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00:00:02The End
00:00:37The End
00:01:06The End
00:01:38The End
00:02:20But how else can we explain
00:02:21these terrible deaths
00:02:23Von Ilse last night
00:02:25five others before him
00:02:27that's six within as many weeks
00:02:29inspector
00:02:29our friends
00:02:30neighbors that we've known for years
00:02:33drained of their life's blood
00:02:34found dead in bed
00:02:36lifeless skeletons of skin and bone
00:02:38vampires are at large I tell you
00:02:41vampires
00:02:43malignant demons who issue forth from their graves in the dead of night
00:02:47to attack their victims and drink the blood from their veins
00:02:51gotten him a breast night I don't jest
00:02:53ah that blood-sucking legend belongs in the same category with werewolves and all other peasant superstitions
00:02:59but the bats man
00:03:00the bats
00:03:01god yes
00:03:03big ones so
00:03:04oh now we're switching to bats again
00:03:06there was an epidemic of giant bats in Kleinschloss in 1643
00:03:12and at the same time
00:03:13there was an outbreak of vampirism
00:03:15rot
00:03:16why this record from the town archive
00:03:18prove it
00:03:19says it not pros it
00:03:21well I'll show you
00:03:23I'll show you
00:03:26now
00:03:26here it is
00:03:28and on this day
00:03:29was von Hausmann
00:03:31hanged from a gibbet
00:03:32in the public square
00:03:33after being convicted
00:03:34on a proven charge
00:03:35of vampirism
00:03:36and on this same day
00:03:38there did occur
00:03:39the departure of the bats
00:03:41thousands of horrible
00:03:42flying creatures
00:03:43which infested the town
00:03:44for weeks
00:03:45and on the night
00:03:46of this same day
00:03:47February 13
00:03:48in the year of our Lord
00:03:501643
00:03:51was there a stake
00:03:52driven through von Hausmann's heart
00:03:54and his head cut off
00:03:55with a grave digger's shovel
00:03:58there
00:03:58well all the wreckers in the world
00:04:00can't make me believe in vampires
00:04:02there are blood-sucking bats
00:04:04yes
00:04:04in South America
00:04:06thousands of miles from here
00:04:07but not in Kleinschloss
00:04:09but bats fly
00:04:10they could fly here
00:04:12you saw the bodies
00:04:13all of them
00:04:14two wounds on the neck
00:04:16right at the jugular vein
00:04:17two wounds on the neck
00:04:19pierced and spread apart
00:04:20just as the two fang-like teeth
00:04:22have bitten through the flesh
00:04:23and right into the veins
00:04:25and in every case
00:04:28a blood clot
00:04:29eight inches from the victim's neck
00:04:32the mark of the feast
00:04:33the devil's signature
00:04:35does that appear
00:04:37the mark of a human being
00:04:38or a demon's?
00:04:40God save us
00:04:41the devils
00:04:44you ought to make a pretty fair meal
00:04:46for a vampire
00:04:48but let's be consistent
00:04:49are these human vampires
00:04:51or
00:04:52or bats?
00:04:54vampires can take the shape
00:04:55of a human or a bat
00:04:56just as they choose
00:04:58oh
00:04:58they're magicians
00:05:01well it doesn't make sense to me
00:05:03the whole village is in terror
00:05:05we live in closed houses
00:05:07behind locked doors
00:05:09and bolted shutters
00:05:10not daring to close our eyes
00:05:12fearful lest this unseen silent death
00:05:15may find us in our sleep
00:05:17for it is then that it strikes
00:05:19swiftly
00:05:20silently
00:05:21ghastly
00:05:22my room is tightly closed
00:05:24the windows are barred
00:05:26nailed down
00:05:27nothing can get in
00:05:29nothing
00:05:30but they tell me vampires
00:05:32can go through stone walls
00:05:33like that
00:05:34God save me
00:05:36so they can
00:05:37we've got to do something
00:05:39I tell you
00:05:39Klein Sloss will become
00:05:41a deserted village
00:05:42well
00:05:43you might catch all the bats
00:05:45and drown them in the river
00:05:46Carl
00:05:46Carl
00:05:47while you're hunting for vampires
00:05:49and chasing bats
00:05:49I'm looking for a human being
00:05:51a murderer
00:05:51a fiend
00:05:52well then do just about it
00:05:53do something
00:05:54I'm trying to
00:05:55every hour
00:05:56every day
00:05:56every night
00:05:57since this thing started
00:05:58do you hear it?
00:06:08hear it?
00:06:09yes
00:06:10night after night
00:06:12lying awake until dawn
00:06:14waiting
00:06:16for what?
00:06:17I don't know
00:06:20that's what I thought
00:06:24good night gentlemen
00:06:27don't let the vampires get you
00:07:10are your kisses dynamite?
00:07:13don't you like my kisses?
00:07:20well
00:07:21how's my mastermind
00:07:22this evening?
00:07:23well if you want
00:07:24the truth
00:07:25not so good
00:07:26the burgemeister
00:07:27and his grand council
00:07:29still stick to the vampire
00:07:30theory
00:07:30stick to it
00:07:32they're quoting history
00:07:33to prove it
00:07:35I think you and
00:07:36Dr. von Niemann
00:07:36are the only sane people
00:07:37left in the village
00:07:38and you?
00:07:39what about you?
00:07:40me?
