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The teenage years-
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Sixteen candles,
fervent passions,
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aimless joyrides
and the forbidden taste of beer.
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A time the world allows
for sowing one's wild oats.
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But for some individuals I came to
know in the summer of their discontent,
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it had been a time when they had
sown the seeds of their own destruction.
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Chicago's outskirts, April 5.
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The Cook County Warehouse
and Impound Yard.
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It had been the center
of considerable controversy.
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One of Chicago's largest cemeteries,
the Hills of Lethe,
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had been sold to a real estate developer
who was going to erect condominiums.
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The former occupants
of Hills of Lethe had to be moved.
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In spite of the care that was taken,
there were some mistakes and oversights.
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In one case,
the oversight was very small,
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but it blossomed into a flower of evil.
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10:45 p. m.
Mrs. Rita Baker, widowed, age 62,
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had lived a hard, spare life
and had become a hopeless insomniac.
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But on the night of February 5,
she had managed to doze off for a while.
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Fact: When police arrived,
they agreed the 1956 model B.S.A. motorcycle...
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had been stolen.
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Item: The police never did answer
how a 20-year-old motorcycle,
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rusted and long since
drained of gas and oil,
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had roared out
into the chill Cicero night.
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April 6.
Near the Great Lakes Naval Station.
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Joseph Morton, 36, would have liked
an answer to the question...
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the police brushed aside.
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Joe probably could have provided
some of the information too,
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because the event also had a
place in his past.
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Joe could have provided some answers
ifhe had survived the day.
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Joe!
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Joe, move it!
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No!
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Unit Mike-Niner-Niner.
A 219 at Domino Cab Company.
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2287 Valencia.
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The guy had no head.
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Excuse me.
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Then he-he- Then he came atJoe.
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Who gave you permission
to come into the garage, Kolchak?
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The founding fathers of this great republic, who
set forth some 200 years ago in Philadelphia-
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that's in Pennsylvania, son-
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the fact that the people
of the United States...
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could have a free, open
and unfettered press.
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Oh, spare me. I heard about
the homicide on the radio.
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Give me the details,
Lieutenant. Captain.
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Captain? Really? Since when?
Mm-hmm.
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Right before Christmas. I put Reuben Estevez
in the joint for 30. No chance of parole.
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Really? Well, that's terrific.
Deck the halls. Congratulations, Captain.
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From now on, things are gonna
be a little different, Kolchak.
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- For too many years, I've seen how my predecessors have handled you press boys.
- Oh?
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All wrong. There'll be no pictures
until I say so, for one thing.
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- What?
- I saw you flashing over there a few minutes ago.
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- You can't get me on that rap.
- Give me the film, Kolchak!
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Listen, this is the way
I make my living.
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This is part and parcel
of the free flow of information.
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Give me the film.
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You realize, of course, that this goes directly
against the First and the Fourth Amendment. The-
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I forgot to load the camera.
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You know, I-I do that
more and more as I grow older.
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Fortunately for all of us, Kolchak,
you're your own worst enemy.
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Oh, you think that's
funny, huh? Yes.
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It was horrible.
The whole head-it was gone.
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Head gone?
Was the victim beheaded?
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Don't mess with me, Kolchak. I'm the youngest
captain on the force, and I'm going to be the best.
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I believe that. I believe that. If you don't die
from hypertension first. Learn to relax, will ya?
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Did the killer ride a motorcycle,
a motorbike?
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- No comment.
- Thank you. Did you get a make on it?
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The founding fathers didn't give you permission
to park at the scene of an investigation.
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- You st-
- I told you things would be different.
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Hey, wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
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Okay. Let's see if we can
make some sense of this now.
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Well, if it isn't the third runner-up
in the "SpikeJones Dress-alike Contest."
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And a fond hello to you too, Neil.
Joe Morton, cabdriver.
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First, let's not forget
my scholarship fund.
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You still want to be a
beautician, huh? Mm-hmm.
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Won't it give your customers the creeps knowing
what those clammy hands of yours have touched?
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My hands aren't clammy.
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For a routine homicide, Jonas has this thing
sealed up like a Japanese imperial code.
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Was Morton by any chance beheaded?
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Yes. And you could use
a good trim yourself.
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Come on. Come on.
Open up the icebox.
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Eh, Morton, Morton, Morton.
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Here.
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Out we come.
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- Oh, boy.
- Want my expert opinion?
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- Yeah.
- A sword did that.
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A sword? Come on.
It looks like a surgical incision.
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- That's cleaner, better than most of the work we do here.
- Hmm.
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Boy, look at Morton's hair.
Look at that oil.
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The only thing missing
is the croutons.
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Uh, Kolchak, don't you want to hear
about Mr. Morton's bulletproof vest?
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What bulletproof vest? He was a cabdriver.
What was he driving on? The Ho Chi Minh Trail?
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Cabbies get held up a lot. It
makes sense. But that's not the point.
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- What is the point?
- The point is the high cost of education.
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I'm gonna end up putting you
through university. That's not a bad idea.
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Personal effects. Mr. Morton was struck in the
back before he caught the decapitating blow.
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That chopped his head
off with a sword. Mm-hmm.
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Want some more of my
expert opinion? Yeah.
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Try a wet razor cut
with a blow dry,
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and a good shampoo with nucleic
acids, maybe celery concentrate.
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Your hair will look marvelous.
What? Are you crazy?
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I'll do it for you myself.
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Come on, Kolchak.
Oh, thank you, Neil.
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Kolchak!
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Now, what were we talking about?
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Um- Oh, we're talking about
that-that little doll over here.
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No, long before we started talking about this little
doll, we were talking about these motorcycle tracks.
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What kind of a tire made
those tracks? Oh, let me see.
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That's a Johansen Road Monarch,
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5.60 by 18.
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Yes. Now, here's-here's a model,
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an N.B.H. model 80,
made in Germany.
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Very, very conservative. Just the thing for a
journalist like yourself. Yeah, well-
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Mr. Bresson, on what kind of bike would I find
these tires? Now, hold on, Mr. Kolchak, will you?
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Now, you're a reporter, and your function
in life is to ask questions, right?
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That's right.
Well, since I'm a motorcycle dealer,
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isn't it fair that it's my function
in life to sell you a motorcycle,
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especially since I own this store?
