Episode aired Feb 21, 1961
Host: Boris Karloff
Guest Stars: Nehemiam Persoff • Robert Middleton • H.M. Wynant
The police manhunt for a serial killer of children ends with the arrest of a mentally-challenged brute named Ohrback, but the detective in charge of the case begins to wonder if they have the wrong man.
Host: Boris Karloff
Guest Stars: Nehemiam Persoff • Robert Middleton • H.M. Wynant
The police manhunt for a serial killer of children ends with the arrest of a mentally-challenged brute named Ohrback, but the detective in charge of the case begins to wonder if they have the wrong man.
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00:00 Here, I'll take a cherry.
00:07 Your turn to serve, Freddie.
00:14 You stay right here, children.
00:18 I'll get it.
00:19 [children laughing]
00:38 [music]
00:58 Hey, Morvack.
01:00 Hey, now, why didn't you tell me you got twin brother, huh?
01:03 I wouldn't have believed there was two big dumb apes like you even in the monkey house.
01:06 Here, take a look.
01:07 Oh, come on, stupid.
01:08 Look, did you ever see such a monster's mug on anything that claims to be human?
01:12 [laughing]
01:13 You don't claim to be human, do you, Morvack?
01:15 Here, look.
01:16 [laughing]
01:17 Hey, well, maybe you're right.
01:19 If I was you, I'd be afraid to look in the looking glass myself.
01:22 And I--
01:23 [door closing]
01:24 Why do I waste my time?
01:31 [music]
01:52 [gunshots]
02:00 [music]
02:06 [gunshot]
02:09 No one will wake that little girl ever again.
02:14 She was the victim of the most reprehensible type of criminal, a child murderer.
02:20 So long as he stalks the streets unnoticed or lurks in the shadows near the playground, no little one is safe.
02:29 He preys on the innocence and trust of childhood.
02:33 Tonight, we tell the story of a community in the clutches of just such a monster, held terrified in the fingers of fear.
02:43 That's the title of our play.
02:45 Our leading players are Mr. Nehemiah Persoff, Mr. Robert Middleton, Mr. Kevin Hagen, and Mr. Thayer Roberts.
02:59 Join us now in a desperate manhunt, a race against time, where a lost hour, a wasted minute, might result in another bestial, senseless killing.
03:10 [music]
03:22 [music]
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03:52 [music]
04:02 [music]
04:14 What did you find, Lieutenant?
04:16 I don't know.
04:20 Any footprints?
04:21 No.
04:24 She could have been thrown out of a car.
04:26 She wasn't very heavy.
04:30 Stay here with Spivak. Keep looking.
04:32 Anything special, Lieutenant?
04:33 Anything. Anything at all.
04:39 I'll drive you home, Miss Spencer.
04:44 Was it like the others?
04:46 Yes, they were all the same.
04:52 Do you have any children, Lieutenant?
04:55 I have a little girl, Kathy, same age.
05:06 Here we have a maddened creature killing because, for some reason we can't even guess, he simply has to kill.
05:12 We're not interested in why he kills, Dr. Lasco.
05:15 What we want to know is who we're looking for so we can get him before he kills again, as you indicate he may.
05:21 People aren't sleeping tonight. They're sitting behind locked doors with the lights on and they're blaming me.
05:28 I'll keep the newspapers under control as long as I can, but 60% of this community's income is from tourists.
05:34 If this case isn't closed in a hurry, we can say goodbye to the season this year.
05:39 I get your message, Commissioner. We better catch somebody and kill him before we lose the tourist trade.
05:44 Lieutenant, you'd better get back to work.
05:47 All right, then.
05:50 Anything more on that, Lieutenant?
05:53 It's European, not in mass production yet, so whatever it came off of must have been expensive.
06:01 No prints?
06:03 Only the little girls.
06:06 Oh.
06:09 Autopsy report came in.
06:13 Left ventricle in the pancreas punctured by a sharp metal instrument, probably a knife.
06:18 Regulations indicate death about four days ago.
06:21 Same day she disappeared.
06:23 Hmm. So we can at least hope that she didn't live long after he got her.
06:29 Victim's blood type O.
