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We have 13 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:41,000 a new spring series that's going to be starting on February twenty second, but 14 00:01:41,159 --> 00:01:45,599 you can get caught up on all of our radio goodness over an Amazing Dot 15 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,439 Great Detectives dot net, and you can find all the different podcasts we do 16 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:55,480 linked right at the top of Great Detectives dot net. And now we're going 17 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,920 to get into Michael Poper, Private Detective. And this was an interest series 18 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:08,840 that presented a mystery for Mitausolve. It aired for four brief months between October 19 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:15,759 nineteen forty one and February nineteen forty two over the Blue Network and was sponsored 20 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:22,800 by Canada Dry And here was the mystery that I was presented. The series 21 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:29,080 featured some memorable voices, including John Gibson as Doc. But who was the 22 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,360 star of this series? No one seemed to know. Indeed, John Dunning 23 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:39,800 in his Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio listed the star's identity as unknown. I 24 00:02:40,039 --> 00:02:46,840 dug into it further. I found that the series began as Michael and Kitty, 25 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,199 and using that I was able to search newspapers dot com and found that 26 00:02:52,360 --> 00:03:00,319 Michael and Kitty was announced as starring Santos Ortega. Ortega was a mainstay of 27 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,000 the New York radio acting community. Played a lot of supporting roles in the 28 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:10,680 programs we've played, and he's also had a couple starring roles. He was 29 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:16,759 one of two actors to play neural Wolf in the World War Two neuro Wolf 30 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:23,840 series, and he also starred in Roger Kilgore Public Defender series we played back 31 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:27,639 in twenty twenty. So with that mystery solved, we're going to bring you 32 00:03:27,719 --> 00:03:34,439 the last episode of Michael Piper Private Detective. The original air date February sixth, 33 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:57,319 nineteen forty two, and the title is The Eerie Basin Murder. Hello 34 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,599 there, this is Michael Piper Private. The case we bring you tonight is 35 00:04:01,639 --> 00:04:06,039 called the Erie Basin Murder. As you know some of the drive there are 36 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:11,960 many well known buffers a sparred and making these weekly radio visits possible. Well, 37 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,439 now let's see. The whole thing began one afternoon when Kiddy in, 38 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,680 Doc and I were down in Battery Park eating the pigeons. Kiddy noticed the 39 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,120 sign on the door of the Harbormaster's office announcing a public auction of unclaimed effects 40 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,439 of sailors. Kiddy said she'd like to drop in for a few minutes, 41 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,160 so we went in, leaving Doc parked outside in the cab. Apparently the 42 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:39,000 auction had been underweight. Like some times I got fifty cents go, I 43 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:43,399 hear seventy times, no I hes seventy five seventy five, all right, 44 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,079 Dan got seventy five cents played on this pair of fine bluffs. Oh say 45 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,600 a dollar, I he'll dine, I'll grow. I am all ship wine, 46 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:56,759 soul, fine doll. Step to the cage. Here went out half. 47 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,279 Don't go away, folks, the auction of continuing yours. Come on. 48 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,079 Oh Michael, this is an amazing let's look at some of these seasons. 49 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:09,120 That's kid, I was casting an adventure picture. I'd certainly's got right 50 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:13,879 hitter. Oh good, heaven Slanta. I see something over there that I 51 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,439 absolutely refused to believe. But two headed man feel it's even more amazing. 52 00:05:18,439 --> 00:05:21,839 The mass look at him points I feel it. With a parrot on his 53 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:28,240 shoulders only pizza it is. Let's SnO out of treasure album with that parrot, 54 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,639 says pieces of eight. I don't know. I'm dreaming that. Well, 55 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,600 I wasn't pieces of eight. There's the plain parrot squawk that's its pieces 56 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,839 of eight and Portuguese. I could be at that same looks Portuguese. All 57 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:45,160 right, man, ex we have this little box rapped in oilskin. I 58 00:05:45,319 --> 00:05:49,279 know now it's os. We know there's fox ain't any aid on my hamshandwich 59 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:55,040 of the crown, old and Indosta old sky, my dollar two doll out 60 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:00,920 till fifty hs one of failing ready to take a chance, I Joe fain, 61 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:06,199 oh Saint Gray see the dollar pipe or buck well well else, I 62 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,079 think I have voted to get in and doing on the mark he's he has 63 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:13,639 in competition for Max Sweden. When you put away starting an engine, got 64 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:18,120 up, I've got far Oh hey fine, fix six fifty hit it eight? 