 ADVENTURES BY MORCES Baltony Morce presents The End of the Living Dead Featuring Captain Friday If you like high adventure, come with me If you like the stealth of infreed, come with me If you like blood and thunder, come with me Deep in the Chilean jungle Captain Friday has escaped from the Chicota sacrificial chamber with Skip Turner and Dr. Ingle only to be led into a second trap in the passage under the river by the voice of Mrs. Santos Hardly had they entered the underground passageway which was lighted by weird flickering torches when they came face to face with members of the living dead priesthood headed by the werewolf face to face with a half man, half animal whose eyes glittered and whose ears lay flat against his head like a mad dog and by his side, but this is your story, Captain Friday Yes, by his side stood the beautiful green-eyed Tula a Chicota priestess with her lovely lips curled in a snarl as vicious as the werewolves Then suddenly from some side passage stepped Mrs. Santos She stepped between the werewolves' pack and skipped Dr. English and Megan To our surprise, the werewolf fell to the ground grumbling and his pack dissolved into the darkness with yelps of terror, Tula escaping with them And now we're in the ancient La Jolla monastery the refuge of all persons like ourselves who are fighting the priesthood of the living dead and who seek the downfall of their sinister Maya Nahi Maya Nahi, disillute high priest of the sacred city of Chicota who in his jungle sanctuary plans the downfall of all nations and the end of all civilization The monastery of La Jolla raises its gaunt walls on one side of the Zambala mountains on the other side of the mountains lies Maya Nahi's lair also known as the land of the living dead And now, Seniors that the monks have received you and have appointed you each cell I want you to come with me Yes, someplace, anyplace where we can talk I've got to know what's become of Judith You put me off and put me off Mrs. Santos, if my daughter's fallen into the hands of the Maya Nahi Patience, Dr. English The walls are this much The whole world will know it if you... Seniors, come into this chamber The monks gave you candles, Captain Friday Light them Hey, did we just get ourselves locked in Light your candles, Captain What? Father, Captain Friday Oh, Father, you're safe Judith, my darling Oh, God, Judith I'd never been so glad to see anybody here Hold it, everybody, hold it, hold it Getting anywhere this way One at a time, please Now, let's share what Judith and Mrs. Santos have to say first Yeah, Judith, how'd you get here? And what was Ms. Sattles doing in the Chacota sacrificial temple? Man, now she scared the fans off that werewolf fell in that green-eyed vape, too, look Hold it, Sattles, let Judith talk Well, I came by way of a secret passage between La Jolla and the monastery here But Mrs. Santos, you tell me The secret passage? But how did you... Dr. English, did you not get my message? What message? A verbal message from an old Indian We didn't get any message The moment we discovered you and Judith gone from the hotel, we fled into the jungle God explains it The message I left said Wait at the hotel until tomorrow Then you will follow Judith and me through the secret passage You'd better explain that, Mrs. Santos There were friends from the monastery who knew the secret passage waiting in La Jolla When Juan, our guide, was slain they came to our aid because of the danger from the agents of the living dead they could not take us all at once so they sleep Judith and me away and were to have come for you to make a second caravan on the following day Your sudden dash into the jungle upset everything Then we are to trust you after all, Mrs. Santos I hope so, Dr. English Then what did that dying Indian mean when he said if you would save Tula, you must strike at once You heard And what were you doing with a priestess Tula in the chamber when they were about to sacrifice Dr. English You saw me there? Yes I was no with Tula, Captain Friday But you stood there watching them put the doctor through the agony of the sacrifice Why were you allowed to run of the temple if you're not a friend of the living dead? Did you know, Captain Friday that it was I who saved Dr. English that it was I who called attention to the shadow of the hill and monster on the face of the sun? That was coincidence, Mrs. Santos All by it as the werewolf and Tula were Coincidence, you fool I wonder You have answered none of Captain Friday's questions, Mrs. Santos None of them Can I all implicate you, connect you with mankind's deadliest enemies the brothers of the living dead You refuse to trust me, Dr. English Trust you? How can I trust a woman who can turn back a mob of half mad savages led by a creature as vicious as the werewolf merely by the simple signal of a hand Signal? Signal Yes, you signal the werewolf Mrs. Santos What is your relationship with my Anaya than his living dead? My, my relationship? Yes In what capacity do you serve them? Dr. English You do not know what you are saying But I saw you signal You saw? You saw my hand? What movement did you see it make? Tell me What movement did you see me make? I, I to be frank with you I couldn't see your hand It was your general attitude the gesture of your arm Your back was... Then you did not see it You did not see the signal Then you admit you did signal But that does not matter as long as you did not see it But what the heck is so important about that? I will tell you You must believe Yes? For the first time in my life I found it necessary to have recourse to certain discoveries which my husband made in his investigations