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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.
00:14:32You were on your way.
00:14:33But Mary, tonight's a good time while our families are here to announce our engagement.
00:14:37Look, darling, I've loved you a long time, ever since we were kids.
00:14:42But I'm afraid it's been more like a sister.
00:14:45Well, I...
00:14:46I had no idea you felt that way.
00:15:08What's happened to Roy?
00:15:14Roy!
00:15:16I'd better call Dr. Curtis.
00:15:17Oh, please, hurry.
00:15:23There'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 vein is seven.
00:15:56It would be good.
00:16:05Nobody yet. But it's still early. This came in from Heathville. It's a mystery killing. Old Martin Heath's son.
00:16:11Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:12Who's Martin Heath? Say, have you ever had a date with a girl?
00:16:16A girl? Oh, yes, a girl. I 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 so they won't have to wash them with
00:16:32soap and water.
00:16:33Hmm, I get it. A big man, huh?
00:16:34Yes, and a big advertising account. Grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville.
00:16:40The coroner's holding an inquest. Find out who really killed old man Heath's son.
00:16:45Okay, McGinney, I'm on my way.
00:17:01Chief Wilkins?
00:17:03Yeah?
00:17:03I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:17:06Good to see you.
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, but we didn't get much information at the coroner's inquest.
00:17:16I thought maybe you might be able to help us.
00:17:18Well, 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.
00:17:29Oh, here's something that might interest you.
00:17:31It's a picture of the victim's wound.
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 of 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.
00:18:11Okay, Chief.
00:18:11I was just trying to help.
00:18:13Chief, are you sure there's no clue you're holding back while investigating?
00:18:18Well, since you're going to work with me on this case, there is a clue.
00:18:23And a very weird one.
00:18:26The autopsy surgeon says that such wounds could have been made by 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.
00:18:44Ah, cha-cha-la-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 that the police chemists have been unable to identify it.
00:19:16Then it does give us something to work on.
00:19:18Well, if the scent was a clue, it'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, uh...
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 so you could get sensational newspaper stories.
00:19:53I'll arrange an interview.
00:19:54Thanks, Chief.
00:19:55I'll, uh, keep in touch with you.
00:19:56All right.
00:19:58Uh, 4-8-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 where the new products are developed.
00:20:18Oh, here comes Dr. Carruthers.
00:20:21Hello, doctor.
00:20:22Hello, Mary.
00:20:22I 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, Mendoza?
00:21:01No, Maxine.
00:21:01I'll do it.
00:21:02You may go now.
00:21:03Oui, Mendoza.
00:21:08Do 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.
00:21:23What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:28Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:21:30I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:32That I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration a layman might overlook.
00:21:37Well, for instance, the jagged nature of the wound, the rapidity with which the murderer
00:21:43escaped, the 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.
00:21:58It's very puzzling, very 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.
00:22:22I'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 stocking.
00:22:40Like these?
00:22:42Sure, 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.
00:23:01Well, not bad either.
00:23:03I'll be back in a minute, Frenchy.
00:23:05And don't worry none about those werewolves, because 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.
00:23:28Look 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, teeth, you brave journalist.
00:23:43This is the first time I've ever been invited anywhere and asked not to shave until after I get there.
00:23:47I 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.
00:24:18We wouldn't use ourselves.
00:24:21That almost smells good enough to be used as a cologne.
00:24:25Oh, what's the matter, Doc?
00:24:27Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:24:29I have a violent dislike for perfumes.
00:24:31Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:33All right, Tommy.
00:24:35Good night, Doc.
00:24:37Goodbye, Tommy.
00:24:46Good night.
00:24:57Good night.
00:24:59Good night.
00:25:03Get set.
00:25:04Good night.
00:25:28Hey, what's that?
00:25:30Where?
00:25:31Over there, something'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, after 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, 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 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!
00:27:30I don't want to go.
00:27:41I don't want to go.