06:31 You notice there, Lieutenant, Doc found traces of somebody else's blood.
06:34 Blood type ABRH negative?
06:37 Doc says it's very rare. Only one of a kind in hundreds.
06:43 So all we have to do is persuade 30 or 40,000 people to let us tap them for samples.
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09:14 The newspaper said the little girl was killed with a razor-edged knife.
09:25 So when Jody brought that home, I said to myself,
09:27 "Why would anybody want to throw a knife away in a lake?"
09:30 Unless he had good reason to get rid of it.
09:32 You sure there were no prints on it?
09:35 None but yours, Jody.
09:39 But that's good thinking, boy.
09:43 Describe that man to me again.
09:46 I already told you, Lieutenant. He was big and ugly.
09:51 Like a monster in the movies.
09:53 The car?
09:55 A sedan, a jalopy, 1948, '49.
09:59 Kind of a dirty black.
10:01 You didn't happen to see the license number?
10:03 No.
10:04 Okay, thanks, Jody. This will be a big help.
10:08 Thanks, Mr. Matthews.
10:09 A man wants to do his duty as a public-spirited citizen,
10:12 especially if he's got a kid of his own, if you know what I mean, Lieutenant.
10:15 Believe me, Mr. Matthews, he knows what you mean.
10:18 You're all right, Jody.
10:21 I'll put out a description of that car.
10:31 Dirty black sedan, '48 or '49.
10:36 This is real south of the border work.
10:39 And stitched and toed.
10:42 Mexican?
10:44 Could be.
10:46 Have every cop on the street check every leather shop anyone who might have made this.
10:51 Every cop on the beat.
10:54 Every leather shop, anyone who could have made it.
10:57 If this is too hard for you, you can quit, you know.
11:03 (door opens)
11:05 (door closes)
11:08 Police dragnet for mad dog murderers, black car.
11:16 (laughs)
11:19 Hey, Orbach.
11:21 Hey, they got the picture in the paper again.
11:23 Hey, look, see what it says.
11:25 It says the cops know what kind of car they're after.
11:28 It's an old sedan, '48, '49, painted black.
11:32 (laughs)
11:34 What color is your car, Orbach?
11:38 I only saw it around here at night, but I know it's an old jalopy.
11:41 (laughs)
11:43 Hey, Orbach!
11:55 (engine starts)
11:57 Ah, just a minute.
12:03 When I came here, I didn't expect to be asked to sign anything.
12:06 Unless you guarantee to protect my anonymity, I'm...
12:09 I guarantee nothing, Mr. Carter.
12:11 The moment after you get out of here, unless you've signed a statement, I'll be on the phone with Mrs. Carter.
12:15 Now, look, here, I'm a respectable citizen. I'll report this to the commissioner.
12:18 He'll have you on the front page so fast, your head'll swim.
12:23 Now, shall I call your wife and ask her what she thinks you were doing in City Park at midnight?
12:27 Well...
12:32 All right.
12:35 All right, then.
12:37 Well, I was waiting for my friend in the park.
12:45 In the park where the little girl was found the next morning.
12:49 And a black car, a sedan, I think it was, drove up across the street, and a man got out.
12:59 He's a big ugly guy, and he took something out of his pocket.
13:13 It was a big hunting knife.
13:16 It was the same kind of knife I saw on the papers.
13:19 And then he went on into the bushes.
13:22 There was something creepy about him.
13:25 It kind of bothered me.
13:28 Well, it passed the time I tried to make out the license plate on his car.
13:36 Well, it was dark, but I could see the numbers.
13:39 And then I heard my friend coming down the street, and I...
13:44 Oh.
13:46 Well, that was all, Lieutenant.
13:52 Huh.
13:54 You didn't by any chance get the license plate number, huh?
13:58 Oh, yes. Yes, it was 8F0086.
14:06 8F0086.
14:10 You're sure of that?
14:12 Oh, yes. Yes, it was a multiple of two. The last number, I mean.
14:17 I see.
14:19 I've got a thing about numbers, you know.
14:22 Ever since I was a kid, I always looked for multiples of two.
14:26 It's good luck.
14:29 You know, like white horses.
14:32 Yeah. Sure.
