1 00:01:10,943 --> 00:01:12,773 Popular folklore would have us believe 2 00:01:12,823 --> 00:01:14,193 that there exists in the underworld 3 00:01:14,233 --> 00:01:16,453 ruthless men who fear nothing. 4 00:01:16,493 --> 00:01:18,663 This story should debunk that myth. 5 00:01:24,163 --> 00:01:27,373 August 14, 2:00 a.m. 6 00:01:27,413 --> 00:01:29,213 While the upper strata of the syndicate 7 00:01:29,253 --> 00:01:31,213 were accustomed to dealing in millions, 8 00:01:31,253 --> 00:01:34,423 the foundation of their fortune was here in their countinghouses, 9 00:01:34,463 --> 00:01:37,223 in the small change of the numbers racket. 10 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:39,513 Mr. Albert Berg, head collections man. 11 00:01:39,553 --> 00:01:42,53 A graduate of an Ivy League business school, 12 00:01:42,103 --> 00:01:45,23 he was an incompetent, even by syndicate standards. 13 00:01:45,63 --> 00:01:48,233 The only smart thing he'd ever done was marry the boss's sister. 14 00:01:48,273 --> 00:01:50,733 Willie Pike... he had never been convicted of anything by anybody 15 00:01:50,773 --> 00:01:52,313 except the boxing commission. 16 00:01:52,363 --> 00:01:54,443 Willie took a dive into the canvas, 17 00:01:54,483 --> 00:01:57,73 and on through into the bulletproof car set. 18 00:01:57,113 --> 00:02:00,363 Willie was making a bundle, a bundle he would never get to spend. 19 00:02:34,563 --> 00:02:36,323 2:30 a.m. Willie Pike, 20 00:02:36,363 --> 00:02:37,983 onetime heavyweight contender, 21 00:02:38,33 --> 00:02:41,283 now just one heavy pile of lifeless junk. 22 00:03:13,523 --> 00:03:16,613 According to the police, Willie had died from severe blows. 23 00:03:16,653 --> 00:03:18,733 A gangland killing... No suspects, no leads. 24 00:03:18,783 --> 00:03:20,993 So, what else was new? 25 00:03:21,33 --> 00:03:23,453 | got into the office before the other idiots arrived, 26 00:03:23,493 --> 00:03:26,413 and banged off my story and thought I'd heard the last of it. 27 00:03:26,453 --> 00:03:30,123 - Ohh! It shouldn't have been there. - What did... What? 28 00:03:30,163 --> 00:03:32,413 No food or beverages in this office. 29 00:03:32,463 --> 00:03:34,463 All right. It's okay. Don't worry about it. Uh, no! 30 00:03:34,503 --> 00:03:36,843 I'll clean it up myself. It's all right. Just leave it as it is. 31 00:03:36,883 --> 00:03:40,843 Here. Will you just do me a favor, please, and take this in to Mr. Vincenzo. 32 00:03:40,883 --> 00:03:42,803 Pretty please? 33 00:03:54,643 --> 00:03:57,653 Good morning, Carl. Did you get those extra pencils you wanted? 34 00:03:57,693 --> 00:04:01,113 - Oh, yeah. - Listen, | read your Willie Pike story. 35 00:04:01,153 --> 00:04:04,33 Oh, well, you must have taken up speed-reading. | just typed it. 36 00:04:04,73 --> 00:04:06,283 - It's very good. Really. - Oh? You've got it upside down. 37 00:04:06,323 --> 00:04:08,333 - Oh. - What do you want of me? 38 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:10,123 I'm starving. Let's go down to Manny's, 39 00:04:10,163 --> 00:04:12,123 grab a cup of coffee and a piece of Danish. 40 00:04:12,163 --> 00:04:15,123 The last time you invited me out for coffee and Danish, 41 00:04:15,173 --> 00:04:19,423 | ended up in Sioux Falls, lowa, covering a hardware convention. 42 00:04:19,463 --> 00:04:21,423 - And the time before that... - Well, listen. 43 00:04:21,463 --> 00:04:23,593 Can't a man take a coworker to coffee without being suspect? 44 00:04:23,633 --> 00:04:26,303 Coworker? The last time you called me a coworker, 45 00:04:26,343 --> 00:04:28,303 | spent three days rewriting the obituaries, 46 00:04:28,353 --> 00:04:30,353 because Charlie Creach was out on one of his benders! 47 00:04:30,393 --> 00:04:34,103 Coworker? | had no coworker! | was the coworker! 48 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:38,103 - This is big, really big. - Y-Y-Yeah. Yeah, right up to here. 49 00:04:38,153 --> 00:04:41,73 A police raid. TAC squad units. 50 00:04:41,113 --> 00:04:43,613 - Syndicate burial ground. - When? 51 00:04:43,653 --> 00:04:46,613 Sometime today. You'll be the first one there. It'll be an exclusive, Carl. 52 00:04:46,663 --> 00:04:48,743 - Syndicate? - Yep. 53 00:04:48,783 --> 00:04:50,993 - Exclusive? - Yep. 54 00:04:51,33 --> 00:04:53,163 What's the catch? 55 00:04:56,623 --> 00:05:00,883 - No. Abs... No, no. No way. - Now-Now-Now, hear me out. Hear me out now. 56 00:05:00,923 --> 00:05:02,593 We've been very unfair to Miss Marmelstein. 57 00:05:02,633 --> 00:05:04,843 -(... - She's very bright and very capable. 58 00:05:04,883 --> 00:05:06,763 And | think she has the makings of a fine reporter! 59 00:05:06,803 --> 00:05:08,433 No! | work alone! That... 60 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:12,313 What? Listen. Vincenzo! 61 00:05:12,353 --> 00:05:14,23 Now, listen. Listen. Don't you understand? 62 00:05:14,63 --> 00:05:15,813 Her uncle is... 63 00:05:15,853 --> 00:05:18,143 Is Abe Marmelstein, the big muck in I.N.S. in New York. 64 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:20,153 - Yeah. - Wh-Who | have to answer to. 65 00:05:20,193 --> 00:05:23,823 - Yeah, but | don't! - Yeah, but you have to answer to me! 66 00:05:23,863 --> 00:05:25,693 Listen, keeping Monique assigned to recipe columns, 67 00:05:25,743 --> 00:05:27,703 keeping her tied up filing... That's wrong, very wrong. 68 00:05:27,743 --> 00:05:30,913 She wasn't hired as a secretary. She could be a journalist, Carl, 69 00:05:30,953 --> 00:05:32,833 - a very good journalist with your help. - W-With my help? 70 00:05:32,873 --> 00:05:36,03 Yes. | think you and Monique would get along very well. 71 00:05:36,43 --> 00:05:39,213 | have a feeling there's a similarity between the both of you. 72 00:05:39,253 --> 00:05:42,133 She has the same kind of savvy, the same kind of drive! 73 00:05:42,173 --> 00:05:45,213 Well, I'll agree with you on one thing. She's got a lot of drive. 74 00:05:45,263 --> 00:05:47,973 Now, it's your byline, Carl, all the way. She's only there to learn. 75 00:05:48,13 --> 00:05:50,143 - Absolutely not. - You won't hear a word out of her! 76 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,143 - She'll listen to every word you say. - No! 77 00:05:52,183 --> 00:05:54,683 Absolutely, infinitely, definitely no! 78 00:05:54,723 --> 00:05:58,23 | don't care what anybody else thinks. 