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Absolutely right, Mr. Bresson!
Absolutely right. Yeah.
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Now can you answer my questions first?
You'd find those tires on an antique bike.
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They haven't made those tires
in over 20 years.
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TheJohansen Tire Company
went down the tubes.
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That's a joke,
isn't it? Yeah, a motorcycle.
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You are serious, aren't you? I mean-Come on, this isn't
an old tire. It's brand-new. It's in perfect shape.
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I know. It's cherry.
But I'm telling you the fact.
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Those tires were made
for the old B.S.A. - the "Beezers."
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And not one has
hit the asphalt since the '50s.
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That tire was very popular with the bike
gangs when Ike was in the White House.
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What, 20 years ago? TheJokers and the Bishops-
they were the two outlaw biking clubs.
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They-They were the best.
But I don't think they exist anymore.
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Now, this Matsuda is just
the bike for you, sir.
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Jokers and the Bishops?
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Matsuda made planes
during the war.
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Made good ones.
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I was a Navy flier.
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It just so happens that I was
shot down in flames over Tarawa...
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by a Matsuda 140 Tiger Shark.
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I was in the V.A.
for a year. I-
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I couldn't walk.
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But they make darn good bikes.
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Forgive and forget.
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Yes, of course.
Certainly. Listen. I'll, uh, come back.
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We can talk about me buying a bike
maybe with some training wheels, all right?
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April 6, 8:45 p. m.
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Studs Spake,
real name, Henry Barlow Spake,
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was making a halfhearted attempt
at earning an honest living.
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Within minutes,
his only concern became living, period.
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Yeah, I got it fixed.
Yeah, I'm knocking off now.
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So, how's it going, Emily?
No luck so far.
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Nothing yet, huh?
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All right. Well-
What are you doin' here?
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You should be in the hospital
with your ulcer.
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I can't stay away any longer, Carl.
I've got responsibilities.
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Responsibilities?
Did the doctor let you out?
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Yeah. But he-The diet he
gave me is-is the worst part. Oh?
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Oh, bland and gooey. I
gotta take this stuff. Yeah?
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What is it? Magnesium
suspension, mint flavored.
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Yeah. Tastes like eggnog...
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mixed with, uh, toothpaste
and billiard chalk.
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It's for your own good.
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Oh-ho, that's very original. Tony-Tony-Tony,
do you really think you oughta be back to work?
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Yeah. Yeah, all I have to do is...
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take it easy
and go easy on the workload...
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and sort of ease into
things, that's all. Uh-huh.
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Now what is it
you're working on?
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You don't wanna know about
the news, Tony. It's always grim.
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No, no, no. Come on- No, no, no, really. Why don't
you stick to your managerial duties for a while?
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No, come on.
Whip it on me, like the kids say.
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Come on, Carl. Tony, if I tell
you, you're gonna get upset.
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Your ulcer's gonna get all churned
up again. The news is my business.
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I have to know what you're working on.
You're gonna get angry. You're gonna get mad.
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Carl!
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Okay. I'm still on the murder I
mentioned on the telephone. The cabdriver.
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- You're still on that same thing? Carl-
- D-Don't-
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Carl, do you really think
it's that important?
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I mean, it seems like a routine homicide
to me. Of course, that's only my opinion.
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But if you tell me otherwise, fine.
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Okay.
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Joe Morton was wearing
a bulletproof vest.
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It got cut into shredded wheat
by a sword.
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That's interesting. Velocity of
force of attack by motorcycle.
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- It's grim. It's real. I like it.
- You do?
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- Yeah.
- That's just it, Tony. It-It's not real.
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- It isn't?
- I checked it out with the crash experts at the highway department,
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and it's virtually impossible
for someone swinging a sword...
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to inflict that kind of damage,
no matter how fast the bike was going.
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Oh, I see.
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Wait a minute.
I think I like that angle even better.
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"Police Take Spill on Motorcycle Murder,
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Release Incorrect Cause of Death."
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Carl, when
you're good, you're very good.
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No, no, no. Wait, wait, Tony.
That's just the point.
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It was a motorcycle,
and it was a sword. Yeah.
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You see, but that kind of bike
hasn't been seen on this earth...
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for the last 20 years,
two decades.
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And whoever, or whatever, it was
that swung that sword...
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would have had to have had-
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well, let's face it,
superhuman strength.
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Where are you going, Tony?
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Uh, Tony, listen, don't overdo it.
You'd better follow the prescription.
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Really! You're gonna
make yourself sick on that stuff.
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Oh, something else, Tony. An eyewitness
named Norman Kahill, a taxi dispatcher.
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Well, nobody can find him apparently. Emily
and I have been working on it around the clock.
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Now, why have the police
sequestered Kahill, huh?
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Why? I give up. Don't
keep me in suspense.
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Or suspension, right?
I'm sorry, Tony.
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- I'm sorry.
- Well, I've located Kahill.
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Oh, you did? Oh, you are an
angel. You are Sherlock Holmes.
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It wasn't easy. A friend
of mine-a nurse- Uh-huh.
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Says that he's been consigned to Mercy
General's psychiatric ward, Room 312.
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Uh-huh. Uh-huh! Uh-huh!
Psychiatric ward. You see, Tony?
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That dispatcher saw something!
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Yeah, when you see this cab dispatcher,
tell him to dispatch one here.
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'Cause I'm ready to go home.
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Oh.
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Sir? Sir, where are you going?
Oh, it's perfectly all right, Nurse.
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You see, I'm the official police sketch artist. My
name's Van Dam, Carl Van Dam. Well, just a moment-
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No relationship to Van Gogh. You see I
have no deficiency in the ear department.
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Captain Jonas cleared it
with your boss.
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All I have to do is go in
and talk to Mr. Kahill,
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and he's gonna describe
everything that he saw. May-May-
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May I see your credentials?
Look at that bone structure.
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As a matter of fact,
look in that direction.
223
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Look at that profile.
Look at the skin texture.
224
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Look at the chiaroscuro, even
under these dreadful florescent lights.
225
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Look at the- Look at the time.
226
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We'll talk about a sitting when I'm finished
with Mr. Kahill. You can come to my garret.
227
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Well-Hmm.
228
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It's about time
you got here, Uncle Ned.