00:27:44but i'm telling you magetti it was a bat i saw it kill tommy heave listen johnny i want you
00:27:51in
00:27:51one shot to come on home or i'll fire both of you i'm not coming home and neither is one
00:27:55shot
00:27:56i'm keeping him here to get a picture of the devil bat say that'll look great in the headlines
00:28:00devil bat strikes again listen don't tell me it had horns maybe i better send a wagon with
00:28:08the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets look joe have i ever lied to
00:28:13you plenty of times well i'm not lying this time if it ever got out that i cooked up a
00:28:19fake story
00:28:20about a devil bat i wouldn't be able to get a job on a country weekly print the story joe
00:28:25so help me
00:28:25it's on the level all right i'll print it but i won't believe it not till one shot gets me
00:28:31a picture
00:28:32of that devil bat in action don't don't worry he'll get it goodbye you my friend are going to
00:28:38get a shot of the devil bat in action who me how have you uh noticed there's a taxidermist shop
00:28:44in
00:28:44the village well you wouldn't suggest that i go out and stuff a bird would you one shot to think
00:28:50that
00:28:50you'd even hint that i would suggest you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big bat for
00:28:55pictorial purposes besides a bat isn't a bird it's a mammal well why didn't you say so in the first
00:29:00place
00:29:01where is this bird stuffing emporium oh down on cottage grove avenue
00:29:47is it's a bird Feedback the rabbit害 well you have to usually stay in the first place there's an
00:29:49bird Feels like this down on a limb in Aabie and a cat's a bird I also think that maybe
00:29:50it's a bird
00:29:50a bird it's a bird uva at the moon he'll be able to touch him for the buck
00:29:50it's a bird and it's a bird you can't get it off of it is a bird you have to
00:29:51say you can't get it off to
00:29:52it's a bird but at the end of this place now don't worry if we can get it off that
00:29:53it's a bird keep going now we have to tell you a bird to get it off my hands
00:29:53a bird is going to get it off that it's a bird you can't get it off
00:29:56you can't let me know that your birds have to get it on the line
00:29:57go that you can't get it off without it
00:30:00as it's a bird my days they're looking for it
00:30:18now here's the idea Frenchy you hang on to the bat till I get my camera set up and when
00:30:22I raise
00:30:23my hand you give the bat a good shove and it'll swing out just like it's flying then I can
00:30:28get
00:30:28a swell picture from a boss get it oui I am wise no no but hang on to the bat
00:30:34until I raise my hand
00:31:08sherry are you hurt say what's the idea of breaking up my devil bat I'm gonna make you pay for
00:31:14that and
00:31:15I'm going to take you to jail until you explain this come on you you can't do this to me
00:31:19doing 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 he's just a little overzealous about his work now
00:31:33with the town and an uproar and everybody terror-stricken wondering whether he's going
00:31:37to be the next victim I don't want any more trouble stirred up even with an artificial bat you'd better
00:31:43get back to the hotel I want to talk to the chief alone is it all right chief yeah be
00:31:49careful in the
00:31:53future ever smell anything like this before well yes that's the same stuff that's been on every
00:32:03one of the devil bats victims why'd you get it found it in Don Martin's bathroom find out where
00:32:10Morton got it no I didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking questions till after it's been analyzed
00:32:16you think it has any connection with the murders that's the way it strikes me but I uh I can't
00:32:21figure out how I'll get the police cameras on it right away I'll snoop around see if I can find
00:32:27out
00:32:27where Morton got it well it probably came from down at the Heath cosmetic plant I've been working on a
00:32:33theory of a disgruntled factory employee committing the crimes it's certainly more than coincidental that
00:32:40all the victims have been members of the Heath and Morton families yeah looks like a plot to wipe
00:32:45them all out I wish the rest of them would leave town until this crime is solved you're worried about
00:32:53Mary aren't you well yes I've been urging her to leave but she won't go without her father and he