79 00:05:58,63 --> 00:06:02,443 Listen. | Know the malicious talk that's goin’ on in the office about me. 80 00:06:02,483 --> 00:06:04,613 | mean, "nespotism" has nothing to do with it. 81 00:06:04,653 --> 00:06:06,403 - What? - "Nesitism." 82 00:06:06,443 --> 00:06:08,193 - Nepotism. - Oh, that's right! 83 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:11,243 Uncle Abe didn't go to the Columbia School of Journalism. | did. 84 00:06:11,283 --> 00:06:15,373 I'm fully trained, and I'm fully qualified. All | need now is a chance. 85 00:06:15,413 --> 00:06:18,333 I'm glad you brought that up. Things may get a little rough this afternoon. 86 00:06:18,373 --> 00:06:21,503 - Rough? - Rough. Yeah. Maybe even dangerous. 87 00:06:21,543 --> 00:06:23,463 James and Perry Russo. 88 00:06:23,503 --> 00:06:26,03 I'm ordering you to surrender at once. 89 00:06:26,53 --> 00:06:28,133 We have you completely surrounded. 90 00:06:28,173 --> 00:06:29,723 Time, 4:20. 91 00:06:29,763 --> 00:06:33,893 The apple farm and cider works owned by James and Perry Russo. 92 00:06:33,933 --> 00:06:38,433 James and Perry Russo, I'm warning you to surrender at once. 93 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:45,113 Open fire! All units! 94 00:06:49,113 --> 00:06:51,363 Captain Leo Winwood and | 95 00:06:51,403 --> 00:06:52,913 had a relationship that was long and bloody, 96 00:06:52,953 --> 00:06:55,993 like the Crusades, only without the chivalry. 97 00:07:02,793 --> 00:07:05,133 Get down! 98 00:07:05,173 --> 00:07:07,803 Get down! You'll get your head blown off! 99 00:07:09,973 --> 00:07:13,433 What... 100 00:07:13,473 --> 00:07:15,683 Get that stupid female out of here! 101 00:07:19,143 --> 00:07:21,313 - No, wait. | got an idea. - What? 102 00:07:21,353 --> 00:07:23,903 - Yeah, well, I'll tell you what you do. - What? 103 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,313 They're gonna come running back on this side here, and you can get the shot. 104 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:28,533 - Oh, yeah? Really? - Yeah! 105 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:30,783 Yeah, yeah. You get inside there. You'll get some pictures. 106 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:30,783 Oh, oh, oh. Okay. Okay. 107 00:07:43,713 --> 00:07:47,543 What kind of a crazy stunt were you trying to pull with that dame, Kolchak? 108 00:07:47,593 --> 00:07:49,593 | had never met her before in my life. 109 00:07:49,633 --> 00:07:53,93 You'd stop a bullet with that cabbage blossom you call a head. 110 00:07:53,133 --> 00:07:57,263 - Don't expect to ride in one of our ambulances. - Yes, sir! 111 00:08:16,783 --> 00:08:18,283 Then came the part 112 00:08:18,323 --> 00:08:19,583 that makes the news what it is today, 113 00:08:19,623 --> 00:08:22,123 getting pictures of the bodies. 114 00:08:26,213 --> 00:08:29,843 Sorry, gentlemen, but this barn is off-limits! 115 00:08:29,883 --> 00:08:32,133 There'll be no pictures taken! 116 00:08:32,173 --> 00:08:34,723 - Clear this area! - Clear the area! 117 00:08:34,763 --> 00:08:37,13 - A few words, sir. - Clear the area! 118 00:08:37,53 --> 00:08:39,263 There'll be no pictures taken! 119 00:08:39,303 --> 00:08:41,353 - Clear this area! - Clear the area! 120 00:08:41,393 --> 00:08:43,103 Since | wasn't allowed in the barn, 121 00:08:43,143 --> 00:08:45,143 | thought I'd have a chat with Gordon Spangler, 122 00:08:45,193 --> 00:08:47,813 also known as "Gordy the Ghoul." 123 00:08:47,853 --> 00:08:50,523 An enterprising fellow who tends the morgue, 124 00:08:50,573 --> 00:08:53,323 Gordy has struck gold in the land of the dead. 125 00:08:53,363 --> 00:08:55,453 He runs a lottery based on the birth years 126 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:58,113 of the corpses he was hired to watch over. 127 00:08:58,163 --> 00:09:00,743 Charming. 128 00:09:00,783 --> 00:09:03,333 - I'll take two. - Any particular numbers... 129 00:09:03,373 --> 00:09:06,623 Whatever. Just let's get this nonsense over with. 130 00:09:06,663 --> 00:09:07,713 Okay. 131 00:09:07,753 --> 00:09:10,883 - What can | do for you? - You got the Russo brothers in here yet? 132 00:09:10,923 --> 00:09:13,213 Oh, yeah. They're here all right, nice and snug. 133 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:16,883 Oh, but | couldn't comment on that. Why, I'd get in big trouble. 134 00:09:16,933 --> 00:09:19,643 Why, | wouldn't make a peep about that, not even for 20 bills. 135 00:09:25,393 --> 00:09:27,483 There's a wall around them. I've been iced out of it. 136 00:09:27,523 --> 00:09:31,313 But, Dr. Wedemyer sent for this during the autopsies. 137 00:09:31,363 --> 00:09:34,613 Willie Pike, ex-boxer, ex-numbers dude. 138 00:09:34,653 --> 00:09:35,863 They brought him in two nights ago. 139 00:09:35,903 --> 00:09:37,573 Yeah, yeah. | remember. | wrote about it. 140 00:09:37,613 --> 00:09:40,783 - He died from severe blows, didn't he? - Mm-hmm. 141 00:09:40,823 --> 00:09:44,333 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. They call that severe blows? 142 00:09:44,373 --> 00:09:46,203 There's another thing, Kolchak. 143 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:48,543 - Real weird. - Oh, come on, Gordy. Look, I'm broke! 144 00:09:48,583 --> 00:09:51,213 Okay, okay. This is a freebie. 145 00:09:51,253 --> 00:09:54,463 But you got to help me schlep this guy. He weighs a ton. 146 00:09:54,503 --> 00:09:56,593 They brought him in with the Russos. 147 00:09:56,633 --> 00:09:59,343 Now, here's the weird part, Kolchak. 148 00:10:01,513 --> 00:10:03,223 - This black guy we're gonna schlep? - Yeah? 149 00:10:03,263 --> 00:10:05,63 We had him in here last week. 150 00:10:05,103 --> 00:10:07,273 Wait! What do you mean, you had him in here last week? Dead? 151 00:10:07,313 --> 00:10:10,103 Uh-huh. As dead as six .44 Magnum slugs can make ya. 152 00:10:11,273 --> 00:10:13,443 But | never saw those slugs draw chicken blood before. 153 00:10:13,483 --> 00:10:15,693 And that's what that guy had in his ears. 154 00:10:15,733 --> 00:10:18,403 - Chicken blood? - County Morgue. Spangler. 155 00:10:18,443 --> 00:10:20,163 Oh, hold on. It's for you. 156 00:10:22,703 --> 00:10:24,33 - Ch-Chicken blood? - That's right. 157 00:10:24,83 --> 00:10:26,873 Listen, Kolchak. Monique is gonna call her Uncle Abe. 158 00:10:26,913 --> 00:10:29,123 - Abe "The Smiling Cobra." - In his ear? 159 00:10:29,163 --> 00:10:30,873 - That's right. - What are you talking about? 