.
00:24:38Good night.
00:24:53Good night.
00:25:03Good night.
00:25:04What's that?
00:25:30Where?
00:25:31Over there.
00:25:32Something's moving.
00:25:34Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:25:39What are you doing out here, Miss Heath?
00:25:47I thought you might want some company.
00:25:48Shall we sit down?
00:25:50You know, you shouldn't be wandering around the garden at night.
00:25:54After what's happened.
00:25:56Neither should you.
00:25:57Well, but it's part of my job.
00:25:59Mine too.
00:26:01Roy was my brother.
00:26:04Be careful, I think it's Tommy.
00:26:11Hello, Tommy.
00:26:12Hello, everybody.
00:26:13Hello, Tommy.
00:26:14What's up, sis?
00:26:15Mr. Layton wanted to stay in the garden for a while, so I joined him.
00:26:18Don't tell me you're waiting for that animal Dr. Carruthers mentioned.
00:26:22So you don't believe it either?
00:26:23I certainly do not.
00:26:25It's ridiculous.
00:26:26But somebody or something killed your brother.
00:26:29And I suppose you're working on the theory that the murderer always returns to the scene
00:26:33of the crime.
00:26:35Perhaps I am.
00:26:37Well, not for me.
00:26:39If you'll take my advice, Mary, you'll leave these gentlemen to their vigil and go to bed.
00:26:43That's what I'm going to do.
00:26:44Good night.
00:26:45Good night, Tommy.
00:26:46Good night, Tommy.
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00:27:45But I'm telling you, McGetty, it was a bat.
00:27:47I saw it kill Tommy Heave.
00:27:50Listen, Johnny, I want you in one shot to come on home or I'll fire both of you.
00:27:54I'm not coming home and neither is one shot.
00:27:56I'm keeping him here to get a picture of the devil bat.
00:27:59Say, that'll look great in the headlines.
00:28:01Devil bat strikes again.
00:28:04Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:28:07Maybe I better send a wagon with the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:28:12Look, Joe, have I ever lied to you?
00:28:15Plenty of times.
00:28:17Well, I'm not lying this time.
00:28:18If it ever got out that I cooked up a fake story about a devil bat,
00:28:21I wouldn't be able to get a job on a country weekly.
00:28:24Print the story, Joe.
00:28:25So help me, it's on the level.
00:28:27All right, I'll print it.
00:28:29But I won't believe it.
00:28:31Not till one shot gets me a picture of that devil bat in action.
00:28:34Don't worry, he'll get it.
00:28:35Goodbye.
00:28:37You, my friend, are going to get a shot of the devil bat in action.
00:28:40Who, me?
00:28:41How?
00:28:41Have you noticed there's a taxidermist shop in the village?
00:28:46Well, you wouldn't suggest that I go out and stuff a bird, would you?
00:28:49One shot.
00:28:50To think that you'd even hint that I would suggest you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big bat for pictorial purposes.
00:28:56Besides, a bat isn't a bird, it's a mammal.
00:28:59Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?
00:29:01Where is this bird stuffing emporium?
00:29:03Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:07Well, let's go.
00:29:37Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:30:07Now, here's the idea, Frenchy.
00:30:19You hang on to the bat until I get my camera set up.
00:30:22And when I raise my hand, you give the bat a good shove and it'll swing out just like it's flying.
00:30:27Then I can get a swell picture from a boss.
00:30:29Get it?
00:30:30Sweet.
00:30:31I am wise, no?
00:30:32No, but hang on to the bat until I raise my hand, huh?
00:30:35Come on.
00:30:59I'm going to make you pay for that and I'm going to take you to jail until you explain this. Come on. You can't do this. I'm doing it. I was just conducting a little experiment trying to find out how the devil bat does his killing. I'm sure McGuire didn't intend doing anything wrong.