229
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I'm terribly sorry I was late, nephew.
Well, you should be.
230
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Look! Look! That
spider's gonna drop on you.
231
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That was no spider!
That was my wife!
232
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Yeah, I-I can understand that.
233
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Uh, Mr. Kahill, my name is Carl Kolchak. I'm with the
Independent News Service. I was at the garage yesterday.
234
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Did you see it? No, no, I didn't. But
you did. I wish you'd tell me about it.
235
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A headless motorcycle rider
swinging a sword.
236
00:18:26,330 --> 00:18:30,289
But nobody'll believe me.
I'm as sane as you are.
237
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I- I believe you.
I believe you.
238
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Now just think carefully.
239
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Are you sure it wasn't the lights or the speed of whatever
it was that happened that makes you think the way you do?
240
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All right. Go ahead. Go ahead.
Treat me like a nut. Everybody does.
241
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I am sane. I am lucid.
I am as clearheaded as Walter Cronkite!
242
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I know. I know. I believe you.
Really, I do.
243
00:18:50,754 --> 00:18:53,245
Now if you saw what you say you saw,
244
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you won't find anybody
more interested in it than I am.
245
00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:00,626
But let's go through it very carefully, point
by point, and get all of our facts straight.
246
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All right.
247
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This guy-This-This thing went after
Joe Morton and killed him.
248
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He was riding the same kind of bike thatJoe Morton
used to ride years ago. He told us about it.
249
00:19:11,575 --> 00:19:14,772
Wait. You mean Joe Morton
was a bike rider? Yeah.
250
00:19:14,845 --> 00:19:16,779
When?
Ohh-
251
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Was he a member of a bike club?
252
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Mr. Van Gogh,
253
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go!
254
00:19:24,655 --> 00:19:27,317
See ya later.
You stepped on my wife!
255
00:19:51,915 --> 00:19:56,147
Save the wear and tear on my ears. I'm releasing
no information on the Morton homicide, period.
256
00:19:58,922 --> 00:20:00,856
Okay.
257
00:20:00,924 --> 00:20:03,903
Understood. I just wanted to find out
if you'd notified the board of directors.
258
00:20:03,927 --> 00:20:07,624
- What board of directors?
- Morton Mining and Manufacture.
259
00:20:09,933 --> 00:20:13,801
You're not kidding.
You don't know.
260
00:20:13,871 --> 00:20:17,807
You don't know thatJoseph Morton is
an heir to that whole copper dynasty?
261
00:20:17,875 --> 00:20:19,740
What?
262
00:20:19,810 --> 00:20:21,801
Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
263
00:20:21,879 --> 00:20:24,679
Well, I got an inside tip, and I had
our financial editor check it out.
264
00:20:24,748 --> 00:20:29,185
And it's true. Joseph Morton was in line to
inherit the whole entire Morton's Holding Company.
265
00:20:29,253 --> 00:20:31,244
About 10, 12 corporations
out in Kanab, Utah.
266
00:20:31,321 --> 00:20:35,314
That loser wasn't about to inherit
anything but a cabdriver's fat behind.
267
00:20:35,392 --> 00:20:38,418
He was a young punk from Cicero,
had a yellow sheet as long as your arm.
268
00:20:38,495 --> 00:20:42,158
A nobody. He was worth eight
million bucks! That's somebody.
269
00:20:42,232 --> 00:20:45,929
Morton ran away from home when he was about
14 years old, lived with a couple in Cicero.
270
00:20:46,003 --> 00:20:48,870
But the Morton family
knew where he was all the time.
271
00:20:48,939 --> 00:20:51,772
And they let him join theJokers?
A punk bike gang?
272
00:20:51,842 --> 00:20:54,367
Boozing? Girls?
Breaking store windows, huh?
273
00:20:54,445 --> 00:20:58,745
In 1956 alone,
Morton was busted nine times.
274
00:20:58,816 --> 00:21:02,047
Drunk and disorderly. Aggravated
assault. Grand theft auto.
275
00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,384
Copper heir, my Yankee.
Okay. All right.
276
00:21:05,456 --> 00:21:08,357
Captain Jonas, you'd just better
check it out for yourself.
277
00:21:08,425 --> 00:21:12,794
I mean, it's your neck. They're old
money there. Society people involved.
278
00:21:12,863 --> 00:21:14,922
Sit down.
279
00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:21,104
Henry Spake, a. k.a. Studs, head of
theJokers, stabbed a gym teacher at 16.
280
00:21:21,171 --> 00:21:25,335
That was Morton's best friend.
Spake is still a biker, even worse now.
281
00:21:25,409 --> 00:21:28,310
He runs the Devil's Advocates.
Loves to run tour buses off the road.
282
00:21:28,378 --> 00:21:32,542
Is that the kind of society chum the
Morton family picked for their son? Huh?
283
00:21:32,616 --> 00:21:36,552
- You're pathetic.
- Who knows about families these days?
284
00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:39,248
I don't know anything about it.
Joe and-and his father,
285
00:21:39,323 --> 00:21:43,316
Old Man Morton, J.J.,
had irreconcilable differences.
286
00:21:43,393 --> 00:21:48,592
But, uh, Mrs. Morton, Joe's
mother, Glenda, loved the boy...
287
00:21:48,665 --> 00:21:51,566
and kept sending him money surreptitiously
year after year after year...
288
00:21:51,635 --> 00:21:53,262
until last, uh- until she died.
289
00:21:53,337 --> 00:21:55,305
- It was about, uh-
- Mm-hmm.
290
00:21:55,372 --> 00:21:57,397
Yeah, late last year.
291
00:21:57,474 --> 00:22:00,602
And Mom let him marry Lila Polito, huh?
A high school dropout.
292
00:22:00,677 --> 00:22:04,807
Lila and her sister Coral used to ride
with theJokers. Real debutantes, those two.
293
00:22:04,882 --> 00:22:07,407
Well, Lila I knew about.
But not Debbie.
294
00:22:07,484 --> 00:22:10,647
- Coral.
- Coral. Coral.
295
00:22:10,721 --> 00:22:12,780
You know, you really got
a lot of information there.
296
00:22:12,856 --> 00:22:15,586
- You've really done your homework.
- I don't miss much.