160 00:10:30,923 --> 00:10:32,43 - What happened? - They buried him. 161 00:10:32,83 --> 00:10:35,383 - Buried him. - Bury who? Abe Marmelstein? 162 00:10:35,423 --> 00:10:37,303 If she gets to him, he's gonna come down on me like a ton of... 163 00:10:37,343 --> 00:10:38,843 - Chicken blood. - Whatever. 164 00:10:38,883 --> 00:10:40,683 - Then I'm gonna come down on you. - Why? 165 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:42,473 - That's management. - | don't know. 166 00:10:42,513 --> 00:10:44,513 - You're gonna have to apologize to her. - Can you help me? 167 00:10:44,553 --> 00:10:47,223 Yeah, | think | can convince her to come to the phone. Now, you hang on. 168 00:10:47,273 --> 00:10:47,893 Help you? 169 00:10:47,933 --> 00:10:49,853 Yeah, you know, the what, where, who, how and why. 170 00:10:49,893 --> 00:10:52,983 Well, yeah. | guess so... for a fee. 171 00:10:53,23 --> 00:10:55,403 For a fee. Terrific. Terrific. Yeah, hello. Hello? 172 00:10:55,443 --> 00:10:58,693 Everything's gonna be all right. He's gonna apologize to you. 173 00:10:58,743 --> 00:11:01,403 Hello? 174 00:11:01,453 --> 00:11:03,283 I'm listening. 175 00:11:03,323 --> 00:11:05,743 Hello. Hello! 176 00:11:06,873 --> 00:11:10,03 I'll kill him! 177 00:11:10,43 --> 00:11:12,333 9:00 a.m., August 16. 178 00:11:12,373 --> 00:11:14,83 The official police briefing... 179 00:11:14,133 --> 00:11:17,963 As foolish a game as any that "Gordy the Ghoul" could make up. 180 00:11:18,03 --> 00:11:21,343 And so, uh, you see we had no alternative, 181 00:11:21,383 --> 00:11:25,13 - but to return a lethal barrage of weapons fire. - Uh, sir. 182 00:11:25,53 --> 00:11:27,563 - Sir, Kolchak, I.N.S. - Sit down, Kolchak. 183 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:32,103 Yes, sir. Rumor has it that Willie Pike did not die from severe blows, 184 00:11:32,143 --> 00:11:35,313 but died by having his spine snapped. 185 00:11:35,363 --> 00:11:38,613 There's another rumor that says that the Russo brothers died the same way. 186 00:11:38,653 --> 00:11:40,243 Now, what about it? 187 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:44,203 Now, in terms of the corpses buried on the Russo farm, 188 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:44,203 we have uncovered six. 189 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:51,253 We believe that there may be as many as 15 or 20 more yet to be uncovered. 190 00:11:51,293 --> 00:11:53,543 Uh, sir, you haven't answered my question, sir. 191 00:11:53,583 --> 00:11:57,463 You know, Kolchak, these meetings are held as a courtesy. 192 00:11:57,503 --> 00:12:01,553 At my discretion, certain members of the press could be denied access. 193 00:12:01,593 --> 00:12:03,723 Well, | wouldn't miss very much, sir. For example, 194 00:12:03,763 --> 00:12:06,343 | didn't hear one word mentioned in your report 195 00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:09,763 of a third body found in the Russo brothers’ barn. 196 00:12:09,813 --> 00:12:13,353 - A black man. That's right, sister. - Well. 197 00:12:13,393 --> 00:12:17,313 For once, Mr. Kolchak is not stating rumor, but fact. 198 00:12:17,363 --> 00:12:19,323 A third body was found... 199 00:12:19,363 --> 00:12:21,483 Negro, male, as yet unidentified. 200 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:23,363 - Sir? - Good day. 201 00:12:23,403 --> 00:12:25,783 Sir, that black guy's spine wasn't snapped. He was shot. 202 00:12:25,823 --> 00:12:28,243 But not by the police, unless they're using .44s. 203 00:12:28,283 --> 00:12:30,913 Who was he, and what was he doing in that barn, sir? 204 00:12:30,953 --> 00:12:34,03 Sir? 205 00:12:34,43 --> 00:12:36,923 Go on. Get your own story, will you? 206 00:12:36,963 --> 00:12:39,213 A phone call to "Gordy the Ghoul"informed me 207 00:12:39,253 --> 00:12:42,803 that the black man in question was being buried at city expense. 208 00:12:42,843 --> 00:12:45,223 | should let him rest in peace. 209 00:12:57,63 --> 00:13:00,113 Hi there. Carl Kolchak, Independent News Service. 210 00:13:00,153 --> 00:13:03,153 Uh, is that grave over there for the body from the morgue? 211 00:13:03,193 --> 00:13:06,653 - Tell me about it. - Who are they burying? 212 00:13:08,993 --> 00:13:12,583 They want union trouble, | could blow the lid right off. 213 00:13:12,623 --> 00:13:15,873 You know, it's against the law to put two parties in the same plot, 214 00:13:15,913 --> 00:13:17,833 unless it's a family plot. 215 00:13:17,873 --> 00:13:21,343 - Two parties? - They buried a party there last week. 216 00:13:21,383 --> 00:13:26,173 They're stacking 'em like they would be in a high-rise to save money. 217 00:13:26,223 --> 00:13:30,53 Oh, what a mess to come back to after I've been out sick with the flu. 218 00:13:33,183 --> 00:13:34,893 Yeah. 219 00:13:34,933 --> 00:13:36,893 - Take care. - Yes, sir. 220 00:13:38,63 --> 00:13:40,813 Looks like we're the only mourners here. 221 00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:45,113 Kolchak, you keep a lot of people away from their jobs by your nosin' around. 222 00:13:45,153 --> 00:13:48,613 Tell me, why is a gold-button captain of the city's finest 223 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:50,873 attending the burial of a black pauper? 224 00:13:50,913 --> 00:13:54,413 And who is this black pauper that was buried in this cemetery last week, 225 00:13:54,453 --> 00:13:57,83 ended up in the Russos' burial ground yesterday, 226 00:13:57,123 --> 00:14:00,173 and then finally ends up in this cemetery today? 227 00:14:00,213 --> 00:14:02,253 Kolchak, now you get out of here. 228 00:14:02,293 --> 00:14:05,93 Or let me put it another way... 229 00:14:05,133 --> 00:14:08,633 If you continue to butt into this situation, you're gonna find yourself 230 00:14:08,673 --> 00:14:11,593 pounding on your typewriter with casts up to your shoulders. 231 00:14:11,643 --> 00:14:13,933 You gonna break my arms, Captain? 232 00:14:13,973 --> 00:14:16,933 Now, would | wanna do a thing like that to you, Kolchak? 233 00:14:16,973 --> 00:14:18,63 Just ask yourself. 234 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:45,503 - Thirty-one it is. - Oh, whatever. 235 00:14:45,553 --> 00:14:48,53 Let's just get this stupid game over with. Tell me! 236 00:14:48,93 --> 00:14:51,263 Well, the black guy's a Haitian, up-and-comer in the numbers. 237 00:14:51,303 --> 00:14:53,893 Got it about a week, uh, 10 days ago 238 00:14:53,933 --> 00:14:56,103 - .44-caliber Magnums. - Yeah, the caliber | know all about. 