Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)

Journey to the Centre of Toronto (2014)

Jonny Harris: Constable George Crabtree

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• Detective William Murdoch : Dr. Ogden and I were walking one block south along Duke Street when we felt the rumblings. I wonder where the digging machine was headed to.

  Constable George Crabtree : Sir, I hesitate to even suggest this, but I've recently been informed of the most unusual theory. What if our thief was headed down?

  Detective William Murdoch : Down?

  Constable George Crabtree : Sir, many people believe that a race of beings live inside the hollows of the earth.

  Detective William Murdoch : I don't know what to say to that, George.

  Constable George Crabtree : Well, sir, Dr. Ogden and Dr. Grace just attended a lecture on the subject. It could explain our thefts.

  Detective William Murdoch : How?

  Constable George Crabtree : Well, perhaps the inner-earthers are tunneling up to steal our diamonds and then tunneling back down to return to their own world.

  Detective William Murdoch : I don't know what to say to that either, George.

  Constable George Crabtree : Well, sir, I can't speak with authority on the subject; I'm no expert.

  Detective William Murdoch : Clearly.

• Constable George Crabtree : Sir, I've been doing some reading, and as it turns out, even the president of the United States believes in the hollow earth.

  Detective William Murdoch : Really?

  Constable George Crabtree : Well, not the current president, sir, but John Quincy Adams was in the process of sending an expedition to the North Pole to look for the entrance, before his plans were quashed by Congress.

  Detective William Murdoch : John Quincy Adams kept a pet alligator in the White House bathroom.

  Constable George Crabtree : Sir, I'm not one of these people that believe there's a second sun down there. In fact, I'm quite convinced it's pitch black, and the hollow earthers have pale, almost translucent skin, and they have snout noses, sir. They are these snouted beasts who navigate by their sense of smell... No, sir, by sound, of course! They're like bats. They make this high-pitched "nih!" "nih!" And it bounces through the tunnels, and...

  Detective William Murdoch : [interrupting him]  George, why have we not seen one of these snouted beasts then?

  Constable George Crabtree : They're allergic to sunlight.

  Detective William Murdoch : Ah.

  Constable George Crabtree : Like vampires. And sir, I know there are no vampires...

  Detective William Murdoch : No.

  Constable George Crabtree : ...in North America.