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00:02:05Oh, my God.
00:02:23Oh, my God.
00:02:47Oh, my friend.
00:02:51Our theory of glandular stimulation through electrical impulses was correct.
00:02:57A few days ago, you were small as your companion.
00:03:02And now, look at you.
00:03:14Oh, my God.
00:03:17Oh, my God.
00:03:30Oh, my God.
00:03:31Oh, my God.
00:03:46You
00:04:10All right.
00:04:42All right.
00:05:08All right.
00:05:36All right.
00:06:04All right.
00:06:47All right.
00:06:51This is Dr. Caravis speaking.
00:06:53Yeah, this is Heath.
00:06:55Henry Moore and I are having a little get-together at my home tonight.
00:06:58We want you to come.
00:07:00Why, that's nice of you, and I appreciate it.
00:07:03But 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.
00:07:16Don'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.
00:07:29Well, it's all arranged.
00:07:30He's coming.
00:07:31He's going to be surprised when I find the special occasion to present him with this bonus check.
00:07:37$5,000.
00:07:38$5,000.
00:07:38$5,000.
00:08:09Good. You have not forgotten.
00:08:13You hate this strange oriental fragrance even while you sleep.
00:08:19Just as you did before I made you big and strong.
00:08:26Now, if you detect the fragrance in the night, then you're fully awake.
00:08:34You will strike.
00:08:45You will strike. Don't kill.
00:08:51Doc's late. I wonder if he's been called out on a case.
00:08:55Perhaps I'd better phone him.
00:09:06Remember, Roy, Tommy, you're not to mention anything about this Mortis for the Dot until after your father has presented
00:09:11it.
00:09:12Have you warned those two lovebirds over there?
00:09:15Perhaps I'd better.
00:09:19I want to caution both of you.
00:09:21Enough to say a word about the check.
00:09:23Until you're ready to spring it on him.
00:09:24Your father will make the presentation, Mary.
00:09:26Why don't you unveil it like a statue? Then we could all be in on it.
00:09:30You know, I think it would be a better idea to put it in a bottle and launch him with
00:09:33it.
00:09:34You must have gotten that idea out of a bottle.
00:09:37Well, the Doc isn't coming.
00:09:39What?
00:09:40Oh, what a shame.
00:09:41Oh, 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.
00:09:48Well, why don't we all go up there and give it to him?
00:09:50No, no, I wouldn't do that. He doesn't like visits when he's experimenting.
00:09:53Well, Roy can take the check up to him.
00:09:56Sure, I'll take it.
00:09:57Shall I make the Doc a speech when I give it to him?
00:10:00You won't have to, Roy.
00:10:01The check speaks for itself.
00:10:03Yeah, and such a mouthful.
00:10:04Son, tell the Doc we're awfully sorry he can't be with us,
00:10:07but of course we understand how busy he is.
00:10:10All 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?
00:10:31We were all sorry you couldn't be there tonight.
00:10:33Yes, yes, but you see, I'm busy.
00:10:36Something important, very important.
00:10:38Yes, of course.
00:10:39Mr. Morton and Dad had planned a little surprise for you.
00:10:42A surprise?
00:10:44It's in here.
00:10:46Well, let's see what it is.
00:10:50$5,000.
00:10:52What's this for?
00:10:54Just a little token of the firm's appreciation.
00:10:58Oh, I see.
00:11:00A bonus.
00:11:02Well, it's awfully nice of you, Father, Mr. Morton.
00:11:06I will thank them personally tomorrow.
00:11:09I'll tell them, Doctor.
00:11:10Well, aren't you curious about my new formula?
00:11:12Yes, of course, only I didn't want to be inquisitive.
00:11:15What is it?
00:11:16A new shaving lotion.
00:11:21Smell 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.
00:11:33Now, rub it on the tender part of your neck.
00:11:37Here.
00:11:49Soothing, isn't it?
00:11:52Yes.
00:11:53When 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.
00:12:06Good night, Doctor.
00:12:09Goodbye, Roy.
00:12:25Lovely check, isn't it, Doctor?
00:12:28They are wealthy.
00:12:30Because of you.