00:07:41well I'm beginning to think
00:07:42I'm seven different kinds
00:07:43of a fool
00:07:45murders are being done
00:07:46under my very nose
00:07:48I must be as blind
00:07:50as the bats themselves
00:07:51I can't find
00:07:52a single clue
00:07:53oh but you will
00:07:54Carl you will
00:07:55well I haven't
00:07:56oh Ruth
00:08:01and here comes
00:08:02dear Aunt Gussie
00:08:03to spread good cheer
00:08:04and hope
00:08:06just what I thought
00:08:07slaving your life away
00:08:09in this awful place
00:08:10it hasn't got that
00:08:11nice clean
00:08:12wholesome smell
00:08:13of a hospital
00:08:14how are you Carl?
00:08:16well quite well thank you
00:08:16well I'm not
00:08:17this clammy old place
00:08:19is bound to give me
00:08:20pericarditis
00:08:21endricarditis
00:08:22neuritis
00:08:22this is
00:08:23well anyway
00:08:24rheumatism
00:08:25you have some coffee?
00:08:26no no thank you
00:08:27Frau Schnappmann
00:08:27no it's just as well
00:08:28there's only two cups
00:08:29here dear
00:08:30that'll take the chill out of your bones
00:08:32thank you
00:08:32speaking of chills
00:08:34Frau Schnappmann
00:08:35did you know
00:08:36the village is supposed
00:08:36to be infested
00:08:37with ghouls
00:08:38and vampires
00:08:39oh Carl
00:08:39vampires
00:08:42pariahs among fiends
00:08:44demoniacal creatures
00:08:45with huge canine teeth
00:08:47who bite deeply
00:08:48into the necks
00:08:49of their victims
00:08:49to quaff and gorge
00:08:51on blood
00:08:53warm human blood
00:08:54there's no such thing
00:08:56as a vampire
00:08:56Carl Brett Snyder
00:08:57I don't believe in it
00:08:58you're just saying
00:08:59that to frighten me
00:09:00and I just won't be frightened
00:09:02I'm entirely too sensible
00:09:04to believe in such rubbish
00:09:05I beg pardon
00:09:07oh so much you
00:09:08I'm sorry if I frightened you
00:09:09who said you frightened me
00:09:12I'm not afraid of anything
00:09:13could you tell me
00:09:14where Dr. von Niemann is
00:09:15well he drove to the village
00:09:16to see Martha
00:09:17the old apple woman
00:09:18thank you
00:09:46is this what Dr. Haupt
00:09:48described
00:09:48yes sir
00:09:49she takes it in water
00:09:54well
00:09:55continue giving it to all
00:09:57yes sir
00:09:58yes sir
00:10:00yes sir
00:10:26It's stifling in here.
00:10:28Open these windows.
00:10:30Herman, open windows.
00:10:31Me do.
00:10:32Me do.
00:10:42Well, she'll sleep well now, poor soul.
00:10:45It won't be necessary for you to stay here.
00:10:47A good night's sleep will work wonders for her.
00:10:49It was kind of you to come, doctor.
00:10:51Oh.
00:10:53Martha has sold me apples for many years.
00:10:56Always a good, ripe, juicy one.
00:10:59Martha, give me apples.
00:11:00I like.
00:11:04Oh, it's a pain.
00:11:06Oh, my goodness.
00:11:08She wants a cross.
00:11:09Herman, get.
00:11:10Herman, get.
00:11:11Here.
00:11:12Here, now.
00:11:13For Martha.
00:11:15There.
00:11:16Oh.
00:11:20She won't let it out of her sight.
00:11:22A terrible experience.
00:11:24To be attacked by a giant bat is enough to shatter anyone's nerves.
00:11:28She talks about it all the time.
00:11:30How it flew in her face and tried to sink its teeth in her throat.
00:11:34No, no, no, no.
00:11:35Bats no do.
00:11:37They soft.
00:11:39Like cat.
00:11:41They not bite Herman.
00:11:43It's quiet, Herman.
00:11:45See what you've done.
00:11:46There, there, there, Martha.
00:11:47There.
00:11:53She'll be all right.
00:11:54If she isn't, let me know.
00:11:57Thank you for coming, doctor.
00:11:59That's all right.
00:12:00Good night.
00:12:01Good night.
00:12:04Run along, Herman.
00:12:05You can see Martha tomorrow.
00:12:07Oh.
00:12:26Hi.
00:12:26Dr. von Neemann.
00:12:28Ah, Crington, how are you?
00:12:29Much better thank you, kindly sir, since you prescribed for me.
00:12:32That's right.
00:12:34Go to bed, Herman.
00:12:36Go to bed.
00:12:37You shouldn't be following around the street.
00:12:38It's dangerous.
00:12:39Oh.
00:12:42I'm afraid.
00:12:43Afraid?
00:12:44Afraid of what, Crington?
00:12:45The bats, sir.
00:12:47Big giant bats with wingings like an eagle's.
00:12:50You saw this bat, you say?
00:12:52I saw it swooping down the street.
00:12:54It came directly from my throat, sir.
00:12:57When was this, Crington?
00:12:58Last night when they came to take von Els.
00:13:00It was a big monstrous thing.
00:13:02I saw it leap across the alley and into a window.
00:13:06I ran just as fast as my legs could carry me.
00:13:08You said nothing about this?
00:13:10There's enough fear in the village already.
00:13:13Maybe I should.
00:13:15Maybe I should.
00:13:16I will.
00:13:17I'll tell the burgermeister.
00:13:19Yes, Crington.
00:13:20That's the thing to do.
00:13:21No.
00:13:23Bats, bats good.
00:13:26They not hurt Herman.
00:13:28He plays with them.
00:13:29You, you, no tell.
00:13:31No.
00:13:32No, no, no, no, no.
00:13:33Go to bed, Herman.
00:13:35Go on.
00:13:36Go on.
00:13:36Go to bed.
00:13:40You say he plays with bats?
00:13:43His garret is filled with them.
00:13:45He makes pets of them.
00:13:48That's odd.
