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Can death be

outwitted? Is the secret of eternal life

just around that

corner? Today, medical science patches

up mutilated bodies, transplanting human

skin, eyes, limbs, even vital organs. Is

the next step the transplantation of the

human brain? Many scientists answer yes,

but they pause and add a grim warning.

For in the ancient folk legends, tales

are told of blood sucking vampires

crawling out of graves to live on the

bodies of helpless

victims. Is man now doomed to produce a

race of everliving monstrosities worse

than the vampires of legend? Will

ruthless men and women of great wealth

and power greedily buy or steal the

living bodies of the young and beautiful

so their brains may live on forever?

Such questions may seem fancible, but at

this very moment, scientists are working

on the answer to brain

transplantation, and human bodies are

used. This girl was buried in a nearby

cemetery yesterday. Only a few hours

ago, her body was

stolen by Dr. Otto Frank and brought to

this hidden laboratory. He has grafted a

living animal's brain into this newly

dead

body. If the experiment works, the next

step will be the transplantation of a

human

brain. The brain cells are being

reactivated by an atomic fishision

produced in the

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cyclron.

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Has he found the way to outwit death? Or

has he created another

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Deep below, Dr. Frank takes the chance

of smashing his way into a newly sealed

vault. His experiments cannot continue

without another

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body. The watchman's mind was not on

body snatches, just his usual nip.

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Inside the vault, a body waits.

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This is one of the doctor's mistakes. A

monstrosity. An animal's brain grafted

to a human

body. Leaving the dead watchmen. The

monstrosity carried the girl's body out

of the vault. It fears and obeys one

master, Dr. Frank.

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Here beneath the old mansion, the doctor

carefully prepared for another

transplant. This body had been in the

vault for only a few hours. Chances

seemed better this time. Still, Dr.

Frank was doubtful. Tissue and dead

bodies deteriorates rapidly. Where were

the live, fresh bodies he'd been

promised?

He bitterly resents that every step

forward depends on the whim of a

miserably old woman brooding upstairs in

her

bedroom. And had he March wonders, has

she been a fool squandering money on the

strange experiment? Money hoarded

through a long greedy lifetime. Each day

more money, each day death getting

closer. Ah, but to start life again in a

brand new body, beautiful and young. No

price can be too high for that. Can she

really trust the doctor? Can she really

trust anyone? Hasn't everyone tried to

cheat her, wanting her money while they

smiled at her ugliness, but they never

got a penny? Oh, how she made them

sweat? Especially this old fool.

Companion and Jigal. How many years

she's kept him dangling on promises.

Well, sometimes it's convenient to have

a man, especially when he comes cheaper

than servants.

That the Austrian girl

ner road 18 no family pleasing

personality whatever that might

mean thick ankles pimply face but she

always smiles when she's spoken to very

likely. Well, application forms for a

servant girl don't usually include bust,

waist, and hip measurements. We

interrupt this program to bring you all

three will be here tomorrow and then you

can choose. Early this evening at Green

Haven Cemetery, the body snatchers

brutally murdered Night Watchman Robert

Payne, 62, who evidently interrupted his

killers during their ghoulish task. His

neck was broken. The imprint of a huge

pair of hands was found on his throat.

It's the opinion of the police that the

same gang that is previously ring for

Dr. Frank.

So that's what he was doing.

More of it. Focus. Focus. Heavy. The

doctor transplanted a brain from a live

dog to a dead human body. You saw the

creature walk out of that cylinder

alive. How many failures since then?

Build your money.

The bodies must be fresh.

This specimen is excellent. And the

police are looking for the body statue.

By the local cemetery, doctor, are you

trying to blaze a trail to our door? The

final test was essential for your

protection. As for the police, if they

come here, I hit this switch. A nuclear

reaction is set off. Close the circuit

breaker

and in a matter of minutes, this house

and any evidence it might contain

becomes a radioactive hole in the

ground. Be careful. We can wait for that

until after your operation. Nothing must

go wrong.

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There's no sign of life. Watch.

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He lacks but one

thing, a brain.

Hans was still living when he was

dragged from that red car. That's why we

succeeded with the transplant.

She seems alive. She is to a limited

extent. She'll be able to move around,

but the brain deterioration is too

extensive for thought processes.

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21

Portland number

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22.

Mr.

