WEBVTT 00:00:17.929 --> 00:00:26.489 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.489 --> 00:00:31.190 to another hour of mystery and suspense. To a 00:00:31.190 --> 00:00:34.530 terrifying experiment in supernatural power. 00:00:35.530 --> 00:00:38.950 An experiment by a retired scientist to direct 00:00:38.950 --> 00:00:44.030 his wife's subconscious mind to shoot him. She 00:00:44.030 --> 00:00:48.469 is lying on her back in the dark bedroom. He 00:00:48.469 --> 00:00:53.490 is in his study, concentrating, transmitting 00:00:53.490 --> 00:01:01.770 by mental energy his instructions. In the night 00:01:01.770 --> 00:01:07.969 table, Helen. In the night table, the gun. Pick 00:01:07.969 --> 00:01:14.950 up the gun, Helen. Pick up the gun. Now leave 00:01:14.950 --> 00:01:21.400 the bedroom. And come to my study, Helen. My 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:30.640 study. Come to my study. Point the gun at me, 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:41.480 Helen. At me. Point the gun, Helen. Now, pull 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:58.670 the trigger. Pull the trigger. Our mystery drama, 00:01:58.909 --> 00:02:01.849 The Breaking Point, was written especially for 00:02:01.849 --> 00:02:04.969 the Mystery Theatre by Hank Warner and stars 00:02:04.969 --> 00:02:24.509 Roger DeKoven. Come, ride with me in this ambulance, 00:02:25.150 --> 00:02:28.430 speeding through the midnight fog across the 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:31.930 Golden Gate Bridge to St. Francis Hospital in 00:02:31.930 --> 00:02:36.830 downtown San Francisco. As the trauma emergency 00:02:36.830 --> 00:02:41.969 team tries with plasma and oxygen to keep critically 00:02:41.969 --> 00:02:46.449 wounded Professor William Baker alive. The driver 00:02:46.449 --> 00:02:50.110 and the two doctors know that the patient must 00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:55.590 get to the operating room in minutes. Now, quickly. 00:02:56.539 --> 00:03:00.639 this hospital corridor as the patient is wheeled 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.699 into the operating room. Stand outside the door 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:10.759 and listen as they try to save him. And maybe 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:13.960 you'll learn what Professor Baker tried to learn 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:25.419 about the dark mystery of life and death. The 00:03:25.419 --> 00:03:28.000 patient's failing, doctor. Blood pressure? 62 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:34.699 over 40. Adrenaline. I can hear them trying to 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:39.580 save me, but I'm going to die. And I want you 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:46.599 to know that I'm dying all because I made my 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:53.000 wife murder me. Yes, I am dying because I conducted 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.099 an experiment. to influence my wife's subconscious 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:02.759 mind to the point where she was going to murder 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:12.020 me. Listen. Listen carefully. I will tell you 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:16.060 exactly what happened. And when I have completed 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:20.120 what I desire to communicate, go to the police. 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:27.920 Tell them if you dare. I say dare, for it will 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:33.180 require courage. It began this afternoon when 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:35.639 Dr. Philip Simpson, the brilliant young brain 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.259 surgeon, drove up in his station wagon from Palo 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:42.199 Alto to address the San Francisco Medical Society 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.540 and spend the night with us at the cottage Helen, 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.899 my wife, and I had rented in the wooded hillside 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:51.899 just across the Golden Gate Bridge overlooking 00:04:51.899 --> 00:04:56.839 the ocean. He brought Chi Chi, one of two capuchin 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.060 monkeys he kept under observation in his research 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:04.339 laboratory. It's good to see you, Philip. It's 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:08.100 so good to see you, Professor Baker. So that's 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:11.399 Chi Chi. He wants to get out. Quiet town, Chi 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:15.459 Chi. Come on, you can come out. Hello, Chi Chi. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.819 Oh, you want to shake hands too, of course. Welcome, 00:05:20.100 --> 00:05:22.459 Chi Chi. Very affectionate. Astounding talent 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:25.980 for mimicry. Oh, dear. Get off Professor Baker's 00:05:25.980 --> 00:05:29.300 shoulder, Chi Chi. Come on down. He likes your 00:05:29.300 --> 00:05:34.600 hat. No, Chi Chi. No. All right, now you've tried 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.860 it on. Give it back. Oh, thank you, Chi Chi. 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.639 He gets tired of wearing his black skull cap. 00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:45.160 Chi Chi, let go of my hand. Now, you go on by 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:48.910 yourself. He's always curious about new surroundings 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:50.769 probably wants to explore that grove of trees 00:05:50.769 --> 00:05:55.009 go on go on Chi Chi It won't go far. He'll play 00:05:55.009 --> 00:05:58.750 for a while and come back Beautiful place you 00:05:58.750 --> 00:06:00.550 have here professor Baker is Helen home. Oh, 00:06:00.569 --> 00:06:03.029 she'll be back shortly had some shopping in the 00:06:03.029 --> 00:06:06.129 village She just had to have abalone for you. 00:06:06.189 --> 00:06:08.930 She remembered how much you enjoy Abalone wonderful 00:06:08.930 --> 00:06:12.759 wonderful. How is she? You and Helen certainly 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.319 could not have found a lovelier place for retirement 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.220 It is rather isolated, but then it does have 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:21.519 that increasingly rare commodity peace and quiet 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:27.899 Let's walk around back Just beautiful this view 00:06:27.899 --> 00:06:30.439 and now about a cocktail. Well, why don't we 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:32.480 wait for Helen? Well, she ought to be back any 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:34.899 minute We usually have our evening cocktail in 00:06:34.899 --> 00:06:37.959 the study gets foggy on the patio toward sundown 00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:41.920 What about Chi Chi? He'll be all right. He'll 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.180 open the patio door if it's left unlocked. Gets 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:46.180 hysterical if he thinks he's been locked up. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:53.120 Still like dry Manhattan's? Perfect. Did you 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.220 tell Helen that you had asked me to bring Chi 00:06:55.220 --> 00:07:00.879 Chi? I intended to. Slipped my mind. Here you 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:06.180 are. Ah, thank you. Well, cheers. Ah. That's 00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:10.240 good as ever. I hope Helen won't be upset. I'm 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.459 sure she won't. I rather think she'll be intrigued 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:14.560 with the idea of having Chi Chi here for our 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:18.399 experiments. You mean she's working with you 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.439 on the research? Oh, yes. She's very cooperative. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:24.540 Finds it lots of fun. Well, that is interesting. 00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:27.660 Is she as intrigued as you seem to be with psychic 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:31.860 studies? Frankly, I don't believe so. She's been 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:34.680 very cooperative, but I don't think she really 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.480 approves. Oh? And sometimes, I question the wisdom 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:43.019 of having married at my age. Oh, come on now. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.379 I remind you, Philip, Helen is 20 years younger. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:50.220 I sometimes have the feeling she feels trapped, 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:54.439 misses the activities of faculty wives she so 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:59.199 enjoyed in the years before my retirement. Perhaps 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:04.379 we'd had children. Philip. Helen should have 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:06.819 married you when you were both graduate students. 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:11.139 Well, there's nothing happened between you. No, 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.699 Philip, not yet, but... Well, don't tell me that 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:16.759 you, Professor Baker, an eminent physicist for 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.660 40 years with worldwide reputation for scientific 00:08:19.660 --> 00:08:24.220 integrity, has succumbed to clairvoyance? And 00:08:24.220 --> 00:08:28.339 you, Philip, do you have irrefutable proof that 00:08:28.339 --> 00:08:33.009 clairvoyance does not ever exist? Can you issue 00:08:33.009 --> 00:08:36.090 an assurance that something will not happen? 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:45.470 Well, that's Helen now Hello Helen As I look 00:08:45.470 --> 00:08:48.929 back now To that moment when dr. Simpson and 00:08:48.929 --> 00:08:52.009 I waited for Helen to come into the house. I 00:08:52.009 --> 00:08:55.629 Fully realize that the quick flush that passed 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:59.509 over his tense face Meant the one thing I had 00:08:59.509 --> 00:09:02.639 been blind to that he was still in love with 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.860 her. Helen entered the room with packages in 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:09.879 her arms. She threw them on the sofa, rushed 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.960 towards him, her face glowing with pleasure, 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.620 embraced him and kissed his cheek, hugged him. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.879 Oh, Philip, it's so good to see you. It's good 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.820 to see you. Let me look at you. Oh, it's so... 00:09:22.669 --> 00:09:24.769 It's so good to see you. Neither one of them 00:09:24.769 --> 00:09:27.570 saw Chichi open the door from the garden. Come 00:09:27.570 --> 00:09:30.649 into the room, climb a table, and spring onto 00:09:30.649 --> 00:09:33.610 her shoulder, its furry paws around her neck. 00:09:34.669 --> 00:09:39.029 Chichi, come down, Chichi. Let go of her. Come 00:09:39.029 --> 00:09:48.629 down. There, now stay down. It's a monkey. I 00:09:48.629 --> 00:09:53.220 couldn't imagine what... All I saw and felt were 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:56.320 hairy paws. It's all right, Chi Chi. It's all 00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:01.179 right. Now just be quiet. I'm so sorry he scared 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:03.980 you. He was trying to be affectionate. Yeah, 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:08.559 well, I sure can do with a drink, Pa. Here you 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:15.919 are, dear. Thank you. He is cute, but why the 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:19.340 black skullcap? Well, you might say aesthetic 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:23.500 reasons. Aesthetic? Or cosmetic. Philip doesn't 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:25.740 like his little wards running around in public 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:30.460 with their brains exposed. Brains exposed? Yes, 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.240 that's right, Helen. The skull cap covers Cheechie's 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.679 plastic skull. Now, I'll show you. There you 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:43.220 are. Well, you can see its brain. It's positively 00:10:43.220 --> 00:10:48.120 fascinating. Almost unbelievable. Oh, Philip, 00:10:48.299 --> 00:10:51.179 it's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant surgery. 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:53.340 Wait, wait a minute, Helen. I'm just carrying 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:56.740 on what was begun in 1948 at the Naval Medical 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:59.179 Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Really? 