00:12:32You made them rich, Doctor.
00:12:35It was your formula.
00:12:38Tonight they gave you $5,000
00:12:41and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:12:46That was your money they gave you,
00:12:50like a bone tossed to a faithful soul.
00:13:11You should be very grateful, doctor. Very grateful.
00:13:17They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:20And what have you got, doctor?
00:13:47Tonight you have work to do.
00:13:53It's time you were on your way.
00:14:33I'll leave you in the next one.
00:14:34while our families are here to announce our engagement.
00:14:37Look, Don, I've loved you a long time,
00:14:40ever since we were kids.
00:14:42But I'm afraid it's been more like a sister.
00:14:45Well, I...
00:14:46I had no idea you felt that way.
00:15:08Nothing's happened to Roy.
00:15:14Roy!
00:15:16I'd better call Dr. Creuthers.
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.
00:15:29I never saw anything like it before.
00:15:33The juggler being his seventh.
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.
00:16:08It's a mystery killing.
00:16:09Old Martin Heath's son.
00:16:11Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:12Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:13Say, have you ever had a date with a girl?
00:16:16A 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?
00:16:22Uh, did...
00:16:22Of course she smells sweet.
00:16:24Most 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.
00:16:33Hmm, I get it.
00:16:34A big man, huh?
00:16:35Yes, and a big advertising account.
00:16:37Grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville.
00:16:40The coroner's holding an inquest.
00:16:42Find out who really killed old man Heath's son.
00:16:45Okay, McGetty, I'm on my way.
00:16:47Ah.
00:17:01Chief Wilkins?
00:17:03Yeah?
00:17:03I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:17:06Glad to see you.
00:17:06And this is my cameraman, One Shot McGuire.
00:17:09Hi, Chief.
00:17:10Howdy.
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,
00:17:21providing 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 with this thing myself.
00:17:29Oh, 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, but we can't determine the source.
00:17:46They're too deep for fingernails,
00:17:48too shallow to have been made by a knife.
00:17:51They're more like claws.
00:17:53That sort 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.
00:18:09This isn't Africa.
00:18:10Okay, Chief, I'm just trying to help.
00:18:13Chief, are you sure there's no clue you're holding back
00:18:16while investigating?
00:18:18Well, since you're going to work with me on this case,
00:18:22there is a clue.
00:18:23And a very weird one.
00:18:26The autopsy surgeon says that such wounds could have been made
00:18:30by the beak and talons of a bird.
00:18:32A bird?
00:18:34Well, 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.
00:18:45Ah!
00:18:46Chouches la femme.
00:18:47They're not human hairs.
00:18:49What kind are they?
00:18:51Well, it may sound silly,
00:18:52but 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?
00:19:01Say, a bat has hair like a mouse.
00:19:03Well, the only bats around here are no bigger than sparrows.
00:19:08There 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, 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?
00:19:29Certainly not. Go ahead.
00:19:30If I can help you, I...
00:19:32You can.
00:19:33Miss Heath seems to be the nearest to an eyewitness of the crime.
00:19:36I'd like to have a talk with her.
00:19:37Can you arrange it?
00:19:38I think I can.
00:19:40Well, Dr. Crothers refused to let her speak to us.
00:19:42We tried that this morning at the inquest.
00:19:43Well, don't you worry about Dr. Crothers.
00:19:46He'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.
00:19:55Thanks, Chief.
00:19:56I'll keep in touch with you.
00:19:57All right.
00:19:594-8-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.
00:20:21Hello, 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 for 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?
00:21:01No, Maxine.
00:21:01I'll do it.
00:21:03You may go now.
00:21:03Oui, mademoiselle.
00:21:09Do you take sugar, Mr. McGuire?
00:21:10Huh?
00:21:11Oh, no, ma'am.
00:21:12Never.
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.
00:21:24What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:28Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:21:31I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:32That I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration
00:21:36a layman might overlook.
00:21:37For 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.
00:22:09On the contrary.
00:22:10He 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.
00:22:24Well, yes, that'll be quite all right.
00:22:26Goodbye, Miss Heath.
00:22:26Goodbye.
00:22:27Goodbye, Doctor.