14:38 Vehicle Bureau. This is Lieutenant Wagner.
14:41 Check ownership on license plate number 8F0086.
14:47 [Music]
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15:52 [Music]
15:55 [Gunshots]
16:06 Hey, old buck.
16:17 You know better than to sneak in here without I tell you when.
16:20 I've heard the boss have been here. I've told you a hundred times.
16:23 He means it when he says no visitors.
16:27 All right. All right.
16:31 Speak to them, see a movie free. That's what you want, ain't it?
16:34 I'm in trouble, Mr. Zimmer.
16:36 Look, guys like you and me were born to be in trouble.
16:40 Look, I might get arrested.
16:43 Well, what did you do?
16:44 Nothing. I didn't do nothing.
16:46 Well, then you're okay.
16:48 No, Mr. Zimmer, no.
16:50 You've got to help me.
16:52 You've got to help me!
16:53 Hey, hey, hey.
16:55 You know me.
16:57 Anything I can do to help you, sure, sure, but take it easy.
17:01 If anybody asks where I was when I wasn't at work...
17:08 Oh, I get it.
17:10 You took a little time off when a boss got sore and you want an alibi.
17:15 That's right, Mr. Zimmer.
17:17 For last Wednesday night.
17:19 At night. Yeah, at night.
17:22 After work.
17:24 You weren't here.
17:25 I know. Yeah, I know, but...
17:27 You've got to tell them!
17:29 Tell who?
17:30 Anybody who asks.
17:37 Okay.
17:39 So you were sick in bed and I sat there holding your little hot hand, okay?
17:44 Yeah.
17:47 Thanks, Mr. Zimmer.
17:49 Mm-hmm.
17:50 I make this.
17:52 Very nice.
17:54 You sure you don't know who you sold it to?
17:56 Look, I don't want to get this man into trouble.
17:59 He's a nice fellow.
18:01 Who is he?
18:02 This is serious business.
18:04 I don't know his name.
18:06 He's a big fellow.
18:07 Ugly.
18:09 Like a monster in a movie?
18:11 Mm-hmm, that's right.
18:13 I tell him he's crazy to spend so much.
18:15 What'd he need with this?
18:16 What'd he need with big, sharp knife like Hunter when he's a dishwasher?
18:20 Where?
18:22 At the Sunrise Diner.
18:24 Come on.
18:27 Nice work.
18:37 Hey, that's him. That's Orbach.
18:43 Hey, Orbach, they're cops.
18:45 They'll kill you if you run.
18:47 I didn't do nothing.
18:49 I didn't do nothing.
18:51 Turn around.
18:57 Where's your car?
19:00 I already told you, it's out back.
19:01 Keep out of it.
19:03 Come on, I'll show you.
19:05 Here it is.
19:12 How long have you had this?
19:14 Oh, a long time.
19:16 Let me see your sail slip.
19:20 I lost it.
19:29 You lost something else.
19:31 Martinez.
19:36 What?
19:39 Martinez.
19:41 Did this man buy this from you?
19:44 Si, he's the man.
19:46 No.
19:48 I feel sorry for you when I think your poor devil play with toys.
19:51 Now I spit on you.
19:53 I wasn't there.
19:57 I didn't do nothing. I got an alibi.
19:59 You weren't where?
20:01 You didn't do what?
20:03 No.
20:06 I didn't do nothing.
20:08 No.
20:17 Look at it.
20:19 [Music]
20:44 That's him. The second from the left.
20:48 That's the man I saw in the park.
20:50 Lieutenant.
20:55 What's the matter with him?
20:57 He's got a lot on his mind.
20:59 He's tired.
21:02 Take him back. Show's over.
21:04 Well, there's no doubt about it, Lieutenant.
21:11 Orbach's blood type is O.
21:15 And where did the type ABRH negative come from?
21:18 Well, not from Orbach.
21:20 As evidence, you're going to have to forget it, Lieutenant.
21:23 Forget it?
21:25 You've got the case all closed, haven't you, Pat?
21:28 That's not our job.
21:30 It's the job of a judge and jury to close a case.
21:32 Our job is to get the evidence, not forget it.
21:35 I'd go along with the guy if I could.
21:37 I always felt sorry for him.