00:31:29He's just a little overzealous about his work. Yeah, with the town and an uproar and everybody terror-stricken wondering whether he's going to be the next victim, I don't want any more trouble stirred up, even with an artificial bat. You'd better get back to the hotel. I want to talk to the chief alone. Is it all right, chief? Yeah, but be careful in the future. Ever smelled anything like this before?
00:32:00Well, yes. That's the same stuff that's been on every one of the devil bat's victims. Where'd you get it? Found it in Don Morton's bathroom. Find out where Morton got it? No, I didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking questions until after it's been analyzed. Do you think it has any connection with the murders? That's the way it strikes me, but I can't figure out how.
00:32:21Well, I'll get the police chemist on it right away.
00:32:25I'll snoop around and see if I can find out where Morton got it.
00:32:29Well, it probably came from down at the Heath cosmetic plant. I've been working on a theory of a disgruntled factory employee committing the crimes.
00:32:36It's certainly more than coincidental that all the victims have been members of the Heath and Morton families.
00:32:43Yeah. Looks like a plot to wipe them all out.
00:32:47I wish the rest of them would leave town until this crime is solved.
00:32:52You're worried about Mary, aren't you?
00:32:55Well, yes. I've been urging her to leave, but she won't go without her father.
00:32:59And he insists on remaining here to help clear up the crime.
00:33:02And worse than that, neither Heath nor Morton will let me give them a bodyguard.
00:33:06I guess we'll just have to wait for something to break.
00:33:09Good night, Chief.
00:33:10Good night, Johnny.
00:33:20Boy, if I got a picture, it'll knock my Ginty dead.
00:33:23Meet the double bat.
00:33:25Well, how about that wire?
00:33:27Looks as if the bat's on a flying trapeze.
00:33:29Oh, but I'm not through working on it yet.
00:33:31See, I can touch this picture up so the bat'll look like he's got nothing around him, but nothing.
00:33:36Okay, Rembrandt. You win.
00:33:43This is your news commentator, Walter King.
00:33:45Tonight we're broadcasting from the little village of Heathville,
00:33:47where an alleged devil bat has claimed three victims during the past six weeks.
00:33:52You will note that I say alleged devil bat.
00:33:54That, ladies and gentlemen, is because your correspondent has been very skeptical from the start
00:33:58as to the existence of this horrendous creature.
00:34:01I have as my guest in the studio tonight, Professor Percival Garland Raines,
00:34:04perhaps the world's greatest authority on animal life.
00:34:07I'm going to interview Professor Raines on the subject of the devil bat.
00:34:10Our radio audience may draw its own conclusions.
00:34:13Professor Raines, first let me ask you, point blank,
00:34:16do you believe that any such creature as the devil bat exists?
00:34:20I do not.
00:34:22He's got a nerve.
00:34:23Quiet.
00:34:24In the dark ages, when men and women lived in caves,
00:34:27there may have existed a bat of this size.
00:34:29But not in this day and age.
00:34:32How do you account for the fact that Mary Heath,
00:34:34whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat,
00:34:37and a newspaper reporter, John Layton,
00:34:39claimed to have seen this amazing creature?
00:34:41Sometimes, under stress of excitement,
00:34:44our minds play tricks on us.
00:34:45Hey, he's insinuating you saw the little bat that wasn't there.
00:34:49Pipe down.
00:34:50But how about the picture of the devil bat published by Mr. Layton's paper?
00:34:54I examined that picture under a powerful magnifying glass.
00:34:57I denounce it as a fraud.
00:35:00Whoever constructed the strange-looking monster
00:35:02forgot to remove a label from the silk,
00:35:04from the silk used on its left wing.
00:35:07That label reads,
00:35:09Made in Japan.
00:35:11Put through a hurry call to Heathville.
00:35:19I want to talk to Johnny Layton.
00:35:21He's at the Heathville Hotel.
00:35:25One guess who that is.
00:35:26Yeah, McGinty.
00:35:33Go ahead, pour it on.
00:35:36So you slipped over a fake picture on me, huh?
00:35:38Well, you're fired, both of you.
00:35:40And I'll see to it that you never work on another newspaper as long as I live.