John Mr.

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Say, pardon me, but Alpha is Hollywood

premiere.

All right, let's

see. 16 kilometers about 10 miles. Which

way? That

way. Are you going to Hollywood? No such

luck. I'm what's known as a born

domestic. For the next 12 months, I'll

be scrubbing floors and making beds. But

when my time's up, Hollywood will look

out. That's strange. A foreign domestic

agency paid my passage, too. I'm from

Vienna, Austria. Oh, really? Mhm. I'm

from England. No. Is this your first

trip? Yes. I'm awfully excited.

Portoore. I know. Speaking place. Very

good.

Are you going to work for Mrs. Marge,

too? This sounds like a sister act.

You two? Nina Road.

Yes, sir.

Anita

Gonzalez Melon. That's right. Are you

Mr. March? No, I work for Mrs. March.

Come along.

Three new bodies. Fresh, live, young

bodies. No families or friends within

thousands of miles. There's no one to

ask embarrassing questions when they

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disappear. Victor wondered which one

Mrs. March would pick. The little

Mexican, the girl from Vienna, or the

Buxom blonde. Victor knew his pick, but

he still felt uneasy. making love to an

80-year-old woman in the body of a

20-year-old girl. It's

insanity. Still, Hed's plan to transfer

her fortune to the new body had been

brilliant. Unpleasant to think of what

was going to happen to these girls, but

a man has to consider his own future.

What would happen to him if Hetty were

to cast him off after all these years?

Warm welcome to hang out. Well, there's

your new home, girls.

Gives me the shivers. Aren't there any

neighbors? No.

Are there any other servants? No, but I

don't think you're going to find it

boring.

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Heat. Heat.

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What a jolly little place this is.

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What was that? No one's to leave this

house without permission. Now hurry

along. Hurry up. Now go.

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Put down your luggage.

Turn

around

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slowly. Get the doctor. Get the doctor.

As with the other bodies stolen from

cemeteries, the nerve endings of the

brain were too far gone to receive a

proper transplant. The experiment had

failed to produce anything more than a

walking, breathing zombie-like creature.

But the doctor permitted her to wander

about the laboratory. She was quite

harmless and at times even amusing.

Charming, isn't he?

Did you want

something? Uh, Mrs. March is waiting for

you. The girls have

arrived. She doesn't have a

brain. Might be advantages.

I want them examined immediately. Very

well. This way.

Victor, the doctor can conduct the

examination

perfectly. What an old spoiled spot I

am. Have you disconnected the phone?

Can't I depend on you for

anything? Won't it be nice when those

girls start calling police, employment

agencies, immigration authorities,

consulates? There will be no phone

calls.

Idiot. She's useless. There is one more

test I should make. Do anything you want

with her. The other two perfect medical

specimens. All right, Anita, get dressed

now and wait for the others.

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Mrs. March, I am now giving you notice.

I do not care to work in this house any

longer. I demand that you have signed an

agreement. If you have any objection,

you will discuss them with the

immigration authorities as provided for

in your papers. But Mrs. March,

later. Stand up, my dear.

I've got the same measurements as Mel

Monroe.

The lucky girl.

Allow me to be the first to offer

congratulations

to both of you.

for

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me. Come on. Come on.

Your room is in the basement. Anita

Nina, your room is upstairs, right

across from the top of the

stairs. I'll have to show you.

I think it will be lonesome down there.

Nonsense. You'll be all right. Go on.

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Gracias. Thank you.

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Kenise.

Who is it?

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B. Are you sure she's not in her room?

Yes. Victor left a little while ago.

Maybe she went with

him. She didn't get out of this prison

without permission. That's for sure.

Yes. But she would have said

goodbye. Why should she? We only met her

yesterday.

I don't blame her for not wanting to

sleep in the basement.

It's funny

though, Mrs. March wouldn't even listen

when I asked to be

dismissed. This house gives me the

creeps. She doesn't even have any

uniforms for us. What in the world do

you think you're doing? He told us last

night to clean and polish in here. Look

at your hands. That will leave a stain

on them. Now, now don't argue. Go in and

wash them

immediately. You can put the things away

after Nina cleans them.

Mrs.

March, where is Anita?

Anita?

Oh, she

left last night. I would like to give

notice, too.

I will discuss it with you another time.

Nina, Nina, come here this instant.