21:39 Get to the point.
21:41 Orbach came to me wanting an alibi.
21:43 He didn't say for what.
21:45 He was like a kid got caught playing hokey from school.
21:48 Get to the point.
21:50 Well, I won't lie for no murderer.
21:53 Not his kind especially.
21:55 He's got no alibi for me, Lieutenant.
21:57 No alibi at all. I don't know where he was or when or nothing.
22:00 All right. All right. Thanks for coming, Mr. Zimmer.
22:03 You can go now.
22:05 Your friend Zimmer won't lie for you. You have no alibi.
22:12 So you're hooked.
22:14 We have the weapon. We've tied it to you.
22:18 We have the car, the black one. You didn't get all the paint off it.
22:22 The one that was seen in the park near the little girl where you left her.
22:26 And we have this.
22:28 Now, what is this, Orbach?
22:31 I don't know. I don't... What is this?
22:33 Don't hit me. Please, don't hit me.
22:35 I want the truth, Orbach. You talk.
22:37 You might as well make up your mind if you're going to talk.
22:39 He won't need to do any talking, Lieutenant. His record speaks for him.
22:42 Disturbing the peace, vagrancy, loitering on school property...
22:47 and a Section 8 discharge from the service.
22:51 Book him.
23:08 And, Commissioner Putnam added, I should also like to give credit to Lieutenant of Detectives Wagner.
23:14 Well, it's nice of him to mention you, since all you did was all the work.
23:18 I'd like to show this picture to Kathy. She'd be so proud of her daddy.
23:24 No, don't show it to her, Mary.
23:26 Oh, I won't. Not now.
23:28 But I'll save it for when she's grown up.
23:36 Jim, somebody's little girl might not have lived to grow up if you hadn't caught that man.
23:41 What you need is sleep, a lot of it.
23:44 You've been up all night. You haven't really slept since all this started.
23:49 Jim, please, try to get it out of your mind. It's all over now.
23:55 Daddy, you're home!
23:58 I can't go, John.
24:04 Go where, Kathy?
24:05 I was going to ask to go to the park with Joan, but you're home now.
24:09 Goodbye, Joan.
24:11 Goodbye, Kathy. Goodbye, Mr. Wagner. Goodbye, Mrs. Wagner.
24:16 Goodbye.
24:17 Jim? What is it?
24:29 I have to go back to the office.
24:32 Why?
24:33 Some unfinished business. The pieces don't fit together right.
24:38 Won't it wait? You're so tired. Oh, Jim, you're not an iron man.
24:41 It's just it.
24:43 I'm sorry, Kathy.
24:46 That's all right, Daddy. I'll go to the park with Joan.
24:49 No, please don't go to the park.
24:51 Why not?
24:52 Just don't let her go.
24:57 [music]
24:59 That's all right, Kathy. We'll do something else.
25:07 [music]
25:35 Little girl. Little girl.
25:38 You like dolls, little girl?
25:41 This doll is a princess.
25:49 She's from Italy.
25:51 She walks and talks and laughs just like a real little girl.
25:55 [laughing]
25:59 [laughing]
26:01 Where are you going?
26:08 The park.
26:09 Well, that's a coincidence. I'm going to the park, too.
26:13 Why don't you just get in and ride over with the princess and me?
26:18 All right.
26:21 [music]
26:24 [music]
26:27 [music]
26:29 [music]
26:52 [music]
26:54 Lieutenant, I finally got a lead on this.
27:01 It's part of a doll's foot.
27:03 New kind of plastic.
27:06 Too expensive for mass production. Used by only one toy factory in Italy.
27:10 Anyhow, that's the expert opinion.
27:13 Have you checked on the stores that sell imported dolls?
27:17 No, I didn't think it was important.
27:19 Well, after all, you've got an airtight case on Orbach.
27:22 Well, Pat just punched a hole in that.
27:25 The blood we took for granted was Orbach's, isn't it?
27:28 Let's go.
27:30 Where now?
27:32 To find out if Orbach bought a doll made in Italy. Come on.
27:36 [music]
27:38 [music]
27:40 Have you sold many of these?
27:55 No, I've only sold three in the last six months.
