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episode, which will be Mister Chameleon. We're gonna find out if mister Chameleon
can save Smith. The original airdate on this program is December twenty second,
nineteen forty eight, and it's The Woman's Weapon Murder Case. Next, mister
Chameleon in the Woman's Weapon Murder Case. Tonight we again present the famous mister
Chameleon of Central Headquarters in his most famous cases of crime and murder, brought
to you by the makers of genuine Bayer Aspirin. Now let me tell you
just who mister Chameleon is. A college man he tried from childhood up to
the name. He bore Chameleon by taking on the color of whatever situation in
which he found himself, appearing in endless guises, finally entering the police force,
where he became known as Cameleon, the man of many faces, the
underworld's most dreaded man. The listener invariably knows who mister Chameleon is, no
matter which disguise he assumes, but the criminal's tracking down seldom does. Tonight
we give you mister Camellion in the Woman's Weapon Murder Case. The holiday season,
which brings happiness to so many, can also be a period of desperate
heartache, especially to the innocent grief stricken families of those who have run a
fall of the law. No one knows this better than mister Camellion, the
great detective, who has encountered so much tragedy in his time. And he's
looking unusual, grave and thoughtful as he sits in the office of the Commissioner
Police, listening to the Commissioner as he says, I don't know, Chameleon.
I've just never been satisfied about the Helen Drake case. The evidence was
all against her. She was at odds with a mother in law. It
was she who gave her mother in law the poison candy which killed her.
Even so, the evidence wasn't strong enough to get her convicted of first degree
murder. Helen Drake got twenty years in prison. Commissioner, do you think
of anything much worse for a woman like that? Did you know her,
Chameleon? No, I never met her. I followed the case with great
interest at the time. I had met her mother in law, missus Orlando
Drake, a pipe fested tyrant if I ever saw one. So wonder she
allowed either of us sons to marry. I bet she interfared constantly. Well,
she's dead and gone now. John Drake, Helen's husband, and his
brother Horace, are two wealthy men and independent. John's wife, Helen is
imprisoned. Yes, Chameleon, John Drake will spend this Christmas without his wife.
Two fine sons will spend Christmas without their mother, to say nothing of
the disgrace connected with such a thing. Pretty tough for two boys of sixteen
and eighteen. I take it that you've seen them recently, Commissioner. Yes,
they were in here this afternoon with their father. John Drake is still
convinced his wife is innocent, and the hard boiled commissioner of police is touched.
You're a hard boiled detective yourself, Chameleon, and I notice you're interested
in Helen Drake's possible innocence. I always have been, Commissioner. I have
a feeling that missus Orlando Drake's murderer is still walking the streets. But how
to smoke her out? That's the question, her or him. Poison candy
is a woman's method, but a man might have been smart enough to use
it for that very reason. John Drake's brother, Horace, or even John
himself. What why not? Since I wasn't on the case, I've never
met any of them. I would like to do that, Commissioner, meet
them, mm hm. Reopen the case if I feel it should be reopened.
I think I know how to make the killer stick his neck out if
I'm convinced the killer is still loose, and question them by all means.
Take the surgeon Dave Arnold with you. John Drake and his sons are living
in the mother's house. His brother Horace and his wife Sonya with him too.
Any servants who are with Missus Orlando Drake, her housekeeper. I believe
a Missus Sterling is Missus Sterling's testimony which convicted Helen Drake. I see,
you know Assembling, Commissioner. Wouldn't it be nice if I could get Helen
Drake released from prison in time for Christmas? Are you kidding? Well?
Partly It'll still be nice. And don't remind me how near Christmas is.
I know that just as well as you do, Commissioner. And so a
few hours later we find mister Cameleon sitting in the drawing room of the magnificent
Drake House, and with him is a haggard, white faced man John Drake,
who is saying, mister Camelian, I was hoping that even at this
late date, you'd be put on the case. I'm sure my wife is
innocent. I know it was Helen who gave my mother the candy. She
actually handed my mother the very piece which killed her. But still, your
mother's housekeeper, missus Sterling, was in the room at the time, and
she saw your wife actually give your mother the candy. Yes, and Helen
admitted it was she who bought the candy, but even said, your wife
quarrel with your ma'am. I'm afraid so, mister Comedian. But on my
behalf. You see, my brother Horace had always been mother's favorite. Mother
was very unkind to me, and Helen is very outspoken. She wasn't afraid
of mother. Ah, your brother's here with you now, Yes, sonya,
his wife's been wonderful. She felt my boy should have someone to look
after them. The housekeeper, missus Sterling, is old and a bit eccentric.
