WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 The strange Dr. Weird. 00:13.000 --> 00:17.000 Good evening. Come in, won't you? 00:18.000 --> 00:21.000 Well, what's the matter? You seem nervous tonight. 00:22.000 --> 00:25.000 Perhaps the cemetery outside my house has upset you. 00:25.000 --> 00:29.000 But speaking of the cemetery, reminds me of a story I want to tell you. 00:30.000 --> 00:36.000 About a murderer who was dead and buried, but who kept on killing people just the same. 00:37.000 --> 00:40.000 I call it Revenge from the Grave. 00:40.000 --> 00:45.000 Revenge from the Grave. 00:50.000 --> 00:56.000 My story, Revenge from the Grave, begins in the suburban section of a large city. 00:57.000 --> 01:03.000 It is just midnight, and a full moon casts dark shadows beneath the trees that line the street. 01:03.000 --> 01:12.000 John Rogers, a businessman on his way home, turns a corner, but stops abruptly as a man with a scarf about his face steps out of the shadow. 01:13.000 --> 01:14.000 Just a moment, Rogers. 01:14.000 --> 01:15.000 Who are you? What do you want? 01:15.000 --> 01:16.000 I want to talk to you. 01:17.000 --> 01:18.000 Get out of my way. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.000 Not so fast. 01:19.000 --> 01:24.000 A gun? What are you threatening me with a gun for? What have you got that scarf covering your face for? 01:24.000 --> 01:30.000 Because my face? Well, my looks have changed in the month since I was executed and buried. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 But you recognize my voice, don't you, Rogers? 01:34.000 --> 01:35.000 Yes. 01:35.000 --> 01:37.000 Reynaldo the Great. 01:37.000 --> 01:41.000 But you, you're dead. You died a month ago in the electric chair. 01:41.000 --> 01:44.000 Exactly. You were a foreman of the jury that found me guilty. 01:44.000 --> 01:46.000 Guilty of murder. So... 01:46.000 --> 01:47.000 No! 01:47.000 --> 01:52.000 John Rogers' strange death remained a complete mystery to the police for a month. 01:52.000 --> 02:01.000 And then, early one evening, a pale-faced young man called upon Henry Wilson, the district attorney who had successfully convicted Reynaldo the Great, 02:01.000 --> 02:07.000 to tell him a story that Wilson found quite impossible to believe. 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Now, wait a minute. Let me get that gun. 02:09.000 --> 02:14.000 You say your name is Walter Jones and that you used to be assistant to Reynaldo the Great. 02:14.000 --> 02:17.000 That's right, Mr. Wilson. I was his assistant for three years. 02:17.000 --> 02:24.000 I see. And you're trying to tell me that last month Reynaldo climbed out of his grave and murdered John Rogers. Is that it? 02:24.000 --> 02:28.000 Yes. You see, Mr. Wilson, the day of Reynaldo's execution, I visited him at the prison. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 He'd sent for me, you see, and I can still hear him. 02:31.000 --> 02:34.000 He was a very good man. He was a very good man. 02:34.000 --> 02:41.000 The day of Reynaldo's execution, I visited him at the prison. He'd sent for me, you see, and I can still hear his voice as he greeted me. 02:41.000 --> 02:43.000 Well, Walter, so you came. 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 Yes, Reynaldo. What can I do for you? 02:46.000 --> 02:56.000 Tomorrow, after I'm gone, you must get the names and addresses of the judge, the prosecutor, and the twelve jurymen who sent me to my death. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.000 Death? Names and addresses? 02:58.000 --> 03:05.000 Yes. Write them down in my secret notebook and be sure to bury that notebook with me. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 I... I don't understand. 03:07.000 --> 03:16.000 Each month, on the night of the full moon, I shall return from my grave to execute one of the fourteen. 03:16.000 --> 03:22.000 I shall not sleep in peace until they are all dealt with. 03:22.000 --> 03:27.000 And did you put the names and addresses in his coffin when he was buried? 03:27.000 --> 03:32.000 Yes, and now I'm positive that Reynaldo is using them to get in touch with the fourteen men he swore to kill. 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 Please, Mr. Wilson. Tonight the moon is full. 03:35.000 --> 03:39.000 Unless you do something, Reynaldo will kill someone else. Perhaps even you. 03:39.000 --> 03:43.000 Oh, my boy, go home and get some sleep and forget all this. 03:43.000 --> 03:49.000 Nobody's going to be murdered tonight by Reynaldo's spook. I personally guarantee it. 03:49.000 --> 03:53.000 Only partly reassured, young Walter Jones left. 03:53.000 --> 04:00.000 District Attorney Henry Wilson went on with his interrupted reading until he heard the clock strike midnight. 