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so

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let's take a last look at the valley

from the point

let's not i'll i'll buy you a picture

postcard when i get back to the hotel

instead

we really should start back to the hotel

evelyn

why

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you know it doesn't make any difference

if we stay here another month or forever

why can't we stay a little longer

darling

it's not fair of you to ask me that

you know i can't stand solitude solitude

at a resort hotel

oh come on evelyn

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what is it that upsets your darling i

know it isn't the height

i want to go back to town

i can't stand these mountains

is that so difficult to understand

yes darling it is considering it was

your choice for our honeymoon

i lost my first wife at a resort on the

coast of maine

a few days after our wedding

yes i know dear you do how

someone sent me a copy of a portland

newspaper shortly after our engagement

was announced you mean a friend of yours

said no no it came anonymously but you'd

already told me that your wife had been

drowned so i didn't let the details

disturb me there's nothing i could do

we're swimming in a wave through against

a rock she sank at once

you believe that don't you yes darling

of course i do

there was an inquest the coroner's

jewish said it was an accident

you don't believe what a relative said

in the paper do you

let's go back to the hotel

we can

pack and take the night train if you

like you didn't answer me ever

heraldi said that i'd killed her do you

believe that

no i believe you gordon

let's not talk about it anymore

now now i've got to know where i stand

with you

do you believe it's possible for anyone

to have a sudden overwhelming desire to

kill the person they love

i'd rather not talk about it i told you

i didn't believe what the newspaper said

i

you think i killed her don't you you're

afraid of me

you're afraid i'm gonna kill you too

what are you gonna do about it sheriff

nothing

i appreciate you're coming all the way

up here but it's impossible for me to

take action against gordon carson but

why

i took the corners jury out to the scene

of the accident they're all mountain

people you know and they were satisfied

with carson story did you find any

indication that a piece of the rock did

break under her feet yes we even found

parts of it down in the valley near mrs

carson's body

i can't bring myself to believe that

carson killed her

his grief seemed too real

sure his grief looked real when he

drowned my sister on their honeymoon

i sympathize with you mr lee

but you know it's a coincidence for a

man to lose two wives and accidents like

those but i'm sure they were accidents

if i were you mr lee i try to get carson

out of my mind

no good comes of brooding over a thing

like that i'm not looking for vengeance

i believe he's insane

a year ago he killed my sister this year

another bride

who's going to be next year sheriff

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dr old way

you don't remember me doctor ordway

why yes

course i know you're kathleen massey i

was kathleen massey i'm mrs gordon

carson now i was married yesterday in

reno oh yeah how nice is it

you know i'm here on a vacation i

noticed that in the paper oh yes

doctor's orders complete rest no

psychiatry no worrying about other

people's problems i'd rather suspect

that you're your own doctor

i want you to sit down mr tyson

you may call me kathleen you did when i

knew you in the eastern thank you

yes i came to southern california

because the sun is supposed to be

energizing

i've been here for three days now and

nobody's moved

please be serious dr ordway

what is it you want i'd like you to come

to dinner tonight oh

i want you to observe my husband

well what do you think's wrong with him

he

he may be insane

have you any particular reasons for your

diagnosis or is it just a general

impression

i found this in the mail we got in from

reno this morning

had uh carson told you that he'd been

married twice yes but he didn't tell me

that both women had died in questionable

accidents within a week of their

marriage

and the letter also says that he made

two unsuccessful attempts to take his

own life he didn't tell me

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that do you expect me to do

you're a psychiatrist

i want you to tell me if i'm married to

a madman

i'm not as hard as i sound i

i love gordon but i understand

the address is three three nine o las

vegas boulevard

all right i'll be along about seven

thank you doctor

goodbye

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good evening sir good evening

