1 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:36,479 Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This 2 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:40,520 is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it 3 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:47,000 to me Box thirteen at Greatdetectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter at Radio 4 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:53,159 Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com, slash 5 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,280 Great Detectives. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite 6 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,119 podcast software. I don't want to encourage you to check out our other podcast, 7 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,200 in particular our World War II podcast The War. The War is a 8 00:01:07,239 --> 00:01:15,760 series that I did nearly a decade ago in preparation for the seventieth anniversary of 9 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:21,400 D Day, in which I put together a series that told the story of 10 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:26,840 America starting the pre war era, going through the war, and into the 11 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,680 post war era. And I use not only news programs but also comedy, 12 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:37,120 drama, and music to tell that story. You can find the whole series, 13 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:42,079 two hundred and seventy seven episodes at Thewar dot Great Detectives dot net, 14 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:48,519 and you can find all of our podcast series at the Great Detectives homepage at 15 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:53,640 Great Detectives dot net. Well, now it is time for this week's episode 16 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:57,959 of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. We're bringing you episodes one in two of the 17 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,680 serial today, but you can, if you so desire, hit pause now 18 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:09,680 and then listen to the entire Cereal Together tomorrow on Friday. But now, 19 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:15,159 from June eleventh and June twelfth, nineteen fifty six, here is The Laughing 20 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:28,919 Matter episodes one and two from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Doller. 21 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,400 Edrind said Johnny, Union State's scheduling company. Oh hi, ed, I 22 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,039 heard you were trying to reach me. Yes, indeed, Plaine leaves in 23 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,159 two hours for where in Sonata? It's a pot on the west coast of 24 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,319 Mexico. Yeah, I know it. I know. I've been there. 25 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,599 Johny Burton is down there, Johnny, you know the big nightclub TV comic. 26 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,840 You know, good old, lovable boyish Johnny. I've seen his show. 27 00:02:49,159 --> 00:02:52,680 Who hasn't really keeps you screaming? Doesn't he? Oh? He is 28 00:02:52,719 --> 00:02:55,159 a killer. So what do I do? Go out there and scream it 29 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,960 up for him, Go out there and keep him alive. Someone's threatened to 30 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,080 murder him one of the audience. Maybe No, wait, Jolly, this 31 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,879 is no Laughing Matter. Anything happens to Jolly Burton I cut my throat. 32 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,879 Hey, you really do like his show. We're carrying a half million dollars 33 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:21,280 worth of insurance on that boy tonight and every weekday night. Bob Bailey in 34 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:25,080 the transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expensive Out America's Fabulous freelance 35 00:03:25,159 --> 00:03:46,400 insurance investigator Jaws Truly Johnny Dollar from Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the home office 36 00:03:46,479 --> 00:03:50,520 Union State's Casualty Company, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of 37 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:58,800 expendit yours during my investigation of the Laughing matter. I am one two hundred 38 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,000 and twenty dollars and fifes transportation by scheduled airline to San Diego Incidental's there and 39 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:17,000 charter plane for a flight eighty miles south into Mexico to win Sonata. Item 40 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,240 two a dollar ninety taxi from the plowed ground airstrip to the Corrara marble foyer 41 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:27,439 of the plush Babo Beach Hotel. The contrast was typical en sonatas two towns 42 00:04:27,439 --> 00:04:31,160 real. The tourist town is a glittering belt of pseudoswank resorts around the south 43 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,120 end of the bay. Bald headed men in flowery sports shirts and fat women 44 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:40,279 in shorts, loaded down with cameras, souvenirs, and US dollars. The 45 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,920 loafing town and next to it, the rows of warehouses and docks, the 46 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,439 fishing fleets and freezer plants, narrow dirt streets and slums, soft eyed Mexicans 47 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:55,079 and the gentle, liquid sound of Spanish native town, the working town. 48 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,439 Two different ways of life and no bridge of understanding between. The executive producer 49 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,439 of the Charlie Burton Show, a man named Frank Maltz was in my room 50 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,959 five minutes after I checked in. Glad to know you, mister dollar. 