00:33:00insists on remaining here to help clear up the crime worse than that neither Heath nor Morton will let me
00:33:05give
00:33:05them a bodyguard I guess we'll just have to wait for something to break good night chief good night
00:33:10Johnny boy have I got a picture I'll knock my Ginty dead meet the double bat well how about that
00:33:26wire looks as if the bats on a flying trapeze oh but I'm not through working on it yet see
00:33:31I can touch
00:33:32his picture up so the battle look like he's got nothing around him but nothing okay Rembrandt you
00:33:37win this is your news commentator Walter King tonight we're broadcasting from the little village
00:33:47of Heathville where an alleged devil bat has claimed three victims during the past six weeks you will
00:33:52note that I say alleged devil bat that ladies and gentlemen is because your correspondent has been
00:33:57very skeptical from the start as to the existence of this horrendous creature I have as my guest in
00:34:02the studio tonight professor Percival Garland rains perhaps the world's greatest authority on animal
00:34:06life I'm going to interview professor rains on the subject of the devil bat our radio audience may draw
00:34:11its own conclusions professor rains first let me ask you point-blank do you believe that any such
00:34:18creature as the devil bat exists I do not he's got a nerve quiet in the dark ages when men
00:34:25and women
00:34:26lived in caves there may have existed a bat of this size but not in this day and age how
00:34:32do you account for
00:34:33the fact that Mary Heath whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat and a newspaper reporter John
00:34:39Layton claimed to have seen this amazing creature sometimes under stress of excitement our minds play tricks
00:34:45on us hey he's insinuating you saw the little bat that wasn't there pipe down but how about the picture
00:34:51of the
00:34:52devil bat published by mr. Layton's paper I examine that picture under a powerful magnifying glass I
00:34:58denounce it as a fraud whoever constructed the strange-looking monster forgot to remove a label
00:35:03from the silk from the silk used on its left wing that label reads made in Japan
00:35:17put through a hurry call to Heathville I want to talk to Johnny Layton he's at the Heathville hotel
00:35:25one guess who that is yeah McGinty
00:35:34go ahead pour it on so you slipped over a fake picture on me huh when you're fired both of
00:35:40you
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 you tell one shot McGuire he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch
00:35:51both of you come on in and get your final checks oh no we're not coming in to get anything
00:35:57all right so we're fired but we're staying here just the same I saw that bat we're gonna stay here
00:36:03till
00:36:03we catch that bat and when we do I'm gonna bring it in and stuff it down your throat goodbye
00:36:11well we're fired mm-hmm again
00:36:17that's him calling back to apologize now you give him a good scare no use begging us feel to work
00:36:23for
00:36:23you again my getting you'll find us and we're staying fired oh oh Mary I thought it was somebody
00:36:28else Johnny what did you make a joke of a tragic thing like this but it wasn't intended as a
00:36:33joke
00:36:34Mary I was only trying to get the news I suppose you call it getting the news when you arrange
00:36:38to
00:36:38print a picture that's a deliberate hoax that has the entire country laughing a grand joke Johnny but
00:36:46somehow I can't appreciate it but I can explain that picture don't try Johnny
00:36:59made in Japan I was skin you alive and then your hide to a barn door
00:37:09here's the chemistry part on that shaving lotion I see he couldn't break down one of the ingredients
00:37:17yes he said it must be some element with which he's not familiar we won't get anywhere until we
00:37:23identify it there's just one other man in this town that might be able to help us Dr. Carruthers
00:37:32yeah Carruthers could help us I found out he compounded that lotion well if you suspect
00:37:38Carruthers you're barking up the wrong tree Johnny he's the last man in this town that would harm
00:37:43anyone why everybody loves him maybe so but here's something else I dug up the Heath and Morton fortunes
00:37:53are based on a greaseless cold cream formula Dr. Carruthers invented so what all the doctor got out of it
