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00:02:07Oh, my God.
00:02:50Oh, my friend, how a theory of glandular stimulation through electrical impulses was correct.
00:02:59A few days ago, you were as small as your companion.
00:03:05And now, look at you.
00:03:16Oh, my God.
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00:04:28Oh, my God.
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00:11:52Soothing, isn't it?
00:11:54Yes.
00:11:55When will it be ready for the market?
00:11:58Oh, it's still in the experimental stage.
00:12:01I want to try it out on several people first and see if it works.
00:12:05Well, if you'd like to send me a bottle, I'd be glad to try it for you.
00:12:08Thanks.
00:12:08Good night, Doctor.
00:12:12Goodbye, Roy.
00:12:27Lovely check, isn't it, Doctor?
00:12:31They are wealthy because of you.
00:12:35You made them rich, Doctor.
00:12:37It was your formula.
00:12:40Tonight, they gave you $5,000 and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:12:49That was your money they gave you.
00:12:53Like a bone tossed to a faithful dog.
00:13:13You should be very grateful, Doctor.
00:13:17Very grateful.
00:13:19They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:13:23And what have you got, Doctor?
00:13:50Good night. You have work to do.
00:13:56It's time you were on your way.
00:13:57We'll be here.
00:14:13You have work to be here.
00:14:27We'll be here.
00:14:36But Mary, tonight's a good time while our families are here to announce our engagement.
00:14:40Look, Don, I've loved you a long time, ever since we were kids.
00:14:44But I'm afraid it's been more like a sister.
00:14:47Well, I had no idea you felt that way.
00:15:11Nothing's happened to Roy.
00:15:17Roy!
00:15:18I'd better call Dr. Carothers.
00:15:20Oh, please, hurry.
00:15:25There's nothing I can do.
00:15:27You mean he's dead?
00:15:28Yes, I'd better call the coroner.
00:15:30You think it's murder?
00:15:31I don't know.
00:15:32I never saw anything like it before.
00:15:36The juggler vein is severed.
00:15:56Send Johnny Layton in here.
00:16:04Well, uh, what have I done now?
00:16:06Who wants me fired this time?
00:16:08Nobody yet.
00:16:09But it's still early.
00:16:10This came in from Heathville.
00:16:11It's a mystery killing.
00:16:12Old Martin Heath's son.
00:16:13Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:14Who's Martin Heath?
00:16:16Say, have you ever had a date with a girl?
00:16:18A girl?
00:16:19Oh, yes, a girl.
00:16:20I believe I did take a girl out once.
00:16:23Well, did she smell sweet?
00:16:24Uh, did...
00:16:25Of course she smells sweet.
00:16:27Most girls do.
00:16:28Well, that's because of Martin Heath Cosmetics Limited.
00:16:31They make all that goo that the women put on their faces
00:16:33so they won't have to wash them with soap and water.
00:16:35Hmm, I get it.
00:16:36A big man, huh?
00:16:37Yes, and a big advertising account.
00:16:39Grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville.
00:16:42The coroner's holding an inquest.
00:16:45Find out who really killed old man Heath's son.
00:16:48Okay, McGinney, I'm on my way.
00:17:04Chief Wilkins?
00:17:05Yeah?
00:17:06I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:17:08Good to see you.
00:17:09And this is my cameraman, One Shot McGuire.
00:17:11Hi, Chief.
00:17:12Howdy.
00:17:13Say, we're down here to cover that Heath murder.
00:17:15But we didn't get much information at the coroner's inquest.
00:17:18I thought maybe you might be able to help us.
00:17:20Well, I'm always glad to cooperate with the newspapers,
00:17:23providing they cooperate with me.
00:17:25That's the policy of our paper.
00:17:27Well, to tell you the truth,
00:17:29I haven't got very far with this thing myself.
00:17:32Oh, here's something that might interest you.
00:17:34It's a picture of the victim's wounds.
00:17:38You'll be able to see it better with this glass.
00:17:42Are these scratches on the neck and shoulders?
00:17:44Yes, but we can't determine the source.
00:17:49They're too deep for fingernails.
00:17:51Too shallow to have been made by life.
00:17:54They're more like claws.
00:17:56That sort of bears out Dr. Crothers' theory at the inquest of a wild animal.
00:18:01Have there been any circuses around here lately?
00:18:04No.
00:18:05Heard of any animal escaping from a zoo?
00:18:07No.
00:18:08Couldn't have been one of those African leopard men.
00:18:10They use steel claws.
00:18:12This isn't Africa.
00:18:13Okay, Chief.
00:18:14I was just trying to help.
00:18:16Chief, are you sure there's no clue you're holding back while investigating?
00:18:20Well, since you're going to work with me on this case,
00:18:24there is a clue.
00:18:26And a very weird one.
00:18:29The autopsy surgeon says that such wounds could have been made
00:18:33by the beak and talons of a bird.