65 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,399 Nice there ten dollars. Let me have that buck come out. They 66 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,879 think that's colected to me. You know there just comin. Miss this is 67 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:29,680 an auction. Don't get sharg that's because Jo wanted depending against you. Ten 68 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:31,240 bucks is all I got. Let me have it for ten he let me 69 00:06:31,319 --> 00:06:34,480 do that, sorry, miss de agent with a parent pitch of an I 70 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,360 got no more tough. I want that box. I ain't I spit a 71 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:45,600 wing sweet as now that's the box looks kind of man, don't j gentleman 72 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,240 with a parrot has fifty eleven dollars. Well the Swedish gentleman say twelve. 73 00:06:49,399 --> 00:06:55,720 Yeah, it's the first all up fifty twentyep I ain't got fifty eight old 74 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:03,560 seedmen, my fine tenn frize all came now quiet please, Oh this is 75 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:10,600 really worthwhile. Apparently both of these gentlemen want this pox. The Poteguese has 76 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:14,519 been fifty dollars, will you say? He see fire? And the sweet 77 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,240 sads fifty nine sixteen sold sold her sixty dollars in the pocket. He's gentleman 78 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:24,160 with a parrot on his shoulder and all honesty, this isn't got to stop 79 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:28,720 somewhere. He think you're the fifty dollars, Thank you, sir, and 80 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:32,959 the mysterious boxes y'all louisill be guns. No you don't get that foxtic. 81 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:39,759 You good get the way step you make the putt. Michael the sweet has 82 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,360 a knife. Take the party by the palty, touch my face? You 83 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,639 wheep back to knife me and this friend I keeps you back by dire. 84 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:50,240 You want to back to knife things? What night? He's the knife peking? 85 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:59,000 Oh stop between you man, stand backs up about peg knife an ambulan 86 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,199 the world. So the Portuguese is running away, you come back. Somebody 87 00:08:01,199 --> 00:08:03,759 stop that man. If we've got to catch that bull, all right, 88 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:09,120 somebody called the police. I don't see him, Mike colst the eyes gone 89 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,560 duck, duck and where the seal is? Doc? I don't need to 90 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,399 text to anyone found that. Doc I told him to wait here till we 91 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:33,279 came out. Well, your listeners that visit to the auction certainly attracted more 92 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:37,320 of our attention than we thought it will. But there's a sound that demands 93 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:43,120 attention, and not just demanding attention, Mike, but really getting it. 94 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,039 Because that sound is the fizzing and bumbling of Sparkling Spur, the delicious New 95 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:54,799 Canada dry drank, a thirst quatre that tingles with real quality, America's favorite 96 00:08:54,799 --> 00:09:00,399 flavor at America's favorite price. Once you've tasted Spur, you'll drink it often. 97 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,360 Just ask your dealer for the man sized nickel bottle with the big white 98 00:09:03,399 --> 00:09:09,399 shield and four red letters spu R. For just five cents, you get 99 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:16,879 two full glasses of quality refreshment. Enjoy America's favorite flavor at its very best, 100 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:37,679 Drake Spur. Back down to our story the Airy Basin Murder. As 101 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,519 I told you a moment ago, the Portuguese sailor paid for the mysterious box 102 00:09:41,919 --> 00:09:46,600 and started with the door on the way out he was attacked by the angry 103 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:50,480 Swede, who outbid him, but the parrot flew into the Swede's face, 104 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,200 causing the Swede to drop the knife. The Portuguese picked it up, stabbed 105 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,759 the Swede in the shoulder, and escaped with the parrot and the package. 106 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,360 The wounded swede was arrested and taken to Belmore Hospital for where he was placed 107 00:10:01,399 --> 00:10:03,600 in a small room with bars on the windows. Two hours later, get 108 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,960 in inspected, Sheila and I went to Belmont to question the swede. Shield 109 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,440 took charge of the questioning. Now, look, mister, this is serious. 