WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 A strange Dr. Weird. 00:16.000 --> 00:19.000 Good evening. Come in, won't you? 00:23.000 --> 00:25.000 You seem a bit nervous. 00:25.000 --> 00:32.000 Perhaps it would help if I told you a story about a friend of mine who had a most unusual experience. 00:33.000 --> 00:39.000 You see, he was executed first and then committed murder afterwards. 00:40.000 --> 00:44.000 I call his story, The Man Who Lived Twice. 00:44.000 --> 00:47.000 The Man Who Lived Twice 00:53.000 --> 00:57.000 My story, The Man Who Lived Twice, begins on the gallows, 00:58.000 --> 01:03.000 where Professor Karl Muller, world famous scientist, is about to die for murder. 01:04.000 --> 01:10.000 As the executioner finishes adjusting the rope around the condemned man's neck, the warden speaks. 01:11.000 --> 01:13.000 Well, Muller, is there anything you wish to say? 01:13.000 --> 01:17.000 Only this. You are hanging me for a crime I did not commit. 01:17.000 --> 01:22.000 Very well. Then I shall become a criminal, a murderer. 01:22.000 --> 01:27.000 And you, warden, you shall be one of the first to feel my vengeance. 01:27.000 --> 01:29.000 Proceed with the execution. 01:39.000 --> 01:40.000 Professor Williams. 01:40.000 --> 01:41.000 Yes, John. Come quickly. 01:41.000 --> 01:43.000 Of course. Everything is ready and waiting. Right here. 01:43.000 --> 01:45.000 Good. Start the artificial heart pumping. 01:45.000 --> 01:46.000 Of course. 01:46.000 --> 01:49.000 Thanks to the governor's special order, everything went smoothly. 01:49.000 --> 01:51.000 Look, John. 01:51.000 --> 01:52.000 So you got it. 01:52.000 --> 01:56.000 Yes. The law has Professor Muller's dead body, but we have his head. 01:56.000 --> 02:00.000 The head containing the wonderful brain of Karl Muller. 02:00.000 --> 02:03.000 The governor thought I wanted to dissect it, but we'll bring it to life. 02:03.000 --> 02:11.000 We must work fast. In ten minutes, with luck, we'll have brought back to life the genius that was Karl Muller. 02:17.000 --> 02:19.000 We've won, Professor. Look. His eyes, they blink. 02:19.000 --> 02:20.000 Yes. 02:20.000 --> 02:21.000 Now they're opening. 02:21.000 --> 02:24.000 They're staring at us. His brain lives and knows what we're doing. 02:24.000 --> 02:31.000 Now, John, we must find some way to let that mighty brain we rescued from the grave speak to us, so that its great work may be carried on. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Come, John. We must work fast. 02:40.000 --> 02:50.000 For many days, Professor Williams and John tried to build some kind of vocal apparatus which would enable Karl Muller's still living head to speak to them. 02:50.000 --> 02:54.000 But each effort failed until at last they became desperate. 02:54.000 --> 02:59.000 Another failure. John, I'm afraid we're beaten. 02:59.000 --> 03:04.000 There must be some way, Professor. Look, Muller's eyes are watching us. He knows what's happening. 03:04.000 --> 03:07.000 I'll bet he could tell us what to do if he could talk. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 Yes, but he can't. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 What was that? 03:10.000 --> 03:13.000 Something in the road outside. An automobile accident, perhaps. 03:13.000 --> 03:18.000 Oh, of course. John, we may not be able to keep Muller's head alive much longer. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 Unless we can communicate with him, I need his advice. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 There must be some answer. 03:22.000 --> 03:28.000 Muller's notes give full details. Someone's at the door. Quick, lock it. No one must enter this room. 03:28.000 --> 03:30.000 Help me. I... 03:30.000 --> 03:33.000 It's someone who's hurt. He's bleeding. That crash we heard. 03:33.000 --> 03:37.000 Please help me. Accident. Can I hit the tree? It's thrown out in front of... 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Catch him, quick. I've got him. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 He's fainted. 03:40.000 --> 03:42.000 Put him down on the couch here. 03:42.000 --> 03:44.000 Let me look at him. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 What is it? 03:49.000 --> 03:54.000 This fellow's dead. A bit of steel has apparently entered the temple here and pierced the brain. 03:54.000 --> 03:56.000 I'm surprised that he even lived to reach the door. 03:56.000 --> 03:57.000 Dead? 03:57.000 --> 04:00.000 Well, then I'd better phone the police to send the morgue wagon. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 Yes, I... No. Wait. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 Yes, Professor? 04:04.000 --> 04:09.000 John, look at this stranger whose dead body fate has brought us. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 His head is the same size and shape as Carl Muller's. 04:12.000 --> 04:15.000 Professor Muller's brain should fit into this stranger's head almost exactly. 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 Yes, but listen. Here we have a sound body with a damaged brain. 04:19.000 --> 04:22.000 Over there is Muller's brain alive, but with no body. 04:22.000 --> 04:24.000 John, we're going to do it. 04:24.000 --> 04:29.000 We're going to put Muller's brain into this stranger's body and truly bring Muller back to life again. 04:33.000 --> 04:36.000 Say, Doctor, tonight's story has me a little worried. 04:36.000 --> 04:39.000 Do you think you could give us a little idea of what happens next? 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Certainly. 04:40.000 --> 04:45.000 You're going to spend no more than 40 seconds talking about Adam Hatts. 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 Oh, I can do it in 30. 04:46.000 --> 04:51.000 Gentlemen, the way an Adam Hat keeps its smart appearance is something to marvel at. 04:51.000 --> 04:59.000 There's very little fussing with brims or constant blocking because an Adam is made of high quality, long-wearing, all-fur felt. 04:59.000 --> 05:08.000 Adam Hats are designed for fashion, too, coming in a wide variety of distinctive shades and shapes so that you can choose the Adam that's right for you. 05:08.000 --> 05:13.000 There's a flair to an Adam that just naturally does something for a fellow. 05:13.000 --> 05:19.000 Prices are only $3.45 to $10 at Adam Hat stores and authorized dealers everywhere. 05:19.000 --> 05:23.000 Tomorrow, make an investment in your personal appearance. 05:23.000 --> 05:26.000 Buy yourself an Adam Hat. 05:26.000 --> 05:29.000 Now, back to Doctor Weird. 05:34.000 --> 05:38.000 And now to continue my story, The Man Who Lived Twice. 05:38.000 --> 05:47.000 For an hour, Professor Williams and John worked swiftly to carry out the task of transferring the living brain of Carl Muller into the body of the stranger. 05:47.000 --> 05:51.000 So, providentially brought to them by fate. 05:51.000 --> 05:53.000 At the end of that time... 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 Look, John, he's breathing. 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 The operation was successful. 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 Yes, I can feel a pulse beat. 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Put off the pumps. 06:04.000 --> 06:07.000 See? He lives. He lives! 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 The body, yes, but the brain. 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 Will that live, too? 06:11.000 --> 06:20.000 Time will tell us. 06:20.000 --> 06:26.000 For weeks, the two scientists tended their amazing patient day and night. 06:26.000 --> 06:34.000 And then one day, the stranger's body moved, a sign that the transplanted brain had taken control of its new home. 06:34.000 --> 06:44.000 But after that, it was only a matter of days before Carl Muller was able to get up and dress and inspect in a mirror the new body that had become his. 06:46.000 --> 06:52.000 Yes. Yes, Professor Williams, you have done well, excellently. 06:52.000 --> 06:56.000 I find it hard to believe this is truly me, Carl Muller. 06:56.000 --> 07:00.000 But it is. And how the world will marvel when it learns the truth. 07:00.000 --> 07:09.000 The world, yes. Tell me, this body that is now mine, to whom did it belong before our little transfer? 07:09.000 --> 07:13.000 You were named Larry Johnson, Professor. That's about all we know. You see, there was an accident in... 07:13.000 --> 07:19.000 Yes, I know. I witnessed the arrival of Mr. Johnson, remember. 07:19.000 --> 07:27.000 But you know nothing of this Larry Johnson who staggered in so fortunately that day to present me with his body? 07:27.000 --> 07:30.000 No, we never made any inquiries. We didn't want to attract attention. 07:30.000 --> 07:40.000 You are wise. It does not matter who I was. What does matter is that I am now Carl Muller, a genius with 50 years of life still ahead of him. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 But of course I cannot use the name of Muller. 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 What do you mean? 07:43.000 --> 07:51.000 Carl Muller was convicted for the crime of murder because the subject died in an experiment. So Carl Muller must stay dead. 07:51.000 --> 07:55.000 But as Larry Johnson, a new scientific genius will arise to storm the world. 07:55.000 --> 07:56.000 What that means? 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 It means that no one must ever know what happened in this laboratory. 