00:13:49Very odd.
00:13:51Maybe...
00:13:55Maybe he's it.
00:13:57Herman prowls around the streets all hours of the night.
00:14:00Just like an animal.
00:14:02Maybe he's the vampire.
00:14:03Don't start any gossip of that, Crington.
00:14:05Heaven only knows where it might end.
00:14:08Good night.
00:14:10Good night, sir.
00:14:11Good night.
00:14:15Good night.
00:14:34Now, soft, nice.
00:14:38There.
00:14:41See?
00:14:42What did I tell you?
00:14:43Perhaps there's something in what Kringen says.
00:14:45Seems strange that a human being should want to play with bats.
00:15:04He isn't human, I tell you. He's in league with the devil.
00:15:06Yes.
00:15:13Put it on. Put it on.
00:15:17There. Thanks.
00:15:19Now go to sleep. You'll be all right in a few days. The doctor says so.
00:15:23Close the window. Close the window.
00:15:25I'm afraid. The vampire.
00:15:28Well, he said leave them open, but I'd have them closed.
00:15:45Do you want the light?
00:15:47Leave the light. I'm afraid.
00:15:50Well, I can't blame you for that, either.
00:15:52I'll turn it down a little.
00:15:55Good night.
00:15:56If you want me, just pound on the floor.
00:15:58I'll hear you.
00:16:00All right. Good night.
00:16:02Good night, Martha.
00:16:05Oh.
00:16:15Hey, Brett Schneider is here to see you, sir.
00:16:18He's in the laboratory with Miss Burton.
00:16:20Oh, thank you.
00:16:25Oh, here you are.
00:16:28Good evening, doctor.
00:16:29Good evening, Ruth.
00:16:30How are you, Carl?
00:16:32Well, I'd feel a lot better if I could find a solution to these murders.
00:16:34You don't believe in this vampire theory, then?
00:16:37Of course not. Do you?
00:16:39There are many strange happenings, my boy.
00:16:42Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend.
00:16:46Have you a theory which might explain these deaths?
00:16:49Well, I'll be pleased to discuss it with you, but not now, not now.
00:16:54I have some very important work to do.
00:16:55Tomorrow, then?
00:16:56Tomorrow?
00:16:57Yes, yes, perhaps.
00:16:58We'll see.
00:17:00Oh, this isn't so important, Miss Burton, that you can't let it go till tomorrow.
00:17:03All right, thank you, doctor.
00:17:07How about Martha?
00:17:08Huh? Oh, nothing serious.
00:17:10Just a case of nerves, that's all.
00:17:12Good night.
00:17:13Good night, doctor.
00:17:14Good night, Carl.
00:17:16Good night, Carl.
00:17:17Good night.
00:17:17Good night.
00:17:18Good night.
00:17:31Good night.
00:17:43Good night.
00:17:45Good night.
00:17:49Good night.
00:18:04I don't know what to do.
00:18:06Martha.
00:18:07Moeller.
00:18:09Age.
00:18:11I don't know.
00:18:13Cause of death.
00:18:15Like all the rest.
00:18:17The vampire.
00:18:18Yes, yes, that's all.
00:18:19When I said I was gonna tell you,
00:18:21his eyes glowed up like clothes of fire.
00:18:23His hand reached out towards me,
00:18:25as if he were gonna sink it into my throat.
00:18:28And weigh this well.
00:18:29He never works and never begs,
00:18:31and yet he appears well-fed always.
00:18:34That so he does?
00:18:36What does he live on, then?
00:18:39I'll wager as Krington says.
00:18:42And my woman was in Martha's room tonight
00:18:44when Herman put a flower in her hand.
00:18:46Strange business, if you ask me.
00:18:48mighty strange.
00:18:50I hate to be in your shoes, Krington.
00:18:52Yes, after what happened tonight,
00:18:55I've locked myself in my room
00:18:57and prayed God to protect me from the devil.
00:19:28Good evening, sir.
00:19:29Good evening, sir.
00:19:29Good evening.
00:19:31Good evening.
00:19:33Good evening.
00:19:34Good evening.
00:19:52Good evening, sir.
00:19:59Yes, sir.
00:20:12Vampire!
00:20:20Well, what do you make of it, Doctor?
00:20:23Are these two wounds similar to those found on the other bodies?
00:20:26Doctor Hopkin answered that for you, sir.
00:20:30Yes, they were the same in every case.
00:20:33This is a strange condition, Carl.
00:20:36So strange that I doubt the evidence in my eyes.
00:20:41What was your conclusion, Haupt?
00:20:43I diagnosed the wounds as having been made by needle-sharp teeth.
00:20:48Punctures are clean cut, penetrating into, but not beyond, the jugular veins.
00:20:55Do you mean to say that you also believe they could have been made by teeth?
00:20:58Frankly, I do.
00:21:00Aha!
00:21:00You see, Brett Schneider?
00:21:02What kind of teeth, Doctor?
00:21:04An animal of some sort.
00:21:06It's hard to say.
00:21:08The fangs of a wolf, perhaps.
00:21:10A werewolf?
00:21:11Could they have been made by, well, a bat, for instance?
00:21:16A certain species, yes.
00:21:18There are vampire bats.
00:21:21Dr. William Jamison, who explored many of the tributaries of the upper Amazon, states that blood-sucking bats do exist.
00:21:28He further asserts that the victims often become blood-drinkers themselves, citing a case in which he saw a native
00:21:34tortured to death on an antel by his tribe brothers.
00:21:38They swore he had become a human bat.
00:21:41And, states Jamison, he confessed it.
00:21:45Do you mean to say that such a thing as a human vampire is possible?
00:21:49Who can say?