239 00:14:56,143 --> 00:14:58,353 Oh, yeah. | forgot. You got that for free. 240 00:14:58,393 --> 00:15:01,643 Well, his name is Francois Edmonds. Syndicate hit by the looks of it. 241 00:15:01,693 --> 00:15:04,613 - Why the syndicate? - The Russos probably figured 242 00:15:04,653 --> 00:15:07,73 that Edmonds swallowed some heavy receipts. 243 00:15:07,113 --> 00:15:09,73 It happens all the time when bookies get panicked. 244 00:15:09,113 --> 00:15:09,743 Oh, Gordy. 245 00:15:09,783 --> 00:15:12,863 It's happened to me a couple of times. It tastes awful. 246 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:15,783 Now, maybe they dug him up, took him to the barn for some exploratory surgery. 247 00:15:15,833 --> 00:15:18,543 After the autopsy? That doesn't make any sense, Gordy. 248 00:15:18,583 --> 00:15:21,543 No. But there's been a lot of flak in the past few months 249 00:15:21,583 --> 00:15:24,83 between the black numbers operators and the syndicate, 250 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:27,253 according to my usually reliable sources. 251 00:15:27,303 --> 00:15:29,553 Black numbers operators? 252 00:15:29,593 --> 00:15:31,553 South Side? 253 00:15:43,63 --> 00:15:44,943 | tried placing a numbers bet on the South Side, 254 00:15:44,983 --> 00:15:47,903 but none of the bookies would even touch me. 255 00:15:47,943 --> 00:15:49,823 The few bookies who would talk 256 00:15:49,863 --> 00:15:52,573 said that since | was a former Francois Edmonds's customer, 257 00:15:52,613 --> 00:15:55,493 I'd need something called "a lucky number." 258 00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:58,203 Finally, | got an address. 259 00:16:25,853 --> 00:16:28,563 Yes? I'm Uncle Filemon. 260 00:16:28,613 --> 00:16:30,653 What you want the houngan do for you? 261 00:16:30,693 --> 00:16:33,693 I'd like... I'd like a lucky... a lucky number. 262 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:37,323 A lucky number costs $11 in advance. 263 00:16:37,373 --> 00:16:43,583 Dollars in advance... You wouldn't be related to, uh... No, no, of course not. 264 00:16:43,623 --> 00:16:46,253 - Now, what you dream last night? - | beg your pardon? 265 00:16:46,293 --> 00:16:48,293 Come on, mon. Tell me what you dream. 266 00:16:48,333 --> 00:16:51,553 So | can pour in these bones and the corn and figure out the number. 267 00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:54,343 Oh, oh! | see. Yeah, | see. Yeah. 268 00:16:54,383 --> 00:16:55,843 Well, I... | had a dream last night about a friend of mine. 269 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:58,13 Uh, Francois "Edmond." 270 00:16:59,973 --> 00:17:05,23 This must have been very, very bad dream. Your friend is dead. 271 00:17:05,63 --> 00:17:06,813 Yeah, I... 272 00:17:09,113 --> 00:17:11,573 Oh. What do you use those for? 273 00:17:11,613 --> 00:17:13,323 Dinner. 274 00:17:13,363 --> 00:17:16,783 - Delicious with black beans and rice. - Oh, yes. 275 00:17:20,453 --> 00:17:22,623 Uh... 276 00:17:22,663 --> 00:17:26,83 - Hey, you don't got your number! - My, aren't these, uh, 277 00:17:26,123 --> 00:17:28,373 dolls interesting, aren't they? 278 00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:30,543 You go right on ahead and wait on these gentlemen here. 279 00:17:30,593 --> 00:17:33,883 I'm just, uh, browsing, that's all. 280 00:17:33,923 --> 00:17:37,303 Now, wait... We're getting a little tangled up here, fellas. If you can just... 281 00:17:37,343 --> 00:17:39,303 Okay. Now, can | have my... 282 00:17:41,803 --> 00:17:45,183 You know who | am, Mr. Kolchak? 283 00:17:45,223 --> 00:17:48,353 Bernard "Sweetstick" Weldon. 284 00:17:48,393 --> 00:17:51,113 You once described me in an article as being 285 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:55,33 "the duke of the South Side numbers fiefdom, 286 00:17:55,73 --> 00:17:57,73 and all-around civic headache." 287 00:17:57,113 --> 00:17:59,323 - You remember now? - No, that... 288 00:17:59,363 --> 00:18:02,913 You know, that's a mistake. No, that's my brother, uh, Marshall Kolchak. 289 00:18:02,953 --> 00:18:05,203 Yeah, he's the one with the big mouth. 290 00:18:05,243 --> 00:18:09,213 Poppy and some of the other boys say you been tr yin' to place a numbers bet all day, 291 00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:09,213 but they say you're more interested in names than numbers. 292 00:18:13,503 --> 00:18:16,13 Like Francois Edmonds. 293 00:18:16,53 --> 00:18:19,433 Public don't wanna read about a young man cut down in his prime. 294 00:18:19,473 --> 00:18:22,183 Well, yes, | couldn't agree with you more, actually. 295 00:18:22,223 --> 00:18:24,473 That's exactly what | told my editor. 296 00:18:24,513 --> 00:18:27,563 | didn't wanna come here and pry around. 297 00:18:27,603 --> 00:18:30,273 | mean, he's dead, isn't he? | mean, Francois is... 298 00:18:30,313 --> 00:18:32,773 - Is dead. - He's dead. 299 00:18:32,813 --> 00:18:36,823 And the story's dead. 300 00:18:36,863 --> 00:18:39,703 Understand? 301 00:18:39,743 --> 00:18:42,913 Uh, yeah. | think | see your point. 302 00:18:42,913 --> 00:18:42,913 Could | ask you just one question? 303 00:18:45,373 --> 00:18:47,953 Uh, did you know the deceased personally? 304 00:18:48,03 --> 00:18:52,963 Poppy, you're gonna have to blow the wax out of this man's ears. 305 00:18:53,03 --> 00:18:55,133 - He don't understand when people talkin' to him. - No, no, no. 306 00:18:55,173 --> 00:18:56,923 | understand. | really don't... 307 00:18:56,963 --> 00:18:59,173 | may understand... 308 00:19:02,393 --> 00:19:04,853 Bad as my problems were at that moment, 309 00:19:04,893 --> 00:19:08,223 they were nothing compared to those of Mr. Albert Berg. 310 00:19:08,273 --> 00:19:10,183 When news of Al Berg's death hit the streets, 311 00:19:10,233 --> 00:19:11,693 a summit meeting was called 312 00:19:11,733 --> 00:19:14,153 between the big powers in the numbers operation. 313 00:19:14,193 --> 00:19:16,613 That's when | decided to pay a visit to the Monk. 314 00:19:16,653 --> 00:19:18,653 The Monk was of a lower order. 315 00:19:18,693 --> 00:19:21,493 He had never taken the vows of poverty or silence. 