110 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,840 You'd better talk. What's your name, Gus Sneerson. They get to 111 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:18,200 get out of this hospital quick and see your fella. We gotta see that 112 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,480 Portuguese. Hey, the partigui, That the crook. They get to catch 113 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,120 that fella quick and kill him. Good. Hey, maybe you don't realize 114 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:28,759 that, Nielsen, but I am a member of the police department and you're 115 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:33,360 threatening to commit murder. They don't care, and they get better. They 116 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,840 find that partiguhi and they killed him. Good. Well, we'll take that 117 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,519 up in a couple of days when you do get better. Come on, 118 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:43,080 Mike, Miss Garty okay, go ahead, kid, thank you. Don't 119 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,879 forget Nielsen. There's no use kinding out here as far as on your winner. 120 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,480 And there's a cop right here in the hall. He's got a gun 121 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,720 with bullets in it. Someday when I get out again, they find that 122 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:58,399 Partigui Feller and they kill him quick, all only in the back room, 123 00:10:58,519 --> 00:11:01,559 Mike, right in front of a police inspector. He said, you're gonna 124 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:05,879 kill a guy. You must mean it. What's this world coming to anyway? 125 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,759 Yoh, Michael, let's go home just to see what it's like to 126 00:11:07,799 --> 00:11:11,559 be in our own apartment before midnight. My kid, she'll if you find 127 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,720 out Portuguese or the man with the scar and it stays, give us a 128 00:11:13,799 --> 00:11:16,240 ring. Okay, I got an alarm out for both of them. I'll 129 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:35,120 see you later. Well, Kitty, it's obvious that the three bidders for 130 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,200 that box knew what it contained. I'll never go contented breast Michael till I 131 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,279 know. Good Lord, we were going to bed, and we've been sitting 132 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:46,759 at getting for three solid hours. Huh. The mysterious doc feelings. I'm 133 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:52,879 gonna find out what happened to him this afternoon, Hi faut Hello, product, 134 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:56,320 go doc. We thought you'd been stolen by the gypsy. Okay, 135 00:11:56,399 --> 00:12:00,720 Doc, talk fast? How come you deserted us this afternoon? I told 136 00:12:00,759 --> 00:12:01,600 you to stick around. We need a joke. Now, I'll keep your 137 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,480 girdle on. Mike, I'd done what I'd done by sheer instinct. Oh 138 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,919 yeah, what did you do well? Mike? I read all about it 139 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,960 in the late papers. The suite, the guy with a scar on his 140 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,399 face, and the stabbing and everything. So what so what I know where 141 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:20,799 that portugue is? Mike? What are you talking about? Day? I 142 00:12:22,039 --> 00:12:26,679 know you'd changed your tune dock before I strangle you when you paulk Okay, 143 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:31,480 I'm sitting in a cab outside the auction place. See. After a while, 144 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:33,960 a foreign guy with a patter in one hand and a little box in 145 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,639 the other comes running out to help Ben. I realized there's something's up to 146 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,039 see, and with amazing detective instinct, I swing open the door of the 147 00:12:41,159 --> 00:12:46,480 cab and the portugue hops in and Hollis get going. So I get going? 148 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:48,279 What did you take him over to Brooklyn? What part of the the 149 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,000 Irrie bation down there past RedHook Duck? Could you find that place again, 150 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,399 Shatney, I could He went on board an old sand barge named the Eida 151 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:58,159 Duc. I take back all I've been thinking. You're suddenly a wonder man. 152 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,840 What do you mean suddenly? Okay, you've always been a wonder man. 153 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,639 Tonight we're going places to the arid basin. Get the darling. How 154 00:13:05,759 --> 00:13:26,720 ever did you get come on day eid as that bar right down at the 155 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:30,919 end of the wash. Keep your voice down, dot, that's light handed, 156 00:13:31,159 --> 00:13:33,759 yep, right here done? Yeah, get yours now, Michael, 157 00:13:33,759 --> 00:13:37,480 there isn't even a glimmer of light aboard that BArch. No, it could 158 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,879 be better. Look anyway, Well, if that portoghie is down, what's 159 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:48,080 that guy running this wife by the light on? Okay? Down where you 160 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,879 are? Hey? What detective gets the man with the scar on his tas? 161 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:56,320 What do you want? Then? There we both have gun. Hey, 162 00:13:56,159 --> 00:14:00,080 we're going to have some new scars on the face of yours. How 163 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,519 did you get to cut up? Yeah? There was a part on that 164 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,240 part just blew. It means plot me all up. You get the box, 165 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,279 blood box when you were bidding on this afternoon. I don't know what 166 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:11,759 you need. Where's the Portuguese? Who I am I session doctor. Okay, 167 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,799 here, you get away from me. You keep staying POWs here? 168 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:22,440 No box? No h no, wow, that's a wicked looking knife. 