00:18:35A bird?
00:18:37Why, there aren't any birds around here big enough to attack a man.
00:18:40How about an eagle?
00:18:41We know it wasn't a bird.
00:18:42How do you know that?
00:18:43Because we found several hairs on the shoulder of Heath's coat.
00:18:47Ah, cha-cha-la-femme.
00:18:50They're not human hairs.
00:18:52What kind are they?
00:18:53Well, it may sound silly,
00:18:55but the laboratory test shows that they were from a mouse.
00:18:59Well, who ever heard of a mouse big enough to kill a man?
00:19:03Say, a bat has hair like a mouse.
00:19:06Well, the only bats around here are no bigger than sparrows.
00:19:10There was a peculiar odor about the wounds,
00:19:13but they were so faint and elusive
00:19:16that the police chemists have been unable to identify it.
00:19:19Then it does give us something to work on.
00:19:21Well, if the scent was a clue,
00:19:22it's been destroyed by evaporation.
00:19:27Say, Chief, do you mind if I do a little sleuthing around on my own account?
00:19:31Certainly not.
00:19:32Go ahead.
00:19:32If I can help you any, I...
00:19:34You can.
00:19:36Miss Heath seems to be the nearest to an eyewitness of the crime.
00:19:38I'd like to have a talk with her.
00:19:40Can you arrange it?
00:19:41I think I can.
00:19:42Well, Dr. Crothers refused to let her speak to us.
00:19:44We tried that this morning at the inquest.
00:19:46Well, don't you worry about Dr. Crothers.
00:19:49He's one of the finest men in Heathville.
00:19:51He just thought you'd add to Mary's grief
00:19:53so you could get sensational newspaper stories.
00:19:56I'll arrange an interview.
00:19:57Thanks, Chief.
00:19:58I'll keep in touch with you.
00:19:59All right.
00:20:024-8-J.
00:20:07Miss Heath,
00:20:08did your brother have any enemies that you know of?
00:20:11I know.
00:20:12Everybody in the village liked Roy.
00:20:14Mm-hmm.
00:20:15Well, what did he do at the factory?
00:20:17He had charge of the experimental department
00:20:19where the new products are developed.
00:20:21Oh, here comes Dr. Crothers.
00:20:24Hello, doctor.
00:20:25Hello, Mary.
00:20:25I took a shortcut from my laboratory through a garden hedge.
00:20:28You met Dr. Crothers at the inquest this morning?
00:20:31Yes.
00:20:32Mr. Layton,
00:20:32I hope you'll forgive me if I seemed a little abrupt.
00:20:36But I'm fond of Mary.
00:20:38And considering the ordeal she already went through,
00:20:41I wanted to protect her
00:20:43from dwelling too much of a tragedy.
00:20:45Of course.
00:20:46You were quite right.
00:20:47We're working on the case with the police now.
00:20:49Yes, I understand.
00:20:50Chief Wilkins phoned me.
00:20:51And if I can be of any assistance,
00:20:54just call on me.
00:20:55Thanks.
00:20:56Won't you sit down?
00:21:02Shall I serve, mademoiselle?
00:21:03No, Maxine.
00:21:04I'll do it.
00:21:05You may go now.
00:21:06Oui, mademoiselle.
00:21:11You take sugar, Mr. McGuire.
00:21:13Huh?
00:21:14Oh, no, ma'am.
00:21:15Never.
00:21:15In fact, I don't even take tea.
00:21:17If you'll just deal me out,
00:21:19I'll take a look around.
00:21:20I may dig up a clue.
00:21:26What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory
00:21:28about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:21:30Well, frankly,
00:21:31I don't think much of it.
00:21:33I can't say that I blame you.
00:21:35But I, as a scientist,
00:21:37take many things into consideration
00:21:38a layman might overlook.
00:21:40For instance?
00:21:42The jagged nature of the wound,
00:21:44the rapidity with which the murderer escaped,
00:21:47the scratches from talons or claws.
00:21:51But when an animal attacks a human,
00:21:52there's bound to be a lot of noise.
00:21:54You heard Miss Heath testify
00:21:55there was no sound of a struggle.
00:21:57No.
00:21:58Only those awful screams.
00:22:01It's very puzzling.
00:22:03Very mystifying.
00:22:05Doctor, when you last saw Roy,
00:22:07did he seem worried or nervous or moody?
00:22:10No, not at all.
00:22:11On the contrary.
00:22:12He was in the best of spirits.
00:22:16Well, I've got to get back to the village now
00:22:18and follow my story.
00:22:19You'll excuse me?
00:22:20If you find it necessary for us to talk again,
00:22:22you may come back at any time.
00:22:23This evening, if it's all right with you,
00:22:24I'd like to spend some time here.
00:22:26Why, yes, that'll be quite all right.
00:22:28Goodbye, Miss Heath.