I'm afraid, I say, mister Drake, and will you have one
of these? What are they? Mis Chmelian. Oh, they're a very
special candy. I'm extremely fond of sort of a coffee mint. No thanks,
are they really delicious? Only one shop in New York. That makes
them Marnell's. I always carries them with me. Now, if you don't
mind, I would like to talk to your brother Horace and his wife Sonya.
They're in the study across the hall waiting for you. Thank you.
I'm going to see them, mister and missus Drake. I'm chameleon of Central
Headquarters. How do you do? How do you do? I'm here to
ask some questions. We have reopened the case of the poisoning of your mother
last summer, mister Drake. But mister Comedian, what makes you think that
my sister law Helen didn't kill my mother. I am not saying that she
didn't. The jury seem to think she did. I never thought she did.
Never horrace o Son, I mean it. Believe me, mister Comedian.
If you have evidence to show that Helen is innocent, well, it's
wonderful, that's all. It's simply wonderful. Have you such evidence. I
am not free yet to say, Missus Drake, would you like one of
these candies? What one of these special candies I'm very fond of I get
them at Marnell's. Oh no, no, thank you, mister Drake.
No, thank you mister comedian, have you talked to missus Sterling the housekeeper?
And not yet missus Drake. Detective Sergeant Arnold has got upstairs to fetch
her. Well, she can't help you. Good heavens, mister comedian.
If Helen didn't kill my mother, who do you think did I? For
instance, I inherited the largest share of my mother's fortune. Do you think
that I killed her? Pr Is Darling, don't get so excited. I
have reason to get excited, Sonya. If mister Comedian suspects me, I
haven't said a word about suspecting anyone. I haven't even said I have concrete
evidence. But you must have if you're reopening the case. A famous detective
like you, mister Comedian, isn't asking questions for the exercise Chamelion, Yes,
Dave, Missus Sterling the housekeeper is here. Oh send her in,
please, I'm already in. I have lived in this house for thirty years,
and no cop is going to tell me when I can come in and
out of rooms. When there's murder involved, Missus Sterling, the police have
certain rights. The murder was taken care of. Helen Drake gave her mother
the poison candy. I saw her. She was sent to jail and good
riddance. I never liked her. She was too windopen, Missus Sterling,
that's no way to speak of Helen. Mister Cameleon. I think it's wicked
to reopen this case. We've all gone through enough. Let sleeping dogs lie.
That's my morrow. Well, my motto, Missus Sterling, is the
innocent must be protected, the guilty must be punished. And frankly, missus
Sterling, I like my motto a great deal better. And now back in
the office of the Commissioner Police, mister Camelion is saying, have a candy,
Commissioner. They're really delicious, special confection put up by man El's.
Thanks since one of you taken eating candy, that's what I want to know.
Every time I look at me has a piece in his mouth. Well,
that goes to show Dave how easily you can acquire a certain habit.
I never ate candy before. Now I like it, especially these coffee flavored
mints that I so carefully told the Drakes were my favorite confection. So that
was the idea. Hmm, that was the idea, Commissioner. I am
more convinced than ever that Missus Orlando Drake's murderer is still walking the street.
I know actual proof, but I have laid the groundwork for the smoking out
process. Shall we say? Now? I want to release two newspaper stories
seuch airs. First, that mister Comedian has a definite lead on the killer
of Missus Orlando Drake, said, mister Comedian firmly believes that Missus Helen Drake
was wrongly accused and convicted of the crime. Secondly, and secondly, I
am releasing the story. The day after Tomorrow is mister Camellion's birthday. U.
Yes, it really is. I had the tough luck to be borne
just before Christmas, but even so I expect to receive plenty of presents,
including some of my favorite candid what well, of course, Dave? And
what better gift from a well wisher, or rather from some one who doesn't
wish me well? Meanwhile, Commissioner, as of tomorrow, I expect to
be working at Marnell's the very French, very elegant candy. And when I
say elegant, I mean elegant, all satin and guilt and candy five dollars
a pound. Have you talked to him. Yet, as I've talked to
Marnell himself, he's engaging me as a clerk tomorrow under the name of Peter
LaRue. And I am very curious to see if any of the Drake family
come in to buy some of mister CAMELEON's favorite candy. I am looking for
evidence, commissioner evidence. And now the following day, in Marnell's fashionable candy
shop, we find mister Cameleon in his disguise of Peter LaRue, very French,
very distinguished, with his pants and egg glasses, and he's saying to
Detective Sergeant Dave Arnold, how do I look, Dave, mister camellon,
all I can say is you don't look like any candy clerk I ever saw.
