1 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:04,853 Remember the penny arcades 2 00:01:04,893 --> 00:01:06,893 that used to be so much fun when you were a kid? 3 00:01:06,943 --> 00:01:09,273 For a handful of coins, you could test your strength, 4 00:01:09,313 --> 00:01:11,903 your skill at a pinball machine. 5 00:01:11,943 --> 00:01:15,72 Those arcades were a lot of things to a lot of kids, 6 00:01:15,73 --> 00:01:19,203 but there was one particular arcade that represented something special for me. 7 00:01:19,243 --> 00:01:23,833 It was here that began one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. 8 00:01:34,03 --> 00:01:35,673 September 3, 1:00 a.m. 9 00:01:35,713 --> 00:01:39,343 Rabino's Arcade was a little different than the one you might remember. 10 00:01:39,383 --> 00:01:42,223 It was a regular bagman's drop, a narcotics pickup, 11 00:01:42,263 --> 00:01:46,353 and sometimes a center for cleaning up old business. 12 00:01:53,233 --> 00:01:56,783 Frankie Markoff, convicted arsonist, was cleaned up. 13 00:02:33,983 --> 00:02:37,863 Ryder Bond, musical prodigy at 14, internationally respected conductor at 40. 14 00:02:37,903 --> 00:02:41,153 A gifted man with a nearly fatal devotion to punctuality. 15 00:03:36,133 --> 00:03:38,253 September 7, 6:40 p.m. 16 00:03:38,303 --> 00:03:40,343 The Lake Shore apartment of George Mason, 17 00:03:40,383 --> 00:03:43,553 first violinist and concertmaster of the Great Lakes Symphony. 18 00:03:43,593 --> 00:03:46,143 Mr. Mason was trying for his customary preconcert nap. 19 00:04:08,243 --> 00:04:11,873 No. No, it's all right, Randolph. 20 00:04:13,913 --> 00:04:15,753 No! Randolph! 21 00:04:18,253 --> 00:04:21,213 Randolph, no! 22 00:04:36,63 --> 00:04:38,563 | picked up Mason's death on my police radio. 23 00:04:38,613 --> 00:04:41,573 It sounded enough like news to take me off my current assignment 24 00:04:41,613 --> 00:04:44,363 in the hope that | could beat the local paparazzi to the scene. 25 00:04:44,403 --> 00:04:48,703 Unfortunately, some of them have police band radios too. 26 00:04:55,583 --> 00:04:58,43 Kolchak, |.N.S. 27 00:05:00,923 --> 00:05:05,53 As you know, we can't issue any statement until there's a preliminary investigation. 28 00:05:05,93 --> 00:05:08,723 | have witnesses to question. Until then, anything | told you would be pure speculation. 29 00:05:08,763 --> 00:05:11,143 How about speculating, Sergeant? 30 00:05:11,183 --> 00:05:13,603 It's my opinion, Kolchak, 31 00:05:13,643 --> 00:05:15,312 that we clear the room. 32 00:05:15,313 --> 00:05:19,603 - What did the witnesses see? - That's the idea behind my questioning them. 33 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:22,613 - What happened to Mason? - Isn't it obvious? The guy was smoking in bed. 34 00:05:22,653 --> 00:05:25,403 - | didn't see any ashtrays. - That's his problem. Mrs. Sherman? 35 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,953 Mrs. Sherman, I'm Sergeant Mayer. 36 00:05:35,03 --> 00:05:36,413 Oh. 37 00:05:39,83 --> 00:05:43,03 The time was exactly 15 minutes before 7:00. 38 00:05:43,43 --> 00:05:46,513 | always take Randolph out for his nighty-night stroll 39 00:05:46,553 --> 00:05:48,513 from 6:30 to 7:00. 40 00:05:48,553 --> 00:05:52,303 Well, that's sounds like an awfully long time for such a tiny little dog. 41 00:05:52,353 --> 00:05:54,893 Is he con... Well, | mean, does he have blockage problems? 42 00:05:54,933 --> 00:05:56,103 - Kolchak. - Yes. 43 00:05:56,143 --> 00:05:57,893 - But he's much better. - Yes. 44 00:05:57,933 --> 00:05:59,943 Well, have you tried mineral oil? 45 00:05:59,983 --> 00:06:02,193 - That sometimes helps. - Now, Kolchak... 46 00:06:02,233 --> 00:06:04,443 | wouldn't try anything without talking it over with the vet. 47 00:06:04,483 --> 00:06:06,362 Turner? Turner! 48 00:06:06,363 --> 00:06:09,73 - A little exercise might help too. - Get Kolchak out of here. 49 00:06:09,113 --> 00:06:11,703 Well, now, Turner... Turner... 50 00:06:11,743 --> 00:06:14,623 Turner, you're hurting my arm. That's police brutality. Wait a minute... 51 00:06:14,663 --> 00:06:17,913 You said you saw somebody leave this apartment. Did you recognize him? 52 00:06:17,953 --> 00:06:20,623 Yes, as a matter of fact, | did recognize him. 53 00:06:22,463 --> 00:06:24,923 All right, all right. 54 00:06:26,303 --> 00:06:27,923 Wait... 55 00:07:08,673 --> 00:07:11,93 Oh, uh... 56 00:07:11,133 --> 00:07:15,473 Mrs. Sherman, do you remember me? | was with Sgt. Mayer. 57 00:07:15,513 --> 00:07:18,13 Well, he certainly takes a dim view of you. 58 00:07:18,63 --> 00:07:19,773 Well, he's a little dimwitted anyway. 59 00:07:19,813 --> 00:07:23,853 We disagree about a lot of things. He hates dogs, and | adore the little tykes. 60 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:30,493 The gentleman that you saw outside the hall here, outside of Mr. Mason's apartment... 61 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:31,823 Who was he? 62 00:07:31,863 --> 00:07:36,703 Oh, if anybody adores the symphony as | do, 63 00:07:36,743 --> 00:07:39,583 they'll certainly recognize Ryder Bond. 64 00:07:39,623 --> 00:07:42,213 Ryder Bond. The conductor of the symphony. 65 00:07:42,253 --> 00:07:46,03 Well, as a matter of fact, | didn't recognize Mr. Bond at first. 66 00:07:46,43 --> 00:07:49,133 Isn't Mr. Bond conducting a concert this evening? 67 00:07:49,173 --> 00:07:51,723 - Prokofiev, | believe. - Prokofiev. Yes. 68 00:07:51,763 --> 00:07:55,303 | would suggest a couple of crushed aspirin into a bowl of warm milk. 69 00:07:55,343 --> 00:07:58,353 - Oh, thank you. - Yes, of course, Mrs. Sherman. 70 00:08:03,443 --> 00:08:06,103 A tie-in with Ryder Bond, 71 00:08:06,153 --> 00:08:08,693 wunderkind of the musical world? 72 00:08:08,733 --> 00:08:11,363 Maybe there was some meat on the bones of this story after all. 73 00:08:11,403 --> 00:08:14,863 But | didn't have much time. | knew that Mayer and the cops would be along soon. 74 00:08:53,73 --> 00:08:53,943 Yes? 75 00:08:53,993 --> 00:08:56,203 Carl Kolchak, I.N.S. 76 00:08:56,243 --> 00:08:58,453 Could | have a moment of your time, Mr. Bond? 77 00:08:58,493 --> 00:09:01,623 George Mason, sir, is dead. 78 00:09:01,663 --> 00:09:03,203 What did you say? 79 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:05,213 You're lying. | don't believe you. Philip! 