1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,610 This is the story behind the most incredible series of murders 2 00:00:11,690 --> 00:00:14,850 to ever occur in the city of Seattle, Washington. 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,120 You never read about them in your local newspapers 4 00:00:17,190 --> 00:00:20,630 or heard about them on your local radio or television station. 5 00:00:20,690 --> 00:00:23,190 Why? Because the facts were watered down, 6 00:00:23,260 --> 00:00:27,930 torn apart, and reassembled... in a word, falsified. 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,430 Saturday, April 1st, approximately 2:35 A. M. 8 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:35,100 Merrisa, one of the three belly dancers at Omar's Tent, 9 00:00:35,180 --> 00:00:38,040 a well-known bar in the Pioneer Square area. 10 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:41,210 She was through for the night and on her way to St. James Street, 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,310 where she could catch the 3 A. M. bus that would take her 12 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:46,410 to her small apartment in the Shoreline Park area. 13 00:00:46,490 --> 00:00:50,390 Anxious to get home, she planned to take a shower and go right to bed. 14 00:00:50,890 --> 00:00:52,290 She never made it. 15 00:01:07,010 --> 00:01:08,530 Is someone there? 16 00:01:24,190 --> 00:01:26,960 Please, can't you take me? I only wanna go to Shoreline Park, 17 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:29,190 There's someone back there, please! 18 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:13,940 A few nights later in the barroom of the Seattle Press Club, 19 00:02:14,010 --> 00:02:17,770 one Tony Vincenzo by name, City Editor by profession, 20 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:19,940 bilious grouch by disposition, 21 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:23,420 renewed acquaintance with a dear old comrade of the fourth estate. 22 00:02:24,850 --> 00:02:26,290 - Hi, Charlie, - Mr. Vincenzo, how are you? 23 00:02:26,350 --> 00:02:27,680 - Okay, - Good, 24 00:02:28,860 --> 00:02:30,620 The usual, Mr. Vincenzo? 25 00:02:30,690 --> 00:02:32,850 - Yeah, yeah, - Okay, 26 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:39,460 Where you been living, in a cave? 27 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,470 There's a world of facts outside, Stumble out and take a peek at 'em, 28 00:02:42,540 --> 00:02:45,630 - Get your brains out of hibernation, - Oh, no, 29 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:48,970 You can't expect me to believe this, This doesn't make any sense at all! 30 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,840 What's the difference, if it's true? 31 00:02:50,910 --> 00:02:52,500 You're a newsman, not a critic, 32 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:55,210 - Well, I am! - Take a look at this, then, 33 00:02:55,650 --> 00:02:56,880 Take a look around that corner, 34 00:02:56,950 --> 00:02:58,180 See if there isn't someone there 35 00:02:58,250 --> 00:03:00,780 who looks like he just came from a performance of The Front Page. 36 00:03:01,790 --> 00:03:05,420 Don't lecture me about press responsibility, cabbage head, 37 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:08,830 I knew more about the press the day I was born than you do now, 38 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:12,060 - Oh, yeah, - Oh, yeah, 39 00:03:13,630 --> 00:03:17,200 Can you read English, or do I have to tell you what it says? 40 00:03:17,710 --> 00:03:18,800 See, right there... 41 00:03:18,870 --> 00:03:22,640 V- A-M-P-I-R-E, vampire, That's what it says right there, 42 00:03:22,710 --> 00:03:24,970 Can you read the official coroner's report? 43 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:26,880 "Blood drained from a victim's b... " 44 00:03:31,850 --> 00:03:33,880 - Yeah, - Real odd, 45 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,920 There's nothing wrong with me, 46 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,530 - Yeah, - Real odd, 47 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:50,630 Vincenzo! 48 00:03:51,310 --> 00:03:52,530 Hello, Carl, 49 00:03:52,610 --> 00:03:56,340 - What are you doing in Seattle? - What did I do in Las Vegas? 50 00:03:56,540 --> 00:03:58,840 You fired me, that's what you did, 51 00:03:58,910 --> 00:04:00,610 No, no, I didn't fire you, 52 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,340 In that case, you can hire me, 53 00:04:03,550 --> 00:04:05,210 Right, Vincenzo? 54 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:07,620 Get this straight, Mr. Kolchak... 55 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,150 no carnival or hoopla tactics on this paper, 56 00:04:13,230 --> 00:04:15,720 This isn't Fun Town, USA, 57 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,230 This is Seattle, 58 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:24,160 We have standards here, We mind our P's and Q's, 59 00:04:25,670 --> 00:04:28,330 We hew precisely to the mark, 60 00:04:29,340 --> 00:04:31,500 Yes, sir, Mr. Crossbinder, 61 00:04:31,580 --> 00:04:35,740 You can count on me minding your P's and Q's, yes, sir, 62 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,080 That's what happened to Cotton Mather, huh? 63 00:04:39,150 --> 00:04:40,420 Don't underestimate him, 64 00:04:40,490 --> 00:04:42,480 He may be old, but his fangs are potent, 65 00:04:44,020 --> 00:04:46,190 So, what's my first assignment? 66 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:52,360 What's the matter? 67 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:56,530 Okay, murder one, three days ago, 68 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,510 A belly dancer named Merrisa, She was strangled in an alley, 69 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:04,140 Tuesday, April 4th. First stop, police headquarters 70 00:05:04,210 --> 00:05:06,650 to introduce myself and see if any later information 71 00:05:06,710 --> 00:05:09,050 had come in about the Ethel Parker killing. 72 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,120 There was nothing new. 73 00:05:11,190 --> 00:05:13,620 No useful leads given by the victim's friends, 74 00:05:13,690 --> 00:05:15,450 acquaintances, or family. 75 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,010 Standard medical examiner's report. 76 00:05:18,530 --> 00:05:20,990 So far, the murder was a one-way street to nowhere. 77 00:05:21,060 --> 00:05:22,820 Make an appointment with my secretary, 78 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:24,230 I said make an appointment, 79 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:26,560 - I don't make appointments, - You're gonna have to, 80 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:28,970 - Captain, I'd like to make a... - Morrison, 81 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,330 Captain, I... wait a minute! What's the matter? 82 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:33,240 I just wanna talk to the captain, 83 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:37,440 Second stop, Omar's Tent, no leads. 84 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:39,670 Ethel Parker never mixed with customers, 85 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:43,180 had no known enemies, kept her problems to herself, 86 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:45,910 unmarried, all her relatives in Massachusetts, 87 00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:49,250 she'd left the mainstream of life without making a ripple. 88 00:05:50,260 --> 00:05:53,350 Third stop, the apartment of Charisma Beauty, 89 00:05:53,430 --> 00:05:55,860 given name, Gladys Wheems, 90 00:05:55,930 --> 00:05:58,860 one of the two other belly dancers at Omar's Tent. 91 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,140 - Charisma Beauty? - Who are you? 92 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,940 Who's there, Wilma? 93 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:10,310 Miss Beauty? 94 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:12,180 Yes, I am, 95 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,880 Excuse me, I beg your pardon, 96 00:06:22,190 --> 00:06:26,130 My name is Kolchak, I'm with the Daily Chronicle. 97 00:06:26,790 --> 00:06:28,730 I'd like to ask you a few questions, 98 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,290 - Would you like a chocolate? - No, thank you very much, 99 00:06:32,370 --> 00:06:34,530 What I'd like to ask you is... 100 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,900 She was something less than helpful, 101 00:06:36,970 --> 00:06:39,600 and I soon departed, made a bit uneasy by the looks 102 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:43,130 directed at me by her husband, Wilma Krankheimer. 103 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,580 Fourth stop, the floating premises of Louise Harper, 104 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:50,640 last of the belly-dancing trio at the supper club. 105 00:06:54,190 --> 00:06:55,520 Scherazade? 106 00:06:57,190 --> 00:06:58,710 - Louise Harper? - Oh, hi, 107 00:06:58,790 --> 00:07:00,780 I can't talk to you now, I'm late for class, 108 00:07:00,860 --> 00:07:04,230 If you wanna sell me something, come back later, 109 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:06,230 I really don't have any money for extras, 110 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:07,820 so you'd just be wasting your time, 111 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,730 - Yeah, but I... - Listen, I'd like to talk, 112 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,700 but I am so late for class, Professor Brown will kill me, 113 00:07:12,770 --> 00:07:14,210 My grades are not too good as it is, 114 00:07:14,270 --> 00:07:16,540 How I'm gonna graduate, I will never know, 115 00:07:16,610 --> 00:07:20,050 There simply is not enough time to do all the things I've gotta do, 116 00:07:20,110 --> 00:07:21,710 May I introduce myself? 117 00:07:21,780 --> 00:07:23,880 My name is Kolchak of the Daily Chronicle. 118 00:07:23,950 --> 00:07:26,850 When could I ask you some questions about Ethel Parker? 119 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,180 You'll have to come by the club, that's the only time 120 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:30,350 I have to talk to you, 121 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:33,090 I am so late, I know he's gonna flunk me, 122 00:07:34,590 --> 00:07:36,290 Thanks for the information, 123 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:40,030 Don't mention it! 124 00:07:44,340 --> 00:07:46,740 You know there's been a murder, don't you? 125 00:07:46,810 --> 00:07:51,210 I also know that Seattle is the Northwest's largest sea port, 126 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,210 Men come and go like the tide, 127 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,370 and the murderer is probably in Yokohama by now, 128 00:07:56,450 --> 00:07:57,780 Bye! 129 00:07:58,790 --> 00:07:59,880 She was wrong... 130 00:07:59,950 --> 00:08:03,290 he was still in Seattle, working up his list of victims. 131 00:08:12,470 --> 00:08:15,060 Cocktail waitress Gail Manning, 132 00:08:15,140 --> 00:08:17,400 disposed of some time after 2 A. M. 133 00:08:17,470 --> 00:08:19,740 on the morning of Thursday, April 6th, 134 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:22,400 a block and a half from the first murder. 135 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:23,740 Right there on top, boys, 136 00:08:23,810 --> 00:08:26,240 Captain, what do you intend to do about this? 137 00:08:26,310 --> 00:08:28,080 - Who are you, anyway? - My name? 138 00:08:28,150 --> 00:08:30,080 Kolchak, with the Daily Chronicle. 139 00:08:30,150 --> 00:08:31,910 I'd like to ask a couple questions on this, 140 00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:35,390 - Get this guy off my back, - Will you wait a minute? 141 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:37,980 Captain, I got a lot of problems to take care of, 142 00:08:38,990 --> 00:08:43,430 "Strangulation, neat and quick, no new elements," 143 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:45,260 was all they told us, 144 00:08:45,330 --> 00:08:48,670 until the Medical Examiner's report the next afternoon. 