51 00:05:06,079 --> 00:05:10,600 He was probably in his middle forties, but looked older. Haggard, pressured 52 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,319 a little, battered around the edge of us. He might not have his 53 00:05:13,399 --> 00:05:15,360 alcer yet, but he was sure working on one. Didn't waste much time 54 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:18,480 getting here. Well, that phone call of yours got them pretty upset back 55 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,920 there in heart. I meant for it. Have you called in the local 56 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:26,439 authorities, mister Malts. It wouldn't have done any good. Charlie'd have blown 57 00:05:26,439 --> 00:05:29,680 his stop and had him thrown out, Good old lovable Charlie. Yes, 58 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,959 he doesn't know you phoned hard for Nope, he just stopped me if he'd 59 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,720 known, why does he want to die? Oh? He says he's had 60 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:39,279 murder threats before crank letters. He wouldn't take it seriously, But you do. 61 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,319 Is that it? I didn't figure it was up to me to decide. 62 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,360 As I understand it, mister Maltz. There was a note of some 63 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,439 kind slipped under Burton's door. That's right. I'll tell me about it when 64 00:05:47,519 --> 00:05:51,319 you all right. Yesterday evening, after we came back from shooting some scenes 65 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:54,959 around the bay, he went to our room, shower, clean up for 66 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:58,360 dinner. When Charlie started to leave his room, he saw the note. 67 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,079 Where is his room? Fourth? One on on the terrorst to the left. 68 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,000 All our rooms open under this same terror. You still have that note? 69 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:05,920 No, Charlie tore it up after he read it. Did he show 70 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,319 it to anybody? Yes? To me. It was on stationary from the 71 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:13,920 hotel here. It was in pencil and crudely printed. Remember the wedding. 72 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,639 Oh yes, it said only the gods are immortal Burton, as you'll soon 73 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,600 find out, you'll never leave en Sonata alive. Kind of an odd way 74 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,839 of putting it, I thought so myself. Now, anyone who might use 75 00:06:25,879 --> 00:06:29,759 that style of phrasing. No, I'm afraid not all right, what else, 76 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 mister Maltz, Nothing else? Those are the facts. Anything happened since 77 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,000 the note? Not as far as I know. Burton could be right, 78 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,000 of course, the whole thing may be a hoax. Yeah maybe, but 79 00:06:39,079 --> 00:06:42,480 that's for you to decide, not me. What do you know who might 80 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,800 think they had a reason to kill him? Ah ha, I think I'll 81 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,800 let you form your own conclusions on that. Oh, thanks, mister Malts. 82 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,519 That's very thoughtful. All right, I'm sorry. I realize I haven't 83 00:06:50,519 --> 00:06:54,600 given you much to go on. I can't help it, Dolla. That's 84 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,240 all I know about I see. We'll talk to the others, see what 85 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,480 they know about it. Others. I was thinking mainly of Gloria Dale and 86 00:07:00,519 --> 00:07:04,600 Al Schreiber, and there's Charlie himself. Of course, suppose you brief me 87 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,439 on those other two. All right. Gloria Dale's the feminine lead. Yeah, 88 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:12,439 I've seen her on Teva probably it's been with a show for three years. 89 00:07:12,519 --> 00:07:15,519 She's in her late twenties, she's single, she's gorgeous, she's a 90 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,360 terrific sense of coming. How does she get along with all lovable Charlie good 91 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:23,959 question. Maybe she can give you an answer to it. I don't ask 92 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,240 her. And who is that other one you mentioned? Al Schreiber. He's 93 00:07:27,279 --> 00:07:29,920 a young newcomer. He's been with a show six months now, a real 94 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,759 talent if he were ever given a chance to show it. Why isn't he 95 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,040 given a chance? Because on the Charlie Burton show, my friend, there 96 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,240 is one and only one staring, namely, good whole lovable boys, Charlie 97 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,120 Ball. You've been reading the press release now, as a matter of fact, 98 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,480 I have all right? Who else? No, that's all, at 99 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,399 least all that mattered. The camera crew, the technicians were set up from 100 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:54,120 Tchudaubusco in Mexico City. They never heard of Charlie Burton before, and we 101 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,759 haven't had much of any contact with anyone here in town. Now. I 102 00:07:57,879 --> 00:08:01,759 think that note was written by somebody right here in the family. That's another 103 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,800 reason I sent for you instead of the local police. Just why did you 104 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:09,439 send for me? Mister Maltz? What do you mean? How do you 105 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,279 feel about Charlie Burton? Haven't you guessed more or less? I think, 106 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,879 well, I'll spell it right out for you, mister Dollar. I hate 107 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:18,879 his guts and what do you care whether he's murdered or not. Yeah, 108 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,879 I'd get rolling drunk to celebrate it. And yet you're the one who phoned 109 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:24,600 an Sos to heart. Well, sure, if Burton does get it, 110 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,680 I want an expert around. Somebody will tag the right party for the crime 111 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:35,960 a matter of justice? Is that him? Why not? Because it's usually 112 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,679 just a word people talk about. What they really want is to win. 113 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,399 Is that what you want, mister Moltz. Very funny you ought to go 114 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,080 on television. No, I'm waiting till they perfect it. I feel the 115 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:54,679 same way about murder. So the legend of lovable Charlie was starting to crack. 