80 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:09,133 No, unfortunately it's true, sir. He was found in his apartment burned to death. 81 00:09:09,173 --> 00:09:12,593 - It's terrible. I'm sorry. - Philip! 82 00:09:12,633 --> 00:09:15,53 - Didn't you get the message? - Did George check in? 83 00:09:15,93 --> 00:09:18,53 No, sir, and his apartment doesn't answer either. 84 00:09:18,93 --> 00:09:19,513 - I've been trying... - Thank you. 85 00:09:21,643 --> 00:09:25,273 - How did it happen? - The police say it was accidental, sir. 86 00:09:25,313 --> 00:09:28,773 Good Lord. Good Lord! 87 00:09:28,813 --> 00:09:32,653 George was not only a good friend, he was one of the mainstays of my orchestra. 88 00:09:32,693 --> 00:09:34,983 He was the concertmaster. 89 00:09:35,33 --> 00:09:37,703 Who's going to play the scherzo? 90 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,413 Why wasn't | notified? 91 00:09:39,453 --> 00:09:41,413 You will be, sir. The police are right behind me. 92 00:09:41,453 --> 00:09:44,163 I'd just like to ask you and this charming young lady a question, if | may. 93 00:09:44,203 --> 00:09:46,123 Were you with Mr. Bond at 6:30 this evening? 94 00:09:46,163 --> 00:09:48,163 Silence, Felicia! She only speaks French. 95 00:09:48,213 --> 00:09:50,293 It's none of your business where I've been or at what time. 96 00:09:50,333 --> 00:09:52,753 - Now, please get out of here, Mr... - Kolchak. 97 00:09:52,793 --> 00:09:55,803 Kolchak. If you don't get out of here, I'm gonna have you thrown out. 98 00:09:55,843 --> 00:09:58,53 - Is everything all right? - No! 99 00:09:58,93 --> 00:10:00,592 The phone message sounded urgent. 100 00:10:00,593 --> 00:10:02,593 What phone message? 101 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:06,183 The one | gave you in the orchestra pit 15 minutes ago. 102 00:10:06,223 --> 00:10:08,602 That's impossible. I've been in this dressing room for two hours. 103 00:10:08,603 --> 00:10:10,563 Did anybody see you give Mr. Bond that message? 104 00:10:10,603 --> 00:10:12,863 - Yes. The entire orchestra. - Really? 105 00:10:14,983 --> 00:10:19,283 Oh, yes! Sergeant Mayer, I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine. 106 00:10:19,323 --> 00:10:22,203 Mr. Bond, Mr. Mayer. Mr. Mayer, Mr. Bond. 107 00:10:35,923 --> 00:10:38,343 - Where's Miss Cowles? - Out sick. 108 00:10:38,383 --> 00:10:40,632 Oh. Well, who's gonna do the puzzles? 109 00:10:40,633 --> 00:10:42,303 Me. 110 00:10:49,143 --> 00:10:53,23 Page one? Oh, Carl, come on! | need that story. 111 00:10:53,63 --> 00:10:55,693 Our subscribers are waiting. What are you daydreaming about? 112 00:10:55,733 --> 00:10:59,743 That bed George Mason died in was only charred with the outline of a man. 113 00:10:59,783 --> 00:11:02,113 That whole apartment should have gone up in flames. It's very puzzling. 114 00:11:02,163 --> 00:11:04,662 Well, be puzzled on your own time. | need that story. 115 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:08,413 It's not just the way that Mason died. It's the way that Ryder... 116 00:11:08,453 --> 00:11:11,833 - Oh, come on! Get on it! - All right! I'll get on it! 117 00:11:11,873 --> 00:11:15,753 It's a little hard to get excited about a small-time homeowner fraud. 118 00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:18,423 "Small-time"? You'd feel a lot differently if you had your own home, 119 00:11:18,463 --> 00:11:20,473 and you were made promises, 120 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:24,143 and you had to sign blank contracts, and you wound up with half-finished work. 121 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,103 You got taken. 122 00:11:27,473 --> 00:11:30,433 What is it? Storm windows? Roofing? Aluminum siding? 123 00:11:30,483 --> 00:11:31,983 - What? - Fumigating. 124 00:11:32,23 --> 00:11:34,813 Fumigating! 125 00:11:34,853 --> 00:11:38,943 Oh, come on, Carl. Write the story. Forget about Mason and Ryder Bond. 126 00:11:38,983 --> 00:11:40,573 Forget about Ryder Bond? 127 00:11:40,613 --> 00:11:42,993 You might as well forget about Bach, Beethoven and Bernstein. 128 00:11:42,993 --> 00:11:42,993 Well, them I've forgotten about. 129 00:11:45,243 --> 00:11:49,203 But Ryder Bond's on a witness statement. He was seen leaving Mason's apartment. 130 00:11:49,243 --> 00:11:53,03 If we have a story connected with Bond, remember, | have a musical background. 131 00:11:53,43 --> 00:11:55,423 - | play the French horn. - Yeah, well, | would have guessed that. 132 00:11:55,463 --> 00:11:57,883 Get out and get that material right after lunch. 133 00:11:57,923 --> 00:12:01,53 - For now, write! - Write. 134 00:12:01,93 --> 00:12:02,593 - Write. - Write. 135 00:12:02,633 --> 00:12:05,393 Smite. Tight. 136 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,643 Blight? 137 00:12:21,993 --> 00:12:24,73 September 8, Patterson Towers Apartments. 138 00:12:24,113 --> 00:12:28,453 Miss Felicia Porter, Sorbonne graduate and international music groupie, 139 00:12:28,493 --> 00:12:30,833 stepped out to improve her tan. 140 00:12:30,873 --> 00:12:34,753 The sun that day was hot, but not hot enough to cause what eventually happened. 141 00:12:37,503 --> 00:12:39,673 Ryder? 142 00:13:45,823 --> 00:13:48,822 Did you know Miss Porter personally? 143 00:13:48,823 --> 00:13:51,33 Just saw her around. 144 00:13:51,73 --> 00:13:53,373 She lived a few floors below us. 145 00:13:54,953 --> 00:13:59,123 We were coming up here for a swim when we... 146 00:13:59,173 --> 00:14:01,333 When we heard... 147 00:14:01,383 --> 00:14:05,03 Screams. It was awful. | was in 'Nam, and | never saw anything that bad. 148 00:14:05,53 --> 00:14:08,553 Was she completely burned when you got out here? 149 00:14:08,593 --> 00:14:12,763 Was there ever any talk about Miss Porter, like excessive drinking or anything? 150 00:14:12,803 --> 00:14:16,563 You police always think the worst of people. | never heard anything like that. 151 00:14:16,563 --> 00:14:16,563 It's just that she did smoke. 152 00:14:18,773 --> 00:14:20,733 It is possible when she dropped the match in the chaise, 153 00:14:20,773 --> 00:14:23,523 she could have been too drunk to get up when the fire started. 