145 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:51,100 In attendance, Captain Roscoe Shubert 146 00:08:51,170 --> 00:08:53,770 of the Seattle Police, and his staff. 147 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,770 Holding forth, Dr. Christopher Webb 148 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,280 of the County Medical Examiner's Office. 149 00:09:02,450 --> 00:09:05,040 Checking underneath the victim's hairline, 150 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,710 we located what appears to be a needle puncture 151 00:09:08,790 --> 00:09:10,620 near the base of the skull... 152 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:14,120 from which a small amount of blood was removed, 153 00:09:14,190 --> 00:09:17,460 Was there any puncture or loss of blood in Ethel Parker? 154 00:09:17,530 --> 00:09:19,800 We haven't checked on the puncture yet, 155 00:09:19,870 --> 00:09:21,490 but there was apparently 156 00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:24,300 a slight decrease in normal blood content, 157 00:09:24,370 --> 00:09:25,530 How slight? 158 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:30,610 That's hard to say, maybe six or seven cc's, 159 00:09:31,450 --> 00:09:32,740 Why wasn't it reported? 160 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:36,040 The amount of loss seemed insignificant at the time, 161 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,210 - But not now, - You have a point... 162 00:09:38,290 --> 00:09:40,220 Just a minute, Doctor, Who is this clown? 163 00:09:40,290 --> 00:09:41,720 I've never seen him before, 164 00:09:41,790 --> 00:09:43,690 - What? - Kolchak, Daily Chronicle. 165 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,120 - Don't you remember? - Oh, yeah, how could I forget? 166 00:09:47,660 --> 00:09:49,820 All right, Mr. Kolchak, may we continue? 167 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:51,490 - Certainly, - Thank you very much, 168 00:09:51,570 --> 00:09:52,550 Go ahead, Doctor, 169 00:09:52,630 --> 00:09:54,730 As long as we get all the facts this time, 170 00:09:56,270 --> 00:10:00,000 Dissatisfied by what I had heard at the Medical Examiner's report, 171 00:10:00,070 --> 00:10:01,840 I paid a little visit to the morgue 172 00:10:01,910 --> 00:10:05,840 and found a chatty attendant with a taste for Scotch. 173 00:10:05,910 --> 00:10:07,850 What he told me made chopped liver 174 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:10,010 of the needle puncture and loss of blood, 175 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,680 and explained why they hadn't let me look too closely 176 00:10:12,750 --> 00:10:14,910 at Gail Manning the night before. 177 00:10:20,030 --> 00:10:21,620 Well, uh, no, no, 178 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:23,630 No, thank you, thank you very much, 179 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,360 You go right on ahead, though, 180 00:10:27,930 --> 00:10:30,530 We can't link these two killings unless we know 181 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,130 whether Ethel Parker has a needle puncture, too, 182 00:10:33,210 --> 00:10:35,370 She has... and that's not all, 183 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,880 You know something the Medical Examiner doesn't? 184 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:39,280 - Mm-hmm, - What? 185 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,870 First... 186 00:10:41,950 --> 00:10:45,210 you owe me ten bucks for a bottle of Scotch, 187 00:10:45,290 --> 00:10:46,650 - What? - Yup, 188 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,620 Bought for one anecdotal morgue attendant, 189 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:52,110 Okay, keep talkin', 190 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:54,290 Hurry up, 191 00:10:59,170 --> 00:11:01,570 Ethel Parker not only had a needle puncture 192 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,760 in the back of her skull, and loss of blood, 193 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,270 she also had a broken neck, 194 00:11:05,340 --> 00:11:07,700 That's not so unusual in the case of a strangling, 195 00:11:07,770 --> 00:11:09,540 Gail Manning also had a broken neck, 196 00:11:09,610 --> 00:11:10,770 So what? 197 00:11:12,450 --> 00:11:14,880 Maybe I oughta tell you what the morgue attendant told me, 198 00:11:14,950 --> 00:11:18,010 He said that the killer had to be 199 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,680 an incredibly strong man, 200 00:11:21,350 --> 00:11:26,120 Not only were the necks broken, they were crushed, 201 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,130 Read on, read on, 202 00:11:34,530 --> 00:11:37,200 - Wait a minute! - That's what the man said, 203 00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:40,540 On the throats of both victims was a residue of rotted flesh, 204 00:11:40,610 --> 00:11:43,940 as if they had been strangled by a dead man, 205 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:03,720 Friday, April 7th, 10: 21 P.M. 206 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,820 I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, 207 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:11,000 but Louise Harper's hips could move as fast as her mouth. 208 00:12:18,250 --> 00:12:21,240 - That's the stuff, baby! - Take it off! 209 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:25,820 Take it off, baby, 210 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,980 Scherazade, ladies and gentlemen, princess of the East, 211 00:12:52,050 --> 00:12:55,500 And now, the world-famous Charisma Beauty, 212 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:04,810 Knock 'em dead, Charisma, 213 00:13:05,990 --> 00:13:07,650 Why should I do that? 214 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,060 I like them, 215 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,370 I just can't understand this, Whoever wrote this is just dumb, 216 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,100 I'm never gonna graduate if I flunk this course, 217 00:13:27,180 --> 00:13:30,950 - Princess of the East? - No, Dimwit of the West, 218 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:33,450 I just can't talk to you right now, 219 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,180 - I've gotta know algebra, - Well, I'm great at figures, 220 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:40,850 I bet you are, Go away, 221 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:46,490 You know, if I could find a way not to eat, 222 00:13:46,570 --> 00:13:48,900 I sure could save a lot of time, 223 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,840 Yeah, well, let's, uh, 224 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:53,340 let's pick up talking where we left off, 225 00:13:53,410 --> 00:13:56,170 I mean, about the guys... thank you, Charlie... 226 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,180 about the guys who come to see you dance, the regulars, 227 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,050 Do you find any strange ones in there, 228 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,350 any odd ones, any weirdoes? 229 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:08,440 They're all weird, they sit there and stare at you 230 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,460 with these big glassy eyes, 231 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,250 Any of 'em could be the strangler for all I know, 232 00:14:14,330 --> 00:14:15,420 What's that? 233 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:17,960 Oh, that's the underground tour, 234 00:14:18,030 --> 00:14:20,020 - The what? - The underground tour, 235 00:14:21,470 --> 00:14:23,560 It goes down underneath Seattle, 236 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,230 - You're kidding? - Mm-mmm, 237 00:14:25,310 --> 00:14:28,240 Yes, There's ruins underneath the streets here, 238 00:14:28,310 --> 00:14:29,900 what they call "Old Seattle," 239 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:32,770 - Isn't that right, Wilma? - Oh, I don't know, here, 240 00:14:32,850 --> 00:14:36,300 Oh, thank you, I just love these sandwiches, 241 00:14:36,380 --> 00:14:38,910 I was talking about the underground, wasn't I? 242 00:14:38,990 --> 00:14:40,210 Yeah, you were, honey, 243 00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:43,650 There was this big fire back in 18-something-or-other, 244 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,160 and for some reason I don't know about, 245 00:14:46,230 --> 00:14:50,890 they built it all back up, twice as big as it was before, 246 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,460 - Isn't that right, Wilma? - Come on, Gladys, 247 00:14:53,530 --> 00:14:54,860 it's almost showtime, 248 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Although research was never one of my favorite pastimes, 249 00:15:00,470 --> 00:15:03,070 I called on the services of one Titus Berry, 250 00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:05,130 guardian of the secrets of Seattle 251 00:15:05,210 --> 00:15:07,810 buried in the morgue of the Daily Chronicle, 252 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:10,780 Here we go, 253 00:15:11,990 --> 00:15:14,150 - Thanks, - Most welcome, 254 00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:15,880 I envy you, 255 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:17,880 You do? 256 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,820 Research, That's where the joy lies, 257 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:24,990 - Joy? - And the fascination, 258 00:15:25,060 --> 00:15:27,000 Let the others scurry about, 259 00:15:27,070 --> 00:15:30,400 gathering their contemporary bits of gossip, 260 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,570 This is where the meat is found, 261 00:15:36,180 --> 00:15:38,670 - Meat? - Yes, 262 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:41,180 For instance, no one has yet mentioned 263 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:44,440 the distinct resemblance 264 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,080 between this current series of strangulations 265 00:15:48,150 --> 00:15:51,180 and another series 266 00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:55,160 in the year 1951, 267 00:15:55,230 --> 00:15:57,820 Or was it '52? 268 00:15:58,670 --> 00:16:02,330 - Yeah, how similar? - Oh, extremely similar, 269 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:04,470 Really? 270 00:16:05,470 --> 00:16:06,960 He wasn't exaggerating. 271 00:16:08,310 --> 00:16:11,070 On March 27th, 1952, 272 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:14,580 one Myra Johns was discovered strangled in an alley 273 00:16:14,650 --> 00:16:16,240 in the Pioneer Square area. 274 00:16:18,050 --> 00:16:20,820 On March 30th, a second strangulation took place 275 00:16:20,890 --> 00:16:21,980 in the same area. 276 00:16:22,060 --> 00:16:25,750 On April 2nd, a third, April 5th, a fourth. 277 00:16:25,830 --> 00:16:29,320 By April 14th, six women had been strangled, 278 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,560 all of them in that area. 279 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,770 The stories intimated that certain "bizarre details" 280 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,170 had been repressed by police officials. 281 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,540 I wondered what they were. 282 00:16:42,610 --> 00:16:46,840 I hardly think we can say we have the same killer now as in 1952, 283 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:50,850 Read on, 284 00:16:54,850 --> 00:16:56,520 - Again? - Again, 285 00:16:56,590 --> 00:16:59,720 "Incredibly strong and had the rotted features of a corpse"?! 286 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:02,120 Those are exact quotes from a man who saw him 287 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,460 - in action in 1952, - I can't print this, 288 00:17:04,530 --> 00:17:06,120 - Why not? - If you don't know 289 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,230 the answer to that, Kolchak, I don't know, 290 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,330 I came to Seattle for some peace and quiet, what do I get? 291 00:17:12,410 --> 00:17:16,270 - You again and another crazy story, - We'll soon see if it's crazy or not, 292 00:17:16,340 --> 00:17:18,170 "How?" asked the red-eyed editor, 293 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,480 Because if it is the same killer, he hasn't stopped killing, 294 00:17:24,850 --> 00:17:27,340 Sunday, April 9th, 1:42 A.M. 295 00:17:27,420 --> 00:17:29,950 Joyce Gabriel, on her way home from a late date, 296 00:17:30,020 --> 00:17:33,620 didn't' know it was a bad idea to be in the Pioneer Square area 297 00:17:33,690 --> 00:17:35,020 late at night. 