00:21:51Historic records would have us believe that an evil soul, assuming there is such, can take any shape it pleases.
00:21:57So why not bring to that of a human being?
00:22:01Eh, Carl?
00:22:02Why not?
00:22:04Have you any literature on the subject, Doctor?
00:22:06Yes, I have many interesting volumes on my shelf that might prove very enlightening.
00:22:11I'm glad to show them to you.
00:22:13I don't mind admitting that I'm up a tree.
00:22:17Stomped.
00:22:17Well, we'll see what can be done, my boy.
00:22:20No, no, no, Herman.
00:22:21This is no place for you.
00:22:22Go away, my boy.
00:22:23Go away.
00:22:24Good night, John.
00:22:24Good night, Doctor.
00:22:25Good night, Hal.
00:22:25Good night, Doctor.
00:22:27Good morning, Carl.
00:22:28Thank you, Doctor.
00:22:29I'm sorry to have dragged you out at such an ungodly hour.
00:22:31Oh, that's all right, that's all right.
00:22:45A child fleeing in horror from the sight of death.
00:22:48There goes the vampire.
00:22:49Arrest him.
00:22:50Lock him up.
00:22:51Kill him.
00:22:51Has the entire village gone mad?
00:22:54Herman wouldn't harm a baby, and you know it.
00:22:57I've walked the streets of this village for over 40 years, but tonight's the end.
00:23:00He knows that I've totally played with bats.
00:23:03He knows that I saw him sneak into Martha's house just before midnight.
00:23:06Perhaps he was taking her another flower, Cringham.
00:23:08The boy brought her one this evening while I was there.
00:23:10He killed her just like he did all the rest.
00:23:12And now he's gonna kill me.
00:23:14Unless he's killing a snake driven through his heart, I'm a doomed man.
00:23:19He'll kill me.
00:23:20He'll kill me.
00:23:21I'm doomed.
00:23:22He'll kill me.
00:23:23He'll kill me.
00:23:24He'll kill me.
00:23:26He'll kill me.
00:24:16Good morning, Mr. Bretschneider.
00:24:18What brings you to Kleinschloss so early?
00:24:19You.
00:24:21Bibber, I heard the doctor tell Georgiana he expected you.
00:24:25I knew there was something else.
00:24:26You're a delightful prevaricator, Carl, but not a very convincing one.
00:24:46You don't mind me using your stethoscope, do you, doctor?
00:24:48Not at all, Frau Schnappen.
00:24:50But what seems to be the ailment this morning?
00:24:52What say?
00:24:54Oh.
00:24:55What seems to be the ailment this morning?
00:24:58Well, doctor, I am positive that I have valvular degleage of the iota.
00:25:03Or maybe it's the, um, the right ventricle.
00:25:06Hmm.
00:25:07There is something wrong with my heart.
00:25:09I can hear it beat, thump, thump, thump, thump, just like the book says.
00:25:12Well, if you didn't hear a beating, thump, thump, thump, just as the book says, I would say there is
00:25:17something wrong.
00:25:19What?
00:25:19Without a moon?
00:25:21You have a heart of stone.
00:25:23All right, then.
00:25:24Close your eyes.
00:25:29No.
00:25:32Oh, so, young lady.
00:25:34It's too early in the morning, Carl.
00:25:36Much too early.
00:25:37Oh, is it?
00:25:38Oh, there's Aunt Gussie.
00:25:44She would show up just at a time like this.
00:25:52Well, Aunt Gussie, what's the matter now?
00:25:55I have palpitation of the auricular, ventricular, and microvalves, with a chordae tendency.
00:26:03You mean your heart's beating?
00:26:04Of course it's beating.
00:26:07Dr. Von Neelan tried to assure me, but I know, I know it's serious.
00:26:11I'm liable to go just like that.
00:26:13Did he prescribe for you, dear?
00:26:15Yes.
00:26:15Monacid ester, salicylic acid.
00:26:18You mean salicylic acid, don't you?
00:26:20Well, salicylic or salicylic, it's helped me.
00:26:22My heart is much quieter.
00:26:24Hello, Carl.
00:26:25Hello.
00:26:26Oh, Carl, you'll be good to her when I'm gone, won't you?
00:26:30Yes, of course I will, Frau Schnappmann.
00:26:32Well, I'm not gone yet.
00:26:34You can't marry her unless I say so.
00:26:36Don't forget that.
00:26:37Oh, my heart.
00:26:39There, Auntie, you'll be all right.
00:26:40Just rest a while.
00:26:42But you need a...
00:26:42What?
00:26:44Rest, dear.
00:26:45Quiet.
00:26:46Oh.
00:26:58And Gussie has a heart like a steam engine.
00:27:01Come on.
00:27:02I don't know.
00:27:03Yeah.
00:27:04I don't know.
00:27:06I'm not going to be...
00:27:07I don't know.
00:27:22I don't know.
00:27:24I don't know.
00:27:36C'mon! C'mon!
00:27:41C'mon! C'mon!
00:27:51C'mon!