i'm doctor ordway this way doctor

dr ordway

good evening doctor living i'd like to

meet barbara and craig yeah how do you

know and my husband gordon

doctor may i offer my congratulations

thank you uh kathleen's been telling me

about you i'm so glad you could come

thank you hello dr broadway long time no

see

well well

about three years isn't that's right mr

jerome used to pump me for material for

his novels

and you take care of dr ordway jeff see

that he meets everyone i hope we can

spend some time together later yes thank

you excuse me

there's mr massey kathleen's father dr

ordway what

hello doctor i'm glad to know you

thought it goes massey i was just

examining this workmanship i'm

fascinated by leather uh mr massey is a

harness manufacturer yeah well go ahead

and ask me what ask what well most

people when they hear that i manufacture

harness they ask me don't i think the

automobile's here to stay

but you know there are over 15 million

horses still in the united states oh i

see and somebody has to make their

habitat yeah that's it yes

uh

messi's a little odd but he's a good

sword

how well do you know kathleen not very

well i met her casually in the east i'd

completely forgotten her you may not

find her as easy to forget this time

thank you

delores and miguel braga

who are they are bragas yeah they're

dancers brother and sister i'll say that

you meet them do they work in pictures

no they work at a club called the friars

glenn

seeing them dance is a haunting

experience

i'll take you over there later

hey by the way ordway

who's your patient kathleen or

i will give you the idea i'm here

professionally oh there's something in

the air

i vibrate to mystery you know i'm

vibrating right now why

well there's a theatrical quality about

this gathering

a bride of one day with already a

haunting regret in her eyes

myself an author of wicked and sinister

tales of black souls and you a

psychiatrist known by the curiously

suggestive title of crime doctor oh

that's commonplace for hollywood

and then there's the darkly mysterious

dancing braggers

and a servant who isn't a servant

the cast is too good to be wasted

odd way i tell you this drama in the air

wait a minute what do you mean by a

servant who isn't a servant which one is

he

take him out for yourself oh he may be a

comedian engaged to insult some of the

guests

no he looks to me like a man with a

mission dinner is served

i was secretly hoping i'd be seated next

to you

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what's that man doing here

he's one of the caterers uh he's nothing

this sort

what do you want from me why don't you

leave me alone

you've been hounding me for years

following me across the country poison

the minds my friends against me

forcing me always to move on

now you sneak into my own house and try

to break up my marriage

well you won't do it do you hear me you

won't do it get out

why don't you do away with yourself

or if you have the courage for that have

yourself put away in an asylum before

you take more lives who are you

i'm david lee

my sister was carson's first wife and he

murdered her that's a lie

coroner's jury said it was an accident

yes they also said your second wife died

accidentally but you killed her too

well this was great lovely party

you never can tell who you marry these

days you should not be so hasty to

accuse

i'm dolores see if we can help mr carson

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did you hire lee

my word no sir

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right through the center of the forehead

you didn't miss this time

don't you think we ought to leave

everything just as it is till the police

get here

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here take a look at this um

well i know carson shot himself but if

you don't mind i just do not handle a

gun why not nobody but authors bother

about fingerprints anymore

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me police headquarters

hello at least of course this is dr

ordway speaking i'm at 3390 las felix

boulevard

the home of gordon carson

got it

all right

mr carson has just been murdered

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people do get their heads bashed in

while swimming in rocky inlets

and tourists are always falling off

mountain precipices

in other words

david lee is insane and

carson wasn't

perhaps they both were out of their

minds

it's not possible that lee popping up

here there and everywhere could have

driven carson out of his mind

doctor ordway

captain birch wants to see you and mr

jerome it's about time they were seeing

this where you discovered the body come

on mr massey where's your daughter well

sir she might have gone home but of

course i'm into my home because i know

sometimes things like this give her a

headache yes things like this give me a

headache too mr master yes i know it's

very trying on everybody we called your

home she's not there well i'm awfully

sorry then i have no idea where she is

you sign for us captain just a minute

fanning drive mr massey home

and you stay there and let me know the

second you hear from your daughter oh

yes yes i'll be glad to do that kevin

burch goodbye jeff goodbye doctor i'm

awfully sorry that this happened all

right come on i'd like to see i won't

see you again you're dr ordway yeah

that's right this is mr jerome the

novelist

apparently kathleen burch doesn't like

writers i don't

well that's dandy do you know where

kathleen carson went i thought she was

right here you reported this

there are powder burns on carson's face

indicating the gun was close to him the

door was locked the windows barred

everything points to suicide

yet you reported it as a murder why

it looked like suicide till i picked up

the gun

you picked up the gun

yes but it wasn't the gun that killed

carson

remember we were in the room a few

minutes after the shot was fired the gun

was cold

oh i get it now but it was

what are you talking about well dr odwy

asked me to handle a gun he's right it

was cold a fine thing playing beanbag

with exhibit a

but of course there was an empty

cartridge in it but that was there for a

plant

uh if i could be of any assistance to

you you can reach me at my hotel

wait a minute

the micro cameraman at headquarters will

tell us if the bullet and carson's head

came from the gun we found beside the

body oh

the killer hadn't counted on that he

figured on a casual investigation and a

suicide

thing like this can't happen on my day

off

well i hope you're wrong well don't get

discouraged captain

if the killer was able to leave the gun

beside the body why didn't he shoot him

with it

probably because he couldn't get it

until after he killed carson all right

then hard to get out of the room that

room was full of people who'd seen him

if he left by the door and the windows

are barred

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good evening mr jerome tv good evening