298 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,730 - Let me get a shot of her, - Move out of the way, 299 00:17:54,850 --> 00:17:56,180 Another one, 300 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:03,380 Just settle down, Miss Gabriel, 301 00:18:03,460 --> 00:18:06,790 I never saw anything like that in my life, 302 00:18:07,930 --> 00:18:11,060 I don't know why he didn't chase me after he killed her, 303 00:18:11,130 --> 00:18:15,570 I just, you know, I ran as fast as I could until I saw you, 304 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,370 - Miss Gabriel... - I'm telling you for the last time, 305 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,530 I'm sick and tired of you butting into my business, 306 00:18:21,610 --> 00:18:24,540 Will you please let me ask the questions, Mr. Kolchak? 307 00:18:24,610 --> 00:18:25,980 - Certainly, - All right, 308 00:18:26,050 --> 00:18:28,040 - What did he look like? - Are you deaf? 309 00:18:28,110 --> 00:18:30,340 Get rid of that tape recorder, too, 310 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,440 Now, what did he look like? 311 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,920 Oh, God, I hope I never see a face like that again, 312 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,360 He looked like a dead man, 313 00:18:38,420 --> 00:18:41,590 - Like a what? - Like a dead man, 314 00:18:42,430 --> 00:18:43,730 I don't wanna hear it, 315 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,320 What about the broken necks and rotted flesh on the victims' throats? 316 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,990 I told ya I didn't wanna hear it! Besides, it's not official, 317 00:18:49,070 --> 00:18:50,830 Who cares whether it's official or not?! 318 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:52,000 You know it, and I know it, 319 00:18:52,070 --> 00:18:55,270 I'll buy the possibility that it's the killer that strangled 320 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:56,900 the six women in 1952, 321 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:59,670 but a man, not some kind of super dead man! 322 00:18:59,750 --> 00:19:02,510 That's how he has been described more than once! 323 00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:05,520 I don't care if he's been described that way more than twice! 324 00:19:05,590 --> 00:19:07,250 Let me finish my lunch! 325 00:19:08,420 --> 00:19:09,750 Where you goin'? 326 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:16,990 There! 327 00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:19,030 An open invitation to the killer, 328 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:20,260 Listen to this, 329 00:19:20,970 --> 00:19:24,400 "I intend to walk the streets of the Pioneer Square area 330 00:19:24,470 --> 00:19:26,230 every night from now on," 331 00:19:26,740 --> 00:19:30,070 Just let him try to kill me, if he dares, 332 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,080 He may be sick, but he's not crazy, 333 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:54,730 I'm giving you this, Mr. Kolchak, 334 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,000 because you had the thoughtfulness 335 00:19:57,070 --> 00:20:02,770 to put my name in your story on the 1952 strangulations, 336 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:07,510 What, uh, what is it? 337 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:12,350 A burning curiosity impelled me to look further back into our files 338 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:16,010 to see if there had been any other strangulations of that nature, 339 00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:19,680 1931? You gotta be kidding, 340 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:25,200 Here it was again... March 29th through April 16th. 341 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:26,530 Six strangulations, 342 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,830 certain bizarre information repressed by the authorities. 343 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:33,000 Although a reporter named Jimmy Stacks, God bless him, 344 00:20:33,070 --> 00:20:36,170 nosed around until he uncovered the unofficial information 345 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,370 that some of the victims were missing some blood, 346 00:20:39,450 --> 00:20:43,810 and that the killer was supposed to be some kind of superman. 347 00:20:45,490 --> 00:20:48,450 Women, You notice that? Always women, 348 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,050 - Fascinating, - Yeah, that's the word, Mr. B, 349 00:20:52,890 --> 00:20:57,590 Let's see, 1973 to 1952, that's 21 years, 350 00:20:57,660 --> 00:21:01,330 1952 to 1931... 351 00:21:02,340 --> 00:21:05,170 that's 21 years, 352 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:09,170 That's right, I hadn't noticed that, 353 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,510 That's very observant of you, Mr. Kolchak, 354 00:21:14,510 --> 00:21:17,010 Can you be thinking what I'm thinking? 355 00:21:19,850 --> 00:21:21,340 Let's have a look, 356 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:34,960 - Mr. Berry, - Mr. Kolchak, 357 00:21:35,030 --> 00:21:39,270 Shall we try for 1889? 358 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:46,710 I refuse to read it, 359 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:47,940 Wait, wait, wait, 360 00:21:50,220 --> 00:21:51,480 Just... 361 00:21:51,550 --> 00:21:53,350 just read the first line, 362 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,360 Go on, go on, 363 00:21:59,330 --> 00:22:01,820 Just the first line, Give yourself a treat, 364 00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:04,320 Come on, come on, 365 00:22:06,170 --> 00:22:10,860 "Five identical sets of murders every 21 years since 1889"? 366 00:22:14,170 --> 00:22:16,270 - Identical? - Identical! 367 00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:18,830 - Oh, come on, Kolchak, - Almost identical, 368 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,170 There may be more than five, 369 00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:23,740 The records stop in 1887 when the Chronicle was founded, 370 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:25,780 I'm going to Olympia tomorrow and check out... 371 00:22:25,850 --> 00:22:28,840 - Oh, don't rush into that, - Wait, wait, Read the... 372 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,020 read the 1910 eyewitness description, 373 00:22:32,090 --> 00:22:34,420 I'll read it to you, here, Oh, it's great, 374 00:22:35,530 --> 00:22:38,190 "The maniac had the strength of ten men 375 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:41,060 "and the face of a corpse, cheekbones protruding 376 00:22:41,130 --> 00:22:42,230 through the flesh," 377 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:45,290 - isn't that great? - Hold it, it, just hold it, 378 00:22:45,370 --> 00:22:47,530 You really expect me to print that story, 379 00:22:47,610 --> 00:22:49,800 with a corpse that's been running around 380 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,810 strangling people and crushing their necks 381 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,370 for the past 84 years? 382 00:22:59,850 --> 00:23:02,250 Because the police refused to release the sketch 383 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,750 their own artist had made, 384 00:23:03,820 --> 00:23:06,760 I talked Vincenzo into hiring an artist of our own. 385 00:23:06,830 --> 00:23:09,320 His jaw was heavier, I think, 386 00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:14,820 That's closer, but more bone was showing through, 387 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,090 Like this? 388 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,500 Yes, 389 00:23:20,170 --> 00:23:21,660 Is that what he looked like? 390 00:23:23,010 --> 00:23:24,670 That's what I saw, 391 00:23:26,550 --> 00:23:28,640 Monday, April 10th, 2:07 P.M. 392 00:23:28,710 --> 00:23:31,340 Fourth of July came to Seattle early that year, 393 00:23:31,420 --> 00:23:34,850 all the fireworks exploding at the police headquarters, 394 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,950 90% of them directed at me and Vincenzo. 395 00:23:38,020 --> 00:23:39,750 You know what I call that? 396 00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:41,950 Irresponsible yellow journalism, 397 00:23:42,030 --> 00:23:43,620 Fast buck journalism, 398 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:46,130 The seamy journalism one might expect to find 399 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:47,860 in a second-rate metropolis, 400 00:23:47,930 --> 00:23:50,130 The sordid brand of journalism which is based 401 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,070 not on the public weal, but on the private cash register, 402 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:55,730 Psychologists call it déja vu, 403 00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:59,900 the distinct impression of having had the same experience before. 404 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,500 That's what it was, all right, in spades. 405 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:06,020 Item... we had no right to throw the public into a panic. 406 00:24:06,090 --> 00:24:08,520 Translation... tourist season was coming up 407 00:24:08,590 --> 00:24:10,680 and Seattle couldn't survive without it. 408 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,020 Item... we had no evidence to support our statement that there 409 00:24:14,090 --> 00:24:17,890 might be a connection between the five sets of murders since 1889. 410 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,870 Translation... we knew more than we were supposed to. 411 00:24:20,930 --> 00:24:24,200 Item... the authorities were going to keep a watchful eye on us, 412 00:24:24,270 --> 00:24:26,030 particularly me, from now on. 413 00:24:26,110 --> 00:24:28,700 Translation... after a brief hiatus, 414 00:24:28,770 --> 00:24:31,940 I had once more taken up permanent residence 415 00:24:32,010 --> 00:24:34,310 inside a pressure cooker. 416 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:37,040 Permit me to read you a brief memorandum, 417 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,820 Quote, "Any repetition of this morning's front page assault 418 00:24:41,890 --> 00:24:43,550 "on the mind and senses 419 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:47,680 will result in the instant dismissal of all responsible persons," 420 00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:49,690 Unquote, 421 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,820 - Signed... - "God," 422 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:53,490 You're almost right, 423 00:24:53,570 --> 00:24:55,360 How could I let this happen to me again? 424 00:24:55,430 --> 00:24:57,270 How could I do it? I don't understand! 425 00:24:57,340 --> 00:24:59,130 Will you just wait a minute?! 426 00:25:00,710 --> 00:25:02,970 We wasted an awful lot of time 427 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,570 fighting tooth and nail in Las Vegas about the obvious, 428 00:25:06,650 --> 00:25:08,910 "There is no such thing as a vampire," 429 00:25:08,980 --> 00:25:12,420 That's what everyone kept saying, and the women kept dying, 430 00:25:12,490 --> 00:25:15,320 Let's not play that stupid game again! 431 00:25:16,490 --> 00:25:18,920 - Besides, it's a great story, - It's a fabricated story, 432 00:25:18,990 --> 00:25:22,260 - full of screwball speculations! - Fabricated speculation?! 433 00:25:22,330 --> 00:25:25,090 - Have you been sitting on your brain? - Give me the facts, 434 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,720 or stay away from me, just the facts! 435 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,860 Step number one 436 00:25:28,930 --> 00:25:31,660 in my fact-finding project took me to the Main Library, 437 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:34,300 where I spent the rest of the evening checking 438 00:25:34,370 --> 00:25:37,740 their microfilm collection of Seattle's newspapers. 