316 00:19:25,323 --> 00:19:27,793 That high up, huh? 317 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,253 Yeah. Well, do you happen to know where the meeting would be? 318 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:37,293 You mean, the Midtown Garage needs repainting again, huh? 319 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:39,673 Yeah. Well, here you go. 320 00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:42,843 Go buy yourself a new pair of sandals, will you? 321 00:19:42,883 --> 00:19:44,433 The Midtown Garage... 322 00:19:44,473 --> 00:19:46,853 A week before, it had been closed for renovations, 323 00:19:46,893 --> 00:19:50,813 a week before that for rewiring and before that reroofing and new plumbing. 324 00:19:50,853 --> 00:19:53,523 It was amazing to me that despite these constant improvements 325 00:19:53,563 --> 00:19:56,403 by the owner, Benjamin Sposato, 326 00:19:56,443 --> 00:19:59,483 none of its original, quaint charm had been lost. 327 00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:03,703 At 8:21, the great purple bird arrived. 328 00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:25,763 Ain't you got no air-conditioning down here? This place stinks. 329 00:20:25,803 --> 00:20:27,183 Why don't you make it fast? 330 00:20:27,223 --> 00:20:29,763 | got to be at my granddaughter's ballet recital by 9:00. 331 00:20:29,813 --> 00:20:32,603 You think some of my boys been rippin’ off some of yours? 332 00:20:32,643 --> 00:20:35,273 - That's right, Licorice Stick. - Sweetstick. 333 00:20:35,313 --> 00:20:39,113 Whatever. Seems some of my friends have been coming down with back problems. 334 00:20:39,153 --> 00:20:40,943 My organization had nothing to do... 335 00:20:40,983 --> 00:20:44,73 With Willie Pike being wasted or the Russo brothers. 336 00:20:44,113 --> 00:20:47,783 How about my brother-in-law Al Berg? You know, Al and | were very close. 337 00:20:47,823 --> 00:20:50,413 In fact, my sister's still under the doctor's care. 338 00:20:50,453 --> 00:20:53,793 You want a war, Mr. S.? Is that what you want? 339 00:20:53,833 --> 00:20:57,123 Hey, I'm not the one that's goin' around killin’ people... bending them in half. 340 00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:59,843 Jerry here was at that countinghouse when that guy walked in. 341 00:20:59,883 --> 00:21:01,633 He was a coconut. 342 00:21:01,673 --> 00:21:05,633 One of these days, Mr. S., some coconuts are gonna fall on your head. 343 00:21:05,673 --> 00:21:07,893 And it's gonna hurt. 344 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:10,553 Well, let me tell you what's gonna happen. Number one, 345 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:12,353 one more of my people gets knocked off, 346 00:21:12,393 --> 00:21:14,433 there's gonna be coconut milk all over this place. 347 00:21:14,483 --> 00:21:17,353 Number two, | want reparations for the Russo brothers, 348 00:21:17,393 --> 00:21:20,443 for Willie Pike, for my brother-in-law! 349 00:21:20,483 --> 00:21:23,823 A quarter of all your numbers operation for the next fiscal year. 350 00:21:23,823 --> 00:21:23,823 Junk, you keep. | don't wanna bother with that stuff. 351 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:28,953 - A quarter? - That's right. 352 00:21:28,993 --> 00:21:31,663 | wouldn't bet my granddaughter's ballet slippers on that 353 00:21:31,703 --> 00:21:34,453 if | was you, Mr. S. 354 00:22:04,943 --> 00:22:07,613 Okay. Okay. 355 00:22:07,653 --> 00:22:10,993 l, uh... I'm comin’ right with you. It's okay. 356 00:22:11,33 --> 00:22:15,873 It's, uh... D-D-Don't... Don't get nervous, okay? Okay? 357 00:22:15,913 --> 00:22:20,673 It's Kolchak. 358 00:22:20,713 --> 00:22:23,93 - What's a Kolchak? - He's a reporter. 359 00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:25,213 That's right, Mr. Sposato, a reporter, |.N.S. 360 00:22:25,253 --> 00:22:27,93 What's an I.N.S.? 361 00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:30,723 Independent News Service. Founded in 1904 by Enrico Paluzzi. 362 00:22:30,763 --> 00:22:33,223 I-| think... Well, I'm sure that you must've met my managing editor, 363 00:22:33,263 --> 00:22:35,183 Antonio Vincenzo... 364 00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:36,773 At a meeting of the Sons of Garibaldi? 365 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,63 This place stinks. 366 00:22:38,103 --> 00:22:39,523 Make it fast. 367 00:22:39,563 --> 00:22:41,273 | got to be at my granddaughter's ballet recital... 368 00:22:45,23 --> 00:22:48,73 | suppose you're wondering what I'm... I'm doing here. 369 00:22:48,113 --> 00:22:51,703 - Well, uh, | think, Mr. Spinoza... - Sposato. 370 00:22:51,743 --> 00:22:53,283 Sposato. Of course, sir. 371 00:22:53,323 --> 00:22:56,413 | remember you. 372 00:22:56,453 --> 00:22:59,333 Vittorio, this is the guy that crashed my daughter Barbara's wedding, remember? 373 00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:02,963 He took all those pictures. 374 00:23:03,03 --> 00:23:05,173 - You... He's right. - No! No! 375 00:23:05,213 --> 00:23:07,383 No, there's been a horrible mistake. 376 00:23:07,423 --> 00:23:10,263 You see, you're thinking of my brother, Sidney Kolchak. 377 00:23:10,303 --> 00:23:11,933 He writes a society column. 378 00:23:14,183 --> 00:23:18,393 | remember the two-dollar hat, Kolchak. 379 00:23:18,433 --> 00:23:21,943 | got a memory like a steel trap. | never forget anything. Ask Victor. 380 00:23:21,983 --> 00:23:25,153 - That's right. Photographic. - Mr. Kolchak. 381 00:23:25,193 --> 00:23:28,193 - You ever been to Mercy General Hospital? - No. No, | never have. 382 00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:31,533 They got a great gastrointestinal man, one of the best in the Midwest. 383 00:23:31,573 --> 00:23:33,493 Doctore Rosetti. 384 00:23:35,203 --> 00:23:37,33 Vittorio, why don't you make an appointment for Mr. Kolchak 385 00:23:37,83 --> 00:23:39,793 with Dr. Rosetti? 386 00:23:39,833 --> 00:23:42,83 No! No, no, no. Wait! Wait! 387 00:23:42,123 --> 00:23:44,753 Wait! I-I-I-I can tell you who's been knocking your men off! 388 00:23:44,793 --> 00:23:47,43 - |-l Know! | can give you a name. - What? 389 00:23:47,93 --> 00:23:50,763 He's a Haitian numbers runner by the name of Francois Edmonds. 390 00:23:50,803 --> 00:23:53,53 - Why? - | don't know! What do | know why? 391 00:23:53,93 --> 00:23:56,353 Gee, maybe he got, uh... Maybe he got in Willie Pike's hair? 392 00:23:56,393 --> 00:23:58,893 Pike sent him through the system. He got knocked off by the Russo brothers. 393 00:23:58,933 --> 00:24:02,773 - | don't know. - Maybe? 