00:22:29Goodbye.
00:22:29Goodbye, doctor.
00:22:34A little more chiffon, baby.
00:22:36I do not understand.
00:22:38Oh, you know what I mean.
00:22:39A little more your stocking.
00:22:43Like these?
00:22:44Sure, I like them.
00:22:45Who wouldn't?
00:22:46Now, hold nice and still,
00:22:48because this is going to take a little time.
00:22:56Well, if you're going to shoot, shoot.
00:22:58Right away, Johnny.
00:22:59I was just trying to get the focus.
00:23:02I got it.
00:23:03Well, not bad either.
00:23:06I'll be back in a minute, Frenchy.
00:23:07And don't worry none about those werewolves,
00:23:10because nothing's going to harm you
00:23:11while I'm around here.
00:23:12You make Maxine feel so calm.
00:23:15My big, brave journalist.
00:23:18Ah, did it.
00:23:18Ah, did it.
00:23:19Ah, did it.
00:23:20Ah, did it.
00:23:20Ah, did it.
00:23:21Ah, did it.
00:23:21Ah, did it.
00:23:21Ah, did it.
00:23:21Ah, did it.
00:23:22Ah, did it.
00:23:22Ah, did it.
00:23:23Ah, did it.
00:23:24Ah, did it.
00:23:24Ah, did it.
00:23:24This is my idea of nothing at all.
00:23:27Sitting here waiting for an animal
00:23:28to give us an argument.
00:23:31Look at that moon.
00:23:34And I had a date with Frenchy.
00:23:36Oh, stop crabbing.
00:23:37We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:23:39You, ah,
00:23:40deep, you brave journalist.
00:23:46This is the first time
00:23:47I've ever been invited anywhere
00:23:48and asked not to shave
00:23:49until after I get there.
00:23:51I wanted to observe
00:23:52your exact reaction
00:23:54when you try the lotion.
00:23:55Oh, now I understand.
00:23:58I want this lotion
00:24:00to be perfect
00:24:00before turning it over
00:24:02to you to be marketed.
00:24:04Here.
00:24:07It's a little strong.
00:24:08That'll make the customers
00:24:09think they're getting
00:24:10their money's worth.
00:24:12Oh, that feels great.
00:24:14Very soothing.
00:24:16I don't think you
00:24:17ever use anything else.
00:24:19Well, we wouldn't want
00:24:20to market anything
00:24:21we wouldn't use ourselves.
00:24:24That almost smells good
00:24:25enough to be used
00:24:26as a cologne.
00:24:28Oh, what's the matter, Doc?
00:24:30Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:24:31I have a violent dislike
00:24:33for perfumes.
00:24:34Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:36All right, Tommy.
00:24:38Good night, Doc.
00:24:40Goodbye, Tommy.
00:24:41Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:00Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:01Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:02Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:03Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:08Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:08Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:08Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:08Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:10Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:10Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:12Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:14Goodbye, Tommy.
00:25:32Hey, what's that?
00:25:33Where?
00:25:34Over there, something's moving.
00:25:40Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:25:48What are you doing out here, Miss Heave?
00:25:50I thought you might want some company.
00:25:52Shall we sit down?
00:25:54You know, you shouldn't be wandering around the garden at night.
00:25:57After what's happened.
00:25:59Neither should you.
00:26:00Well, but it's part of my job.
00:26:02Mine too.
00:26:03Roy was my brother.
00:26:08Be careful, I think it's Tommy.
00:26:14Hello, Tommy.
00:26:15Hello, everybody.
00:26:16Hello, Tommy.
00:26:17What's up, sis?
00:26:18Mr. Layton wanted to stay in the garden for a while, so I joined him.
00:26:21Don't tell me you're waiting for that animal Dr. Carruthers mentioned.
00:26:24So you don't believe it either?
00:26:26I certainly do not.
00:26:27It's ridiculous.
00:26:29But somebody or something killed your brother.
00:26:32And I suppose you're working on the theory that the murderer always returns to the scene of the crime.
00:26:38Perhaps I am.
00:26:40Not for me.
00:26:41If you'll take my advice, Mary, you'll leave these gentlemen to their vigil and go to bed.
00:26:45That's what I'm going to do.
00:26:47Good night.
00:26:48Good night, Tommy.
00:26:55I don't think your brother likes my being here.
00:26:57Oh, you mustn't mind, Tommy.
00:26:59We're all terribly upset.
00:27:01I know.
00:27:10Tommy!
00:27:11Come on.
00:27:14Help!
00:27:18Help!
00:27:18Oh, I don't know.
00:27:22Help!
00:27:23Help!
00:27:24Help!
00:27:24Help!
00:27:24Help!
00:27:24Come on!
00:27:27Come on!
00:27:30Help!
00:27:31Come on!
00:27:47But I'm telling you, Maggette, it was a bat.
