The Vampire’s Desire by The Hermit’s Cave

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Vampire’s Desire by The Hermit’s Cave

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Horror! (Old Time Radio)
• Host/Author: RelicRadio.com
• Episode: The Vampire’s Desire by The Hermit’s Cave
• Release Date: July 26, 2025

Introduction In the chilling episode titled "The Vampire’s Desire," part of the acclaimed series The Hermit’s Cave, listeners are transported into a nightmarish narrative filled with suspense, supernatural elements, and the timeless terror of vampires. Hosted by RelicRadio.com, this episode delves deep into the lore of vampirism, weaving a tale that combines mystery, fear, and the relentless pursuit of truth.

Setting the Scene The episode opens with an atmospheric introduction, setting the tone for a stormy night fraught with danger. Mr. Winton and John find themselves lost and seeking refuge during a fierce downpour. The tension is palpable from the outset, as Mr. Winton ominously states, “Ghost stories, weird stories and murders too. The Hermit knows of them all. Turn out your lights. Turn them out.” (00:06) This establishes the eerie ambiance that permeates the entire story.

Encounter with the Unwelcoming Inhabitants As the storm intensifies, the protagonists stumble upon an abandoned house. Their attempt to seek shelter is met with hostility from Lydia Crampton, who coldly declares, “You're not welcome” (03:25). Undeterred, John persuades Mr. Winton to enter, despite Lydia's warnings. This initial confrontation sets the stage for the unfolding horror, hinting at the malevolent forces lurking within the house.

Descent into Darkness Inside the house, Mr. Winton and John navigate through pitch darkness, searching for a light source. Their exploration leads them to a mysterious bookcase, which becomes a significant focal point in the narrative. John encourages persistence, saying, “We'll go to the right. Feel along the wall for a light switch or a door.” (04:19), emphasizing their determination to uncover the house’s secrets despite the growing sense of dread.

Supernatural Manifestations The tension escalates as unexplained sounds and apparitions begin to manifest. Mr. Winton senses a presence lurking, stating, “She’s slamming the door in your face” (03:37). The eerie atmosphere is heightened by the appearance of a dead body that crumbles at Mr. Winton’s touch, revealing the house's dark past and the supernatural forces at play. John reacts in horror, “I just touched it and part of it crumbled to bits.” (10:44), underscoring the peril they face.

The Revelation of Lydia Crampton A pivotal moment occurs when Lydia Crampton reveals her tragic history and the true nature of the house’s curse. She confesses, “I'm Lydia Crampton. Brother Garnet died about eight years ago. He was a devil...” (20:06). Her account unveils the sinister truth that her brother, Garnet, is a vampire who continues to exert control from beyond the grave, feeding on the lives around him. This revelation deepens the narrative, intertwining personal tragedy with supernatural horror.

Confrontation and Climax Determined to end the torment, John and Mr. Winton decide to confront the vampire. They discover the hidden mechanisms of the house, leading them to a secret compartment in the bookcase. John asserts, “We're going to put an end to his talking...” (23:36), signaling their resolve to destroy the vampire once and for all. The climax reaches its peak as they use candlesticks as weapons to attack the coffin, culminating in the release of Garnet's tormented soul: “We're ridding the face of the earth of a vampire...” (24:19).

Resolution and Aftermath With the vampire vanquished, Lydia Crampton begins to regain her freedom from her brother’s malevolent influence. The protagonists find themselves navigating out of the house, reflecting on the harrowing experience. John concludes, “We put an end to the vampire's desire, released his soul so that he'll never again return to the earth.” (24:22). The episode wraps up with a sense of closure, as the characters emerge victorious from the nightmare that had gripped them.