154 00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:27,243 Do you know anybody else that saw the fire, anybody else | can talk to? 155 00:14:29,653 --> 00:14:31,743 What's the problem? Is there someone else? 156 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:36,413 Well, when we first ran out here... 157 00:14:36,453 --> 00:14:38,873 Janis thought she saw a man standing over there, but... 158 00:14:38,873 --> 00:14:38,873 It was just a flash. 159 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:44,923 | guess it was my nerves. | mean, how could he have gotten off the roof? 160 00:14:44,963 --> 00:14:49,13 - What do you mean, a flash? - Like out of the corner of your eye. 161 00:14:49,13 --> 00:14:49,13 He was there, and then gone. 162 00:14:52,473 --> 00:14:54,263 What did he look like? 163 00:14:54,303 --> 00:14:56,813 It was an optical illusion. | don't know. 164 00:14:56,853 --> 00:14:58,893 All right, Kolchak. You wanna report? Report. 165 00:14:58,893 --> 00:14:58,893 You wanna do police work, apply to the academy. 166 00:15:01,353 --> 00:15:04,863 Was he about 40, handsome, had a beard, distinguished-looking? 167 00:15:04,903 --> 00:15:07,233 Yes, | guess he might have been. 168 00:15:07,283 --> 00:15:11,653 All right, that's it. Harmel, Mr. Kolchak is going downstairs. Help him. 169 00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:14,283 - | got every right to be here. - But not to interfere with police work. 170 00:15:14,323 --> 00:15:16,453 What are we saying here? 171 00:15:16,493 --> 00:15:20,43 That Felicia Porter dropped a match on this cushion and it burst into flames? 172 00:15:20,83 --> 00:15:23,213 - That's right. - Why didn't the entire cushion go up in flame? 173 00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:23,213 Why didn't it burn? The only thing that's burned is where the body was touching. 174 00:15:26,753 --> 00:15:31,303 If we think there's any reason to worry about that, we'll ask the arson squad. 175 00:15:31,343 --> 00:15:34,433 - Well, start worrying. There's reason. - Harmel, get him out of here. 176 00:16:25,353 --> 00:16:28,613 You're a 20-year veteran, Kolchak. What is the matter with your head? 177 00:16:28,653 --> 00:16:30,113 It's a Smear. 178 00:16:30,113 --> 00:16:30,113 You're practically accusing a man of murder. 179 00:16:31,983 --> 00:16:35,613 Ryder Bond, almost a god to some of the wealthiest, most powerful people in Chicago. 180 00:16:35,663 --> 00:16:37,992 God? | didn't think about that. 181 00:16:37,993 --> 00:16:40,413 Maybe he's starting those fires by hurling thunderbolts. 182 00:16:40,453 --> 00:16:43,703 That is a rotten thing to say. Bond is a consummate artist, a genius. 183 00:16:43,753 --> 00:16:45,673 All right, Ron, fine, fine. 184 00:16:45,713 --> 00:16:47,963 This isn't your story. Where's your assigned story? 185 00:16:48,03 --> 00:16:50,423 - Nobody told you to write these slanders! - That's right. 186 00:16:50,463 --> 00:16:52,383 Can we please hold this hysteria down to a fever pitch? 187 00:16:52,423 --> 00:16:55,93 We could be crushed like bugs for printing these allegations. 188 00:16:55,133 --> 00:16:57,393 "After perfunctory questioning by police, 189 00:16:57,433 --> 00:17:00,303 Mr. Bond was allowed to leave the recording studio and return to his home." 190 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,523 "Perfunctory"? "Allowed"? 191 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:05,813 Should they beat the conductor of the Great Lakes Symphony with rubber hoses? 192 00:17:05,853 --> 00:17:08,943 He was seen at two scenes of the accident by eyewitnesses. 193 00:17:08,983 --> 00:17:11,443 Other eyewitnesses, reliable ones, 194 00:17:11,483 --> 00:17:14,943 have stated repeatedly that Bond was with them when the accidents happened. 195 00:17:14,993 --> 00:17:17,703 And one eyewitness, Miss Felicia Porter, 196 00:17:17,743 --> 00:17:19,783 is no longer felicitous, nor is she alive. 197 00:17:19,823 --> 00:17:22,703 She is currently inhabiting an urn. 198 00:17:22,743 --> 00:17:26,123 That is an allegation of murder, which implies motive! 199 00:17:26,163 --> 00:17:29,883 In a case where the police have just about ruled out foul play. 200 00:17:29,923 --> 00:17:32,593 Well, why don't they rule something in? That's all I'm asking. That's all | want! 201 00:17:32,633 --> 00:17:34,383 - That's all you were asking. - Now, wait... 202 00:17:34,423 --> 00:17:36,93 Now, just look! 203 00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,303 If we have to devote any time to these tragic burnings, 204 00:17:38,343 --> 00:17:41,643 I'll have Ron write up some profiles, eulogies on the victims. 205 00:17:41,683 --> 00:17:44,62 - | have something on file. - Yes, but short and sweet, Updyke. 206 00:17:44,63 --> 00:17:46,62 Don't hand me any Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 207 00:17:46,63 --> 00:17:48,63 - Now, just one minute, Tony... - Kolchak... 208 00:17:48,63 --> 00:17:48,63 When you get back to the swindle and fraud stories, 209 00:17:50,483 --> 00:17:52,233 write about how you're employed here, 210 00:17:52,273 --> 00:17:55,533 which is one of the biggest swindles in memory! 211 00:17:55,573 --> 00:17:58,653 Tony! You listen... 212 00:18:17,303 --> 00:18:19,53 What did you say, Kolchak? 213 00:18:19,93 --> 00:18:20,973 Where are you going, Kolchak? 214 00:18:21,13 --> 00:18:23,303 Kolchak, come back here! 215 00:18:29,693 --> 00:18:34,363 Now, that item will never see the inside of the neighborhood department store. 216 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:34,363 Too bad, too, because it's a nice idea. Comes already trimmed. 217 00:18:37,233 --> 00:18:40,953 But if you happen to be standing too close when the spark hits, 218 00:18:40,993 --> 00:18:42,573 then it trims your eyebrows. 219 00:18:42,623 --> 00:18:45,373 Mr. Cardinale, what would it take 220 00:18:45,413 --> 00:18:48,543 to completely burn up a human body 221 00:18:48,583 --> 00:18:51,253 in, oh, say, 10, 15 seconds? 222 00:18:51,293 --> 00:18:54,293 | suppose a couple thousand degrees. 223 00:18:54,343 --> 00:18:56,253 Is there a substance 224 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:58,963 that a person could get their hands on 225 00:18:59,13 --> 00:19:03,513 that could completely burn up a human being in that length of time, that quickly? 