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The Shadow - "The Voice of Death" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On December 8th, 1940, Mutual Broadcasting System carried Blue Cole's
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  Speaker 1: presentation of The Shadow, episode 205, The Voice of Death.
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  Speaker 1: Bill Johnstone is Lamont Cranston, with Marjorie Anderson as Margo Lane,
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  Speaker 1: as the pair head into the Louisiana bayous to visit Arthur,
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  Speaker 1: an old friend of Cranston's who has withdrawn from the
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  Speaker 1: world because of a lifelong difficulty with his voice. At
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  Speaker 1: Arthur's isolated, decaying house, the place appears deserted, while large
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  Speaker 1: dogs are heard in the brush, and a scientist's experiments
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  Speaker 1: involve animal characteristics and human beings. Ken Roberts handles the
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  Speaker 1: announcements in this approximately 25-minute broadcast. Settle in now for
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  Speaker 1: a 1940 visit with Lamont and Margot. And now, our
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  Speaker 1: story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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  Speaker 1: The Shadow knows.
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  Speaker 3: The Shadow knows.
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  Speaker 4: A mysterious character who aids the forces of law and order.
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  Speaker 5: Is in reality Lamont Cranston, a wealthy young.
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  Speaker 3: Man about town.
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  Speaker 5: As the shadow, Cranston is gifted with hypnotic power to
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  Speaker 5: cloud men's minds so that they cannot see him. Cranston's
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  Speaker 5: friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only
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  Speaker 5: person who knows to whom the voice of the invisible
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  Speaker 5: shadow belongs.
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  Speaker 4: Today's story, The Voice of Death.
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  Speaker 3: Sam?
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  Speaker 6: Hmm? Yes, Annie.
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  Speaker 7: You almost finished reading your paper?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Annie.
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  Speaker 3: Time to go to bed, ain't it?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Annie.
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  Speaker 3: Better make sure all the windows are shut.
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  Speaker 7: Sounds like a real mean storm coming up.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, Annie.
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  Speaker 3: Sam? Hmm?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, Annie.
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  Speaker 3: Did you hear that?
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  Speaker 8: What?
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  Speaker 6: What?
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  Speaker 7: You hear it?
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  Speaker 1: Sounds just like little kittens.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I wonder where they come from.
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  Speaker 9: Well, the poor things.
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  Speaker 3: Outdoors on a night like this.
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  Speaker 7: Sam, will you go out and find them?
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  Speaker 6: Go on, will you?
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  Speaker 7: No, Annie, you don't... Just listen to them little critters.
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  Speaker 4: Ain't you got no heart, Sam?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, all right.
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  Speaker 8: Where's my raincoat now?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, here you are.
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  Speaker 4: I'll set up a little box for them by the fire.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 6: All right, all right.
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  Speaker 8: Now, stop your crying, kittens.
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  Speaker 1: I'm coming.
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  Speaker 7: I'll heat up a bit of milk, too.
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  Speaker 8: Do you see him, Sam?
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  Speaker 4: No, not yet.
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  Speaker 6: Sammy, I don't... Sammy!
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  Speaker 8: Sammy!
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  Speaker 3: Sam! Sam, what is it? Sam, what happened? Sam, blood.
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  Speaker 6: You're all covered with blood.
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  Speaker 8: Sam, how could kittens do.
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  Speaker 6: Sam!
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  Speaker 3: Sam! He's dead? Well, I must say, Lamont, that we
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  Speaker 3: picked a fine day to go visiting. You want no secret, Margot?
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  Speaker 3: I'm your man.
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  Speaker 4: This whole thing is just an effect.
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  Speaker 2: Huh?
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  Speaker 3: A fact, eh?
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  Speaker 6: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 3: People always look for a.
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  Speaker 4: Mysterious atmosphere in the Louisiana bio, so Mother Nature very obligingly.
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  Speaker 6: Provides it for them.
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  Speaker 3: I see.
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  Speaker 6: Hmm.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I must say that sunshine wouldn't make a great
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  Speaker 7: deal of difference. I don't see how it could ever
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  Speaker 7: penetrate those moth-laden trees.
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  Speaker 3: Are we much further to go, Lamont?
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  Speaker 5: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 4: Arthur told me the house was exactly five miles from
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  Speaker 4: that last bridge.
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  Speaker 3: Why in the world would anyone want to live way
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  Speaker 3: off like this?