27:58 Well, most people won't pay the kind of price these cost.
28:02 Oh, I see what you mean.
28:04 Somebody would have to love dolls or little girls very much to buy one of these.
28:09 Mechanism guaranteed. Does that mean that you have a list of the people who bought these?
28:13 Oh, yes, indeed. The clockwork that operates these dolls is guaranteed.
28:17 I issue a coupon to each one of my customers, and I keep a copy.
28:21 This is, uh, Carlos Karger.
28:30 Karger? That's the mother of the first little girl that was killed.
28:33 Oh.
28:35 1-809-DEVINY-DRIVE. May I use your phone?
28:40 Oh, yes, of course.
28:42 Do you like it here in the park, Joan?
28:49 Mm-hmm. It's pretty. I couldn't come here for a while.
28:52 Oh? Why not?
28:54 My mother wouldn't let me.
28:56 Why not?
28:57 I don't know.
28:59 I want her to laugh again.
29:02 All right.
29:04 Is she ready?
29:10 When you are.
29:11 Mm-hmm.
29:12 All right. One, two, three, go.
29:16 [laughing]
29:18 How they treat--
29:43 How they treatin' you, Horvath?
29:46 This is Dr. Lasko. He wants to help you. I thought maybe you'd want to talk to him.
29:50 Well, anyhow, I'd like to talk to you, Mr. Horvath.
29:58 I'm interested in what they tell me about you.
30:02 Would you like to visit the city park?
30:06 I like it there.
30:09 It's nice.
30:12 It's lonely.
30:14 You've been lonesome, Mr. Orbach. No friends.
30:19 Oh, I got lots of friends.
30:24 Like Mr. Zimmer.
30:26 Oh, yes, Mr. Zimmer.
30:28 How about children, Mr. Orbach? Do you-- Do you like children?
30:34 I don't like little boys.
30:40 Why not?
30:42 They call me names.
30:44 Little girls. Do you like little girls?
30:47 Yeah. I like little girls.
30:53 They're pretty.
30:56 They're nice.
30:58 I got a little girl, Orbach.
31:04 Her name's Kathy.
31:08 Uh...
31:10 I was thinking of, uh, giving this to her.
31:15 Get a look at it.
31:17 Oh, you like it, Orbach, huh?
31:37 Oh, yes.
31:39 Oh, yeah.
31:42 She's very pretty.
31:45 Orbach.
31:48 Have you ever seen a doll like this before?
31:52 I'll bet you don't know what she can do.
31:55 She can talk.
31:57 She can laugh.
31:59 Oh, no.
32:02 Dolls can't do that.
32:04 But this one can.
32:07 Have you ever seen a doll like this before?
32:10 There was a little girl in the park who had a doll like this.
32:14 I had a teddy bear.
32:16 What?
32:25 I used to have a teddy bear.
32:28 Mr. Orbach.
32:31 Will you tell me about your teddy bear?
32:35 I used to talk to my teddy bear.
32:38 He didn't answer, though.
32:42 I used to talk to him.
32:46 He just listened.
32:49 Orbach.
32:52 I, uh, so want to know about this doll.
32:58 Have you ever seen one like it before?
33:01 Have you?
33:03 Have you?
33:05 Please, please tell me, Orbach.
33:09 No.
33:13 I saw a doll like this.
33:16 Where?
33:18 In the park.
33:20 I was in the park.
33:24 You were in the park?
33:31 A man.
33:33 He had a doll like this.
33:36 When?
33:38 That night.
33:41 What night?
33:44 The night that...
33:48 that little girl got killed.
33:51 What was this man like, Orbach?
33:59 I don't know. He was a man.
34:01 Was, uh, this man...
34:04 Was this man you, Orbach?
34:07 I don't know.
34:10 No.
34:14 He was crying.
34:17 Why were you crying, Orbach?
34:21 He was crying.
34:24 Because...
34:25 Why?
34:28 Because...
34:30 Somebody...
34:32 Somebody broke his teddy bear.
34:34 You mean his doll.
34:36 His teddy bear.
34:38 No, no, it's a doll.
34:40 Oh, no.
34:41 His teddy bear.
34:42 A doll.
34:43 Orbach?
