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00:08:08Good.
00:08:10You 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.
00:08:27Now, if you detect the fragrance in the night and you're fully awake, you will strike.
00:08:42Yes, you will strike.
00:08:47Yes, you will strike.
00:09:06Now, remember, Roy and Tommy, you're not to mention anything about this mortise for the dot until after your father
00:09:11has presented it.
00:09:12Have you warned those two lovebirds over there?
00:09:15Perhaps I had to mention it.
00:09:19Perhaps I had 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.
00:09:27Why 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.
00:09:38Well, the doc isn't coming.
00:09:40What?
00:09:40Oh, what a shame.
00:09:41Oh, he just got busy with his new formula and forgot all about us.
00:09:45He'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.
00:09:51He doesn't like visits when he's experimenting.
00:09:54Well, Roy, I can take the check up to him.
00:09:55That's...
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 says a mouthful.
00:10:04Son, tell the doc we're awfully sorry he can't be with us, but of course we understand how busy he
00:10:09is.
00:10:10All right.
00:10:18Yes, 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.
00:10:49Five thousand dollars.
00:10:52What's this for?
00:10:54Just a little token of the firm's appreciation.
00:10:58Oh, I see.
00:11:01A bonus.
00:11:03Well, it's awfully nice of you, Father, Mr. Morton.
00:11:06Are you saying 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.
00:11:23Pretty 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.
00:11:37Yeah.
00:11:49Soothing, isn't it?
00:11:52Yes.
00:11:53When will it 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.
00:12:25Lovely check, isn't it, doctor?
00:12:28They are wealthy because of you.
00:12:32You made them rich, doctor.
00:12:35It was your formula.
00:12:37Tonight, they gave you $5,000 and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:12:46That was your money they gave you, like a bone tossed to a faithful soul.
00:13:11You should be very grateful, doctor.
00:13:15Very grateful.
00:13:17They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:20And what have you got, doctor?
00:13:47Good night, you have work to do.
00:13:53Time you were on your way.
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00:14:48Not that way.
00:15:08Mr. 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.
00:15:29I never saw anything like it before.
00:15:33The jugular vein is seven.
00:15:35I don't know...
00:15:39I'll get you back.
00:15:39Coffee.
00:15:41Hello!
00:15:42Good evening, man.
00:15:45Good evening, man.
00:15:46Good evening, man.
00:15:47You're not gonna do work tonight, man.
00:15:49Good evening, man.
00:16:05Nobody yet, but it's still early.
00:16:07This came in from Heathville. It's a mystery killing.
00:16:09Old Martin Heath's son.
00:16:11Who'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? Oh, yes, a girl.
00:16:18I believe I did take a girl out once.
00:16:20Well, did she smell sweet?
00:16:23Of 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.
00:16:33Hmm, I get it. A big man, huh?
00:16:34Yes, 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, McGinney, I'm on my way.
00:16:48Ah.
00:17:01Chief Wilkins?
00:17:02Yeah?
00:17:03Yeah. I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:17:06That's see ya.
00:17:07And 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.
00:17:16I thought maybe you might be able to help us.
00:17:17Well, I'm always glad to cooperate with the newspapers, providing they cooperate with me.
00:17:22That's the policy of our paper.
00:17:24Well, to tell you the truth, I haven't got very far on this thing myself.
00:17:56Oh, here's something that might interest you.
00:18:26Have there been any circuses around here lately?
00:18:28The police say that such wounds could have been made by the beak and talons of a bird.
00:18:32A bird?
00:18:33A 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, Chouché Le Femme.
00:18:47They're not human hairs.
00:18:49What kind are they?
00:18:51Well, it may sound silly, but 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.
00:19:04Well, 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, 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.
00:19:29Go ahead.
00:19:30If I can help you any, why...
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.
00:19:39Well, Dr. Carruthers 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. Carruthers.
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.
00:19:54Thanks, Chief.
00:19:55I'll keep in touch with you.
00:19:56All 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.
00:20:11Well, what did he do at the factory?