439 00:25:37,810 --> 00:25:42,270 The murder trail apparently came to an end in 1889, 440 00:25:42,350 --> 00:25:45,250 but I found out something very interesting. 441 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,010 As near as I could make it out, every set of murders 442 00:25:48,090 --> 00:25:52,320 had taken place over a period of 18 days, 443 00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:56,420 which meant that our killer, whoever or whatever he was, 444 00:25:56,500 --> 00:26:00,190 only had a week and a day to find his last three victims. 445 00:26:00,270 --> 00:26:03,060 That night, about 11:45, 446 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:05,260 he reduced the number to two. 447 00:26:09,980 --> 00:26:11,140 Hold it, mister, 448 00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:13,570 Identification, please, 449 00:26:13,650 --> 00:26:17,310 Yeah, identification, sure, right here, 450 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:26,350 Hey, you, Hold it! 451 00:27:39,170 --> 00:27:41,500 - Where'd he go? - We didn't see anyone, 452 00:27:41,570 --> 00:27:43,590 Better get the ambulance for those other guys, 453 00:27:43,670 --> 00:27:46,500 - I'll take the camera, - Hey, give me my camera! 454 00:27:46,570 --> 00:27:47,660 Well, that's... 455 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:50,070 People, I want this area thoroughly searched, 456 00:27:50,140 --> 00:27:51,270 Do a knock on it, 457 00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:53,780 - Give me my camera! - I want you out of this area, 458 00:27:53,850 --> 00:27:55,840 - That's private property! - Beat it! 459 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,080 - I'll lock you up for loitering, - You can't take that! 460 00:27:59,150 --> 00:28:01,310 Give me that... come on, give me that! 461 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:04,280 Shoot! 462 00:28:26,150 --> 00:28:30,980 Just Molly and me 463 00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:35,040 And baby makes three 464 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,850 We're happy in my 465 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,550 Blue heaven 466 00:28:42,630 --> 00:28:44,890 Mr. Joe Roberts, ladies and gentlemen, 467 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,800 How about a big hand for him, huh? 468 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,670 All right! 469 00:28:55,170 --> 00:28:56,510 All right, 470 00:28:57,940 --> 00:29:00,780 The man responsible for the underground tour 471 00:29:00,850 --> 00:29:03,910 of Seattle's forgotten city beneath the modern streets 472 00:29:03,980 --> 00:29:05,250 of Seattle, 473 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,620 That mall pole was devised 474 00:29:07,690 --> 00:29:10,590 by the man I'm about to introduce, 475 00:29:10,660 --> 00:29:13,650 author, journalist, Mr. Bill Speidel, 476 00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:17,660 Thank you, young man, 477 00:29:18,830 --> 00:29:22,160 Welcome to Seattle's underground tours, folks, 478 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,270 Before I go on, I wanna tell you about Mother Damnable... 479 00:29:26,340 --> 00:29:29,240 After completely striking out in my efforts to get Shubert 480 00:29:29,310 --> 00:29:32,610 to return my film of last night's wipeout of the Seattle police, 481 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,270 I decided to try another angle. 482 00:29:34,350 --> 00:29:35,840 ...to make room for the underground..., 483 00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:39,180 I called my belly-dancing, undergraduate friend and asked her 484 00:29:39,250 --> 00:29:42,280 to attend an afternoon tour of the underground with me. 485 00:29:42,350 --> 00:29:44,450 Confession of a Newsman, Chapter One, 486 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,580 her being with me had nothing to do with the story. 487 00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:51,650 Those kids from Seattle High School spent 488 00:29:51,730 --> 00:29:57,190 five successive Saturdays back in the spring of 1965, 489 00:29:57,270 --> 00:30:01,000 cleaning up no less than ten tons of debris down here 490 00:30:01,070 --> 00:30:05,340 so that people like you wouldn't break your necks walking around, 491 00:30:05,410 --> 00:30:07,500 Watch your step through here, 492 00:30:07,580 --> 00:30:09,910 You gentlemen can help the ladies, huh? 493 00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:16,620 Twice a day when the tides came in, 494 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:19,620 the sewer system backed up and came right in with it, 495 00:30:19,690 --> 00:30:22,860 flooding every water closet, turning it into a fountain, 496 00:30:23,860 --> 00:30:26,460 Kids in those days weren't raised on Dr, Spock, 497 00:30:26,530 --> 00:30:28,690 they were raised on the tide table, 498 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:32,190 Watch your step, Let's go this way, 499 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:34,640 It was like another world down there, 500 00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:38,140 a world of yesterday... sidewalks and storefronts 501 00:30:38,210 --> 00:30:41,410 just as they'd been left after the fire in 1889. 502 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,810 Windows built to admit the light admitting only darkness now. 503 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,720 Ground floors of office buildings 504 00:30:47,790 --> 00:30:50,550 now the unused cellars of those buildings. 505 00:30:50,620 --> 00:30:53,990 The tomb of old Seattle just beneath the living streets 506 00:30:54,060 --> 00:30:56,220 of what Seattle is today. 507 00:31:48,550 --> 00:31:50,040 Vintage year, 508 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,510 I'm too old for this shit, 509 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:25,980 You want..? 510 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:35,520 Gotta see a doctor, 511 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,190 Arthritis, 512 00:32:39,030 --> 00:32:40,900 Bad stomach, 513 00:32:41,630 --> 00:32:44,300 Why'd you have to come to this place? 514 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,360 Back, 515 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:49,370 Never woulda had to put my shoes on 516 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,380 if I hadn't heard you comin', 517 00:32:52,380 --> 00:32:54,540 My corns are killing me, 518 00:32:55,380 --> 00:32:57,040 Got a charley horse, 519 00:32:57,820 --> 00:32:59,650 Varicose veins, 520 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,310 I'm gettin' a migraine, 521 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:09,190 - Are you all right? - Yeah, 522 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:10,890 Of course I'm all right, 523 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,120 Listen... 524 00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:16,560 Have you seen anybody else around here 525 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,970 - who wasn't with the tours? - Yeah, 526 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,170 - Yeah, who? - You two, 527 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,900 Oh, funny, 528 00:33:23,980 --> 00:33:25,310 Very funny, 529 00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:28,970 Well, if you do see someone, or, uh... 530 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,810 something around here, 531 00:33:32,890 --> 00:33:37,850 you get in touch with me at this number 532 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,190 and I'll give you 20 bucks, 533 00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:42,250 Here's a down payment, 534 00:33:46,930 --> 00:33:50,270 I could live three months on that, five bucks, 535 00:33:55,510 --> 00:33:57,240 Uh, no, thank you, 536 00:33:58,310 --> 00:33:59,470 On me, 537 00:34:09,350 --> 00:34:11,380 Sure was a lovely afternoon, 538 00:34:11,460 --> 00:34:14,290 I still don't think it's a good idea for you to be working nights, 539 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,090 - I've seen this nut in action, - Oh, terrific, 540 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,690 You gonna pick up my tuition? 541 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,490 That's very funny, very funny, 542 00:34:20,570 --> 00:34:21,730 I just don't get it, 543 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,630 Where does he go between killings? 544 00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:25,470 We didn't find anything in the underground, 545 00:34:25,540 --> 00:34:27,800 - No, - I don't understand it, 546 00:34:27,870 --> 00:34:31,040 How can he run like a track star, have superhuman strength, 547 00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:32,300 and look like a stiff? 548 00:34:32,380 --> 00:34:34,470 And what does he do with all that blood? 549 00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:37,140 It's like some kind of recurring nightmare, 550 00:34:37,220 --> 00:34:41,170 - It's all happened to me before, - What are you talking about? 551 00:34:41,250 --> 00:34:45,950 Last year in Las Vegas when I was working for Tony Vincenzo, 552 00:34:46,020 --> 00:34:47,960 I uncovered a series of murders 553 00:34:48,030 --> 00:34:50,520 that turned out to have been committed by a vampire, 554 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:53,290 A real vampire, 555 00:34:53,370 --> 00:34:57,130 A real, out of the coffin at night, go for the jugular vampire, 556 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,570 You don't believe me, 557 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,270 Neither did the cops up there, neither did the FBI, 558 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:05,470 neither did Tony Vincenzo, until finally, they had to, 559 00:35:06,650 --> 00:35:09,810 As it turned out, however, they put a cap on my story, 560 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,650 prevented me from writing about what I had seen 561 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,550 with my own eyes 562 00:35:14,620 --> 00:35:16,880 by hanging a murder rap over my head, 563 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,480 - Murder? - Yeah, 564 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,520 Yeah, I finally drove a wooden stake into the vampire's heart, 565 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,970 - What do you think? - What do I think? 566 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,630 I think those people will remember this elevator ride 567 00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:38,440 for the rest of their lives, 568 00:35:38,510 --> 00:35:39,670 Two, let's go, 569 00:35:44,350 --> 00:35:47,280 I'm beginning to wonder whether maybe it isn't them, 570 00:35:47,350 --> 00:35:48,940 maybe it's me, 571 00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:52,010 Listen, I think I know somebody you should see, 572 00:35:52,090 --> 00:35:55,460 There's this lady who's a teacher at the university, 573 00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:57,720 - She teaches Anthropology, - Yes? 574 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,890 She's a buff on every crazy subject there is, 575 00:36:00,970 --> 00:36:04,560 - Yeah? - Ghosts, demons, vampires, 576 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,300 And ghouls, you know, just name it, 577 00:36:07,370 --> 00:36:09,900 You probably won't be too crazy about her, 578 00:36:09,980 --> 00:36:12,070 but she's gotta be the one you talk to, 579 00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:13,740 Yeah? What's her name? 580 00:36:13,810 --> 00:36:16,180 - Professor Crabwell, - What?! 581 00:36:16,250 --> 00:36:20,410 How can a man over a hundred years old 582 00:36:20,490 --> 00:36:22,580 retain his vitality? 583 00:36:22,650 --> 00:36:24,450 Is it possible? 584 00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:27,090 If it were possible, 585 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,460 I'd be sitting here an 80-year-old sexpot, 586 00:36:30,530 --> 00:36:34,970 However, staying young was not their purpose, 587 00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:38,300 Alchemy was conceived as an exalted notion... 