297
00:22:15,659 --> 00:22:20,289
No, you don't. We're a lot alike,
Captain. We really oughta work together.
298
00:22:20,364 --> 00:22:24,926
This, uh-This Morton Mining thing is really gonna
put me into the A-number-one position in the paper.
299
00:22:25,002 --> 00:22:27,300
It's gonna do terrific things
for my career.
300
00:22:27,371 --> 00:22:31,364
As for you and the department here, it's gonna
be sensational for you. I hope you realize that.
301
00:22:31,441 --> 00:22:34,877
You realize this-
I never work with the press.
302
00:22:34,945 --> 00:22:38,244
And the question ofJoe Morton
is not open to outside investigation!
303
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:41,842
You get no help from this office!
I'm just trying to benefit us both.
304
00:22:41,919 --> 00:22:43,978
Out! And take your riches-to-rags
nonsense with you.
305
00:22:44,054 --> 00:22:46,648
Oh, that's the thanks I get
for trying to help. Out! Out, huh?
306
00:22:46,723 --> 00:22:48,953
Yeah!
Out! Out!
307
00:22:52,863 --> 00:22:54,922
All right. Take it easy, huh?
308
00:22:54,998 --> 00:22:57,296
Don't worry about nothing.
I'm gonna take care of it.
309
00:22:58,635 --> 00:23:00,569
Come on.
310
00:23:00,637 --> 00:23:03,128
Oh, I beg your pardon.
Excuse me. I'm sorry. Yeah.
311
00:23:03,207 --> 00:23:05,471
Oh-Uh-Uh-
Uh, Mr. - Mr. Spake?
312
00:23:05,542 --> 00:23:07,476
May we speak?
313
00:23:08,512 --> 00:23:11,640
Uh- How'd you know my name?
314
00:23:11,715 --> 00:23:14,445
Well, it's-it's embroidered
right there on your-on your, uh-
315
00:23:14,518 --> 00:23:16,452
uh, tunic.
316
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,580
It says Studs. It doesn't say
nothin' about Mr. Spake. Oh, no.
317
00:23:19,656 --> 00:23:21,681
But I knew who you were.
You're very famous.
318
00:23:21,758 --> 00:23:25,888
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah. My- My name's Kolchak. I make-
319
00:23:25,963 --> 00:23:28,193
I make documentaries.
Documentaries?
320
00:23:28,265 --> 00:23:32,133
Yeah. Yeah. I made-
I made one about the Angels.
321
00:23:32,202 --> 00:23:35,103
You may have seen one
I made about the Washington Airplane.
322
00:23:35,172 --> 00:23:38,232
Now, wait a minute.
You mean the Jefferson Airplane.
323
00:23:38,308 --> 00:23:40,606
Studs! Shh!
324
00:23:43,447 --> 00:23:46,848
No, I mean
the Washington Airplane.
325
00:23:46,917 --> 00:23:50,910
Yeah, you see,
I-I made a-a short film about, uh-
326
00:23:50,988 --> 00:23:53,752
uh, field bikes, you know.
327
00:23:53,824 --> 00:23:58,420
And I screened it on a, uh- on a-on
a-an airplane flight to Washington, D.C.
328
00:23:58,495 --> 00:24:00,429
Oh, yeah.
Washington airplane.
329
00:24:00,497 --> 00:24:04,433
- Studs used to fly to Washington all the time. He was Secretary of Rock and Roll.
- Oh, yeah?
330
00:24:04,501 --> 00:24:07,937
That's right. You know, a-and I
never did see any of your flicks.
331
00:24:08,005 --> 00:24:10,838
Oh, well, I don't blame you.
It was really very poorly cut.
332
00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:14,036
So are you. We can make some alterations.
We could take in your ears a little.
333
00:24:14,111 --> 00:24:17,569
Uh, just back off. You too, Snow
White. I'm not in the mood. Rah, rah, rah.
334
00:24:17,648 --> 00:24:19,582
Uh, Mr. Spake, and-
Shh!
335
00:24:20,851 --> 00:24:24,582
Mr. Spake- M-Mr.
White. White? Yeah.
336
00:24:24,655 --> 00:24:27,351
What-What I'd like to do,
you see, is to, um-
337
00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:30,188
is-is to make a film
showing the contrast...
338
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:33,889
between bike clubs of today
and bike clubs of the '50s, you see.
339
00:24:33,964 --> 00:24:37,866
Now-Now, uh, Joe Morton was a
friend of yours, and he gave up on bikes.
340
00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:41,496
Oh, he gave up on everything,
for a potbelly and a TV set.
341
00:24:41,571 --> 00:24:43,505
He got old.
He's very off-the-wall.
342
00:24:43,573 --> 00:24:47,065
They all get old. Old men.
343
00:24:47,144 --> 00:24:50,238
- Shut up, will ya?
- Uh, gentlemen-
344
00:24:50,314 --> 00:24:52,646
Uh, Mr. Morton-Joe-
345
00:24:52,716 --> 00:24:57,517
was killed by someone riding a,
uh, a-a bike, a 20-year-old bike.
346
00:24:57,587 --> 00:25:00,249
Now I find that very interesting-
filmically, that is.
347
00:25:00,324 --> 00:25:03,088
Hmm? You-You want some
interesting shots? Y-Yeah.
348
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,640
You should have filmed the old
geek here last night.
349
00:25:05,696 --> 00:25:09,132
- Shh! Shh!
- Okay, I'm sorry.
350
00:25:09,199 --> 00:25:11,793
See, he was a very naughty boy
when he was a kid.
351
00:25:11,868 --> 00:25:15,736
So, now he's going all wiggy about
seeing goblins that don't stay buried.
352
00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:19,640
Just today, he
goes, "Gaga, gaga, gaga."
353
00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:23,271
And he makes us come out to this old
cemetery with him. I think he's a fraidycat.
354
00:25:23,347 --> 00:25:25,747
Oh? He buried something
out there he shouldn't have,
355
00:25:25,816 --> 00:25:28,182
a long time ago.
356
00:25:28,251 --> 00:25:32,779
Shut up. But all the
big man found was an open hole.
357
00:25:32,856 --> 00:25:35,586
All the stiffs had moved
to a warehouse.
358
00:25:35,659 --> 00:25:38,059
Shh!