sir

we have your usual table sir you better

have

mr jerome is at the same table every

night since the brag has opened here

show mr jerome to his usual table neck

this way

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thank you

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how about something to eat

yeah it's fine all right son our dinner

was interrupted by a murderer

uh bring me club sandwich

i'll have that too bottle of beer it's

two bottles of beer bring the beer right

away yes sir thank you

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ladies and gentlemen you're about to see

an act that is without equal in the

entire world

is there spectacular dance just an

illusion

or is there a deeper more mysterious

explanation

judge for yourselves

ladies and gentlemen the incomparable

miguel and dolores fraga

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foreign

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foreign

those people should be dancing in the

bowl

symphony orchestra and 20 000

spectators instead of dissipating their

talents in this musical delicatessen

tell me jeff

do you own a piece of their act

it's like asking a man if he owns a

piece of the northern lights

that's what carson came here for every

night but kathleen renkere all of us

come for

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where's the girl hardway

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thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you

i'm sure all of you wonder what mr braga

did with his partner

perhaps you think it was a trick

performed with mirrors

it wasn't they they're superstitious

about mirrors

the truth is the bragas have the power

to make themselves invisible

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how did he do it audrey

i enjoy a mystery far too much

to want to explain it

you didn't get a chance to know the

braggers at carson's they'll stop by the

table after they've dressed

we missed you tonight mr n yes i was

detained

has mr jerome left yet no he's over

there with a friend

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oh bob

don't tell me you've been on the

crutches of the law until just now

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doctor albert you know right corey yeah

the police helped me while i thought of

places kathleen might have gone hello

have any luck no

i hate to bring bad news jeff but

captain burch wants to see you

immediately oh

did you mention lime i'm afraid i'm not

in this confidence

well hardway you'll have to entertain

the braggers unless bob won't stick

around look me up if i go out of

circulation you have anything to worry

about

dr ordway

could you tell me why captain birch is

so anxious to get a hold of kathleen

does he think she had anything to do

with killing carson

well when your husband or wife is

murdered it's customary to stick around

for a decent interval

if you know where kathleen is uh i think

it's a good idea to tell her to go home

look lots better than having the police

finder

i doubt if kathleen would do anything i

suggested where is she

couldn't betray her if i thought there

was any real reason why she should go

into hiding

don't stall

i think kathleen's fallen under a

dangerous influence at least an

unwholesome one

she's at the braga's home she love her

brother

wait a minute let's put another wave

is bragging in love with her

i don't know

plenty of men soon will be

kathleen became a rich woman the moment

carson died dr ordway

if you talk to kathleen i think you

could persuade her to come home wait a

minute now i'm supposed to be on a

vacation

but you do that much for wouldn't you

all right

i'll try and see what i can do fine

thanks good luck

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mr jerome suggested we come see you

doctor earthway yes

uh i want you to take me to kathleen

carson

i do not understand your tone you are

connected with the police oh hardly but

the police are looking for kathleen and

if she doesn't turn up they'll go after

her i will explain that to her oh no no

that won't do i i must see her myself

kathleen will not thank me for this but

i suppose if we do not take you you will

tell the police that's the idea yes

then if you are ready we will leave

thanks

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good night

will find our home in ill condition

the former owners neglected it and the

work of reparation goes slowly

well then you're planning to live here

permanently yes

we selected this old house in santa

monica mountains

because it reminds us of our former home

in a new land one likes to be surrounded

with something of the old

we're adjusting ourselves to new

conditions here but it is difficult

you've adjusted yourselves very nicely

to our our methods of transportation

why are you from uh spain or south

america

from spain

i trust our little dance amused you this

evening more than that it fascinated and

baffled me

we have been doing that dance for 300

years

miguel means our family has been dancing

it for 300 years

we're just about there now here's where

we turn off

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shall we go in yeah certainly

my sister went on the head to tell

kathleen you were here

it seems incredible that such

magnificent solitude could only be 40

minutes from hollywood does it matter

yes

you will please wait

come in doctor ordway

thank you

candles and lanterns would be preferable

this final house

but if you expect friends to visit you

you must make some concessions

nate's tidying up a bit

yes

i can't make up my mind what to do with

it come

we'll go to the remarkable part of the

house

please be seated like it

oh this is a little more cheerful

i'll see what's keeping kathleen you

will excuse me surely

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kathleen will join us in a few moments