169 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:26,519 Let's see no blood on it? Totally ain't no blood on it. Don't 170 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:30,240 suppose you keep Scoffee's right here, kitty, and eye going up both the 171 00:14:30,279 --> 00:14:33,000 box? Okay, Mike White, you out for that Paris you will think 172 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,320 king hold of eye? Oh dear, must I get behind me now? 173 00:14:37,559 --> 00:14:39,679 I can't tell what we're going to find here. You We're afraid of that 174 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:45,600 part than anything else. Anybody dominants Vin, I'm coming in and I have 175 00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:48,919 a gun. Did you say I was fine for a minute? And pitch 176 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,159 on my knife and green? All right? Be careful Michael here I come. 177 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,200 Does anyone in here stand where you are? And don't move for anybody 178 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:05,759 here? Oh Molly in that closet, have you? Are you all right? 179 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,080 Yep? Harrison? The clout wrapped in my hat? Doesn't anybody here? 180 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,240 Good god, Kitty? What is it? Find something? Let's get 181 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,399 don't please the Portuguese. His head's been dashed in. Oh get pass paper? 182 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:24,519 All right, here's a newspaper, will that do? Yes? Please? 183 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:31,559 Just a small piece. Thanks, What are you doing? I see 184 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,919 some traces of a reddish brown dust in the head wound. Might be an 185 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,200 important clue. I want to plect some of this doesn't have it analyzed. 186 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,639 Who do you think the mysterious boxes here on the barage? I doubt it 187 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,639 lescard Face would have taken it with him. Oh, Michael, this is 188 00:15:43,639 --> 00:15:46,240 an awful place. Can't we get out of here? We suddenly can, 189 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,519 my dear? I want to telephone inspect a Shield and make him a presence 190 00:15:50,519 --> 00:16:10,360 of one body, one clue and one suspect. We'll inspect us. Scarface 191 00:16:10,399 --> 00:16:12,720 cracked yet, No, Mike, not a paper. I haven't grilled him 192 00:16:12,759 --> 00:16:17,080 for two solid hours ever since we brought him here to headquarters. It looks 193 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:22,840 to me like, so far that's parents the only one that squawked. Well, 194 00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:26,480 Fred allen A, you're done? Yes, Oh, Inspector Shield, 195 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:30,600 we've had that red dust analyze. Oh yeah, come an ordinary brick dust? 196 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,360 Just what I thought our friend Scarface killed the Portuguese with a brick and 197 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:41,080 then heaved it overboard. I'm gonna take one more shot at Scarface wanting kids. 198 00:16:41,159 --> 00:16:45,360 Thanks. Hey, look, inspector, why don't you put me in 199 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,480 it now. Don't keep me sitting here all night. I'll keep you sitting 200 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:52,720 here just as long as I feel like see's miss a Piper? Help me? 201 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,399 Will you? Why don't you help us? Coffee? I don't know 202 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,080 nothing. I'm afraid, Inspector Shiela as a powerful circumstantials of murder against your 203 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,079 murder. No, I didn't kill at port Again, I look my friend 204 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,160 at the auction. You bit on the box and got store when you didn't 205 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 get it over at the walk we caught you running from the scene of the 206 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:14,279 murder. The parrot scratches on your face proof that you were in the dead 207 00:17:14,279 --> 00:17:17,200 man's cabin. But I didn't kill him. I tad yet, So help 208 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:19,359 me. I didn't know you didn't. Man, How much longer do you 209 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,319 want to sit here? I want to go now, let me go, 210 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,559 take me anywhere. Cover it. But what happened to that box? I 211 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,319 don't know. Wasn't it on the box when you went to the bob No, 212 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,480 I couldn't find it. Then you were searching for you. Ah, 213 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,039 No, I get yeah, yeah, I went there to get the cut. 214 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:38,839 There I found a party, he dead, and the box was gone. 215 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,680 Looks if you tell us what was in that box. I'll lay off 216 00:17:42,759 --> 00:17:49,599 you for a while, honest, honest, Okay again, I'll tell you 217 00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:56,599 that box was full of uncut diamonds. Diamonds. Wow, where those diamonds 218 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:03,119 come from? Rudder damn? Me and that Sweden, the Portuguie and one 219 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,759 other sailor was in Rotterdam when the nuts he's bummed and new took a bandits 220 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:10,400 of the bombing to move the diamond Buchan They yeah, and we drew lots 221 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,240 to see you would keep the diamonds and smuggle them into the United States. 