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 Suddenly a loud knocking at his door started in the middle. 04:04.000 --> 04:08.000 All right, just a moment. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Who are you? 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 You don't recognize me? 04:13.000 --> 04:19.000 Not with that scarf wrapped around your face, no. 04:19.000 --> 04:28.000 The scarf is to keep from innocent passersby a sight that should remain forever hidden within the darkness of a maudering coffin. 04:28.000 --> 04:31.000 But my voice, surely you recognize that. 04:31.000 --> 04:33.000 Your voice? 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Reynaldo the Great. 04:35.000 --> 04:37.000 No, that's impossible. 04:37.000 --> 04:43.000 Reynaldo, come to call on you tonight, the night of the full moon, to kill you. 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Like this? 04:44.000 --> 04:50.000 Oh, you refuse to believe in the power that the great Reynaldo did rule. 04:50.000 --> 04:54.000 Just as the others on my list still do. 04:54.000 --> 05:02.000 But they shall learn that not even the grave can stand between them and the fate that is theirs. 05:02.000 --> 05:07.000 Even the grave can stand between them and the fate that is theirs. 05:12.000 --> 05:16.000 Say, Dr. Weird, what kind of a doctor are you? 05:16.000 --> 05:19.000 Well, I'm an M.D. of a different kind. 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 Doctor of madness. 05:21.000 --> 05:25.000 And I am a D.H., doctor of hats. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 My counsel to all men is this. 05:27.000 --> 05:32.000 If your hats never seem to fit properly, if you're always tugging at the brim and fussing with a crown, 05:32.000 --> 05:37.000 remember that trying to doctor up a sick-looking hat isn't going to remedy the case. 05:37.000 --> 05:44.000 The best prescription is to get a hat that's designed from the start to keep in good shape and fit neatly. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 An Adam hat. 05:46.000 --> 05:53.000 Made of finest quality material, Adam hats have the stamina to wear well and are styled to the best taste. 05:53.000 --> 05:56.000 Color shades are distinctive and appropriate. 05:56.000 --> 06:03.000 For hats that reflect perfect craftsmanship, see the latest line of smartly-fashioned Adam hats. 06:03.000 --> 06:06.000 Prices only $3.45 to $10. 06:06.000 --> 06:12.000 At all of the thousands of Adam hat stores and authorized dealers from coast to coast. 06:12.000 --> 06:15.000 Now, the good Dr. Weird. 06:19.000 --> 06:24.000 And now I'll continue my story, Revenge from the Grave. 06:24.000 --> 06:30.000 After the mysterious murder of District Attorney Wilson, Young Walter Jones went to Judge Dexter, 06:30.000 --> 06:33.000 who had sentenced Ronaldo the Great to death. 06:33.000 --> 06:42.000 He told Judge Dexter the whole story of Ronaldo's vow of vengeance and was greeted as he feared the will's skepticism. 06:42.000 --> 06:46.000 Now, Jones, you want me to believe that Ronaldo the Great, dead and buried for two months, 06:46.000 --> 06:49.000 emerged from his coffin that night to strangle Wilson? 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 It's true, I know it's true. 06:50.000 --> 06:53.000 You really believe that? Why didn't you go to the police immediately? 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 You should have laughed at me. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 Besides, I didn't want to believe it was true. 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 But tonight the moon is full again. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Huh? 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 Tonight you'll kill someone else unless we stop him. I know he will. 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 Just what do you propose we do? 07:04.000 --> 07:08.000 We must go to the cemetery tonight, just the two of us, and open Ronaldo's coffin. 07:08.000 --> 07:11.000 Take away that list of names and addresses that I buried with him. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 Then he'll be help us. 07:12.000 --> 07:14.000 I see you believe all this, Jones. 07:14.000 --> 07:18.000 Well, just to set your mind at rest, I'll go to the cemetery with you and prove to you once and for all 07:18.000 --> 07:24.000 that Ronaldo the Great is dead and quite incapable of coming back to harm anyone. 07:32.000 --> 07:36.000 An hour later, the two men stood outside the small marble mausoleum 07:36.000 --> 07:41.000 where the body of Ronaldo the Great lay in its coffin. 07:41.000 --> 07:46.000 Walter Jones opened the door with a key, and they stepped inside. 07:46.000 --> 07:50.000 Then he shut it again and turned on the flashlight he had brought. 