00:27:57you nasty little beast
00:28:09don't you know it's wrong to steal
00:28:12you've cut yourself
00:28:14see blood
00:28:15stop it stop it
00:28:18no hurt me
00:28:20no hurt
00:28:20no you poor thing
00:28:22now you wait right here
00:28:23and I'll run in the house
00:28:24and get something for that finger
00:28:25a subcutaneous wound like that
00:28:27might easily result
00:28:28in a tetanus infection
00:28:30tetan
00:28:30tetan
00:28:32tetanus
00:28:33lockjaw
00:28:34not that you need to be afraid
00:28:36from the way you talk
00:28:37I think you've got it already
00:28:38look
00:28:39here's a nice juicy apple for you
00:28:56ah this is it
00:28:59ah this is it
00:29:11suppose that these corpses
00:29:12do not actually stir
00:29:13from their tombs
00:29:13but only the ghosts
00:29:15or spirits
00:29:15appear to the living
00:29:18wherefore do these phantoms
00:29:19present themselves
00:29:19and what is it that energizes them
00:29:22is it actually
00:29:23the soul of the dead man
00:29:24which has not yet departed
00:29:25to its final destination
00:29:35it's a fair question doctor
00:29:36how could it
00:29:38well according to accepted theory
00:29:40the vampire dematerializes its body
00:29:43and reintegrates it
00:29:44outside the grain
00:29:45it's a good explanation
00:29:46if you can believe it
00:29:47and while I'm standing here
00:29:49listening to all this rubbish
00:29:50there's a poor man in the garden
00:29:52in danger of a tetanus infection
00:29:53now what should I do for him doctor
00:29:55shall I apply microchrome
00:29:57or two percent solution
00:29:58to biocloride
00:29:58well either will do
00:29:59get some gauze
00:30:01and some microchrome
00:30:02thank you doctor
00:30:03I'll wait here
00:30:04difficult to believe isn't it
00:30:06it's impossible to believe
00:30:09and yet
00:30:10it would explain these deaths
00:30:13wouldn't it
00:30:17ah brett schneider
00:30:19pardon their intrusion
00:30:20doctor von nieman
00:30:21but after what you saw last night
00:30:23you'll be interested
00:30:24in this as well
00:30:25well what's happened
00:30:27gringan was found dead
00:30:28an hour ago
00:30:30with the two punctures
00:30:31in his neck
00:30:32and not a drop of blood
00:30:33in his body
00:30:34and what's more
00:30:37herman gleib
00:30:39has disappeared
00:30:40what
00:30:40now are you convinced
00:30:42that we were right
00:30:42and you were wrong
00:30:43that'd be proof enough
00:30:44for anybody
00:30:45gringan said
00:30:46herman would get him
00:30:47and he did
00:30:47well brett schneider
00:30:50i appoint you
00:30:51my deputy
00:30:52organize a searching party
00:30:53and comb this countryside
00:30:54from one end to the other
00:30:55find herman gleib
00:30:56and bring him in
00:30:57but don't harm him
00:30:58do you understand
00:30:58what good will that do
00:31:00he's a vampire
00:31:02there's only one thing
00:31:03for us to do
00:31:03when we find him
00:31:04kill him
00:31:05and drive a stake
00:31:06through his arms
00:31:07herman gleib
00:31:07will be tried
00:31:07by a court of law
00:31:10the charge against him
00:31:11is proven true
00:31:11the law will decide
00:31:12what to do with him
00:31:13not you
00:31:14i'll get your men
00:31:14together and do
00:31:15as i tell you
00:31:15that's a way to talk
00:31:19i'm going into town
00:31:20for a little while
00:31:20doctor
00:31:21would you care
00:31:21to come along
00:31:22oh i hardly believe so
00:31:23as little to be done
00:31:24until they find the boy
00:31:26if you need me then
00:31:27all right thanks
00:31:27i'll let you know
00:31:36i feel as though
00:31:37i was going to faint
00:31:37oh there auntie
00:31:38there's nothing here
00:31:39to be afraid of
00:31:40here comes aim
00:31:41over the um
00:31:41with curicromid bandages
00:31:42run along now
00:31:43and take care
00:31:43of that patient
00:31:44of yours
00:31:45oh heavens
00:31:46i forgot all
00:31:46about him
00:31:47oh
00:31:49oh my heart
00:31:51oh
00:31:52poor auntie
00:31:53she's had every ailment
00:31:55in the book
00:31:55there's a lot that aren't
00:31:56i'm afraid
00:31:58particularly a palpitation
00:31:59of the auriculoventricular
00:32:01tricuspid and mitral valves
00:32:02doctor
00:32:04well i had to tell her
00:32:05something to satisfy her
00:32:16here here you mustn't do that
00:32:20now where's that finger
00:32:28you good like martha
00:32:30she give me apples
00:32:33herman like you
00:32:37are you herman
00:32:39me herman
00:32:41you give me apple
00:32:44herman give you
00:32:47nice soft bat
00:32:49what
00:32:50i don't care
00:32:51but
00:32:52for my
00:32:56to love
00:32:56so
00:33:04i don't care
00:33:09but
00:33:11i don't care
00:33:23Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:33:47Oh, Herman, now you go away, Herman, I know you, I know you, don't you ditch me, I know you,
00:33:51Herman.
00:33:57Herman, go away now, Herman, go away.
00:34:26What is it, Georgiana?
00:34:27I just found this in Emil's room.
00:34:31Well?
00:34:32It belonged to my friend, Martha Mueller.
00:34:34Are you certain?
00:34:35I gave it to her myself.
00:34:37Martha died last night.
00:34:39I find her crucifix in Emil's room.
00:34:42Doesn't that mean Emil is the one
00:34:43Herr Brett Schneider is seeking?
00:34:45This amazes me, Georgiana.
00:34:47It is impossible.
00:34:50It rained the night Von Els died.
00:34:52There was mud on Emil's shoes the next morning.
00:34:55Have you mentioned this to anyone?
00:34:56I intend to tell Herr Brett Schneider
00:34:58when he calls again.
00:34:59I can't believe it.
00:35:03Leave this with me.
00:35:04I want to talk to Emil
00:35:05before you say anything to anyone.
00:35:07The burgemeister should know at once.
00:35:09Yes, all in good time.
00:35:11Emil has been with me too long
00:35:12for us to jump to conclusions.
00:35:16Don't say anything until I tell you
00:35:18and send Emil to me.