Well, that's because you've never patronized Marnell's I wonder if the Drake saw
my stories in this morning's paper, both stories I think that he did.
Here comes Horace. Now, good, very good. Go in the bank
room, Dave, and keep me Schumann company. Don't let horrors drinks see
you now, watch my friench accent. Good afternoon, sir. What can
I do for you? Well, I'm looking for a certain candy. Who
sell here a coffee favored mint? Ah? Yes, yes, this is
our specialty. I'd like something. He's a pound box. Oh, dear,
I am very sorry. I am afraid we have none today. Now.
These coconut creams are another specialty of the house. No, no,
I want the others. Oh you and mister Camillon. What there is a
mister Chameleon. I believe he's the well known detective who like these same coffee
mints. He is just as insistent as you are. I'm getting them.
Unfortunately, I must have them. When will they be in late this afternoon
tomorrow? Perhaps? Mister Horace? What are you doing here? Missus Sterling?
What are you doing here? I came to buy some candy. I
don't believe you you followed me. Don't be silly, mister Horace. Young
man, woman and I what can I do for you? I want some
of that special candy of yours, coffee flavored mints. Oh that makes it
three of you like our men's, three of us, missus Sterling. They
haven't got any. They're out of them today. Out of them? Is
that true? Young man? Oh? Wait a minute, wait a minute,
to have just a count to me and you. Shipment came in from
our candy kitchen a while ago. Let me look under that counter. Excuse
me, please, missus sterling, what do you want with that candy?
I could ask you the same thing, mister Horace. I'm only buying it
because I like it, because I want to eat it myself. There's no
reason for you to get so hysterical, mister Horace. Sometimes you still act
like you did when I took care of you as a spoiled little boy.
Maybe you should go up to your place in Connecticut and take a short rest.
Don't the rest there? We are there, we are coffee means,
or this is splendid. Will you each take a pound there for fifty pounds
for fifteen I was only given. Well, all right, here it is
here you are. Oh, thank you your candy, madame yours, monsieur?
Do come again? Thank you? Have I gone, mister Chameleon,
Yes, Dave, they've gone. After the very strange and a very revealing
conversation. Now I can hardly wait to find out whether mister Chameleon gets a
present of some of his favorite candy on his birthday. It came, all
right, Commissioner, a pound of my favorite candy is a birthday present,
brought in, of course by the story I put in the paper saying my
birthday for is just before Christmas. David is a candy now it's being tested
in the laboratory. How is the package wrapped? Comeleon? Plain brown paper?
The address was printed and the poison, if there is poison, could
easily be inserted in the candy. And if it was, I'll take that
commissioner. Hello, Hello, is this mister Comellion. This is Sonia Drake.
Oh, yes, missus Drake, mister comedian, can you come out
to our place immediately? I mean our country place near new Haven. They
just called me from there. Something horrible has happened to your husband. How
did you know? Horace prove out there last night? His body was found
just an hour ago. He'd been robbed at a shot shot. I'm leaving
New York for new Haven immediately, I thought, if you could, I'll
be there by the next train or by motor, whichever is the quickest.
Do you give me the dress. We're on Red Rock Road, six miles
out of New Haven. Thank you, missus Drake. I am shocked,
and I promise you I will do my best to find the killer. Commissioner
Horrace Drake was murdered last night near this country place. What where is Dave
Arnold? He should be back from the laboratory with that candy that was sent
me. And if it does contain poison, well, Commissioner killer has rarely
stuck his neck out this time. The term is getting short, Chameleon.
You expect Helen and Drake to be released in time for Christmas? You'll have
to work awfully fast, and I'm doing my best, Commissioner. Even so,
I didn't work fast enough to save Harras Drake. Sure he wasn't killed
by a hold up man? Positive, Horrace Drake was losing his nerve.
Somebody killed him to fear that he go to pieces and tell what he knows
about his mother's murder. Chameleon, has it occurred to you that even if
Helen Drake should be released from prison or Christmas might not be a happy one.