00:35:45Made in Japan.
00:35:47You tell One-Shot McGuire
00:35:48he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch.
00:35:51Both of you, come on in and get your final checks.
00:35:54Oh, no.
00:35:54We're not coming in to get anything.
00:35:57All right, so we're fired.
00:35:58But we're staying here just the same.
00:36:00I saw that bat.
00:36:01We're going to stay here until we catch that bat,
00:36:04and when we do,
00:36:05I'm going to bring it in and stuff it down your throat.
00:36:07Goodbye.
00:36:11Well, we're fired.
00:36:13Mm-hmm.
00:36:13Again.
00:36:16That's him calling back to apologize.
00:36:18Now, you give him a good scare.
00:36:19No use begging us to go to work for you again, Maggetty.
00:36:24You fired us, and we're staying fired.
00:36:26Oh, oh, Mary, I thought it was somebody else.
00:36:29Johnny, why did you make a joke of a tragic thing like this?
00:36:32But it wasn't intended as a joke, Mary.
00:36:34I was only trying to get the news.
00:36:36I suppose you call it getting the news
00:36:37when you arrange to print a picture
00:36:39that's a deliberate hoax
00:36:40that has the entire country laughing.
00:36:44A grand joke, Johnny,
00:36:45but somehow I can't appreciate it.
00:36:47But I can explain that picture.
00:36:49Don't try, Johnny.
00:36:59Made in Japan.
00:37:01I ought to skin you alive
00:37:02and nail your hide to a barn door.
00:37:05Here's the chemistry part on that shaving lotion.
00:37:14I see he couldn't break down one of the ingredients.
00:37:17Yes, he said it must be some element
00:37:18with which he's not familiar.
00:37:21We won't get anywhere until we identify it.
00:37:25There's just one other man in this town
00:37:27that might be able to help us.
00:37:29Dr. Carruthers.
00:37:32Yeah, Carruthers could help us.
00:37:33I found out he compounded that lotion.
00:37:37Well, if you suspect, Carruthers,
00:37:38you're barking up the wrong tree, Johnny.
00:37:41He's the last man in this town
00:37:42that would harm anyone.
00:37:44Why, everybody loves him.
00:37:46Maybe so.
00:37:47But here's something else I dug up.
00:37:51The Heath and Morton fortunes
00:37:52are based on a greaseless cold cream formula
00:37:54that Dr. Carruthers invented.
00:37:57So what?
00:37:58All the doctor got out of it was $10,000
00:38:00and the others made a fortune.
00:38:03Well, it's common knowledge
00:38:04that he sold out for cash
00:38:06when he could have had an interest in the firm.
00:38:08Just the same,
00:38:09every victim had this stuff from his laboratory on him.
00:38:15Maybe you've been working too hard on this case, Johnny.
00:38:18I'd like to get his reaction on this stuff.
00:38:20If he denies knowing anything about it,
00:38:22we'll know there's a tie-up somewhere.
00:38:24I think you're bombing.
00:38:26But just to show you
00:38:27that I'm following up every clue,
00:38:29we'll talk to him.
00:38:31We'll put this in another bottle
00:38:33and without telling him we know,
00:38:34he compounded it.
00:38:35Ask him to analyze it.
00:38:36Doc, I hope we're not upsetting your work
00:38:38barging in on you this way.
00:38:40No, no, not at all.
00:38:42I'm anxious to help solve these crimes.
00:38:44All the victims were very dear friends of mine.
00:38:47Here's a sample of the stuff
00:38:48of young Morton and the two Heath boys
00:38:50had on them when they were attacked
00:38:51by the devil bat.
00:38:52Of course, it doesn't make sense to me
00:38:54that the bird would choose only people
00:38:56using that particular stuff.
00:38:59A bat is not a bird.
00:39:00It's a mammal.
00:39:02Well, anyway, our police chemists
00:39:04couldn't break down one of the ingredients.
00:39:06We thought perhaps you could.