of the ancient priesthood of some form of mysticism The gesture of my hand represented a single word the most powerful, most potent word that the mind of man has ever conceived Its origin dates back to the dawn of life and in all these hundreds of thousands of years not once has it ever been spoken by the lips of man for it is a word which cannot be spoken You expect us to believe that? I have told you, Captain Friday that in the La Jolla Monastery we battle mysticism with mysticism That gesture of my hand saved our lives and brought us safely to the monastery But how did you know that the werewolf would understand and obey? I did not know it but he is a power in Mayanahib's sacred season In the temple of the living dead the sign is known and it seemed only right that he would know it for his own protection Well, I don't get it What for the love of Mike does this sign mean? That I cannot reveal it from your skin Oh, it sounds like a lot of cheap poker to me Oh, no skin What do you say, Doctor? It's quite possible that Mrs. Santos is telling the truth, Captain Quite possible? Quite possible? You suppose the monks of these monasteries would allow me to hear it? It would be well for the brotherhood of the living dead to have a spy in the enemy's stronghold, Mrs. Santos especially an agent with your credentials Indeed, the tanks I get, Captain Friday for rescuing you and your friends You insisted on us coming down here You exposed us to danger You remember that, don't you, Mrs. Santos? Captain Friday, not too harsh And another thing Dr. English, doesn't it seem strange that your son Robert didn't once mention either yourself or Judith the name of Mrs. Roberto Santos after his return and before he was murdered? Yes, I've thought of that In fact, doesn't it seem strange that if they were such intimate friends as Mrs. Santos declares that he didn't bring her directly home with him? Yes, Captain, it does Such a friend would have been more than welcome in our home You, Seniors, are worn out with fatigue and excitement You are overly suspicious at the moment Your minds are not fit to judge any situation clearly tonight I will leave you now I would advise you to go to the cells the monks have provided and sleep Perhaps understanding will come to you You are dreaming Here we've spent two weeks in this blooming monastery and what have we accomplished? Answer? Nothing With a capital N Ah, but how wonderfully peaceful and quiet it is now Yeah, it's been tough sledding for you, Judith For all of us, Skip Where's Dr. English? With Mrs. Santos That was a horrible fall she had down those rough stone steps, has to be Captain Friday, she would have been killed if you hadn't saved her She'll be in bed a week with those bruises Those monks are wizards when it comes to human ills They're so quiet and efficient and sure of themselves I had a headache and one of them simply passed his hand over my forehead and down the back of my neck and the pain was gone instantly Hmm, funny duck, isn't it? With their prayer wheels and their rough cyclops rolled down to their feet Their leader reminds me of the Dalai Lama of Tibet There is a close connection, I suspect Father thinks so too What I wish is, adopting they should bring out that secret map of his the one drawn on human skin Why don't they? No, Skip Don't mention that map again Not here or any place else You'll never see that map here Well, then how the heck are we going to find this? Father and I know every line of that map by heart Yeah, but how the heck are me and the Captain going to help on out the key that'll lead to the secret passage The one between the monastery and the sacred city if we don't know what was on the map Skip, keep your voice down One of us will have to tell you Don't you think it's about time you did it then? As I understand it the passage begins somewhere right here in this monastery Skip and I have searched the places thoroughly as possible but not a clue That's not surprising The monks here have been hunting for years Then they've known all along there's an entrance into the sacred city Yes That's why we're so welcome here given the run of the monastery They are as anxious as we to solve the riddle of the secret passage Well, listen, Captain and I going down into the underground part of the monastery again this afternoon Now, how about giving us a lead, huh? Well, but I want to go along, Skip Why, sure Of course you can come along, honey Wait a minute, wait a minute Look here, Skip Are you calling Judith honey in private? That's a second slip for you today Why, uh... Do you mind Captain Friday? If I don't Well, who haven't any objection in the world? But I'm warning you Watch out for him You go to blazes As you were saying about the map, darling Um, hey, Judith, hey Oh, aren't you ashamed to be the Skip like that? Yeah, no worry, I'll fix him No, but seriously About that now At the beginning of the secret passage it shows a building representing this monastery standing on the edge of a mountain in a terrible storm Storm, huh? Is that some significance? Yes The rain is falling in great torrents and there is a long jagged streak of lightning just over the building I see That's all Yeah, that's all? Well, it isn't very much but, well, somewhere in this monastery is a door and what I have just told you is the key to it Well, and we'll find it, hm in the monks of unhunting years and you'll be optimistic, lad And we've got to work fast Remember, two weeks have passed since the healer monster rode with the sun The catastrophe which it predicts may crash down on the world at any moment Yeah, but how long our enter in this secret city prevent this world