00:38:00was ten thousand dollars and the others made a fortune well it's common knowledge that he sold
00:38:05out for cash when he could have had an interest in the firm just the same every victim had this
00:38:10stuff
00:38:10from his laboratory on him maybe you've been working too hard on this case Johnny well I'd just like to
00:38:19get his reaction on the stuff if he denies knowing anything about it we'll know there's a tab somewhere
00:38:25I think you're bombing but just to show you that I'm following up every clue we'll talk to him
00:38:31we'll um put this in another bottle and without telling him we know he compounded it ask him to
00:38:36analyze it Doc I hope we're not upsetting your work barging in on you this way no no not at
00:38:41all
00:38:41I am anxious to help solve these crimes all the victims were very dear friends of mine here's a
00:38:48sample of the stuff young Morton and the two Heath boys had on them when they were attacked by the
00:38:51devil bat of course it doesn't make sense to me that the bird would choose only people using that
00:38:57particular stuff a bat is not a bird it's a mammal well anyway our police chemists couldn't break down
00:39:05one of the ingredients we thought perhaps you could why I compounded this myself it's a new shaving
00:39:14lotion I'm experimenting with the ingredient you chemists couldn't break down I discovered years
00:39:21ago in Tibet how did you happen to put it in a shaving lotion oh the llamas use it in
00:39:27some of their
00:39:28religious rights as a perfume the scent is very pleasant and can be imitated by competitors but
00:39:35what were Don Morton the two Heath boys doing with the stuff oh it is the policy of our firm
00:39:41to try out
00:39:42any new product before marketing it well that knocks our theory into a cocked hat yeah we were hoping the
00:39:50unknown ingredient might turn out to be some sort of a clue this isn't the kind of bottle I give
00:39:56it out
00:39:57in but I presume your chemists changed it when making the analysis yeah is there anything else I
00:40:05can do to help tell me did you hear professor rains on the radio last night yes it was very
00:40:13interesting
00:40:13and very asinine you mean you believe there is a devil bat why not you saw it didn't you sure
00:40:19I did
00:40:20so did Mary then why worry about what one scientist says that one scientist got me fired oh
00:40:28you mean your newspaper discharged you that's right oh that's too bad then you will be leaving
00:40:37Heath's will before the mystery solved I'm afraid not I'm going to stay here and work with the chief
00:40:47since you're going to stay here for a while I would like you to try out the bottle of the
00:40:53new lotion and tell me how you like it and you too chief no no not me doc if my
00:40:59wife ever smelled
00:41:00perfume on me she'd suspect me sure well mr. Layton I understand you are not married all right I'll try
00:41:08it in the
00:41:08morning when I say I guess we're better be going chief see you later doc so long dr. brothers goodbye
00:41:15mr. Layton
00:41:28what's the matter what's that does that smelly shaving lotion put you to sleep well why'd you tell
00:41:33the doc you're gonna use it if you think it smelly oh I don't know I guess I was a
00:41:37little ashamed of
00:41:37ever suspecting the old doc well I like it and I'm gonna tell him so uh what time is it
00:41:45after midnight midnight
00:41:49oh they ain't no use of waiting around here any longer this must be the bats night off
00:42:01did you hear that yeah
00:42:08get that camera ready
00:42:31you got him listen Johnny I'm gonna cook that bread personally for McGinney
00:42:36and I'll eat and stuff it myself
00:42:37oh
00:42:38oh
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00:43:16oh
00:43:16when I came to Heathrow today to examine the body of this so-called devil bat but
00:43:23after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research I've arrived at the
00:43:28conclusion 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. Perhaps I
00:43:41should 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.
00:43:52Imbecile. Bombastic ignoramus.
00:44:42Sorry McGinty but one shot an iron out of the
00:44:45interest at your prices. Of course if there was a raise of say twenty thirty
00:44:50thirty dollars plus a fat bonus we might consider it. Your hold up men both of you. I refuse to
00:44:56be robbed.