00:27:50I saw it kill Tommy Heath.
00:27:52Listen, Johnny, I want you in one shot to come on home or I'll fire both of you.
00:27:57I'm not coming home and neither is one shot.
00:27:59I'm keeping him here to get a picture of the devil bat.
00:28:01Say, that'll look great in the headlines.
00:28:03Devil bat strikes again.
00:28:07Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:28:09Maybe I better send a wagon with the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:28:14Look, Joe, have I ever lied to you?
00:28:17Plenty of times.
00:28:19Well, I'm not lying this time.
00:28:21If it ever got out that I cooked up a fake story about a devil bat,
00:28:23I wouldn't be able to get a job on a country weekly.
00:28:26Print the story, Joe.
00:28:27So help me, it's on the level.
00:28:30All right, I'll print it.
00:28:32But I won't believe it.
00:28:33Not till one shot gets me a picture of that devil bat in action.
00:28:36Don't worry, he'll get it.
00:28:38Goodbye.
00:28:39You, my friend, are going to get a shot of the devil bat in action.
00:28:42Who, me?
00:28:43How?
00:28:45Have you noticed there's a taxidermist shop in the village?
00:28:48Well, you wouldn't suggest that I go out and stuff a bird, would you?
00:28:52One shot.
00:28:53To think that you'd even hint that I would suggest you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big
00:28:57bat for pictorial purposes.
00:28:59Besides, a bat isn't a bird, it's a mammal.
00:29:01Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?
00:29:04Where is this bird stuff in the emporium?
00:29:08Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:10Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:29:40Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:30:20Now, here's the idea, Frenchie.
00:30:22You hang on to the bat until I get my camera set up.
00:30:24And when I raise my hand, you give the bat a good shove and it'll swing out just like it's
00:30:29flying.
00:30:30Then I can get a swell picture from a boss.
00:30:31Get it?
00:30:32Oui.
00:30:33I am wise, no?
00:30:34No, but hang on to the bat until I raise my hand.
00:30:38What a good find, huh?
00:30:39Up is seen.
00:30:42Woo!
00:30:43Bye.
00:30:45Bye.
00:30:52Bye.
00:30:53Bye.
00:30:54Bye.
00:30:54Bye.
00:30:55Bye.
00:30:55Bye.
00:30:56Bye.
00:31:01Bye.
00:31:06Bye.
00:31:11sherry are you hurt say what's the idea of breaking up my devil bat i'm gonna make you
00:31:16pay for that and i'm going to take you to jail until you explain this come on you you can't
00:31:21do
00:31:21this i'm doing it i was just conducting a little experiment trying to find out how the devil bat
00:31:28does his killing i'm sure mcguire didn't intend doing anything wrong he's uh just a little
00:31:33over zealous about his work yeah with the town and an uproar and everybody terror-stricken wondering
00:31:39whether he's going to be the next victim i don't want any more trouble stirred up even with an
00:31:44artificial bat you'd better get back to the hotel i want to talk to the chief alone is it all
00:31:50right
00:31:50chief yeah but be careful in the future ever smell anything like this before
00:32:02well yes that's the same stuff that's been on every one of the devil bats victims
00:32:07where'd you get it found it in don morton's bathroom
00:32:12find out where morton got it no i didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking questions till after
00:32:17it's been analyzed you think it has any connection with the murders that's the way it strikes me but
00:32:22i uh i can't figure out how i'll get the police cameras on it right away i'll snoop around see
00:32:29if
00:32:29i can find out where morton got it well it probably came from down at the heath cosmetic plant i've
00:32:35been working on the theory of a disgruntled factory employee committing the crimes it's certainly more
00:32:41than coincidental that all the victims have been members of the heath and morton families yeah
00:32:46looks like a plot to wipe them all out
00:32:50i wish the rest of them would leave town until this crime is solved you're worried about mary aren't
00:32:56you well yes i've been urging her to leave but she won't go without her father and he insists on
00:33:03remaining here to help clear up the crime and worse than that neither heath nor morton will let me give
00:33:07them a bodyguard i guess we'll just have to wait for something to break good night chief good night johnny
00:33:23boy have i got a picture i'll knock my ginty dead meet the double bat well how about that wire
00:33:29looks
00:33:30as if the bats on a flying trapeze oh but i'm not through working on it yet see i can
00:33:34touch this picture
00:33:35up so the battle look like he's got nothing around him but nothing okay rembrandt you win
00:33:45this is your news commentator walter king tonight we're broadcasting from the little village of
00:33:49heathville where an alleged devil bat has claimed three victims during the past six weeks you will
00:33:54note that i say alleged devil bat that ladies and gentlemen is because your correspondent has
00:33:59been very skeptical from the start as to the existence of this horrendous creature
00:34:03i have as my guest in the studio tonight professor percival garland rains perhaps the world's greatest
00:34:08authority on animal life i'm going to interview professor rains on the subject of the devil bat