226 00:19:03,553 --> 00:19:08,183 Well, the army has a few things that could set fire to the ice in your highball. 227 00:19:08,223 --> 00:19:09,683 What are they? 228 00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:12,853 What they are is not available to the public. 229 00:19:12,903 --> 00:19:14,903 - For obvious reasons. - But a person could get them? 230 00:19:14,943 --> 00:19:18,73 The kind of burning that you're talking about, 231 00:19:18,113 --> 00:19:20,743 sounds to me like somebody might... 232 00:19:20,783 --> 00:19:24,623 Just might have some kind of a military chemical. 233 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,953 If, like you say, the body is burnt but the surroundings are not, 234 00:19:27,993 --> 00:19:33,463 either somebody does have some kind of super hotfoot juice, 235 00:19:33,463 --> 00:19:33,463 or something's happening that | don't know about. 236 00:19:35,793 --> 00:19:37,843 - But... - And | would like to know about that. 237 00:19:55,693 --> 00:19:58,23 September 9, 5:30 p.m. 238 00:19:58,73 --> 00:20:00,903 | was faced with two equally unpleasant possibilities. 239 00:20:00,943 --> 00:20:04,913 One, some sort of horrible freak note was being played in the brain of Ryder Bond, 240 00:20:04,953 --> 00:20:07,123 and he was setting fire to his fellowman, 241 00:20:07,163 --> 00:20:09,743 or two, to paraphrase Mr. Cardinale, 242 00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:12,202 something inexplicable was happening that perhaps 243 00:20:12,203 --> 00:20:15,213 | really did want to know about. 244 00:20:15,213 --> 00:20:15,213 Unfortunately, a reporter is paid to find out things 245 00:20:18,963 --> 00:20:21,763 whether he wants to know about them or not. 246 00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:25,433 As | was to be taught once again, there are nicer ways to make a living. 247 00:20:25,473 --> 00:20:28,183 Far nicer. 248 00:20:28,223 --> 00:20:31,603 I'd come to confront Mr. Bond because no one else seemed to want to. 249 00:20:31,643 --> 00:20:33,433 He was slated to give a matinee concert, 250 00:20:33,483 --> 00:20:36,63 but was now unaccountably making an unscheduled appearance 251 00:20:36,103 --> 00:20:38,733 in the car of Philip Randolf Rourke, 252 00:20:38,773 --> 00:20:42,323 treasurer and business manager of the Great Lakes Symphony Association. 253 00:21:43,593 --> 00:21:46,973 Get under the hood! There's two men trapped inside of there! 254 00:21:49,393 --> 00:21:52,263 - Listen... - Please, sir, move along. 255 00:21:52,303 --> 00:21:55,433 - Ryder Bond was in that car! - He's lucky he's not in it now. 256 00:21:58,853 --> 00:22:02,733 George Mason, Felicia Porter, and now Philip Rourke... 257 00:22:02,773 --> 00:22:06,613 The third flame in a steadily growing, grisly candelabra. 258 00:22:06,653 --> 00:22:08,703 | fully expected to find a fourth, 259 00:22:08,743 --> 00:22:12,283 but there was absolutely no trace of Ryder Bond in that vehicle. 260 00:22:12,323 --> 00:22:14,833 | was starting to think | shouldn't have canceled my appointment 261 00:22:14,873 --> 00:22:16,333 with the eye doctor. 262 00:24:22,623 --> 00:24:24,793 Obviously you've got every right to slam the door in my face. 263 00:24:24,833 --> 00:24:29,93 But there are some questions that nobody seems to want to answer, or even ask. 264 00:24:40,353 --> 00:24:42,603 Well, first let me say 265 00:24:42,643 --> 00:24:44,853 how sorry | am about Miss Porter. 266 00:24:44,893 --> 00:24:47,603 It's a tragedy, a terrible, terrible tragedy. 267 00:24:47,653 --> 00:24:53,113 I'm sure that words can't really express the grief that you must feel. 268 00:24:55,73 --> 00:24:56,493 Yes. 269 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:01,583 Well, I'm glad to see that you are maintaining your equanimity. 270 00:25:01,623 --> 00:25:04,502 Last time we met you seemed very upset, 271 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:08,03 with even less reason than you have now. 272 00:25:09,843 --> 00:25:11,503 Mr. Bond? 273 00:25:12,673 --> 00:25:14,133 Mr. Bond? 274 00:25:18,13 --> 00:25:20,223 Sir? 275 00:25:54,423 --> 00:25:57,13 The academicians at the university smiled tolerantly 276 00:25:57,53 --> 00:25:58,803 when | told them my problems. 277 00:25:58,843 --> 00:26:01,643 They said perhaps | thought | had seen a doppelganger, 278 00:26:01,683 --> 00:26:03,893 the destructive ghost of someone dead 279 00:26:03,933 --> 00:26:05,813 who takes on the appearance of one who is alive... 280 00:26:05,853 --> 00:26:08,143 Ryder Bond, in this case. 281 00:26:08,193 --> 00:26:09,773 They recommended a good psychoanalyst, 282 00:26:09,813 --> 00:26:12,153 and gave me a mass of books to read on the subject. 283 00:26:12,193 --> 00:26:16,33 Obviously, none of the professors had ever seen a room explode around them, 284 00:26:16,73 --> 00:26:18,113 for no earthly reason. 285 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:31,213 Books are fine if you want to know the sociological reasons for legends, 286 00:26:31,253 --> 00:26:32,883 or a lot of other intellectual double-talk, 287 00:26:32,923 --> 00:26:36,423 but there's nothing like a girl with the instincts of a Gypsy. 288 00:26:36,463 --> 00:26:39,723 In fact, there's nothing quite like a Gypsy girl. 289 00:26:39,763 --> 00:26:42,803 Yes, yes, you should definitely redo the dining room. 290 00:26:42,853 --> 00:26:45,473 But not in gold. In blue. 291 00:26:45,513 --> 00:26:48,103 And you should stay with traditional furniture. 292 00:26:49,563 --> 00:26:53,903 However, should your path cross that of a lying reporter, 293 00:26:53,943 --> 00:26:55,653 don't tell him anything, 294 00:26:55,693 --> 00:26:59,153 particularly about any robberies you may have seen. 295 00:26:59,193 --> 00:27:00,612 He will quote you, 296 00:27:00,613 --> 00:27:03,743 and then, mysteriously, police will arrive at your door. 297 00:27:03,783 --> 00:27:06,83 Thank you. 298 00:27:06,123 --> 00:27:09,253 - Thank you. - | didn't understand any of that. 299 00:27:10,543 --> 00:27:14,173 Maria, | told you | cut that out of the article, 300 00:27:14,213 --> 00:27:16,463 but my bureau chief put it back in. 301 00:27:16,503 --> 00:27:20,173 You've got your problems, I've got mine. Look at these tea stains. 