394 00:24:07,443 --> 00:24:11,283 - Santa Lucia. - He's right. 395 00:24:11,323 --> 00:24:13,863 Well, Mr. Kolchak, you're partially correct. 396 00:24:13,903 --> 00:24:17,783 You see, that guy now lays in, uh, St. Lucy's Cemetery. 397 00:24:17,833 --> 00:24:22,43 - It was a very nice try. - No, that's where they keep putting him. 398 00:24:22,83 --> 00:24:25,623 But I'll bet my life... and I'm not saying that loosely, gentlemen... 399 00:24:25,673 --> 00:24:28,03 | will bet my life 400 00:24:28,43 --> 00:24:31,763 that he is not... there... now. 401 00:24:40,223 --> 00:24:42,683 Come on! Keep digging! 402 00:24:45,893 --> 00:24:49,63 Hey! You guys scabs? 403 00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:53,573 Night work is against the bylaws of the Funerary Workers Association. 404 00:25:07,833 --> 00:25:11,03 - All right. Come on. Open it, will ya? 405 00:25:21,683 --> 00:25:23,643 What kind of people are these people? 406 00:25:23,683 --> 00:25:26,233 Your theory is that anybody connected with this guy's death 407 00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:26,233 is... gonna die. 408 00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:31,733 Yeah, that's right. By having their spinal cords crushed. 409 00:25:34,613 --> 00:25:36,453 Hey, Victor... 410 00:25:38,743 --> 00:25:40,913 You gave the okay on this thing, didn't you? 411 00:25:42,493 --> 00:25:45,453 Yeah, but | asked you first. 412 00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:47,793 | told you Willie Pike wanted it done. You said go ahead. Remember? 413 00:25:47,833 --> 00:25:50,83 | don't remember that. Victor, you never... 414 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:54,593 - You never asked me about this! - Sure, | did. It was rainin’. 415 00:25:54,633 --> 00:25:58,513 You were complaining about the guy who did the job on the roof. 'Cause it leaked. 416 00:25:58,553 --> 00:26:01,183 You had this expensive pot. It was leakin' in the pot. 417 00:26:01,183 --> 00:26:01,183 You were teed off that day anyway. And when | told you about Edmonds, 418 00:26:03,853 --> 00:26:05,523 you said go ahead, waste him. 419 00:26:05,563 --> 00:26:08,273 - | remember. - | don't remember that, Victor. 420 00:26:08,313 --> 00:26:10,853 - That never happened. - You gotta remember. 421 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,323 - | said | don't remember! - You... 422 00:26:20,573 --> 00:26:21,913 Hey... 423 00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:28,663 It's him. It's that guy. 424 00:26:32,463 --> 00:26:33,753 Do somethin"! Stop him! 425 00:27:28,353 --> 00:27:30,143 Come in! 426 00:27:37,693 --> 00:27:40,403 What'd he do? Please don't tell me the details. 427 00:27:40,443 --> 00:27:41,493 Just what did he do? 428 00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:45,573 Grave desecration, one count. 429 00:27:45,623 --> 00:27:48,623 Oh! Mamma mia! 430 00:27:48,663 --> 00:27:51,163 Suspected theft of corpse. 431 00:27:51,213 --> 00:27:54,43 And that involves several health law violations. 432 00:27:54,83 --> 00:27:56,713 The most serious problem is a homicide. 433 00:27:56,753 --> 00:28:01,343 We found Kolchak an arm's length away from a fresh corpse, 434 00:28:01,383 --> 00:28:02,883 Victor Friese. 435 00:28:02,933 --> 00:28:05,803 What did you do to the guy? Pester him to death? 436 00:28:05,843 --> 00:28:07,723 Kolchak, what's going on? 437 00:28:07,763 --> 00:28:09,353 Talk. Say something sensible! 438 00:28:11,233 --> 00:28:14,103 He'll put me in jail fora year if | open my mouth. 439 00:28:14,143 --> 00:28:16,653 Tell him. 440 00:28:16,653 --> 00:28:16,653 | saw Victor Friese get his back snapped. | heard it crunch. 441 00:28:21,363 --> 00:28:23,323 And the man that did it was dead. Dead! 442 00:28:23,363 --> 00:28:25,73 And had been dead for over two weeks. 443 00:28:25,113 --> 00:28:27,163 Well, | envy him. At least he's getting some sleep! 444 00:28:27,203 --> 00:28:30,493 How do you know that this individual was dead, Kolchak? 445 00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:32,333 Did you smell formaldehyde on his breath? 446 00:28:32,373 --> 00:28:34,623 He wasn't breathing! 447 00:28:34,673 --> 00:28:38,753 You were there. We both saw him put into his grave. 448 00:28:38,793 --> 00:28:43,13 We saw the casket lowered into the grave. We didn't see if Edmonds was in it. 449 00:28:43,53 --> 00:28:46,433 Now, we think the body was exhumed by some cult. 450 00:28:46,473 --> 00:28:48,803 However, | didn't want to speculate as to the purpose. 451 00:28:48,853 --> 00:28:51,973 After all, these are Haitians. They're people from a foreign country. 452 00:28:52,23 --> 00:28:55,813 That's right. Especially Francois Edmonds. He, sir, is from hell itself! 453 00:28:55,853 --> 00:28:59,563 And how is this stiff walking, Kolchak? How is he doing it? 454 00:28:59,613 --> 00:29:01,823 Who's pulling the strings? 455 00:29:01,863 --> 00:29:05,783 | don't know exactly, but I've been doing some research. 456 00:29:05,823 --> 00:29:09,953 It's voodoo. Francois Edmonds has been turned into a zombie. 457 00:29:09,993 --> 00:29:12,493 Now, the process that activates him 458 00:29:12,543 --> 00:29:15,583 has something to do with chicken blood and corn kernels. 459 00:29:15,623 --> 00:29:17,463 Get him out of here. 460 00:29:17,503 --> 00:29:20,43 Enough for one night, Carl. Let's get outta here. Enough! 461 00:29:27,223 --> 00:29:29,973 August 20, 2:00 a.m. Another trip to the Monk. 462 00:29:30,13 --> 00:29:33,313 Immigration listed no known relatives for Francois Edmonds. 463 00:29:33,353 --> 00:29:37,693 But the Monk had his own listings. They included one Marie Juliette Edmonds. 464 00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:39,903 Also known as Mama Lois or... Mamalois. 465 00:30:06,723 --> 00:30:08,843 Mornin’, gents. How ya doin'? 466 00:30:13,763 --> 00:30:16,313 Come in, Mr. Kolchak. 467 00:30:31,413 --> 00:30:33,953 You have rum with lonely ol' woman? 468 00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:37,873 - Mm-hmm. - Light or dark? 469 00:30:37,913 --> 00:30:42,463 Well, uh, dark, light... It's all right... Mrs. Edmonds. 470 00:30:42,503 --> 00:30:46,593 Calm yourself, Mr. Kolchak. You are where you wanted to be. 471 00:30:46,633 --> 00:30:48,593 Oh, | am. 472 00:30:50,93 --> 00:30:54,353 - Mon bébé, Francois. - Uh, yeah. 473 00:30:55,683 --> 00:30:57,723 He is dead. 474 00:30:58,683 --> 00:31:00,893 But not buried. 