00:35:20Very well, Doctor.
00:35:32That's for the neuritis.
00:35:35And the pepsin.
00:35:36That house and fiber was tougher than shoe leather.
00:35:39And sweet spirits of lighter.
00:35:41That'll help.
00:35:41At least won't do any harm.
00:35:43And ginger.
00:35:46That'll warm us tonic.
00:35:47And now, a little pipe out of soda.
00:35:50Baby.
00:35:57Baby.
00:35:58I won't.
00:36:25We get him now.
00:36:38We get him now.
00:37:10Come on, men.
00:37:12Come on.
00:37:13We've got him.
00:37:14We can't get away from here now.
00:37:16Some of you's around that way.
00:37:18Come on.
00:37:32Come on, men.
00:37:35Get out of here.
00:37:37Come on.
00:37:52Come on.
00:38:01Come on.
00:38:03Come on.
00:38:05Oh, Uncle, I'm afraid.
00:38:09Come on, you're going with us, Herman.
00:38:13No, no.
00:38:14You're going with us.
00:38:15No.
00:38:16Come on, Herman.
00:38:22Come on, Herman, we won't hurt you.
00:38:24Come on.
00:38:25No, no, no.
00:38:44Come, let's go.
00:38:45Come, that settles him.
00:38:46Yes, let's go.
00:38:47Please.
00:38:48Come, I'll go.
00:38:56We've got to make certain.
00:38:58I won't go down there.
00:39:00Nobody asked you to.
00:39:03I'll go myself.
00:39:06Can you see him?
00:39:08He's on a ledge about 50 feet down.
00:39:12I'll get a rope.
00:39:14We've got to make certain, I tell you.
00:39:32You must be careful, Emil.
00:39:36Very careful.
00:40:06No, it must be, it must be.
00:40:11She's no better than the rest.
00:40:14I've got to go on.
00:40:44I'll do it.
00:40:45No.
00:42:38Thank you, Doctor.
00:42:38Good evening.
00:42:39I'm sorry to have to disturb you, Doctor, but we simply couldn't make Georgiana hear the bell.
00:42:42That's quite all right, my dear.
00:42:44Georgiana's becoming careless.
00:42:45Very careless.
00:42:46Yes, I've noticed that, too.
00:42:48In my opinion, she has Nagana.
00:42:50That's sleeping sickness.
00:42:51You know the symptoms, Doctor.
00:42:53At first, I thought it was creeping paralysis, so I stuck a pin in her leg to see, and there
00:42:58was a splendid reaction of the reflex motor nerve.
00:43:00Why, Auntie, you're shocked.
00:43:02So was she.
00:43:04Won't you join me in some coffee?
00:43:05Yes, thanks, Doctor.
00:43:06We will.
00:43:07There are a few questions I'd like to ask you, Paul.
00:43:09About blood and murders and vampires, I suppose.
00:43:11Yes, I'm afraid so.
00:43:13So am I.
00:43:14Well, good night.
00:43:15If such a thing is possible, I'm going to bed.
00:43:17Won't you join us, too, French-Napman?
00:43:19Coffee at this hour of the night?
00:43:20No, thank you.
00:43:21I'm going to stick to my monazvestor psilic salic salad.
00:43:25Acid, Doctor.
00:43:25Acid.
00:43:26Good night.
00:43:32What's the news in the village, Carl?
00:43:35Have they located Hermann yet?
00:43:36No, not a trace of him.
00:43:39I hate to think of that poor misfit being hunted down like a dog.
00:43:44Do you know, I simply can't bring myself to believe in that vampire theory.
00:43:48Will you pause?
00:43:49Certainly.
00:43:50I know, Carl.
00:43:52Our saner, calmer judgment tells us that such things can't be.
00:43:56And yet, here, for instance, in this ponderous tome,
00:44:00are cited a thousand and one phobias and complexes
00:44:03that human beings are heir to.
00:44:05Some of them are strange,
00:44:07more untenable even than werewolves and vampires.
00:44:12Could I have some more, please?
00:44:13You drink entirely too much coffee.
00:44:15Well, of my one weakness.
00:44:16And also my excuse for tolerating Georgiana's laxity in other things.
00:44:20She does know how to make good coffee.
00:44:24She brings it to me every night at exactly ten o'clock.
00:44:28And when I've drunk it all,
00:44:30then I know it's time to quit.
00:44:31Yes.
00:44:32And eat breakfast so you can have more coffee.
00:44:34Oh.
00:44:45Georgiana, you mustn't lie like that.
00:44:51Go get yourself a tartar-de-coolers.
00:44:53No, sit next.
00:44:55Georgiana.
00:45:01That was Auntie.
00:45:13Auntie.
00:45:13Auntie.
00:45:17Oh, my God.
00:45:18I'm all right.
00:45:19I'm all right now.
00:45:21Oh, it's just...
00:45:22David, help the flower snap the door.
00:45:23I'm silly imagination.
00:45:26I...
00:45:26I imagine...
00:45:27I saw it, Joseph.
00:45:28I...
00:45:29It's all right.
00:45:31It's all right.
00:45:40The same two wounds, Doctor.
00:45:43My last words to her were angry ones.
00:45:46Perpetulate reprimand had been late with my coffee.
00:45:49What time is that?
00:45:50About two or three minutes after ten.
00:45:52She's been dead then about 45 minutes.
00:45:59Bloodless like the rest.
00:46:03It passes all belief.
00:46:08Ruth's aunt saw Herman Gleib in the garden this morning.
00:46:11Could it be that he...
00:46:24You were the first one here.
00:46:25What happened?
00:46:27I was in my room reading.
00:46:29My door was open.