116 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,000 One person at least didn't love him, Frank Maltz as executive producer. 117 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,720 And there was something else besides hateen Frank Maltz's eyes, a weariness or bitterness, 118 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:07,360 something I couldn't quite place. I filed the thought for the moment, 119 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:11,120 took time to shower and change, and went looking for another pair of eyes, 120 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,080 prettier pair, and I found them alone on the terrace with their owner. 121 00:09:15,759 --> 00:09:18,320 They would turned toward the west, toward the last golden edge of the 122 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,200 sun as it sank into the Pacific they were big and blue, very lovely. 123 00:09:24,279 --> 00:09:26,480 Hello there, how are you, miss Dale? I'm Johnny Dollar. 124 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:30,720 I just got in from Hartford and I've been talking with Frank Maltz. Oh 125 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,080 you must be with the advertising sponsor. Oh I'm an insurance investigator. Yes, 126 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,440 I'm here in regard to that threatening note that mister Burton received. Oh 127 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,360 you've heard about it then, Oh, we all heard about it interminably from 128 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,320 burtany me? Who else? Oh? He paced and posed and beat his 129 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:52,720 breast. He wept and stormed and shouted at us, harangued, accused, 130 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:58,279 and monologued us our base ingratitude. After all he'd done for us, done 131 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:01,679 to us, He should have said, one of us, a viper in 132 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,240 his bosom, should stoop to such a practical joke, on good old luck. 133 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,720 If it was a practical joke, what are you doing down here? 134 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,440 You think it was a joking? Stale? I don't. But Charlie himself 135 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:18,440 said, do you mean somebody really meant that threat? Maybe? Well, 136 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,080 what do you know any ideas to who might have written? In? Sure? 137 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,799 Anybody who knows him? Is he that bad? Actually, mister Dollar, 138 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:31,360 you've heard the expression horrid old man? Well, if Charlie Burton worked 139 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,279 for years to improve himself. I mean really tried. Eventually he might lift 140 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:39,120 himself up high enough to be a horrid old man. Well, if it's 141 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,000 like that, why do you stick around? Why do I? Because I 142 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:50,279 signed a contract last year during an emotional crisis, and it's got two more 143 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,919 years to run. Break it, bring the little clean air for a change. 144 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:56,399 I'd be dead professionally, and that's about all I've got in life now. 145 00:10:56,639 --> 00:11:01,679 Professional career such as it is, same thing applied to Frank Maltz yep. 146 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:07,039 Contract Executive producer is just a title. Charlie Burton Show is owned by 147 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:11,600 Charlie Burton, lock stock, barrel, and the souls of the employees something 148 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:16,960 of the dictator egomaniac. He's a pre adolescent paranoid with the ethics of a 149 00:11:16,039 --> 00:11:20,879 rattlesnake and the jealous instincts of a Turkish harem master. Forgive me, mister 150 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,799 Dollar. I had that line and a play once, but it still fits 151 00:11:24,799 --> 00:11:28,519 in Tell me the truth, Miss Dale? Did you write that note? 152 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:33,120 I'm a female comic, mister Dollar, So who can right out here? 153 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,200 Al on the terrace? Al Triber, Have you met him yet? No? 154 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:39,039 But I've got him on the list that may turn out to be quite 155 00:11:39,039 --> 00:11:43,120 a list before you throw downstairs bard seven, Honey, that's what you said 156 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:48,039 downstairs Bard seven. I know I'm going in and change right now. Oh, 157 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,320 this is Johnny Daller al Triber, glad to see mister Dollar is an 158 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,240 insurance investigator. He's here about that murder threat. Charlie, God, you 159 00:11:54,279 --> 00:11:58,919 mean that note was for real? Could be well? Happy days? Maybe 160 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:01,559 this hope for us? Yet allowness to Ali's making a list, Sweetie, 161 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,879 I'd be proud to confess. Only I didn't think of the idea. And 162 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:09,159 besides, I'm a coward. Did either of you actually see that? Knows? 163 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,000 No? But we heard about it, so I understand it. How 164 00:12:11,039 --> 00:12:16,159 does insurance figure in this? You mean some company actually wrote a policy on 165 00:12:16,159 --> 00:12:20,039 that earthworm to the tune of a half million bucks? Only, Hannah, 166 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:22,919 Who's he worth that much to his sponsor? The advertising client? A doubt? 167 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:26,000 If it's personal. Really, they're just protecting their investment in the show 168 00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:31,159 A half million fish for Afonio, fake aways in it a fast thirty cents 169 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,679 same. Maybe they're out to kill them and make a proper for themselves. 170 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:37,960 Yeah, put them on the list, and I take it here in the 171 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,600 club too. Club, at least you're not wearing a love Charlie Burton button. 