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she was asleep when we arrived

you will excuse me if i do not take

refreshment with you

we are rising early in the morning to go

horseback riding with the neighbors oh

you keep horses not at present but some

of the neighbors have been kind enough

to place some at our disposal

you do not care for the wine oh yeah yes

i rather like it

it's a very old wine

you wind up my family what do you mean

you've brought it all away from spain

we've brought many things from spain

you see we are not theatrical people

but i thought you'd been entertainers

for years

ours are old dances

the little trick that mystified you i

learned from my people

we come from a part of spain that is

deep in the lore of mysticism and magic

my people were hopkins

what do you know of the ancient

alchemists of spain dr ordway

by the way they were the fathers of

modern chemical science uh chief

objectives were means of turning base

metals into gold

and

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prolonging life indefinitely

have you ever considered the possibility

that uh some of these medieval

scientists may have achieved success

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what's behind this nonsense braga who

are you

what are you really after

take me to kathleen at once

she has already gone

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i think you better go at once dear all

right you know exactly what you ought to

do yes afterwards go straight home i

mean to carson's home remember you do

not know his death is not a suicide i

understand yes why did you leave his

home i was confused and i wanted to

think so i got in my car and drove

around you must be careful dear because

of the money they are likely to suspect

you i don't want to fight in you but you

better be prepared i know come on i'll

take you to your car this way

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remember i didn't invite ordway here he

forced himself on me

not now miguel

you won't be afraid to go home by

yourself well i came by myself and would

be dangerous if we were seen together

now

good night darling

good night

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so

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foreign

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so

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so

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so

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ah the doctor come on in

hi i just dropped by to see how kathleen

is oh

i presume she turned up all right yeah i

caught her between disappearances we had

her talk

between disappearances yeah she arrived

at her father's at five o'clock this

morning she just been driving around how

do you mean she she's disappeared again

oh i phoned her father's someone told me

she was over here and maybe she'll show

up later uh doctor i understand you went

to see the braggers act last night yes

uh

what do you know about them oh nothing

much except they're supposed to make

themselves invisible

everyone on this case is able to make

themselves invisible

there's some hot coffee there for

yourself son

thanks i need it

i was up all night chasing shadows

it's too bad i had a splendid night

myself you did where

i expected to find this room all torn to

pieces

haven't you been trying to find a set

gun or anything like that

you weren't in your hotel room all night

well that's quite obvious isn't it

any reason why i should have been

i suppose you were driving around with

kathleen no no but oh i didn't like that

look here ordway

i haven't been sleeping yes you

mentioned that you know i mean i've got

a line on you

this isn't your town and i don't want

any of your cute nip-ups nip-ups

i don't want you playing detective

murder may be fun for you but it's a lot

of hard work for me

captain how did you happen to go into

police work

oh i don't know

other lines have their ups and downs but

crime is

dependable i tried that

we look for a set gun too

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registered letter for mr costner i'll