588 00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:41,070 man at one with the universe, 589 00:36:41,140 --> 00:36:43,800 And will you please sit down? 590 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,040 Yes, yes, of course, 591 00:36:46,110 --> 00:36:48,270 These men led spartan lives, 592 00:36:48,350 --> 00:36:50,610 living in the most humble of quarters, 593 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,740 eating the most humble of foods, 594 00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:55,080 The Count Saint-Germain, for instance, 595 00:36:55,150 --> 00:36:59,420 existed on a diet which consisted solely of oatmeal, 596 00:36:59,490 --> 00:37:02,430 groats, white meat of chicken, 597 00:37:02,490 --> 00:37:04,220 and a little wine, 598 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:07,730 Seems to me that a diet like that would make a man old before his time, 599 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,290 On the contrary, 600 00:37:09,370 --> 00:37:11,890 He remained young for a number of years, 601 00:37:11,970 --> 00:37:14,800 in addition to which he was said to have possessed 602 00:37:14,870 --> 00:37:17,670 almost superhuman strength, 603 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:20,740 Tell me, what other, uh... 604 00:37:20,810 --> 00:37:25,110 what other ingredients are in this elixir of life? 605 00:37:25,180 --> 00:37:27,280 Milk or meat, 606 00:37:27,350 --> 00:37:29,880 celandine or honey, 607 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,390 red wine vinegar, 608 00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:34,550 hair, sweat, blood, 609 00:37:37,330 --> 00:37:39,090 What kind of blood? 610 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,860 What do you mean, what kind of blood? 611 00:37:41,930 --> 00:37:43,960 Human blood, of course, 612 00:37:45,170 --> 00:37:48,300 What are you smiling at? 613 00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:52,530 Hi, there, 614 00:37:53,410 --> 00:37:55,940 - Got a moment? - What are you doing here? 615 00:37:56,010 --> 00:37:58,980 - Just wanted to talk a minute, - What about? 616 00:38:02,450 --> 00:38:05,250 The elixir of life, 617 00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:11,390 "Go to journalism school," my father said, 618 00:38:11,460 --> 00:38:14,330 "It's a good, sound, down-to-earth profession," 619 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:15,990 Don't you wanna hear this? 620 00:38:16,070 --> 00:38:19,430 I'd like to raise tulips for a living, but there's not too much of a demand, 621 00:38:19,970 --> 00:38:22,910 Suppose an elixir of life could actually be produced, 622 00:38:22,970 --> 00:38:24,570 how do you think it'd work? 623 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,410 Do you think that one treatment of it 624 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,240 would cause everlasting youth? 625 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,980 Or do you think that periodic treatments 626 00:38:33,050 --> 00:38:36,080 - might be required, say... - Wait a minute, don't tell me, 627 00:38:36,150 --> 00:38:39,450 Let me guess, Every 21 years? 628 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:40,620 Good guess, 629 00:38:42,090 --> 00:38:44,360 Suppose at the end of this 21-year period, 630 00:38:44,430 --> 00:38:47,360 the man who took the magic elixir 631 00:38:47,430 --> 00:38:49,260 began looking a little... 632 00:38:49,330 --> 00:38:52,770 moldy, you know, kinda like what he really did look like... 633 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,330 a 100-year-old man, 634 00:38:54,410 --> 00:38:57,930 Suppose he had to make a new batch of the elixir 635 00:38:58,010 --> 00:39:00,770 and had to make it within a period of 18 days, 636 00:39:00,850 --> 00:39:04,870 Suppose that the one ingredient he didn't have was... 637 00:39:04,950 --> 00:39:07,480 - Blood, - Very good, 638 00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:10,580 Suppose he had to go out late every night to get that blood, 639 00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:12,920 Suppose he got it from the bases of his victims' skulls 640 00:39:12,990 --> 00:39:14,580 with a hypodermic needle, 641 00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:16,250 Suppose he was so strong that when 642 00:39:16,330 --> 00:39:18,820 he strangled his victims, he crushed their necks, 643 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:20,920 Suppose his fingertips were starting to decompose 644 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,370 and he left fragments of them on the women's throats, 645 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,770 Suppose you flap your arms and fly right out that door, 646 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,570 Suppose you check the dictionary and discover what "fact" means, 647 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,300 - fact! - Fact! 648 00:39:31,110 --> 00:39:32,130 Facts! 649 00:39:32,210 --> 00:39:35,480 As I rode home that night, I wondered where the killer was 650 00:39:35,550 --> 00:39:37,640 and if my theory about him was true, 651 00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,480 partly true, or, as Vincenzo would have it, 652 00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:43,920 factless, hopeless, and useless. 653 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,920 I wondered when and how he'd get his fifth victim, 654 00:39:46,990 --> 00:39:50,830 since the entire area was being guarded so closely now. 655 00:39:51,830 --> 00:39:53,420 I didn't have to wonder long. 656 00:40:33,570 --> 00:40:35,840 Thursday, April 13th, 1:25 A.M. 657 00:40:35,910 --> 00:40:38,500 The dressing room in Omar's Tent. 658 00:40:38,580 --> 00:40:42,710 Charisma Beauty was plain old Gladys Wheems again, 659 00:40:42,780 --> 00:40:45,480 dead, strangled with a broken neck, 660 00:40:45,550 --> 00:40:48,490 blood syringed from the base of her skull. 661 00:40:48,550 --> 00:40:51,550 Wilma Krankheimer was still in shock. 662 00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:53,550 So was Louise Harper. 663 00:40:53,630 --> 00:40:55,890 She has found the body after her performance. 664 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,160 I've got a couple of questions for you, 665 00:40:57,230 --> 00:40:59,090 And I wasn't doing so well myself. 666 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,100 I've gotta talk to you about something, 667 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:04,360 Wait a minute, come on! This is very important! 668 00:41:05,340 --> 00:41:06,830 Captain Shubert is very busy, 669 00:41:06,910 --> 00:41:08,270 - You can't go in there, - I gotta see him, 670 00:41:08,340 --> 00:41:11,100 - You cannot go in there! - I'm goin' in there! 671 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:13,770 - What's going on here? - I told him you were busy, 672 00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:15,940 I've been tryin' to see you since 1:30 this morning, 673 00:41:16,010 --> 00:41:18,280 - I'm not leaving until I do, - It's all right, 674 00:41:18,350 --> 00:41:20,220 - I'm sorry, Sir, - It's all right, 675 00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:25,320 You gotta put policewomen on the waterfront streets at night, 676 00:41:25,390 --> 00:41:26,820 - Do I? - Yeah, you do, 677 00:41:26,890 --> 00:41:30,830 You got five days to catch the killer, otherwise, he's gonna disappear, 678 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:33,130 - Is he, Mr. Kolchak? - Yeah, he is, he is! 679 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,790 Every 21 years since 1889, he has killed six women 680 00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:39,200 in 18 days precisely, 681 00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:40,860 - Precisely? - Precisely, 682 00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:43,370 No doubt we lack your eagle-eyed perception, 683 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,040 but we fail to see the exact, precise pattern 684 00:41:46,110 --> 00:41:48,100 you keep babbling about, 685 00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:50,550 Now, in 1889, there was no evidence 686 00:41:50,620 --> 00:41:52,550 that the murders were committed 687 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:56,250 over an 18-day period, or that they were even related, 688 00:41:57,220 --> 00:42:00,420 - You checked? - Yes, we do a little research, too, 689 00:42:00,490 --> 00:42:03,330 To continue... in 1910, there was blood loss reported 690 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,760 - in only three of the victims, - What about..? 691 00:42:05,830 --> 00:42:08,260 The description of the murderer was made by a mental defective 692 00:42:08,330 --> 00:42:12,100 - in his cups and... - What about the 1952 descriptions? 693 00:42:12,170 --> 00:42:14,600 Were those made by a mental defective in his cups? 694 00:42:14,670 --> 00:42:17,730 - He was a bank president! - In 1952, there were eight murders 695 00:42:17,810 --> 00:42:20,870 committed during an 18-day period, What does that do to your theory? 696 00:42:20,950 --> 00:42:22,880 Two of them by stabbing, which invalidates... 697 00:42:22,950 --> 00:42:24,380 And after the sixth strangulation, 698 00:42:24,450 --> 00:42:27,210 an eyewitness described the murderer as being, quote, 699 00:42:27,290 --> 00:42:28,980 "rather handsome," unquote, 700 00:42:30,420 --> 00:42:32,120 Oh, you mean you missed that? 701 00:42:33,020 --> 00:42:36,860 Well, I... the witness obviously made a mistake, he had to, 702 00:42:37,030 --> 00:42:39,860 Did he, huh? Tell me, if it's the same killer, 703 00:42:39,930 --> 00:42:42,990 why no signs of rotted flesh on the throat of last night's victim? 704 00:42:44,540 --> 00:42:45,940 And one last question, 705 00:42:47,210 --> 00:42:49,540 Why am I wasting my time on you? 706 00:42:51,710 --> 00:42:56,150 - Facts mean nothing to you at all, - There is one last fact, Captain, 707 00:42:56,210 --> 00:42:59,410 By next Tuesday, that killer's gonna disappear for 21 years, 708 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,750 and the way your police have Pioneer Square 709 00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:03,910 bottled up, he isn't even gonna show his face, 710 00:43:03,990 --> 00:43:05,150 Which face is that, huh? 711 00:43:05,220 --> 00:43:07,420 The rotted one of your so-called super killer 712 00:43:07,490 --> 00:43:09,480 your newspaper saw fit to print? 713 00:43:09,990 --> 00:43:11,430 So-called?! 714 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:14,930 I saw that so-called super killer wipe up the streets 715 00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,090 with your so-called police force! 716 00:43:17,170 --> 00:43:20,330 I had pictures to prove it that you wouldn't let me print! 717 00:43:27,180 --> 00:43:29,670 Tell me, how long have you been in Seattle? 718 00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:32,110 - What does that mean? - How long have you been 719 00:43:32,180 --> 00:43:36,640 - with the Chronicle? - A little less than two weeks, 720 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:38,780 - A little less than two weeks, - About that, 721 00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:42,290 In that time, you have ascertained how we should conduct this case? 722 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,300 - I've been a reporter for 22 years! - I've been a police officer for 30! 723 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,190 Then why don't you retire? 724 00:43:48,870 --> 00:43:51,030 Listen, I don't like you, Mr. Kolchak, 725 00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:53,540 You might say I dislike you monumentally, 726 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:57,440 You have barged around this building as though it were your own private club, 727 00:43:57,510 --> 00:44:00,710 You've interfered with police officers trying to perform their duty, 728 00:44:00,780 --> 00:44:03,580 You've strewn the streets of Seattle with journalistic garbage, 729 00:44:03,650 --> 00:44:05,910 You've stepped on toes, muscled in, pushed, 730 00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:07,580 usurped, and generally conducted yourself 731 00:44:07,650 --> 00:44:09,180 with all the aplomb of a one-man Gestapo, 732 00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:11,020 - Gestapo? - Yes, Gestapo! 