Goblins and ghouls! Goblins and-
359
00:25:38,128 --> 00:25:40,426
Stop it! You guys, get out of here!
360
00:25:40,497 --> 00:25:43,295
Studs, if you can't keep your friends quiet
get out ofhere!
361
00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:46,393
I'm gonna call the cops if you
don't stop! I'm gonna call the cops!
362
00:25:47,404 --> 00:25:49,338
Studs.
363
00:25:50,574 --> 00:25:52,838
I- I-I'm sorry, Lila.
364
00:25:52,909 --> 00:25:56,276
I mean, I don't mean no disrespect
for your old man. He was okay.
365
00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:59,338
I mean, nobody ever understood
Buddy Holly like he did.
366
00:25:59,416 --> 00:26:02,977
"Buddy Holly." Get out of here.
Get out of here, Studs.
367
00:26:03,053 --> 00:26:05,248
Leave me alone.
368
00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:10,015
I'm sorry. You know,
they were always bums, right?
369
00:26:13,296 --> 00:26:17,027
Uh, Mrs. Morton?
370
00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:20,501
My name's Carl Kolchak. I'm with the
I.N.S., that's the Independent News Service.
371
00:26:20,570 --> 00:26:23,334
How do you do? I'm terribly
sorry about your- y-your husband,
372
00:26:23,407 --> 00:26:25,341
and also about this scene.
373
00:26:25,409 --> 00:26:27,843
Oh, they're a bunch of animals.
It's, uh-
374
00:26:27,911 --> 00:26:30,072
It's so hard to believe
they're part of my past.
375
00:26:30,147 --> 00:26:33,514
Well, when people are young,
they do crazy things.
376
00:26:33,583 --> 00:26:36,677
I remember, I used to
swallow goldfish.
377
00:26:36,753 --> 00:26:40,587
Oh, no, I did. Matter of fact,
I'm still considering doing it.
378
00:26:40,657 --> 00:26:43,148
Price of food these days.
379
00:26:43,226 --> 00:26:45,160
Uh, well,
380
00:26:45,228 --> 00:26:47,458
crazy things are one thing,
381
00:26:47,531 --> 00:26:50,056
but, uh, I got into something else,
you know.
382
00:26:50,133 --> 00:26:52,431
Me and my sister Coral-
383
00:26:52,502 --> 00:26:54,436
we still can't believe it.
384
00:26:54,504 --> 00:26:56,768
Yeah, I know.
You-You ran with theJokers.
385
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,899
Yeah. Yeah.
386
00:26:58,975 --> 00:27:03,435
You know, I know this isn't the right time,
but I don't know when would be a better time.
387
00:27:03,513 --> 00:27:05,606
Can you tell me who might
have killed your husband,
388
00:27:05,682 --> 00:27:07,616
or who might have wanted
to kill your husband?
389
00:27:07,684 --> 00:27:09,777
Somebody on a cycle 20 years old.
390
00:27:11,955 --> 00:27:14,116
No. No.
391
00:27:14,191 --> 00:27:17,957
My, uh-My sister Coral and me...
392
00:27:18,028 --> 00:27:21,520
and myJoe got out of that
a long, long time ago.
393
00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:25,295
Uh-huh. Well, some of Spake's friends-
I guess you could call them that-
394
00:27:25,368 --> 00:27:29,270
said something about
things that won't stay buried.
395
00:27:29,339 --> 00:27:33,139
Now, could they have been talking
about a- a killer without a head?
396
00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:35,235
What?
397
00:27:35,312 --> 00:27:37,280
- Huh?
- A killer without a head.
398
00:27:37,347 --> 00:27:39,781
Well, they're all on drugs. I'm not.
399
00:27:39,850 --> 00:27:41,784
Who knows
what they're talking about?
400
00:27:41,852 --> 00:27:43,786
I don't know
what's wrong with you either.
401
00:27:45,055 --> 00:27:49,287
Well, what was Studs talking about?
I mean, w-w-why did he come here?
402
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,294
To pay his respects.
403
00:27:52,362 --> 00:27:55,126
Oh, well, that-that's terrific.
That's very thoughtful.
404
00:27:55,198 --> 00:27:59,362
But-Well, he looked scared to death
to me. As a matter of fact, you do too.
405
00:27:59,436 --> 00:28:02,633
Listen, why don't-why don't you
leave me alone, huh?
406
00:28:02,706 --> 00:28:06,472
I mean, I don't associate
with people like that anymore.
407
00:28:06,543 --> 00:28:08,543
Studs came in here-
he was probably high as a kite.
408
00:28:08,612 --> 00:28:12,412
He babbles. He rambles.
I don't know what he was saying.
409
00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:15,645
Listen, I don't have to talk to you.
410
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,915
- Studs was right.
- Studs was right about what?
411
00:28:18,989 --> 00:28:23,449
About not talking to anyone?
About keeping quiet about something? What?
412
00:28:24,995 --> 00:28:27,293
- Buddy Holly.
- Buddy Holly?
413
00:28:27,364 --> 00:28:29,298
Buddy Holly.
414
00:28:29,366 --> 00:28:33,427
When my old man used to get a
couple of beers in him, he used to-
415
00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:38,202
he used to get out an old scratched record
of "That'll Be the Day."
416
00:28:38,275 --> 00:28:40,607
And he used to dance to it.
417
00:28:40,677 --> 00:28:46,343
And he used to sing along,
"That'll be the day that I die."
418
00:28:46,416 --> 00:28:49,544
He used to sing to that,
my old man.
419
00:28:49,619 --> 00:28:53,350
Oh, Joe.
420
00:28:53,423 --> 00:28:55,357
Oh, honey.
421
00:28:59,629 --> 00:29:01,563
Ohh.
422
00:29:01,631 --> 00:29:04,759
Oh, my poor baby's dead.
423
00:29:20,917 --> 00:29:23,818
Bye, Joe. It's okay. It's all right.
424
00:29:26,489 --> 00:29:30,755
8:40 p. m. There was only one
warehouse I knew of that was in any way related...
425
00:29:30,827 --> 00:29:32,852
to cemeteries or things of the dead,
426
00:29:32,929 --> 00:29:34,863
the Cook County Warehouse.