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 No one ever know? 08:00.000 --> 08:10.000 It must be a secret, always. And for another reason too. Those fools who convicted me, they must be made to pay and they shall with their lives. 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 What are you saying? 08:11.000 --> 08:17.000 I was convicted of murder. I shall become a murderer. The judge, the prosecutor, the jury, they shall all feel my vengeance. 08:17.000 --> 08:21.000 That's madness, Muller. Listen to me. Your brain has been affected by what happened. 08:21.000 --> 08:32.000 My brain is clear and stronger than ever. I shall have my vengeance secretly, cleverly. My victims, they will call in terror the thought I am striking, begging them from beyond the grave. 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 I have been making my plans as I come to last. 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 No, we'll stop you. 08:36.000 --> 08:38.000 Will you? I think not. 08:38.000 --> 08:41.000 John, look out. He's got a scalpel in his hand. He's got a... 08:43.000 --> 08:44.000 You killed him. 08:44.000 --> 08:46.000 Yes. Now it is your turn. 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 No, no, no. Stay away from me. 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 You must die so my secret will remain safe. 08:50.000 --> 08:51.000 You're mad. 08:51.000 --> 08:56.000 I'm a genius. A world that will cover my feet before I am through. But enough of talking. 09:00.000 --> 09:03.000 All who stand in my way shall suffer the same fate. 09:08.000 --> 09:12.000 Now no one in the world knows that Karl Muller, who died on the yellow sleeves again. 09:12.000 --> 09:17.000 A few hours later, Karl Muller left the house. His plan was simple. 09:17.000 --> 09:27.000 He would take over Larry Johnson's identity, claiming that the accident he had been in had given him amnesia and he could remember nothing of his past. 09:27.000 --> 09:36.000 Confidently, he walked into town and then stopped to ask the first policeman he met the way to the address he had found in last night. 09:36.000 --> 09:42.000 Pardon me, officer. Which way is Michigan Avenue, please? 09:42.000 --> 09:46.000 Why are you... Larry. Larry Johnson. 09:46.000 --> 09:50.000 Yes, of course I'm Larry Johnson. Stop it. 09:50.000 --> 09:54.000 What of it? I'll show you what of it. There, put up your hand throughout. Plug it. 09:54.000 --> 09:57.000 Just a moment. What is this? I have done nothing. 09:57.000 --> 09:58.000 You have done nothing? 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Look, officer, I've been in an accident. My men were... 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 You'll be in a worse accident if you don't stop. 10:02.000 --> 10:07.000 I don't understand. You'll understand when the judge sentences you to hang, you murdering rat. 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 Hang? No, this can't be. You'll find out. 10:10.000 --> 10:14.000 No, I've done nothing. Let go of that gun. Let go. I'll plug it. 10:14.000 --> 10:18.000 Give me that gun. I'll shoot it. I'll shoot it. 10:19.000 --> 10:25.000 I warned you. Well, you had it coming. I've only saved the state the price of a trial. 10:25.000 --> 10:31.000 Yes, yes, you have. What was Larry Johnson wanted for, anyway? 10:31.000 --> 10:34.000 What were you wanted for? 10:34.000 --> 10:38.000 For holding up a bank messenger and then killing Officer Clancy in your getaway, that's all. 10:38.000 --> 10:42.000 Yeah, and for stealing a getaway car which you wrecked and abandoned out in the suburbs. 10:42.000 --> 10:46.000 No, no. Wanted for murder. 10:46.000 --> 10:49.000 Well, I'm sorry, sir. I'm sorry. 10:49.000 --> 10:52.000 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 10:52.000 --> 10:56.000 No, no. Wanted for murder. 10:56.000 --> 11:00.000 The body I took was wanted for murder. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 No. 11:10.000 --> 11:12.000 Poor Professor Muller. 11:12.000 --> 11:16.000 To think that after being executed he should get a brand new body 11:16.000 --> 11:21.000 only to find himself wanted for murder all over again. 11:21.000 --> 11:26.000 It looks as if fate was determined he should stay dead, doesn't it? 11:26.000 --> 11:29.000 And he has since then. 11:29.000 --> 11:34.000 In fact, he's buried in the cemetery outside. 11:34.000 --> 11:40.000 He's the only man in the world who has two graves and is buried in both of them. 11:40.000 --> 11:43.000 Would you like me to show them to you? 11:43.000 --> 11:47.000 Oh, you're leaving. I hope you'll drop in again soon. 11:47.000 --> 11:53.000 Just look for the house on the other side of the cemetery. 11:53.000 --> 12:18.000 The house of Dr. Weir.