172 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,279 Oh, sir, all I am, ever was, or hoped to 173 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,720 be in any future life, all I have ever had, or expect to 174 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,080 have at any time, notwithstanding before going to supersede any previous statement, and 175 00:12:54,120 --> 00:13:00,000 irregardless of any utterance made hereafter, I owe it its entirety and without any 176 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,639 any reservation whatsoever, to my one and only benefactor. That's sterling, magnanimous, 177 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,159 warm hearted, genial. I'll bet you think I'm only saying that because 178 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,960 it's in my contract. Did you write the note down? I don't know 179 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,919 what to say until I checkled my writers. Yeah, I have the same 180 00:13:16,919 --> 00:13:20,600 problem with my underwriters. Say that's not bad, mister Dollar. You know 181 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:26,120 you want to try to tell me. I'm waiting till they perfected. Ride 182 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:30,320 them three eighty cents one drink. I had it sent from the bar and 183 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,919 sat on the terrace alone and drank it. I watched the sun die in 184 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,240 the west and let the soft night creep out of the hills of Mexico and 185 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,679 sink down over me in gentle foes. Then I saw a man slip from 186 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:45,519 the shadowed shrubbery and move cautiously up to terrace, a pale ghost dressed in 187 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,080 the white cotton of a pan worker. As I came quietly to my feet, 188 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,000 a girl ran from inside somewhere, clung to him, and stopped him. 189 00:13:52,639 --> 00:13:56,440 They argued fiercely for a moment and guarded Spanish. Then the man turned 190 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,480 and saw me and vanished into the darkness of the hotel gardens. The girl 191 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,279 faced me for an instant, her eyes like frightened doves. Then she too 192 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,399 turned and fled. But I'd recognize it. She was a hotel maid who'd 193 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:11,799 brought ice to my room when I first arrived. So it was a lover's 194 00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:16,679 meeting, most likely. And yet the man before she stopped him had been 195 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:39,440 heading across the terrace toward Charlie Burton's room. Johnny Dollar, this is mister 196 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,360 Dollar. Oh yes, I was hoping you'd come out of seclusion. Seclusion. 197 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:46,519 I arrived in Ansonnada at four o'clock this afternoon. It's now ten PM, 198 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,360 and I still haven't been able to see the man I'm supposed to protect. 199 00:14:50,559 --> 00:14:52,000 I did not invite you here, mister Dollar. I do not need 200 00:14:52,039 --> 00:14:56,720 any protection. Well, my insurance company doesn't agree with you, and they've 201 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,879 got a half million dollars riding on your life. But my life is not 202 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,879 been threatened that note. It was a mere bit of buffoonery prepretated by one 203 00:15:03,919 --> 00:15:07,480 of those nearest and dearest to me, one of those to whom I have 204 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,519 unstintingly devoted my knock it off Burton. I know the good old lovable Charlie 205 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:16,159 legend, and I've seen your TV show. Look, are you gonna talk 206 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,799 to me or do I were my company to cancel your policy and notify your 207 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:24,600 sponsor that you've refused to co operate with us. It's a dollar. You 208 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,080 make them down to my room in ten minutes. I'll be there in an 209 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:43,320 hour, Burton, you wait on me for a change. From Special Investigator 210 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,120 Johnny Dollar location in Sonata, Mexico to the home office Union States Casually Company, 211 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,120 Hartford, Connecticut assignment. The Laughing Matter expense account continued. It am 212 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:56,279 five a dollar and forty cents taxi from the hotel in the village to the 213 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:00,679 Commandancia Police on Fronty Avenue. I wanted to run down one of the maids 214 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,960 at the hotel, A girl named Velena Morales. I'd seen her in the 215 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,399 hotel terrace shortly after dark, near Charlie Burton's room, seen her arguing with 216 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,159 some man who had managed to slip away from me in the darkness. Captain 217 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,360 Barrel said he'd checked with me later and politely avoided asking what it was all 218 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,879 about. If he had, I couldn't have told him. The Charlie Burton 219 00:16:18,879 --> 00:16:22,399 comedy show was on location at Ensinata, Mexico, and Frank Maltz, the 220 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,519 producer, had frantically phone Hartford and claimed Burton's life had been threatened. Burton 221 00:16:26,559 --> 00:16:30,519 thought it was a practical joke. Maltz didn't know needed to die. But 222 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:38,480 I was there to find out you are, mister John Dollar. I assume 223 00:16:38,759 --> 00:16:44,000 you couldn't assume any correcter mind if I come in, well means do thanks? 224 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 I am Charles Burton. Mister, Yeah, I know. I've seen 225 00:16:48,039 --> 00:16:52,440 your face in a number of saloons. I beg your pardon on their television 226 00:16:52,559 --> 00:16:55,320 sets. Ah, yes, of course. Well sit down, mister Dollar. 