00:22:31A little more chiffon, baby.
00:22:34I do not understand.
00:22:35Oh, you know what I mean. A little more your stocking.
00:22:40Like these?
00:22:42Sure, I like them. Who wouldn't?
00:22:44Now, hold nice and still, because this is going to take a little time.
00:22:53Well, if you're going to shoot, shoot.
00:22:55Right away, Johnny.
00:22:56I was just trying to get the focus.
00:22:58Mm-hmm.
00:23:00I got it.
00:23:01Well, not bad either.
00:23:03I'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.
00:23:09You 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.
00:23:31And I had a date with Frenchy.
00:23:33Oh, stop crabbing.
00:23:34We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:23:36You, uh...
00:23:37Beefy, brave journalist.
00:23:43This is the first time I've ever been invited anywhere
00:23:45and asked not to shave until after I get there.
00:23:48I 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 before 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.
00:24:13I don't think you ever use anything else.
00:24:16Well, we wouldn't want to market anything we 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.
00:24:37Good night, Tommy.
00:24:42Good night.
00:24:58I'll be right back.
00:25:05Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:29I
00:25:30What's that we're over there something's moving
00:25:38Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:25:45What are you doing out here, Miss Heath?
00:25:47I thought you might want some company.
00:25:49Shall we sit down?
00:25:51You 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.
00:26:00Roy was my brother.
00:26:05Be careful, I think it's Tommy.
00:26:11Hello, Tommy.
00:26:12Hello, 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. It's ridiculous.
00:26:26Somebody or something killed your brother.
00:26:29And I suppose you're working on the theory that the murderer always returns to the scene of the crime.
00:26:34I don't know what you're doing at the time.
00:26:35Perhaps I am.
00:26:37Not for me.
00:26:39If you 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.
00:26:52I don't think your brother likes my being here.
00:26:55Oh, you mustn't mind, Tommy.
00:26:56We're all terribly upset.
00:26:58I know.
00:27:08Come on.
00:27:11Come on.
00:27:16Help!
00:27:19Help!
00:27:20Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:22Help!
00:27:22Help!
00:27:24Help!
00:27:27Help!
00:27:33Help!
00:27:45But I'm telling you, McGetty, it was a bat.
00:27:47I saw it kill Tommy Heave.
00:27:49Listen, Johnny, I want you and One Shot to come on home
00:27:52or 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.
00:28:00Devil Bat strikes again.
00:28:04Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:28:06Maybe I'd better send a wagon with the steel bars
00:28:09and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:28:12Look, Joe, have I ever lied to you?
00:28:15Plenty of times.
00:28:16Well, 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.
00:28:23Print 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.
00:28:30Not 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?
00:28:42Have 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
00:28:52you 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 stuff in the Emporium?
00:29:05Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:31Look, it's a bird.
00:29:31Oh, down onkoket.�
00:30:17Now, here's the idea, Frenchy.
00:30:19You hang on to the bat till I get my camera set up.
00:30:22And when I raise my hand, you give the bat a good shove
00:30:25and it'll swing out just like it's flying.
00:30:27Then I can get a swell picture from a boss. Get it?
00:30:29It's weak. I am wise, no?
00:30:32No, but hang on to the bat until I raise my hand, huh?
00:31:10I'm going to make you pay for that.
00:31:14And I'm going to take you to jail until you explain this. Come on.
00:31:17You can't do this, Tom.
00:31:19I'm doing it.
00:31:21I was just conducting a little experiment trying to find out how the devil bat does his killing.
00:31:26I'm sure McGuire didn't intend doing anything wrong.
00:31:29He's just a little overzealous about his work.
00:31:32Well, with the town in an uproar and everybody terror-stricken wondering whether he's going to be the next victim,
00:31:38I don't want any more trouble stirred up, even with an artificial bat.
00:31:42You'd better get back to the hotel. I want to talk to the chief alone.
00:31:46Is it all right, chief?
00:31:48Yeah, but be careful in the future.
00:31:53Ever smell 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.
00:32:04Where'd you get it?
00:32:06Found it in Don Morton's bathroom.
00:32:09Find out where Morton got it?