00:39:09Why?
00:39:11I compounded this myself.
00:39:13It's a new shaving lotion
00:39:14I'm experimenting with.
00:39:16The ingredient your chemists
00:39:18couldn't break down
00:39:19I discovered years ago in Tibet.
00:39:22How did you happen
00:39:23to put it in a shaving lotion?
00:39:25Oh, the llamas use it
00:39:27in some of their religious rides
00:39:29as a perfume.
00:39:30The scent is very pleasant
00:39:31and can't be imitated by competitors.
00:39:34But what were Don Morton
00:39:35and the two Heath boys
00:39:36doing with the stuff?
00:39:38Oh, it is the policy of our firm
00:39:41to try out any new product
00:39:43before marketing it.
00:39:44Well, that knocks our theory
00:39:46into a cocked hat.
00:39:48Yeah.
00:39:49We were hoping
00:39:50the unknown ingredient
00:39:51might turn out
00:39:51to be some sort of a clue.
00:39:54This isn't the kind of bottle
00:39:56I give it out in.
00:39:57But I presume your chemist
00:39:59changed it when making the analysis.
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:03Is there anything else
00:40:04I can do to help?
00:40:07Tell me,
00:40:07did you hear Professor Raines
00:40:09on the radio last night?
00:40:10Yes.
00:40:12It was very interesting
00:40:13and very asinine.
00:40:15You mean you believe
00:40:16there is a devil bat?
00:40:17Why not?
00:40:18You saw it, didn't you?
00:40:19Well, sure I did.
00:40:20So did Mary.
00:40:21Then why worry about
00:40:22what one scientist says?
00:40:24That one scientist
00:40:25got me fired.
00:40:27Oh.
00:40:28You mean,
00:40:29your newspaper discharged you?
00:40:32That's right.
00:40:33Oh, that's too bad.
00:40:34then you're believing
00:40:37Heath's will before
00:40:38the mystery is solved.
00:40:40I'm afraid not.
00:40:42I'm going to stay here
00:40:43and work with the chief.
00:40:46Since you're going
00:40:47to stay here for a while,
00:40:49I would like you
00:40:50to try out
00:40:51a bottle of the new lotion
00:40:53and tell me how you like it.
00:40:56And you too, chief.
00:40:57No, no, not me, doc.
00:40:59If my wife ever smelled
00:41:00perfume on me,
00:41:01she'd suspect me sure.
00:41:03Well, Mr. Layton,
00:41:05I understand you
00:41:06are not married.
00:41:07All right.
00:41:07I'll try it in the morning
00:41:08when I shave.
00:41:09I guess we're better
00:41:10be going, chief.
00:41:11See you later, doc.
00:41:12So long, Dr. Crothers.
00:41:14Goodbye, Mr. Layton.
00:41:28What's the matter?
00:41:29Does that smelly
00:41:30shaving lotion
00:41:31put you to sleep?
00:41:31Well, why'd you tell the doc
00:41:33you're going to use it
00:41:34if you think it's smelly?
00:41:35Oh, I don't know.
00:41:36I guess I was a little ashamed
00:41:37of ever suspecting the old doc.
00:41:39Well, I like it
00:41:40and I'm going to tell him so.
00:41:44What time is it?
00:41:46After midnight.
00:41:48Midnight?
00:41:49Oh, they ain't no use
00:41:50of waiting around here
00:41:50any longer.
00:41:51This must be
00:41:52the bat's night off.
00:41:53Did you hear that?
00:42:02Yeah.
00:42:08Get that camera ready.
00:42:09I'm going to cook that bird
00:42:35personally for McGinney,
00:42:36and I'll even stop it myself.
00:42:37Ha, ha, ha.
00:42:38Ha-ha.
00:43:08I was still skeptical when I came to Heathville today to examine the body of this so-called
00:43:20devil bat, but after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research, I've arrived
00:43:28at the conclusion that the creature is the lone survivor of a type of giant bat which
00:43:34existed in great numbers during the early part of the Neolithic Age.