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:02.059 I had no idea such surgery was possible that 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:04.600 far back. Helen, my dear, there's a big gap in 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.100 your knowledge of surgery. The ancient Egyptians 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:10.139 operated on cranial bone. Mm -hmm, that's correct. 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:13.200 Look here, Helen, surgeons in a series of four 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.299 operations removed cranial bone from the shaved 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:19.490 head. And when the skull healed, fitted the metal 00:11:19.490 --> 00:11:21.629 ring around the edge of the skull, sealing the 00:11:21.629 --> 00:11:24.970 joint with rosin and wax. The clear plastic skull 00:11:24.970 --> 00:11:28.610 is held in place by these six steel bolts. Marvelous. 00:11:29.250 --> 00:11:31.230 Simply marvelous. Oh, it's practically routine 00:11:31.230 --> 00:11:34.269 now. Well, why was it done, Philip? Well, to 00:11:34.269 --> 00:11:37.269 study. Through the plastic skull, as I am still 00:11:37.269 --> 00:11:39.110 studying, the flow of blood when the monkeys 00:11:39.110 --> 00:11:42.210 are in an induced state of shock, or under the 00:11:42.210 --> 00:11:44.769 influence of anesthesia or drugs like adrenaline, 00:11:44.970 --> 00:11:48.039 histamine. And, of course, reactions to cold, 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.360 hunger, diet, fear, tension, and so forth. Incidentally, 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.080 I'm leaving Chichi here for a while. Here? Oh, 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.799 I'm sorry, Helen. I simply forgot to tell you. 00:11:58.860 --> 00:12:01.919 Yes, but why? I mean, why is it being left here? 00:12:02.299 --> 00:12:04.620 What Philip is too polite to say, my dear, is 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:07.860 that he's loaning Chichi to me for extrasensory 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:12.139 and paranormal experiments, to make my own observations. 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.620 I believe he hopes to convince me that the brain 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:20.419 monkeys or man's fails to respond with a measurable 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:23.899 reaction to mental energy messages. Exactly. 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.480 Look, I'm curious. Why must the experiment be 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:32.179 with a monkey when a dog, a horse? Philip understands. 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.220 Don't you, Philip? Well, Helen, in the scale 00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:37.340 of intelligence among animals, the monkey has 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:40.440 the highest ability to learn next to man. Oh. 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:43.639 Oh, Philip, what time is your lecture? Well, 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:47.179 I should be at the Academy by eight. Good. Give 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:50.000 us enough time for another cocktail. And not 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.059 have to rush through dinner. Darling, please 00:12:53.059 --> 00:12:55.299 shake up another round. I'll take these packages 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:57.220 to the kitchen. Well, here. Here, let me carry 00:12:57.220 --> 00:13:00.519 them in. Oh. Well, just put them on the counter, 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:04.059 Philip. Mm -hmm. Anything else I can help you 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:06.039 with? Just show me where things are. I'll help 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:11.240 set the table. What is it, Helen? You all right? 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:19.059 Yes. The table. The table. What are you talking 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:23.679 about? I said I'd help set the table. Later. 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:27.440 Let's have our drink and talk. There's so much 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:37.879 to catch up with, Philip. More coffee, Philip? 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:40.710 Yes, please. Oh, have some more of the strawberries, 00:13:41.009 --> 00:13:45.169 Philip, and ice cream. Just a little. Helen, 00:13:45.350 --> 00:13:47.870 what you've been telling me is hardly believable. 00:13:48.429 --> 00:13:50.929 There's no room for disbelief, Philip. There's 00:13:50.929 --> 00:13:54.950 evidence. Evidence? Yes. I'll get the drawings. 00:13:55.429 --> 00:13:58.450 Excuse me. Be right back. They're in the study. 00:14:01.289 --> 00:14:05.850 I don't like it, Helen. Do you have these dizzy 00:14:05.850 --> 00:14:08.929 spells often? Well, they... been more frequent 00:14:08.929 --> 00:14:10.750 recently. Well, you should stop participating 00:14:10.750 --> 00:14:13.009 in such experiments. I'll talk to William. Oh, 00:14:13.009 --> 00:14:16.690 please don't. Please. Here we are. Philip, look 00:14:16.690 --> 00:14:19.870 at these rough line drawings. Do they suggest 00:14:19.870 --> 00:14:25.289 recognizable objects? Well, this might be an 00:14:25.289 --> 00:14:29.549 apple, I guess. This, well, suggests a knife. 00:14:31.509 --> 00:14:33.610 You can't see anything in this one. Meaningless 00:14:33.610 --> 00:14:38.000 lines. Yes, that one is meaningless. Note the 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.860 dates on the drawings. About a month ago, I sat 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:45.179 at this table with three objects in my hands. 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:50.000 An apple, a knife, and a salt shaker. Helen was 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.820 stretched out on her back in the bedroom, her 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:54.820 mind clear of any thoughts or feelings, awaiting 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:58.639 my energy message. She could not hear me. She 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:01.940 could only receive my thoughts, my instructions. 00:15:02.850 --> 00:15:05.370 I sent a message for her to pick up the pad and 00:15:05.370 --> 00:15:09.529 pencil on the night table. I sent an energy message 00:15:09.529 --> 00:15:13.509 telling her I was holding an apple, a knife, 00:15:14.110 --> 00:15:17.269 and a salt shaker, and for her to draw them. 00:15:17.909 --> 00:15:22.389 She got two out of three. You ask me to accept 00:15:22.389 --> 00:15:24.809 this as evidence that you can control the actions 00:15:24.809 --> 00:15:26.990 of the mind of a person who's out of your sight, 00:15:27.610 --> 00:15:30.070 out of the sound of your voice, even physically 00:15:30.070 --> 00:15:34.149 in another place? I call it coincidence, accident. 