00:34:12our radio audience may draw its own conclusions professor rains first let me ask you point blank
00:34:19do you believe that any such creature as the devil bat exists i do not he's got a nerve quiet
00:34:26in the dark
00:34:27ages when men and women lived in caves there may have existed a bat of this size but not in
00:34:33this day and age
00:34:34how do you account for the fact that mary heath whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat and
00:34:40a
00:34:40newspaper reporter john leighton claimed to have seen this amazing creature sometimes under stress of
00:34:45excitement our minds play tricks on us hey he's insinuating you saw the little bat that wasn't there
00:34:51pipe down but how about the picture of the devil bat published by mr leighton's paper
00:34:56i examine that picture under a powerful magnifying glass i denounce it as a fraud
00:35:02whoever constructed the strange looking monster forgot to remove a label from the silk
00:35:07from the silk used on its left wing that label reads made in japan
00:35:20put through a hurry call to heathville i want to talk to johnny leighton he's at the heathville hotel
00:35:27one guest who that is yeah mcginty
00:35:36go ahead pour it on so you slipped over a fake picture on me huh well you're fired both of
00:35:42you
00:35:43and i'll see to it that you never work on another newspaper as long as i live
00:35:47made in japan you tell one shot mcguire he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch
00:35:53both of you come on in and get your final checks oh no we're not coming in to get anything
00:35:59all right so we're fired but we're staying here just the same i saw that bat
00:36:04we're gonna stay here till we catch that bat and when we do i'm gonna bring it in and stuff
00:36:08it down
00:36:09your throat goodbye
00:36:14well we're fired
00:36:16again
00:36:19that's him calling back to apologize now you give him a good scare
00:36:24no use begging us to go to work for you again mcgetty you fired us and we're staying fired
00:36:29oh oh mary i i thought it was somebody else johnny why did you make a joke of a tragic
00:36:33thing like this
00:36:34but it wasn't intended as a joke mary i was only trying to get the news i suppose you call
00:36:39it
00:36:39getting the news when you arrange to print a picture that's a deliberate hoax that has the entire
00:36:44country laughing a grand joke johnny but somehow i can't appreciate it but i can explain that picture
00:36:51don't try johnny
00:37:02made in japan i ought to skin you alive and nail your hide to a barn door
00:37:12here's the chemistry part on that shaving lotion
00:37:16i see he couldn't break down one of the ingredients yes he said it must be some element
00:37:21with which he's not familiar
00:37:24we won't get anywhere until we identify it
00:37:28there's just one other man in this town that might be able to help us
00:37:32dr carruthers
00:37:35yeah carruthers could help us i found out he compounded that lotion
00:37:39well if you suspect carruthers you're barking up the wrong tree johnny
00:37:43he's the last man in this town that would harm anyone why everybody loves him
00:37:48maybe so but here's something else i dug up
00:37:53the heath and morton fortunes are based on a greaseless cold cream formula dr crudders invented
00:37:59so what all the doctor got out of it was ten thousand dollars and the others made a fortune
00:38:05well it's common knowledge that he sold out for cash when he could have had an interest in the firm
00:38:10just the same every victim had this stuff from his laboratory on him
00:38:17maybe you've been working too hard on this case johnny
00:38:20like to get his reaction on the stuff if he denies knowing anything about it we'll know there's a tie
00:38:25-up
00:38:25somewhere i think you're bombing but just to show you that i'm following up every clue we'll talk to him
00:38:33we'll uh put this in another bottle and without telling him we know he compounded it ask him to
00:38:38analyze it doc i hope we're not upsetting your work barging in on you this way no no not at
00:38:43all
00:38:44i'm anxious to help solve these crimes all the victims were very dear friends of mine
00:38:50here's a sample of the stuff young morton and the two heath boys had on them when they were attacked
00:38:53by the devil bat of course it doesn't make sense to me that the bird would choose only people
00:38:59using that particular stuff a bat is not a bird it's a mammal well anyway our police chemists
00:39:06couldn't break down one of the ingredients we thought perhaps you could
00:39:12why i compounded this myself it's a new shaving lotion i'm experimenting with
00:39:19the ingredient your chemist couldn't break down i discovered years ago in tibet
00:39:25how did you happen to put it in a shaving lotion oh the llamas use it in some of their
00:39:30religious
00:39:31rides as a perfume the scent is very pleasant and can't be imitated by competitors but what were
00:39:37don morton the two heath boys doing with the stuff oh it is the policy of our firm to try
00:39:44out any new
00:39:45product before marketing it well that knocks our theory into a cocked hat yeah
00:39:50well we were hoping the unknown ingredient might turn out to be some sort of a clue
00:39:57this isn't the kind of bottle i give it out in but i presume your chemist changed it when making