227 00:16:55,399 --> 00:16:57,840 I just did so, I noticed, and I don't imagine you'll be 228 00:16:57,879 --> 00:17:00,000 here long enough for me to have some things sent up from there. Oh, 229 00:17:00,039 --> 00:17:04,039 I'm sure I will. I'll have Scotch on the rocks double. I 230 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:12,519 see room service. Please, is mister Burton in Sweet d Please send up 231 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:18,400 one Scotch on the rocks double, make it double? Oh just a moment 232 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,839 please. By the way, mister dollar, what is your room number? 233 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,519 I can't seem to remember it at the moment. Why don't you just charge 234 00:17:25,519 --> 00:17:29,319 it to yours and then bill me for it later if you think your room 235 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:33,400 service, cancel that order. Yes, I said, cancel it. I 236 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:37,440 will not tolerate this high handed attitude from a hireling, sir, but not 237 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,880 your hireling Burton. Now, let's get a few things straight right now. 238 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,519 From what I've heard about you up to now, I don't like you. 239 00:17:42,599 --> 00:17:45,599 And when I get to know you're better and like it or not, and 240 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,039 I certainly do not, And there's nothing you can do about it. Try 241 00:17:48,079 --> 00:17:52,319 throwing your weight around with the insurance company and they'll cancel your policy. And 242 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:53,839 if that happens, you will have sponsor trouble right up to your neck. 243 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,319 If you think, I think you're not going to let it happen, Burton, 244 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,519 you can't afford to, So cut out the kidding and let's get on 245 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:06,400 with it. You know, I like you Dollar, You're so uninhibited, 246 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,759 I'm going to buy you that. Oh sorry, why not? I didn't 247 00:18:10,759 --> 00:18:11,799 want it in the first place. It was only a way to get your 248 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:15,880 goat break down that phony guard. But have one yourself, though. Drinking 249 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,200 is not one of my advices. Oh so that explains. It explains what 250 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:26,119 it wasn't one of Hitler's vices either, So delightfully insulting, you know, 251 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:30,559 one can highly take offense too bad. I'd hope for better results. Would 252 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:34,440 you mind telling me just who exactly is responsible for this prejudiced opinion you have 253 00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:38,039 of me? Well, as I remember, it was fairly unanimous. I 254 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:42,000 know you talked to Frank Maltz. Malt of course, is bitter because he 255 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:47,039 hasn't been given complete control of my show, or any control away. I 256 00:18:47,079 --> 00:18:49,480 hear it. As long as it's the Charlie Burton show, mister Dollar, 257 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:55,559 Charlie Burton intends to run it. Only the gods are immortal? Isn't that 258 00:18:55,599 --> 00:19:00,000 what the murder threat said? I'll get to that. Then there's Gloria Dale 259 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:04,200 leading Lady Dear Gloria. I suppose she told you I've treated her very badly, 260 00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:10,319 practically forced her to sign a contract that pays us several thousand dollars a 261 00:19:10,319 --> 00:19:15,079 week. A hideous fate, Actually it could be. And al Schreiber did 262 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,920 he mention the fact that I took him out of a forty year week burlesque 263 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:22,440 house and taught him the subtleties of high class, big time comedy, things 264 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,960 that I had spent a lifetime perfectly. Look, Burton, if you're trying 265 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,599 to convince me of your fine, sterling character, forget it. It's irrelevant. 266 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,319 I'm here because here because of that note. That's exactly what I'm getting 267 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,039 at. You think it was written by one of those three people, don't 268 00:19:37,079 --> 00:19:40,519 you write? And I agree with you, But you also take the threat 269 00:19:40,599 --> 00:19:45,039 seriously. I don't Why not, because not one of them has any reason 270 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,640 to kill me. Yes, I know how they talk. They're underpaid all 271 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,240 the work. The boss is a tyrant. They hate him the same old 272 00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:56,200 pattern, and that kind of talk never leads to murder. Mister Dollar. 273 00:19:56,759 --> 00:20:00,480 Yeah, you've got a point there. I guess that note was brushed under 274 00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:03,599 my door yesterday as a crude attempted a joke, nothing else. Then Maltz 275 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,000 lost his head and had you sent down here from Hartford, and the whole 276 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:12,200 thing has become ridiculous. You may be right, well, are you sure 277 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,839 you won't have that drink? No? No thanks. Oh, by the 278 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,839 way, there's a maid at the hotel here. I believe she works all 279 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,559 the rooms along the terrace. Here, a small girl, very pretty, 280 00:20:23,599 --> 00:20:27,519 with her short, curly hair. Oh, yes, yes, yes, 281 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,079 Vilina, or you've noticed it, then quiet? I find her utterly charming. 282 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,160 Would you happen to know whether she's married? I really didn't bother to 283 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,279 ask. Does it matter not to me? But it might to her husband. 284 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,400 You are determined, aren't you. There must be some reason why you're 285 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:48,799 so scared. Scared you do have a preposterous imagination. Good night, mister 286 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:55,680 Dollar. It wasn't my imagination. Burton was scared, or worried or upset. 