Notable Quotes

• Mr. Winton: “Ghost stories, weird stories and murders too. The Hermit knows of them all. Turn out your lights. Turn them out.” (00:06)
• Lydia Crampton: “You're not welcome.” (03:25)
• Mr. Winton: “I just touched it and part of it crumbled to bits.” (10:44)
• Lydia Crampton: “I'm Lydia Crampton. Brother Garnet died about eight years ago. He was a devil.” (20:06)
• John: “We're going to put an end to his talking...” (23:36)
• John: “We’re ridding the face of the earth of a vampire...” (24:19)

Conclusion "The Vampire’s Desire" masterfully blends traditional horror elements with compelling character development and a gripping plot. Through atmospheric storytelling and strategic use of suspense, the episode effectively immerses listeners in a world where the line between reality and the supernatural is perilously thin. Quotes with precise timestamps enhance the narrative, providing key insights into the characters' motivations and the unfolding horror. For fans of old-time radio horror and supernatural mysteries, this episode stands out as a memorable and spine-tingling experience.

Final Thoughts RelicRadio.com continues to excel in delivering high-quality horror content through The Hermit’s Cave. "The Vampire’s Desire" is a testament to the enduring appeal of radio dramas, capturing the essence of fear and the unknown. Listeners are left both satisfied and yearning for more tales that delve into the darkest corners of human and supernatural intrigue.

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Transcript

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, stories, weird stories and murders do turn out your legs. Turn them out.

[John]

Good evening. Come in, won't you? What's the matter? Surely you're not nervous. Perhaps you can come by telling a.

[Mr. Winton]

Story we are meant to call from out of the past. Stories, strange and weird.

[John]

Tales of mystery and terror by radio's masters of the macabre. Story of the supernatural, the supernormal dramatized fantasy, the mysteries of the unknown. We tell you this, Franklin, so if you wish to avoid the excitement tension of these magnet play, refer to our theory to turn off your radio.

[Narrator]

Welcome back to the horror. We're going to hear from the Hermit's Cave this week. A series that aired over east coast radio stations from 1936 to 1947. There was a separate west coast run that ran from 1940 to 1944. Over 500 episodes produced. Only a couple dozen of them have survived. Like the one we'll hear today titled the Vampire's Desire.

[John]

The mummers in the little theater of the air. Now the Hermit is ready to help you spend an entertaining half hour.

[Mr. Winton]

Ghost stories, weird stories and murders too. The Hermit knows of them all. Turn out your lights. Turn them out.

[Lydia Crampton]

Ah.

[John]

Have you heard the story the Vampire's Desire?

[Mr. Winton]

Then listen while the Hermit tells you the story. Forbidding looking place, Mr. Winton.

[John]

It is at that we can't go any farther in this downpour.

[Mr. Winton]

We should most likely have to stay in this doorway then. The house looks untenanted.

[John]

Does it? That however, there may be someone in.

[Mr. Winton]

There's no one living in this tomb of a place, Mr. Winton.

[John]

I think you're right, John. I wonder where we are.

[Mr. Winton]

I haven't had the slightest idea where we are since the beginning of the storm and we lost our way.

[John]

I think you're right about the place being untenanted. Try the door. Maybe we can break in. Anything to get out of this storm. Try the door.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. It's opening.

[John]

Good.

[Mr. Winton]

Well, good evening.

[John]

We've lost our way. Been caught in a storm. We're drenched to the skin.

[Lydia Crampton]

More fools you for being out on a night like this.

[Mr. Winton]

Very agreeable. Charge.

[John]

May we come in and get dried out?

[Lydia Crampton]

You're not welcome.

[John]

Surely you're not going to turn us away on a night like this.

[Lydia Crampton]

I don't care what kind of a night it is. You're not welcome.

[John]

Well, all right. May we come in whether we're welcome or not?

[Mr. Winton]

No.

[Lydia Crampton]

Good night.

[Mr. Winton]

She's slamming the door in your face.

[John]

Kindly soul.

[Mr. Winton]

When the old woman tried to slam the door I stuck my foot in the way and she hasn't tried to close it anymore.