222 00:18:12,839 --> 00:18:17,119 This other fellow, the Fort Guy, he was elected, but during the 223 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,240 radio was hurt. We all made the ship all right, but a couple 224 00:18:21,279 --> 00:18:23,440 of days out the Fort Guy died. Was he buried at sea? Yeah? 225 00:18:25,079 --> 00:18:26,599 When we got to New York, they found the guy had no relatives. 226 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,759 So all of this stuff was sold at that auction. On the way 227 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,559 over, Me and the Sweden of Portuguese had a fight for you. All 228 00:18:33,599 --> 00:18:37,079 went separately to the auction to get against each other. Yeah, but I 229 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,839 lost most of the pay in the crap game, and all I had left 230 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,079 was ten bucks, so I didn't get the botch of diamonds and that's all 231 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,480 there is to us. So I helped that you went down to the eerie 232 00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:48,200 base and the night and kill the Portuguese with a brick. No, I 233 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,480 didn't kill the Portuguie. I tell you I didn't kill him. You, 234 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:57,359 Charlie, take this guy on ourselves. Come on, I didn't kill him, 235 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:02,960 Inspector. I tell y'all, I didn't kill you. Well, Mike, 236 00:19:03,039 --> 00:19:04,680 I guess that's bad. Huh beck to she and their case looks Stanley 237 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,559 warptime. Gossie certainly needs to go down to get out of that, Inspector. 238 00:19:08,759 --> 00:19:14,079 I felicitate your what for us? You'll get what you've always been calling 239 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,079 and open and shuts k. Yeah, after all these weeks are making mistake? 240 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,640 What now away? Gladly, she? I think it'd be a good 241 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,200 idea if you and I went up to Belmo Hospital. Me too. I 242 00:19:26,279 --> 00:19:29,480 want to drop Doc off at the psychopathic ward. Now wait, I made 243 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,799 do hold it, Doc, pull your chest and this is a small room. 244 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:37,279 Dad, Yeah, you would back why I want to go up to 245 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:41,119 Belmo looking on that sweet neilshon or what for Mike? We got all we 246 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,720 want to know. We know it was in the boxing who killed the Portuguese. 247 00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:47,920 The sweet can't tell us a thing. He was in a hospital bed 248 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,119 when the murder took place. Sure, I know, however, to button 249 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,839 up everything nice there just humor, my little women come up to belmore. 250 00:19:55,200 --> 00:20:00,119 I'm okay, Mike, But holy Moses, I'm rus in my beauty sleep. 251 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:18,079 You're losing your what don't come on? If he housed the suite, 252 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,039 there ain't been a sound out of him, Inspect ever since your people left 253 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:23,759 the hospital. I kept my eye glued to the door of his room. 254 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:27,000 Still he must be sleeping like a baby. Good Let's go in and wake 255 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:32,400 him up, Ain't Hilson, wake up? Wake up? Neilson, Dude, 256 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,200 Mike, h who is it? Inspect? The sheelam is the piper? 257 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:41,799 H What you felt that? Spot? Goodness? It seems a shame 258 00:20:41,839 --> 00:20:45,319 to wake him out of a sleep as deep as the telling the news. 259 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,880 Inspect. Then I want to have a look around the room, Lson. 260 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:53,079 Your friend the Portuguese was murdered tonight, but the Portugue burdard. Hey, 261 00:20:53,599 --> 00:20:57,160 what happened to the little box disappeared? Ain't Mike? What's the deuce? 262 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,599 Are you looking for nothing special? Oh? This is terrible? Here I 263 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,279 am in hospital by a some tursty cook gets away with a mistle box. 264 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:08,759 Inspector. Did you find senter with big scarlet and his taste? Can? 265 00:21:08,799 --> 00:21:11,240 We caught him over to the hearing day. What was he doing there? 266 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,720 It was playing a short engagement with a parent. A parent the Portuguese parrot. 