Targeting the Monster: Dr. Franken’s Sinister Plot "Trials Of Frankenstein Part 2 of 3"

0:05 Speaker 1: It lies in wait amidst your dreams, where nothing is ever how it seems. It is a portal to a terrifying world beyond the doorway to nightmare. Nightmare. Come in. Welcome. I'm Artemis Black. Mary Shelley wrote many books in her lifetime. However, she will always be remembered as the creator, the true creator, of an experiment gone wrong.

1:02 Speaker 2: Oh yes, I know exactly who you are. And what you are.

1:09 Speaker 3: If you do know, then what do you want of me?

1:13 Speaker 2: What does any great scientist want? To gain knowledge, my friend.

1:19 Speaker 3: And you think that you can learn something from me?

1:23 Speaker 2: Oh, I am positive that I can learn everything from you.

1:32 Speaker 1: Our mystery drama, The Trials of Frankenstein Part 2, is based on characters created by Mary Shelley and written especially for Doorway to Nightmare by Winslow Swan and edited by Crimson McKenzie. Our stars include Mick Davis, Jonathan Rosignol, Raven Adams, and Crimson McKenzie. I'll be back shortly with Act 1.

1:56 Speaker 4: Mystery. Horror. Thriller.

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2:10 Speaker 1: There have been a number of adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, from movies to television and even radio and stage plays. As I have watched, read, and seen many of them, I find myself having more sympathy for the monster.

2:34 Speaker 4: Well, here we are. Home sweet home.

2:37 Speaker 3: Please, Amelia. Don't turn on the lights.

2:41 Speaker 4: It's okay, Adam. I've already seen your face and I'm not afraid. I have felt your heart. It will be fine.

2:50 Speaker 3: I am not used to such kindness.

2:54 Speaker 4: Well, I believe you will get used to it. It is a different world now.

3:01 Speaker 3: You have a Very lovely home, Amelia.

3:06 Speaker 4: Now then, on to business. First thing in the morning, I'm going to call Judge Stevens. And don't worry, he's an old friend. And then, we're going to get you some new clothes.

3:17 Speaker 3: Won't it be difficult to find clothes for an eight-foot giant?

3:21 Speaker 4: I could just go to the big and tall store on 9th. I'm sure they will have anything that will fit you.

3:28 Speaker 1: Why, Amelia?

3:30 Speaker 4: I don't understand the question, Adam.

3:33 Speaker 3: Why do you feel... you think that you have to... help me?

3:39 Speaker 4: You showed me kindness, Adam. You helped me. You saved my life. I only want to repay your kindness.

3:50 Speaker 3: You must forgive me for being so... suspicious of you. I have never met anyone like you in my entire existence.

3:58 Speaker 4: Well, I haven't heard that one before. Believe me, Adam. I am not the only one. Now, let's get something to eat and get some rest. It's going to be a very busy day tomorrow.

4:10 Speaker 5: I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

4:26 Speaker 1: In life.

4:32 Speaker 3: Amelia, what a wonderful machine.

4:36 Speaker 4: It will only rot that remarkable brain of yours.

4:40 Speaker 3: Why did you turn it off?

4:41 Speaker 4: As you told me once, don't believe everything you read. Well, don't believe everything you see on that thing either. My daddy told me once to never believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. Besides, you need to get dressed. I hope everything fits.

5:03 Speaker 3: Well, what do you think?

5:06 Speaker 4: Ah! You look very dapper!

5:10 Speaker 3: The shirt is a bit tight.

5:13 Speaker 4: Don't worry about that. I can fix it. You really are looking quite handsome. I suppose no one's ever told you that. And I never lie.

5:25 Speaker 3: Please, Amelia.

5:27 Speaker 4: No, really.

5:28 Speaker 3: I'm eight feet tall. Look at the size of my hands. I'm clumsy.

5:33 Speaker 1: I'm a freak.

