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How do you do?

The Count feels it would be a little unkind to present this phonograph without just a word of friendly warning.

We are about to unfold the story of Dr. Ludwig Von Brainmatter.

A man of science, who sought to control life... after death. Without reckoning upon God.

It is one of the strangest tales ever told.

It deals with one of the great relationships of life, that of a creator and his creation.

I think it will thrill you.

it may shock you.

it might even horrify you.

So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to, er...

Well, we've warned you.

Our story starts like many others.

In a graveyard...