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  Speaker 4: Well, the house has been in Arthur Whittington's family for many,
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  Speaker 4: many years, and Arthur, being a rather peculiar chap, I
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  Speaker 4: don't suppose it bothers him in the least.
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  Speaker 7: Forgive me for appearing dull, but I don't get it.
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  Speaker 4: Well, Margo, it's a long story. It began in college
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  Speaker 4: when we took a medical course together. I guess I
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  Speaker 4: was the only person in the whole school who.
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  Speaker 6: Really understood him.
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  Speaker 3: Why was that?
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  Speaker 4: Well, Arthur was a brilliant student, but he was also
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  Speaker 4: a highly sensitive lad, always imagining that people were making
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  Speaker 4: fun of him, laughing at him behind his back.
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  Speaker 3: Was there any reason for that?
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  Speaker 6: Well, yes, there was.
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  Speaker 3: It was his voice.
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  Speaker 4: He had the harshest sounding voice I'd ever heard.
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  Speaker 6: It clacked, it rasped. It did everything that a voice
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  Speaker 6: shouldn't do.
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  Speaker 3: Really?
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  Speaker 4: In fact, it was his voice that made him leave
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  Speaker 4: medical school.
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  Speaker 3: I don't follow you, Lamont.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it all happened one day in class. Arthur had
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  Speaker 4: prepared a paper, an excellent paper that he had to
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  Speaker 4: read aloud to the student body.
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  Speaker 8: Gentlemen, gentlemen, please, please.
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  Speaker 3: You may proceed, Mr. Whittington.
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  Speaker 6: Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Whittington, where are you going? Wait, why are you leaving
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  Speaker 3: the classroom?
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  Speaker 8: Well, he threw down his paper and walked right out
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  Speaker 8: of the room.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my Lord.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, the poor boy.
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  Speaker 4: I've never heard of him since.
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  Speaker 3: But we've corresponded. And then, as you know, when.
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  Speaker 4: He learned that we were down here in Louisiana fishing,
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  Speaker 4: he got in touch with me and invited us out
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  Speaker 4: to see him.
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  Speaker 7: Well, that goes a long way toward explaining his living
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  Speaker 7: out here as a part of civilization.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he still must be sensitive about that horrible voice.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I'm sure he is. But remember, we mustn't do
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  Speaker 6: anything to call.
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  Speaker 8: Attention to it.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, heavens, no, I wouldn't. Le Bon, something right ahead
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  Speaker 3: on the road.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, Martha, yes, I see it.
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  Speaker 4: This rain on the windshield is hard to... Wait. It's
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  Speaker 4: some sort of offense.
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  Speaker 7: Well, it looks like we've reached the end of the
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  Speaker 7: line and not a house in sight.
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  Speaker 4: There seems to be a sign on it. We'd better
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  Speaker 4: get out and investigate it. putting up that raincoat, Martha.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, don't worry.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's getting so dark, you can hardly make the
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  Speaker 4: sign out.
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  Speaker 3: Here's your flashlight, Lamont.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you.
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  Speaker 8: There we are.
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  Speaker 6: Well, Whittington Hall.
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  Speaker 3: Keep out. That's a nice welcome. Oh, I'm sure that
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  Speaker 3: doesn't mean that.
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  Speaker 4: Well, looks like we'll have to walk down this path
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  Speaker 4: to get to the house.
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  Speaker 3: I think I can just see it through the trees.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm.
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  Speaker 7: Hmm.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, did you hear that? Yes.
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  Speaker 6: Sounds like little kittens.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, they're poor things out in weather like this. I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to find them. They seem to be under that bush. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
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  Speaker 4: Margo, you'll get soaked climbing around in that underbrush.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll have them in just a minute.
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  Speaker 6: Margo!
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  Speaker 8: Come on, come here quickly.
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  Speaker 6: Margo, what in the next.
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  Speaker 4: Dogs, giant dogs. Help me, Margo.
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  Speaker 6: Get down, you, get down.
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  Speaker 3: Get down.
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  Speaker 6: Run for it, Margo.
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  Speaker 8: This club will take care of them.
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  Speaker 6: Get down, you.
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  Speaker 3: Get down.
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  Speaker 8: There.
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  Speaker 6: They're running away. Margo, are you all right?
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  Speaker 8: Yes, I.