5:35 Speaker 4: Don't ever, ever say that. You are a beautiful soul. When or if the whole world puts you down, never put yourself down. Now, let me go get ready, and we shall leave.

5:52 Speaker 1: Go?

5:53 Speaker 2: Go where?

5:56 Speaker 4: You are about to be introduced.

6:00 Speaker 3: Amelia, I don't think it's a good idea.

6:02 Speaker 4: To- To show you off? To have a handsome man on my arm? To allow my friends to see an educated, sophisticated man about town?

6:15 Speaker 3: I don't get.

6:20 Speaker 6: It.

6:21 Speaker 4: It's a quote from a movie. Never mind. I'll be back in a few minutes.

6:26 Speaker 3: I still don't get it. Where are we going?

6:40 Speaker 4: A dinner party. Given by a friend. Or more of an acquaintance.

6:46 Speaker 3: Do you think this is a good idea?

6:48 Speaker 4: I think it's a wonderful idea. Now, don't worry. You're going to be fine. I will be right by your side.

7:02 Speaker 3: I thought you said it was a small party.

7:05 Speaker 4: Quit worrying. Okay, so there are a little more people here than I thought would be. It's going to be.

7:11 Speaker 2: Ah, Amelia.

7:13 Speaker 7: I was hoping that you would be able to join us.

7:16 Speaker 4: Thank you for inviting me, Dr. Frankens.

7:19 Speaker 2: I had to have someone here that was at least a pleasure to talk to. Most of these academia are extremely boring.

7:32 Speaker 4: I'm sure that it isn't as bad as all that.

7:36 Speaker 7: And who have you brought with you?

7:38 Speaker 4: Oh, forgive me, Dr. Frankins. This is Adam. Adam Smith. He's my cousin, visiting from Boston.

7:47 Speaker 2: Well, any cousin of Amelia's is definitely a friend of mine.

7:52 Speaker 3: A pleasure to meet you. What are you staring at?

7:57 Speaker 7: Oh, forgive me, dear fellow. You see, I suffer from a horrendous disease.

8:05 Speaker 2: I'm a rather brilliant surgeon, so I tend to notice imperfections.

8:12 Speaker 4: I see that Miss Harris is here. I thought she never went to parties.

8:18 Speaker 2: As long as there's free food and drinks, she will always be there. Now, Unfortunately, I must tear myself away from you and greet my other guests, as tedious as that can be.

8:30 Speaker 7: I shall speak to you later. Good to meet you, Mr.

8:34 Speaker 5: Smith.

8:34 Speaker 4: That went better than I thought it would.

8:40 Speaker 3: Afraid I was going to start rampaging?

8:43 Speaker 4: Of course not, silly.

8:44 Speaker 3: Who is Dr. Frankins to you?

8:47 Speaker 4: Nothing. As I told you, he's more of an acquaintance. Why do you ask?

8:52 Speaker 3: He looks... Familiar. Like I have seen him somewhere before.

9:00 Speaker 4: Dr. Frankins, walking through the woods is about as improbable as you running from there.

9:06 Speaker 1: No.

9:08 Speaker 3: Not in the forest. There is something about his eyes. I've seen that look before. I remember those. Eyes.

9:25 Speaker 1: There is an old saying, those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it. I'll be back shortly with Act 2.

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9:56 Speaker 1: The Frankenstein Castle. Oh yes, it exists. Is located in Germany. Local legend tells of Johann Dippel, who in 1673 experimented on corpses, had created a monster that was brought to life by by a bolt of lightning. But the story has never been proven.

10:31 Speaker 3: Dr. Frankins, I'm afraid Amelia isn't here at the moment.

10:35 Speaker 7: Actually, I came to see you, dear fellow.

10:40 Speaker 2: May I come in?

10:41 Speaker 3: I'm not sure Amelia would want that.

10:43 Speaker 2: Oh, Amelia and I know each other extremely well.

10:53 Speaker 3: What can I do for you, Dr.