733 00:44:11,090 --> 00:44:13,490 If I see or hear from you again, for quite some time, 734 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,360 I promise you, I'll personally have you thrown in jail, 735 00:44:16,430 --> 00:44:17,860 and get your arm off my clock! 736 00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:24,970 You've only got five days left, 737 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,270 And I'm telling you to get out! And stay out! 738 00:44:27,340 --> 00:44:31,100 Cease, mister, Cease, desist and vanish, or else, 739 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,080 At least search the underground, the killer is down there, 740 00:44:34,150 --> 00:44:36,200 - That's where he isn't! - That... 741 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,410 The underground was searched, Nothing at all was found, 742 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:40,640 Sheila! 743 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:43,920 Yes, we did that without consulting you, 744 00:44:43,990 --> 00:44:45,750 I hope that's all right, 745 00:44:45,820 --> 00:44:48,310 Sheila, show Mr. Kolchak the door, 746 00:44:49,530 --> 00:44:51,190 Good day, sir, 747 00:45:03,470 --> 00:45:05,310 - Kolchak! - I'll get him yet, 748 00:45:07,980 --> 00:45:09,470 Coming, Mother, 749 00:45:17,460 --> 00:45:19,390 I warned you about bugging the police department, 750 00:45:19,460 --> 00:45:20,720 - Yeah, so what?! - Didn't I?! 751 00:45:20,790 --> 00:45:23,390 So, Shubert's office just called Crossbinder, 752 00:45:23,460 --> 00:45:26,060 Crossbinder called me, and once again, thanks to you, 753 00:45:26,130 --> 00:45:27,390 I'm frying on the griddle, 754 00:45:27,470 --> 00:45:29,230 - Why? - Why?! 755 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,830 Are you for real?! You barge into Shubert's office, tell him 756 00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:34,000 how to run his case, tell him he's suppressing news, 757 00:45:34,070 --> 00:45:36,560 - and you ask why?! - He is suppressing news, 758 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,170 he doesn't know how to run the case, 759 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:41,510 The killer is down there, Tony, He is down in the underground, 760 00:45:41,580 --> 00:45:43,340 Why don't they get him out of there?! 761 00:45:43,410 --> 00:45:45,580 He is hidden away someplace nobody knows, 762 00:45:45,650 --> 00:45:47,410 How the heck can they get at him, then?! 763 00:45:47,490 --> 00:45:50,320 By breaking open the walls, I don't know, 764 00:45:50,990 --> 00:45:53,580 Crossbinder's got some influence in town, hasn't he? 765 00:45:53,660 --> 00:45:55,920 - What about it? - You have got to talk him into 766 00:45:55,990 --> 00:45:58,360 pressuring the police, forcing them to do 767 00:45:58,430 --> 00:45:59,730 what I want them to do! 768 00:46:02,630 --> 00:46:04,190 You know what you just said? 769 00:46:05,300 --> 00:46:07,290 Of course, I just said it, didn't I? 770 00:46:07,370 --> 00:46:10,210 No, you don't know, It's finally happened, Kolchak, 771 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:11,370 You've gone schizoid, 772 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,210 You'll be wearing robes and a crown next, 773 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,710 I'll tell you what's finally happened, 774 00:46:15,780 --> 00:46:18,610 You have lost your guts, you have sold out, 775 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,450 - Sold out? - Sold out! 776 00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,850 Why, you miserable, egocentric... 777 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,050 - You are off the story, - I am what?! 778 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:27,990 You heard me, you are off the story, 779 00:46:29,490 --> 00:46:31,260 You know something, Tony? 780 00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:33,820 You're getting old, you're getting very old, 781 00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:37,830 - Out, Out! - "Out! Get out!" 782 00:46:38,540 --> 00:46:41,700 Just one small item, Mr. Kolchak, 783 00:46:43,910 --> 00:46:45,770 Mark Twain, 784 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,040 - Fifth paragraph down, - Fifth paragraph down... 785 00:46:50,110 --> 00:46:52,210 Two, three, oh, yeah, 786 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,720 "Mr. Twain noted with typical dryness of tone 787 00:46:55,790 --> 00:46:59,250 "that he had a most intriguing conversation with... 788 00:46:59,590 --> 00:47:01,250 "with a local physician 789 00:47:01,330 --> 00:47:04,850 who claimed that physical immortality... " 790 00:47:04,930 --> 00:47:08,420 Oh, this is very good, Mr. Berry, very good, 791 00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:12,190 "... that physical immortality was not only possible, 792 00:47:12,270 --> 00:47:15,030 "but probable, indeed, practical, 793 00:47:15,110 --> 00:47:17,870 "Mr. Twain remarked that... 794 00:47:17,940 --> 00:47:22,780 that the physician's name was Dr, Richard Malcolm," 795 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,380 You wouldn't have anything on this Richard Malcolm, 796 00:47:27,450 --> 00:47:29,610 - would you? - Just one small item, 797 00:47:44,670 --> 00:47:47,600 Dr, Richard Malcolm was a member 798 00:47:47,670 --> 00:47:50,610 of the original staff of the Westside Mercy Hospital 799 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,110 when it opened in 1882, 800 00:47:53,180 --> 00:47:56,340 There's the original story and photograph, 801 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:02,380 The Civil War? 802 00:48:02,450 --> 00:48:05,790 He was a surgeon in the Union Army, 803 00:48:08,630 --> 00:48:11,390 Is this hospital still standing? 804 00:48:11,460 --> 00:48:15,460 Oh, I don't believe so, Mr. Kolchak, 805 00:48:17,140 --> 00:48:19,470 I think there's a clinic there now, 806 00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:23,200 I took a fast trip to the clinic, hoping they might have 807 00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:25,670 the record files from Westside Mercy Hospital 808 00:48:25,740 --> 00:48:27,470 stashed away in their cellar. 809 00:48:27,550 --> 00:48:30,450 I asked Mr. Berry to keep checking his own records 810 00:48:30,550 --> 00:48:34,780 and find out what else he could about Dr. Richard Malcolm. 811 00:48:34,850 --> 00:48:37,840 I never had to search the cellar for those records. 812 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,520 I found my answer just inside the lobby door. 813 00:48:46,260 --> 00:48:50,100 Sir... if you don't get down from there this instant, 814 00:48:50,170 --> 00:48:52,730 - I'll call the police, - Mm-hmm, 815 00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,300 - Did you hear me, sir? - Uh-huh, 816 00:48:55,810 --> 00:48:57,140 All right, then, 817 00:48:57,940 --> 00:49:01,810 All right, then! Call the police, tell them we have a vandal here, 818 00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,440 Tell them to get here right away, Get down from there this instant! 819 00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,780 Malcolm Richards, M.D., the doctor-saint of the waterfront, 820 00:49:08,850 --> 00:49:11,720 founder of the Richards Free Clinic, 821 00:49:11,790 --> 00:49:14,380 also known as Richard Malcolm, M.D., 822 00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:19,290 late of the Union Army, our killer from the time. 823 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,060 This is dreadful, Mr. Kolchak! 824 00:49:22,130 --> 00:49:24,730 On the contrary, Mr. Berry, 825 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,270 There he is, officer, 826 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:31,810 Tony? 827 00:49:32,810 --> 00:49:34,900 It is to be regretted, Mr. Kolchak, 828 00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:36,910 that leg irons and mouth blocks 829 00:49:36,980 --> 00:49:38,920 were outlawed some years back, 830 00:49:38,980 --> 00:49:41,420 Will you wait a minute, will you take these things off? 831 00:49:41,490 --> 00:49:42,980 I warned you, Kolchak, 832 00:49:43,650 --> 00:49:45,420 Congratulations, Kolchak, 833 00:49:45,490 --> 00:49:47,920 You have plumbed a new depth... 834 00:49:47,990 --> 00:49:49,760 the desecration of a saint, 835 00:49:49,830 --> 00:49:53,420 For heaven's sake, I did not invent the resemblance between 836 00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:56,090 Dr, Malcolm Richards and Dr, Richard Malcolm, 837 00:49:56,170 --> 00:49:59,600 I did not invent the fact that Westside Mercy Hospital, 838 00:49:59,670 --> 00:50:01,930 of which Dr, Richard Malcolm was a staff member, 839 00:50:02,010 --> 00:50:04,700 is on the same spot as the Malcolm Richards Clinic, 840 00:50:04,780 --> 00:50:08,440 Why not an exposé on Dr, Schweitzer, Mr. Kolchak? 841 00:50:08,510 --> 00:50:11,240 Or the lowdown on Mahatma Gandhi? 842 00:50:12,020 --> 00:50:15,010 As for this eternal youth garbage, I hate it, 843 00:50:15,090 --> 00:50:16,280 Well, I can see why, 844 00:50:16,350 --> 00:50:17,790 - What did you say? - Hold on, 845 00:50:17,860 --> 00:50:20,120 we're not here for any personal vituperation, 846 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,550 - You know that word? - What? 847 00:50:23,630 --> 00:50:25,990 Vi-tu-per-ation, 848 00:50:26,860 --> 00:50:29,490 That's what I said, I pronounced it right, 849 00:50:32,470 --> 00:50:34,560 Listen, you've been arrested, 850 00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,080 You're 1/100th of an inch of being thrown in jail, and... 851 00:50:38,140 --> 00:50:40,700 - There he is! - Now, who's this? 852 00:50:40,780 --> 00:50:44,270 Mr. Berry, come in, come in! I've been waiting for you, come on! 853 00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:47,880 Yes, yes, Do you, uh..? 854 00:50:49,050 --> 00:50:50,150 Did you get it? 855 00:50:50,220 --> 00:50:53,880 - Yes, I thought perhaps... - You thought right, Mr. Berry, 856 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:55,980 Who is this man? 857 00:50:56,060 --> 00:50:59,260 Don't you know him? He works for you, 858 00:50:59,330 --> 00:51:01,160 Down in Research, sir, 859 00:51:01,230 --> 00:51:04,290 - for 35 years, - Good God, 860 00:51:04,370 --> 00:51:07,670 And research, of course, being the meat of it, 861 00:51:07,740 --> 00:51:09,300 Yes, here we are, 862 00:51:09,370 --> 00:51:11,810 "Mr. Richard Malcolm lived in New York City 863 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,970 until 1868, when he moved to Seattle," 864 00:51:14,050 --> 00:51:16,210 Very good, Mr. Berry, very good, 865 00:51:17,180 --> 00:51:20,170 "Several months before he left... " New York City, that is... 866 00:51:20,250 --> 00:51:25,480 "six women were strangled over a period of 18 days precisely, 867 00:51:26,820 --> 00:51:30,590 "Their larynxes were crushed and their necks were broken, 868 00:51:30,660 --> 00:51:33,030 Two had small wounds on the base of their skull," 869 00:51:33,100 --> 00:51:36,530 1868, I might add, is exactly 21 years 870 00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:40,500 before the first group of Seattle killings, Mr. Vincenzo, 871 00:51:40,570 --> 00:51:43,600 Item, "Following the fire of 1889, in which the wife, 872 00:51:43,670 --> 00:51:47,170 "stepson and daughter died of smoke inhalation, 873 00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:50,010 Dr, Richard Malcolm disappeared," 874 00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:52,020 1889, as we know, just happens to be 875 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,910 the year in which the first group 876 00:51:53,990 --> 00:51:58,120 of six killings occurred, Mr. Vincenzo, 877 00:51:58,190 --> 00:52:02,790 Yes, "In 1910, Dr, Malcolm Richards appeared 878 00:52:02,860 --> 00:52:05,450 in the by now defunct Westside Mercy Hospital," 879 00:52:05,530 --> 00:52:08,970 of which, as noted, Dr, Richard Malcolm was formerly a member of the staff... 880 00:52:09,030 --> 00:52:11,300 "and built his clinic over the original site," 881 00:52:11,370 --> 00:52:13,630 1910, by coincidence, just happens to be 882 00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:17,800 the year in which the second group of six killings occurred, 883 00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:19,970 - Kolchak? - Again, more broken necks 884 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:22,810 - and more missing blood, - Now, listen, Kolchak... 885 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,440 Wait a minute... wait a minute! 