:48:00
Rather puts one in mind
of those cult murders...
:48:03
they had in America some time back.
:48:05
You remember?
They referred to them as demonic.
:48:07
- Demonic?
- Well, that's how the press put it.
:48:10
Yes. Some youngsters. I remember.
:48:13
- You think this could be a cult killing?
- Could it?
:48:16
Is there some cult that goes about
slaughtering its victims in this way?
:48:19
You're the authority.
:48:20
Well, mutilation could be the work
of some homicidal pervert.
:48:23
The cults we're plagued with
in this country are far less violent.
:48:26
- Cigarette?
- No, I don't. Thank you.
:48:28
- Sergeant?
- No, thank you, sir.
:48:29
Of course, there was that
business on Hampstead Heath...
:48:32
but then that was a case
of sadomasochism, as I recall.
:48:35
My sphere of interest concerns the occult.
:48:38
Psychophenomena as related to history.
:48:40
I don't see how this business
fits in with that.
:48:44
The postmortem findings
were rather interesting.
:48:47
There are signs which indicate
that as the girl was dying...
:48:50
her body was drained of blood,
and that's the part that really worries me.
:48:54
Why would anyone do that?
:48:56
Unless it was some sort of ritual...
:48:59
some bloody ceremonial rite.
:49:02
You see, sir,
that's one of the reasons I started here.
:49:52
I have struck a cord, haven't I?
:49:55
Is there a group who specialize
in this sort of thing?
:49:58
London's a very cosmopolitan city.
:49:59
Are there some people
who get their kicks this way?