00:43:39Perhaps I should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners that the Neolithic
00:43:44Age is that period of antiquity commonly called the Stone Age.
00:43:49Ha.
00:43:50Imbecile.
00:43:53Bombastic ignoramus.
00:43:56Bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:24Sorry, McGinty, but One Shot and I are not interested.
00:44:45At your prices.
00:44:47Of course, if there was a raise of, say, 20...
00:44:4930.
00:44:5030 dollars plus a fat bonus, we might consider it.
00:44:53Your hold-up men, both of you.
00:44:55I refuse to be robbed.
00:44:57Have it your way, McGinty, have it your way.
00:44:59But we have the bat's corpus delecti and the exclusive picture.
00:45:03Of course, I've got an eyewitness story that two syndicates are bidding for.
00:45:08And don't forget, you've got to pay us for the time we were fired.
00:45:13That's better.
00:45:14Now you're talking, boss.
00:45:15Okay, we're working for you again.
00:45:17We'll gather up the loose ends and see you in a couple of days.
00:45:19Goodbye.
00:45:22Come in.
00:45:23Hello, Johnny.
00:45:25Well, Mary.
00:45:27Johnny, I came to tell you that I'm sorry I said what I did the last time we talked.
00:45:32Do you suppose...
00:45:33Well, I don't know how to say it, but...
00:45:35I do.
00:45:37Miss Heath, do you suppose that little French girl would apologize to me if I looked her up?
00:45:42Well, I'm positive she would.
00:45:43Me, never mind.
00:45:58No, I don't know.
00:45:59No, you're not positive she would.
00:45:59No, I don't know.
00:46:00I can't do something.
00:46:01I can't do something.
00:46:02No, I don't know.
00:46:02No, I don't know.
00:46:03No.
00:46:03I am.
00:46:03No, I'm sorry.
00:46:04No, I don't know.
00:46:05I'm sorry.
00:46:05I don't know.
00:46:36Splendid.
00:46:53You will be even greater than your unfortunate predecessor.
00:47:06Enraged, aren't you?
00:47:11Fine.
00:47:13I'm enraged also.
00:47:16Tonight I shall call on Henry Morton
00:47:19and you shall strike him down.
00:47:24Henry,
00:47:25the lotion has turned out to be better than I had hoped.
00:47:29I want you to try it.
00:47:30Well,
00:47:32well, just leave it here, doc,
00:47:34and I'll try it in the morning after shaving.
00:47:40Smells good, doesn't it?
00:47:42Yes, but isn't it too strong?
00:47:44No, no, no.
00:47:45Evaporation quickly tones it down
00:47:47just to the right scent.
00:47:50Rub a few drops on your face.
00:47:52Well, I'd rather wait until after I shave.
00:47:55Then my skin will be more tender
00:47:57and receptive to a lotion.
00:47:59Well, just a little here.
00:48:02The texture of the skin there
00:48:04is always very delicate.
00:48:09I'll give you a few drops in your hand.
00:48:11I hope you're right
00:48:23about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:48:26I smell the high heavens.
00:48:28Perhaps that will be the secret
00:48:30of its success.
00:48:32Well, you can never tell
00:48:33what's going to happen in this business.
00:48:35You can believe me, Henry.
00:48:37You don't have to worry.
00:48:39Yes, I can believe that, doc.
00:48:41All of your formulas
00:48:42have been highly successful.
00:48:45I've been going over the report
00:48:46to the company's annual earnings.
00:48:49A net profit of over a million dollars.
00:48:52Not bad, eh?
00:48:54When you remember what we built on.
00:48:58A mere $10,000 for your formula.
00:49:02You shouldn't have demanded all cash, doc.
00:49:05You should have ridden along with us.
00:49:07Then you'd be rich, too.
00:49:08Well, but then you've had a lot of fun
00:49:11in your laboratory
00:49:12with your experiments,
00:49:15dreaming up something new.