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  Speaker 3: I guess so.
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  Speaker 4: They didn't hurt you?
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  Speaker 3: No. One of them ripped my coat, that's all. Lamont,
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  Speaker 3: I don't understand. They sounded like little kittens.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I know.
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  Speaker 3: What do you make of it, Lamont?
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  Speaker 6: I don't know. But one thing is certain.
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  Speaker 4: We're going back to the car and get my revolver.
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  Speaker 7: Lamont, I've never seen such an eerie-looking house in my life.
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  Speaker 7: The broken shutters and the crumbled stairs. Those unpainted walls.
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  Speaker 3: Don't tell me that this is the Whittington Mansion.
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  Speaker 6: I guess it is, Margo.
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  Speaker 3: I wish we were back in New Orleans.
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  Speaker 6: Well, if you'd rather we.
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  Speaker 3: Well, no, we've come this far. Go ahead and knock
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  Speaker 3: at the door. I promise you, if a ghost answers,
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  Speaker 3: I won't be surprised.
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  Speaker 6: No, frankly, nor will I.
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  Speaker 3: Are you going to tell Mr. Whittington about the dogs?
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  Speaker 3: Of course.
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  Speaker 7: Why not? Well, it may sound a bit strange in
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  Speaker 7: the telling. Dogs that sound like little kittens.
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  Speaker 6: Well, he may know who... What do you want? Oh, uh,
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  Speaker 6: good evening.
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  Speaker 3: We'd like to see Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Whittington, please.
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  Speaker 3: What is it about?
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  Speaker 6: He's expecting us.
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  Speaker 5: There are no guests expected here tonight.
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  Speaker 4: Well, if you'll say that Miss Lane and Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Cranston are here.
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  Speaker 8: I tell you that Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Whittington is not seeing anyone tonight.
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  Speaker 6: Jasper!
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  Speaker 4: Jasper, what is it?
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  Speaker 8: People here, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Arthur.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, Arthur, it's Lamont Cranston.
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  Speaker 8: Lamont, come in, come in. Jasper, you old fool, I
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  Speaker 8: told you we were expecting Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Cranston.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Mr. Arthur.
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  Speaker 6: Come in, sir, please.
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  Speaker 8: Well, Lamont, I'm glad you were able to come. It's
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  Speaker 8: good seeing you again.
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  Speaker 4: Well, thank you, Arthur. I'd like you to meet a
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  Speaker 4: friend of mine, Miss Lane.
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  Speaker 6: This is Arthur Whittington, Margo.
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  Speaker 3: How do you do, Miss Lane? How do you do, Mr. Whittington?
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  Speaker 8: Well, come, take off those wet coats.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, we're more or less swimming in these.
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  Speaker 8: Jasper, show Miss Lane and Mr. Cranston into the living room.
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  Speaker 8: There's a fire there, Lamont. You can dry off.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, the comforts of home.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 8: Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment, I'll go
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  Speaker 8: and arrange for dinner.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, yes, of course.
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  Speaker 6: You will come this way, please. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Lamont, this place is just as scary inside as it
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  Speaker 3: was outdoors.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I see what you mean.
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  Speaker 3: Those muck walls and that worn furniture. The candles and
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  Speaker 3: old-fashioned lamps. Gee, I don't understand how anyone can live here.
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  Speaker 4: There's something else that's more difficult to understand, Mug.
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  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: That man that greeted us was Arthur Whittington. But it
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  Speaker 4: was not Whittington's voice.
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  Speaker 6: No, no, Lamont.
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  Speaker 8: I save this wine for special occasions. Very special occasions.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're flattered.
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  Speaker 9: I suppose my mode of living is a bit mystifying
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  Speaker 9: to you, Miss Lane.
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  Speaker 3: Mystifying?
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  Speaker 8: Well, my staying here in the wilderness, in a house
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  Speaker 8: that's almost in ruins... Living alone.
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  Speaker 6: With just a servant.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think it might have its advantages, too.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I'm glad to hear you say that. Some people
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  Speaker 8: might not understand.
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  Speaker 4: I must say, though, Arthur, for a man who's roughing it,
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  Speaker 4: you set a highly civilized table.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I'm like a Britisher in the tropics, I guess.
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  Speaker 9: I still like to maintain... Master Arthur.
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  Speaker 8: What is it, Jasper? Why are you interrupting my meal? Master,
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  Speaker 8: they are loose again.