475 00:31:00,943 --> 00:31:04,403 | mean, his body is missing from its grave, madam. 476 00:31:08,613 --> 00:31:14,163 | could not go to my grandson's burial or immigration catch me sure. 477 00:31:14,203 --> 00:31:19,963 Two young fellows dig up mon bébé for me so we can burn his poor body. 478 00:31:20,03 --> 00:31:22,463 That is custom in my family. 479 00:31:22,503 --> 00:31:24,293 Mm-hmm. Where did you burn it? 480 00:31:24,333 --> 00:31:26,553 That is personal matter. 481 00:31:26,593 --> 00:31:28,803 Do not be rude, sonny. 482 00:31:28,843 --> 00:31:33,303 | saw your grandson last night. He didn't look good, but he didn't look burned. 483 00:31:33,343 --> 00:31:37,313 He looked to me like one of the living dead, a zombie. 484 00:31:37,353 --> 00:31:40,683 Oh, you go to le cinéma too much, sonny. 485 00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,103 - Mmm. - | don't know 486 00:31:43,153 --> 00:31:48,323 where you get these crazy idea or why you come here to tell me this. 487 00:31:48,363 --> 00:31:51,903 Well, for one thing, I'd like to Know, uh, 488 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:56,203 how you knew | was coming to this house before | even got to the door. 489 00:31:56,243 --> 00:31:59,43 And also, why do people call you Mama Lois? 490 00:31:59,83 --> 00:32:03,543 - What you think that mean? - Well, I've heard about a man called a Papa Lois. 491 00:32:03,583 --> 00:32:08,633 A bokor, | think. A practitioner of voodoo. 492 00:32:08,673 --> 00:32:12,343 They call me Mamalois because | can make little medicines 493 00:32:12,383 --> 00:32:15,803 to cure little sicknesses. 494 00:32:15,843 --> 00:32:17,643 You have any little sicknesses? 495 00:32:17,643 --> 00:32:17,643 Sometimes my back hurts when | hear certain stories. 496 00:32:21,353 --> 00:32:23,233 Ah. 497 00:32:23,273 --> 00:32:25,983 | give you little medicine. 498 00:32:32,743 --> 00:32:36,783 Drink some this. Your back don't hurt no more. 499 00:32:36,823 --> 00:32:39,993 - Uh... - You afraid? 500 00:32:40,43 --> 00:32:43,463 You already drink the rum, sonny. 501 00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:45,463 The white rum. 502 00:32:45,503 --> 00:32:47,963 Uh, thank you very much. 503 00:32:48,03 --> 00:32:50,713 You're crazy, sonny. 504 00:32:50,753 --> 00:32:52,463 My stomach had taken a lot of punishment 505 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:54,343 in the last two days. 506 00:32:54,383 --> 00:32:57,223 | figured the real gut-slammer was about to come. 507 00:32:57,263 --> 00:33:01,223 A minute or so passed, and | felt no ill effects. | just felt stupid. 508 00:33:59,993 --> 00:34:03,293 Kolchak. Kolchak. Kolchak. 509 00:34:42,453 --> 00:34:45,293 - Carl... - Not now. I'm writing an article. 510 00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:48,163 Kolchak, my people on the street tell me you're making 511 00:34:48,203 --> 00:34:51,583 a lot of noise about your big zombie story being in the works. 512 00:34:51,633 --> 00:34:54,593 | just told Mr. Vincenzo that's not responsible journalism. 513 00:34:54,633 --> 00:34:55,843 Responsible journalism. 514 00:34:55,883 --> 00:34:58,213 Yeah, | know. | know. 515 00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,973 Okay, Mr. Vincenzo, 516 00:35:01,13 --> 00:35:02,933 | guess we're gonna have to go over this place 517 00:35:02,933 --> 00:35:02,933 with a fine-tooth comb. 518 00:35:05,183 --> 00:35:06,643 What do you mean, Captain? 519 00:35:06,683 --> 00:35:08,813 Well, this place... it's old. 520 00:35:08,853 --> 00:35:11,563 Lot of fire laws being violated here. 521 00:35:11,603 --> 00:35:13,363 - Where? What's the matter? - Look. Exposed wires. 522 00:35:13,403 --> 00:35:16,233 - That's only one wire. - Look here. Look here. 523 00:35:16,273 --> 00:35:19,993 - Papers next to a hot plate. - Well, | can get... Oh! 524 00:35:20,33 --> 00:35:22,703 - Get that out of there. - What about your fire stairwells? 525 00:35:22,743 --> 00:35:26,793 You haven't got books and boxes stacked out there, have you? 526 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:29,163 Kolchak, will you stop that typing? 527 00:35:29,203 --> 00:35:32,123 Don't be afraid of this blowhard. 528 00:35:38,923 --> 00:35:42,13 | think | can get Fire Chief Langsdorf down here right now. 529 00:35:42,53 --> 00:35:44,683 Now, wait a second. Wait a second, Captain. Let's not be too hasty. 530 00:35:44,723 --> 00:35:47,393 Yeah, let's just wait a couple seconds. 531 00:35:47,433 --> 00:35:50,773 Know what this is? See this? 532 00:35:50,813 --> 00:35:53,233 This is a voodoo shrine. 533 00:35:53,273 --> 00:35:55,363 Now, it's from a shrine just like this 534 00:35:55,403 --> 00:35:58,443 that Francois Edmonds, dead man, rotting cadaver and zombie 535 00:35:58,483 --> 00:36:00,903 receives his instructions to kill. 536 00:36:00,943 --> 00:36:03,823 Now, his victims that he has to kill 537 00:36:03,863 --> 00:36:07,373 are picked out by having their names written in blood 538 00:36:07,413 --> 00:36:10,123 by a papalois, a mamalois, a Mama Lois, whatever. 539 00:36:10,163 --> 00:36:12,753 - Carl... - Yeah, yeah. That's right. 540 00:36:12,793 --> 00:36:15,333 You oughta commit this to memory. You oughta really bone up on this, Captain. 541 00:36:15,383 --> 00:36:18,383 Especially the part on how to kill a zombie. 542 00:36:18,423 --> 00:36:21,13 What's the matter? You can't read? Well, I'll tell you how. 543 00:36:21,53 --> 00:36:24,763 You instruct all of your men that go out looking for this zombie 544 00:36:24,803 --> 00:36:27,393 to look in places of the dead... 545 00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:27,393 In graveyards, in cemeteries, in mortuaries or whatever. 546 00:36:31,223 --> 00:36:37,483 Each one of them has to be equipped with the following items... 547 00:36:37,523 --> 00:36:40,823 White candles, matches, salt, 548 00:36:40,863 --> 00:36:44,113 and needle and thread. 549 00:36:44,153 --> 00:36:46,573 Now, after you catch the zombie, 550 00:36:46,613 --> 00:36:50,243 you pour the salt into his mouth. 551 00:36:50,293 --> 00:36:52,03 Then with the needle and thread, 552 00:36:52,43 --> 00:36:54,753 you sew the lips 553 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:58,423 very tightly together. 554 00:36:58,463 --> 00:37:00,633 What do you do with it then, Kolchak? 555 00:37:00,673 --> 00:37:02,673 Cook the guy? Baste him with butter? 