00:20:14He had charge of the experimental department
00:20:16where the new products are developed.
00:20:18Oh, here comes Dr. Carruthers.
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. Carruthers 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?
00:21:01No, Maxine.
00:21:01I'll do it.
00:21:02You may go now.
00:21:03Oui, mademoiselle.
00:21:08Do 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.
00:21:23What do you think of Dr. Carruthers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:27Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:21:30I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:32That I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration a 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.
00:21:47But 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.
00:21:53No.
00:21:55Only those awful screams.
00:21:57It'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.
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.
00:22:33I do not understand.
00:22:35Oh, you know what I mean.
00:22:36A little more of your stockin'.
00:22:40Like these?
00:22:41Sure, I like them.
00:22:43Who wouldn't?
00:22:43Now, 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.
00:22:57Mm-hmm.
00:22:59I got it.
00:23:01And not bad, either.
00:23:03I'll be back in a minute, Frenchie.
00:23:05And don't worry none 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.
00:23:21This is my idea of nothing at all.
00:23:24Sitting here waiting for an animal to give us an argument.
00:23:28Look at that moon.
00:23:31And I had a date with Frenchie.
00:23:33Oh, stop crabbing.
00:23:34We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:23:36You, uh...
00:23:37Tea, you 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.
00:23:55I 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.
00:24:21Hmm, that almost smells good enough to be used as a cologne.
00:24:25Well, what's the matter, Doc?
00:24:27Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:24:28I have a violent dislike for perfumes.
00:24:31Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:33All right, Tommy.
00:24:35Good night, Doc.
00:24:37Goodbye, Tommy.
00:24:41Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:08Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:27Hey.
00:25:29What's that?
00:25:30Where?
00:25:31Over there.
00:25:31Something's moving.
00:25:38Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:25:45What are you doing out here, Miss Eve?
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.
00:26:06I 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.
00:26:21So you don't believe it either?
00:26:23I certainly do not.
00:26:24It'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 of the crime.
00:26:35Perhaps I am.
00:26:36Well, not for me.
00:26:39If you'll take my advice, Mary, you'll leave these gentlemen to their vigil and go to bed.
00:26:42That's what I'm going to do.
00:26:44Good night.
00:26:45Good night, Tommy.
00:26:52I, uh, don't think your brother likes my being here.
00:26:54Oh, you mustn't mind, Tommy.
00:26:56We're all terribly upset.
00:26:58I know.
00:27:06Help!
00:27:08Tommy!
00:27:08Come on.
00:27:11Help!
00:27:15Help!
00:27:17Help!
00:27:19Help!
00:27:19Help!
00:27:20Help!
00:27:21Help!
00:27:24Help!
00:27:44But I'm telling you, Magedde.
00:27:46It was a bat.
00:27:47I saw it kill Tommy Heath.
00:27:49Listen, Johnny, I want you and 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.
00:28:00Devil bat strikes again.
00:28:04Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:28:06Maybe I better send a wagon with the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:28:11Look, 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, I wouldn't be able
00:28:21to 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.
00:28:30Dr. One Shot gets me a picture of that devil bat in action.
00:28:34Don't worry, he'll get it.
00:28:35Goodbye.
00:28:36You, my friend, are going to get a shot of the devil bat in action.
00:28:39Who, me?
00:28:40How?
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 you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big
00:28:54bat 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?
00:29:05Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:07Well, let's go.
00:29:37Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:30:18Now, 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,
00:30:25and 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?
00:30:30Oui.
00:30:31I am wise, no?
00:30:32No.
00:30:33But hang on to the bat until I raise my hand, huh?
00:30:52Oh, my God.
00:31:08Oh, my God.
00:31:09Sherry, are you hurt?
00:31:11Say, what's the idea of breaking up my devil bat?
00:31:13I'm going to make you pay for that.
00:31:14And I'm going to take you to jail until you explain this.
00:31:17Come on.
00:31:18You can't do this to me.
00:31:20I'm doing it.
00:31:22I 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 and an uproar,
00:31:35and 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.