00:32:11No, I didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking questions till after it's been analyzed.
00:32:16Do you think it has any connection with the murders?
00:32:18That's the way it strikes me, but I can't figure out how.
00:32:22I'll get the police cameras on it right away.
00:32:25I'll snoop around and see if I can find out where Morton got it.
00:32:28Well, it probably came from down at the Heath cosmetic plant.
00:32:32I've been working on the theory of a disgruntled factory employee committing the crimes.
00:32:37It'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.
00:33:02Worse 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.
00:33:08Good night, Chief.
00:33:09Good night, Johnny.
00:33:20Boy, if I got a picture, it'll knock my Ginty dead.
00:33:22Meet 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 will 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.
00:33:51You will note that I say alleged devil bat.
00:33:53That, ladies and gentlemen, is because your correspondent has been very skeptical from the start
00:33:58as to the existence of this horrendous creature.
00:34:00I have as my guest in the studio tonight, Professor Percival Garland Raines,
00:34:04perhaps the world's greatest authority on animal life.
00:34:06I'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.
00:34:21He'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, but not in this day and age.
00:34:32How do you account for the fact that Mary Heath, whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat,
00:34:37and a newspaper reporter, John Layton, claimed to have seen this amazing creature?
00:34:41Sometimes, under stress of excitement, our 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?
00:34:53I examined that picture under a powerful magnifying glass.
00:34:57I denounce it as a fraud.
00:35:00Whoever constructed the strange-looking monster forgot to remove a label from the silk,
00:35:04from the silk used on its left wing.
00:35:07That label reads, Made in Japan.
00:35:17Put 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.
00:35:35So you slipped over a fake picture on me, huh?
00:35:38Well, you're fired, both of you.
00:35:39And 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 he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch.
00:35:50Both of you, come on in and get your final checks.
00:35:53Oh no, we're not coming in to get anything.
00:35:56All right, so we're fired, but we're staying here just the same.
00:36:00I saw that bat.
00:36:02We're gonna stay here till we catch that bat, and when we do, I'm gonna bring it in and stuff
00:36:06it down your throat.
00:36:07Goodbye.
00:36:11Well, we're fired.
00:36:13Well, 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.
00:36:21No use begging us to go to work for you again, McGinty.
00:36:23You 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?
00:36:31But it wasn't intended as a joke, Mary.
00:36:34I was only trying to get the news.
00:36:35I suppose you call it getting the news when you arrange to print a picture.
00:36:39That's a deliberate hoax.
00:36:41That has the entire country laughing.
00:36:43A 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 and nail your hide to a barn door.
00:37:09Here's the chemistry part on that shaving lotion.
00:37:14I see he couldn't break down one of the ingredients.
00:37:16Yes, he said it must be some element with 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 that might be able to help us.
00:37:29Dr. Carruthers.
00:37:32Yeah, Carruthers could help us.
00:37:34I found out he compounded that lotion.
00:37:36Well, if you suspect Carruthers, you're barking up the wrong tree, Johnny.
00:37:41He's the last man in this town that would harm anyone.
00:37:43Why, everybody loves him.
00:37:46Maybe so.
00:37:47But here's something else I dug up.
00:37:51The Heath and Morton fortunes are based on a greaseless cold cream formula Dr. Carruthers invented.
00:37:56So what?
00:37:58All the doctor got out of it was $10,000, and the others made a fortune.
00:38:03Well, it's common knowledge that he sold out for cash when he could have had an interest in the firm.
00:38:07Just the same, every victim had this stuff from his laboratory on him.
00:38:14Maybe 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, we'll know there's a tie-up somewhere.
00:38:24I think you're bombing.
00:38:26But just to show you that I'm following up every clue, we'll talk to him.
00:38:31We'll put this in another bottle, and without telling him we know, he compounded it.
00:38:35Ask him to analyze it.
00:38:36Doc, I hope we're not upsetting your work barging in on you this way.
00:38:40No, no, not at all.
00:38:41I'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 young Morton and the two Heath boys had on them when they were attacked
00:38:50by the devil bat.
00:38:51Of course, it doesn't make sense to me that a bird would choose only people using that particular stuff.