[John]

Good. Let's take a chance on going in, then, whether we're welcome or not.

[Mr. Winton]

All right, sir. Now, which way, Mr. Winton?

[John]

Who can tell in this pitch darkness?

[Lydia Crampton]

Listen.

[Mr. Winton]

The old woman.

[John]

Yeah.

[Mr. Winton]

Mr. Wynton, we're in the house of a mad woman.

[John]

It isn't a very pleasant sound, is it?

[Mr. Winton]

Doesn't seem to be a light in the whole place. What shall we do?

[John]

We'll go to the right. Feel along the wall for a light switch or a door. All right. Come along, Lin. Follow me. Ah, here's a door. Come along, John. Stay close by me.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. Oh, good Lord, sir. Is she going to keep that up all night?

[John]

Well, if she is, I wish she'd tell what the joke is so we can laugh with her. Find the light switch?

[Mr. Winton]

No, there doesn't seem to be one.

[John]

All right, then we'll continue in the dark. You go to the left, I'll go to the right. Maybe we can find something to sit on. Yes, sir.

[Mr. Winton]

Ah, what's this? I found something.

[John]

What is it?

[Mr. Winton]

Well, it might be a bookcase built into the wall.

[John]

All right. There may be at least something in it that we can sit on. Even books will be better than the cold floor.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. Although I can't feel anything yet.

[John]

Keep talking, John, so I can find my way over to you.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. Why don't you strike a match?

[John]

Fine chance either of us have it doing that. They'll be soaking wet. Where are you?

[Mr. Winton]

Right here, sir. You're almost up to me.

[John]

Where's the bookcase?

[Mr. Winton]

Right here. Let me have your hand.

[John]

Now, let's feel all through it. Maybe something of use in it. You never can tell. What was that?

[Mr. Winton]

Sounds like someone at the door.

[John]

What are you doing?

[Mr. Winton]

Trying to light a match.

[John]

Any luck?

[Mr. Winton]

No, sir. Just like you said, they're sopping wet.

[John]

Quite. Now let's listen. You must have been imagining things.

[Mr. Winton]

I've been imagining things ever since we first heard that old woman laugh like that. It fairly makes my hair stand on end.

[John]

There it is again, sir.

[Mr. Winton]

A rustling near the door.

[John]

Who is that?

[Mr. Winton]

Who's there?

[John]

Stay away from that bookcase. Stay away. Who is it? Who are you? Stay away from that bookcase. We wouldn't be near the blessed bookcase if he'd be gracious enough to conduct us to a room with some furniture in it so that we might rest and get dry. Stay away from the bookcase.

[Mr. Winton]

He's leaving, sir.

[John]

Well, this is a fine how do you do? Isn't it?

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, I've had about enough, sir. I'd sooner we were on our way.

[John]

No, nonsense. However, we'll leave the bookcase alone if that's what we're asked to do.

[Mr. Winton]

He's still here about?

[John]

Yes, I heard him say. You playing some game with us? If so, we're not in the mood for it.

[Mr. Winton]

No answer?

[John]

No.

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, there she is again.

[John]

Yes. That's enough. That's enough.

[Mr. Winton]

What are you going to do, sir?

[John]

This is some fool game they're playing with this. I'm going to find out about it and put a stop to it. There's a man and woman living in this house. There must be some furniture in at least one of the rooms.

[Mr. Winton]

Some heat, sir. I'm chilled to the bone.

[John]

Yes, some heat. There isn't. And there's something going on here that we should investigate and put a stop to. Come along, John.

[Mr. Winton]

All right, sir, if you say so. Where to? First?

[John]

We'll start right where we are. Search the whole house from this floor up to the roof is necessary.

[Mr. Winton]

Look, Mr. Winton.

[John]

Look where?

[Mr. Winton]

Down to the end of this hall. There's the old man who was talking to us in the room downstairs, telling us to keep away from the bookcase.