267 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,880 Oh, that scar past seller is a tfty double christen cook. He 268 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,200 saw that distra box. Can he kills the Portuguese to get it? We 269 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:29,079 know what was in the box? Yeah? Why that little box belongs to 270 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,319 me? You here, but I say, shut distle box is mind? 271 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:53,880 I got to get it. I got to America's favorite flavor. That's how 272 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:59,400 we describe the tingling goodness of Spur. But it's the people who trust them 273 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,400 and continue to drink it who say Spur America's favorite flavor at its very best, 274 00:22:06,079 --> 00:22:08,920 A swell refresher like this is found to make new friends every day. 275 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,279 You see. Spur is a Canada dry drink, and real quality always tells 276 00:22:15,319 --> 00:22:19,559 its own story. Try Spur yourself, justin Nichol buys one of those large, 277 00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:25,839 good looking bottles with a big white shield and four red letters sp you 278 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,960 are and in that bottle. There's enough sparkling refreshment to fill two brimming glasses. 279 00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:37,000 Yes, two full glasses of tempting spurs are yours for just five cents. 280 00:22:37,559 --> 00:22:41,680 And when you buy a handy home carton of six large bottles, you 281 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:48,160 have twelve full glasses of tingling spurs for only a quarter. Get a carton 282 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,319 tomorrow morning, first thing, and keep several bottles chilled and ready to enjoy 283 00:22:52,720 --> 00:23:00,319 every day. Sp You are spur. It's America's favorite flavor at its very 284 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:15,640 fat. Back now to Michael Piper, private detective. It is just a 285 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,480 few seconds later in Gus Nielsen's room at the Belmore Hospitals. The suite is 286 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:26,799 still raging against Scarface for having stolen the box of uncut diamond. That dirty 287 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,240 teem Scarface. He takes little box and hide it somewhere and they get out 288 00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:36,000 of hospitals. I catch him and make him tell Beliefy that dittley box belongs 289 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,799 to me. If Nielsen, that's a very nice routine, but it won't 290 00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:41,480 wash. What are you talking about, Mike? You can't blame this fellow 291 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:45,720 for me and sore. Somebody's wiped his box and I'm Hugh's headed and then 292 00:23:45,839 --> 00:23:49,880 I catch that dirty low. All right, I take a bow. A 293 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,680 little act is over inspected. Would you like to see those diamonds? Oh? 294 00:23:55,079 --> 00:23:57,400 You bet, you're a sweet life. I was okay. Pose you 295 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:03,039 look under Nielsen's mattress? Oh yeah, I look under this side. Doctor, 296 00:24:03,039 --> 00:24:04,920 you pick the other thing. Don't you get today? Now? Don't 297 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,240 you touch my bed? Dad? What's be here? Somewhere? That's me 298 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,559 here? It is Michael, it is the bars. Suddenly he is kids. 299 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,079 Well, no, hect you explained that inspect that they've been famed some 300 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:23,400 diet. I'm gonna shove that pillow down your throat. No, fantly, 301 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,599 he doesn't well inspected? Ares your murderer all tucked away in a hospital bed? 302 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:32,720 No? No, doc, Wi pleasure shaan't mister news? No, 303 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,759 hey, but damn we are appreciate you. Mike. Are you trying to 304 00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:40,279 tell me that this guy walked out of this hospital, went to the wall, 305 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:42,480 killed the Portuguese, and came back and got into bed. It doesn't, 306 00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:45,960 am, And I suppose he hypnotized the cop outside there in the hall. 307 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,319 He didn't go out that way. Oh I see, he went on 308 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,640 a diet and squeezed through those bars there on a window. Well he didn't 309 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,920 go on a diet that. You were right about his using the window. 310 00:24:56,119 --> 00:25:00,960 But Michaels those barages, they're falling the bars. Would you like to have 311 00:25:00,079 --> 00:25:07,000 one of these bars? Inspectus? Wait for strong man? He put one 312 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,559 of them boys right out. Yes, there, she'll put the sand bar 313 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,960 in your memorable whoa, I'll bear you said it. Now listen you some 314 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,440 minutes. Never instaw the man with a crowbar in his hand. Careful of 315 00:25:18,519 --> 00:25:22,799 that boshee let takes him of a Portuguese butt stains on the other end. 316 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,519 Holy mackerel, I see it all now, sweet looks the room over. 317 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:29,519 He finds a loose bar in the winder, gets his clothes out in the 318 00:25:29,559 --> 00:25:33,960 closet and goes down the fire escape. Check and the brick dust was from 319 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,880 the bar