00:40:02the analysis yeah is there anything else i can do to help tell me did you hear professor raines on
00:40:11the
00:40:11radio last night yes it was very interesting and very asinine you mean you believe there is a devil
00:40:19bad why not you saw it didn't you well sure i did so did mary then why worry about what
00:40:24one scientist
00:40:25says that one scientist got me fired oh you mean uh your newspaper discharged you that's right
00:40:36oh that's too bad then you're believing keith's will before the mystery solved
00:40:43i'm afraid not i'm going to stay here and work with the chief
00:40:49since you're going to stay here for a while i would like you to try out
00:40:54a bottle of the new lotion and tell me how you like it and you too chief no no not
00:41:00me doc
00:41:01if my wife ever smelled perfume on me she'd suspect me sure
00:41:06well mr layton i understand you are not married all right i'll try it in the morning when i shave
00:41:11i guess we're better be going chief see you later doc so long dr crothers goodbye mr layton
00:41:30what's the matter what's the matter does that smelly shaving lotion put you to sleep well why'd you
00:41:35tell the doc you're gonna use it if you think it's smelly oh i don't know i uh guess i
00:41:39was a little
00:41:39ashamed of ever suspecting the old doc well i like it and i'm gonna tell him so
00:41:46what time is it after midnight midnight oh they ain't no use of waiting around here any longer
00:41:54this must be the bats night off did you hear that yeah
00:42:10get that camera
00:42:12look out
00:42:34you got him listen johnny i'm gonna cook that bird personally from a guinea
00:42:38and i'll even stuff it myself
00:43:17i was still skeptical when i came to heathville today to examine the body of this so-called devil bat
00:43:25but after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research
00:43:29i've arrived at the conclusion that the creature is the lone survivor of a type of giant bat
00:43:36which existed in great numbers during the early part of the neolithic age
00:43:42perhaps i should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners that the neolithic age
00:43:47is that period of antiquity commonly called the stone age
00:43:56imbecile bombastic ignoramus
00:43:58which is
00:43:59and
00:44:00and
00:44:23and
00:44:26and
00:44:45Sorry, McGinty, but One Shot and I are not interested.
00:44:48At your prices.
00:44:49Of course, if there was a raise of, say, 20...
00:44:5130.
00:44:5230 dollars plus a fat bonus, we might consider it.
00:44:56Your hold up, men.
00:44:57Both of you.
00:44:58I refuse to be robbed.
00:45:00Have it your way, McGinty, have it your way.
00:45:02But we have the bat's corpus delecti and the exclusive picture.
00:45:06Of course, I've got an eyewitness story that two syndicates are bidding for.
00:45:10And don't forget, you've got to pay us for the time we were fired.
00:45:15That's better.
00:45:17Now you're talking, boss.
00:45:18Okay, we're working for you again.
00:45:19We'll gather up the loose ends and see you in a couple of days.
00:45:21Goodbye.
00:45:24Come in.
00:45:27Hello, Johnny.
00:45:28Well, Mary.
00:45:30Johnny, I came to tell you that I'm sorry I said what I did the last time we talked.
00:45:35Do you suppose...
00:45:36Well, I don't know how to say it, but...
00:45:38I do.
00:45:39Miss Heath, do you suppose that little French girl would apologize to me if I looked her up?
00:45:44Well, I'm positive she would.
00:45:46I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:45:49to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:45:50I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:45:52to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:45:54I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:45:57to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:03I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how
00:46:05to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but
00:46:09I don't know how to say it, but I don't know how to say it, but I
00:46:53Splendid.
00:46:55You will be even greater than your unfortunate predecessor.
00:47:11Enraged, aren't you?
00:47:13Fine.
00:47:16I'm enraged also.
00:47:19Tonight I shall call on Henry Morton and you shall strike him down.
00:47:27Henry, the lotion has turned out to be better than I had hoped.
00:47:31I want you to try it.
00:47:35Well, just leave it here, Doc, and I'll try it in the morning after shaving.
00:47:42It smells good, doesn't it?
00:47:45Yes, but isn't it too strong?
00:47:47No, no, no.
00:47:48Evaporation quickly tones it down just to the right scent.
00:47:52Rub a few drops on your face.
00:47:55Well, I'd rather wait until after I shave.
00:47:57Then my skin will be more tender and receptive to a lotion.
00:48:02Well, just a little here.
00:48:04The texture of the skin there is always very delicate.
00:48:12I'll give you a few drops in your hand.
00:48:24I hope you're right about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:48:56Henry, I smell the high heavens.
00:48:57And you remember what we built on.
00:49:00A mere $10,000 for your formula.
00:49:04You shouldn't have demanded all cash, Doc.
00:49:07You should have ridden along with us.
00:49:09Then you'd be rich too.
00:49:12Well, but then you've had a lot of fun in your laboratory with your experiments, dreaming up something new.
00:49:20You're a dreamer, Doc.