287 00:20:56,319 --> 00:20:59,079 At any rate. Something was bothering him, But at the moment he 288 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:00,799 was covering up for some and there was nothing more I could do to push 289 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,200 him. So I gave up for the time being and went back to my 290 00:21:04,279 --> 00:21:07,960 room. But I wasn't ready for sleep, and the terrace outside my windows 291 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,680 lying empty, and the moonlight seemed inviting, and even more so the sound 292 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,640 of breakers one hundred yards beyond. I followed a winding path through the hotel 293 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:21,480 gardens and came out of the sandy coal and the right founder Gloria Dale, 294 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:23,960 sitting on the sea worn rocks by the water's edge, with a bottle beside 295 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:30,440 her, getting quietly drunk. You've discovered my guilty secret, mister Dollar. 296 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:36,079 And I've only got one glass. It's that or the bottle. I'll share 297 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:41,079 the glass with you if it's all right. Sure, there you are. 298 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:47,440 Thanks. Here's to the moon people. I see him real close tonight, 299 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,160 Dan, Yeah, they'll be dancing out there in the water by midnight. 300 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,960 I think you're as crazy as I am. Crazy. You're not even in 301 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,160 the same league. I'm glad you came. I go sort of nuts on 302 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,720 moonlight nights by myself. Hey, what happened a while? Won't you two 303 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:10,000 together? I send him off to bed. He gets a little wearing Sometimes 304 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,359 he's real going on you, isn't he? I guess so and you. 305 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,559 He's a good guy. I like him a lot. He's fine, but 306 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:27,680 no click huh, no clicks and better click. He's a kid. You're 307 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:33,119 drinking it straight, you know, help yourself. What are you trying to 308 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:41,359 do to yourself, Gloria, learn to forget, forget the emptiness, hollowness. 309 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,519 There's nothing in me anymore except the hate. Of course, there's plenty 310 00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:49,119 of hate for Charlie Burton. For Charlie. Do you hate him enough to 311 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,920 kill him? You've always got your eye on the ball, haven't you missed 312 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,960 a dollar? More less? Would you like to tell me about this emptiness? 313 00:22:57,759 --> 00:23:02,079 No? I don't think so. All right? Why not? Though? 314 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,039 It's the edge of the land and the edge of the sea, and 315 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,599 you're from the moon, and you'll go back there at dawn, So why 316 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,920 not? Here's to the moon? Makes people crazy? Hey, save that 317 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,640 one for me? Here you are? Yeah, just leave it there. 318 00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:25,920 So well, a year ago, my contract was up and I was leaving 319 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:32,720 the show and I was about to be married. Jerry's name was and he's 320 00:23:32,759 --> 00:23:37,839 the only man I ever really loved. Burton was furious, so I was 321 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,319 letting him down. I was ungrateful, but he couldn't stop me because my 322 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:48,519 contract was up. And one morning I got a note from Jerry special delivery. 323 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:56,759 We were through witsheid Why no explanation, just a cold, vicious note. 324 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:02,319 That same morning, Jerry left with a friend charted a plane and went 325 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,680 to Canada on hunting trip, and you didn't find out the reason for it 326 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:11,279 later. Yes, at the time I was hurt. I was terribly hurt. 327 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:17,119 I signed a new contract and went on working. Months later I got 328 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,960 the story around about what was it? A private detective, one of the 329 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000 crooked ones had gone to Jerry with a complete report about me, supposedly my 330 00:24:26,079 --> 00:24:32,759 private life. Field reports after David's statements, even photographs, a fake, 331 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:37,680 the whole thing. But it convinced Jerry. You know who was behind it. 332 00:24:38,319 --> 00:24:44,960 I can guess your good, old, lovable Charlie Burton. He wanted 333 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,640 to make sure I'd sign that contract. But when you did find out, 334 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,559 why didn't you go to Jerish? I could have then hunting trip. The 335 00:24:52,599 --> 00:25:00,640 plane crashed, Jerry never came back, he was killed. It's crazy, 336 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,519 Oh easy, sweet? Do I hate Charlie Burton enough to kill him? 337 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,079 That's what you asked me, wasn't it sure? I hate him enough? 338 00:25:11,799 --> 00:25:17,599 A thousand times enough? I mean, I haven't got the nerve. So 339 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:26,960 what do I do? I drink Gloria? Help me get back there, 340 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:38,279 please, Johnny, what do you do? Love and Hate and the Black 341 00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:44,839 Sea rocks and a lunatic's moon at midnight, and no help on this earth 342 00:25:44,839 --> 00:25:48,079 for a wounded heart, but time itself. A tide was rising now and 343 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,319 rising fast, and hidden by the darkness. A wave curled and broke, 344 00:25:53,319 --> 00:26:00,240 and time ran out. I lunged out of bed and fumbled in the blacks 345 00:26:00,279 --> 00:26:03,160 from our robe and slippers and gun. Yeah, who is it, Tolly 346 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:10,880 Burton? Open up? Hurry Dollar, You've got to protect me. Somebody 347 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,279 took a shot at me through my window from the terrace. Oh, it 348 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:17,440 was probably just a crue, practical joke, joke joke. This is no 349 00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:21,720 laughing matter, don't you understand, Dollar, somebody's out to kill me. 350 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,119 Now, here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's 351 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,759 story. Tomorrow a thickening web, clinging and sticky, but one of the 352 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:51,079 flies pulls free by using a gun. Join us, won't you yours truly? 