886 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:31,050 "In 1931, following reports that he had developed some kind of 887 00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:36,620 "'strange, degenerative skin disease,' 888 00:52:36,690 --> 00:52:39,460 Dr, Malcolm Richards disappeared," 889 00:52:39,530 --> 00:52:44,470 Oh, 1931 just by coincidence happens to be the year in which 890 00:52:44,540 --> 00:52:48,300 the third group of similar killings occurred, 891 00:52:48,370 --> 00:52:49,500 Mr. Vincenzo, 892 00:52:50,780 --> 00:52:52,900 Photos, do you have any photographs? 893 00:52:52,980 --> 00:52:55,810 - Ah, yeah, - Did you get some? 894 00:52:57,050 --> 00:53:00,040 Oh, marvelous, marvelous, let's see... 895 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,810 You'll, excuse the, uh... clumsiness of the hands, 896 00:53:03,890 --> 00:53:06,690 but my wrists are slightly encumbered 897 00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,380 by your... bracelets, 898 00:53:09,230 --> 00:53:13,060 Now, this photograph of Dr, Richard Malcolm 899 00:53:13,130 --> 00:53:16,000 and the slightly doctored photograph 900 00:53:16,070 --> 00:53:19,660 of Dr, Malcolm Richards are identical, down to the white scar 901 00:53:19,740 --> 00:53:21,760 above the right eyebrow, 902 00:53:23,170 --> 00:53:26,110 Now, this photograph was taken during the Civil War 903 00:53:26,180 --> 00:53:28,610 when Dr, Richard Malcolm was a surgeon 904 00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,650 with the Union Army, 905 00:53:31,150 --> 00:53:33,550 The photograph of Dr, Malcolm Richards 906 00:53:33,620 --> 00:53:36,640 was taken in 1926, 907 00:53:37,150 --> 00:53:39,450 It showed a man in his 40s, 908 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,290 Now, how can a man almost 90 909 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:45,420 look like a man in his 40s? 910 00:53:55,370 --> 00:53:59,210 Facts, gentlemen, facts, 911 00:54:03,150 --> 00:54:04,340 Well?! 912 00:54:04,420 --> 00:54:06,780 Yes, well? 913 00:54:06,850 --> 00:54:10,310 - You shut up! - I mean, uh, well... 914 00:54:10,390 --> 00:54:13,360 What are we supposed to do now, congratulate you? 915 00:54:13,420 --> 00:54:14,580 Find him, mister! 916 00:54:14,660 --> 00:54:17,150 Go down underground and search for him, 917 00:54:17,230 --> 00:54:19,030 You haven't searched enough, 918 00:54:19,730 --> 00:54:23,060 Put some policewomen in the area, lure him out of his lair, 919 00:54:24,100 --> 00:54:25,690 And, Mr. Publisher, 920 00:54:25,770 --> 00:54:28,530 you might consider printing the stories, 921 00:54:28,610 --> 00:54:32,040 They are news, sir, not hearsay, 922 00:54:32,110 --> 00:54:34,040 They are news! 923 00:54:34,110 --> 00:54:37,270 That will be enough, Mr. Kolchak, 924 00:54:43,850 --> 00:54:46,290 Perhaps, Mr. Kolchak, it would be a good idea 925 00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:48,950 if you stepped outside for a moment, 926 00:54:49,030 --> 00:54:50,790 Delighted, sir, delighted, 927 00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:54,350 If I could get my jewelry removed, 928 00:54:55,530 --> 00:54:57,130 All right, Judd? 929 00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,830 Get him outta here, take the handcuffs off him, 930 00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:01,060 Thank you, 931 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,130 I just await your decision, gentlemen, 932 00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,820 Yes, sir, Llewellyn... I mean, Mr. Crossbinder, 933 00:55:16,890 --> 00:55:19,050 It'll be done, you can depend on it, 934 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:20,880 Come on, Judd, 935 00:55:32,740 --> 00:55:34,400 Oh, boy, 936 00:55:35,910 --> 00:55:37,240 Okay, Carl, 937 00:55:37,310 --> 00:55:40,180 I don't know how I did it, but I got you off the hook, 938 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:41,510 - You did? - Yeah, 939 00:55:41,580 --> 00:55:43,670 You're a genius, Tony! 940 00:55:43,750 --> 00:55:45,010 You're a genius! 941 00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:48,210 - What about the story? - There is no story, 942 00:55:48,290 --> 00:55:50,520 - What? - That's it, there is no story, 943 00:55:50,590 --> 00:55:52,850 They're gonna handle it their own way, 944 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,080 They're gonna... huh? 945 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:57,280 - I'll kill 'em! - Kolchak! 946 00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:59,560 Didn't they hear what I said?! 947 00:55:59,630 --> 00:56:01,690 Don't they know what's gonna happen?! 948 00:56:01,770 --> 00:56:04,860 If they don't get Malcolm out of there, 949 00:56:04,940 --> 00:56:07,400 he's going to get his sixth kill somewhere else, 950 00:56:07,470 --> 00:56:09,530 and he's gonna disappear for 21 years! 951 00:56:09,610 --> 00:56:11,300 Don't they know what's gonna happen?! 952 00:56:11,380 --> 00:56:13,810 They do not intend to panic an entire city 953 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,540 just for your sake, Kolchak, period! 954 00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,320 - Your next assignment... - You haven't changed, 955 00:56:21,390 --> 00:56:24,320 You're the same as you were in Las Vegas, 956 00:56:24,390 --> 00:56:26,650 - Your next assignment... - You're on their side, 957 00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:29,160 You're covering the Daffodil Festival in Puyallup, 958 00:56:29,230 --> 00:56:31,060 And you're lucky to get that, 959 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:36,730 Puyallup? 960 00:56:39,570 --> 00:56:42,330 It was with deep regret that I chose to forego the joys 961 00:56:42,410 --> 00:56:46,170 of daffodils in Puyallup, but I had other plans. 962 00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:49,180 Saturday, April 15th, 2 A.M. 963 00:56:49,250 --> 00:56:50,840 We started out... 964 00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:54,350 one belly-dancing undergraduate, and one reporter who, 965 00:56:54,420 --> 00:56:57,350 despite his air of spit-in-their-eye confidence, 966 00:56:57,420 --> 00:57:01,020 hoped to heavens he wasn't hastening said undergraduate to her doom. 967 00:57:01,090 --> 00:57:03,460 It didn't help my conscience that Louise Harper 968 00:57:03,530 --> 00:57:05,190 had agreed immediately to help me, 969 00:57:05,260 --> 00:57:08,750 angered as she was by the death of both her co-performers. 970 00:57:36,230 --> 00:57:39,490 Please stop looking around like you're suspicious of something! 971 00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:40,890 - Walk natural, - I'm scared! 972 00:57:40,970 --> 00:57:43,490 - I'm right behind you, - That's easy for you to say, 973 00:57:43,570 --> 00:57:45,060 Just act casual, 974 00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:53,000 The first three nights passed without incident. 975 00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:56,340 Most of the time was spent trying to duck the police. 976 00:57:56,410 --> 00:57:58,750 On the fourth night, things began to happen. 977 00:58:35,390 --> 00:58:38,480 Denver- 14, Denver- 14, family disturbance. 978 00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:41,050 278 New Northridge. 979 00:58:58,540 --> 00:59:00,670 No... 980 00:59:00,740 --> 00:59:03,040 I'll not look back, 981 00:59:11,020 --> 00:59:14,620 Car 19, Car 19, 211 in progress, 982 00:59:14,690 --> 00:59:18,130 813 Kelso Street, handle Code 3. 983 00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:19,360 All right, 984 00:59:24,370 --> 00:59:27,200 Car number eight, undetermined disturbance, 985 00:59:27,270 --> 00:59:30,800 8390 Olympus Walk. See the man. 986 01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:24,180 - Duncan car one, 0- 1... - Get her in the car, fast, 987 01:01:24,250 --> 01:01:25,410 ...170. 988 01:01:35,030 --> 01:01:37,690 Okay, the party's over, Get in the car, 989 01:01:37,770 --> 01:01:40,640 - What are you doing down here? - You're under arrest, 990 01:01:40,700 --> 01:01:44,300 - Get in the car, - Get your hands off me, 991 01:01:44,370 --> 01:01:45,860 - Don't push! - Shut up! 992 01:01:45,940 --> 01:01:47,880 All units in the vicinity of Main Branch, 993 01:01:47,950 --> 01:01:50,350 be on the lookout for a '36 Shearing coupe, 994 01:01:50,410 --> 01:01:52,410 blue, blue hood. 995 01:02:33,020 --> 01:02:34,290 Who is there? 996 01:02:35,190 --> 01:02:36,520 We're closed, 997 01:02:40,860 --> 01:02:43,360 Please go away, we're closed for the evening, 998 01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:14,950 No! No! 999 01:04:29,670 --> 01:04:31,110 April 19th, 3 A.M. 1000 01:04:31,170 --> 01:04:33,110 The police station was a circus of activity, 1001 01:04:33,180 --> 01:04:36,040 a three-ring madhouse of reaction to the sixth kill. 1002 01:04:36,110 --> 01:04:38,950 Even Captain Shubert seemed to know they'd had it now, 1003 01:04:39,020 --> 01:04:41,750 that, saving a miracle, their prey had gone to earth again 1004 01:04:41,820 --> 01:04:44,410 and wasn't going to show his corpse-like face 1005 01:04:44,490 --> 01:04:46,390 for another 21 years. 1006 01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:52,390 A certain reporter being bailed out knew, too... 1007 01:04:52,460 --> 01:04:55,300 knew it, and was fit to be tied by it. 1008 01:04:57,370 --> 01:04:58,630 Hey, Shubert, okay? 1009 01:04:58,700 --> 01:05:00,860 - Kolchak, - Okay, Shubert? 1010 01:05:01,370 --> 01:05:03,810 - I told him, the idiot! - Kolchak! 1011 01:05:03,870 --> 01:05:06,810 I told him, but would he listen? No, he didn't listen, 1012 01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:08,900 "I've been a policeman for 37 years," 1013 01:05:08,980 --> 01:05:10,780 And an idiot for twice that long! 1014 01:05:10,850 --> 01:05:13,650 You were supposed to be in Puyallup with the daffodils! 1015 01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:15,980 - Where? - I'd like to leave you here forever, 1016 01:05:16,050 --> 01:05:19,150 I'd like to see them lock you up in a jail cell for a million years! 1017 01:05:19,220 --> 01:05:23,160 - If you don't shut your mouth... - What's the matter with you? 1018 01:05:23,230 --> 01:05:25,660 You oughta see a doctor, I'm serious, 1019 01:05:25,730 --> 01:05:28,320 You sound terrible, It's awful, 1020 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,330 What have you done to that poor man? 1021 01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:34,230 I have never seen anyone so close to total insanity before, 1022 01:05:34,300 --> 01:05:37,140 ...he just disappears, We cornered him in the alleys 1023 01:05:37,210 --> 01:05:40,640 behind the Richards Clinic, and he disappears, just like that, 1024 01:05:45,250 --> 01:05:46,840 Vincenzo was so upset, it took me an hour 1025 01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:48,850 to get rid of him, and then only because I promised 1026 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:50,910 to go straight home to bed. 1027 01:05:52,420 --> 01:05:54,360 Maybe no one else knew what was going on, 1028 01:05:54,420 --> 01:05:56,090 but I was sure that I did. 1029 01:05:56,590 --> 01:05:58,690 Our man had to have a way in and out 1030 01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:01,700 of some secret part of the underground, 1031 01:06:01,770 --> 01:06:05,430 and the basement of his old clinic had to be it. 1032 01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:09,170 Right here, Get in the shadows, 1033 01:06:57,750 --> 01:07:00,660 - You're not going down there? - You stay here, 1034 01:07:11,500 --> 01:07:12,930 What is it? 1035 01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:15,440 Looks like a big air shaft down here, 1036 01:07:15,510 --> 01:07:16,840 Where does it go? 1037 01:07:16,910 --> 01:07:19,240 All over, I'm gonna check it out, 1038 01:07:35,290 --> 01:07:38,820 - Carl! Are you all right? - Yeah, sure, of course, 1039 01:07:38,900 --> 01:07:42,730 You, uh... you stay here, I'll be right back, 1040 01:08:17,930 --> 01:08:21,100 Just when I thought I'd struck out, I found it. 1041 01:08:26,540 --> 01:08:29,540 It's in there, Give me 30 minutes, then call the police 1042 01:08:29,610 --> 01:08:32,050 - and tell 'em where I am, - What are you gonna do? 1043 01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:33,810 Get my exclusive, what do you think? 