Yes, Mrs. Match. Your name is at Nina.

But Mrs. Match, she's got polish all

over and I'm not doing anything. I don't

want you running up and

downstairs. Those pretty legs of yours

will get ugly

muscles. Send Nina to me. Yes, ma'am.

I'll be in my room.

Be come with me.

I want to show you something.

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Anita wouldn't leave without taking her

clone. I think we'd better get out of

here fast. Be I'd hate to go if she's

still here. You go now if you go with my

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This hinge is loose. Help me.

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One last experiment before Dr. Frank

would be ready. But this was the most

critical of all the experiments. For the

first time, the grafting operation would

be performed on a living human body, and

the brain would come from the doctor's

favorite

cat. Anita was

ready. It's me,

Nina. What about her clothes?

Never mind. Let's go.

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B. She almost saw

us. Let's wait a while to make sure we

won't run into her.

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All

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right. Hello.

B.

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B, where are

you? Answer me.

I'm here, Mrs.

March. She's locked us

in. Open it. I said open it. This is

March.

Victor. Victor.

Well, you took long enough. The lawyer

will see you in the morning. I told him

you were going to change your will.

You'll have to check the basement door.

It broke loose.

You failed.

She thinks she's a

cat. Nice kitty.

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Well, I see you still resent the way

Mrs. Mars treats you. I can't say that I

blame you. Kitty's always been very fond

of me, haven't you?

Does she have all the instincts of a

cat?

Watch.

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She ate it.

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B. Is that

Anita?

Where? Oh, I don't think so.

Look out.

Somebody help her.

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back. Huns, Huns.

I still think you should have locked

them up. They're not about to leave this

house after what they've witnessed. They

know Hans is outside there.

Even if we could get past that creature

outside, there's still the electric

fence. The phone's dead. Can't get help

that

way. If we could get the

car. That's it.

Victor.

Victor. He likes me, I guess.

If you could get the keys from him.

I was having a little night

cap. Who do you think you are pinching

me? What?

Maybe you'd like some company. Someone

like me.

That's more like

it. Don't you like me,

Victor?

Wait.

Answers chained. Let's go outside.

Outside. Think I'd like that.

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Victor. Victor.

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Anita, what are you doing up

there? Anita, what's the matter with

you? Don't you know me? Anita, listen to

me.

Anita, stay right there. Don't move. I'm

coming.

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Anita, I need to let me help you.

I need to wait.

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Take my

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hand.

Anita. Anita.

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Astonishingly complex, isn't it? The

human eye.

Pete,

she's unconscious, but she'll live.

No, she will live.

Alanita, she's dead.

Nina, dear, come along with us

now. You've had a bad

shock. Get out of here, both of

you. You stay with me.

Why don't you do something for her? I've

done what I can for

now. Later, an operation might be

possible.

I'm preserving the eye. Let me show you.

Come over here.

The cellular structures being kept alive

by these electrical vibrations. I use

the same principle in keeping that hand

alive.

Be is a very lucky

girl. You think that

ironical? Let me explain.

and the only man alive today capable of

restoring your friend's

sight. Dr. Alexis Carell, who pioneered

the transplanting of vital human

organs, kept the portion of an animal's

heart alive for many

years. For this, he received the Nobel

Prize. And I, who have so far surpassed

his efforts, surely you don't want to

compare yourself with Dr. Carell. He was

humane. I too fight to preserve life and

to find a means to improve the lives of

future

generations. Your viewpoint is that

narrow ignorant one held by the medical

society today which forces me to work in

a place like this to give in to the

whims of a foolish old woman because she

can supply me with the funds I need to

continue my work.

You're going to be all right, Nina. Yes.

I I can't see.

What? Something happened.

Don't think about it

now. Listen to me. Be are you listening?

This is important. Yes. We must be ready

if a chance comes. I remember now. It

was Anita. She Oh my my

my better leave. Give this a chance to

take effect.

I'm a doctor. I'll take care of her. I'm

sure you will take excellent care of her

until your plans call for something

else. Or am I to be the next one doctor?

There you got all the clothes. Yes. And

made my hair appointment. I took care of

everything on your list while you were

talking with the lawyer. Hair

appointment Monday 10:00 a.m. Charles of

the Ritz under Nina's name.