[John]

I think you're right. Carrying a shaded lantern.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, Sir John.

[John]

We'll follow him. He'll lead us somewhere. We can't wander in this house all night in the dark.

[Mr. Winton]

At any rate, he has a light.

[John]

I don't think he's noticed this.

[Mr. Winton]

You have to get close to him before he turns. That corner down at the end of the hall.

[John]

Yes.

[Mr. Winton]

He'S almost at the corner there. He turned.

[John]

Hurry. He might duck into some room close by and we'll lose him. Easy now, while I peek around the corner.

[Mr. Winton]

You see him, Sid?

[John]

Yes, going into the first room on the left. Quiet.

[Mr. Winton]

The air is stale and musty here.

[John]

Yes, never mind about that just now.

[Mr. Winton]

That makes me gasp for breath.

[John]

Here's the room he went into. Quiet now, while I have a look.

[Mr. Winton]

Is he in there, sir?

[John]

Strange. I'm sure he went in there.

[Mr. Winton]

He might be hiding behind the door, waiting to pounce on us.

[John]

Old man like that couldn't do much pouncing.

[Mr. Winton]

He might be armed. Always take that chance.

[John]

Hair is Stalin's musty ear, isn't it?

[Mr. Winton]

I can hardly get my breath.

[John]

The foul scattered air coming from that room the old man went into. Well, if he can stand it, we can.

[Mr. Winton]

All right, but be careful.

[John]

He's not in here. For years he's turned out the lantern. Hello?

[Lydia Crampton]

Hello?

[John]

There's no one in here. The door just.

[Mr. Winton]

The door just slammed shut. There's no door. I ran right into a blank wall.

[John]

Where?

[Mr. Winton]

The door was right here? Yes.

[John]

John, we're trapped. Some devilman underfoot in this house. We're right in the middle of it.

[Mr. Winton]

The room was no way out. And nowhere. Nowhere.

[John]

Now, don't stop whimpering. We're in it. And we'll have to see what we can do to get out.

[Mr. Winton]

What could they want of us?

[John]

How should I know?

[Mr. Winton]

What shall we do? Just sit and wait?

[John]

No. We'll start looking for a way out of this room right now. If we only had a light. Maybe we can find some other way out of this room.

[Mr. Winton]

We can try.

[John]

You go to your right, I'll go to the left. We follow the wall around till we meet.

[Mr. Winton]

All right.

[John]

Tap the wall as you go along. Listen for hollow spots.

[Mr. Winton]

Now what? I stumbled over something on the floor, sir.

[John]

Well, what is it?

[Mr. Winton]

I don't know. I shall have to feel.

[John]

What is it, John?

[Mr. Winton]

A party, sir. Are you sure? Yes, sir. It's the body of a man.

[John]

Where is it?

[Mr. Winton]

No, don't touch it, sir. Don't touch it.

[John]

Why not?

[Mr. Winton]

I did, and a part of it crumbled to bits.

[John]

Good heaven.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. It crumbled under my touch.

[John]

Where is it?

[Mr. Winton]

Right at my feet. I'm afraid to move another step.

[John]

We'll see what this is.

[Mr. Winton]

You're right. I just touched it and part of.

[John]

The clothing crumbled away.

[Mr. Winton]

And, John, I felt bone. Oh, sir, that's what's going to happen to us if we don't get out of this place. I just know it is.

[John]

That fella must have been dead for years. The clothing just crumbled away in my fingers.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes.

[John]

John, we must get out of this place as quickly as possible. We're in great danger.

[Mr. Winton]

I am sure of it.

[John]

In danger of our lives. We've got to find a way out of this room before we suffocate.

[Mr. Winton]

Why don't we try to find the place where the door was, sir?

[John]

Back to the door, John. We haven't time to look for any other exit. We'll have to find out how to open the door we came in.

[Mr. Winton]

It's over this way, sir. Right along this wall. Who's that? There's the hideous cackle of the old woman again.