00:31:43You'd better get back to the hotel.
00:31:45I want to talk to the chief alone.
00:31:47Is it all right, chief?
00:31:48Yeah, but be careful in the future.
00:31:54Ever smelled anything like this before?
00:32:00Well, yes.
00:32:02That's the same stuff that's been on every one of the devil bat's victims.
00:32:05Where'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?
00:32:19That's the way it strikes me, but I can't figure out how.
00:32:23I'll get the police cameras on it right away.
00:32:26I'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.
00:32:32I've been working on a theory of a disgruntled factory employee committing the crimes.
00:32:38It's certainly more than coincidental that all the victims have been members of the Heath and Morton families.
00:32:43Yeah.
00:32:44Looks 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.
00:32:56I'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.
00:33:03Worse than that, neither Heath nor Morton will let me give them a bodyguard.
00:33:07I guess we'll just have to wait for something to break.
00:33:09Good night, Chief.
00:33:10Good night, Johnny.
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.
00:33:26Well, 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.
00:33:37You win.
00:33:43This is your news commentator, Walter King.
00:33:45Tonight we're broadcasting from the little village of Heathville, where an alleged devil bat has claimed three victims during the
00:33:51past 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 as to the existence of
00:33:59this horrendous creature.
00:34:01I have as my guest in the studio tonight Professor Percival Garland Raines, perhaps the world's greatest authority on animal
00:34:06life.
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, do you believe that any such creature as the devil bat
00:34:20exists?
00:34:21I 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, there 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, whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat, and
00:34:37a newspaper reporter, John Layton, claimed to have seen this amazing creature?
00:34:42Sometimes under stress of excitement, our minds play tricks on us.
00:34:46Hey, 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 forgot to remove a label from the silk.
00:35:04From the silk used on its left wing.
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.
00:35:27Yeah, McGinty.
00:35:34Go ahead.
00:35:35Pour it on.
00:35:35So you slipped over a fake picture on me, huh?
00:35:39Well, you're fired.
00:35:39Both 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 he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch.
00:35:51Both of you.
00:35:52Come on in and get your final checks.
00:35:54Oh, no.
00:35:55We're not coming in to get anything.
00:35:57All right.
00:35:58So we're fired.
00:35:59But we're staying here just the same.
00:36:00I saw that bat.
00:36:02We're going to stay here until we catch that bat.
00:36:04And when we do, I'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.
00:36:14Again.
00:36:17That's him calling back to apologize.
00:36:18Now, you give him a good scare.
00:36:22No use begging us if you'll work for you again, McGinty.
00:36:24You fired us and we're staying fired.
00:36:26Oh.
00:36:27Oh, Mary.
00:36:27I 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 when you arrange to print a picture
00:36:39that's a deliberate hoax that has the entire country laughing.
00:36:44A grand joke, Johnny.
00:36:45But somehow I can't appreciate it.
00:36:48But 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.
00:37:17Yes.
00:37:17He said it must be some element with which he's not familiar.
00:37:22We 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.
00:37:37Well, 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.
00:37:44Why, everybody loves him.
00:37:46Maybe so.
00:37:47But here's something else I dug up.
00:37:51The Heath and Morton fortunes are based on a greaseless cold cream formula
00:37:55Dr. Carruthers invented.
00:37:57So what?
00:37:59All the doctor got out of it was $10,000.
00:38:01And the others made a fortune.
00:38:03Well, it's common knowledge that he sold out for cash
00:38:06when he could have had an interest in the firm.
00:38:08Just the same, every victim had this stuff from his laboratory on him.
00:38:15Maybe you've been working too hard on this case, Johnny.
00:38:18Well, I'd just like to get his reaction on the stuff.
00:38:20If he denies knowing anything about it, we'll know there's a tie-up somewhere.
00:38:25I 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.
00:38:37Doc, I hope we're not upsetting your work, barging 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 young Morton and the two Heath boys had on them
00:38:50when they were attacked by the devil bat.