where has been broken out of the break? Double check, Mike, 320 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,440 you're an amazing character. Letterer say, yeah, how did you ever 321 00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:44,720 come to suspect of suite? Well, I must admit it was a pretty 322 00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:47,960 stend reason when we caught Scarf, he's had a knife on him, clean 323 00:25:48,039 --> 00:25:51,160 knife. I get it. If he had killed a guy, he would 324 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,799 have used a knife instead of the break and heat an overboard suddenly would have 325 00:25:53,839 --> 00:25:57,960 been much simpler. Oh, the suite was the only other suspect. Wild 326 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,079 as the ideas, Mike. When the Swede got the diamonds, why didn't 327 00:26:03,079 --> 00:26:06,359 he scram instead of coming back to hospital? Oh he was too smart for 328 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,960 that. Doc. If he had disappeared, he would have been the prize 329 00:26:10,079 --> 00:26:12,599 suspect. He knew the scarfees would make an attempt to get the box and 330 00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:17,799 consequently be suspected of the murder. And if the Swede were found right here 331 00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:21,319 in bed in the morning, the police never would suspect him. Yeah, 332 00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:26,200 especially the police. All right, now that's done it this guy. Look, 333 00:26:26,279 --> 00:26:30,240 I think you'd better come with me. Yeah, sure, good night 334 00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:32,920 and secton good night. They wait a second, where are you gone? 335 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,839 We're taking Doc into protective custody. One murder a knife is sufficient? Ah? 336 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,240 Whoa what now? Michael? Who knows kids? Doc? Let's get 337 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:47,200 the taxi go for a drive. Okay, Bosh, got some excitement in 338 00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:51,240 mind, No, nothing in particular. Let's keep our eyes and ears open. 339 00:26:51,559 --> 00:26:53,000 You can never tell her when somebody will need help and call us in. 340 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:18,880 Think it? He see what you mean? Michael? Well, so 341 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:25,319 end the Erie Basin Murder Case. And now, ladies and gentlemen, this 342 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:29,960 is where I'd ordinarily tell you something about next week's story, but I'm sorry 343 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,519 to say that tonight we reached the end of the current case file and for 344 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,440 the time being worth closing the book. Perhaps we'll be back on the end 345 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:42,319 in the near future. I sincerely hope so and so on behalf of Canada 346 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:48,880 dry and then many well known bablas of spur Lynn Murray, Doc Felix, 347 00:27:48,920 --> 00:28:11,279 and myself hop this program came to you from New York. This is the 348 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:19,400 Blue Network Welcome back. While an entertaining enough mystery with a lot of strange 349 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,599 occurrences to keep you guessing, and I think that the solution is fair enough. 350 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:29,920 Now you may have missed in it, but Michael Popper was actually married 351 00:28:30,039 --> 00:28:34,359 to Kitty. Fact didn't stand out to me on my first lesson or when 352 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:40,799 I was thinking about it many years later in anticipation of this episode. I 353 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:47,759 think the husband wife Detective program can have some really fun aspects to it, 354 00:28:48,079 --> 00:28:52,000 but you've got to use it correctly and take full advantage of it. I 355 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:57,640 think the Thin Man series and Mister and Missus North, which will end up 356 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:07,000 playing later utilized the wife rather well and made her a really interesting character. 357 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:14,880 I think the same was true to a lesser extent with the Abbots and It's 358 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:19,119 a Crime, Mister Collins. But here Kitty doesn't really stand out much. 359 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:25,440 If you're going to have a detective married, it should actually be relevant. 360 00:29:25,839 --> 00:29:30,079 Although to be fair, the series did reband itself as Michael Piper Detective, 361 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:36,880 and Kitty may have been more involved in stories when the series was Michael and 362 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,920 Kitty, though I will say it was a fun series. You know John 363 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,200 Gibson always good. Nice to hear him, even if it's not as Ethelbert. 