427
00:29:34,931 --> 00:29:37,491
The papers and our own wire service
had been carrying news...
428
00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:40,035
of the squabbles over it
for the past two weeks.
429
00:29:40,103 --> 00:29:43,834
When this night was over, there
would be a lot more to squabble about.
430
00:31:40,824 --> 00:31:43,190
Here.
431
00:31:43,259 --> 00:31:45,454
What do you think
you're doing there?
432
00:31:45,528 --> 00:31:47,655
This here is county property.
433
00:31:47,731 --> 00:31:51,462
It's posted.
Now you just get your hands up...
434
00:31:51,534 --> 00:31:53,729
and just stay right where you're at.
435
00:31:53,803 --> 00:31:55,737
Why? You gonna shoot me,
old man? Huh?
436
00:31:55,805 --> 00:31:59,832
I'll call the police! Take off or I'll
dance on your head! Now move it!
437
00:31:59,909 --> 00:32:02,571
Call the police!
438
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:17,659
Police-Get me the police.
439
00:32:22,532 --> 00:32:25,899
I'm in the Cook County Warehouse.
440
00:32:25,969 --> 00:32:28,130
Send somebody. Quick!
441
00:32:47,223 --> 00:32:49,885
Hey, no.
442
00:32:49,959 --> 00:32:51,950
Hey!
443
00:34:15,879 --> 00:34:17,813
Hmm.
444
00:34:45,675 --> 00:34:49,270
Uh, Manny-
Manny, this is Tony Vincenzo.
445
00:34:49,345 --> 00:34:51,438
Tony Vincenzo. Yeah, look,
446
00:34:51,514 --> 00:34:54,381
uh, send up a couple of knishes
and, uh,
447
00:34:54,450 --> 00:34:57,578
a side order of bean salad
and a dill pickle.
448
00:34:57,654 --> 00:35:00,248
And make it fast, will ya?
449
00:35:00,323 --> 00:35:02,257
Thanks. God love ya.
450
00:35:06,029 --> 00:35:08,827
Excuse me, Tony.
451
00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:10,832
Carl-
452
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,801
Carl, you know I have an
ulcer problem, don't ya? Yeah.
453
00:35:13,870 --> 00:35:17,362
Now here you are stealing things
out of the Chronicle file. Now what is it?
454
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,000
Is-Is that your idea of
"Be kind to Tony" week?
455
00:35:21,044 --> 00:35:24,810
Now what are you doing here? What
is this? Don't ask, Tony. Don't ask.
456
00:35:24,881 --> 00:35:27,907
I mean, for the sake of your
duodenum, don't ask. It'll only upset you.
457
00:35:27,984 --> 00:35:30,782
Here's a Kolchak special.
You chopped the head off.
458
00:35:30,853 --> 00:35:34,812
I don't chop the head off of
any pictures I do for God's sake.
459
00:35:34,891 --> 00:35:38,884
Look. See? The top of the shoulders
there, and the top of the photograph.
460
00:35:38,962 --> 00:35:41,021
See the blank space in there?
461
00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:44,555
I mean, that guy's head
was chopped off 20 years ago.
462
00:35:44,634 --> 00:35:48,730
Carl, if you're so interested
in beheadings and such,
463
00:35:48,805 --> 00:35:50,830
there's a guillotine exhibition...
464
00:35:50,907 --> 00:35:52,841
of the French Reign of Terror...
465
00:35:52,909 --> 00:35:55,139
down at the Museum
of Science and Industry.
466
00:35:55,211 --> 00:35:57,145
Oh, thanks, honey.
I'll check into it.
467
00:35:57,213 --> 00:36:00,273
Boy, you people got a lot of gall,
let me tell you.
468
00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:03,410
You sit around here collecting your
salaries and gassing about guillotines...
469
00:36:03,486 --> 00:36:05,681
and corpses on motor scooters
and stuffing your faces.
470
00:36:05,755 --> 00:36:07,416
Aha.
471
00:36:07,490 --> 00:36:12,052
This isn't a functioning newsroom.
This is occupational therapy!
472
00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:14,392
The police claim they want
to keep this all quiet...
473
00:36:14,464 --> 00:36:19,527
because they don't want to get the public
all quivering over bike gang violence, huh?
474
00:36:25,475 --> 00:36:27,773
There it is.
475
00:36:27,844 --> 00:36:31,610
"August 22, 1956. The decapitated
body of Harold Baker, 20, of Cicero...
476
00:36:31,681 --> 00:36:34,514
"was found today on Route 15
outside Cicero.
477
00:36:34,584 --> 00:36:38,816
"Baker, also known as" Sword Man' Baker...
478
00:36:38,888 --> 00:36:41,880
"was a known member of the Bishops,
a local motorcycle club.
479
00:36:41,958 --> 00:36:46,622
The man's head was not found
in the vicinity of the body."
480
00:36:46,696 --> 00:36:49,130
That's it!
That's what I'm gonna go looking for.
481
00:36:49,198 --> 00:36:51,132
Huh?
482
00:36:55,371 --> 00:36:57,464
I'll be back.
Kolchak, where are you going?
483
00:36:58,474 --> 00:37:01,034
Come back here, Kolchak! Kolchak!
484
00:37:04,847 --> 00:37:06,781
Thanks a lot. Keep the change.
485
00:37:14,090 --> 00:37:19,323
Ah, that's just marvelous, Luis!
Fix it!
486
00:37:19,395 --> 00:37:23,661
And never mind the excuses
about 200-year-old wood either.
487
00:37:23,733 --> 00:37:28,170
Hmm. I'm sorry, Mr. Kolchak,
but you'll have to come back tomorrow.
488
00:37:28,237 --> 00:37:32,970
The exhibit starts tomorrow, and we're
unprepared. We're totally unprepared.
489
00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:35,340
I'm only sorry I'm not gonna
be able to make the exhibit.
490
00:37:35,411 --> 00:37:38,141
Maybe I can help you out
with a feature story or-
491
00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,307
Even with pictures.
492
00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:42,817
Wax. Wax, Luis!
493
00:37:42,885 --> 00:37:45,285
And some good
old-fashioned elbow grease!
494
00:37:45,354 --> 00:37:47,584
That always helps. Yeah.