1044 01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:36,080 I think you're crazy, that's what I think, 1045 01:08:36,150 --> 01:08:38,640 Just do what I tell ya, I gotta get going, 1046 01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:52,390 Here it was... the hidden city beneath Seattle's underground. 1047 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:56,000 I was descending to the world of yesterday, 1048 01:08:56,070 --> 01:08:58,370 the world of the 19th century, 1049 01:08:58,440 --> 01:09:00,880 of bustle pads and high-crown hats 1050 01:09:00,940 --> 01:09:02,570 and Queen Victoria. 1051 01:09:09,350 --> 01:09:12,010 The private world of Dr. Richard Malcolm. 1052 01:16:23,050 --> 01:16:24,490 Who are you? 1053 01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:30,220 - Are you..? - Who are you? 1054 01:16:30,290 --> 01:16:32,780 Carl Kolchak, Daily Chronicle. 1055 01:16:32,860 --> 01:16:34,300 How did you get here? 1056 01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:36,290 Through the, uh... 1057 01:16:38,130 --> 01:16:39,660 the cellar of your clinic, 1058 01:16:39,740 --> 01:16:42,830 Clinic? I have no clinic, Why do you say that? 1059 01:16:45,240 --> 01:16:46,730 But you are... 1060 01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:51,370 you are Dr, Richard Malcolm, 1061 01:16:58,090 --> 01:16:59,990 I've seen you somewhere before, 1062 01:17:00,820 --> 01:17:01,920 Nah, 1063 01:17:01,990 --> 01:17:06,290 Oh, Well, you almost killed me the other day 1064 01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:09,200 - in the alley, - What are you doing here? 1065 01:17:10,830 --> 01:17:11,930 What am I doing here? 1066 01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:15,440 I thought I'd drop in and find out about you 1067 01:17:15,510 --> 01:17:17,270 so I could tell my readers, 1068 01:17:17,710 --> 01:17:19,040 Your what? 1069 01:17:20,210 --> 01:17:21,700 My readers, 1070 01:17:24,210 --> 01:17:26,550 His readers, Did you hear that? 1071 01:17:29,550 --> 01:17:32,210 Nobody is ever going to hear from you again, 1072 01:17:34,060 --> 01:17:37,650 - I think I'll go now, - You've profaned my world, sir, 1073 01:17:37,730 --> 01:17:41,720 I will not permit you to live here, to stay here... 1074 01:17:42,570 --> 01:17:44,060 to exist here, 1075 01:17:45,740 --> 01:17:48,570 I'm just a dumb reporter doing his job, 1076 01:17:53,740 --> 01:17:56,230 You grovel nicely, Mister, uh... 1077 01:17:58,580 --> 01:18:00,410 Kolchak, sir, 1078 01:18:03,590 --> 01:18:07,250 Daily Chronicle, Sir, 1079 01:18:08,590 --> 01:18:11,120 So, you want a story, He wants a story, darling, 1080 01:18:11,190 --> 01:18:15,190 What do you think? We'll see if there's time, 1081 01:18:17,200 --> 01:18:18,690 Yes, we have time, 1082 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:21,690 Why not, why not? 1083 01:18:21,770 --> 01:18:24,800 It seems only fitting that one other person in the world 1084 01:18:24,870 --> 01:18:27,370 ought to know the facts... 1085 01:18:29,380 --> 01:18:31,370 before he dies, 1086 01:18:34,550 --> 01:18:38,450 Yes, Mr. Kolchak, Okay, come on, 1087 01:18:49,230 --> 01:18:53,500 I'll not bore you with the details of how I evolved my formula, 1088 01:18:53,570 --> 01:18:55,830 Suffice it to say that the additive 1089 01:18:55,910 --> 01:18:58,000 which ultimately made it work for me 1090 01:18:58,070 --> 01:19:02,170 was the blood of women, removed from their brains 1091 01:19:02,250 --> 01:19:05,240 in the seven seconds following their death, 1092 01:19:06,250 --> 01:19:10,020 I found that six were required to supply the quantity of blood 1093 01:19:10,090 --> 01:19:12,610 that was needed for the 18-day period 1094 01:19:12,690 --> 01:19:17,020 in which the elixir was prepared and consumed, 1095 01:19:17,530 --> 01:19:21,520 In 1868, I first took the elixir, 1096 01:19:22,370 --> 01:19:27,030 Then, believing that my immortality was assured, 1097 01:19:28,200 --> 01:19:32,700 I decided to perfect and refine the formula... 1098 01:19:33,380 --> 01:19:38,540 in the hopes of bestowing its benefits on mankind, 1099 01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:45,050 No longer circumscribed by time and death, 1100 01:19:46,220 --> 01:19:51,720 what wonders on this earth could men not then achieve? 1101 01:19:58,400 --> 01:19:59,560 And then... 1102 01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:02,230 in 1889... 1103 01:20:04,240 --> 01:20:06,330 my world collapsed, 1104 01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:09,910 Yes, 1889, 1105 01:20:11,350 --> 01:20:15,610 Your family died, and you began to age, 1106 01:20:15,690 --> 01:20:18,710 Are you going to listen? 1107 01:20:18,790 --> 01:20:21,520 - Or are you going to interrupt? - No, no! 1108 01:20:23,430 --> 01:20:25,090 Listen, listen, 1109 01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:30,630 I discovered that the effects of the elixir 1110 01:20:30,700 --> 01:20:32,530 were not permanent, 1111 01:20:36,870 --> 01:20:38,530 I began to age, 1112 01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:42,200 I had to kill again, 1113 01:20:44,550 --> 01:20:46,210 Restore myself, 1114 01:20:48,380 --> 01:20:53,050 That's why you look the way you do now, isn't it? 1115 01:20:54,390 --> 01:20:55,550 Yes, 1116 01:20:57,060 --> 01:21:00,260 Stage by stage... 1117 01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:03,060 in 18 days, 1118 01:21:03,900 --> 01:21:06,730 That's the way the elixir works, 1119 01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:11,900 Yes, And then I shall have 21 more years 1120 01:21:11,970 --> 01:21:16,170 to make its effects permanent, 1121 01:21:16,850 --> 01:21:18,340 Twenty-one more years? 1122 01:21:20,250 --> 01:21:23,120 That's all you're ever going to have, isn't it? 1123 01:21:23,190 --> 01:21:25,980 That's not true, I'll find the answer eventually, 1124 01:21:26,060 --> 01:21:27,450 Eventually? 1125 01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:30,820 How many more women are going to have to die? 1126 01:21:33,030 --> 01:21:36,260 What's a few lives compared to immortality, Mr. Kolchak? 1127 01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:42,970 This is the sixth and final dosage, 1128 01:21:45,210 --> 01:21:49,230 I shall take it shortly, 1129 01:21:49,310 --> 01:21:51,800 and the revitalization shall be complete, 1130 01:21:53,120 --> 01:21:56,080 If I don't take this final dosage now, 1131 01:21:57,890 --> 01:22:00,450 the process will reverse itself, 1132 01:22:03,390 --> 01:22:04,880 But I will take it, 1133 01:23:47,530 --> 01:23:49,290 Why? 1134 01:24:24,670 --> 01:24:26,330 Hey, buddy boy, 1135 01:24:27,340 --> 01:24:28,600 Yeah! 1136 01:24:38,810 --> 01:24:40,650 What about me? 1137 01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:45,120 Vincenzo! What kind of dirty, rotten deal is this?! 1138 01:24:45,190 --> 01:24:47,780 - Hold it, Carl, hold it, - Don't "Carl" me! 1139 01:24:47,860 --> 01:24:50,120 I've heard of yellow-livered sellouts before, 1140 01:24:50,190 --> 01:24:52,130 - but this I don't believe! - Wait a minute... 1141 01:24:52,190 --> 01:24:54,290 What is this "identity unknown" garbage? 1142 01:24:54,360 --> 01:24:55,760 Where is my story? 1143 01:24:55,830 --> 01:24:57,160 - You want your story? - Yeah, 1144 01:24:57,230 --> 01:24:59,830 All right, I'll give you your story, 1145 01:25:01,540 --> 01:25:03,970 All 20 copies, 1146 01:25:05,310 --> 01:25:07,330 - Twenty copies?! - That's all we got printed 1147 01:25:07,410 --> 01:25:09,000 before Crossbinder stopped 'em, 1148 01:25:10,350 --> 01:25:12,780 What are you so surprised about? I'm the dummy! 1149 01:25:12,850 --> 01:25:14,910 I thought they'd print all that! 1150 01:25:14,980 --> 01:25:17,680 Why didn't you print it? You're the managing editor! 1151 01:25:17,750 --> 01:25:18,780 What's wrong with you? 1152 01:25:18,850 --> 01:25:21,850 You think there's any difference between this town and Vegas? 1153 01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:25,860 But they saw it, Tony! They all saw it! 1154 01:25:25,930 --> 01:25:27,920 Even Shubert saw it! 1155 01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:30,760 No one in Seattle is going to admit that a dead man's 1156 01:25:30,830 --> 01:25:33,860 roaming around their city killing people since 1889, 1157 01:25:33,940 --> 01:25:36,670 but I was stupid enough to think that they would! 1158 01:25:36,740 --> 01:25:38,900 So, this is it, huh? 1159 01:25:40,240 --> 01:25:43,700 And I'm out of a job, That right, Vincenzo? 1160 01:25:44,910 --> 01:25:46,510 That I feel bad about, Carl, 1161 01:25:46,580 --> 01:25:48,850 Why should you feel bad, Tony? 1162 01:25:48,920 --> 01:25:51,820 - You're still working, - I don't deserve that, Carl, 1163 01:25:51,890 --> 01:25:55,820 If you had any guts left, any at all, 1164 01:25:55,890 --> 01:25:58,790 - you'd go upstairs and... - All right! I've had enough! 1165 01:25:58,860 --> 01:26:01,330 So have I! Don't ever do me any more favors! 1166 01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:03,160 Do you any favors? 1167 01:26:03,230 --> 01:26:06,330 - You miserable, ungrateful... - Ungrateful?! 1168 01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:08,670 What do you want me to do, thank you?! 1169 01:26:08,740 --> 01:26:11,500 No! Just get outta here, Get out! 1170 01:26:11,570 --> 01:26:13,600 And next time, you do me a favor, hear? 1171 01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:16,300 You see me again, just keep walkin'! 1172 01:26:16,380 --> 01:26:19,310 With pleasure! And thanks, Vincenzo, 1173 01:26:19,380 --> 01:26:22,040 Thanks for nothin'! 1174 01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:34,560 Hello? 1175 01:26:35,400 --> 01:26:39,490 Oh, yes, sir, Yes, Mr. Crossbinder, 1176 01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:42,990 Right, I'll be right up, 1177 01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:52,680 There it is, another tale of defeat snatched from the jaws of triumph, 1178 01:26:52,750 --> 01:26:57,050 another case of virtue unrewarded, of dishonesty being the best policy, 1179 01:26:57,120 --> 01:26:59,050 - injustice rampant... - Will you shut up 1180 01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:02,090 and put that recorder away and let me get some sleep? 1181 01:27:02,160 --> 01:27:05,590 You're never gonna get that story published, 1182 01:27:05,660 --> 01:27:08,030 Don't tell me what I'm gonna get published, 1183 01:27:08,100 --> 01:27:11,460 - Nobody's gonna kill this story, - It's already been killed, 1184 01:27:11,530 --> 01:27:14,130 - Bury it, - Not this one, no, sir, 1185 01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:16,640 I'd like to see somebody shut me up on this one, 1186 01:27:16,710 --> 01:27:20,300 - Can anybody shut you up? - You are a passenger in this car, 1187 01:27:20,380 --> 01:27:23,970 This is my automobile, You remember what you said? 1188 01:27:24,050 --> 01:27:27,140 "I never wanna see you again, I never wanna talk to you again," 1189 01:27:27,220 --> 01:27:28,650 - remember? - Yeah, I remember, 1190 01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:31,810 - That was before I was fired, - Yeah, that's right, 1191 01:27:31,890 --> 01:27:34,950 Don't worry about it, you're gonna love it in New York, 1192 01:27:35,020 --> 01:27:37,690 - New York?! - New York, 1193 01:27:38,190 --> 01:27:40,020 Yup, that's where we're going, 1194 01:27:40,530 --> 01:27:42,520 And you're lucky to be going with me, 1195 01:27:43,200 --> 01:27:47,130 I suppose I should consider myself lucky, too, 1196 01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:49,800 - That's right, - Oh, Kolchak, 1197 01:27:49,870 --> 01:27:51,640 Do you know that I have heard 1198 01:27:51,710 --> 01:27:53,800 just about all I wanna take from you 1199 01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:55,810 or even hear ever again? 1200 01:27:55,880 --> 01:27:57,970 You think you've got problems? 1201 01:27:58,050 --> 01:28:00,480 There I was, one semester shy of getting my degree 1202 01:28:00,550 --> 01:28:02,640 in Psychology, and what happens? 1203 01:28:02,720 --> 01:28:04,980 You show up outside my houseboat one day, 1204 01:28:05,050 --> 01:28:07,320 Mouth, all mouth, Kolchak! 1205 01:28:07,390 --> 01:28:09,820 Compared to you, I am tongue-tied, 1206 01:28:09,890 --> 01:28:11,590 And before I know what's going on, 1207 01:28:11,660 --> 01:28:14,250 there I am being yelled at by that... 1208 01:28:14,330 --> 01:28:16,090 that captain of police, 1209 01:28:16,170 --> 01:28:17,760 Yada, yada, yada, 1210 01:28:17,830 --> 01:28:20,100 Peace! Can I have some peace? 1211 01:28:20,170 --> 01:28:22,500 Please, some peace!