00:15:34.250 --> 00:15:37.190 It did happen, Philip. In many other experiments 00:15:37.190 --> 00:15:39.830 we did together, it took me months of training 00:15:39.830 --> 00:15:44.230 to achieve a state of receptivity. Well, that's 00:15:44.230 --> 00:15:46.610 all very interesting. But I'd better soon be 00:15:46.610 --> 00:15:49.629 on my way to the Academy. I can see you're still 00:15:49.629 --> 00:15:53.769 skeptical. Can you spare three more minutes for 00:15:53.769 --> 00:15:56.669 another, as you say, interesting experiment now, 00:15:57.029 --> 00:16:01.970 right here, with Helen? With Helen? I'd rather 00:16:01.970 --> 00:16:05.450 not. I don't mind, Philip. All right, very well. 00:16:05.649 --> 00:16:10.509 Thank you, Helen. Lie down in the bedroom. I'll 00:16:10.509 --> 00:16:13.370 give you two minutes to achieve receptivity. 00:16:17.850 --> 00:16:22.970 I will repeat once more, Helen. Come back, pick 00:16:22.970 --> 00:16:27.610 up the coffee pot, and pour the coffee right 00:16:27.610 --> 00:16:34.970 on your fine lace tablecloth. You're not going 00:16:34.970 --> 00:16:40.330 to let her... No, this dong will stop her. More 00:16:40.330 --> 00:16:43.710 coffee, Philip. Well, I really should be going. 00:16:43.789 --> 00:16:45.990 Oh, yes, before the bridge traffic gets heavy. 00:16:46.049 --> 00:16:47.649 Here, I'll help you carry these things to the 00:16:47.649 --> 00:16:51.889 kitchen. He followed her into the kitchen, carrying 00:16:51.889 --> 00:16:56.309 a tray. The brilliant Dr. Simpson had been puzzled. 00:16:57.429 --> 00:17:01.480 Are you all right? He had asked her. Dr. Simpson, 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.680 who recognized only the fiscal laws of matter, 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:08.660 had asked, are you all right? But she wasn't 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:12.200 all right. Dr. Simpson didn't know then what 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:16.099 the trouble was. But late that night, when he 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:18.259 returned from his lecture, he found out about 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:22.220 the experiment that was underway with the loaded 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:33.819 gun in the night table. Well, this is a strange 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:39.380 kind of monkey business, huh? And poor puzzle 00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:44.279 Dr. Simpson. I'm sure he never expected to find 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:48.720 two old respectable friends kicking the gong 00:17:48.720 --> 00:18:08.480 around. I'll be back shortly with Act Two. Now 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:13.480 clear your mind and listen with a blank mind 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:18.259 and Maybe you will intercept the next mental 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:21.400 radio message professor Baker has prepared for 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:27.500 Helen ready Helen didn't wait up for dr. Simpson 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:31.619 to return I Waited in the study dark, but for 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:35.259 the small lamp on my desk and still except for 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:37.700 the soft breathing of Chi Chi asleep in the shadowy 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:41.700 corner of the sofa. I waited and read until I 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:45.480 could be sure that Helen was sound asleep. I 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:47.660 unlocked my desk and took out the one notebook 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:53.519 I kept hidden from her and made an entry. The 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:58.000 experiment is beginning to show results. Today 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.920 Helen reacted with an unmistakable manifestation 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:04.240 of dizziness and mental depressiveness. When 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.339 Dr. Simpson mentioned the word table, I am convinced 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:11.140 that the subject has reached the stage of complete 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:18.000 susceptibility and receptiveness. Then I continued 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.380 the experiment. I stared in the direction of 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:27.819 the bedroom door and concentrated. I shut out 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:31.619 every sight and sound and thought until I was 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:35.390 oblivious to everything but - the task at hand. 00:19:36.450 --> 00:19:43.769 Helen, there is a gun in the night table. In 00:19:43.769 --> 00:19:50.289 the night table, Helen. In the night table, a 00:19:50.289 --> 00:19:58.990 gun, Helen. In the night table, a gun, Helen. 00:19:59.289 --> 00:20:04.960 Professor Baker. Yes? What? What are you doing? 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:09.640 Experimenting. Where's Helen? Lying down in the 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:15.740 bedroom. Close the door, won't you? Professor, 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:20.380 what is this experiment? It's a very simple experiment. 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:25.160 I'm trying to reach her mind. Now, if you'll 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:31.220 excuse me. Helen, there is a gun in the night 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:36.990 table. Stop it! Shaking dr. Simpson. What are 00:20:36.990 --> 00:20:39.589 you up to? I'm simply trying to tell Helen there 00:20:39.589 --> 00:20:42.450 is a gun in the night table by her bed and for 00:20:42.450 --> 00:20:46.609 her to what? To pick it up enter this room point 00:20:46.609 --> 00:20:50.390 the gun at me and pull the trigger But why why 00:20:50.390 --> 00:20:53.490 what I'm trying to determine is whether one mind 00:20:53.490 --> 00:20:57.630 can influence another by exerting mental energy 00:20:57.630 --> 00:21:01.130 to do something the subject would normally recoil 00:21:01.130 --> 00:21:05.539 from doing Yes, yes, go on In Helen's case, I'm 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:08.720 sure that in her conscious hours, she would never 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.559 even entertain the thought of shooting me. I'm 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.859 trying to determine whether she can be made to 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:17.960 do just that without her being aware that she 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:22.660 is being impelled to do so. But why? What would 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:28.079 it prove? Prove? Don't you see? If one mind can 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:32.220 control another across space, think of the power, 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:36.710 men of good will. can exercise over evil. It 00:21:36.710 --> 00:21:39.950 will at long last give man control over the rapacious 00:21:39.950 --> 00:21:43.890 breed that makes civilization a nightmare. The 00:21:43.890 --> 00:21:47.049 evil power -hungry men who brainwash their countrymen 00:21:47.049 --> 00:21:53.390 into one war after another. Professor, how long 00:21:53.390 --> 00:21:57.309 has this been going on? For weeks. Every night. 