00:38:58A bat is not a bird. It's a mammal.
00:39:02Well, anyway, our police chemists couldn't break down one of the ingredients.
00:39:06We thought perhaps you could.
00:39:09Why?
00:39:10I compounded this myself.
00:39:13It's a new shaving lotion I'm experimenting with.
00:39:17The ingredient your chemists couldn't break down. I discovered years ago in Tibet.
00:39:22How did you happen to put it in a shaving lotion?
00:39:25Oh, the llamas use it in some of their religious rites as a perfume.
00:39:30The scent is very pleasant. It can't be imitated by competitors.
00:39:34But what were Don Morton and the two Heath boys doing with this stuff?
00:39:38Oh, it is the policy of our firm to try out any new product before marketing it.
00:39:44Well, that knocks our theory into a cocked hat.
00:39:47Yeah. We were hoping the unknown ingredient might turn out to be some sort of a clue.
00:39:54This isn't the kind of bottle I give it out in.
00:39:57But I presume your chemists changed it when making the analysis.
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:03Is there anything else I can do to help?
00:40:06Tell me, did you hear Professor Raines on the radio last night?
00:40:10Yes.
00:40:11It was very interesting and very asinine.
00:40:15You mean you believe there is a devil bat?
00:40:17Why not? You saw it, didn't you?
00:40:19Well, sure I did. So did Mary.
00:40:20Then why worry about what one scientist says?
00:40:24That one scientist got me fired.
00:40:28You mean your newspaper discharged you?
00:40:31That's right.
00:40:33That's too bad.
00:40:36Then you will believe in Heath's will before the mystery is solved.
00:40:40I'm afraid not. I'm going to stay here and work with the chief.
00:40:46Since you are going to stay here for a while,
00:40:49I would like you to try out a bottle of the new lotion and tell me how you like it.
00:40:55And you too, chief.
00:40:56No, no. Not me, doc.
00:40:58If my wife ever smelled perfume on me, she'd suspect me sure.
00:41:04Well, Mr. Layton, I understand you are not married.
00:41:06All right. I'll try it in the morning when I shave.
00:41:09I guess we better be going, chief.
00:41:10See you later, doc.
00:41:12So long, Dr. Crothers.
00:41:15Goodbye, Mr. Layton.
00:41:27What's the matter?
00:41:29Does that smelly shaving lotion put you to sleep?
00:41:31Well, why did you tell the doc you're going to use it if you think it's smelly?
00:41:34Oh, I don't know. I guess I was a little ashamed of ever suspecting the old doc.
00:41:39Well, I like it and I'm going to tell him so.
00:41:44What time is it?
00:41:46After midnight.
00:41:47Midnight? Oh, there ain't no use of waiting around here any longer.
00:41:51This must be the bat's night off.
00:42:00Did you hear that?
00:42:01Yeah.
00:42:08Get that camera ready.
00:42:21Look out.
00:42:31You got him.
00:42:32Listen, Johnny.
00:42:33I'm going to cook that bird personally for McGinney.
00:42:36And I'll even stuff it myself.
00:43:15I was still skeptical when I came to Heathville today to examine the body of this so-called devil.
00:43:22But after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research, I've arrived at the conclusion that the creature is the lone
00:43:30survivor of a type of giant bat which existed in great numbers during the early part of the Neolithic age.
00:43:40Perhaps I should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners that the Neolithic age is that period of
00:43:46antiquity commonly called the Stone Age.
00:43:52Imbecile. Bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:24No.
00:44:26No.
00:44:27No.
00:44:29No.
00:44:30No.
00:44:30No.
00:44:42Sorry, McGinty.
00:44:43But One-Shot and I are not interested.
00:44:45At your prices.
00:44:46Of course, if there was a raise of say twenty…
00:44:4930.
00:44:4930 dollars plus a fat bonus, we might consider it.
00:44:53Your hold up men.
00:44:54Both of ya.
00:44:55I refuse to be robbed.
00:44:56Have it your way, McGinty, but we have the Bats Corpus Delecti
00:45:01and 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.
00:45:12That's better.
00:45:14Now you're talking, boss. Okay, 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.