00:38:52Of 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.
00:39:01It'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.
00:39:10Why?
00:39:11I 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.
00:39:23How 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 and can't be imitated by competitors.
00:39:34But what were Don Morton the two Heath boys doing with the 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.
00:39:48Yeah.
00:39:49We 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 chemist changed it when making the analysis.
00:40:02Yeah.
00:40:03Is there anything else I can do to help?
00:40:07Tell me, did you hear Professor Raines on the radio last night?
00:40:10Yes.
00:40:12It was very interesting and very asinine.
00:40:15You mean you believe there 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 what one scientist says?
00:40:24That one scientist got me fired.
00:40:27Oh.
00:40:28You mean your newspaper discharged you?
00:40:32That's right.
00:40:33That's too bad.
00:40:36Then you're believing Heath's will before the mystery is solved.
00:40:41I'm afraid not.
00:40:42I'm going to stay here and work with the chief.
00:40:47Since you're 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.
00:40:56And you too, chief.
00:40:57No, no.
00:40:58Not me, doc.
00:40:59If my wife ever smelled perfume on me, she'd suspect me sure.
00:41:04Well, Mr. Layton, I understand you are not married.
00:41:07All right.
00:41:07I'll try it in the morning when I shave.
00:41:09I guess we'd better be 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?
00:41:29What's the matter?
00:41:29Does that smelly shaving lotion put you to sleep?
00:41:32Well, why'd you tell the doc you're going to use it if you think it's smelly?
00:41:35Oh, I don't know.
00:41:36I 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.
00:41:42Oh, what time is it?
00:41:46After midnight.
00:41:48Midnight?
00:41:49Oh, there ain't no use of waiting around here any longer.
00:41:52This must be the bat's night off.
00:42:01Did you hear that?
00:42:02Yeah.
00:42:08Get that camera ready.
00:42:22Look out.
00:42:32You got him.
00:42:33Listen, Johnny.
00:42:34I'm going to cook that bread personally for McGinney, and I'll even stuff it myself.
00:43:06Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:43:15I 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
00:43:28to 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.
00:43:40Perhaps I should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners that the Neolithic age
00:43:45is that period of antiquity commonly called the Stone Age.
00:43:49Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:43:56Tch, imbecile, bombastic ignoramus.
00:43:57Tch.
00:44:10Tch.
00:44:14Tch.
00:44:16Tch.
00:44:18Tch.
00:44:21Tch.
00:44:27Tch.
00:44:29Tch.
00:44:32Tch.
00:44:33Tch.
00:44:35Tch.
00:44:36Tch.
00:44:36Tch.
00:44:38Tch.
00:44:38Tch.
00:44:39Tch.
00:44:40Tch.
00:44:40Tch.
00:44:41Tch.
00:44:42Tch.
00:44:42Tch.
00:44:43Tch.
00:44:43Tch.
00:44:44Tch.
00:44:45Tch.
00:44:46prices of course if there was a raise of say twenty thirty thirty dollars plus a fat bonus
00:44:51we might consider it your hold up men both of you i refuse to be robbed have it your way
00:44:58mcginty
00:44:58have it your way but we have the bats corpus delicti and the exclusive picture of course i've
00:45:04got an eyewitness story that two syndicates are bidding for and don't forget you gotta pay us for
00:45:10the time we were fired that's better now 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 goodbye come in hello johnny
00:45:26well mary johnny i came to tell you that i'm sorry i said what i did the last time we
00:45:31talked
00:45:32do you suppose well i don't know how to say it but i do i miss heat do you suppose
00:45:39that little
00:45:39french girl would apologize to me if i looked her up well positive she would
00:45:43huh
00:45:58yeah
00:45:59yeah
00:46:52You will be even greater than your 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, and 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.
00:47:33Well, just leave it here, Doc, and 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.
00:47:46Evaporation quickly tones it down just to the right scent.
00:47:50Rub a few drops on your face.
00:47:53Well, 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.
00:48:22I hope you're right about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:48:26I smell the high heavens.