10:55 Speaker 1: Frankins?

10:56 Speaker 2: No small talk. No offer for a drink. Very well.

11:03 Speaker 7: Straight to the point. I want you to help me.

11:09 Speaker 3: In what way could I possibly help you?

11:13 Speaker 7: Please, let us.

11:14 Speaker 2: Not fabricate the conversation. I know exactly who you are.

11:20 Speaker 3: Of course you do, Dr. Frankins. Amelia told you last night. I'm her cousin from Boston.

11:32 Speaker 2: Did you honestly think that I believed that? Even for one moment?

11:38 Speaker 6: No.

11:39 Speaker 2: Dear fellow, I know who you are and what you are.

11:46 Speaker 3: I think that it would be good time for you to leave.

11:50 Speaker 2: You are him. You are the, and I apologize for using the word, but the truth is, you are the monster.

12:04 Speaker 3: You know. Then you Also know what I am capable of?

12:10 Speaker 1: Please.

12:11 Speaker 7: There's no need for violence.

12:13 Speaker 2: I only want you to help me in my research.

12:16 Speaker 3: What do you mean?

12:18 Speaker 2: Ask yourself. How would I know exactly what and who you are?

12:25 Speaker 1: Simple.

12:26 Speaker 2: My great-grandfather was indeed Victor Frankenstein.

12:33 Speaker 3: I knew it. I could see it in your eyes.

12:36 Speaker 2: Now don't panic. Your secret is safe with me. But don't you understand? Coursing through your veins is the secret of life. I am researching the very subject.

12:52 Speaker 3: And what would you want of me?

12:54 Speaker 2: I only need a small amount of your blood. Nothing major. Perhaps a skin sample. Maybe an MRI of your wonderful brain. I only want to study what Victor accomplished.

13:09 Speaker 3: How do you know about Victor?

13:11 Speaker 2: The story was handed down throughout the family. Even his notes, well, some of them survived. The most important ones, the secrets, were destroyed, unfortunately.

13:26 Speaker 3: Rightly so. Nature should never be trifled with, Dr. Frankenstein.

13:32 Speaker 2: Ha ha ha!

13:34 Speaker 7: I wear that moniker proudly.

13:37 Speaker 2: You don't understand. I don't want to take you apart. I only need small samples.

13:45 Speaker 5: Think of it.

13:46 Speaker 2: The end of sickness. Of death itself.

13:50 Speaker 3: You sound just like him. A deranged man who failed.

13:59 Speaker 2: What he did to you, the way he threw you away, is inexcusable.

14:09 Speaker 7: I only want to rectify his mistake. Please, just think about it.

14:14 Speaker 4: Did you have a good day?

14:20 Speaker 3: Emilia, how much do you know about Dr.

14:23 Speaker 1: Frankins?

14:25 Speaker 4: A little self-centered. Definitely full of himself. However, he is a brilliant surgeon. I know that he's proposed to me on several occasions.

14:38 Speaker 3: Have you ever entertained the thought of being with him?

14:43 Speaker 6: Ew! Please!

14:45 Speaker 4: He has such a narcissistic personality that there is no way I could ever be with him. I even told him to his face what I think of him. That's why we haven't spoken in quite some time. He didn't like it very much. Anyway, why do you ask?

15:06 Speaker 3: He was here today while you were at work, Amelia. He knows what I am.

15:14 Speaker 4: How? How could he possibly know?

15:18 Speaker 3: Because he is a direct descendant of Victor Frankenstein.

15:22 Speaker 1: Remember?

15:23 Speaker 3: I told you that there was something about his eyes... He admitted it to me today.

15:29 Speaker 4: What did he want of you, exactly?

15:33 Speaker 3: Something about studying my blood.

15:36 Speaker 1: My brain.

15:38 Speaker 3: He is completely insane.

15:44 Speaker 7: Did you get the samples from yesterday, Elliot?