00:21:58.390 --> 00:22:00.609 You recall Helen's depressiveness this evening? 00:22:01.089 --> 00:22:04.599 When you mentioned the word table? You mean yes 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:10.099 the reaction results My mind is beginning to 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:14.079 control her subconscious you you witnessed it 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.980 Philip and now Have you the scientific integrity 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:21.099 and the courage to witness the experiment carried 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:26.180 through I? Have conditioned her to come in when 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:30.539 the clock strikes midnight in a few minutes now 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:33.269 what? What do you mean? Do I have the courage? 00:22:33.470 --> 00:22:39.369 Yes to stand by and not interfere When or if 00:22:39.369 --> 00:22:42.589 she's about to pull the trigger to kill me you 00:22:43.210 --> 00:22:45.710 You mean the gun is loaded? Of course it is. 00:22:45.890 --> 00:22:48.849 But why not blank bullets? The experiment must 00:22:48.849 --> 00:22:52.109 be carried out with all factors of reality to 00:22:52.109 --> 00:22:54.470 eliminate all possibility of interference from 00:22:54.470 --> 00:22:57.349 her extra sensory perception. I don't understand. 00:22:57.670 --> 00:23:00.210 Don't you see her extra sensory perception could 00:23:00.210 --> 00:23:02.910 signal her subconscious mind that the gun is 00:23:02.910 --> 00:23:05.269 harmless and the experiment would prove nothing? 00:23:05.589 --> 00:23:08.109 Professor Baker, I simply cannot understand how 00:23:08.109 --> 00:23:11.380 a man like you... who's devoted 40 years to the 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:14.339 science of physics can suddenly, on retirement 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:16.640 from scholastic life, devote all his time to 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:20.420 such, such... elusive matters as parapsychology, 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:24.160 mental telepathy, clairvoyance, fantastic nonsense! 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:27.460 You sound very dogmatic for a man of science, 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:31.740 Dr. Simpson. With all due respect to your sincerity 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:35.019 in your experiments, Professor Baker... The vast 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:37.759 array of scientific knowledge still supports 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.079 the theory that human behavior can be traced 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:44.039 directly to the physical and chemical factors 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:46.099 of the human body. And you think Chi Chi will 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:48.859 convince me of that? Precisely. You allow for 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:51.279 no distinction between man and the monkey? None, 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:54.079 none. Both are animals. Listen to me, Philip. 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:57.440 You've been trying to dissuade me. Well, I'm 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:01.599 quite aware of that. Now let me try to convince 00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:05.609 you. All right, I'm listening from the time the 00:24:05.609 --> 00:24:08.269 British Society for Psychical Research was founded 00:24:08.269 --> 00:24:13.490 in 1882 Right through the present worldwide experimentation 00:24:13.490 --> 00:24:16.829 to pierce the veil of the unknown The one thing 00:24:16.829 --> 00:24:20.130 that has been missing is the willingness of scientists 00:24:20.130 --> 00:24:23.609 of unquestioned integrity to conduct their own 00:24:23.609 --> 00:24:27.470 experiments The time has come Philip for researchers 00:24:27.470 --> 00:24:30.690 like you and me to settle once and for all what 00:24:30.690 --> 00:24:36.190 is or is not possible, is or is not true, in 00:24:36.190 --> 00:24:42.509 paranormalty. If I consent to witness your experiment, 00:24:43.369 --> 00:24:46.490 will you promise me that if it fails, tonight, 00:24:46.710 --> 00:24:50.990 now, you will never again experiment with Helen's 00:24:50.990 --> 00:24:56.859 mind? Yes, but Philip, I can see... You're still 00:24:56.859 --> 00:25:00.859 afraid that the experiment will succeed and that 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:04.299 she could shoot me I'll put you at ease this 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:06.299 gong that stopped her from pouring the coffee 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:10.180 on the table here you hold it and if you think 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:18.160 the situation warrants Strike the gong Very well 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:24.009 proceed He stood by the door to the study One 00:25:24.009 --> 00:25:27.009 hand holding the brass gong by its silk braid, 00:25:27.789 --> 00:25:30.890 his eyes watching the clock on the mantel as 00:25:30.890 --> 00:25:35.230 it started to strike midnight. Chi Chi, awakened 00:25:35.230 --> 00:25:38.450 by the clock in our raised voices, was nervously 00:25:38.450 --> 00:25:40.569 pacing back and forth across the top of the back 00:25:40.569 --> 00:25:46.250 of the sofa. Philip watched the door. I sensed 00:25:46.250 --> 00:25:48.650 he was prepared, if Helen failed to respond to 00:25:48.650 --> 00:25:51.329 the gong, he would strike the gun out of her 00:25:51.329 --> 00:25:59.710 hand. I resume the experiment. Pick up the gun. 00:26:02.650 --> 00:26:08.529 Come into the study, Helen. The study, Helen. 