00:46:30I must have dozed off for a minute or so because I awoke to hear Frosch-Noppmann scream.
00:46:35You say your door was open?
00:46:36Yes.
00:46:37My room is very poorly ventilated.
00:46:38And you saw nothing?
00:46:40Heard nothing unusual?
00:46:42Nothing.
00:46:46Carl.
00:46:46What is it?
00:46:48This crucifix.
00:46:49It belonged to Martha.
00:46:53See you, dear Emil.
00:46:57Can you positively identify this as belonging to Martha?
00:47:00Without a doubt.
00:47:01I saw it in her room the night she died.
00:47:04How in the world did it get here?
00:47:06Herman Gleib is in her room.
00:47:08He had that crucifix in his hands.
00:47:11And Herman was here today.
00:47:15Maybe here now, for all we know.
00:47:28Who is it?
00:47:30Ah.
00:47:30Oh.
00:47:34How is she?
00:47:35She's had a real shock this time, but she'll be all right.
00:47:38I'm putting her to bed.
00:47:39Leave her there.
00:47:40Don't let her out of this room.
00:47:41And don't you leave it either.
00:47:43Why, what do you mean?
00:47:44It looks as if Herman Gleib is the killer after all.
00:47:47It's possible he may be hiding here in the castle.
00:47:49Why, what makes you think so?
00:47:51I'll tell you later.
00:47:52Stay in your room.
00:47:53And keep your door locked.
00:47:55Don't worry about that.
00:48:01I heard every word he said.
00:48:03And I don't think there's any use of them searching for Herman.
00:48:06They should look for a dog.
00:48:07A human-faced dog.
00:48:09Andy, the doors and windows are all locked.
00:48:11There's nothing to be afraid of now.
00:48:12Ah, who said I was afraid?
00:48:14I'm not a bit afraid.
00:48:15No, of course you're not afraid, but you must get some rest.
00:48:17Rest in this awful place?
00:48:19With dog-faced Hermans and human-faced bats
00:48:23and blood and murders and vampires.
00:48:35Find anything, Carl?
00:48:37There's an unbroken cobweb in that window.
00:48:40If Herman did it, he came through the door.
00:48:42He must have.
00:48:44And yet I don't understand
00:48:45how he could find his way up here
00:48:46without us hearing him.
00:48:48Yet Emil was asleep.
00:48:49And I was in the library.
00:48:52Yes, he could have done it.
00:48:54The facts all point to it.
00:48:57What was it, Emil?
00:48:58The burgomaster.
00:48:59He has news for her bretschneider about Herman.
00:49:04Oh.
00:49:15Pardon the intrusion, Doctor.
00:49:17Pardon the intrusion.
00:49:18I knew Carl was here,
00:49:19and I thought you wouldn't mind
00:49:20if I ran in to tell him the news.
00:49:22About Herman?
00:49:23Yes.
00:49:24He fell into the devil's well in the cave.
00:49:27He's dead?
00:49:28Dead does a doornail.
00:49:30This ends our troubles, Carl.
00:49:32The vampire's dead.
00:49:34I can feel it in my bones.
00:49:36Well, your bones may be wrong.
00:49:39What time did this happen?
00:49:41Quite early, about nine o'clock.
00:49:43The cave is nearly two hours from here.
00:49:45That's why we didn't hear it sooner.
00:49:47Well, it may interest you to know
00:49:49that there's been another death
00:49:50after your vampire died.
00:49:53Who?
00:49:54Who?
00:49:54Dr. von Neumann's housekeeper.
00:49:56Right here in her own room.
00:49:58Mother of mercy!
00:49:59What are we going to do?
00:50:01Well, a natural death wouldn't kill a vampire, Carl.
00:50:03You know the accepted theory?
00:50:05A stake driven through the heart?
00:50:07Oh, yes.
00:50:07That's the theory, all right.
00:50:09But, but, but...
00:50:10What what?
00:50:11But they did!
00:50:12They drove a stake through his heart.
00:50:14Good God!
00:50:15Are we living in the Middle Ages?
00:50:16It wasn't through my sanction, Carl.
00:50:19Masauer did it.
00:50:20He told me so himself.
00:50:23Well, that ends the vampire theory
00:50:25as far as I'm concerned.
00:50:27Herman Gleib died in the accepted fashion
00:50:29for killing a vampire.
00:50:31Oh, no, there's some human agency
00:50:33at work here, Doctor.
00:50:34A madman who kills
00:50:36to satisfy some violent, sadistic urge.
00:50:38Yes, you're right, Carl.
00:50:40I've been a fool,
00:50:41a superstitious fool.
00:50:44Did they leave his body in the cave?
00:50:46Yes.
00:50:47Yes, they did.
00:50:49Well, in view of what's happened,
00:50:50don't you think you owe him
00:50:51a decent burial?
00:50:52You're right.
00:50:53In view of what has happened,
00:50:55we do owe him that, Carl.
00:50:57Well, I'll see to it at once
00:50:58this very instant.
00:51:00And I'll make arrangements
00:51:01for Georgiana's removal
00:51:02to the morgue.
00:51:03Good night, Doctor.
00:51:05Pardon the intrusion.
00:51:06Good night, Gustav.
00:51:06Pardon the intrusion.
00:51:12Well, here I am,
00:51:13just where I started weeks ago.
00:51:16There isn't a single theory
00:51:17that doesn't lead
00:51:18straight into a stone wall.
00:51:21I've gestured about
00:51:22this vampire business
00:51:23because my better judgment
00:51:24told me it was a lot of nonsense.
00:51:26Then I reached the point
00:51:27where I was willing
00:51:28to accept even that.
00:51:29Because it seemed
00:51:30to satisfy the equation.