[John]

Never mind about that cackle. We have only a few minutes to find a way out of here. When that door closed, it hermetically sealed this room we don't get out, we'll suffocate.

[Mr. Winton]

What shall I do, sir?

[John]

Feel along the floor while I search along the walls here. Feel for any loose boards or any part of the floor that might move.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir.

[John]

Have you found anything yet?

[Mr. Winton]

No, sir.

[John]

Keep working, for heaven's sake, keep working.

[Mr. Winton]

I can't do any more, sir. I'm through.

[John]

Keep searching, John.

[Mr. Winton]

Keep searching.

[John]

There must be a secret spring somewhere in here that'll open this door. You find anything yet, John? John, answer me.

[Lydia Crampton]

Done.

[John]

Done for. Don't let go, man.

[Mr. Winton]

Keep on.

[Lydia Crampton]

Hang on. We're not done for.

[Mr. Winton]

Mr. Winton and his man John trapped in a house of mystery. Suffocating in a hermetically sealed room.

[John]

Where is the old man with Atlantis?

[Mr. Winton]

The hermit will tell you before the night is done. Winton and his man John are trapped in a hermetically sealed room in a house of mystery. Yes, John has lapsed into unconsciousness. But just as Winton is about to drop off, something happens.

[Lydia Crampton]

Listen.

[John]

John.

[Mr. Winton]

John. We've made it.

[John]

I found the hidden spring just in time. Now get you out of here. There. You'll be all right in no time.

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, it's you, sir.

[John]

Yes. Now, come on, put yourself together.

[Mr. Winton]

Where are we?

[John]

I don't know, but at least we're out of that death trap.

[Mr. Winton]

How did we do it, sir?

[John]

Just before I went under, I. I happened on that hidden spring that works the door.

[Mr. Winton]

What about the old man with the lantern and the cackling old woman and the crumbling body of the man?

[John]

We're going to see about those things immediately. I'm going to get to the bottom of this thing. Come on.

[Mr. Winton]

And get suffocated all over again?

[John]

I don't think we will. Besides, I know where the release for the door is. Now, come along. Careful. Take an extra long step when you enter the room. I think we tripped some kind of mechanism when we first entered.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir.

[John]

Old man with a lantern went into this room and disappeared.

[Mr. Winton]

Where can he have got to if he stayed in the room? He must have suffocated.

[John]

He didn't stay in the room. I'm positive of that. Keep your ears open. Listen for any hollow sounds.

[Mr. Winton]

There's one, sir.

[John]

Yes, I heard it.

[Mr. Winton]

Listen.

[John]

Don't you hear someone talking?

[Mr. Winton]

No, sir.

[John]

Would you hear to the wall and listen.

[Lydia Crampton]

I can't do it anymore.

[John]

I can't do.

[Lydia Crampton]

I can't.

[John]

You hear it now?

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir. Two people talking.

[John]

Yes, I knew that old man couldn't have vanished into thin air. There's another door Hidden here somewhere. We're going to find it. Feel for anything movable around the wainscoting. I'll work up the sides here.

[Mr. Winton]

Can you hear what they're saying?

[John]

No, they're too far away to catch any of the words. However, from his tone, I'd say he was threatening her.

[Mr. Winton]

You found it yet?

[John]

Yeah. There's a little bud on the decoration here.

[Mr. Winton]

Look, sir. A flight of stairs.

[John]

Yes, and leading down. Come on.

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, haven't we had enough for one night, sir? Without sticking our noses in any further?

[John]

We've gone this far and had an attempt made on our lives. We're going to clear up this business before we leave.

[Mr. Winton]

No telling what might be down there, sir.

[John]

That's what I'm going to find out. Well, coming with me, or shall I go alone?

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, no, sir. I'm coming.

[John]

You can hear them talking a little more clearly now. Close enough to make out their conversation. Now, there are two more up there with greatly the man we saw with a lantern Talking about us, John.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir.