302 00:27:20,223 --> 00:27:23,143 - | got you off the hook with the cops, didn't I? - Yes. 303 00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:26,313 Yeah. Now I've come to ask you a favor in return. 304 00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:30,563 | think I'm tangled up with a ghost. | think that the ghost is trying to kill me. 305 00:27:30,603 --> 00:27:32,983 And from what I've read, 306 00:27:33,23 --> 00:27:35,693 | understand... well, | think... 307 00:27:35,733 --> 00:27:38,193 Don't laugh. 308 00:27:38,233 --> 00:27:40,863 | think it's a doppelganger. 309 00:27:40,903 --> 00:27:43,613 - She laughed. - | can't help it. I'm sorry. It's funny. 310 00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:46,743 I'm really serious. Do you know anything about these kind of things? 311 00:27:46,783 --> 00:27:51,913 Oh, well, it's a malicious and lost spirit of a dead person 312 00:27:51,963 --> 00:27:54,963 who's trying to wear down a living human being and take over his body, 313 00:27:55,03 --> 00:27:57,793 someone he envies and... 314 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,133 What spirit would envy you? 315 00:28:00,673 --> 00:28:03,883 No, no, it's not me, it's... Well, it's somebody else. 316 00:28:03,933 --> 00:28:06,933 Oh, so you started nosing around, and now it wants to kill you. 317 00:28:06,973 --> 00:28:10,143 That's what | want to find out. It's that true? | mean, is it possible? 318 00:28:10,183 --> 00:28:13,483 You know, Kolchak, | have a friend. He's a doctor. 319 00:28:13,523 --> 00:28:14,943 Yeah? 320 00:28:14,983 --> 00:28:18,273 And Lou's always complaining because his friends want free advice. 321 00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:20,153 Gypsies have the same problem. 322 00:28:20,193 --> 00:28:22,693 Aw, Maria. 323 00:28:26,623 --> 00:28:30,702 You're really turning into a very commercial person. 324 00:28:30,703 --> 00:28:33,163 You know that? 325 00:28:33,213 --> 00:28:37,43 Well, anyway, my grandmother had another name for that kind of a spirit. 326 00:28:37,83 --> 00:28:40,633 But in essence it's the same thing. She claimed that it was anyway. 327 00:28:40,673 --> 00:28:43,343 But then again, she claimed that tight pants made someone sterile. 328 00:28:47,263 --> 00:28:49,723 You haven't been sleeping, have you? 329 00:28:49,723 --> 00:28:49,723 No, I've been too terrified. 330 00:28:52,433 --> 00:28:56,693 So... So, what they say in the books is true, huh? 331 00:28:56,733 --> 00:29:00,483 Well, the spirit can only take final control of your friend's body when he goes to sleep. 332 00:29:00,523 --> 00:29:04,323 And it'll kill you too the minute you doze off. 333 00:29:04,363 --> 00:29:07,663 You mean, the moment that | go to sleep I'm a dead man? 334 00:29:07,703 --> 00:29:10,123 Absolutely... | think. 335 00:29:10,123 --> 00:29:10,123 That's terrific. I'm exhausted right now. 336 00:29:12,453 --> 00:29:14,503 Well, listen, 337 00:29:14,543 --> 00:29:18,463 a spirit can't operate on sanctified ground, right? 338 00:29:18,503 --> 00:29:21,93 Then go find yourself a church and flake out. 339 00:29:21,133 --> 00:29:24,213 That's great. | never would have thought of that. 340 00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:27,553 What do | do afterwards? How do | get rid of this doppelganger? 341 00:29:27,593 --> 00:29:30,513 - How do | eliminate him? - | don't really know. 342 00:29:30,553 --> 00:29:33,103 You have to do something about finding out whose spirit it is. 343 00:29:33,143 --> 00:29:34,853 You have to get the earthly remains. 344 00:29:34,893 --> 00:29:37,733 You have to try to force the body and the soul together... 345 00:29:37,773 --> 00:29:40,273 Don't be vague, Maria. | gotta know specifically, exactly. 346 00:29:40,313 --> 00:29:43,33 Well | don't know exactly. I'd have to ask my grandmother. 347 00:29:43,73 --> 00:29:43,863 Well? 348 00:29:43,903 --> 00:29:46,283 My grandmother's living in a nursing home in Winnetka. 349 00:29:46,323 --> 00:29:48,113 When she starts talking, she never lets go. 350 00:29:48,163 --> 00:29:51,33 I'll have to hear about her bunions and her stomach and... 351 00:29:51,73 --> 00:29:54,833 Maria, will you just go up and ask her? I'll come back. 352 00:29:54,873 --> 00:29:57,583 All right. For $200. 353 00:29:57,623 --> 00:30:00,133 Two hundred doll... 354 00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:02,883 Maria, all I've got is five bucks for dinner. 355 00:30:02,923 --> 00:30:06,93 It's just terrible to be broke and superstitious at the same time. 356 00:30:06,133 --> 00:30:08,53 You don't trust me, right? 357 00:30:08,93 --> 00:30:11,433 - All right, I'll get it for you. - In 48 hours. 358 00:30:11,473 --> 00:30:14,513 - Or | put a Gypsy curse on you. - You wouldn't do that to me. 359 00:30:14,563 --> 00:30:16,813 Well, | wouldn't, but my brother Vincent would, 360 00:30:16,813 --> 00:30:16,813 and Vincent hates to be taken away from his karate studio. 361 00:30:20,403 --> 00:30:22,983 Oh. Well, that kind of a curse | understand. 362 00:30:23,23 --> 00:30:24,823 | thought you would. 363 00:30:36,913 --> 00:30:38,543 Is that you again? 364 00:30:38,583 --> 00:30:41,293 Why do you keep disappearing? Who are you? 365 00:30:41,333 --> 00:30:42,793 Kolchak. Who were you expecting? 366 00:30:45,93 --> 00:30:46,803 I'm never quite sure anymore. 367 00:30:46,843 --> 00:30:49,933 | seem to have developed a rather exotic form of schizophrenia. 368 00:30:49,973 --> 00:30:52,303 | keep seeing myself. 369 00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:56,683 I'm never really sure it's me. 370 00:30:56,723 --> 00:31:00,443 Well, I'm not sure it's you either. 371 00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:04,233 I'm really not sure whether I'm speaking to Mr. Bond or to the doppelganger. 372 00:31:04,273 --> 00:31:06,23 The doppelganger? 373 00:31:06,73 --> 00:31:09,153 It's a ghost who wants to take over your body, Mr. Bond. 374 00:31:09,193 --> 00:31:11,203 Oh, really? How charming. 375 00:31:11,243 --> 00:31:13,373 | prefer that to madness. 376 00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,623 Now, how do | get it over with? 377 00:31:15,663 --> 00:31:17,833 That's very simple. You simply go to sleep. 