00:49:17You're a dreamer, doc.
00:49:20Too much money is bad for dreamers.
00:49:24So you try to pay me in flattery
00:49:26telling me that I'm a dreamer.
00:49:29Well, I do dream.
00:49:33Dreams that you could never guess.
00:49:35Your nerves are afraid, doc.
00:49:40Now, calm down.
00:49:41Get a grip on yourself.
00:49:42You've been working too hard
00:49:43on your formula.
00:49:44Formula?
00:49:46That's but child's play
00:49:48for a great scientist.
00:49:51Your brain is too feeble
00:49:53to conceive what I have accomplished
00:49:55in the realm of science.
00:49:57Doc, you've made some great scientific discovery.
00:50:03What is it?
00:50:04When you'll find out,
00:50:06it'll be too late for you.
00:50:09Oh, come, come, doc.
00:50:11You can't pretend to control
00:50:12a man's destiny.
00:50:15I've already proved it
00:50:18three times.
00:50:19I'm sorry.
00:50:31Perhaps you're right, Henry,
00:50:33about my working too hard.
00:50:36I guess I'm a little tired.
00:50:38I better go home
00:50:39and get some rest.
00:50:40Sure.
00:50:41A night's sleep will do you good.
00:50:43Good night, doc.
00:50:46Goodbye, Henry.
00:50:48Henry?
00:50:4936J.
00:51:01Hello?
00:51:02Oh, that's you, Martin?
00:51:04Yes, Henry.
00:51:06I want you to call
00:51:07Chief of Police Wilkins
00:51:08to come to your house immediately.
00:51:10It's very important.
00:51:11Chief's here now.
00:51:12Well, don't let him leave
00:51:13until I get there.
00:51:14What a nice happened.
00:51:16I think I've got a clue
00:51:17to all those murders.
00:51:18it may peter out.
00:51:21But if half what I suspect
00:51:22is true
00:51:22is the most diabolical plot
00:51:25that a madman ever concocted.
00:51:27What is it?
00:51:31Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:51:33I forgot my hat.
00:51:36Henry, what is it?
00:51:38I'll tell you all about it
00:51:39when I get there.
00:51:40I hope I didn't intrude
00:51:42on a private conversation.
00:51:43Oh, no, nothing important.
00:51:44No, nothing important.
00:52:13I want to have to have
00:52:14to have also got to have
00:52:14a place on their own own own.
00:52:16I'm going to make it
00:52:18to the 1930s.
00:52:19I'm sorry.
00:52:20I want to have to
00:52:21get rid of it now.
00:52:22I don't know if I have to
00:52:23go here.
00:52:23Oh, no, nothing important.
00:52:24I can't believe it.
00:52:26He's going home.
00:52:31I can't believe it.
00:52:32He's going home.
00:52:33Bye.
00:52:34I'll see you next time.
00:52:35Bye.
00:52:36Bye.
00:52:36Bye.
00:52:38Bye.
00:52:39Bye.
00:52:39Bye.
00:52:40Bye.
00:52:41Bye.
00:52:41Bye.
00:52:42Ah
00:52:44I hope Henry was right about having a clue.
00:53:14But why didn't he explain more about it when he phoned?
00:53:18When I insisted, he changed his tone as if he'd been interrupted.
00:53:22I was afraid that he might be overheard.
00:53:29What is that squeaky sound?
00:53:32Oh, just some night noise.
00:53:34Hello!
00:53:44Let's go.
00:53:44Let's go.
00:53:46Let's go.
00:53:49Let's go.
00:53:51Let's go.
00:53:54Let's go.
00:53:56Let's go.
00:53:58Let's go.
00:53:59Let's go.
00:54:01Let's go.
00:54:02Let's go.
00:54:03Let's go.
00:54:05Let's go.
00:54:07Let's go.
00:54:10Let's go.
00:54:12Let's go.
00:54:13Let's go.
00:54:14Let's go.