[John]

He thinks we're dead upstairs with that body we found. If you do not continue to obey me, that's what will happen to you.

[Lydia Crampton]

No, no.

[John]

Grin, grin. That's what I want you to do. Come on, John. We'll see what we can do about this. I'm gone.

[Mr. Winton]

You think all the money will be yours?

[Lydia Crampton]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[John]

Oh, yes, you do.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, you do.

[John]

There's a turn in the passage just ahead. I can see a light shining. Quietly now. We'll be able to see into the room in a moment or so. Tomorrow you will bring me another young animal to feed upon.

[Lydia Crampton]

Yes, brother Darnell.

[Mr. Winton]

It's her brother that's talking.

[John]

Yes. Easy now, while I look around the corner. What in heaven's name?

[Mr. Winton]

What do you see, sir?

[John]

Come here.

[Mr. Winton]

Great heavens. A coffin.

[John]

Yes, a coffin.

[Mr. Winton]

With a huge lighted candle at each corner.

[John]

And look, in the coffin.

[Lydia Crampton]

A man.

[John]

The one we heard talking. When you get back to your cottage each morning, you wonder where you've been.

[Mr. Winton]

The night before, don't you?

[John]

There you are, John.

[Mr. Winton]

But his lips don't move.

[John]

No, but that's where the voice is coming from. You don't know that I have you under my power.

[Mr. Winton]

What shall we do, sir?

[John]

We'll dash in there and let matters take their course. Are you ready?

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir.

[John]

Come on, then.

[Mr. Winton]

Idiot.

[Lydia Crampton]

Quick, out with them. Stop, John.

[Mr. Winton]

Quickly.

[John]

That cover over there.

[Mr. Winton]

Slam it on the coffin.

[Lydia Crampton]

The lady.

[Mr. Winton]

Look at her. Look at the change that's coming over oh.

[Lydia Crampton]

Where am I? I caught him. You two. Where am I?

[John]

You should know better than us.

[Lydia Crampton]

But. But I don't.

[John]

Are you sure?

[Lydia Crampton]

Oh, yes. Yes. Oh, please believe me. Well, I begin to understand now.

[John]

I think I do, too.

[Lydia Crampton]

It's been this all the time while I thought it was just a terrible nightmare.

[John]

Would you like to make yourself clear?

[Lydia Crampton]

The coffin. Tell me who's in it. Who's in the coffin?

[John]

You mean to say that you don't know?

[Mr. Winton]

Oh, no.

[Lydia Crampton]

I swear I don't.

[John]

You called him brother just a few moments ago.

[Lydia Crampton]

Brother?

[John]

Your own brother Garnet is in that coffin? No.

[Lydia Crampton]

No. How can that be? We buried my brother garment over eight years ago.

[John]

Oh, I see. Yes, you are.

[Lydia Crampton]

I'm Lydia Crampton.

[John]

Ms. Crampton, I would advise you to start at the beginning so that we might unravel this maze.

[Lydia Crampton]

I'll try. But not here, please.

[John]

Yes, here. If my deductions are correct, it would be better for everyone concerned to get the truth right here and now.

[Lydia Crampton]

All right. There's very little I can tell you that I know. Definitely. Brother Garnet died about eight years ago. I hate to say it, but he was horrible. He was a devil. As soon as father died and he came into the money, he started making my life miserable.

[John]

Why?

[Lydia Crampton]

I never could find out why. Then Garnet died and was buried. And with him was buried the secret of father's will. I know that the estate was supposed to pass on to me after Garnet's death. But I can't find any sign of the will.

[John]

What have you done?

[Lydia Crampton]

I have a small income from my mother. I've been living in a little cottage not far from here. Now comes the part that's like a terrible dream. But I'm beginning to see it now. I'm positive that I'm right when I say that Garnet somehow was able to exercise his will upon me after death.