You mean her husband, John Drake, might be the murderer. Well,
he benefited financially from his mother's death. Of course, a man must
be a monster to kill his own mother and let his wife be set a
jail for it. Monsters have no novelty to Megian Missioner. But I have
a thady an. Mister chameleon, you guessed right that parts of your favorite
county was full of poison. Every piece had a lethal dose, I thought,
So, how has it done, Dave? Tiny hall was made in
the candy with a needle, but the hole was big enough to take in
enough poison. Wonderful, wonderful, you have a weird sense of what's wonderful,
Chameleon. No, no, but at least I have a weapon to
use now. Before I had nothing but vague suspicions. But the killer made
the mistake of placing a weapon in my hands. What do you mean,
mister cameleon. No weapon? The candy day a box of candy, not
the one with a poison in it, but a duplicate box, which I
shall buy at Manell's, and armed with that candy, we shall go to
the Drake's country home near New Haven. What horrace Drake went out there last
night? He was waylaid, robbed, and shot to death in his car.
Mister Camelion, the killer is really losing their nerve, and my birthday
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and the woman's weapon murder case. Mister Camellion has become convinced that Helen Drake,
who is now in prison, was wrongly convicted of her mother in law's
poison murder, and the behavior of the wealthy Drake family when he reopens the
case convinces him further that justice has not been done. And we find him
now a detective Sergeant Dave Arnold, near the country home of Horace Drake,
who has just been killed. Here we are, damn, that's the Drake
house right ahead of his USh. This is sure a lonely spot, mister
Chamelion, isn't it. Horrors Drake must have been killed just about him.
Hey, mister Camelion, there's no light in the house. Well, that's
strange, sonya. Drake should have been here at this hour ago. Come
along day. Do you suppose they heard the car stop? Possibly? I
doubt if anyone will take his shot at us. This is the type of
killer who prefers more subtle methods. Mister camilion. Look, there's a light
in that room, just one life, and there's someone pacing up and down.
John Drake, m m A murdered man's brother, not all housekeeper.
Missus Sterling is sitting watching him, ring the bell, Dave, bring it
again, keep your finger on if necessary. That's enough. Someone's coming.
Open up, Missus Stelling. It's mister chameleon. What are you doing here?
Sonia Drake sent for me. I suggest that you let us in,
and quickly too. Missus Drake is upstairs. She's been prostrated by your husband's
death. Go upstairs and fetch her. Please upstairs and fetcher, Missus Sterling.
Yes, I shall be in the other room with John Drake. Come
along, David. Mister Drake, oh, mister cameleon. O. Sonya
sent for you. Yes, your sister in law, Sonya told me that
your brother Horace has been murdered. I can't believe it. I can't believe
it. Poor Horace. Yes, poor Horace. I am almost as sorry
for him as I am for your wife, Helen. What do you mean
you don't believe my brother was killed by hold up men. He was killed
because he knew too much about your mother's murderer. What tell me, mister
Drake, where are your sons? They're not here in this house. No,
no, that their school holidays don't begin until tomorrow. Why what I
have to say may be extremely shocking, though no more shocking than the belief
that their mother is a murdress. Mister Comedian, My wife, Helen isn't
a murderers now, she is not. I know that now, just a
case of getting a confession from the real murderer. I intend to get that
confession before I leave this house. Oh here, Missus Sterling, and your
sister in law, Missus Drake. Mister Comedian, it was very good of
you to get here so quickly. Might have gotten here sooner, Missus Drake,
if I hadn't stopped along the way to talk to a night watchman on
your block in the city. Night watchman, yes, Missus Sterling, a
night watchman. I want to find out if he'd seen Horrace Drake drive off
last night. It seems that he had. Horror Drake left New York at
ten o'clock. He was murdered, I believe a little after midnight. Well,
mister Drake, where were you last night? Between nine o'clock and three
in the morning. Mister Camelian, are you implying that one of us here
killed my brother Hans? Please? I was home in bed, I went
to bed early, you Sonia Drake, and so did I. One of
you happens to be lying now, mister Drake, I have been going over
the evidence which was given at your wife Helen's trial, the evidence to put
her in prison where she is now two days before Christmas? What evidence?
The evidence at the trial showed that she bought the candy which killed your mother,
as Missus Sterling testified, she even gave it to your mother. Oh,
which reminds me as some one sent me some of my favorite candid days
a gift. I have it right here. Do you like some? No,
and please get to the point, mister commedianyess, I am getting to
the point. But I must have a piece of this day. Huh.