34:44 Orbach!
34:46 Orbach, would you like it if I left her here for you?
34:56 She's better than a...
34:58 She's better than a teddy bear.
35:00 Guard.
35:08 Well, what do you think?
35:24 I think he's pitiful.
35:26 Yeah, but he may be the murderer.
35:29 It's possible, I suppose.
35:31 You suppose.
35:33 But you don't know.
35:35 All I know is he needs help.
35:37 I hope we can give it to him.
35:39 [♪♪♪]
35:43 [♪♪♪]
35:46 [LAUGHTER]
36:10 What kind of a man would cry over a broken doll?
36:14 You'd have to be a psychopath.
36:17 By the book, it's a matter of substitution.
36:20 Treasured doll for something terribly desired, totally unobtainable.
36:25 For example?
36:28 Anything. Under the sun or beyond it.
36:31 Well, such as what?
36:33 Well, it could be a fetishism.
36:39 [SIGHS]
36:40 How does that work?
36:43 Suppose our psychopath loves children, but they don't love him.
36:51 The doll can feel no fear.
36:54 So, as long as he lavishes his love on it, he's safe and sane so far as anybody knows.
37:00 But one day, he reaches for reality and our real little girl rejects him.
37:07 Something snaps.
37:09 He may not know what's happened until after it's all over.
37:12 Maybe a kind man, a gentleman before that moment, and after.
37:17 Until it happens again.
37:20 Hmph.
37:23 You say he really loves his doll.
37:35 I'm guessing.
37:37 Well, keep guessing.
37:39 All right, so he would cry if somebody broke it. Then what?
37:43 I suppose he'd have it repaired.
37:47 You suppose he'd have it repaired.
37:51 I'm so tired.
38:03 As soon as you're rested, we'll go to the zoo.
38:06 Then we'll have some hot dogs and some ice cream.
38:10 I want to go home.
38:12 Oh, please. You can't go home.
38:15 I can if I want to. You're not my father.
38:19 Oh, you can't run away.
38:21 Because if you do, the doll will cry.
38:24 I'll cry too.
38:26 Okay.
38:29 [Music]
38:42 Si.
38:47 Okay.
38:48 C'è la pazienza.
38:52 [Music]
39:05 Si.
39:06 Somebody's break the leg.
39:08 Hm.
39:13 Fits.
39:14 There's a stain on it. Could be blood.
39:17 Who brought this in? What did he look like?
39:21 There was no "he." It was a little girl.
39:23 A little girl?
39:25 Are you certain?
39:27 Masicuro. Such a pretty little girl.
39:31 But she never came back.
39:33 What do you mean, never?
39:34 I mean, never.
39:36 A few days I'm sick, flu.
39:39 Shop she's closed up. I get well, I come back.
39:42 Somebody she's broke in.
39:44 Nothing is taken but the doll with the new leg.
39:47 Well, why didn't you call the police?
39:50 For a doll that's not mine?
39:52 Well, didn't this little girl ever come in and ask about her doll?
39:59 I tell you, never.
40:00 But you must have a name and address.
40:03 No name and no address.
40:05 This is all the information you can give us.
40:08 That's all. No more.
40:10 Thank you.
40:12 Oh.
40:14 If you should happen to find it,
40:17 please call me, Lieutenant Wagner at the city police.
40:20 I see.
40:21 It's very important.
40:22 Thank you very much.
40:24 Here you are.
40:29 Oh, please.
40:34 Oh, you soiled her dress.
40:37 You got it dirty.
40:39 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.
40:43 Here. I didn't want this old hot dog anyway.
40:46 I just want to go home.
40:48 Oh, please.
40:50 Please.
40:51 She's not angry.
40:54 I'm not angry.
40:59 You really don't want to go home?
41:02 I tell you, let's walk and talk.
41:06 And I'll ask the princess to forgive you.
41:09 And if she forgives you, then I'll forgive you too.
41:15 All right.
41:19 The stains are blood, all right.
41:28 And the blood type is ABRH negative.
41:31 And it's not Ovex.
41:34 Could there be two of them?
41:37 Could be.
41:39 Or I arrested the wrong man.
41:42 Well, if I did...