556 00:37:02,713 --> 00:37:04,923 No, you light the candles around him. 557 00:37:04,973 --> 00:37:09,893 So far, this zombie has only killed people who were connected to his murder. 558 00:37:09,933 --> 00:37:13,983 That's why its so important, Captain, for you to find out how to kill him. 559 00:37:14,23 --> 00:37:16,393 And what's that crack supposed to mean? 560 00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:19,563 You see that little knickknack there, Captain? That is your coffin. 561 00:37:19,613 --> 00:37:22,943 And spelled in blood, chicken blood, on the top of it, is your name, Winwood. 562 00:37:22,983 --> 00:37:24,863 W-I-N-W-O-O-D. 563 00:37:24,903 --> 00:37:26,493 What it really spells, Captain, 564 00:37:26,533 --> 00:37:29,413 is not only are you a crooked cop, you're also a murderous one. 565 00:37:29,453 --> 00:37:31,243 - How long have you been on Sposato's payroll, huh? - You're pathetic! 566 00:37:31,283 --> 00:37:33,503 | can explain all this. 567 00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:37,123 Carl's been under an awful lot of pressure lately. I'm probably to blame for that. 568 00:37:37,173 --> 00:37:40,383 Were you paid to participate in Edmonds's murder or just to look the other way? 569 00:37:40,423 --> 00:37:45,593 This is all the evidence you got? My name written in nail polish on a shoe box? 570 00:37:45,633 --> 00:37:47,843 That's chicken blood, and that is your coffin. 571 00:37:47,883 --> 00:37:49,763 And if you don't want your back splintered 572 00:37:49,803 --> 00:37:51,973 like an orange crate, you better listen to me. 573 00:37:52,13 --> 00:37:54,563 All right. What about you? | see that your name's written here too. 574 00:37:54,563 --> 00:37:54,563 Now what's your connection with the murder? 575 00:37:56,393 --> 00:37:57,943 | ask a lot of questions. 576 00:37:57,983 --> 00:38:01,23 Seems like nobody likes that... cops, voodooists or politicians. 577 00:38:01,63 --> 00:38:04,233 - Wouldn't you agree? - Well, in that case, since we all agree, 578 00:38:04,283 --> 00:38:06,443 we ought to be able to settle our differences. 579 00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:15,913 | want that zombie story killed or you're gonna be hearing from Chief Langsdorf. 580 00:38:15,953 --> 00:38:17,913 I... | meant to tell you... I'm comin’! 581 00:38:17,963 --> 00:38:22,383 Sewing the zombie's lips shut only works if the zombie is dormant. 582 00:38:22,423 --> 00:38:24,633 If he isn't... 583 00:38:24,673 --> 00:38:27,673 Then you'd better have some white candles with you 584 00:38:27,723 --> 00:38:30,133 to burn while you try to strangle him. 585 00:38:30,183 --> 00:38:35,313 And be very, very, very careful lighting those candles. You know why? 586 00:38:35,353 --> 00:38:39,143 So you won't violate any fire laws, ya dumb... 587 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:49,73 Kolchak! Listen, Kolchak, 588 00:38:49,113 --> 00:38:51,533 | gotta do something about little Monique in there. 589 00:38:51,573 --> 00:38:53,533 - Where do you think you're goin’? - Out. 590 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:55,543 - We have some talking to do. - Yeah. 591 00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:57,333 Laurel Pirette happens to be singing at Zachary's 592 00:38:57,333 --> 00:38:57,333 - in the alley for the dinner show. - So what? 593 00:38:58,913 --> 00:39:02,673 So Laurel Pirette happens to be Sposato's newest girlfriend. 594 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:02,673 And that's where Sposato's going to be, 595 00:39:05,673 --> 00:39:08,723 - and that's where the zombie's gonna be. - That's where I'm gonna be. 596 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:12,683 - Wait for me! - No! 597 00:39:12,723 --> 00:39:14,683 - I'm comin’! - Get back! Get back! 598 00:39:14,723 --> 00:39:16,513 I'm ready for anything! 599 00:39:27,113 --> 00:39:28,903 | didn't give the order, Mr. Edmonds. | swear! 600 00:39:28,943 --> 00:39:30,903 | don't remember anything about it. Gino! 601 00:39:30,953 --> 00:39:33,533 Gino! Gino! Gino, help me ple... 602 00:40:12,613 --> 00:40:14,993 Cab! Hey! 603 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:21,753 Take her to Brooklyn. New York! 604 00:40:45,903 --> 00:40:48,273 Hey, wait! Wait! 605 00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:50,73 Hey! Wait! 606 00:45:12,503 --> 00:45:14,503 Ugh... 607 00:45:53,543 --> 00:45:55,503 Ugh. 608 00:46:35,703 --> 00:46:39,873 Kolchak. Kolchak. 609 00:49:08,693 --> 00:49:10,523 With my camera in pieces, 610 00:49:10,573 --> 00:49:13,533 Captain Winwood's story of innocence was intact. 611 00:49:13,573 --> 00:49:17,363 He never stood trial for murder. My proof was gone. 612 00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:21,913 But that doesn't mean my story was false. Quite the contrary. 613 00:49:21,953 --> 00:49:24,793 Where's Monique? Her uncle's on the phone, worried sick. 614 00:49:24,793 --> 00:49:24,793 She's in a cab on the way to Brooklyn. 615 00:49:26,293 --> 00:49:28,173 She's in a cab on the way to Brooklyn. 616 00:49:30,463 --> 00:49:32,463 What? 617 00:49:32,513 --> 00:49:34,473 What did you say? 618 00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:37,223 You're delighted? 619 00:49:37,263 --> 00:49:40,553 You didn't what her here in the first place? 620 00:49:40,603 --> 00:49:42,773 But why? Why? 621 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:45,63 | mean, why? 622 00:49:45,63 --> 00:49:45,63 Item... Mamalois Edmonds was deported to her native country 623 00:49:47,853 --> 00:49:50,113 only one day after the events of the junkyard. 624 00:49:50,153 --> 00:49:53,483 Item... Captain Leo Winwood was relieved of duty for 625 00:49:53,533 --> 00:49:57,533 "reasons of health." 626 00:49:57,573 --> 00:50:00,873 Item... Francois Edmonds, the deceased, 627 00:50:00,913 --> 00:50:03,243 was buried a third time at public expense. 628 00:50:03,293 --> 00:50:06,793 A third time. However, this time 629 00:50:06,833 --> 00:50:12,343 rock salt was poured in his mouth, and his lips were sewn shut. 630 00:50:12,383 --> 00:50:14,673 City officials will deny this, 631 00:50:14,713 --> 00:50:16,843 but you can see it for yourself, if... 632 00:50:16,883 --> 00:50:20,893 If... you'd care to venture out to St. Lucy's Cemetery, 633 00:50:20,933 --> 00:50:23,853 and exhume the corpse. 634 00:50:24,813 --> 00:50:26,813 Be my guest. 635 00:50:26,813 --> 00:50:26,813 If you've got the nerve.