00:49:23Too much money is bad for dreamers.
00:49:26So you try to pay me in flattery, telling me that I'm a dreamer.
00:49:33Well, I do dream.
00:49:36Dreams that you could never guess.
00:49:40Your nerves are frayed, Doc.
00:49:42Now calm down.
00:49:43Get a grip on yourself.
00:49:44You've been working too hard on your formula.
00:49:47Formula?
00:49:49That's but child's play for a great scientist.
00:49:53Your brain is too feeble to conceive what I have accomplished in the realm of science.
00:50:01Doc, you've made some great scientific discovery.
00:50:05What is it?
00:50:06When you'll find out, Henry, it'll be too late for you.
00:50:12Oh, come, come, Doc.
00:50:13You can't pretend to control a man's destiny.
00:50:18I've already proved it three times.
00:50:30I'm sorry.
00:50:34Perhaps you're right, Henry, about my working too hard.
00:50:38I guess I'm a little tired.
00:50:40I better go home and get some rest.
00:50:43Sure.
00:50:44A night's sleep will do you good.
00:50:46Good night, Doc.
00:50:48Goodbye.
00:50:50Henry?
00:51:01Thirty-six, Jay.
00:51:03Hello?
00:51:05Oh, that's you, Martin?
00:51:06Yes, Henry.
00:51:09I want you to call Chief of Police Wilkins to come to your house immediately.
00:51:12It's very important.
00:51:14Chief's here now.
00:51:15Well, don't let him leave until I get there.
00:51:17What otherwise happened?
00:51:18I think I've got a clue to all those murders.
00:51:21It may peter out.
00:51:23But if half what I suspect is true is the most diabolical plot that a madman ever concocted.
00:51:29What is it?
00:51:34Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:51:36I forgot my hat.
00:51:38Henry, what is it?
00:51:40I'll tell you all about it when I get there.
00:51:42I hope I didn't intrude on a private conversation.
00:51:46Oh, nothing important.
00:51:47I don't.
00:51:47I don't.
00:52:08I don't.
00:52:24Let's go.
00:52:45Let's go.
00:53:14I hope Henry was right about having a clue.
00:53:17But why didn't he explain more about it when he phoned?
00:53:21When I insisted, he changed his tone as if he'd been interrupted.
00:53:25I was afraid that he might be overheard.
00:53:32What is that squeaky sound?
00:53:34Oh, just some night noise.
00:53:36Help!
00:53:37Help!
00:53:43Help!
00:53:48Help!
00:53:52Help!
00:53:53Help!
00:54:41I feel much better, Mr. Heath, since you asked us to stay in your home until this new devil bat
00:54:46has been killed.
00:54:47I've been worried about Mary.
00:54:48What reason have you to believe that Mary is in danger?
00:54:52Only this.
00:54:53I'm convinced that someone is using the bat to wipe out the entire Heath and Morton families.
00:54:57As a scientist, I assure you, the thought of a human controlling a bat is fantastic.
00:55:03Just the same, no villager has been killed or even attacked.
00:55:06You're forgetting, aren't you, that Mr. McGuire was attacked.
00:55:10He's not a member of either family.
00:55:12Why, I'm practically a member of this family already.
00:55:14I'm going to marry Miss Heath's maid.
00:55:16Oh, really?
00:55:18Well, boys, I'll have Maxine show you to your rooms.
00:55:20I must be running along home.
00:55:22It's past my bedtime.
00:55:23Good night, gentlemen.
00:55:23Good night, Dr. Martin.
00:55:24Good night, Dr.
00:55:25Good night, Dr.
00:55:26Good-bye, Mary.
00:55:29Come along.
00:55:38Maxine?
00:55:38Oui, mademoiselle.
00:55:44Did you fill my perfume bottles with something new?
00:55:47Oh, no, mademoiselle.
00:55:48I never touch your perfume.
00:55:50It's funny.
00:55:51I don't recognize it.
00:55:53Perhaps Dad filled them as a surprise.
00:55:56He always does that with every new perfume the plant puts out.
00:55:59Is there anything else?
00:56:00No, Maxine, that's all.
00:56:02Good night.
00:56:02Good night, mademoiselle.
00:56:29Good night, Mademoiselle.
00:56:55Mary, what happened?
00:56:56It was trying to get in the window, a big bat.
00:57:00Oh, it was awful.
00:57:07Mary, I want you to tell me everything you did just before that bat tried to get in.
00:57:11Well, first I took a bath.
00:57:13Then I brushed my hair and Maxine came in and turned the covers down.
00:57:17And then fastened the screen, which somehow had come unhooked.
00:57:21Yeah.
00:57:22Go ahead, what else?
00:57:23Well, then we talked about some new perfume that someone had put in my dressing table bottles.
00:57:28Dad, did you put any new perfume in my bottles?
00:57:31No, I didn't.