495
00:37:47,657 --> 00:37:52,594
I like your idea, Mr. Kolchak. But
no pictures till we get it working right.
496
00:37:52,662 --> 00:37:56,928
- Oh, certainly.
- What, um, aspect...
497
00:37:56,999 --> 00:38:00,366
of the Reign ofTerror would you like
to concentrate your oeuvre on?
498
00:38:00,436 --> 00:38:03,098
Oeu- Political ramifications?
499
00:38:03,172 --> 00:38:06,801
Social problems?
Historical antecedents, perhaps?
500
00:38:06,876 --> 00:38:09,538
Well, actually I was thinking
more about the supernatural aspects.
501
00:38:09,612 --> 00:38:13,810
The supernatural aspects
of the Reign ofTerror?
502
00:38:13,883 --> 00:38:16,181
- That's inane.
- But original.
503
00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:20,382
There was nothing
spooky about the French Revolution.
504
00:38:20,456 --> 00:38:24,324
People lopped off the heads
of thousands of aristocrats...
505
00:38:24,393 --> 00:38:26,657
and carted them away
in straw baskets,
506
00:38:26,729 --> 00:38:31,291
then turned the blades on themselves
and killed thousands more.
507
00:38:31,367 --> 00:38:33,631
Just another segment
of Western history.
508
00:38:33,703 --> 00:38:36,983
Yeah, I know. I know that a lot of heads
were lopped off during that Reign ofTerror.
509
00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:42,204
But, uh, were there any unearthly events resulting from
that lopping off of heads? I mean, that you know of.
510
00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:44,974
You're not interested
in history, Mr. Kolchak.
511
00:38:45,047 --> 00:38:48,312
You're interested in wives' tales.
512
00:38:48,384 --> 00:38:51,751
Use some steel wool, Luis!
Try graphite.
513
00:38:51,821 --> 00:38:55,382
What about those wives' tales? Oh,
there was some- nonsense...
514
00:38:55,458 --> 00:39:00,157
about, uh, burying the executed
in common graves.
515
00:39:00,229 --> 00:39:03,892
Well, with careless gravediggers
and what have you,
516
00:39:03,966 --> 00:39:07,026
the heads and the bodies
were often separated,
517
00:39:07,103 --> 00:39:09,435
sent to different locations.
518
00:39:09,505 --> 00:39:13,236
Oh, you mean like what happens
to luggage out at the airport? Exactly.
519
00:39:13,309 --> 00:39:15,243
Happened to me
when I flew into Chicago.
520
00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:17,541
It happens all the time here.
It's terrible.
521
00:39:17,613 --> 00:39:19,547
What happened
to those headless bodies?
522
00:39:19,615 --> 00:39:23,642
Oh, legend has it
that-that headless specters, corpses...
523
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,483
were seen wandering
the streets of Paris,
524
00:39:26,556 --> 00:39:30,492
attempting to-to wreak revenge
on those that had decapitated them.
525
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,358
Wh-Wh-What did the people of Paris do
about these wandering corpses?
526
00:39:33,429 --> 00:39:37,866
A program was instituted
to rebury the heads with the bodies,
527
00:39:37,934 --> 00:39:40,869
and to make sure that future burials
were done with care.
528
00:39:40,937 --> 00:39:43,371
And that stopped
the dead from walking, right?
529
00:39:43,439 --> 00:39:45,930
Legend would have us believe it did.
530
00:39:47,243 --> 00:39:51,202
Will you get off that
platform? I'll do it myself, Luis!
531
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,908
Uh-Uh, Dr. Strig? Dr. Strig?
Yes?
532
00:39:53,983 --> 00:39:56,281
Try shoe polish.
Shoe polish?
533
00:39:56,352 --> 00:40:00,015
Why not?
Shoe polish?
534
00:40:04,126 --> 00:40:06,526
That night,
at a few minutes before 10:00,
535
00:40:06,596 --> 00:40:10,225
Lila Morton's sister Coral, who had
once rode on a motorcycle with theJokers...
536
00:40:10,299 --> 00:40:12,893
and was now a respectable housewife,
537
00:40:12,969 --> 00:40:15,028
never got back to her house.
538
00:40:27,583 --> 00:40:29,517
Uh-
539
00:40:29,585 --> 00:40:32,577
Oh. Ooh!
540
00:40:33,823 --> 00:40:35,950
Oh-
541
00:40:36,025 --> 00:40:40,689
You! Mrs. Morton, however far you're
going, it's not gonna be far enough.
542
00:40:40,763 --> 00:40:44,699
Get out of my house!
Get out of here.
543
00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:49,397
I will, just as soon as you tell me
about Harold "Sword" Baker.
544
00:40:50,907 --> 00:40:52,841
How do you know his name?
545
00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:55,969
Oh, I know all about
Harold "Sword Man."
546
00:40:56,045 --> 00:40:59,173
You tell me who killed him, how he
was murdered and who buried him.
547
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:02,376
It was an accident.
It happened 19 years ago,
548
00:41:02,451 --> 00:41:04,282
and Harold Baker was killed.
549
00:41:04,353 --> 00:41:07,288
An accident.
What? An accident?
550
00:41:07,356 --> 00:41:09,620
You mean you Jokers
decapitated Baker accidentally?
551
00:41:09,692 --> 00:41:12,559
Not all of us Jokers.
552
00:41:12,628 --> 00:41:14,562
My sister and I only watched.
553
00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:16,996
Oh, terrific.
554
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:21,331
Studs and Joe and Turk Pellatier...
555
00:41:21,404 --> 00:41:23,429
set up this booby trap...
556
00:41:23,506 --> 00:41:26,600
just to knock Sword Man off his bike.
557
00:41:26,676 --> 00:41:29,144
Only Studs, that idiot,
set his end too high.
558
00:41:29,211 --> 00:41:31,475
- And Baker lost his head?
- Right.
559
00:41:32,648 --> 00:41:34,980
Who's Turk Pellatier?
560
00:41:35,051 --> 00:41:38,111
Oh, one of the gang,
my sister's boyfriend.
561
00:41:38,187 --> 00:41:40,951
Ohh-
562
00:41:41,023 --> 00:41:43,753
He was one of our gang.
563
00:41:43,826 --> 00:41:48,729
You see, Turk was the- the first one
who was murdered by the headless rider,
564
00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:50,925
19 years ago.