00:54:15I feel much better, Mr. Heath, since you asked us to stay in your home until this new
00:54:17devil bat has been killed.
00:54:19I've been worried about Mary.
00:54:20What reason have you to believe that Mary is in danger?
00:54:49Only this.
00:54:51I'm convinced that someone is using the bat to wipe out the entire Heath and Morton families.
00:54:55As a scientist, I assure you, the thought of a human controlling a bat is fantastic.
00:55:00Just the same, no villager has been killed or even attacked.
00:55:04You're forgetting, aren't you, that Mr. McGuire was attacked.
00:55:07He's not a member of either family.
00:55:09Why, I'm practically a member of this family already.
00:55:12I'm going to marry Miss Heath's maid.
00:55:13Oh, really?
00:55:15Well, boys, I'll have Maxine show you to your rooms.
00:55:18I'll be running along, home.
00:55:19It's past my bedtime.
00:55:20Good night, gentlemen.
00:55:21Good night, doctor.
00:55:22Good night, doctor.
00:55:24Goodbye, Mary.
00:55:27Come along.
00:55:35Maxine?
00:55:36Oui, mademoiselle.
00:55:42Did you fill my perfume bottles with something new?
00:55:44Oh, no, mademoiselle.
00:55:46I never touch your perfume.
00:55:47It's funny.
00:55:48I don't recognize it.
00:55:50Perhaps dad filled them as a surprise.
00:55:53He always does that with every new perfume the plant puts out.
00:55:56Is there anything else?
00:55:58No, Maxine.
00:55:59That's all.
00:55:59Good night.
00:56:00Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:01Good night.
00:56:18Good night.
00:56:27Good night.
00:56:29Let's go.
00:56:52Mary, what happened?
00:56:54It was trying to get in the window.
00:56:55A big bat.
00:56:57Oh, it was awful.
00:56:59It was awful.
00:57:04Mary, I want you to tell me everything you did just before that bat tried to get in.
00:57:08Well, first I took a bath.
00:57:11Then I brushed my hair and Maxine came in and turned the covers down.
00:57:15And then fastened the screen, which somehow had come unhooked.
00:57:18Yeah.
00:57:19Go ahead, what else?
00:57:20Well, then we talked about some new perfume that someone had put in my dressing table bottles.
00:57:25Dad, did you put any new perfume in my bottles?
00:57:28No, I didn't.
00:57:30Is that the stuff?
00:57:31Yes.
00:57:33Tony, this smells like...
00:57:34Kate, quiet.
00:57:35I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:57:37And I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:57:38We'll do everything we can.
00:57:40Of course.
00:57:42What's Caruthers' number?
00:57:4348J.
00:57:43Operator, give me 48J, please.
00:57:53Hello, Dr. Caruthers.
00:57:54This is Johnny Layton.
00:57:56That's right.
00:57:56Something terrible has happened to Mary.
00:57:58Can you hurry over?
00:58:00I'll be right there.
00:58:01Good.
00:58:03Johnny, I'm all right.
00:58:04I don't need a doctor.
00:58:05That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:58:07You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:58:08Mr. Heath, you in one shop must help her trick Dr. Caruthers into staying here as long as you can.
00:58:12Where are you going, Johnny?
00:58:14To do a little private bat hunting.
00:58:32The Devil Bat
00:58:57The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:59:03If she's suffering from fright, I'll give you a set of things.
00:59:08Where's Mr. Layton?
00:59:10Why, I guess he's out in the garden hunting the devil bat.
00:59:12Layton is a very brave young man.
00:59:16Give him his heat, one of these, every half an hour.
00:59:18Oui, Doctor.
00:59:19It will quieten her nerves.
00:59:20But, Doc, hadn't you better stay until she's quieter?
00:59:23She'll be all right in the morning.
00:59:24Hey, Doc, I don't feel so good myself.
00:59:26Would you mind taking my temperature?
00:59:28You look perfectly well, Mr. McGuire.
00:59:31Well, you ought to see my tongue.