tragedy saying it's true It's feared by those who know that my Anaki and his living dead will be at the bottom of the catastrophe But the monster is already ridden with the sun Doesn't that mean we're too late? You mustn't say that, Captain You mustn't even think it The Black Death is too terrible Captain Friday, Skip Turner and their companions, Dr. English and his daughter, Judah are in the dank slime room in the the Hoya Monastery searching Down here in the darkness with only red torches and flashlights they are looking for the entrance to the secret passage the passage which will lead them into the very heart of the enemy the stronghold of the brotherhood of the living dead Careful, Judith It's a slimy dark wet place down there Yes Dank is a rain barrel and we shall be in a fix without these torches the monks have stuck up all around Hey, what do you suppose these big bad shingles are used for, Dr. English? This looks very much like a chapel of some kind Notice the paintings on the walls and the altar the altar down at the lower end of the room Who do you suppose did them, Doctor? Spanish? Oh, no These are the work of the Indians Some truly marvelous pieces of work Now, look at this one I... Find Joe Judith Father, what is this? Look, Judith This picture here Only macro Look, a picture of a storm The map Our precious map Exactly You think this is the key to the secret passage? Symbolical, see? At the top of the room, it's rain By the time it's reached the center of the wall it's a veritable waterfall Yes, yes Look how the big rock divides the waterfall On the one side, the water runs in a boiling frothy disorder and on the other side of the rock the waterfall smoothly gently, almost placidly Never mind that, Dr. English But the symbolism, man the symbolism, don't you see? The rock painted on the wall represents the dividing line between turmoil and ascension on the one side and order and harmony on the other Yeah, sure, I suppose so You mean we're to look for a rock and that's the key to the secret passage? But where we're supposed to look? Why look any farther? Rain and lightning was the clue given on the map There's your rain and lightning Hold your flash directly on that painting of the rock, Captain Hey, wait a minute I've got it Look here The painting of the rock directly outlines the actual stone on the wall Do you suppose we're actually looking at the rock that hides the opening to the secret passage? I'd swear it Well, what do you know? Here, Doctor We can move this order up against the wall By standing on it, we'll have easy access to the rock Good, give us a hand with it Yeah, let's go Come on Solid stone, but we can do it Come on, everybody now There you are Hey, it's strange the monks haven't run onto this Would you? Remember, we had the original clue, the storm scene They're not in a million years Clever these Indians Better let me climb up and try the stone first, Doctor Go ahead, Captain Judith, you and Skip hold your flashes on the picture Yes Even if it is the gateway to the secret passage these past 300 years will have sealed it pretty tight Yeah, sure Hey, you up, Captain? Hey, here, here Take this chisel It'll help you to loosen the dirt and mortar around the edges And here's a wooden mallet to pound with It's all of everything, huh? Yeah, I've got them Now we've tried How's she look? Hello? There isn't any mortar in the cracks Look out Look Look, it's swinging open The rock swung open It's on a pivot That's strange That opened entirely too easily Then use lately, all right Swung open the moment I touched it Are we going in? Well, anyway, there's your passageway, Doctor It couldn't be anything but the secret passageway to this No, no, it's got to be Of course we're going in Okay Skip, help Judith up on the order Yeah Give me your hand You're coming to the passageway There Oh, it's talking here No noise You're next, Doctor All right, coming Here Give me your hand There Thanks Okay, come on, Skip You bet And here we are Yeah Now, Doctor, you and I lead Judith, follow us And Skip, you bring up the rear Yeah Everyone keep his flash in one hand And his gun in the other Come on There's a fine sand on the floor Our feet don't make a sound Hey, Doctor, look at these walls All these carvings Ancient Jakota work, Skip Magnificent fine porters I don't doubt But much of the unknown history of the world Is told in these pictures Look, clear to the ceiling At least 15 feet high And as far down the passage Is our light carries Beautiful Stupendous Look, the stairway ahead We're going down into another room Hey, we should have closed that entrance I attended to it, Captain Oh, good All right, down the steps now Careful I'm amazing Look, Captain The room we're descending into Is hewn from solid rock A man, a man screaming Hey, I thought we had this place to ourselves Hold it, listen Well, we're going on What do you say, Doctor? What's going on? Judith, if you want to go back, there's still time I'm still going with you Any idea what that was, Doctor? Sounded like a man in mortal agony Diabolical Hey, there it is again Listen Doctor, do your name, please Someone's calling your name, Doctor Come on, come on Keep your gun handy still You bet you Listen Hey, there he is There on the floor Oh, no Horrible Judith, get hold of yourself Stand up on your feet or I'll shake you Yes, it's not I'll be all right Give me your hands Doctor English, this man's chained to the wall Too late, Doctor English I'm finished The end of the passage The stairway to the sun But no Chained to the wall Poor, emaciated body We came too late Hey, look, he's white You know him, Doctor? He called your name Hold the light