00:26:11.269 --> 00:26:15.470 Helen walked in, her eyes fixed and staring, 00:26:16.410 --> 00:26:19.609 her arms at her side, her right hand slightly 00:26:19.609 --> 00:26:22.829 behind her. Philip, mouth open, unable to utter 00:26:22.829 --> 00:26:28.690 a word, watching her. Point the gun at me. Pull 00:26:28.690 --> 00:26:35.529 the trigger. Helen! Dr. Simpson dropped the gun. 00:26:36.089 --> 00:26:38.849 Just to me, as I slumped over the desk. Good 00:26:38.849 --> 00:26:42.029 God! The bullet hit my chest. Helen! Tal's adhesive 00:26:42.029 --> 00:26:43.890 tape. It's a chest wound. Have to keep him from 00:26:43.890 --> 00:26:46.369 sucking in air. He looked up from examining the 00:26:46.369 --> 00:26:49.190 wound. One glance told him she didn't hear or 00:26:49.190 --> 00:26:52.380 understand. He ran to the bathroom, got towels 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:54.460 and the tape. Helen, call an ambulance. He moved 00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:56.900 me to the couch, pillows under my head, ripped 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:59.319 open my shirt, pressed the towel on the wound, 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.839 taped my chest to keep the pressure on the wound. 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:04.319 Call the ambulance, Helen. She didn't respond. 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:09.940 He seized the phone. Put down the phone, Philip. 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:16.140 Helen. Helen, why are you pointing the gun at 00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:22.730 me? Put down the gun. She lowered the gun to 00:27:22.730 --> 00:27:27.750 her side. He went to her. My eyes closed. I struggled 00:27:27.750 --> 00:27:30.730 against the blackness flooding my mind. I struggled 00:27:30.730 --> 00:27:34.150 as the blood trickled from my wound to listen. 00:27:34.670 --> 00:27:41.109 Helen. Don't you hear me? Answer me. Answer me! 00:27:43.509 --> 00:27:47.930 Why did you slap me, Philip? Helen, do you know 00:27:47.930 --> 00:27:50.690 what you've done? What have I done? You've shot 00:27:50.690 --> 00:27:54.900 him. Who? Your husband, Professor Baker. We've 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:57.819 got to call an ambulance, Helen. His pulse, his 00:27:57.819 --> 00:28:01.160 pulse is... Will... will he live? The ambulance, 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:05.220 Helen. He won't live, will he? I can see it in 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.220 your face, Philip. He won't live. He'll die if 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:10.519 he doesn't get to the operating room. I want 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:27.289 him to die. What did you say? I must say, I'm 00:28:27.289 --> 00:28:31.670 surprised too. But then Helen's probably like 00:28:31.670 --> 00:28:34.470 most women, not always mean what they say or 00:28:34.470 --> 00:28:38.109 say what they mean, huh? Wonder what's really 00:28:38.109 --> 00:28:43.930 on her mind. But she's in good hands with a doctor 00:28:43.930 --> 00:28:48.230 in the house. I'll be back shortly with Act 3. 00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:05.079 Well, it does seem we left both Helen and dr. 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:08.920 Simpson in a state of shock Not to mention our 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:12.599 bleeding professor Baker and that hysterical 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:17.500 chichi Let's rejoin them and see Whether there's 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:21.880 help for any of them. I do want him to die listen 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:25.599 to me You must let me call the ambulance Don't 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:28.599 you see we must if he dies here the police will 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:31.019 want to know why we didn't call the ambulance 00:29:31.470 --> 00:29:33.569 The police? Yes, Helen, the police will want 00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:40.890 to know. Oh, Philip. Oh, me. I'm so mixed up. 00:29:40.930 --> 00:29:47.809 Come, come. Sit down. Lean back. Just try to 00:29:47.809 --> 00:29:53.150 relax. Put the gun on the floor. I'll call the 00:29:53.150 --> 00:30:11.000 hospital. This is dr. Philip Simpson. Yes, I 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:14.000 need the ambulance trauma team at once 47 Edgecliff 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:19.680 Road critical chest wound gunshot Now I want 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.859 you to call the police Helen The police yes, 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:25.000 they'll be here soon. Anyway, they're always 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.299 alerted about requests for an ambulance But I 00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.460 want you to call them for the record. It will 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:33.359 be important at the trial I'll get them on the 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:48.779 phone you talk Oh, this is Mrs. William Baker, 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:57.019 47 Edgecliff Road. I want to report that I just 00:30:57.019 --> 00:31:07.079 shot my husband. What will I tell them when they 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:08.880 get here, Philip? You don't have to answer any 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.680 questions tonight. I'll have the law firm of 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:13.660 Kendall Prentice represent you. They're specialists 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:18.279 in forensic medicine. The Chinese gong in the 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:21.460 dining room. It's Chi Chi imitating what I did. 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:27.259 Chi Chi, stop that. You hear me? Stop that. Let 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:34.259 me have it, Chi Chi. Now, come here. Drop it. 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:38.720 Drop it. Let go. Let go of it or I'll break your 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:43.049 fall. Those Capuchin monkeys. They want to imitate 00:31:43.049 --> 00:31:45.970 every new thing they see. Chi Chi, go sit down 00:31:45.970 --> 00:31:51.430 in that corner. Go on and stay there. They're 00:31:51.430 --> 00:31:55.430 intelligent, but they can be very trying. Chi 00:31:55.430 --> 00:31:58.289 Chi is... Chi Chi is acting strangely tonight. 00:31:59.150 --> 00:32:02.890 Usually obeys a command immediately. Well, perhaps 00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:05.890 Chi Chi's nervous system has been affected by... 00:32:05.890 --> 00:32:09.490 by what's happened here. Perhaps its brain has 00:32:09.490 --> 00:32:12.890 intercepted... Some of Williams energy messages 00:32:12.890 --> 00:32:16.130 nonsense Helen that's impossible I mean Chi Chi 00:32:16.130 --> 00:32:18.769 can sense excitement and tension in a room, but 00:32:18.769 --> 00:32:20.630 as for intercepting professor Baker's energy 00:32:20.630 --> 00:32:25.890 messages uh -uh I better check his pulse It's 00:32:25.890 --> 00:32:30.430 weak very weak What's keeping that? Chi Chi's 00:32:30.430 --> 00:32:33.029 got the gun Chi Chi Chi Chi let me have that 00:32:33.029 --> 00:32:37.970 gun Now Chi Chi now you'll be a nice boy But 00:32:37.970 --> 00:32:42.079 put the gun on the floor Good boy. Good boy. 