364 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:52,079 Of the three very obscure series we've done in recent weeks, Sarah's Private 365 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,920 Caper, Meet Miss Sherlocke, and this, I think this was the one 366 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,960 I enjoyed the most, and if I could wish for more episodes of any 367 00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:03,880 series to appear, I think it would be this one. But sadly wishing 368 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:11,279 doesn't make radio transcription disc appear more. The pity we turned to listener comments 369 00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:15,839 and feedback and Nancy emails in Hi Adam, Happy New Year to you and 370 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:22,319 yours. I was really interested in the meet Miss Sherlocke and Hello Sucker episodes, 371 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:26,440 and that was an app extra for those who listen to our app Nancy 372 00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:32,480 Riots. I've been in the Chicago area for many years and w b Easy 373 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,920 as our local public radio station. I listened to Saundra Gear for years at 374 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:42,960 lunchtime with her foreign news discussion program. One interesting tidbit was that it seemed 375 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:49,680 every cab driver in the city listened also and often called about learning English with 376 00:30:49,799 --> 00:30:53,799 her and how great it was to hear about home. It really shows what 377 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:59,759 a reach someone can have. Thanks keep up the great work well. Thanks 378 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:07,440 so much, and it's really remarkable that she was so remembered for this because 379 00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:14,039 she started this program seven and a half years before she passed, and it 380 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:21,799 was the last of several different careers that she had, many within the radio 381 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,880 industry, but it made an impact and by all accounts, she tried to 382 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,480 be fair and honest and left a great legacy. Thanks so much for the 383 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:36,440 email, Nancy. Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. 384 00:31:36,759 --> 00:31:42,119 Thank you to mister Achilles, Patreon supporter since July twenty twenty, currently 385 00:31:42,119 --> 00:31:45,559 supporting the show at the shaw must level of four dollars or more per month. 386 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:49,440 Thank you so much for your support, mister Achilles, and that will 387 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:52,400 do it for today. A reminder, if you want to be sure to 388 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:59,000 never miss an episode, encourage you to follow the podcast using your favorite podcast 389 00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:05,640 software including Apple Podcast Overcast or the Amazon Music abbitt, Amazon dot com, 390 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,759 slash Oatyard Attractives. And if you are enjoying this podcast, please rate and 391 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:15,599 review it wherever you download your podcast. From next Tuesday, we'll begin bringing 392 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:21,039 you yours truly Johnny Doller. This time around, we will be doing the 393 00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:28,039 five part Bob Bailey Cereals. It's two parts on Tuesday and the remaining three 394 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,200 parts of the story on Friday. But join us back here tomorrow for dangerous 395 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:37,519 Assignment where he's apparently been living here in Tokyo for about two years. Last 396 00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:39,079 week was the first time any of us had spot a day here. She 397 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,319 lives in a very swank apartment. Yeah, that would be Marto. Always 398 00:32:43,359 --> 00:32:46,079 has two or three guys on the string likewise, and according to my information, 399 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:50,240 has been throwing plenty of door around. It sounds like she hasn't changed 400 00:32:50,279 --> 00:32:53,720 a bit lately. She's been hanging around the racetrack quite a little racetrack that 401 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,160 might be a good place for me to bump into her, you know, 402 00:32:57,279 --> 00:33:01,319 accidental life speaking of people who haven't change a bid whom well, you're never 403 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,039 can tell. I might pick up a long shot out there. Yeah, 404 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,519 yeah, you might, But just one thing. What is it? McClaskey. 405 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,039 Now you know Marta better than I do. Steve, you know you 406 00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:14,720 can be about the most dangerous thing on wheels. Will be careful and just 407 00:33:14,839 --> 00:33:16,440 be sure if you do pick up a long shot, it's a horse, 408 00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:27,599 not a slug. Cheerful guy, McClaskey. So I'm mosey out to the 409 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,799 racetrack and it isn't fifteen minutes before I spot Martha. She's got an expensive 410 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,000 furd draped around her neck, the racing form in one hand and a water 411 00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:38,000 bills in the other, and she looks better than ever. I bury my 412 00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:43,319 nose in my racing form and start walking towards it. Oh, I'm sorry, 413 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,960 why don't you look? I hope you'll be with us then in the 414 00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:52,240 meantime, do you send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot NAT, 415 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:57,359 follow us on Twitter Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, 416 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,559 Instagram, dot com slash great detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your 417 00:34:02,599 --> 00:34:05,640 host, Adam graham Son and off