sign for it

thank you yeah thanks

yes from a hotel in reno office of the

manager

is that nice to open other people's mail

well somebody's gotta open it for them

something that carson's left in their

honeymoon suite what is it what is it a

will

exactly

dated the day before yesterday drawn up

by a reno attorney

carson left everything to kathleen and

it looks like pawlenty

good morning good morning mr mata oh

hello down here i'm sorry

well i don't with know

i just want to know if kathleen was here

here well if she isn't i'll just run

along no no no no come on in come on in

uh shall we go into the study well of

course so we're going to study this is

kathleen's house and i'm sure she'd want

you to make yourselves at home well how

yes captain birch is the same before you

got here that he's never been on a case

where everyone was so polite and so

charming yes well caffeine has nice

friends they're nice but impulsive yeah

well

i've been looking over carson's morning

mail well i should get down to my office

and start looking over mine if you don't

mind that letter contained the will

oh good i'm glad that turned up i was

hoping it would you knew about the whale

man oh yes of course

i told you i checked those bars the

woodwork is untouched

you interested in woodwork captain birch

so you're not by any chance a cabinet

maker right

no are you

oh yeah it's been one of my hobbies for

years you know i've built secret

cabinets into my study i built them so

well i can't even find them myself

extremely interesting but if you recall

we were talking about carson's will oh

oh oh yes well you know he promised to

make a new will leaving everything to

kathleen i see that was part of the

marriage contract then oh yes as a

matter of fact he was going to put some

money into my business too of course the

poor boy never had the chance uh what a

pity

now your business will have to struggle

along on whatever kathleen can spare

from the couple of millions she inherits

well that's a quaint way of putting in

i got the enlargement oh god thank you

let's see what we've got here

hey one marked a is the bullet removed

from carson's body

b is the one that was fired from the gun

that you found lying beside the body

doctor and you're saying oh yes that's

very plain isn't it you know of course

that all small arms have either rifled

or grooved barrels you know now these

grooves although they're made by

automatic cutters no two of them are

exactly the same because sometimes

microscopic particles of steel get in

between the cutter and the groove you

see and they make little irregularities

that's astounding well isn't it yeah now

the groove of the barrel leaves these

indentations on the bullet and that

individualizes each gun i call them the

fingerprints of the gun now look here

let me show you excuse me without a

circle

i see in this enlarged microscopic

photograph

shows that this bullet taken from

carson's body has entirely different

markings from this one and that proves

that carson couldn't possibly have been

killed by the gun that was found beside

him can you see

oh yes are you following mr massey

captain birch oh well very often the

untrained eye doesn't notice such minute

differences i see you've made quite a

study of ballistics too mr massey oh

well guns have fascinated me ever since

i was a little boy i i've got a very

good collection i'd like to show them to

you sometime fine show them to me now no

what are you doing here i just came to

work sir my hours are from noon until

eight i don't sleep in the wife and i

have a little place in glendale how long

have you worked here

only six months for mr carson but i've

been in the house for 17 years

you've been in the house since 1927 then

yes sir

you see i'm always sold with the

property

sold

with the property exactly i prefer it

that way

people are ephemeral but houses are

permanent

huh

i mean people move or give up

housekeeping or their new wife dislikes

you

or they die like carson

and then i like familiar surroundings

it's easier for me to adjust myself to

new faces their new places

what do you know

is there a name for such people

to a psychiatrist i am definitely a type

am i not dr ordway oh yes yes we have

you cataloged and swerving loyalty to a

house rather than its occupants

indicates something feline in my nature

no doubt

hey

there's a trapdoor here under this rug

there

a small room lined with empty shelves

a door leading into the main part of the

basement

if you came with a foundation you knew

about this yes sir you knew that a

murder was committed in here behind

locked door yet you didn't mention it no

sir why not i considered doing so but on

deliberation i concluded that to mention

it would only be cloud and befuddle you

sir i'm afraid he's right captain yes

the murderer didn't get in or out that

way they're not kidding you skipper no

be quiet will you it's obvious no one

could get down there close this trapdoor

and replace the carpet

and yet

how did you know about this oh well that

was pretty simple i i saw the ridges in

the rug

ah fine well don't leave there for 10

minutes

it's your daughter she's over at your

house we'll go over and have a chat with

her at the same time i'll take a look at

that gun collection oh well i don't know

whether i'm banning come on mr massey