00:51:32Always a bit superstitious.
00:51:35I don't know which way to turn.
00:51:37Where to look?
00:51:38What to look for?
00:51:40Why should anyone
00:51:41want human blood?
00:51:43Why?
00:51:44Why?
00:51:44Calm yourself, Carl.
00:51:46Calm myself.
00:51:47Calm myself.
00:51:48With all these unsolved murders
00:51:50staring me in the face
00:51:51and no solution in sight?
00:51:57How much blood is there
00:51:58in the human body, Doctor?
00:52:00About six liters, approximately.
00:52:03Can you think of any purpose
00:52:05for which that amount of blood
00:52:06might be used?
00:52:08No.
00:52:10Not even in transfusions.
00:52:11That's the point
00:52:12which stops me.
00:52:14There isn't any other use
00:52:15for human blood.
00:52:17God.
00:52:19Murderers leave clues.
00:52:20And these atrocities
00:52:21are murders, Doctor.
00:52:23Those simple fools
00:52:24in the village
00:52:24can believe what they like.
00:52:25But you and I
00:52:25are sane-thinking people.
00:52:27And you now and I know, Doctor,
00:52:28that these are murders.
00:52:31The last one was done here.
00:52:33In this very house,
00:52:35right under this roof.
00:52:37All right, I'll start here.
00:52:39I'm going over every foot
00:52:41of this place,
00:52:41both inside and out.
00:52:43Nobody, sane or insane,
00:52:44is clever enough
00:52:45to get away with murder
00:52:46without leaving a clue
00:52:46of some sort.
00:52:47And I'm going to find that clue.
00:52:49Now, come, Carl.
00:52:49You mustn't let your nerves
00:52:50run away with you.
00:52:51Here.
00:52:53These.
00:52:57These will help
00:52:57to give you
00:52:58a good night's sleep.
00:53:03If there are any clues,
00:53:05they'll be here in the morning
00:53:06when your nerves are calm
00:53:07and your...
00:53:08your mind is clear.
00:53:10Take my advice
00:53:11and go home
00:53:12and rest.
00:53:13I imagine a thousand demons
00:53:14were after me
00:53:15as I came down those stairs.
00:53:16Ruth, didn't I tell you
00:53:17to stay in your room?
00:53:18Yes, but I wanted the Doctor
00:53:19to come up and quiet at me.
00:53:21You know, it isn't her imagination
00:53:22this time.
00:53:22Of course, Ruth.
00:53:23I'll come right away.
00:53:24Take my advice, young man.
00:53:26Go home and go to bed.
00:53:28Good night, Carl.
00:53:31Good night, Ruth.
00:53:39Good night, Carl.
00:53:40Good night, Doctor.
00:54:09Good night, Carl.
00:54:09Good night, Carl.
00:54:11Good night, Carl.
00:54:17Good night, Carl.
00:54:19Good night, Carl.
00:54:20Good night, Carl.
00:54:21Good night, Carl.
00:54:21Good night, Carl.
00:54:21Good night, Carl.
00:54:21Good night, Carl.
00:54:21Good night, Carl.
00:54:22Good night, Carl.
00:54:22Good night, Carl.
00:54:22Good night, Carl.
00:54:23Good night, Carl.
00:54:23Good night, Carl.
00:54:23Good night, Carl.
00:54:24Good night, Carl.
00:54:26Good night, Carl.
00:54:27Good night, Carl.
00:54:30Good night, Carl.
00:54:57If his lights are on,
00:55:00you must wait, Emil, wait until he has gone to bed.
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00:56:55Very strong.
00:57:00I am waiting for you.
00:57:03Waiting for you to bring him to the laboratory.
00:57:44You!
00:57:45You!
00:57:46You're the one!
00:57:47What mad thing are you doing?
00:57:49Mad?
00:57:49Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?
00:57:53Life created in the laboratory.
00:57:55No mere crystalline growth, but tissue.
00:57:58Living, growing tissue.
00:58:00Life that moves, pulsates, and demands food for its continued growth.
00:58:07You shudder in horror.
00:58:09So did I the first time.
00:58:11But what are a few lies that we weighed in the balance against the achievement of biological science?
00:58:15Think of it.
00:58:17I have lifted the veil.
00:58:19I have created life.
00:58:21Rested the secret of life from life.
00:58:23Now do you understand?
00:58:24For the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life.
00:58:29I'll tell Carl.
00:58:31You may.
00:58:33For tonight, Carl's name will be added to yours.
00:58:36And all of those who miss achievement will immortalize.
00:59:28And all of those who have gone before, I have created life.
00:59:49For tonight, Carl.
00:59:56You are all right.
01:00:00Hello.
01:00:01Thanks, sir.
01:00:01Bye.
01:00:09I didn't take your sleeping tablets, Doctor.
01:00:48Emil brought them here. He's the one who murdered them.
01:00:51Stay where you are. You'll have a chance to tell everything, Doctor.
01:01:06I'll take care of our Neiman. Get her out of here.
01:01:32You stay here.
01:01:49Von Neiman and Emil.
01:01:54Doctor! Doctor Von Neiman!
01:01:57Oh, she mustn't see them.
01:02:01Where is Doctor Von Neiman? I must see him immediately.
01:02:04I'm guessing you can't. He can't be disturbed.
01:02:07Oh, but I must see him. I simply must.
01:02:09That hydrous magnesium sulfate he gave me is affecting me most peculiarly.
01:02:14You'll pardon me?
01:02:19Hydrous magnesium sulfate.
01:02:23Well, that's Epsom salts.
01:02:29Well, that's the last one.
01:02:31That's Epsom salts.
01:02:32We will not increase again.
01:02:33Yeah, that's Epsom salts.
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