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:46.480 Thank you, Chi Chi. Thank you. Now go back in 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:52.660 the corner, and please stay there. I'll put the 00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:56.500 gun on the desk. I think we both need a brandy. 00:32:56.859 --> 00:33:01.839 Would you like one, Helen? Yes, please. Here, 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:08.259 dear. Now just sip it. Tell me, Helen, did... 00:33:08.430 --> 00:33:10.750 Did you know what you were doing when you pulled 00:33:10.750 --> 00:33:14.750 the trigger? What? What do you think, Philip? 00:33:14.789 --> 00:33:17.569 I don't know what to think yet. You've got to 00:33:17.569 --> 00:33:20.569 tell me, Helen. Did you know what you were doing? 00:33:22.230 --> 00:33:25.349 You pulled the trigger after I struck the gong. 00:33:26.630 --> 00:33:33.910 Yes. I know. You... you knew? You deliberately 00:33:33.910 --> 00:33:38.900 murdered him. Murder? I shot him! Because he 00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:41.759 told me to. He made me do it. But if you knew, 00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:45.059 if you knew what you were doing, the police will 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:47.539 call it murder. Look, I told you I knew what 00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:50.720 I was doing, but I won't tell the police. What 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:55.319 will you tell them? That the experiment, the 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:58.980 great Professor Baker's experiment was a success. 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:02.539 Wait a minute. You knew about the experiment? 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:07.220 You knew? Yes. Every step of it. I knew about 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:10.420 the notebook. I read every entry, every day. 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:14.059 I knew exactly what he was up to. The police 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.239 will read the notebook and they'll understand. 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:19.599 They'll understand. You murdered him. Helen. 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:23.719 I never loved him. I was beginning to hate him. 00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:27.679 It doesn't matter now, Helen. I prefer to conclude 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.320 that you did not know what you were doing. That 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:35.590 the experiment did unbalance your mind. I think 00:34:35.590 --> 00:34:39.050 the district attorney will accept that. Except 00:34:39.050 --> 00:34:42.190 what, Philip? That when you pulled that trigger, 00:34:43.190 --> 00:34:46.150 it was insanity. Oh, no! No, I won't be declared 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:48.469 insane! No! No, no! Look, I'll show them the 00:34:48.469 --> 00:34:50.489 notebook. They'll understand. They'll read it 00:34:50.489 --> 00:34:53.369 in his own handwriting. How night after night, 00:34:53.389 --> 00:34:55.849 while I was asleep, he tried to make me shoot 00:34:55.849 --> 00:34:59.590 him. They'll understand. Unless you tell them 00:34:59.590 --> 00:35:01.849 differently. Unless you tell them I murdered 00:35:01.849 --> 00:35:06.980 him! Helen. Helen, please, listen to me. Try 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:09.860 to understand what I'm telling you. The police 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:12.420 will never believe that Professor Baker's experiment 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:15.500 was a success. They'll call in scientists to 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:18.739 testify that no such thing is possible. They'll 00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:21.400 suspect that you used your knowledge of the experiment 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:24.480 to kill your husband. Yes, but you were a witness. 00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:28.260 You can verify what happened. Yes, but the... 00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:33.380 You tell them that I murdered him? No. No, no, 00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:37.820 no The only honest opinion I can give them is 00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:41.119 that your mind snapped that day by day the knowledge 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.480 of your husband's secret experiment preyed on 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:47.500 your mind and You became convinced in a moment 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:51.059 of temporary insanity that he really wanted you 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:57.699 to kill him Will they believe that I? Hope the 00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:15.440 jury will As I lay there on the couch still my 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:19.800 eyes closed Aware that under the blanket my blood 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.760 was still slowly trickling into the towel Fighting 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:26.579 against slipping off into unconsciousness. I 00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:29.179 could still hear their voices as from a great 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:35.750 distance I'm so tired, I'm so mixed up. My poor 00:36:35.750 --> 00:36:39.550 darling. And then, I was aware of Chichi at the 00:36:39.550 --> 00:36:43.210 side of the couch, bending over me, its breath 00:36:43.210 --> 00:36:47.449 close to my face. My eyelids, heavy with weirdness, 00:36:47.570 --> 00:36:50.670 lifted slightly, and through the thin slit of 00:36:50.670 --> 00:36:55.610 vision, I saw Chichi's plastic skull. I could 00:36:55.610 --> 00:36:59.050 see plainly through the plastic skull, the gray 00:36:59.050 --> 00:37:03.309 mass of nerve tissue of the cerebellum. And then, 00:37:03.429 --> 00:37:06.250 summoning every last bit of strength of will, 00:37:06.949 --> 00:37:13.130 I concentrated on Chi -Chi's brain. Chi -Chi, 00:37:13.869 --> 00:37:21.010 the gun in the desk. Chi -Chi. What have I done, 00:37:21.550 --> 00:37:26.590 Billy? To you too? I've ruined your career. Go 00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:31.900 to the desk, Chi -Chi, in the drawer. The gun. 00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:36.300 I could see its gray eyes staring at me, trying 00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:39.079 to grasp what I was telling him. And then he 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:42.500 jumped on the desk, pulled open the drawer, and 00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:46.019 took out the gun. Chee Chee! Put it down, Chee 00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:49.199 Chee! Philip charged to the desk. Chee Chee eluded 00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:52.360 him, leaped to the mantle over the fireplace. 