00:48:29Perhaps 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.
00:48:41All of your formulas have been highly successful.
00:48:45I'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?
00:48:55When 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.
00:49:05Used to have ridden along with us.
00:49:07Then you'd be rich, too.
00:49:10But then you've had a lot of fun in your laboratory.
00:49:13With your experiments.
00:49:15Dreaming up something new.
00:49:18You'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.
00:49:30Well, I do dream.
00:49:33Dreamers that you could never guess.
00:49:38Your nerves are afraid, Doc.
00:49:40Now calm down.
00:49:41Get 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.
00:49:51Your brain is too feeble to conceive what I have accomplished in the realm of science.
00:49:58Doc.
00:49:59You've made some great scientific discovery.
00:50:03What 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.
00:50:32Perhaps 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.
00:50:44Good night, Doc.
00:50:47Goodbye, Henry.
00:50:5936 J.
00:51:01Hello?
00:51:02Oh, that you, Martin?
00:51:04Yes, Henry.
00:51:06I want you to call Chief of Police Wilkins to come to your house immediately.
00:51:10It's very important.
00:51:11Chief's here now.
00:51:12Well, don't let him leave until I get there.
00:51:14What a nice happened.
00:51:16I think I've got a two 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.
00:51:27What is it?
00:51:32Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:51:34I forgot my hat.
00:51:36Henry, 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.
00:51:43No, nothing important.
00:51:44I'll tell you all about it.
00:51:51I'll tell you.
00:51:56I'll tell you all about it.
00:52:06Thank you, Mr.
00:52:06Well, I'll tell you all about the night.
00:52:12Thank you, Mr.
00:52:13Let's go.
00:52:55Let's go.
00:53:11I hope Henry was right about having a clue.
00:53:15But 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.
00:53:30What is that squeaky sound?
00:53:32Oh, just some night noise.
00:53:33What is it?
00:53:34Help!
00:54:09The End
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.
00:54:46What reason have you to believe that Mary is in danger?
00:54:50Only 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.
00:55:01Just the same, no villager has been killed or even attacked.
00:55:04You're forgetting, aren't you, that Mr. McGuire was attacked.
00:55:08He's not a member of either family.
00:55:10Why, 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 room.
00:55:18I must be running along home. It's past my bedtime.
00:55:20Good night, gentlemen.
00:55:21Good night, Martin.
00:55:22Good night, Doctor.
00:55:22Good night, Doctor.
00:55:24Good bye, Mary.
00:55:27Come along.
00:55:35Maxine?
00:55:36Oui, mademoiselle.
00:55:42Did you feel my perfume bottles was something new?
00:55:45Oh, no, mademoiselle.
00:55:46I never touch your perfume.
00:55:48It'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.
00:55:57Is there anything else?
00:55:58No, Maxine, that's all.
00:56:00Good night.
00:56:00Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:02Good night.
00:56:05Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:13Good night.
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.
00:57:04Mary, I want you to tell me everything you did.
00:57:06Just before that bat tried to get in.
00:57:08Well, first I took a bath.
00:57:11Then I brushed my hair.
00:57:12And Maxine came in and turned the covers down.
00:57:15And then fastened the screen, which somehow had come unhooked.
00:57:19Yeah?
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.
00:57:26Dad, did you put any new perfume in my bottles?
00:57:29No, I didn't.
00:57:30Is that the stuff?
00:57:31Yes.
00:57:33Johnny, this smells like...
00:57:34Dave, quiet.
00:57:35I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:57:37And I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:57:39We'll do everything we can.
00:57:40Of course.
00:57:42What'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?
00:58:00I'll be right there.
00:58:02Good.
00:58:03Oh, Johnny, I'm all right.
00:58:04I don't need a doctor.
00:58:05That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:58:07You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:58:09Mr. Heath, you in one shot must help her trick Dr. Carruthers into staying here as long as you can.
00:58:13Where are you going, Johnny?
00:58:14To, uh, do a little private bat hunting.
00:58:16To, uh, do a little private bat hunting.