00:59:32It looks just like a squirrel's tail.
00:59:34Look.
00:59:35Try some calomel.
01:00:00See you next time.
01:01:04I found you here.
01:02:04Hi, Doc.
01:02:20I hope I'm not intruding.
01:02:23No, no, not at all.
01:02:25I heard you're out stalking the devil bat.
01:02:28Any success?
01:02:29No, but I thought maybe you might be able to help me.
01:02:32Well, I don't see how that's possible.
01:02:34But if you can suggest anything...
01:02:35Well, you could give me some more of that new concoction of yours.
01:02:39That shaving lotion.
01:02:41But how on earth could that possibly help catch the devil bat?
01:02:45I've still got a crazy idea that if I douse myself with it,
01:02:49it might attract the killer.
01:02:51I don't see how you can connect the two.
01:02:53But there is a bottle of the lotion on the table.
01:02:56Thanks.
01:02:57You see, Doc?
01:03:18I figured out something.
01:03:20All four of the murdered people had this lotion on them when the devil bat struck.
01:03:24Now, my plan is to sit in the garden,
01:03:27and when the killer makes one of those power dives, I'll blast him.
01:03:30Layton, I'm afraid all these murders have affected your mind.
01:03:34Maybe you'd like to come along, Doc, and be an eyewitness.
01:03:39I'm sure it would be just a waste of time,
01:03:42but I'd be glad to watch your experiment.
01:03:45Good.
01:03:46I knew I could count on you to help me.
01:03:53I tell you, Layton,
01:03:55expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion is all foolishness.
01:04:00I think I'd better run around.
01:04:02Ah, sit down, Doc.
01:04:04The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:13You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight.
01:04:15What's the matter?
01:04:18Firearms always make me nervous.
01:04:20Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:04:23Just in case the devil bat does show up.
01:04:26According to your theory, the killer wouldn't attack me.
01:04:30I haven't any of that lotion on me.
01:04:32You have now, Doc.
01:04:38Why did you do that?
01:04:39Make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:04:44Now sit down.
01:04:45And don't try any shenanigans.
01:04:47It's not so funny when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:04:56Is it, Doc?
01:04:58I...
01:04:58I don't know what you're talking about.
01:05:02Maybe you made a mistake when you let that devil bat of yours out of the attic tonight.
01:05:05Don't worry about the bat killing you.
01:05:09I'm saving you for the hangman.
01:05:15Tell me, Doc.
01:05:16How did you, uh, develop a monster bat like that?
01:05:20You wouldn't understand the scientific theory.
01:05:23Give it to me.
01:05:46Hello, Chief. What are you doing out here?
01:06:02Young fellow, don't think that you're the only man working on this case.
01:06:06It was lucky I was here, too.
01:06:08Thanks. Did you kill the devil bat?
01:06:09No, he got away.
01:06:10Well, here's one bird that didn't get away,
01:06:12and he's the murderer we've both been looking for.
01:06:16Quick, shoot it!
01:06:25Where is it?
01:06:26It's gone.
01:06:28And so's the doctor.
01:06:30Did you get the bat?
01:06:31What happened?
01:06:32Doc Carruthers is the murderer,
01:06:34and he's hiding somewhere in the garden.
01:06:35You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:06:39Come on.
01:06:46Doctor?
01:06:48Doctor Carruthers!
01:06:51Doctor?
01:06:54Has anything happened to Johnny?
01:06:55Is he hurt?
01:06:56They took him up to my place.
01:06:58You better come along with me.
01:06:59That was Mary.
01:07:12That was Mary.
01:07:16Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:31Go help Dr. Carruthers.
01:07:32He's over there.
01:07:35That devil bat belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:38He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:42Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:07:45Get started.
01:07:56Oh, God.
01:07:58Oh, God!
01:07:58Come on!
01:08:01Oh!
01:08:02Oh!
01:08:03Oh!
01:08:05Oh!
01:08:06Oh!
01:08:07Oh!
01:08:08Oh!
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