15:48 Speaker 9: Yes, Dr.

15:48 Speaker 3: Frankins.

15:49 Speaker 9: All the test results are on your desk.

15:52 Speaker 2: Wonderful!

15:54 Speaker 7: Hopefully, we will have a test subject very, very soon.

15:59 Speaker 9: An actual test subject? But how is that possible?

16:03 Speaker 2: Elliot, you know who my great-grandfather was. You studied his notes. What if I were to tell you that his experiment, the monster, was right here in this town?

16:21 Speaker 9: But that would make him over 200 years old.

16:24 Speaker 2: Exactly. Remember the rather large gentleman that Amelia brought to my party?

16:31 Speaker 9: You're not saying that he is the monster Victor created?

16:36 Speaker 1: Yes, I am.

16:39 Speaker 2: Imagine what we can learn from such a specimen.

16:42 Speaker 9: Dr. Frankins, don't you think it is rather unethical? I mean, what sort of tests are you talking about?

16:53 Speaker 2: I told him I only wanted his blood. Samples from his skin. Perhaps an MRI. What I want is that remarkable brain.

17:08 Speaker 9: I'm sure the MRI will give us everything that we need.

17:14 Speaker 2: Is that the extent of your mind, Elliot? You're so called... Scientific curiosity? No, dear fellow. I want to study his brain outside the body.

17:32 Speaker 9: But that's murder.

17:35 Speaker 4: Is it?

17:37 Speaker 2: For science, would it be considered murder? Doesn't science sacrifice some things?

17:50 Speaker 1: Elliot sees the almost glint of insanity in the doctor's eyes. He shudders and wonders what he should do next. I'll return shortly with Act 3.

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18:32 Speaker 1: Death has been the greatest mystery since the dawn of man. It has been studied, catalogued, and feared. And yet, it holds dominion over all of us.

18:47 Speaker 9: I'm sorry, Dr.

18:48 Speaker 3: Frankens.

18:49 Speaker 9: I don't mind taking samples, but what you are talking about is cold, calculated murder.

18:55 Speaker 7: But who am I murdering? A giant of a creature who was killed before.

19:03 Speaker 9: Damn, the lights are out.

19:05 Speaker 2: Perhaps it is fortuitous. Sometimes work is done better in the dark. Now, what were we talking about?

19:14 Speaker 9: You told me that much of Mary Shelley's work was fiction. The creature was presumed dead.

19:20 Speaker 2: I only go by what I read and believe. He is a killer. Make no mistake about that.

19:31 Speaker 9: And what does it make you if you do this?

19:35 Speaker 7: A great scientist!

19:39 Speaker 2: A man whose name, Frankenstein, will no longer be associated with a creature, but will live on in history of science. Think of it, Elliot. We have an opportunity to discover the secret of life. To overcome death, you have the.

20:01 Speaker 7: Opportunity to help.

20:04 Speaker 9: By killing?

20:05 Speaker 2: It's not killing. If he wasn't alive to start with. Imagine it, Elliot. An entire race of those creatures.

20:16 Speaker 7: Supermen.

20:17 Speaker 2: Men who cannot die.

20:20 Speaker 7: Do you realize the.

20:21 Speaker 2: Amount of money the government, any government, or private corporations would throw at us for such a discovery?

20:33 Speaker 9: I'm sorry, Dr. Frankens. I can't be a part of such madness.

20:39 Speaker 7: Ha ha ha ha!

20:41 Speaker 2: And what will you do?

20:43 Speaker 7: Run out into the street and tell everyone.

20:46 Speaker 2: That Amelia's so-called cousin is the monster that my great-grandfather created?

20:55 Speaker 2: Would you like me to measure you for the straitjacket now?

21:01 Speaker 9: I can at least warn him. Or Amelia.

21:04 Speaker 7: I don't think that would be wise, Elliot.

21:07 Speaker 9: And what is there to stop me?