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 8: I told you to keep.
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  Speaker 6: That door locked.
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  Speaker 3: I know, I know, but they got out.
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  Speaker 6: You fool. They must be someplace near.
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  Speaker 3: I keep hearing them.
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  Speaker 8: Excuse me, please, Miss Lane. Lamont, I'll be right back.
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  Speaker 6: Come along, Captain.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Oh, don't mind us. Lamont, you know the worst people.
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  Speaker 3: What the hell is this about?
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  Speaker 4: I'm not sure, Margo. But it could be those savage dogs.
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  Speaker 3: Lamont, do you think they belong to Mr. Whittington?
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  Speaker 6: Perhaps.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm letting you in on a little secret.
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  Speaker 3: I wish we could leave here.
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  Speaker 6: Why, Margo?
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  Speaker 7: Well, the way Arthur Whittington acts. The way he talks.
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  Speaker 7: The way he looks at you.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. It just sends shivers up my back.
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  Speaker 6: But we can't leave now.
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  Speaker 4: Not until this storm is over, at any rate.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I certainly wish that we'd never... Lamont, do you
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  Speaker 3: hear that?
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: That same sound.
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  Speaker 6: They're near the house this time.
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  Speaker 3: Why should he have such beasts around here? And how
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  Speaker 3: did they get the voice of a cat?
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  Speaker 4: That's something we'll find out when Arthur returns.
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  Speaker 5: I'll just go.
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  Speaker 8: What was that?
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  Speaker 6: It was a human voice.
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  Speaker 3: It sounded like he came from someplace here in the house.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I don't like this place, Lamont. When he comes back,
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  Speaker 7: I think you should ask for an explanation. I think
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  Speaker 7: we should know about those dogs and that knowing, too.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, when Arthur returns... I have.
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  Speaker 8: Returned, Lamont.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't hear you come in.
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  Speaker 8: What was that about my returning Lamont?
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  Speaker 4: Well, Arthur, both Margo and myself are very curious to
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  Speaker 4: learn something about two giant dogs that we encountered on
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  Speaker 4: our way in here.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, what about them?
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  Speaker 4: Well, we wondered just how it was possible that these
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  Speaker 4: huge animals had the vocal cords of tiny kittens.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, Lamont, I shouldn't have given you that last glass
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  Speaker 9: of wine.
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  Speaker 3: No, but it's true. I saw and heard them too.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, now come, Miss Lane. I'd say your imaginations were
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  Speaker 8: working overtime.
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  Speaker 4: Who is that, Arthur?
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  Speaker 9: What?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, what are you talking about?
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  Speaker 3: Do you hear it? That voice.
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  Speaker 6: Someone in this house.
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  Speaker 8: Arthur, we've got to.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, I know. Now that you've heard him, I... I'll
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  Speaker 8: have to explain his presence.
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  Speaker 3: Well, who is it? Why did he cry out like that?
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  Speaker 8: Miss Lane, that was a cousin of mine, Frank Harper.
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  Speaker 8: He's in one of the rooms off this corridor. He's
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  Speaker 8: locked in that room because.
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  Speaker 8: Well, because he's not right mentally.
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  Speaker 9: Oh.
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  Speaker 8: I'm sorry you have to learn about this. Family skeletons
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  Speaker 8: are never very pleasant topics.
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  Speaker 6: Harper!
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  Speaker 8: Yes, you see, my dear cousin Harper. I've gotten free
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  Speaker 8: of my shell at last.
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  Speaker 6: And now.
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  Speaker 8: Get out.
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  Speaker 3: Of here, do you hear me?
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  Speaker 6: No, no, I won't.
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  Speaker 8: Help me, you two. Help me, he can't keep me
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  Speaker 8: here like this. Look, fool, get back to your room.
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  Speaker 3: No, no, let me go.
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  Speaker 8: Take it easy, Arthur. I must handle this my own way.
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  Speaker 3: Don't let him send me back.
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  Speaker 8: Help me.
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  Speaker 3: Shut up, you fool.
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  Speaker 8: Come in here with me.
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  Speaker 3: Come on. Oh, Lamont, that was horrible.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, and it was also very revealing.
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  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: The voice of that man, Harper, is the same one
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  Speaker 4: that used to belong to Arthur Whittington.
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  Speaker 2: Come on.
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  Speaker 3: What does all this mean?