Oh, yes, I really delicious. I think I have a second piece
now, was I? Oh? Yes? The candy which killed your mother,
mister Drake, was in the house half a day, so there were
several people who had plenty of time to poison it. Missus Sterling, Sonya
Drake, and you John Drake. All of you could have done it.
But how yes, how by making a tiny hole in the candy with a
needle and inserting the poison, which sure reminds me, Missus Drake. Won't
you have one of these? You mean one of your candies? Yes,
I'd specially like to have you try them. But I don't eat candy.
I'm afraid I must insist take a piece, please, I don't want you
have to. No, you can't make me, John, Missus Sterling,
don't let him do this, Miss Drake, I don't want any candy.
You're going to eat some of it just the same. Or are you afraid
they're poisoned? No, no, of course not. I won't. I
won't do it because you're pretty sure they are poisoned, and you are the
one who poisoned them. You sent both your husband and Missus Sterling buy them.
Your husband suspected what you were up to. Missus Sterling wasn't sure,
but you figured if the worst should happen, you could push it off on
them. You weren't anywhere near that candy shop, and neither were they.
Oh yes they were. I have no weight on them myself. Mister Camelian,
the clerk in the candy shot that was you and dis guise. Yes,
missus Sterling, did she send Joe? Did you go to buy that
candy Sonia Drake's request, Yes, I have suspected, but I didn't want
to believe it. I didn't want to believe that I had said an innocent
woman Helen Drake to prison. You still haven't proved anything, mister comedian.
No, Sonia Drake, but the watchman saw a woman leave your house in
New York at nine o'clock last night. He saw her return at three this
morning. That gave you plenty of time to get up here and kill your
husband and take the train back. Now, would you try this candy?
Or must I force you to? No, you can't force me to take
it. I admit that I did it. I killed my mother in law.
I wanted the money that Horace would inherit from his mother. You let
Helen go to prison for something you did. You sent my wife to prison.
Yes, John, I admit it. Just don't make me eat that
candy. It means death, the most horrible kind of day. But you
took some. Mister Chamelion and Detective Sergeant Arnold, and we are both still
alive. This is not the candy that you sent me, Missus Drake.
You would have been quite safe in taking a piece of it. What now?
I have been sure all along that a woman was the killer. Poisonous
so often a woman's weapon, and I counted on a woman's emotionalism tool.
I was pretty sure that in a crisis that emotionalism would betray you. Why
why did I give my suppor I arrest you, son, your Drake for
the murder last summer of your mother in law, missus Orlando Drake, and
for the murder last night of your husband Horris A mister Chimeleion, Please Dave.
I always knew my wife Helen couldn't have done it, but it took
you to prove it. Mister Camellion, I'll never forget your motto the innocent
must be protected. When when will they let Helen out of prison tomorrow in
time for Christmas? And twenty four hours later, at the blend In Prison
for Women, a glowing faced mister Camillian is walking arm in arm with a
pale but happy woman and he is saying, I couldn't resist it, Helen,
Drank. I just couldn't resist coming here and getting you myself and delivering
you personally to your husband and your two boys. Mister camellion, I'll never
be able to thank you enough. I still don't know how you did it
well. Your sister in law Sonia co operated as I told her, I
was positive that a woman had committed that murder. That narrowed the field to
her and missus tling. But I'm yes. But my shall we say,
my male intuition told me that you were innocent, all my cops intuition.
That's a great deal more accurate. You know, of course, mister chameleon,
that you're giving me the most wonderful Christmas present. And John and the
boys, what's the best Christmas we've ever had? Well, perhaps that goes
for me too. No, we all like to play Sandy Claus, and
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Now, before we get into discussion, I do want to just make
this observation. By my calculation, the solution to the case came on December
twenty third, so mister Chameleon could escort the woman home on Christmas Eve.
Mister Chameleon's birthday was the previous day, and this will be released on December
twenty first, So mister Chameleon's birthday is tomorrow, so it's probably appropriate just
to wish a happy mister Chameleon's birthday to all who celebrate. With that.
Let's go ahead and we'll talk about your thoughts on the episode. Can you
say that again? Yeah, tomorrow is mister Chameleon's birthday. So okay,
mister Kameleian's birthday to everybody who celebrates. I just like the thought process you
got to it. Yeah, today's tomorrow's birthday. I thought it was yesterday.
