 The Blue Beetles Wheatling down upon the underworld to smash ganglin' Comes the mysterious, all-powerful character Who is a problem to the police but a crusader for law In reality, Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman Loved by everyone but suspected by none of being the Blue Beetle As the Blue Beetle, he hides behind a strange mask And a suit of impenetrable blue chain armor Flexible as silk but stronger than steel Today's transcribed episode of the Fox Feature, The Blue Beetle Is the second part of the story entitled The Dancing Ghosts of Rocky Hills In the previous episode, The Blue Beetle Through the personal column of the Chronicle Receives a call for aid from the new heiress At haunted gray crags manor at Rocky Hills Rumor has it that on moonlit nights Ghostly figures dance in the ballroom of gray crags manor The heiress, a young girl, Rosalie Greenhold And her maiden aunt are closely guarded by two persons A man called Spider, who serves as coachman And a man with a club foot Who claims to have been gatekeeper For the late owner, Nathaniel Greenhold Entering the manor at midnight The Blue Beetle talks secretly with Rosalie Greenhold As the episode ended, The Blue Beetle Was investigating the Dancing Ghosts phenomenon When a trapped door suddenly opened in front of him And he was catapulted into a deep dungeon As our story opens today, a Mr. Jasper Attorney for the estate is talking with Blackie From the police suspect of being a desperate criminal Oh, look, Blackie, suppose you let me handle this situation After all, I'm the attorney for old man Greenhold's estate And sole executor of the will Mr. Jasper, the girl, she'll have the cops on our necks I can handle her But something's got to be done to keep her quiet After all, she got a message through to the Blue Beetle And he's lying at the bottom of the pit Where pirates used to throw their victims But is he dead? All the chances are his necks broken thanks to the spider But suppose he ain't dead, or injured Well, he's securely locked in, double locks and an iron door Well, I'll feel better if I went out and had a look for myself Well, that's all right, but do it undercover a darkness What about the girl? I'll fake a message from the Blue Beetle And see that she gets it She'll think he escaped and is coming back That'll keep her quiet for a few days Until you can move your plates and presses to some other location They've been there long enough, the place is getting hot Someone's going to get wise to those phony ghosts And start investigating That's right But by the terms of Nathaniel Greenhold's will His niece, Rosalie, must live at the manor until she's 21 And if she don't Then the whole estate, including a fortune in stocks and bonds Goes to charity With you as executor of the estate It'll be slim pickings for charity I see we understand each other You've shared your counterfeiting profits with me I'll share the estate with you You get your counterfeiting equipment away from there And we'll put on a haunted house campaign That will scare Rosalie Greenhold and her old maid aunt Clear out of the state Just one key left to try None of the others will fit There, that's got it Lucky I landed on my feet in this pit And the blue beetles free of his prison Hope no one heard me I'd like to catch whoever's running this show off guard There's a door I'll try that A stone stairway And a light at the top of it Well, here goes I see, Blank, he's taking an awful chance Keeping this place as headquarters Yeah, it was okay for turning out this kind of dough Until that dame came to live here Them dancers upstairs throwing shatters on a window Sure scared folks away from this place Here, file these bills in the suitcase with the others Okay, I'll take it It's probably clubbed for down the gate Hello? Yes, spider's here Just a minute, that's for you, spider No Hello What? Blackie says dismantled the press Yes, yes Good, yes, yes Okay Yes, I got you Huh? Deliver the fake dory knee to the laundry and hastings When I take the girl in a rant for a drive in the morning That's how it's done Goodbye Well, the blue beetle will spoil that little game But first I'll have a look upstairs And see what makes the ghosts dance I took your aunt's place on the drive this morning Because I wanted to have a talk with you, Rosalie What about? I don't think you trust me, my dear Why should I? I'm not permitted to have friends at the manor Nor to visit outside places alone Those were your uncle's orders, Rosalie After all, he wanted to protect you From fortune hunting men and social parasites Who might take advantage of your trusting nature When you came into your fortune But what about all those strange goings on at the manor? Wait, last night something terrible happened What about last night? What happened? I shouldn't have said anything Is there something you've been keeping from me, Rosalie? After all, your uncle trusted me Why shouldn't you? Well, last night, the blue beetle The blue beetle? Why now, that's very interesting Because I clipped this out of the paper this morning You may be the Rosalie this was addressed to Now, here, read it To Rosalie Had strange experience last night with ghosts But I'm safe now Advise you leave manor as soon as possible Sign the blue beetle Oh, I knew I was right That terrible place, I won't stay there another night Well, here we are at the laundry, Mr. Jasper Shall I take the bag of wash in, sir? Yes, I'll take it in But be sure to get a receipt, spider Yes, sir Just a moment there I'd like to have a look at that bag What's the idea of this? Who are you? I'm the sheriff of Eastchester County I've had a telephone call to be on the lookout for you folks This is an outrage We're respectable citizens This young lady is the owner of Grey Craig's Manor And I'm her attorney Well, then you won't mind my looking into this suitcase To make sure it's full of dirty clothes Spider, spider, drive on We'll not stand for this outrage Touch those horses and I'll touch this trigger Have a look in that suitcase Money, counterfeit The blue beetle was right The blue beetle? Yes, the blue beetle He phoned me an hour ago Mr. Jasper, what does this mean? Well, somebody must have switched suitcases on us This is a frame up No, is that so? Well, I'd say you two are in a tough spot I demand to see your warrant, sheriff I stand on my constitutional rights As a practicing attorney, my advice to you is Get a good lawyer What puts on the phone, Blackie? Okay Hello? What? The ghost is dancing up at Grey Craig's But it's only midday Where's Spider? All right, phone up to Slim and tell him to stop the dancers What? What's that? Slim doesn't answer Something's gone haywire You lock the gate and stand guard I'll be out there proud of Good night Good night I don't know, ain't nobody around Well, somebody shut off the mechanism of the dancing ghosts Yeah, we better have our gats ready You follow me and keep your eyes open Nobody here I don't see no one Something about this business don't smell right to me Look at that closet there Someone may be hiding Easy now Look, Slim Bond and gagged I wonder who done this, Blackie The blue beetle The blue beetle Yes, the blue beetle The blue beetle The blue beetle The blue beetle The blue beetle The blue beetle Yes, the blue beetle I'll take that gun, Blackie Oh, no, you won't Blue beetle Oh, yes, I will That takes care of Mr. Blackie Now, Mr. Clubfoot I hate to sock a cripple But drop that gun or I'll Okay, Blue Beetle, you win Well, that's better I'll just tie you up for safekeeping The police will need you What for? The cops ain't got nothing on me Perhaps not But I'm sure they'll want you to demonstrate Those mechanical dancing dolls upstairs That threw ghostly shadows On the windows of the old ballroom Sorry, I can't stay for the final curtain But I'll read about it in tomorrow's papers The blue beetle's job is done The dancing ghost of Rocky Hills Will dance no more at Grey Craigs Manor And so another gang of criminals Was rounded up And brought to justice by the blue beetle But Officer Manigun couldn't make the arrest Because of being laid up with poison ivy The moral of this story is Deception can never win for long Truth will always triumph in the end Also, as Officer Manigun would say Stay away from poison ivy What new adventures await the blue beetle In his unceasing crusade against crime This question will be answered In the next transcribed episode Of the blue beetle The beetle is a copyrighted box feature Appearing in Mystery Men Comics magazine And the blue beetle magazine The blue beetle is on the air Twice a week on this same station Consult the broadcast schedule In your local newspapers And don't forget to listen in to The blue beetle