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  Speaker 6: I don't know yet, Martha.
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  Speaker 4: Some way, somehow, that poor creature that rushed in here
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  Speaker 4: has been given Whittington's voice.
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  Speaker 3: Listen. The animals again.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: They're part of this thing, too. This mix-up of voices.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Lamont, I wish we could leave here right now.
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  Speaker 6: We can't go now, Margot. Not until we learn what's
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  Speaker 6: behind all this.
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  Speaker 3: Lamont, what's happening up there?
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  Speaker 6: Sounds as if Harper's being beaten. Come on, Margot. We're
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  Speaker 6: going to that room.
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  Speaker 3: What are you going to do?
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  Speaker 6: I want to talk to that boy.
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  Speaker 3: Quietly, Margot.
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  Speaker 4: We must get down the hall without Whittington hearing us.
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  Speaker 3: What is he doing to him?
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  Speaker 6: Quiet. The room is right down here.
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  Speaker 3: Are you going in there?
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  Speaker 6: Not yet.
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  Speaker 4: Not until Whittington leaves. I want to talk to the
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  Speaker 4: boy alone.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps I'd better wait in the living room.
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  Speaker 6: Well.
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: If Whittington wants to know where you are, I can
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: tell him that you've gone out to the car for
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: some problem.
• 15:05
  Speaker 6: Very well, Margot.
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: But please, Lamont, please don't be long. I won't.
• 15:09
  Speaker 4: The answer to this mystery will be found very quickly
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: by the shadow.
• 15:21
  Speaker 8: That'll teach you not to go running around this house.
• 15:24
  Speaker 8: Now you stay here and be quiet, understand? See that
• 15:27
  Speaker 8: you obey me in the future. Good night, my dear cousin.
• 15:39
  Speaker 6: Harper.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: What was that?
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: I've come here to help you, Mr.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Harper.
• 15:45
  Speaker 8: Hearing things. I'm hearing things again.
• 15:48
  Speaker 6: No, you're not.
• 15:50
  Speaker 8: Who speaks to me?
• 15:52
  Speaker 6: I am called the Shadow.
• 15:54
  Speaker 8: I see no one.
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: I'm standing right here beside you. But you can't see
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: me because I've used my hypnotic power to cloud your vision.
• 16:04
  Speaker 6: I don't understand.
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: Listen to me, Harper. I'm here to help you get out.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: But first, I must learn something from you.
• 16:11
  Speaker 8: You want to help me?
• 16:12
  Speaker 6: Yes, yes. But tell me. Why are you here? Why
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: has your cousin kept you locked in this room?
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: He's jealous of me.
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: He always has been.
• 16:21
  Speaker 6: How did he get you into this house?
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: I came to visit, just like that couple I saw.
• 16:26
  Speaker 8: In the dining room tonight. But I never got out.
• 16:31
  Speaker 8: They never will either.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: Why do you say that?
• 16:33
  Speaker 9: He will use them just as he used me for
• 16:37
  Speaker 9: his devilish work.
• 16:38
  Speaker 6: Why was your cousin jealous of you? My voice. Yes?
• 16:43
  Speaker 6: What about your voice?
• 16:44
  Speaker 9: I used to have the voice that Arthur has now.
• 16:47
  Speaker 6: I knew it. I knew it. What did he do?
• 16:51
  Speaker 6: How did he accomplish this transference?
• 16:53
  Speaker 8: Came to my house one night. Had dinner.
• 16:56
  Speaker 6: Dinner.
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: I felt drowsy.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: I'd been drugged.
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: Yes?
• 17:01
  Speaker 6: Then what happened?
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: Well, when I came to, I was.
• 17:06
  Speaker 8: I was in his laboratory.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: He has a laboratory here in the house?
• 17:09
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: I was strapped to a table.
• 17:12
  Speaker 8: I fought to get loose, but it wasn't any use.
• 17:14
  Speaker 9: Then he clamped an ether cone on my face.
• 17:18
  Speaker 6: I passed out. And when you came to?
• 17:21
  Speaker 8: When I came to, oh, it must have been days later.
• 17:26
  Speaker 8: I had his voice, this horrible voice of his. And
• 17:29
  Speaker 8: he had mine.
• 17:30
  Speaker 6: And you've been kept prisoner here ever since?
• 17:32
  Speaker 8: Yes, yes, always in this cell. In this same cell.