565
00:41:52,201 --> 00:41:55,637
No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. There
was never anything about Turk Pellatier...
566
00:41:55,705 --> 00:41:59,197
in the papers or records that I read.
567
00:41:59,275 --> 00:42:01,800
- We buried him secretly.
- What?
568
00:42:01,877 --> 00:42:05,176
Well, you see,
Turk used to carry around...
569
00:42:05,247 --> 00:42:09,513
Sword Man Baker's head in a canister,
sort of like a trophy.
570
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,847
Oh, those were the days.
571
00:42:12,922 --> 00:42:15,982
Yeah. Yeah, those were
some days, all right.
572
00:42:17,626 --> 00:42:21,340
Who figured out that they had to put together
Baker's head and body in order to free his spirit?
573
00:42:21,364 --> 00:42:24,162
Studs.
Studs, the bright one.
574
00:42:24,233 --> 00:42:27,532
Right. Studs went to the cemetery,
and he found the coffin...
575
00:42:27,603 --> 00:42:30,868
and he stuck the canister inside of
the coffin, and then everything was fine.
576
00:42:30,940 --> 00:42:32,874
Until they dug up the
old cemetery. Right.
577
00:42:46,856 --> 00:42:49,689
Will you get it?
578
00:42:49,759 --> 00:42:51,693
Sure, sure.
579
00:43:04,106 --> 00:43:06,040
Aren't you ever at your typewriter?
580
00:43:06,108 --> 00:43:08,099
Mrs. Morton, I'd like you
to come with me, please.
581
00:43:08,177 --> 00:43:10,737
What? Why? Why?
For your own protection.
582
00:43:10,813 --> 00:43:12,747
But we'd also like to ask you
a few questions...
583
00:43:12,815 --> 00:43:15,409
about the decapitation killing
of Harold Baker in 1956.
584
00:43:15,484 --> 00:43:19,853
That's old news. Today, Baker's head is
lying out in a county warehouse somewhere.
585
00:43:19,922 --> 00:43:23,522
I mean, that's what Spake was doing out there,
trying to put the body and the head together.
586
00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:27,256
Everyone at headquarters has known for some
time, Kolchak, that you've been out to lunch.
587
00:43:27,329 --> 00:43:30,298
There's nothing to worry about,
nothing to be afraid of, Mrs. Morton.
588
00:43:30,366 --> 00:43:34,029
Sure, some biker has taken it into his head
for some reason to avenge Baker's death.
589
00:43:34,103 --> 00:43:38,403
Oh, it's-it's weird, but-
and probably drug induced.
590
00:43:38,474 --> 00:43:40,874
And he has a costume!
There is no costume!
591
00:43:40,943 --> 00:43:44,037
And he certainly hasn't taken it into
his head because there is no head.
592
00:43:44,113 --> 00:43:46,775
Baker's head is lying somewhere
out in the county warehouse.
593
00:43:46,849 --> 00:43:49,895
If you have any brains, you'd go out there
and put it back together again with the body!
594
00:43:49,919 --> 00:43:54,151
You're telling me that I should go into a
barn of bones and-and find someone's skull,
595
00:43:54,223 --> 00:43:56,657
and then play pin-the-head
on-the-stump? Right! That's right.
596
00:43:56,725 --> 00:44:00,217
Is that what you think police do? I have
given up trying to figure out what police do.
597
00:44:00,296 --> 00:44:02,457
All I know is what
has to be done. Right?
598
00:44:02,531 --> 00:44:05,932
- Right! Right.
- Now, you're just upset, Mrs. Morton,
599
00:44:06,001 --> 00:44:10,062
and thanks to this man
and his morbid macabre babbling!
600
00:44:11,140 --> 00:44:13,904
Babbling?
601
00:44:13,976 --> 00:44:17,844
And you're supposed to be the brightest
and the youngest captain on the force, huh?
602
00:44:18,881 --> 00:44:21,850
Well, you're not even fit
to be captain of the Rockettes!
603
00:44:21,917 --> 00:44:23,851
Suck in your gut!
604
00:45:32,054 --> 00:45:33,988
Mr. McHenry?
605
00:45:34,056 --> 00:45:36,650
This is George Solomon.
606
00:45:36,725 --> 00:45:38,750
There's something in here.
607
00:45:38,827 --> 00:45:41,853
It's happening again.
608
00:45:41,931 --> 00:45:44,195
I don't care about the extra money.
609
00:45:44,266 --> 00:45:47,258
I changed my mind.
610
00:45:47,336 --> 00:45:50,134
You do whatever you want.
I'm gettin' outta here.
611
00:48:00,536 --> 00:48:03,869
Oh, no, wait a minute! Wait a minute!
I had nothing to do with it!
612
00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:55,887
There's an old simple axiom
about the dead:
613
00:48:55,958 --> 00:48:58,051
Don't disturb them,
not for any reason at all.
614
00:48:59,328 --> 00:49:01,762
Well, I had decided to overlook that,
615
00:49:01,830 --> 00:49:05,823
and so I was almost beheaded
by a phantom sword.
616
00:49:05,901 --> 00:49:10,133
Vincenzo refused to even discuss publishing
my story. He didn't even look at the pictures.
617
00:49:10,205 --> 00:49:13,003
But the headless rider is at rest now.
618
00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:16,442
All the bones are together in one place,
in one coffin.
619
00:49:16,512 --> 00:49:19,106
As for those members
of theJokers motorcycle club-
620
00:49:19,181 --> 00:49:21,581
I mean, those who are left, of course-
621
00:49:21,650 --> 00:49:23,584
well, maybe they've suffered enough.
622
00:49:23,652 --> 00:49:25,677
Three of them died violently.
623
00:49:25,754 --> 00:49:29,087
And the others will carry the nightmare
of the headless rider with them...
624
00:49:29,158 --> 00:49:31,626
to their silent graves.
625
00:49:31,693 --> 00:49:34,059
And, incidentally,
so will Captain Jonas,
626
00:49:34,129 --> 00:49:38,759
formerly of Homicide,
now Sergeant Jonas ofTraffic Control.
627
00:49:38,834 --> 00:49:42,964
You see, he's in charge
of towing away parked cars.
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