378 00:31:17,873 --> 00:31:21,163 Splendid idea! 379 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:24,793 Listen, | couldn't sleep all last night thinking about Felicia and Mason. 380 00:31:24,843 --> 00:31:27,383 They were your closest friends. The doppelganger killed them. 381 00:31:27,423 --> 00:31:30,513 - And Chopin is gonna play his concerto tonight. - I'm very serious. 382 00:31:30,553 --> 00:31:34,263 It's going to take over your body and soul the moment you fall asleep. 383 00:31:34,303 --> 00:31:36,513 It comes from the song of the same name. 384 00:31:36,563 --> 00:31:40,103 - This is ridiculous. - Ridiculous? Okay. 385 00:31:40,143 --> 00:31:41,853 Would you like a list of people 386 00:31:41,893 --> 00:31:44,603 that went up with so-called 387 00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:48,283 instantaneous... Spontaneous combustion? 388 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:52,113 Ottawa, Illinois. Aman and a woman burned up in 1885. 389 00:31:52,153 --> 00:31:55,823 - That was eons ago. Can you prove it? - You want some later dates? 390 00:31:55,873 --> 00:31:58,743 Sure. How about this one? Level Cross, North Carolina, 1953. 391 00:31:58,793 --> 00:32:00,953 Hmm? Two of them in 1956. 392 00:32:01,03 --> 00:32:04,623 One in Venetia, California, and one in Honolulu. 393 00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:07,463 1959. Oh, that was a very good year. 394 00:32:07,503 --> 00:32:10,13 One in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and another one in 1959, 395 00:32:10,53 --> 00:32:11,803 right over here in Rockford, Illinois. 396 00:32:11,803 --> 00:32:11,803 All of them... Pffht! Gone. 397 00:32:14,553 --> 00:32:19,143 And you're doing this all for a newspaper story. 398 00:32:19,183 --> 00:32:22,103 Well, partly. I'm really more interested in saving my own skin. 399 00:32:22,143 --> 00:32:24,942 | have a feeling that doppelganger is hanging around here, 400 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,233 and knows that I'm helping you. 401 00:32:26,273 --> 00:32:28,573 - Oh, really? - Really. 402 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:41,663 Finally, Bond realized | was telling the truth, 403 00:32:41,703 --> 00:32:43,123 and agreed to let me take him to a place 404 00:32:43,163 --> 00:32:44,833 where he could sleep in safety. 405 00:32:44,873 --> 00:32:47,333 On the way there we went over his every move 406 00:32:47,383 --> 00:32:50,133 the day the doppelganger killed Mason. 407 00:32:50,173 --> 00:32:52,263 Bond remembered cutting through the funeral procession 408 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:53,763 on the way to rehearsal. 409 00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:53,763 It was there the spirit latched onto him. 410 00:32:56,53 --> 00:32:59,643 Going north on Lake Shore Drive takes you to only one cemetery. 411 00:32:59,643 --> 00:32:59,643 Possibly | could find out who was buried there that day. 412 00:33:06,103 --> 00:33:08,903 "Sierra Nevada." 413 00:33:08,943 --> 00:33:10,733 Nevada. "N." "M." 414 00:33:11,903 --> 00:33:13,653 What a mess. 415 00:33:15,993 --> 00:33:17,863 What are you doing? 416 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:20,413 | have been slaving over those drawers trying to get them in systematic order. 417 00:33:20,453 --> 00:33:22,793 - Who told you to? - What are you looking for? 418 00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:25,583 - Markoff. Markoff! - Mark off what? 419 00:33:25,623 --> 00:33:27,583 Frankie Markoff. 420 00:33:27,623 --> 00:33:30,673 He was listed as having been buried by the Old Park Cemetery about the third of this month, 421 00:33:30,713 --> 00:33:31,923 along with a few other bodies. 422 00:33:31,963 --> 00:33:33,883 "D" for death, "OQ" for obituaries. 423 00:33:33,923 --> 00:33:37,343 "For obituaries." Don't you read the Teletype, Uptight? 424 00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:41,563 There was an article in there about his death, some gangland hit. 425 00:33:41,603 --> 00:33:43,183 Try "M" for murder, "H" for homicide. 426 00:33:43,223 --> 00:33:45,563 Mind if | start with "A" all over again? 427 00:33:45,603 --> 00:33:47,563 Uh-huh... Aha! 428 00:33:47,603 --> 00:33:49,983 Franklin Markoff. Yeah. 429 00:33:51,273 --> 00:33:53,363 "Gunned down. 430 00:33:53,363 --> 00:33:53,363 No witnesses. Convicted arsonist." 431 00:33:57,403 --> 00:33:59,113 Arsonist. 432 00:33:59,163 --> 00:34:02,123 - "A" for arson? - Mm-hmm. 433 00:34:02,163 --> 00:34:04,953 Uptight, have you never heard of the Dewey decimal system? 434 00:34:07,623 --> 00:34:09,793 Frankie was a good provider, 435 00:34:09,833 --> 00:34:12,383 but you couldn't say he was exactly burning with ambition. 436 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:12,383 Do you know what your husband did for a living, Mrs. Markoff? 437 00:34:14,503 --> 00:34:16,763 He never said. 438 00:34:16,803 --> 00:34:19,263 Frankie was what they call a private person. 439 00:34:19,303 --> 00:34:22,723 | never really got to know him too well. 440 00:34:22,763 --> 00:34:25,813 - How long were you married to him? - Six years. 441 00:34:25,853 --> 00:34:29,603 Frankie did night work, and | saw him mostly when he was lying in bed. 442 00:34:29,643 --> 00:34:31,403 You can't get to know a person like that. 443 00:34:31,443 --> 00:34:33,773 He didn't talk a lot. 444 00:34:33,823 --> 00:34:36,993 | don't think he had anything to say. 445 00:34:38,783 --> 00:34:42,283 Did he have any interests that you know of? 446 00:34:42,323 --> 00:34:44,953 - One. - His son. 447 00:34:50,373 --> 00:34:52,333 No, music. 448 00:34:52,383 --> 00:34:54,923 Frankie loved music. 449 00:34:54,963 --> 00:34:57,343 Classy music. He went to concerts. 450 00:34:57,383 --> 00:34:59,513 He even played in a band once. 451 00:34:59,553 --> 00:35:01,473 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 452 00:35:01,513 --> 00:35:04,223 They called themselves the Trustees. He was with them five years. 453 00:35:04,263 --> 00:35:06,63 You wanna see his horn? 454 00:35:08,103 --> 00:35:11,983 Anyways, a couple of times at night, when he was playing his records real loud, 455 00:35:12,23 --> 00:35:14,153 | looked in and saw him standing in the room, 456 00:35:14,193 --> 00:35:17,73 waving a stick in the air like he was leading a band. 457 00:35:19,903 --> 00:35:22,953 Thank you very much, Mrs. Markoff. You've been very helpful. 