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: Even the dogs get out, those savage dogs that.
• 17:39
  Speaker 8: He gave the voices.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: Of little kittens.
• 17:41
  Speaker 6: Oh, I see. That accounts for the dogs. Well, I
• 17:46
  Speaker 6: promise you this, Mr. Harper.
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: You shall be free to leave this cell of yours
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: after tonight.
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: Is that you, Lamont?
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: No.
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: Oh. Oh.
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: I'm sorry.
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mr. Whittington.
• 18:08
  Speaker 8: Where is Lamont?
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: Well, he went out to the car for something. He
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: should be right back. I see.
• 18:14
  Speaker 9: Well, perhaps you'd like me to show you your room
• 18:17
  Speaker 9: while we're waiting.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, thanks. That's all right. I'll wait for him.
• 18:20
  Speaker 8: I'd rather you come with me now, if you will.
• 18:23
  Speaker 9: I have several chores to perform, and I'd just like
• 18:26
  Speaker 9: you to know where your room is.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: Oh, very well.
• 18:31
  Speaker 8: Just down this hall, Miss Lane.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 18:35
  Speaker 9: I think you'll be very interested in what I have
• 18:37
  Speaker 9: to show you.
• 18:40
  Speaker 8: This will be your room. Won't you step inside? All right.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: Is there a light that I can... What are you doing?
• 18:46
  Speaker 8: I'm just making sure that no one will disturb us,
• 18:48
  Speaker 8: Miss Lane.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: Why did you lock that door?
• 18:50
  Speaker 8: You'll see. Now we'll put on this lamp.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: There. This room. What is this place?
• 18:59
  Speaker 8: This is my laboratory, Miss Lane. My workshop, where I
• 19:02
  Speaker 8: conduct my experiments.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: Let me out of here and unlock that door at once.
• 19:05
  Speaker 8: I'm sorry, but you're staying here.
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: If you don't let me out, I'll call for help.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: Lamont will hear me. Why don't you call? Lamont!
• 19:11
  Speaker 8: Lamont!
• 19:13
  Speaker 9: Before you continue, Miss Lane, you might be interested to
• 19:16
  Speaker 9: learn that these walls are completely soundproof.
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: Why are you doing this? Why have you got me here?
• 19:21
  Speaker 8: You're going to help me, Miss Lane.
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: Help you?
• 19:24
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 19:25
  Speaker 8: You're going to be a party to an experiment of mine...
• 19:28
  Speaker 8: My greatest experiment.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: What do you mean? You'll learn soon enough.
• 19:33
  Speaker 8: First, I'm afraid I must strap you to this table.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: No. No, keep away from me.
• 19:37
  Speaker 8: Stop being such an obstinate fool. No, don't do that.
• 19:40
  Speaker 8: Stop pounding on that door.
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: Let go of me.
• 19:45
  Speaker 8: You come with me now. On this table.
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: No, you can't do this.
• 19:49
  Speaker 8: There you are.
• 19:49
  Speaker 5: Let me go.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Let me go.
• 19:51
  Speaker 9: Now a few slaps to hold you securely.
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: No, let me loose.
• 19:55
  Speaker 8: There we are.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: Now.
• 19:59
  Speaker 8: Now you can struggle or scream as much as you wish.
• 20:02
  Speaker 8: I'd particularly recommend the scream. It may be your last
• 20:05
  Speaker 8: chance to use it.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
• 20:08
  Speaker 9: This experiment of mine has to do with your voice,
• 20:10
  Speaker 9: Miss Lane.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: That's my work, you know.
• 20:13
  Speaker 8: The transference of voices.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: What are you saying?
• 20:16
  Speaker 8: You've already heard two of my examples.
• 20:19
  Speaker 9: The dogs with the voices of little kittens. And my cousin,
• 20:23
  Speaker 9: Frank Harper.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: It's true. What Lamont thought is true.
• 20:27
  Speaker 8: Oh, so he guessed my secret, eh? Well, he'll never
• 20:30
  Speaker 8: live to tell it.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Oh, no. You won't survive, though.
• 20:34
  Speaker 8: But you won't be able to tell it either, Miss Lane.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: What are you going to do to me?
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: I'll show you.
• 20:39
  Speaker 8: The answer to your question is in this box.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: Let me open it.