on his face Judith, look It's Arthur Henderson It's Henderson Of course I know him Henderson But his hair is white Henderson was a big man There's nothing but skin and bones Agony can do that to a man Agony and terror But who is he? fellow archeologist Saw him less than two years ago at the International Convention in Bogota Only two years ago What did he get here? The brothers to the living there They've taken another pawn from our side of the board captain Robert Henderson Who's to be next? Looks like we are I'm forgetting Arthur here Quiet Put out those lights But we are wolf Talk about your black magic That thing's everywhere Looks as though we've tracked him to his lair this time Listen Go on then Just a wolf cry fading out in the thin air Look, Doctor Why not get the monks back at the monastery to help us? We can come back with a crew of those monks Turn back now after what Henderson said You don't know what you're saying What Henderson said Yes At the end of the passage The stairway to the sun Well, what about it? I think now I know what that zig-zag streak of lightning in the storm symbolizes Come We've got to go ahead Yeah, you're the scientist If you say so You can stand and see the way this is affecting Judith and still say go on No, no, Skip Of course we're going on Remember, Judith If you keep your head Use it I'm alright, Father Look There must be hundreds of rooms down here Little passageways leading off in every direction Hello Something ahead Steady with your light, Doctor Stairway Henderson's stairway to the sun Well, what do you know? Broad as a road Leading up and up and up Doesn't seem to be an end Hume out of solid rock And look There on the first step A great yellow disc Planted in the rock Gold and rays shooting out in all directions See, there's one on every step Looks like gold Why it is gold The stairway to the sun Stairways a series of terraces Seven steps and then a terrace Then seven more steps It's the same all the way up Wonderful Wonderful Father Look Sit there on the first terrace Hello A skeleton A skeleton Chained to the wall And there's another on the next terrace And on the next And the next And the next Stairway to the sun, my eye More like we was coming up out of the Pirahedys Oh, it's hideous Catch a script Yeah I got her Oh, poor little kid She couldn't take it Here, let me see her Hmm That's alright She'll be alright in a moment We'll have to carry her We can't stop now Yeah, she's light as a pigeon I'll take her when you give out You kidding Okay, Doctor, you and I lead off Skip, sing out if we go too fast for you Luckless chaps There must be thousands of those Skeletons on this stairway Up and up we go Right into the heart of some vast mountain And on every seventh step There's a grinning skull And a heap of bones Chained to the wall Wait There's a light It's coming from a doorway Leading off the terrace just above us It's coming through a drape over the doorway Now you folks wait here I'll go ahead and investigate If I flash my light once That means for Doctor English to come on alone If twice, it's alright for all of you to come Watch yourself, boss There's one flash Time to go You wait here, Skip Okay, but I don't like it What is it, Captain? Keep your voice down Great stone chamber with torches Stuck in the wall Four persons seated at the table Now any of them? Three in long cloaks And their hoods over their faces There's a werewolf monster A werewolf, eh? Listen Werewolves talking Pull a curtain back just a bit Maybe we can hear Easy now And as I have said I've just come from the great master For three days now The people have seen the shadow of the monster Upon the face of the sun The hour is at hand Centuries of waiting are at hand The world is ours The world and all its millions and millions Of helpless people To crush To crush These are the words of Maya Nightingale The almighty one The agents are awaiting the command to strike This present civilization We will wipe it from the face of the earth We will breed a greater civilization The brothers of the living dead will rule the earth Maya Nightingale has spoken Five days hence you will have war from the master Then strike New York San Francisco Paris Berlin London Around the world The black desert rays Putsite London first Cross London first Wipe them from the earth Cross London Remember Five days Then the dance of death begins But God I must return to the city of our fathers Maya Nightingale The great high priest awaits Return to your post quick doctor They're coming out Get back into the research spring Back in the shuttle Return to your post What in five days' world will come Yes And then the dance of death will be here Did you hear that captain? Only five days Hold it Only three people passed us There's still one in the room Be quiet here he comes Let's get him Got him doctor I've got him They're not much of a fighter I've got my hand over his mouth Oh blast this dark Give me a hand could you Gag in his mouth Captain Friday you're crazy You'll have the whole crew down on us With your noise I'm sitting on him You can't pull Haven't made much noise Yeah not a sound We're safe enough for the moment Here turn on your flash Let's see what we've got You fool There turn it on his face In heaven's name Mrs. Santos You Mrs. Santos again Mrs. Santos Who is in the confidence Of the monks of the monastery Mrs. Santos Who says she is fighting The living dead with body and soul And here Captain Friday And Dr. English Have caught her conniving With the highest agents Of Maya Nahid the evil Next week You will hear the sixth episode Of the land of the living dead You are listening to Adventures by Morse