I'll walk Nina to model these later

after I've rested. You tell

her. They're

back. I'll have to leave you now.

Remember, I'm going to try to get us out

of here tonight. No.

Forget about me. I won't go.

B, don't talk like

that. Mrs. March had not realized her

new body had such a satisfactory shape.

Perhaps not as spectacular as the

English girl, but in excellent taste.

She couldn't help being amused. The

stupid girl was not only modeling Mrs.

March's future wardrobe, but Mrs.

March's future body. So firm, so nicely

rounded in places men like.

You might have knocked when you came in,

Victor.

I'm sorry. Don't stop your style show on

my account.

Does my uh aged lock invar disturb you?

That's unkind. Shut

up. You see, it's hard for a vain,

stupid man to realize that he holds no

attraction for a lovely young

girl. You're not needed now,

Victor. Close the door quietly when you

go out. I'm not going to be needed at

all. That's what you're saying, isn't

it? after tomorrow. When

Victor, that's

enough. Get out. That's the way it's

going to be. When? What?

Don't ask tiresome

questions. That will be enough for

tonight. I want us both to get some

rest. Try to sleep. But Mrs. March,

that's an order. Do as I

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say. You're not looking for me, are you?

Why would a pretty young girl want to be

around an old man?

What did you try to tell Mrs. March?

So that's what you plan to do. Get rid

of old Victor once you get all that

money. The only thing is of course won't

really be you.

Victor, please tell me. Try to make

sense. I am telling you tomorrow you'll

be one of the richest women in the

world. There's a press release that's in

the mails now to all the major news

syndicates. Orphan girl soul heir to

March

millions. Nina Roads has a lucky star.

I don't understand. The next press

release will be March Mansion destroyed

by fire. Cinderella girl Niner Road soul

survivor. Only it won't be

you. It's a pity too. You're nice the

way you are.

Please don't let it happen. You could

help me and be get away.

When you're a rich

woman, you wouldn't forget an old

friend. A friend who'd saved your life,

would

you? Get out of the car and stay there.

Victor, we too. We must come, too.

Wait a

minute, just to make sure.

Time

this 30.

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You've got to come with me. No, I won't

go. Why should I want to go on living

like this?

I'll get Victor to help me and we will

carry you.

Did you want something from Victor,

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dear? Sit down, my

dear. I'm afraid you're wearing yourself

out with all this rushing round. I don't

like that. You realize she's mad, don't

you, Dr. Frank? Relax. Hurry, doctor.

I'll be ready for you shortly, Mrs.

March.

I'll be

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waiting. It's finally about to happen.

You don't know what it's been like for

me living with this ugly body of

mine. Knowing that any attention I

received was not for

me but my

money. Well, nobody got any of it.

I've never known what it was like to be

loved for myself alone.

Why did you kill Victor? Mrs. March.

Victor. Victor was a

fool. I'm a practical woman, Dr. Frank.

a business woman. I've never been a very

practical person. I suppose that makes

me a fool, too, in your eyes.

Of course not. Relax, Mrs. March. Just

relax. Relax.

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waking up. Are you good? I want to talk

to

you. You signed a paper making Victor

your legal guardian. That's right, isn't

it?

I did something something, didn't I?

That would probably work as well for me.

We could stay

here. None of this would have to be

destroyed. Even better, aren't you? Why

don't you try it on your

own? I wonder now if Mrs. March didn't

intend blowing me up along with all the

rest of this.

You're a very wealthy woman. Now,

Nana, what I must decide is how to keep

you and your friends

available with the least amount of

nuisance to myself.

I could keep you under

sedation, not your signature was

required. Or I could replace your brain

with one more aminoable.

What about Mrs. March, doctor?

Mrs. March no longer has a thing to

say. Do you, my

dear? Completely recovered, I'd say. How

do you feel?

I guess the transplant would be better.

It won't

hurt. Dr. Frank had enjoyed this

transplantation. Mrs. March's brain

winding up in the body of a

cat. Poetic justice to think of

autocratic Mrs. March scavenging in back

alley garbage cans for her

dinner. But Mrs. March doesn't take

things lying down.

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Hello. Down.

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Rocking Lou.

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Heat. Heat.

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Mrs. March did not intend to let her

money get out of sight. She would follow

that girl. Sometime

someplace, revenge would come.

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Hallelujah.

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