00:45:24Hello, Johnny.
00:45:25Well, Mary.
00:45:26Johnny, 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?
00:45:41I'm positive she would.
00:45:55No.
00:46:08What?
00:46:21I don't know.
00:46:24I don't know how to say it again.
00:46:25I don't know how to say it, but...
00:46:51You are so good.
00:46:53You will be even greater than you run for.
00:46:55Your unfortunate predecessor.
00:47:09Enraged, 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, the lotion has turned out to be better than I had hoped.
00:47:29I want you to try it.
00:47:32Well, just leave it here, Doc, and then I'll try it in the morning after shaving.
00:47:40It smells good, doesn't it?
00:47:42Yes, but isn't it too strong?
00:47:44No, no, no. Evaporation quickly tones it down just 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 and receptive to a lotion.
00:47:59Well, just a little here.
00:48:02The texture of the skin there is always very delicate.
00:48:09I'll give you a few drops in your hand.
00:48:21I hope you're right about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:48:25I smell the high heavens.
00:48:28Perhaps that will be the secret of its success.
00:48:32Well, you can never tell what'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.
00:48:40All of your formulas have been highly successful.
00:48:45Well, I've been going over the report to 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.
00:49:09But then you've had a lot of fun in 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.
00:49:23So you try to pay me in flattery, telling me that I'm a dreamer.
00:49:29Well, I do dream.
00:49:33Dreams that you could never guess.
00:49:37Your nerves are afraid, Doc.
00:49:39Now calm down.
00:49:40Get a grip on yourself.
00:49:42You've been working too hard on your formula.
00:49:44Formula?
00:49:46That's but child's play for a great scientist.
00:49:50Your brain is too feeble to conceive what I have accomplished
00:49:55in the realm of science.
00:49:58Doc, you've made some great scientific discovery.
00:50:02What is it?
00:50:04When you'll find out, Henry, it'll be too late for you.
00:50:09Oh, come, come, Doc.
00:50:11You can't pretend to control a man's destiny.
00:50:15I've already proved it three times.
00:50:28I'm sorry.
00:50:31Perhaps you're right, Henry, about my working too hard.
00:50:36I guess I'm a little tired.
00:50:38I'd better go home and 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.
00:50:5936 J.
00:51:01Hello?
00:51:02Oh, that's you, Martin?
00:51:04Yes, Henry.
00:51:06I want you to call Chief of Police Wilkins to come to your house immediately.
00:51:09It's very important.
00:51:11Chief's here now.
00:51:12Well, don't let him leave until I get there.
00:51:14What other has happened?
00:51:16I think I've got a clue to all those murders.
00:51:19It may peter out.
00:51:20But if half what I suspect is true is the most diabolical plot that a madman ever concocted.
00:51:26What is it?
00:51:31Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:51:33I forgot my hat.
00:51:35Henry, what is it?
00:51:38I'll tell you all about it when I get there.
00:51:40I hope I didn't intrude on a private conversation.
00:51:43Nothing important.
00:52:11I don't know it!
00:52:11I don't know it.
00:52:11Never do it.
00:52:11Youí–ˆ me.
00:52:11What are you doing?
00:52:22wait?
00:52:22Oh, my God.
00:53:11I 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?
00:53:31Oh, just some night noise.
00:53:33Help!
00:53:34Oh!
00:53:46Oh!
00:54:39I feel much better, Mr. Heath, since you asked us to stay in your home until this new devil bat
00:54:43has been killed.
00:54:44I've been worried about Mary.
00:54:45What 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's 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.
00:55:11I'm going to marry Ms. Heath's maid.
00:55:13Oh, really?
00:55:15Well, boys, I'll have Maxine show you to your rooms.
00:55:17I must be running along.
00:55:18Home, it's past my bedtime.
00:55:20Good night, gentlemen.
00:55:21Good night, Dr. Martin.
00:55:22Good night, Dr.
00:55:22Good night, Dr.
00:55:23Good night, ma'am.
00:55:27Come along.
00:55:35Maxine?
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, that's all.
00:55:59Good night.
00:56:00Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:04Good night.
00:56:51Mary, what happened?