07:50.000 --> 07:53.000 Look, Judge, that's Ronaldo's coffin. Look at it, Judge. 07:53.000 --> 07:57.000 It's solid bronze, and it can be opened from the inside as well, while it's from the outside. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.000 From the inside? 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 Yes. That was Ronaldo's last instruction. 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 The lid is fastened with a catch that can be worked from the inside. 08:05.000 --> 08:08.000 I see. Well, we're going to open it now. 08:08.000 --> 08:16.000 And I'll prove to you that in spite of everything, what you believe is impossible. 08:16.000 --> 08:21.000 There. Now shine the flashlight inside. You see? 08:21.000 --> 08:22.000 Ronaldo. 08:22.000 --> 08:25.000 There's Ronaldo the Great. Dead if I ever saw a dead man. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 Now, are you convinced? 08:27.000 --> 08:31.000 Look, there's the notebook with the names and addresses of the men he swore vengeance on. 08:31.000 --> 08:35.000 And in his hand looked, Judge, merciful heavens of Obama. 08:35.000 --> 08:38.000 The gun he shot John Rogers with. It must be... 08:38.000 --> 08:40.000 Oh, no, no. It's impossible. 08:40.000 --> 08:43.000 Oh, the flashlight. What's happened to it? 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 Something... something knocked it out of my hand. 08:47.000 --> 08:51.000 You fool, you dropped it. Pick it up and turn it on again. It's black as pitch in here. 08:51.000 --> 08:56.000 I... well, no Ronaldo. 08:56.000 --> 08:58.000 Oh. 08:58.000 --> 09:02.000 Jones, what is it? Where are you? Jones, answer me. 09:02.000 --> 09:08.000 He cannot answer you, Judge Dekster. I have silenced him for the time being. 09:08.000 --> 09:09.000 No, no. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 At your service, my dear Judge. 09:11.000 --> 09:16.000 No, I don't believe it. It's not possible. You're dead. I saw your body there in the coffin. 09:16.000 --> 09:19.000 Quite true. I'm dead and I'm also alive. 09:19.000 --> 09:22.000 An interesting paradox, isn't it? 09:22.000 --> 09:26.000 Time now for you to suffer the fate to which you sentenced me. 09:26.000 --> 09:29.000 Don't. Don't. Don't. 09:29.000 --> 09:34.000 You'll die. I call the rape. You're sworn that you shall die and you shall. 09:34.000 --> 09:38.000 No, if you won't let me go, I'll have to shoot you. 09:42.000 --> 09:45.000 Now, where are my matches? 09:45.000 --> 09:48.000 Oh, yes. There. Now I can see. 09:48.000 --> 09:52.000 Jones. Jones. Speak to me. 09:52.000 --> 09:55.000 Judge. What happened? 09:55.000 --> 10:01.000 I feel so funny. So weak. My chest hurts. 10:01.000 --> 10:05.000 Jones, I shot you with the gun we found hidden in Ronaldo's coffin. 10:05.000 --> 10:08.000 I had to. You would have killed me if I hadn't. 10:08.000 --> 10:10.000 I killed you? 10:10.000 --> 10:11.000 Yes. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 I don't understand. 10:13.000 --> 10:16.000 But I do now. Listen, my boy. 10:16.000 --> 10:22.000 That last interview you had with Ronaldo and his cell, he hypnotized you before you left him. 10:22.000 --> 10:26.000 He ordered you to carry out his mad scheme of vengeance for him. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 I don't understand. 10:28.000 --> 10:34.000 He hypnotized you and told you that each night of the full moon you would believe you were he, Ronaldo. 10:34.000 --> 10:37.000 That you'd talk like him and act like him. 10:37.000 --> 10:40.000 It was you who killed John Rogers and the district attorney. 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 Just as you tried to kill me a moment ago. 10:42.000 --> 10:46.000 You couldn't help it, my boy. You were just carrying out a condemned man's diabolical scheme. 10:46.000 --> 10:51.000 I... Jones. Jones. 10:51.000 --> 10:54.000 It's no use. He's gone. 10:54.000 --> 10:58.000 And Ronaldo the Great is really dead. At last. 11:08.000 --> 11:14.000 So that's the secret to how a dead man could continue to kill after his death. 11:14.000 --> 11:19.000 By hypnotizing his assistant into acting for him. Clever, wasn't it? 11:19.000 --> 11:25.000 Lucky Judge Dexter found that gun where poor Walter Jones had unknowingly hidden it in Ronaldo's coffin. 11:25.000 --> 11:34.000 Ronaldo might still be coming to life on nights of the full moon to continue his diabolical plan of revenge. 11:34.000 --> 11:38.000 Hey, you weren't on that jury that convicted Ronaldo, were you? 11:38.000 --> 11:41.000 If you were, I'd certainly... 11:41.000 --> 11:43.000 Oh, you have to go now. 11:43.000 --> 11:46.000 But perhaps you'll visit me again soon. 11:46.000 --> 11:52.000 Just look for the house on the other side of the cemetery at the house of Dr. Weir.