41:44 Sergeant Spivak.
41:48 Who?
41:49 Oh, yes.
41:51 Mama Salerno.
41:53 Dull Hospital.
41:55 Lieutenant Wagner speaking.
41:57 Here, Mr. Salerno.
41:59 I got a number. No name, but maybe...
42:03 Well, give it to me anyway.
42:05 4737 Whitby Avenue.
42:10 4737 Whitby Avenue.
42:13 Thank you very much.
42:15 I hope it helps.
42:17 If it does, you'll read about it in the papers.
42:19 Goodbye, Mrs. Salerno.
42:21 What was that?
42:22 Well, she thinks maybe the little girl who left the doll...
42:25 left that address.
42:27 Maybe.
42:29 Sergeant Spivak.
42:33 Yes.
42:35 Chief.
42:37 Dan Wagner speaking.
42:40 Joan Wilson?
42:44 Yes, Chief. We'll get on it right away.
42:48 Another little girl is missing.
42:56 Joan Wilson.
43:00 Well, she was at my house just four hours ago with my daughter.
43:04 She said that she was going to the park.
43:08 And I let her go.
43:11 You're absolutely certain your daughter never had one like it?
43:18 Of course. I'm sure she'd love one.
43:21 But it's been impossible since her father and I decided to separate.
43:25 Doris?
43:27 I was playing. You said I could.
43:30 Isn't she the kind that talks and laughs?
43:36 Yes.
43:38 She talks and laughs. What makes you think she does?
43:42 Mr. Merriman showed me.
43:45 Mr. Merriman?
43:47 Who's he?
43:52 A friend of mine.
43:54 Mr. Merriman lives in an apartment across the street.
43:57 He's a businessman, a bachelor.
43:59 He's been very kind and neighborly.
44:02 And he showed you a doll?
44:04 Mm-hmm. Somebody broke her leg.
44:06 Did he tell you who broke it or was it you, Doris?
44:11 I wouldn't hurt a doll. Especially not a pretty doll.
44:15 Of course you wouldn't, Doris.
44:17 But Mr. Merriman?
44:20 He asked me to take her to the hospital.
44:22 So I did.
44:24 Doris, why didn't you tell me?
44:26 Mr. Merriman said it was a secret.
44:29 You took the doll to Mama Salerno?
44:31 Do you know Mama Salerno?
44:33 Yes, I do.
44:34 Doris, why didn't you go back for the doll?
44:38 Mr. Merriman said she died and was buried.
44:41 He cried.
44:43 He cried?
44:50 Thank you very much.
44:52 Keep her with you, Mrs. Carlisle. Keep her with you every minute.
45:01 Do you know what conifer means?
45:03 Conifer means cone, bearers.
45:06 Miss Spencer.
45:10 Miss Spencer! Miss Spencer!
45:17 Why, Joan, what are you doing out here all alone?
45:20 I'm with a friend. He has the most beautiful doll in the world.
45:24 Doll? What doll, dear?
45:27 She's a princess. She belongs to my friend.
45:30 He's a very nice man.
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45:35 You're hungry, aren't you?
45:49 Yes. It's been a long, long day.
45:53 But we had fun in the park, now, didn't we?
45:56 I tell you, let's have something nice to eat.
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46:03 Some fresh milk.
46:06 Some chocolate cake.
46:27 Oh, that dreadful little girl.
46:30 Bad little girl.
46:32 She's soiled your nice, clean dress.
46:35 But you're a good girl.
46:38 You're my little girl.
46:41 (music playing)
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47:13 We're happy together.
47:16 We love each other, don't we?
47:21 (laughing)
47:26 Oh, my little girl.
47:36 My little girl.
47:39 (laughing)
47:41 My little girl.
47:43 My little girl.
47:48 Mr. Merriman.
47:50 You'd better come with us.
47:52 Who are you? What do you want?
47:55 We're police.
47:57 You're all through running, Mr. Merriman.
48:00 You're all through killing little girls.
48:02 We're taking you in.
48:04 And let's have that doubt.
48:06 No. No.
48:08 Don't you touch her.
48:10 She's mine.
48:12 She's all I have.
48:14 Before I let you have her, I'll...
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