No, it's tomorrow. It's December twenty second. Well, I want
to say one thing about I noticed that. I don't know if anybody else
notice, but Adam, you're the only one. They did not have Christmas
in your title. Yeah. I don't know if we should we should allow
we should probably start all over. I think you should pick another episode.
Not Actually none of our Christmas episodes actually have Christmas in their title this week.
I don't know mind what's called the twas the Night before Christmas? Well,
not of mine, I'm saying. So, oh okay, I just
I I will say that for me, coffee flavored mint sounds awful. Yeah,
I was hoping we weren't going to bring that one up. Leave it
to me. Of course, mint flavored coffee is okay, it's just the
other way around. See, I'm a big fan of coffee, so my
yeah, exactly. My wife would would love that, I'm sure. But
even though I grew up in Seattle, the coffee capital of the world,
I am not a coffee drinker. But I think my wife would have loved
the mints. She would have she would have taken one from mister Chameleon,
but I would have passed, not because of the poison, but just the
flavor. Yeah. I'm from Vermont and we have Green Mountain con which is
pretty big around here. And yeah, I'm not I'm not a fan,
and I like that. I think that it actually works for mister Kameelian's purpose
to have that as the candy, because if somebody goes to buy the candy,
it's to poison them, not because they actually want the stuff. True,
that definitely does make it stick out like a sore thumb. The other
thing I noticed is as the sorry the music in this series, in all
of mister Camillion. I'm sitting here listening to them. I know I've heard
these, you know, intro and outros, right, so they're cutting to
commercials and stuff, and I'm like, I've heard these before. And then
I'm flipping through old TV shows and I'm like, oh, this is just
stock radio music put into TV. And when I first heard them, they
were on TV. So it's just kind of cool to see where a lot
of these older sound bites came from. And we're still using, probably still
used on t T this day. We're a world of recycling ideas and recycling
music. Well, John Soller, Well go ahead. I was just gonna
say King Solomon said there is nothing new under the sun, and that was
what three thousand years ago, So yeah, we recycle a lot. Oh
yeah, and uh music wise, Uh, Dick Tricy, actually the TV
show used the Johnny Dollar theme, although the Dick Tracy TV show same came
before Johnny Dollar Radio the serial, so it may have been a case of
vice versa on the recycling. Now, did did you know? I used
to like love listen watching, like reading detective books, and usually I used
to be pretty good at figuring them out, but every time these old time
radio shows. I don't know, like with let George do it or with
mister Cameleon, I still don't know how they just oh yeah, I knew
who the killer was like like a half hour ago. I really thought it
was the other brother. Well, mister Coneli made an assumption about who did
it. And it's kind of interesting because he actually, with the commissioner,
was open to the idea that a man might have committed the crime, but
then when he was explaining the solution, he acted like I was one hundred
sent sure it was a woman and therefore it was you. Well, even
even today in modern detective shows, they do, you know, profilers do
make a point that there are certain weapons that women tend to use to commit
murders and certain weapons that men tend to use, so that that is a
concept that's been around for a while. But I thought it. I thought
it was a good twist for the woman who committed the original murder using poison.
She went ahead though, and killed her husband with a gun, and
that kind of I think, at least it seemed to me that mister Camellian
was a little bit surprised at first. Oh wait, this guy just got
shot with a gun. Maybe that doesn't fit my thought that a woman was
doing this, but of course, I mean he was right, it was
I was way off. I thought it was a team between the missus Sterling,
the housekeeper, and you know, John the brother. I was way
off. Yeah, I don't know. I think the fact that they were
both at the store, yeah, I don't think they I didn't think they
were working together because or otherwise there would have been a third person involved,
I would think, which I guess would would kind of go back to John's
wife or the brother's wife. Well, that's the thing is because Horace was
the one at the store and he was surprised. I just see Missus Sterling,
so I knew they weren't working together. And then Horace gets shot,
so I'm like, well, then it's got to be John. It's got
to be John. That because she met Missus Sterling made that comment like I
was only given this amount, So I knew she was working with somebody,
or she was there because of somebody else. But I did not even think
it was Horace's wife. I kind of figured it wasn't John, just because
it was Christmas and they were going gonna probably go for a happy ending,
but that's not really something you can gather organically from the mystery. No,
I just did. I just did suspense, so you know, I didn't
expect that to have a happy ending either. Well, any other comments on
the episode before we go, I I didn't want to talk, just kind
of go around and talk about because we've got the Old Time each of us
have got our own Old Time radio podcast. U. What can listeners expect
to hear on each of your podcast in the new year? Are there any
new shows you've got planned or are looking at. Let's just go ahead and
talk about what listeners can expect in twenty twenty four. So for my show
doing the Westerns, we have a lot of shows that are hopefully coming to
an end. Some of the song and dance ones are get a little tiresome
after a while, but there's some ones that we haven't actually released yet,
a Ranger Bills one that we're looking at doing Tales of the Diamond k There's
just a lot of different ones that our genres we've never or shows we've never
put out there, and we're definitely always trying to get those mixed in and
trying to fit within our release schedule because, of course the problem with some
of the shows. The Lone Range is an example. I've got twenty thousand
episodes, so it takes me a while to get through a year on those,
so we're always trying to burn through them. But yeah, we've got
a couple of new shows coming, ones I've never heard of and definitely look
forward to putting out there and hopefully everybody comes over and takes a listen.