00:56:53It was trying to get in the window.
00:56:55A big bat.
00:56:57Oh, it 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.
00:57:10Then 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.
00:57:20What 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.
00:57:32Tony, this smells like...
00:57:33Wait, quiet.
00:57:34I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:57:37I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:57:38We'll do everything we can.
00:57:39Of course.
00:57:41What's Carruthers' number?
00:57:4348J.
00:57:48Operator, give me 48J, please.
00:57:53Hello, Dr. Carruthers.
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?
00:57:59I'll be right there.
00:58:01Good.
00:58:02Oh, Johnny, I'm all right.
00:58:04I don't need a doctor.
00:58:05That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:58:06You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:58:08Mr. Heath, you and OneShot must help her trick Dr. Carruthers into staying here as long as you can.
00:58:12Where are you going, Johnny?
00:58:14To do a little private bat hunting.
00:58:21To do a little private bat hunting.
00:59:00The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:59:03If she's suffering from fright, I'll give you a seraphim.
00:59:08Where's Mr. Layton?
00:59:09Well, 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, Dr.
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.
00:59:34Try some diggerpe.
00:59:39Ooh.
00:59:41Oh.
00:59:42Oh.
00:59:43All right.
01:00:59You may have visitors tonight, and it would be dangerous for me if they found you here.
01:02:19Hi, Doc.
01:02:21I hope I'm not intruding.
01:02:22No, no.
01:02:23Not 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...
01:02:36Well, 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, it might attract the killer.
01:02:50I 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.
01:03:16You see, Doc, I 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, and when the killer makes one of those power dives, I'll
01:03:29blast him.
01:03:30Layton, I'm afraid all these murders have affected your mind.
01:03:35Maybe you'd like to come along, Doc, and be an eyewitness.
01:03:39I'm sure it would be just a waste of time, but I'd be glad to watch your experiment.
01:03:44Good. I knew I could count on you to help me.
01:03:53I tell you, Layton, expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion is all foolishness.
01:03:59I think I better run around.
01:04:02Ah, sit down, Doc. The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:13You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight. What's the matter?
01:04:17Firearms always make me nervous.
01:04:20Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:04:23Ah, just 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.
01:04:36You have now, Doc.
01:04:37Why did you do that?
01:04:39To make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:04:44Now sit down, and don't try any shenanigans.
01:04:52Not so funny when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:04:56Is it, Doc?
01:04:58I... I 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.
01:05:07Don't worry about the bat killing you. I'm saving you for the hangman.
01:05:14Tell me, Doc. How did you, uh, develop a monster bat like that?
01:05:20You wouldn't understand the scientific theory.
01:05:24Don't worry.
01:05:32Let's go.
01:06:00Hello, 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.
01:06:07Thanks. 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.
01:06:15Quick, shoot it!
01:06:24Where is it? It's gone.
01:06:28And so's the doctor.
01:06:30Did you get the bat?
01:06:31What happened? Dr. Carruthers is the murderer.
01:06:33And he's hiding somewhere. He's in the garden.
01:06:35You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:06:39Come on.
01:06:46Doctor! Dr. Carruthers!
01:06:51Doctor!
01:06:53Has anything happened to Johnny? Is he hurt?
01:06:56They took him up to my place. You better come along with me.
01:07:15That was Mary.
01:07:29Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:31Go help Dr. Carruthers. He's over there.
01:07:35That devil, Bat, belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:38He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:43Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:07:45It's too late to help me.
01:07:47No, it's too late to go away.
01:07:49It's too late to get back.
01:07:50But it's too late to get back to the doctor.
01:07:55It's too late to die.
01:07:59So you're right, well, there's no other Medical Prove.
01:07:59That's still a good man.
01:07:59You know, I don't want to see a doctor.
01:07:59I'll give it to the doctor.
01:07:59So you're going to have a doctor.
01:08:00Go on.
01:08:00Come on, you.
01:08:01No, I can't.
01:08:05Come on, boy.
01:08:06I'll give it to you.
01:08:07You love him.
01:08:09Come on, I'll just go back to the doctor.
01:08:10You're going to get back to the doctor.
01:08:10You
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