• 20:45
  Speaker 8: There we are. A cat.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: Yes, a cat.
• 20:50
  Speaker 8: Have you ever seen a more beautiful cat? She's pure Persian,
• 20:54
  Speaker 8: aren't you, girl?
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: What has that cat got to do with me? A
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: great deal.
• 20:59
  Speaker 8: I'm giving her your vocal cord.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: No. No, you don't know what you're doing.
• 21:03
  Speaker 8: You're mad.
• 21:03
  Speaker 6: Not at all.
• 21:04
  Speaker 9: I merely have a great hatred, Miss Lane, for the
• 21:06
  Speaker 9: entire human race.
• 21:08
  Speaker 8: They ruined me.
• 21:09
  Speaker 9: Their heartless cruelty blighted my entire life.
• 21:12
  Speaker 8: But, animal, ah, you're different. Aren't you, my little pet?
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: No, you can't mean what you say.
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: But I do.
• 21:22
  Speaker 8: Lady knows that, don't you, girl?
• 21:25
  Speaker 9: She knows that after tonight, we'll be able to converse.
• 21:29
  Speaker 9: Be able to tell one of us all the things
• 21:31
  Speaker 9: that we've kept stored up.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: No, you can't. You can't do this.
• 21:33
  Speaker 9: And you, Miss Lane, as befits your sex, you will
• 21:37
  Speaker 9: have the vocal cords of a cat.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: No.
• 21:39
  Speaker 7: No.
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: Now, I think we can proceed with these.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: No, keep away.
• 21:43
  Speaker 7: Keep away.
• 21:43
  Speaker 8: There will be no pain. Miss Skeeter will take care
• 21:46
  Speaker 8: of that. Are you ready?
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: No, please.
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: No, she isn't ready, Mr. Whittington.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: Who is that?
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: Who spoke? I spoke to you.
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Who are you?
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: I am called the Shadow. Don't try to find me.
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: I've made myself quite invisible to your eyes.
• 22:00
  Speaker 8: What are you doing here? Why are you interrupting my work?
• 22:03
  Speaker 6: I've come to put an end to your work. I'm
• 22:05
  Speaker 6: here to free that young woman. Oh, no, no, you won't.
• 22:07
  Speaker 8: I'm not frightened by someone I can't even see.
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: Put down that ether.
• 22:11
  Speaker 9: I'm going ahead with my work.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: No, no!
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: You may not be able to see me, Mr.
• 22:15
  Speaker 8: Whittington, but I think you'll feel this.
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: Why, you!
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: Now I'm releasing this girl, and then I'm holding you
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: until I can get the police out here.
• 22:22
  Speaker 5: They'll be very interested in your experiments.
• 22:25
  Speaker 8: You think you can keep me here.
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: Do you?
• 22:27
  Speaker 8: Delighted.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Put out the light.
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: Now, Mr.
• 22:29
  Speaker 8: Shadow, I am invincible too, and I'm getting out of
• 22:32
  Speaker 8: here right now. Stop it.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: He's going through those tapes and windows.
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: Come back here, Whittington.
• 22:37
  Speaker 8: Come and get me, Shadow.
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: Come on, Margo. He's not getting away.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: There he is, crossing the lawn.
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: Evidently trying to get.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: They're chasing him, Lamont. Well, they'll tear him to pieces.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Let him get the gun.
• 22:53
  Speaker 8: Well, Lamont, can't you do something for him?
• 22:56
  Speaker 6: I'm not in time for doing something for you, Margo.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: Well, now that we see that Mr.
• 23:16
  Speaker 7: Harper is in good hands, I don't mind saying I'm
• 23:19
  Speaker 7: certainly glad to be leaving that place, Lamont.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: You do know such interesting people.
• 23:24
  Speaker 6: Well, you can't say they're dull. No.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: Did you tell the police about the dogs?
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: They've destroyed them.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: And Whittington's body is being removed to town.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: You know something, Lamont?
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: What?
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: Whenever I see an alley cat from now on, I'll
• 23:41
  Speaker 7: think to myself... There, but for the grace of the shadow,
• 23:45
  Speaker 7: go I.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: The weed of crime.
• 24:04
  Speaker 6: Bears bitter fruit.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: Crime does not pay.
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: The shadow knows.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: This concludes our visit with The Shadow and its December
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: 1940 broadcast. Follow The Shadow for more classic broadcasts.