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.099 Drop the gun, Chee Chee! Drop it! Philip chased 00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:57.019 it all over the room as it knocked over a table 00:37:57.019 --> 00:38:01.300 and a chair. Point to the hanging ceiling light 00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:07.340 fixture waving the gun playfully. Chi Chi, point 00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:13.780 the gun at the mirror. At the mirror, Chi Chi. 00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:16.739 Stop it! Stop it! Give me the gun, Chi Chi! At 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:22.139 the mirror, pull the trigger. Give me the gun, 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:25.699 Chi Chi! Alan was reaching towards Chi Chi. Chi 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:28.559 Chi was pointing the gun at her. I didn't want 00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:32.320 Helen to die. I summoned every last ounce of 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:35.960 will and sent a mental message to Chi Chi. Drop 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:41.340 the gun, Chi Chi. Drop the gun. Look out, Helen! 00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:49.940 Good Lord. Helen. Helen. Answer me. She didn't 00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:54.599 have a chance. She was shot in the head. Hold 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:59.159 me tight, darling. Hold me tight. You must not 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:04.300 die, Helen. You must not die. Helen, I love you. 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:09.139 Hold me tight. Chichi was at the door at the 00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:12.800 garden in a panic, trying to open the door, the 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:17.780 gun still in his hand. Philip grabbed the fireplace 00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:21.940 poker, swung it on Chichi's plastic skull. glanced 00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:24.840 off and fell out of his hand. Philip picked up 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:27.139 a chair, threw it at Cheechie with all the strength 00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:31.280 of his fury. It crashed through the glass. Cheechie 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:33.300 jumped through the opening. Philip picked up 00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:35.340 the poker, went after Cheechie. I could hear 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:37.719 Philip chasing him across the flagstones of the 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.960 patio. I heard the police car. I could hear Philip 00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:53.210 shout. Cheechie! Then, all was still. Death lay 00:39:53.210 --> 00:39:59.750 still. I lost consciousness until I became aware 00:39:59.750 --> 00:40:03.150 of someone talking on the telephone. Yes, Lieutenant. 00:40:04.030 --> 00:40:10.030 Two dead. Mrs. Baker in the house and Dr. Philip 00:40:10.030 --> 00:40:14.170 Simpson in the woods back of the house. Yeah, 00:40:14.730 --> 00:40:18.170 one bullet in each of them. John says Dr. Simpson 00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:21.239 was pretty far gone when he found him. Says he 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.719 tried to tell him something John thinks it was 00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:26.699 something about a monkey still running round 00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:31.840 out there with a loaded gun He beats me to lieutenant 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:36.480 No, no nothing else. Oh, yes, sir. We found a 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:40.739 black skull cap Hanging on the chandelier That's 00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:44.460 what I said skull cap odd -shaped thing You can't 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:48.969 figure out what it's for. No Right Oh, better 00:40:48.969 --> 00:40:51.010 get that ambulance out here fast. Professor may 00:40:51.010 --> 00:40:53.190 still have a chance. Here it comes now, Lieutenant. 00:41:04.030 --> 00:41:08.570 That's how it happened. Exactly how it happened. 00:41:09.670 --> 00:41:14.630 The police are still puzzled. Chi Chi will probably 00:41:14.630 --> 00:41:19.800 find roaming the woods the gun somewhere. Nearby, 00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:24.480 Chi Chi did it. Tell the police, Chi Chi did 00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:31.320 it. Why? Perhaps it was mimicking Helen after 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:36.099 it witnessed her shooting me. I shall never know. 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:43.519 As for whether my wife murdered me willfully 00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:50.000 or suffered temporary insanity. or was influenced 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:56.860 by my mental energy. You must judge for yourself 00:41:56.860 --> 00:42:00.559 after you read the full record of the experiment 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:09.039 in the notebook. Yes. Go tell the police and 00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:12.699 Professor Seligson. You can locate him through 00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:16.199 the American Society of University Professors. 00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:23.179 Tell them... I decided to communicate the foregoing 00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:30.639 just an hour ago when I heard the operating team 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:44.559 give me up. And they say dead men tell no tales. 00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:49.179 Talking about the brain though. Let me give you 00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:53.579 men a tip. If your wife is trying to talk you 00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:59.559 to death, don't worry. Master the secret of mind 00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:04.639 over chatter. But seriously, a guy I know didn't 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:07.800 even answer his wife. 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