all right all right doctor

oh captain birch

i don't see how the killer got out of

that room anyway except for the window

of course if you put a cabinet maker to

work didn't you say you were on a

vacation

that's right will you do me a favor and

get back on it

sit down

help yourself

i really need this after standing off

the police department for three hours

what do they want

they want somebody to say i do it

it's sweet of you bob

what is worrying about me

i am worried

you are too

this being brittle and facetious isn't

like you kathleen

it's an act

it's a way of telling the world you're

not afraid but you are

you're right bob i am frightened

you know you can trust me

would you like to make a break for it

you know how i've always felt about you

we could go to rio

oh you're a crazy lunatic bob but i love

you for that escape to rio

did you really think i killed gordon

well i knew you didn't love him

the way the police have been holding you

made me wonder

i liked gordon that is the way i thought

he was

and i don't deny that i wouldn't have

married him if he hadn't been rich

unfortunately the police know that

who told them

servants probably and father's

difficulties aren't exactly a secret

so you married carson

gordon offered to put money into the

business he knew he was throwing it away

but it was a bid for me and a generous

one

do you have any idea who killed him

no

unless it was that david lee

oh no he was standing beside me when we

tried to break into the study then why

did birch arrest him i don't know

but i still think it would be a good

idea to get right away from here

don't you understand kathleen

i'm asking you to marry me

i'm very fond of you bob but i'm not in

love with you

and i may as well tell you now that when

all this is settled i'm going to marry

miguel

brock

but you've only known him such a short

time

does that mean anything

perhaps not

there's something strange almost

sinister about him it's part of that

build up that's all i wonder if it is

how long did you

take to discover you loved each other

weeks ago

you married cost

now that he's dead you're going to marry

braga

we'll admit carson's murder was pretty

convenient for braga braga vaudeville

illusions might know how to get in and

out of a locked room who behaved bob

strange what love will do to you

a few minutes ago i was ready to marry

you even if you were a killer

now you're ready to marry braga even if

he's one please bob don't even whisper

such things you might cause terrible

trouble for all of us

all right darling

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hello hello there good afternoon dr

ordway may i speak to you for a moment

right sure of course sit down

ask kathleen have you seen her today

yes

i'm worried about something i mean about

kathleen

i believe she's in trouble yes i

wouldn't be

surprised dr ordway

i'd like to speak to you about the

progress

did you notice anything peculiar about

them last night

yes

but what do you mean

well i mean do you think it's possible

for people to make themselves invisible

no no

no but it would be convenient at times

no i'm not kidding

do you know that no one has ever seen

them in the daytime

excuse me i'll be running along don't

let bert scare you here

what was he doing here spoiling my

vacation sit down captain all right glad

you happened along another minute he had

me thinking about that carson case again

where

you look tired cap what about a some

refreshments i don't think so thanks or

you might bring me a coke put a couple

of jiggers of rum in it uh scotch and

soda for me yes sir

look at those

folks i'd listen to my dad i'd be lying

around here enjoying myself like other

people you would what do you what they

want you to do yeah go in the real

estate business

that's a novel idea

not novel but good

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boy

this stuff's going to give me a lift

well it'll lift a lot of people right up

onto that diving board

uh i uh

i wanted to talk about the braggers that

is if you don't mind

there's something odd about them

do you know they've never been seen in

daylight

who started that oh it's a fact

furthermore they were offered a movie

job at twice what they're getting at the

friar's glenn and they turned it down

why

you tell me because you gotta work

daytime in pictures

are you serious

oh i don't think i am i'm beginning to

wonder do you know bragga's sister

becomes invisible in their act

now please do me a favor and don't laugh

i thought maybe you'd understand

i'd only wanted to be laughed at i

stayed down at headquarters all right

cap go ahead i promise won't laugh again

afternoon i went up to their place in

the mountains they weren't in so i

wandered around

they didn't sleep there last night are

you sure oh they'd rumbled up the

bedding and tried to crease the sheets

but you know as well as i do that you

can't fake a thing like that a bed

doesn't looks left in unless it's been

slept in yeah what's the point of it the

point is if braga can make himself

invisible he could have gone in and out

of carson's study take that one over

yes you may have something there you

better have

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captain birch please

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hello birch this is dr hardway i'm