458 00:35:22,953 --> 00:35:22,953 There's not much to tell. I'm sorry Frankie wasn't more exciting. 459 00:35:27,83 --> 00:35:29,913 Oh, he's exciting, all right. 460 00:35:29,953 --> 00:35:31,753 Uh... 461 00:35:34,83 --> 00:35:35,543 Oh! 462 00:36:06,493 --> 00:36:09,833 | had to see the place where Frankie Markoff was murdered. 463 00:36:09,873 --> 00:36:13,963 If Markoff were the doppelganger, this was the last place he could remember. 464 00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:13,963 Before this, in place or time, he had no identity. 465 00:36:18,173 --> 00:36:18,173 | Knew Frankie Markoff. | been all over it with the cops. 466 00:36:21,553 --> 00:36:24,93 - You a cop? - Do | look like a cop? Do I? 467 00:36:24,133 --> 00:36:27,143 - I'm a reporter. - That's not much of an improvement. 468 00:36:27,183 --> 00:36:29,643 Were you here the night that Frankie was murdered? 469 00:36:29,683 --> 00:36:30,473 Me? 470 00:36:30,523 --> 00:36:33,273 | was having dinner over to my sister's, chief. 471 00:36:33,313 --> 00:36:37,443 - Then who was watching the store? - Ah, tragic about Frankie. 472 00:36:37,483 --> 00:36:40,153 He was the Jim Thorpe of pinball. 473 00:36:40,193 --> 00:36:42,113 He could murder any game. 474 00:36:42,153 --> 00:36:46,493 Aces High, Swinger, Gridiron... 475 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:50,703 | mean, the man had fingers like a flipper. 476 00:36:50,743 --> 00:36:54,03 | don't want to know who killed him. I'm not interested in that at all. 477 00:36:54,43 --> 00:36:56,793 All | want to know is exactly where it happened. 478 00:36:56,833 --> 00:36:58,593 That's all | want to know. 479 00:37:02,213 --> 00:37:03,883 Well... 480 00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:08,853 ...there goes dinner. 481 00:37:10,513 --> 00:37:13,483 Okay. Now 482 00:37:13,523 --> 00:37:15,693 the bullets hit him right over here. 483 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:18,943 One, two, three. Not a sound out of him. 484 00:37:18,943 --> 00:37:18,943 Hits the machine, falls over on the floor. 485 00:37:22,233 --> 00:37:22,233 - See? You can still see the chalk marks. - Yeah? Where? 486 00:37:25,493 --> 00:37:28,203 - Right there. See? Chalk marks? - Oh, yeah. 487 00:37:28,243 --> 00:37:30,413 Hey. Four Square. 488 00:37:30,453 --> 00:37:35,163 You know, it was on this machine that Frankie set the house record. 489 00:37:35,213 --> 00:37:38,673 Sixty-six consecutive games. 490 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,463 Boy, it's ironic. 491 00:37:41,503 --> 00:37:43,763 Here today, tilt tomorrow. 492 00:37:44,713 --> 00:37:46,763 Jackpot. 493 00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:08,513 I'll be more than happy to loan you some money, Mr. Kolchak, no questions asked. 494 00:39:08,553 --> 00:39:10,763 | need it. | need it today. 495 00:39:10,803 --> 00:39:15,53 Otherwise, some Gypsy gentlemen are going to use my kidneys as kettledrums. 496 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:19,393 Alcohol or gambling? My cousin Ernest could be of a great help and comfort. 497 00:39:19,433 --> 00:39:22,353 Thank you, Monique, but | don't need the services of a rabbi. 498 00:39:22,353 --> 00:39:22,353 | bought some information, and | have to pay for it. 499 00:39:25,693 --> 00:39:29,823 Could you take this to Miss Marian H... Mary... Mar... Maria Hargrove 500 00:39:29,863 --> 00:39:33,413 at the Little Romany Tearoom for me, huh? 501 00:39:33,453 --> 00:39:35,873 Little Romany Tearoom? 502 00:39:35,913 --> 00:39:37,663 Good morning, Monique. 503 00:39:37,703 --> 00:39:41,83 - Good morning, Mr. Vincenzo. Good morning, Ron. - Good morning. 504 00:39:41,123 --> 00:39:44,83 Wouldn't it behoove you to wear some fresh clothes when you come in here? 505 00:39:44,133 --> 00:39:46,503 You do represent I.N.S. before the public, you know. 506 00:39:46,543 --> 00:39:48,253 What are you doing in my desk? 507 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:50,923 Where are your caffeine pills, Ron? 508 00:39:50,973 --> 00:39:53,973 I've been up for 52 hours straight, and if | nod off I'm a dead man. 509 00:39:53,973 --> 00:39:53,973 Tequila, wasn't it? 510 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:58,643 | once overdid it at a fraternity party. Same thing happened to me. 511 00:39:58,683 --> 00:40:00,433 Terrible nightmares when | fell asleep. 512 00:40:00,483 --> 00:40:02,643 - Pills, Ron! - Upper right-hand drawer. 513 00:40:02,693 --> 00:40:04,483 Upper right-hand... Oh, yes. 514 00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:10,743 Kolchak! 515 00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,993 I've never seen you like this before. 516 00:40:12,993 --> 00:40:12,993 Pick him up. What's the matter? You sick? 517 00:40:15,493 --> 00:40:17,453 Shall we call a doctor? 518 00:40:17,493 --> 00:40:19,833 I've been marked for death by the doppelganger. 519 00:40:19,833 --> 00:40:19,833 Unless | can get the ghost back into the body, I'm gonna burn up. 520 00:40:22,833 --> 00:40:25,503 - He does have a temperature. - What's a doppelganger? 521 00:40:25,543 --> 00:40:26,923 What body? What are you talking about? 522 00:40:26,963 --> 00:40:28,503 Frankie Markoff, the doppelganger. 523 00:40:28,543 --> 00:40:30,923 Carl, go home and get some sleep. 524 00:40:30,963 --> 00:40:32,973 No, | can't go home, Tony. | can't. 525 00:40:33,13 --> 00:40:35,973 Listen, Tony, this is an incredible story. 526 00:40:36,13 --> 00:40:39,603 - If something happens to me... - Carl, forget all this. 527 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:39,603 Forget all the pressures. Just go home and get some sleep. 528 00:40:41,893 --> 00:40:43,643 | can't go home, Tony. 529 00:40:43,693 --> 00:40:47,363 All right, come in the office, lie down on the sofa, get some rest 530 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:50,113 get some sleep, and then you can finish up the swindle series. 531 00:40:50,153 --> 00:40:52,822 | talked to a Gypsy lady this morning... last night. 