353 00:26:51,519 --> 00:26:56,279 Johnny Dollar? Yours truly? Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey, is 354 00:26:56,319 --> 00:27:00,960 transcribed in Hollywood, written by Less Crutchfield. It is deuced and directed by 355 00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:03,640 Jack Johnstone. Be sure to join us tomorrow night, same time in station 356 00:27:03,799 --> 00:28:55,039 for the next exciting episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Roy Rowan speaking welcome back. 357 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:00,880 It's an interesting setup and we've got some solid dramatic performer and says with 358 00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:06,160 a lot of people having reasons to hate Charlie. There was a bit of 359 00:29:06,279 --> 00:29:11,240 skip in the audio and episode two, so we missed like a little a 360 00:29:11,359 --> 00:29:17,359 second aliast that appears to be in all the copies of this episode out there. 361 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,440 So sorry about that, but I don't think we miss much. I 362 00:29:19,519 --> 00:29:26,119 think we know exactly what Johnny Dahler said in the missing portion. A quick 363 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:33,039 word on the question I asked a few weeks back about how listeners discovered the 364 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:38,079 podcast, and I want to thank everyone who sent in a response that answered 365 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:44,799 the question and really provided some good feedback. There were a couple of big 366 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:52,160 things that stood out. The first is that nearly every response indicated that you've 367 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:59,279 found us through your own searches. I didn't receive any artist from anyone who 368 00:29:59,359 --> 00:30:03,960 said I heard you from this podcast that you advertised on where I found you 369 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:11,079 through a newsletter you advertised in. So it suggests to me that those type 370 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:15,039 of efforts which I've done in the past are not particularly effective. Now I 371 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:23,319 should add that we did get a couple of free promotions or both iHeartRadio and 372 00:30:25,119 --> 00:30:30,359 Amazon Music ran ads for our podcasts, and the numbers show that we had 373 00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:37,799 some success with those of your a major platform, and you're willing to run, 374 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:42,440 you know, thousands of free ads for my podcast, I will certainly 375 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,200 work with you on that, but it's a guest to me that I need 376 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:52,640 to work as much as I can on search engine optimization stuff, and any 377 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,119 sort of promotional budgets probably need to be geared that way. Now. Of 378 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,400 course, the nice thing about you know, search of octimization things is there 379 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,160 are a lot of tips and tricks you can learn on your own, although 380 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:10,640 that does take some time. The second thing that stood out is that taple 381 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:19,519 searches were often spurred by experience with either terrestrial or satellite radio that piqued their 382 00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:25,319 interest and they wanted to learn more, and that's how they found the podcast. 383 00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:29,960 Obviously, as someone said, there's not a whole lot that I can 384 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,680 do with that, although I have to say definitely has caused me to think 385 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:41,880 a little bit about radio, and I've loved the idea of doing radio, 386 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:49,480 but it's really seemed to me like the opportunity to do some new syndicated old 387 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:56,480 time radio program, or really any sort of radio drama program is not readily 388 00:31:56,519 --> 00:32:02,279 available, as so many existing programs have been pushed more and more to like 389 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,079 Wee Hours of the Morning. Although I was surprised to find out that someone 390 00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:15,440 was actually able to get a syndicated a radio program on the air, mister 391 00:32:15,839 --> 00:32:22,039 Wyatt Hawks and his Classic Radio Theater, which I believe went on the air 392 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:25,920 in twenty fifteen and stayed on the air until this past June, where he 393 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:34,359 had to stemp aside from it, he was doing three programming hours per day, 394 00:32:34,839 --> 00:32:38,240 seven days a week. It just astounds me. I could not do 395 00:32:38,359 --> 00:32:44,559 that pace. But if I could find something maybe a little bit or a 396 00:32:44,599 --> 00:32:50,799 lot less intensive, I'd definitely be open to considering the right opportunity, because 397 00:32:50,839 --> 00:32:55,559 I think that radio may have been a bit more viable than I gave it 398 00:32:55,640 --> 00:33:00,160 credit for even in the twenty first century. Well, now we turn to 399 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:06,279 listener comments and feedback, and we start with an email from Carrie who writes 400 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:14,319 regarding Johnny Doller the Matter of reasonable Doubt. In my opinion, that was 401 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,920 one of the most well written and well acted episodes I've ever heard from Johnny 402 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:23,160 Dollar. I liked the character Susan because, unlike most sixteen year old girls, 403 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:28,880 she seems bright, intelligent and has a good sense of what's going on 404 00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:32,799 and a good feel for other people's characters. Not playing a victim. She 405 00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:37,640 was actually insightful and very helpful to Johnny, which made her a great character. 