Now on classic comedy, we have been I've been doing the podcast for five
years and doing Bob Hope once a week on Wednesdays. We are just now
coming to the end of Bob Hope. That'll be in twenty twenty four.
I think we're going to replace him when we finally end Bob Hope in spite
of the fact this is I mean, he did so many years that he
was on from like I think it was thirty eight to fifty four, but
we're still missing way more than half of the episodes. But eventually, I
think we're going to replace him with Jack Benny, another type of sketch comedy.
When we come to the end of the life of Riley and the Aldrich
Family, I'm looking at Fiver McGee and Mollie, our Miss Brooks and a
couple of others, but yeah, we will all all three of our shows
will be new sometime in twenty twenty four. Mannie for I Levell Time Radio.
We just started the Green Hornet, so that will be with us for
a while. Suspense has got thousands, over one thousand episodes, so we'll
be doing that for quite a while. Our Miss Brooke and not you you're
doing ar Miss Brooks, I'm doing My Favorite Husband. That one will be
probably ending. And it looks like we're gonna have George Burns and Gracie join
us for on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Let George do It will be with us
for a little bit. And on Fridays, ab A Castelle will be leaving
and we'll have Bing Crosby joining us on Fridays. Wow, some uh big,
some big schedule changes over here. On Great Detectives, we're going to
reach the end of the Johnny Dollar serials and we're going to have a couple
of surprise returns that people want to listen for, and then we will be
getting into bulldog drumming and I think that will carry us through most of the
rest of the year, and then at some point some point this year,
we're going to wrap up both Dangerous Assignment and Mister Chameleon and they will be
replaced, respectively with Broadway is My Beat, and then we will be playing
Mister and Missus North on Thursday. So we've got those changes. Those are
going to be more towards the second half of the year, but I think
we've got some great shows to look forward to. And I want to thank
each of you for joining us and for sharing about today's episode, and you
can check out each of their podcasts and we will include them in the show
notes, and they were actually hosted me each of the last three days,
so go back and check out those episodes over at their websites, and again
all that going to be in the show notes and at your specific websites,
and that will actually do it. I do want to thank our Patreon supporter
of the day really quick. Thank you so much to Deborah. Deborah has
been one of our Patreon supporters since December twenty eighteen, currently supporting us at
the Detective Sergeant level a seven dollars and fourteen cents or more per month.
Thanks so much for your support. Debra and we will be back next Thursday
with Actually we'll be back in two weeks on mister Chameleon, as next week
will be our vacation week. But join us back here tomorrow for the conclusion
of the Nick shar matter, where Johnny, I want to ask you something
about my daughter, and I want you to answer me honest, all right,
you know he was trying to fool your She's here, all right,
I know, but she hasn't told me what it was. It happened in
the York, but she ran away from it somehow. I figured it was
just as well not to ask her your sure if Dan Martin said practically the
same thing. Dan's been in love with Kathy since he was twelve years old.
He's a good man sold so I forget. Anyway, she was scared,
scared have to dick, and she'd come home for help, so we
tried to help. What wasn't you wanted to ask me, mister O there
you mentioned a murder case, Johnny. You didn't give any of the details,
just said that Kathy was her witness. Is is she mixed up in
this murder? And you wanted an honestancing In the meantime, do send your
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