00:57:32Is this the stuff?
00:57:33Yes.
00:57:35Tony, this smells like...
00:57:36Wait, quiet.
00:57:37Dad, I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:57:39And I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:57:41We'll do everything we can.
00:57:42Of course.
00:57:44What's Carruthers' number?
00:57:4548J.
00:57:51Operator, give me 48J, please.
00:57:55Hello, Dr. Carruthers.
00:57:57This is Johnny Layton.
00:57:58That's right.
00:57:59Something terrible has happened to Mary.
00:58:00Can you hurry over?
00:58:02I'll be right there.
00:58:04Good.
00:58:05Oh, Johnny, I'm all right.
00:58:07I don't need a doctor.
00:58:07That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:58:09You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:58:11Mr. Heath, you in one shot must help her trick Dr. Carruthers into staying here as long as you can.
00:58:15Where are you going, Johnny?
00:58:16To do a little private bat hunting.
00:58:23To do a little private bat hunting.
00:59:03The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:59:05She's suffering from fright.
00:59:07I'll give you a set of things.
00:59:11Where's Mr. Layton?
00:59:12Well, I guess he's out in the garden hunting the devil bat.
00:59:15Layton is a very brave young man.
00:59:18Give him a seat, one of these, every half an hour.
00:59:21Oui, Dr.
00:59:21It will quieten her nerves.
00:59:23But, Doc, hadn't you better stay until she's quieter?
00:59:25She'll be all right in the morning.
00:59:27Hey, Doc, I don't feel so good myself.
00:59:29Would you mind taking my temperature?
00:59:31You look perfectly well, Mr. McGuire.
00:59:33Well, you ought to see my tongue.
00:59:35It looks just like a squirrel's tail.
00:59:37Look.
00:59:38Try some calamus.
00:59:39A squirrel's tail.
00:59:47A squirrel.
00:59:51All right.
00:59:51All right.
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01:03:33I'M AFRAID
01:03:34ALL OF THEM
01:03:35AFFECTED YOUR MIND
01:03:38MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO COME
01:03:39ALONG DOC
01:03:40AND BE AN EYEWITNESS
01:03:42I'M SURE IT WOULD BE
01:03:43JUST A WAST OF TIME
01:03:44BUT I WOULD BE GLEAD
01:03:45TO WATCH THE EXPERIMENT
01:03:47GOOD
01:03:48I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU TO HELP ME
01:03:56I tell you, Leighton, expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion is all foolishness.
01:04:02I think I better run around.
01:04:04Ah, sit down, Doc.
01:04:07The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:04:15You, uh, aren't very chummy tonight.
01:04:18What's the matter?
01:04:19Uh, firearms always make me nervous.
01:04:22Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:04:26Uh, just in case the devil bat does show up.
01:04:29According to your theory, the killer wouldn't attack me.
01:04:33I haven't any of that lotion on me.
01:04:39You have now, Doc.
01:04:40Why did you do that?
01:04:42To make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:04:46Now sit down.
01:04:48And don't try any shenanigans.
01:04:55Not so funny when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:04:59Is it, Doc?
01:05:01I, I don't know what you're talking about.
01:05:04Maybe you've made a mistake when you let that devil bat of yours out of the attic tonight.
01:05:10Don't worry about the bat killing you.
01:05:12I'm saving you for the hangman.
01:05:17Tell me, Doc.
01:05:18How did you, uh, develop a monster bat like that?
01:05:23You wouldn't understand the scientific theory.
01:05:26?
01:05:37Happy mood.
01:05:46Bye.
01:05:46Bye.
01:05:47Bye.
01:05:50Bye.
01:05:54Bye.
01:06:03Hello, Chief. What are you doing out here?
01:06:05Young fellow, don't think that you're the only man working on this case.
01:06:08It was lucky I was here, too.
01:06:10Thanks. Did you kill the devil, Bat?
01:06:11No, he got away.
01:06:13Well, here's one bird that didn't get away,
01:06:14and he's the murderer we've both been looking for.
01:06:18Quick, shoot it!
01:06:27Where is it?
01:06:28It's gone.
01:06:31And so's the doctor.
01:06:32Did you get the bat?
01:06:34What happened?
01:06:34Dr. Carruthers is the murderer,
01:06:36and he's hiding somewhere in the garden.
01:06:38You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:06:41Come on.
01:06:49Doctor!
01:06:50Dr. Carruthers!
01:06:54Doctor!
01:06:56Has anything happened to Johnny?
01:06:58Is he hurt?
01:06:59They took him up to my place.
01:07:00You better come along with me.
01:07:18That was Mary.
01:07:32Are you all right, Mary?
01:07:33Go help Dr. Carruthers.
01:07:35He's over there.
01:07:38That devil bat belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:07:41He created it to commit those murders.
01:07:45Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:07:48Good job.
01:08:03Good job.
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