406 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:42,519 Keep up the good work, love listening, Carrie, Well, thank 407 00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:45,680 you so much, Carrie, and I appreciate the comment. And while we 408 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:52,519 talk a lot about reuse scripts in the Johnny Dollar serials, it's important to 409 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:57,880 note that there were a lot of original stories. Now those coming from John 410 00:33:58,039 --> 00:34:04,119 Dawson aka E. J. Newman were mostly recycled, but a great many 411 00:34:04,319 --> 00:34:08,840 of the less crutch Field scripts we're not based on any prior story as far 412 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,480 as we can tell, and certainly that's the case with this one, and 413 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,519 I think he definitely did a good job on it. And again the rest 414 00:34:16,599 --> 00:34:22,719 of the production team was outstanding as well. Then we turned to YouTube where 415 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:29,119 Stolen Symphony Rights. Is your accent truly like this? Well, I'll say 416 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:35,039 a couple of things. I have been advised that I have a different voice 417 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:39,400 for the podcast, but I don't think it's dramatically different, and it's not 418 00:34:39,559 --> 00:34:45,719 something where I kind of sit down and make a decision. Okay, this 419 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:51,239 is the affectation I'm going to use for the podcast. The way I talk 420 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:57,239 as I'm recording the podcast is automatic, so really it's natural. I don't 421 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:02,360 think it's all that different normal speaking voice. So your answer is, yes, 422 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:09,199 this is not some affectation on my part. And then I have a 423 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:15,440 comment on podbean mailbox. You know rights, I hate having to wait till 424 00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:19,920 Friday, but glad you upload early, great sound quality. Do you still 425 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,880 need an app maker? And the answer, of course is yes, we 426 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:30,039 still need an app maker, specifically for getting the podcast onto the Roku and 427 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,800 Kindle Player, where I think we can reach an audience that's a bit more 428 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:44,159 untapped. So if anyone out there designs apps for those specific devices, or 429 00:35:44,199 --> 00:35:47,760 you know somebody who is all of that, I would love to hear from. 430 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:53,000 You. Already have apps for Apple, and then we have an Android 431 00:35:53,159 --> 00:36:00,920 app that's available in the Amazon App Store or Android phones, but really would 432 00:36:00,039 --> 00:36:06,920 love to get onto the smart TVs. And then we have a review in 433 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:15,159 the Apple podcast or this one from McGill zero six and the right appreciate all 434 00:36:15,199 --> 00:36:20,599 the work you do to present quality product. Well, thank you so much. 435 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:23,559 Appreciates you taking the time to write a review. Now it's time to 436 00:36:23,679 --> 00:36:28,760 thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and I want to thank Sarah. 437 00:36:29,039 --> 00:36:35,320 Sarah has been one of our Patreon supporters since March twenty seventeen, currently supporting 438 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,679 the program at the shamous level of four dollars or more per month. Thank 439 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,079 you so much for your support, Sarah, And that will do it for 440 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:46,679 today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast 441 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:52,000 software. And if you're enjoying the podcast on YouTube, be sure to like 442 00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:55,639 the video, subscribe to the channel, and mark the notification bell. We 443 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:02,039 will be back on Friday with the conclusion this yours truly Johnny Dollar story. 444 00:37:02,199 --> 00:37:07,360 But join us back here tomorrow for dangerous assignment. Where the man you will 445 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,519 contact when you reach your destination center Mitchell is sageant Rometo. I send them 446 00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:15,000 out to pick up the trailer of the group two days ago. Where are 447 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,679 they now, CAPN the last radar report I received from Romero a few hours 448 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,119 before your arrival at the group camp. At this point on the map, 449 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,760 almost directly under us, you mean we're there already. We are come. 450 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:30,960 I would assist you. Yeah, A little matter is slipping into a parachute 451 00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:34,880 full number one, Captain, when about to make a parachute jump. Don't 452 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:39,880 forget the parachute. Here we asking your there's a great moon that will help. 453 00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,800 I just assumed it wasn't so bright, Captain, too easy for someone 454 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,519 on the ground to spot the parachute. Hope you'll be with us then. 455 00:37:45,679 --> 00:37:52,400 In the meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot 456 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,760 net, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out on 457 00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:00,960 Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great det Actives from Boise, Idaho. 458 00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:05,599 This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.