21:14 Speaker 2: Oh, I really wish you had not said that.

21:24 Speaker 4: Well, did you enjoy your walk?

21:27 Speaker 3: Why are you sitting in candlelight?

21:29 Speaker 4: Power failure. I think it has affected the entire grid.

21:33 Speaker 3: That explains why it's so dark outside.

21:35 Speaker 4: Don't worry. I'm sure they'll get it fixed soon. So, how was your walk? Did you enjoy the fresh... Night air?

21:45 Speaker 3: Not particularly.

21:47 Speaker 4: Did someone say something to you?

21:50 Speaker 3: No, it wasn't that. I've been thinking about the offer that Dr. Frankens made.

21:55 Speaker 4: And you have come to a decision?

21:58 Speaker 1: Perhaps.

22:00 Speaker 3: I'm sorry. My mind is not working properly. Before I met you, my only concern was wondering what to fix to eat. I had my library, my solitude... Everything is so complicated now.

22:15 Speaker 4: Unfortunately, life is complicated. Look, the decision is yours to make. Whatever you decide, I will be right there with you.

22:25 Speaker 3: If you don't mind, I think I will go and see Dr. Frankens now. Dr.

22:36 Speaker 6: Frankens 911, what's your emergency?

22:43 Speaker 2: Yes. I need the police. An ambulance.

22:48 Speaker 1: Oh, God.

22:49 Speaker 7: He's dead.

22:51 Speaker 6: Sir, calm down. Can you give me your location?

22:54 Speaker 2: I can't believe it.

22:56 Speaker 7: Yes.

22:59 Speaker 2: 1275 Cumberland Drive. The large house on the end of the road.

23:03 Speaker 6: Hurry. I have emergency personnel dispatched to your location. Can you tell me what happened?

23:09 Speaker 2: Oh, my assistant, Dr. Elliot Carpenter. He's dead.

23:14 Speaker 6: Please, sir, take a deep breath and tell me what happened.

23:18 Speaker 2: I found him in the lab. He's... he's been killed. And I know who did it.

23:24 Speaker 6: Police are on the way. They should be there within five minutes. Did you actually see the person who did this?

23:31 Speaker 2: Not the actual killing, no. But I saw him running away from the house.

23:36 Speaker 4: It was.

23:38 Speaker 2: Amelia Dearborn's cousin, Adam.

23:42 Speaker 7: Adam Smith.

23:48 Speaker 1: Thomas Jefferson once said, he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do a second time. As Dr. Frankins waits patiently for the police, he smiles and begins to plan. I'll return shortly with a final word.

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24:26 Speaker 1: There have been a number of interpretations of the work of Mary Shelley. Even after 200 years, we still see the many incarnations of the monster. And for some, we see a bit of ourselves in the creature. Our cast included Mick Davis, Crimson McKenzie, Jonathan Rosignol, Madeline Lane, and Raven Adams. The story was edited by Crimson McKenzie and directed by Winslow Swann. And now a preview of the conclusion of The Trials of Frankenstein. Chained. Again.

25:16 Speaker 3: Like an animal.

25:16 Speaker 6: Please, Adam.

25:17 Speaker 4: Please just calm down. I'm here now.

25:21 Speaker 3: I warned you, Amelia. People never change.

25:25 Speaker 4: Adam, just tell me what happened tonight.

25:27 Speaker 3: Do they not understand how easily I could break these chains?

25:31 Speaker 1: These bars?

25:32 Speaker 3: How I could snap the necks of those stupid people with a simple squeeze of my hands.

25:38 Speaker 4: Let's hope it doesn't come to that. You just have to remain calm.

25:42 Speaker 3: I didn't kill him.

25:43 Speaker 4: And that is what I'm going to prove in court.

25:46 Speaker 1: This is Artemis Black, inviting you to return with us through the doorway to nightmare for another adventure in the terrifying world of your imagination. Until next time. Slumber peacefully? Epilogue. The butler did it.