The lightning, in striking the house, gave my instruments a sudden violent charge of power. And my thought was free, free to turn the page of a book.

— Professor Walgate (Kynaston Reeves)

11 seconds sound clip from the Fiend Without a Face (1958) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:55:11.201 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- But each application of the electric charge created a shock almost equal to electrocution. It made me ill.

- Dr. Bradley diagnosed exhaustion. He thought my illness was caused by overwork in getting my papers ready for publication.

- He introduced me to Barbara Griselle.

- With Barbara as my secretary, I was able to satisfy my publisher and continue my experiments to materialize thought.

- For a long time, I persisted in this one experiment without success... until one night.

- The lightning, in striking the house, gave my instruments a sudden violent charge of power. And my thought was free, free to turn the page of a book.

- I altered the design of my equipment to generate these violent power boosts.

- But it was very dangerous, and I could only undergo each experiment after a long period of rest.

- Whenever I felt well enough to absorb the shock, I found no difficulty in moving small objects.

- Eventually, I developed a certain tolerance to the high voltages I used.

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