00:59:01The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:59:03Is she suffering from fright?
00:59:05I'll give her a set up, please.
00:59:09Where's Mr. Layton?
00:59:10Well, I guess he's out in the garden hunting the devil bat.
00:59:13Layton is a very brave young man.
00:59:16Give her a seat to one of these every half an hour.
00:59:19Oui, Doctor.
00:59:19It will quieten her nerves.
00:59:21But, Doc, hadn't you better stay until she's quieter?
00:59:23She'll be all right in the morning.
00:59:25Hey, Doc, I don't feel so good myself.
00:59:27Would you mind taking my temperature?
00:59:29You look perfectly well, Mr. McGuire.
00:59:31Well, you ought to see my tongue.
00:59:33It looks just like a squirrel's tail.
00:59:34Look.
00:59:35Oh.
00:59:36Try some calomel.
01:00:02I don't feel like a squirrel's tail.
01:00:07Oh.
01:00:34I don't feel like a squirrel's tail.
01:00:36I don't feel like a squirrel's tail.
01:00:59You may have visitors tonight, and it would be dangerous for me if they found you here.
01:01:06I'm sorry.
01:01:25Let's go.
01:01:56THE END
01:02:20Hi Doc. I hope I'm not intruding. No, no, not at all. I heard you're out stalking the devil bat.
01:02:28Any success? No, but I thought maybe you might be able to help me. Well, I don't see how that's
01:02:33possible. But if you can suggest anything? Well, you could give me some more of that new concoction of yours.
01:02:40That shaving lotion.
01:02:40But how on earth could that possibly help catch the devil bat? I've still got a crazy idea that if
01:02:48I douse myself with it, it might attract the killer.
01:02:51I don't see how you can connect the two. But there is a bottle of the lotion on the table.
01:02:56Thanks.
01:03:17You see, Doc, I figured out something.
01:03:20All four of the murdered people had this lotion on them when the devil bat struck. Now, my plan is
01:03:26to sit in the garden and when the killer makes one of those power dives, I'll blast him.
01:03:31Layton, I'm afraid all these murders have affected your mind.
01:03:36Maybe you'd like to come along, Doc, and be an eyewitness.
01:03:40I'm sure it would be just a waste of time, but I'd be glad to watch your experiment.
01:03:46Good. I knew I could count on you to help me.
01:03:54I tell you, Layton, expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion is all foolishness.
01:04:00I think I better run around.
01:04:02Oh, sit down, Doc. The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:13You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight. What's the matter?
01:04:17The firearms always make me nervous.
01:04:20Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:04:24Just in case the devil bat does show.
01:04:27According to your theory, the killer wouldn't attack me.
01:04:30I haven't any of that lotion on me.
01:04:37You have now, Doc.
01:04:38Why did you do that?
01:04:39To make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:04:44Now sit down.
01:04:45And don't try any shenanigans.
01:04:53Not so funny when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:04:56Is it, Doc?
01:04:59I 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.
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?
01:05:21You wouldn't understand scientific theory.
01:05:34Let me out!
01:05:35My you.
01:05:50Oh, God.
01:05:53I'm dealing with yourультат.
01:05:54I'm smiling with your vert.
01:06:01Hello, Chief. What are you doing out here?
01:06:03Young 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, and 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.
01:06:29And so's the doctor.
01:06:30Did you get the Bat?
01:06:31What happened?
01:06:32Dr. Carruthers is the murderer, and he's hiding somewhere. He's in the garden.
01:06:36You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:06:39Come on.
01:06:47Doctor!
01:06:48Dr. Carruthers!
01:06:51Doctor!
01:06:54Has anything happened to Johnny? Is he hurt?
01:06:56They took him up to my place. You'd better come along with me.
01:07:16That was Mary.
01:07:30Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:31Go help Dr. Carruthers. He's over there.
01:07:36That devil, Bat, belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:39He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:42Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:08:04I'm sorry.
01:08:09Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:08:10How did you learn from the doc?
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