speaking now from carson study

something over here very interesting

that you should see

well you'll find out when you get here

i see you moved the bars

i thought you were wasting your time or

i would have helped you

oh you helped me enough by letting me in

down here i want to show you something

you see the

bars are sunk in the upper and the lower

seals here but there's been a portion of

this lower sill removed

to prevent two of those bars to drop

down you see i see

well what's this metal plate for to hold

the bars up again that's right that

metal plate works on this spring here

slides back and forth like that

now the

the contact for the spring is probably

on the outside

okay let me show you here

now you just press that spring in the

right place there and uh

this metal plate slides back you see and

lets the bars drop

huh

well that's pretty neat

it would take a cabinet maker to install

a job like that yeah that's right

considerable time too yeah

well congratulations now that you've

discovered how the killer got out of a

supposedly seal room

does that tell you who it is

no

but it's a step in that direction

course will be along a few minutes

you've got to wait certainly not i only

came along to let you win well he'll

have the place to himself i gotta run

along

say wait a minute i resent these half

confidences ordway you only take me

along as far as you can use me that

makes us even

well what have i been holding out

the braggers

how do they work that dance

i knew i'd tell you you don't think by

any chance that bragg is a cabinet maker

why not he wasn't above feeding me

knockout drops last night

oh this is getting better and better you

mind telling me why he did well i want

to take half lean home see the police

but uh

apparently she had something she want to

do first

and how did she explain that today well

i've had bad luck reaching her today of

course i could have told birch and let

him question you oh no no don't do that

old man at least not until after you've

talked to her now i can get hold of her

come to my place or one o'clock be too

late i'm tied up early and i promise to

have her there all right

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so

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um

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so

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uh

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hello dr ordway

oh hello hello kathleen where's jeff i

don't know i found the door unlocked so

i came in i've been looking for him he

isn't anywhere in the apartment what's

funny all probably gone to the neighbors

to get some ice but i've been here 20

minutes

superstitions of medieval europe

black magic

creatures of the night oh nice reading

werewolves and vampires

a case against the braggarts

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what is it doctor ordway

jerome wrote this

and he's trying to prove that the

braggers are vampires

he claims they made their debut in a

royal performance the madrid opera in

1650

16

which makes them almost 300 years old

they have never been seen by day

that's right

i never have seen miguel in the daytime

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they sleep in earth-filled chests they

have no mirrors in their dressing rooms

vampires abhor mirrors because they cast

no reflections

a vampire can make itself invisible at

will oh it's all absurd

i'm not sure about that here

read this last paragraph in the

typewriter

what defense is there against the

scourge of vampirism the answer is none

for the safety of the community they

must be destroyed

the chess they occupy by day when they

are in a catalytic state must be opened

and stakes driven through their hearts

captain birch please doctor ordway

calling

you don't really think that jeff intends

to do such a horrible thing

well get home as quickly as possible

will you

tell him to meet me at the braggers home

that's right

let me have the keys to your car

you take a cab and go home i'll call you

as soon as i can i'm going with you

you've only been there once and you'll

never find it alone all right come on

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jeff

jeff

jack it's me ordway i found out what he

intended to do

i came here to stop him

who jeff who but i couldn't

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lucas

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mcguire

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he's moving

yeah take care of dolores

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you all right

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dolores

she's gonna be all right

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so

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what's this vampire stuff all about

ordway

just a publicity stunt

it all goes back to their dance i i saw

tonight how they do it or you did yeah

i climbed up on the catwalk above the

ceiling of the friar's glen

i got a bird's eye view of the whole

proceedings

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luga let her down again the same way

i had to stay up there while he took his

contraptions down and put them in that

huge trunk again why in a trunk to

maintain the vampire illusion

you see if anyone saw that trunk coming

in they'd think the braggers were inside

of it

i hope this will teach you not to play

around in coffins

jerome cooked up this idea didn't he

yes he saw us dance in cuba he said if

we come to the united states that he

would get us some sensational publicity

then he set us up in his house and told

us not to go out in the daytime and he

was going to place a definite charge

against you as vampires

yes

you see jerome realized tonight that his

idea had backfired into an epidemic of

murders by the way where'd you actually

sleep in the little guest cottage that

cannot be seen from this house

is it hard to go now captain birch

impersonating a vampire should be some

sort of a crime but

i don't know what it is go ahead good

night good night thank you dr edward

good night

well let's see our prisoners getting

along

he's patched up enough to take him back

to town he admits killing carson beluga

and jerome

dr ordway interrupted him before he

could polish off the brightness see

rancore wanted us to believe that jerome

had gone insane on the subject of

vampires

that killed the braggers and then

himself

is that right

i wanted kathleen

i killed carson to get her

she said that she was going to marry

braga

decided to kill him too jerome was just

a fall guy someone depended on take him

out

charming fella that ring

but i don't think he'd really have

driven those stakes through the brackets

oh he didn't cut them up for toothpicks

well i guess you're right

yes sir this would make a wonderful

subdivision

that castle over there could be the

clubhouse

put in some more trees and roads

yes but half of your lots would be

perpendicular well what's wrong with

perpendicular lots people are buying

them every day in california

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you