532 00:40:52,823 --> 00:40:53,743 Get his feet. 533 00:40:53,783 --> 00:40:58,703 She told me the doppelganger is going to take over Bond's body and kill me. 534 00:40:58,743 --> 00:41:01,623 If he believes in this, then perhaps he does need a little help. 535 00:41:01,663 --> 00:41:04,123 - You want to help me, Ron? - Yes, Carl, | do. 536 00:41:04,163 --> 00:41:06,583 Oh, Ron, that's terrific of you. 537 00:41:06,623 --> 00:41:10,423 You can come out tonight and help me dig up Frankie Markoff's body from the graveyard. 538 00:41:10,463 --> 00:41:12,963 Nobody's going to the cemetery to dig up any body. 539 00:41:13,13 --> 00:41:15,633 Now you just get some sleep. 540 00:41:15,683 --> 00:41:19,763 That's the only way we're gonna be able to save Ryder Bond. 541 00:41:19,803 --> 00:41:21,473 - Would you like me to make some fresh... - Shh! 542 00:41:27,63 --> 00:41:29,273 Yes? Hello. 543 00:41:29,313 --> 00:41:33,323 Oh, uh, no, Father, you can't talk to him right now. 544 00:41:33,363 --> 00:41:35,492 Yes! Yes! 545 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,993 | have got to talk to him. 546 00:41:38,783 --> 00:41:40,783 Hello, Father. 547 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:42,543 What? 548 00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:45,413 No! I'll be right there. 549 00:41:45,463 --> 00:41:47,753 Carl? Kolchak! 550 00:41:55,923 --> 00:41:57,883 What happened to the petty cash? 551 00:42:31,83 --> 00:42:33,463 Ryder, listen to me carefully. 552 00:42:33,503 --> 00:42:35,673 I'm your doctor. 553 00:42:35,713 --> 00:42:39,183 We've been through difficult things before, but we've done them together 554 00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:43,683 by being reasonable, by listening to reason. 555 00:42:43,723 --> 00:42:45,683 You are near complete physical exhaustion. 556 00:42:45,723 --> 00:42:47,483 You've been hallucinating. 557 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:50,653 Well, then we're both having the same hallucinations. 558 00:42:50,693 --> 00:42:53,693 Now, you're not taking him anywhere he doesn't want to go. 559 00:42:53,733 --> 00:42:56,153 Oh, God. 560 00:42:56,193 --> 00:43:00,203 There he is again. He keeps staring at me. 561 00:43:00,243 --> 00:43:02,783 He makes noises. He won't let me sleep. 562 00:43:02,823 --> 00:43:06,543 Oh, Lord, Lord, he's creeping into my skin. 563 00:43:06,583 --> 00:43:08,543 Mr. Bond is not well. 564 00:43:08,583 --> 00:43:12,83 If you try to keep him here, you could be in legal jeopardy. 565 00:43:12,133 --> 00:43:15,213 - Uh-huh. You got a warrant for his arrest? - No. 566 00:43:15,253 --> 00:43:17,843 - Did he create any kind of a crime? - No. 567 00:43:17,883 --> 00:43:20,593 If they take you outta here, they're gonna put you in a hospital. 568 00:43:20,593 --> 00:43:20,593 Then they're gonna give you a sedative. You know what that means? 569 00:43:24,53 --> 00:43:25,393 That's just what he's waiting for. 570 00:43:25,433 --> 00:43:27,683 Come on, Kolchak. Who's waiting? 571 00:43:27,723 --> 00:43:29,103 - For what? - Adoppel... 572 00:43:29,143 --> 00:43:31,893 - Forget it. - Nothing. More delusions. 573 00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:35,612 He is just exhausted. He needs a confined rest. 574 00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,193 Confined rest. You hear that? 575 00:43:37,233 --> 00:43:39,823 You hear that? Now make up your mind. 576 00:43:39,863 --> 00:43:41,533 Come to a decision. 577 00:43:46,743 --> 00:43:49,663 I'm going to stay. 578 00:43:49,703 --> 00:43:52,173 - Sergeant, can't you do something? - I'm sorry, Doctor. 579 00:43:52,213 --> 00:43:54,923 If he doesn't want to go, there's nothing we can do. 580 00:43:54,963 --> 00:43:56,753 Very well. 581 00:43:56,793 --> 00:44:00,553 I'll be available when you've thought this out, Ryder. 582 00:44:00,553 --> 00:44:00,553 Let's go. 583 00:44:02,133 --> 00:44:05,973 Turn around. Don't look at it no more. Don't look at it. 584 00:44:06,13 --> 00:44:08,263 Just lie down and go to sleep. 585 00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:10,23 Lie down and sleep. 586 00:44:39,383 --> 00:44:42,803 It's all right. Sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. 587 00:45:19,923 --> 00:45:23,53 | wasn't getting any sleep, but at least Ryder was. 588 00:45:23,93 --> 00:45:27,303 By the time it was dark, | could barely keep my eyes open, and | had a lot to do. 589 00:45:34,63 --> 00:45:38,983 Grave robbery and body snatching are still punishable crimes in Chicago, 590 00:45:39,23 --> 00:45:41,483 so | had to do it by myself. 591 00:45:41,523 --> 00:45:44,403 Get an order to exhume Markoff from the coroner's office? 592 00:45:44,443 --> 00:45:48,243 Not with what | had in mind. 593 00:45:48,283 --> 00:45:52,83 Finally | had gotten down to the casket. 594 00:48:28,573 --> 00:48:30,653 Listen to me, Markoff. 595 00:48:32,113 --> 00:48:36,203 This is your body here. You are dead. 596 00:48:36,243 --> 00:48:40,912 You are not Ryder Bond. You will never be Ryder Bond. 597 00:48:40,913 --> 00:48:43,543 Leave Ryder Bond alone. 598 00:48:43,583 --> 00:48:46,293 Return to your own body. 599 00:48:47,213 --> 00:48:50,133 Leave Ryder Bond alone! 600 00:48:50,173 --> 00:48:53,723 Return to your body! 601 00:48:53,763 --> 00:48:56,933 Return to your body, Markoff?! 602 00:48:59,53 --> 00:49:03,143 And rest in peace for evermore! 603 00:49:19,453 --> 00:49:23,543 Now, wait a minute! | got nothing to do with that in there! Believe me! 604 00:49:37,473 --> 00:49:39,473 Hey! Give me a hand here! 605 00:49:46,443 --> 00:49:49,863 Well, at least | won't have to worry about the doppelganger any longer. 606 00:49:49,903 --> 00:49:52,73 He's back in his own body and will probably be cremated. 607 00:49:52,113 --> 00:49:55,903 Which is really rather sweet, poetic justice for Frankie Markoff. 608 00:49:55,953 --> 00:49:59,703 My only worry now is to find Tony Vincenzo to try to raise bail. 609 00:49:59,743 --> 00:50:03,543 They've got me hooked on some stupid arson charge. 610 00:50:03,583 --> 00:50:08,873 But it's Tony's night to play cards, and | don't know where he is. 611 00:50:08,923 --> 00:50:13,923 So | think I'll just spend a nice, good night's sleep... 612 00:50:13,963 --> 00:50:16,553 In the slammer.