00:44:57Have it your way McGinty have it your way but we have the bat's carpus
00:45:01delecti and the exclusive picture. Of course I've got an eyewitness story that two
00:45:06syndicates are bidding for. And don't forget you gotta pay us for the time we were fired.
00:45:13That's better. Now you're talking boss. Okay we're working for you again. We'll gather up the loose ends and see
00:45:18you in a couple of days. Goodbye.
00:45:22Come in.
00:45:25Hello Johnny. Well Mary. Johnny, I came to tell you that I'm sorry I said what I did the last
00:45:31time we talked.
00:45:32Do you suppose, well I don't know how to say it but. I do.
00:45:37Miss Heath, do you suppose that little French girl would apologize to me if I looked her up?
00:45:42Well, positive she would.
00:46:12Miss Heath, please ...
00:46:15Miss Heath, do you suppose,
00:46:16Jack老, unnicżebal dean como Cr sue from Aaron?
00:46:26Next again.
00:46:28Miss Heath,
00:46:41Miss Heath, do you know what?
00:46:51Splendid.
00:46:53You will be even greater than your unfortunate predecessor.
00:47:09Enraged, aren't you?
00:47:12Fine.
00:47:14I'm enraged also.
00:47:17Tonight 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.
00:48:10I'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 learnings.
00:48:49A net profit of over a million dollars.
00:48:52Not bad, eh?
00:48:55When you remember what we've 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
00:49:13with 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.
00:49:33Dreams 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
00:49:53what I have accomplished
00:49:55in 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,
00:50:06it'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,
00:50:33about 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
00:51:08to come to your house immediately.
00:51:10It's very important.
00:51:11Chief's here now.
00:51:12Well, don't let him leave 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
00:51:23is the most diabolical plot
00:51:25that a madman ever concocted.
00:51:27What is it?
00:51:32Talk about the absent-minded.
00:51:33Professor, I 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.
00:51:44No, nothing.
00:52:41I don't know.
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.
01:00:07I don't feel like a squirrel's tail.
01:00:11Oh.
01:00:19THE END
01:00:59We may have visitors tonight
01:01:02And it would be dangerous for me
01:01:04If they found you here
01:01:19The END
01:01:34Oh, my God.
01:01:56THE END
01:02:20Hi, Doc. I hope I'm not intruding.
01:02:23No, no, not at all.
01:02:25I heard you're out, stalking the devil, Dad.
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...
01:02:37Well, you could give me some more of that new concoction of yours.
01:02:40That shaving lotion.
01:02:41But how on earth could that possibly help catch the devil back?
01:02:46I've still got a crazy idea that if I douse myself with it, it might attract the killer.
01:02:51I don't see how you can connect the two.
01:02:53But there is a bottle of the lotion on the table.
01:02:56Thanks.
01:03:17You see, Doc?
01:03:18Doc, I figured out something.
01:03:20All four of the murdered people had this lotion on them when the devil back struck.
01:03:25Now, my plan is to sit in the garden, and when the killer makes one of those power dives, I'll
01:03:30blast 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.
01:03:45Good.
01:03:46I 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.
01:04:02Ah, sit down, Doc.
01:04:04The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:13You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight.
01:04:16What'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, 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.
01:05:08Don'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.
01:05:29Wake up.
01:05:34Come on.
01:05:38Wake up.
01:05:43Wake up.
01:05:47Help me.
01:05:49Wake up.
01:05:50Wake up.
01:05:51Wake up...
01:05:52Wake up.
01:05:53Wake up.
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?
01:06:56Is he hurt?
01:06:56They took him up to my place.
01:06:58You better come along with me.
01:07:16That was Mary.
01:07:30Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:31Go help Dr. Carruthers.
01:07:32He's over there.
01:07:36That devil, Bat, belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:39He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:43Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:07:45look! Don't
01:07:48look! Don't
01:07:48look! I want
01:08:01you to die.
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