Frank R. Strayer

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Portrait of Frank R. Strayer Frank R. Strayer,  The Vampire Bat (1933)

“ Kringen
I've walked the streets of this village for over 40 years, but tonight's the end. He knows that I've told he plays with bats. He knows that I saw him sneak into Martha's house just before midnight.
Doctor von Niemann
Perhaps he was taking her another flower, Kringen. The boy brought her one this evening while I was there.
Kringen
He killed her just like he did all the rest! And now he's going to kill me! Unless he's killed with a stake driven through his heart, I'm a doomed man! He'll kill me! He'll kill me! I'm doomed! He'll kill me! He'll kill me! I'm a doomed man! He'll kill me!
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Portrait of Frank R. Strayer Frank R. Strayer,  The Vampire Bat (1933)

“ Doctor von Niemann
Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad? Life, created in the laboratory! No mere crystalline growth, but tissue—living, growing tissue. Life that moves, pulsates, and demands food for its continued growth! You shudder in horror. So did I the first time. But what will a few lives be weighed in the balance against the achievement of biological science? Think of it. I have lifted the veil. I have created life—arrested the secret of life from life. Now do you understand? For the lives of those who have gone before, I have created life!
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Portrait of Frank R. Strayer Frank R. Strayer,  The Vampire Bat (1933)

“ Doctor von Niemann
No, not even in transfusions.
Karl Brettschneider
That's the point which stops me. There isn't any other use for human blood. Damn. Murderers leave clues. And these atrocities are murders, Doctor. Those simple fools in the village can believe what they like, but you and I are sane thinking people, and you know and I know, Doctor, that these are murders!
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