WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.000 The strange Dr. Weird. 00:09.000 --> 00:21.000 Good evening. Come in, won't you? 00:21.000 --> 00:26.000 What's the matter? You seem a bit nervous. 00:26.000 --> 00:30.000 Perhaps if I told you a story, it might help calm your nerves. 00:30.000 --> 00:37.000 A story, say, about a man who found a new and amazing way of hiding from the police. 00:37.000 --> 00:50.000 I call the story, The Man Who Played Dead. 00:50.000 --> 00:58.000 My story, The Man Who Played Dead, begins in the dimly lighted interior of a strange room in a big amusement park. 00:58.000 --> 01:03.000 The room is a waxworks museum known as the Chamber of Horrors, 01:03.000 --> 01:10.000 and wax figures of history's most diabolical murderers stand motionless all about it. 01:10.000 --> 01:14.000 The only living figure is the proprietor, Pop Malloy, 01:14.000 --> 01:20.000 who moves slowly from dummy to dummy, dusting them in preparation for the big spring opening. 01:20.000 --> 01:26.000 As Pop approaches a figure in a dark corner, the figure unexpectedly speaks to him. 01:26.000 --> 01:28.000 All right, Pop. Put up your hands. 01:28.000 --> 01:31.000 Morgan. Burke Morgan. 01:31.000 --> 01:33.000 Yes, Morgan, and not a dummy either. 01:33.000 --> 01:35.000 But I don't understand. You were in prison. 01:35.000 --> 01:37.000 You're supposed to go to the electric chair tonight. 01:37.000 --> 01:41.000 I was supposed to, but I broke out, see, after they had me all prepared for the hot seat. 01:41.000 --> 01:42.000 Well, what do you want here? 01:42.000 --> 01:45.000 Just to hide for a while. The cops are right behind me, 01:45.000 --> 01:49.000 so since this is the only place in the park open, I slipped in 10 minutes ago when your back was turned. 01:49.000 --> 01:52.000 There's no place to hide here. There's just this one big room. 01:52.000 --> 01:55.000 No arguments. You go ahead of me while I look around. 01:55.000 --> 01:57.000 All right, look around. 01:57.000 --> 01:59.000 I'm saying there's no place to hide at all. 01:59.000 --> 02:03.000 I'll find one. Hey, these three dummies here, 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 they look like my old partners, Joe Norton, Marty Phillips, Tony Benson. 02:07.000 --> 02:10.000 Yes, Burke, that's who they're supposed to be. 02:10.000 --> 02:12.000 The ones you shot in the back last year. 02:12.000 --> 02:14.000 What do you got them standing around this funny electric chair for? 02:14.000 --> 02:18.000 Well, you see, tomorrow I was gonna make up a dummy of you, Burke, 02:18.000 --> 02:20.000 and sit in that electric chair. 02:20.000 --> 02:23.000 Then I was gonna put up a sign saying, 02:23.000 --> 02:27.000 Execution of Burke Morgan on the night of May 1st, 1944, 02:27.000 --> 02:29.000 as his murdered partners look out. 02:29.000 --> 02:31.000 Why, you... Don't you like it? 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 You're a little previous, Pop. 02:33.000 --> 02:36.000 I'm not sitting in any hot seat tonight. 02:36.000 --> 02:39.000 No, I guess not. It was a cute idea, though. 02:39.000 --> 02:41.000 Too cute. 02:41.000 --> 02:44.000 Hey, their faces seem to shine in the dark. 02:44.000 --> 02:46.000 What causes that? 02:46.000 --> 02:48.000 Well, you see, I painted them with phosphorus paint. 02:48.000 --> 02:51.000 The idea was the lights would be turned down low, 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 and the customers would see the faces shining in the darkness the way they do now. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.000 See, they were ghosts. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.000 Give the Yokels a big cake. 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 Somebody at the door. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 It's an officer. He's coming in. 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 Hey, Pop! Pop Marui! 03:02.000 --> 03:04.000 Listen, Pop, I'm gonna stand right here, 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 absolutely still in the shadows here like a dummy. 03:06.000 --> 03:07.000 You get rid of him. 03:07.000 --> 03:09.000 If he spots me, I'll plug in and get it. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Yeah, yeah, I get it. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 Hey, Pop, are you there? 03:12.000 --> 03:14.000 Hey, come in. 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 Oh, it's you, Flanagan. 03:16.000 --> 03:19.000 Yeah, say, Pop, did you know that Berk Morgan's on the loose? 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 Who is he? 03:20.000 --> 03:21.000 Yeah, and he's someplace in this park. 03:21.000 --> 03:24.000 Somebody smuggled him a big shot of cocaine and a gun at the prison, 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 and he blasted his way out an hour ago. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 Oh, that's bad. 03:27.000 --> 03:29.000 I'll say it's bad, but we'll get him. 03:29.000 --> 03:32.000 Or it's hard to shoot on sight. And I'm... 03:32.000 --> 03:33.000 Hey, Pop. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 What is it? 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 That dummy back there. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 Huh? 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 It moved just now. 03:37.000 --> 03:38.000 No, no, it couldn't have. 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 I saw it move. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 I'm gonna have a look at that dummy. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 Flanagan, wait, don't, don't! 03:42.000 --> 03:44.000 All right, Copper, you're in for it. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 You killed him. 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 Yeah. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 If you want to stay alive, you better listen fast. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 There'll be more cops here in a second, 03:54.000 --> 03:57.000 but they won't find me because I'm gonna hide right out in plain sight. 03:57.000 --> 03:58.000 They're pretending to be myself. 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 What do you mean? 03:59.000 --> 04:02.000 I'm hiding right here in this little imitation electric chair of yours. 04:02.000 --> 04:04.000 See, I'm gonna play the part of a dummy again. 04:04.000 --> 04:06.000 I'm gonna pretend to be myself 04:06.000 --> 04:09.000 in the great electrocution of Burt Morgan. 04:09.000 --> 04:10.000 Oh, oh, I see. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 This time I won't move either, 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 because I'll be sitting down. 04:13.000 --> 04:14.000 There they are at the door. 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 Yell to them to come in. 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 And don't forget, I've got a loaded gun right here beside me. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 Stay close to me or I'll let you have it. 04:21.000 --> 04:22.000 And make it good, Pop. 04:22.000 --> 04:24.000 Make it awful good. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Dr. Weird, I'm breathless. 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 You mean the beginning of my story 04:33.000 --> 04:34.000 has you excited? 04:34.000 --> 04:36.000 Well, yes, but it isn't only your story 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 that leaves me breathless, Doctor. 04:38.000 --> 04:41.000 It's those Adam hats so many men are wearing this season. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.000 Gentlemen, I honestly doubt 04:43.000 --> 04:46.000 whether you'll see hats with more distinctive styles, 04:46.000 --> 04:50.000 fine quality material, and bright jaunty shades. 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 They're like a new breath of life and such variety. 04:53.000 --> 04:56.000 Gentlemen, you'll find most every shape and model 04:56.000 --> 04:59.000 in the new hats now on display 04:59.000 --> 05:01.000 at the thousands of Adam hat stores 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 and authorized dealers from coast to coast. 05:04.000 --> 05:06.000 So get into the swing of things. 05:06.000 --> 05:09.000 Buy your new Adam tomorrow. 05:09.000 --> 05:13.000 Now, back to Dr. Weird. 05:17.000 --> 05:19.000 And now I'll continue my story, 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 The Man Who Played Dead. 05:21.000 --> 05:24.000 With Burke Morgan hiding in plain sight 05:24.000 --> 05:26.000 by pretending to be a wax dummy, 05:26.000 --> 05:28.000 the three policemen who had come running 05:28.000 --> 05:29.000 at the sound of the shots 05:29.000 --> 05:31.000 were completely deceived. 05:31.000 --> 05:34.000 And Pop told them that the dead officer on the floor 05:34.000 --> 05:37.000 was just another wax dummy, 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 and they believed him. 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 After warning him to be on the alert, 05:41.000 --> 05:44.000 they left, and Burke Morgan chuckled 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 as the door closed behind them. 05:46.000 --> 05:49.000 Good work, Pop, but you're not through yet. 05:49.000 --> 05:50.000 What do you mean? 05:50.000 --> 05:52.000 Look at that squad car 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 they parked right outside the door. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 If I even get out of this chair, 05:56.000 --> 05:57.000 the driver can look right in and see me. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 Yeah, I guess that's right. He can. 05:59.000 --> 06:01.000 Well, since this is the only place I have to hide, 06:01.000 --> 06:04.000 I'm gonna sit right here until the search is over. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 You're the boss, Morgan. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 You bet I am. 06:06.000 --> 06:08.000 And you sit down right there. 06:08.000 --> 06:09.000 Okay. 06:09.000 --> 06:12.000 Now, I'm gonna sit here, and you're gonna sit there 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 until they give up hunting for me. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 If they come in again, stall me. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 If you try to move without permission, I'll blast you. 06:17.000 --> 06:19.000 I won't move. I don't want to die. 06:19.000 --> 06:22.000 That's being smart. 06:22.000 --> 06:26.000 Pop, you haven't got a shot of dope on you, have you? 06:26.000 --> 06:29.000 No, Morgan. What's the matter? Nerves getting jumpy? 06:29.000 --> 06:30.000 None of your business. 06:30.000 --> 06:33.000 Now settle down. We got some waiting to do. 06:39.000 --> 06:42.000 The two men settled themselves to wait. 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 Burke Morgan sat in rigid silence, 06:45.000 --> 06:48.000 ever alert for the return of the police. 06:48.000 --> 06:51.000 Half an hour passed, then an hour. 06:51.000 --> 06:55.000 His taut nerves cried aloud for the drug they craved. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 His muscles twitched. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Two hours passed, 06:59.000 --> 07:03.000 and Burke Morgan's tortured nerves were screaming. 07:03.000 --> 07:07.000 The three waxen faces which Pop Malloy had covered with phosphorus paint 07:07.000 --> 07:11.000 glowed in a ghostly fashion before his eyes. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 And then Burke Morgan... 07:12.000 --> 07:17.000 Burke Morgan thought he heard an eerie voice speak to him. 07:17.000 --> 07:25.000 Pop, Pop Malloy, did you say something? 07:25.000 --> 07:28.000 No, Pop's asleep. It's just my nerves. I need... 07:28.000 --> 07:30.000 Burke, Burke Morgan. 07:30.000 --> 07:33.000 Who's that? Who said my name then? 07:33.000 --> 07:37.000 I did, Burke. Your old pal, Joe Norton. 07:37.000 --> 07:40.000 Norton? Norton's dead. I killed him. 07:40.000 --> 07:44.000 It's my nerves. This spooky room and those faces. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 I've got to get a grip on myself. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 Tony Phillips is here too, Burke. 07:48.000 --> 07:51.000 No, Tony's dead too. 07:51.000 --> 07:53.000 I'm not hearing anything. I'm not. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.000 Well, you know, Norton, he doesn't know us. 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 He doesn't recognize his old pals. 07:59.000 --> 08:01.000 He killed us and now he won't even speak to us. 08:01.000 --> 08:05.000 Look at us, Burke, standing here in front of you. 08:05.000 --> 08:07.000 Don't you recognize us now? 08:07.000 --> 08:10.000 No, you're dead. You're just wax dummies. You're not real. 08:10.000 --> 08:13.000 But how can we be talking here if you weren't real? 08:13.000 --> 08:16.000 You're not talking to me. Just my nerves. Just my nerves, that's all. 08:16.000 --> 08:17.000 Go away. 08:17.000 --> 08:20.000 But we're never going away, Burke. We're waiting for you to die. 08:20.000 --> 08:22.000 Then you'll be with us again. 08:22.000 --> 08:24.000 No, I don't believe it. 08:24.000 --> 08:27.000 This is Pop Milloy's Wax Works Museum and you're... 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 You're all just three wax dummies. 08:29.000 --> 08:33.000 Maybe, Burke, but did you ever hear a wax dummy talk before? 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Haven't you seen us and heard us, Burke? 08:35.000 --> 08:38.000 You'll always see and hear us no matter where you go. 08:38.000 --> 08:42.000 You'll always know we're with you, waiting for you to die. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 No, no. 08:44.000 --> 08:46.000 You've thought of us a lot lately, haven't you? 08:46.000 --> 08:47.000 No. 08:47.000 --> 08:48.000 You've had nightmares about us. 08:48.000 --> 08:49.000 No. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.000 You've been worrying about what would happen after you die. 08:51.000 --> 08:54.000 And now you know that we'll be waiting for you. 08:54.000 --> 08:55.000 No, get away from me. 08:55.000 --> 09:00.000 You killed us once to be rid of us, but now you can never be rid of us again. 09:00.000 --> 09:01.000 No. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 Never. Never. 09:03.000 --> 09:05.000 I can. I'll show you. I'll show you. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 Take that back, man. 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 Now go away, because I've killed you. I've killed you. Do you hear? 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 I've... 09:20.000 --> 09:24.000 So, you see, Lieutenant, Burke Morgan was covering me with a gun the whole time. 09:24.000 --> 09:30.000 I knew he'd shoot if I made a move, so I pretended to be asleep and then waited. 09:30.000 --> 09:33.000 I could see his nerves were jumping because he wanted more cocaine, 09:33.000 --> 09:37.000 and I figured that maybe with the dummies of the pals he murdered standing there 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 and looking like ghosts, he might crack. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 I see. 09:40.000 --> 09:45.000 I'd just about given up hope, though, when he started talking out loud, 09:45.000 --> 09:48.000 as if he could hear those dummies talking to him. 09:48.000 --> 09:52.000 And all at once he lost control of himself and emptied his gun at him. 09:52.000 --> 09:53.000 Then I ran for the door. 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 Yeah, Lieutenant. 09:54.000 --> 09:57.000 As soon as I heard the shots and pop, yeah, like I'm busting in. 09:57.000 --> 10:00.000 And you know, Burke Morgan had fainted. 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 Yeah, fainted dead away there in that fake electric chair. 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 So I handcuffed him, and there he is. 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 Not even come to yet. 10:08.000 --> 10:09.000 I see. 10:09.000 --> 10:13.000 Well, I'd hate to have to sit here myself looking at those three green faces 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 glowing in front of me. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 Not surprised Morgan cracked. 10:17.000 --> 10:18.000 Yeah, me neither. 10:18.000 --> 10:21.000 The green faces on them three dummies give me the creeps. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 And my conscience ain't bothering me either. 10:23.000 --> 10:26.000 Well, anyway, I'm glad we caught him. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Now I can go ahead with my plans for my exhibit. 10:28.000 --> 10:29.000 Huh? 10:29.000 --> 10:34.000 You know, execution of Burke Morgan as his murdered partners look on. 10:34.000 --> 10:38.000 I wouldn't want to waste all that fuss for us and paint he used. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 That's one way of looking at it. 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 Well, we'll take him away now. 10:42.000 --> 10:43.000 Hey, Pop. 10:43.000 --> 10:44.000 Pop, come here. 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 Yes, Lieutenant? 10:46.000 --> 10:49.000 Well, it looks like you're going to have even a bigger thing in this exhibit of yours 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 than you ever figured on. 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 I don't understand, Lieutenant. What do you mean? 10:53.000 --> 10:56.000 I mean that Burke Morgan's fright when he thought those dummies were talking to him 10:56.000 --> 10:59.000 was too much for a drug-weakened heart. 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 Look at him. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 He hasn't fainted. He's dead. 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 What? 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 He's dead in the electric chair. 11:05.000 --> 11:07.000 And right on schedule. 11:17.000 --> 11:22.000 So Burke Morgan died in the electric chair, just as the law said he would. 11:22.000 --> 11:25.000 Apparently fate had decreed that he was to die that way 11:25.000 --> 11:28.000 and nothing he could do could change it. 11:28.000 --> 11:34.000 But then waxworks museums are rather frightening places 11:34.000 --> 11:38.000 even when you haven't got a lot of murders on your conscience. 11:38.000 --> 11:45.000 I remember a perfectly innocent young man who got locked in one and in the morning he... 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 Oh, you have to go now. 11:47.000 --> 11:50.000 Perhaps you'll drop in again soon. 11:50.000 --> 11:55.000 Just look for the house on the other side of the cemetery. 11:55.000 --> 11:58.000 The house of Dr. Weir.