[John]

What makes you say that?

[Lydia Crampton]

What I've been thinking were horrible nightmares I now see were actual occurrences. He made me come here every night to wait upon him. He told me that Gregory, his butler, had placed him here in this coffin and. And had buried a dummy in his place. Then he killed Gregory.

[John]

The body in the room upstairs?

[Mr. Winton]

Yes.

[Lydia Crampton]

When he had me under his spell, I used to pass through that room and laugh at the remains of Gregory. Call him lazy for always sleeping on the floor. To think that I would do a thing like that.

[John]

Go ahead, Ms. Scrampton.

[Lydia Crampton]

He made me bring him a young animal every day or two.

[John]

What was that for?

[Lydia Crampton]

He Fed upon them.

[John]

Ah, I thought so. He feeds upon the blood of animals. Yes.

[Lydia Crampton]

He sucked the blood from them. And when he had fed, he had the strength to get out of his coffin for a while.

[Mr. Winton]

This is horrible. Stop her.

[John]

Quiet, John. Then that's how we saw him in the hall upstairs. Go ahead, Miss Crampton.

[Lydia Crampton]

That is about all. He used to taunt me by the hour, telling me I'd never come into my inheritance.

[John]

I see. When we slammed the lid on the coffin, we broke his spell over you.

[Lydia Crampton]

Yes, you must have done.

[John]

Tell me, Ms. Crampton, where in this room are we in connection with the rest of the house?

[Lydia Crampton]

I don't know. It must be on the ground floor, I suppose.

[John]

That's what I was thinking. I have an idea.

[Mr. Winton]

What is it, sir?

[John]

Hear that?

[Mr. Winton]

Another hollow spot.

[John]

Exactly. Now, watch this point right here.

[Mr. Winton]

Yes, sir.

[John]

We'll press it. And it's opening.

[Lydia Crampton]

Why? Why, it's the bookcase in the front room.

[John]

Look at this. In the back of the bookcase, a small secret compartment.

[Mr. Winton]

Keep away from the bookcase. The dead body is talking. Talking? Even with the coffin lid on.

[John]

All right, John. We're ready to put a stop to his talking. Here, Ms. Crampton, package from the compartment in the back of the bookcase. I think you'll find it's your father's will.

[Lydia Crampton]

Father's will?

[John]

Yes. Now, John, take those candles out of the candlesticks. Hand the candles to Miss Crampton. Now, hand me one candlestick and use the other of the hammer.

[Mr. Winton]

What are we going to do, sir?

[John]

We're going to put an end to garden at Crampton.

[Mr. Winton]

But how, sir? What are we going to do with the candlestick?

[John]

I'll show you. Use the ornamental pointed end of this candlestick as a spear. You use your candlestick of the hammer. We'll drive this one through the heart of that monster in the coffin.

[Lydia Crampton]

No. No.

[Mr. Winton]

But that would be murder.

[John]

Will not. He only lives during the night. Go on strike. We'll release his soul so that he'll never trouble anyone on earth again. Pass it down.

[Mr. Winton]

I'm working as fast as I can, sir.

[John]

When Miss Crampon told me of its feeding on young animals sucking the blood. Yes. I knew then that we had a vampire to deal with.

[Lydia Crampton]

What are you doing? For heaven's sakes, what are you doing?

[John]

We're ridding the face of the earth of a vampire. It's done. We've driven the point of this candlestick through the coffin and through the heart of Garnet Crankton, who's long been dead, but whose soul has been held in bondage by the result of his evil practices in life.

[Mr. Winton]

Sam With a heavy candlestick used as a spear, Wynton and his man John put an end to the vampire's desire, released his soul so it could never again return to the earth.

[John]

Turn on your leg. Turn them on. I'll be back. Pleasant dream. All characters, places and occurrences mentioned in the Hermit's Cave are fictitious and similarity to persons, places or occurrences is purely accidental.

[Narrator]

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